Great Lent

The traditional fast in Lent is to abstain from meat, fish, dairy products, and alcoholic beverages (though alcohol is permitted in moderation on weekends).

CONFESSION. Orthodox Christians should make a sacramental confession during Great Lent in preparation for Pascha. Please do not put this off until the last minute. Confession is usually available after Saturday Vespers; alternatively, an appointment can be made with your father confessor during the week.

Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America Parish Life Conference

The Parish Life Conference will be held June 16-19, 2010 in Oklahoma City, OK. 

Register today online!  Please click here for more details.

Long-Term Care Seminar

Please see the attached information regarding the Long-Term Care Seminar to be presented at St Elijah next Tuesday, March 23, at 7pm.  Click here for invitation

The Annunciation to the Theotokos

Evening Divine Liturgy at 6:30pm on Wednesday, March 24 followed by Potluck (fish allowed)

When the All-Holy Virgin completed the fourteenth year after her birth and was entering her fifteenth year, after having spent eleven years of living and serving in the Temple of Jerusalem, the priests informed her that, according to the Law, she could not remain in the Temple but was required to be betrothed and enter into marriage. What a great surprise to the priests was the answer of the All-Holy Virgin: that she had dedicated her life to God and that she desired to remain a Virgin until death, not wanting to enter into marriage with anyone!  Read more...

Blessing of Homes

The traditional season for home blessings begins January 6. If you would like one of our priests to bless your home, please call the church office or the priest to schedule a time.

Misson of St. Elijah

The mission of St. Elijah Orthodox Christian Church is to tell a lost world of the salvation available through Jesus Christ and help those who are being saved on their journey toward becoming more like Christ by gathering sacramentally as the Church and together participating in the sacramental life of the coming Kingdom of God.

St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church is one of over 200 churches and missions throughout the United States and Canada under The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America led by His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP Saliba.  We are part of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America under His Grace Bishop BASIL Essey.  We are in full communion with our brothers and sisters in various other Orthodox Christian jurisdictions, such as the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Orthodox Church in America, and are all affiliated through SCOBA (the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the Americas.) Together we work to nurture the Orthodox Christians of this land−whether immigrants or native-born, cradle Orthodox, or converts--and to bring America to the ancient Orthodox Christian Faith.