Glory to Jesus Christ!
We are a small, but growing parish in the Diocese of the South of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). We are located in New Port Richey, FL - on the Gulf Coast side of Pasco County (Tampa Bay area). Our community is made up of people of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and walks of life. If you are an Orthodox Christian looking for a parish home, then please look no further. If you are interested in the Orthodox Faith and would like to know more about who we are and what we are all about, then please feel welcome to visit anytime. All of our sevices are in English. Please check our monthly calendar for our service schedule. If you have any further questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Hope to see you soon! Until then, may the blessings of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ be with you!
-Fr. Patrick
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10:00am | - Divine Liturgy Followed by Coffee Hour |
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6:00pm | - Great Vespers Followed by Confessions No Vespers until 7/18/2025 |
Rev. Fr. Patrick Smith, Rector
(727) 835-9008
4633 Glissade Drive
New Port Richey, Florida 34652



The Orthodox Church in America traces its origins to the arrival in Kodiak, Alaska of eight Orthodox missionaries from the Valaamo Monastery in the northern Karelia region of Russia in 1794. The missionaries made a great impact on the native Alaskan population and were responsible for bringing many to the Orthodox Christian faith.
Today, the Orthodox Church in America numbers some 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries, and institutions throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

The Orthodox Church in America is fully committed to the unity of Orthodoxy in North America according to the canonical principle of a single, united Church in a given geographic territory. To this end, it fully supports and participates in the work of numerous pan-Orthodox agencies and initiatives, including International Orthodox Christian Charities, the Orthodox Christian Mission Center, the Orthodox Christian Fellowship, the Orthodox Christian Education Commission, and numerous Orthodox media and communications outlets.

His Eminence, the Most Reverend ALEXANDER
Archbishop of Dallas and the South
Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin) was born in Burbank, CA in 1948 and raised attending Saint Innocent Church, Tarzana, CA. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Divinity degree from Saint Vladimir’s Seminary. He spent seven years pursuing doctoral studies at Oxford University in England under His Eminence, Metropolitan Kallistos [Ware]. During this time, he also spent two years in Greece, including one year at Simonos Petras Monastery on Mount Athos.
His Beatitude, The Most Blessed TIKHON
Archbishop of Washington
Metropolitan of All America and Canada
Metropolitan Tikhon, 1966 in Boston, MA, is the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, serving as Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada since 2012. Converting to Orthodoxy in 1989, he studied at Saint Tikhon’s Seminary, became a monk in 1990, and was ordained a priest in 1995. He was consecrated as Bishop of South Canaan in 2004, became Bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania in 2005, and was elected Metropolitan in 2012. He continues to serve as a senior lecturer in Old Testament studies and has strengthened the Orthodox Church in America through extensive pastoral visits and leadership in North America.

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St. Andrew The First-Called Orthodox Church
4633 Glissade Drive
New Port Richey, Florida 34652
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