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Located in Gainesville, Georgia. St. James Orthodox Church is an Eastern Orthodox Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. St. James Orthodox Church Gainesville, Georgia REGULAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE Saturday Evening Vespers 4: 00 PM Sunday Morning Orthros 9: 00 AM Sunday Morning Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Full Calendar You are Welcome! Contact us, and plan your visit to St. James Orthodox Church First Name Last Name Email Write a message Street Address City State Zip code I am visiting the area I am Orthdox I am interested in becoming Orthodox I would like to speak to the priest Submit Thanks for submitting! You Can Now Use PayPal to Donate to St. James Orthodox Church St. James Orthodox Church is located in Gainesville, Georgia, in the northeast metropolitan Atlanta area, serving all of north and northeast Georgia. Founded in 2013, we are a quickly growing mission of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America . Our services are family-friendly and are celebrated in English. "C ome and see." (John 1:46) Join Our Livestream Services Daily Readings Weekly Bulletin Listen to Fr. Steven's Weekly Sermon 2026-02-01 Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee 00:00 / 11:35 Click Here! To Hear Additional Sermons by Fr. Steven Ritter More Videos

Orthodox Christianity The Orthodox Christian Church, also called the "Eastern Orthodox," "Greek Orthodox" Church, or simply "the Orthodox Church," is the oldest Christian Church in the world, founded by Jesus Christ and with its beginnings chronicled in the New Testament. (Our own Patriarchate of Antioch, one of the most ancient of Orthodox churches, was originally founded in A.D. 34 by Ss. Peter and Paul. All other Christian churches and groups can be traced historically back to it. With roughly 250 million members worldwide, Orthodoxy is second in size only to the Roman Catholic Church. However, in spite of its size, relatively few Americans are aware that it exists. The Orthodox Church has deep and lasting roots in Christian antiquity and is steeped in rich Biblical tradition. It has been the context of Christian living for millions of Christians for almost twenty centuries. Yet one cannot understand the Orthodox Church merely by reading about it. Just as reading a biography about someone is no substitute for knowing the biography's subject personally, Orthodox Christianity must be experienced firsthand to be understood.

Our Parish Library St. James has a small but very functional and well-organized parish lending library to serve both adult and children's Orthodox religious educational needs. Our library is conveniently located in the Coffee Hour area, and a volunteer library helper is available there every Sunday morning after Divine Liturgy to help patrons find and check out books. Please refer to the St. James Parish Library Collection document (last updated on April 22, 2015) for a list of books that are available. See Our Library Collection New Titles to Borrow at St. James Parish Library Children of my Heart: Finding Christ Through Adoption by Ashley Lackovich Van-Gorp Rock and Sand:An Orthodox Appraisal by Fr. Josiah Trenham Face to Face: Knowing God Beyond Our Shame by Fr. Stephen Freeman Apocrypha: An Introduction to Extra-Biblical Literature by Fr. Stephen de Young

Use Paypal to make a donation to St. James Orthodox Church Community Rewards Use Paypal to make a donation to St. James Orthodox Church The way to God lies through love of people. At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, nor how many bows and prostrations I made. Instead I shall be asked did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the prisoners. That is all I shall be asked. About every poor, hungry and imprisoned person the Savior says 'I': 'I was hungry and thirsty, I was sick and in prison.' To think that he puts an equal sign between himself and anyone in need. I always knew it, but now it has somehow penetrated to my sinews. It fills me with awe.”

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St. James Orthodox Church Sunday School Dear parents, Regular Sunday school attendance is of the utmost importance for our children and teens to fully benefit from these lessons. ALL CLASSES MEET IN THE LIBRARY AND CLASSROOM AREA OF THE MAIN CHURCH BUILDING Level 1 – 1st Grade (ages 3-6) Class immediately following Holy Communion Level 2 - Grades 2nd – 6th (ages 7-11) Class immediately following Holy Communion Level 3 - Young Teens & Tweens, Grades 7th – 12th (ages 11-18) Class during Coffee Hour Children should line up to receive Holy Communion right after the altar servers, newly illumined, etc. and then go quickly to their classrooms. Please pray for our Sunday school program, students, and teachers. As always, it is a blessing to teach your children. In Christ, Sh. Sophia Bridges - Sunday School Director Mail The Antiochian Orthodox Department of Christian Education (AODCE) Orthodox Pebbles Ancient Faith KIDS

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St. James Orthdox Church Family Photo Album St. James Orthodox Church is more than a building, we are a family, celebrating together. Leah Bumgartner Baptism 1/2 Holy Saturday 2023 1/5 Tammy Nash Baptism 1/3 Sunday of Orthodoxy 2023 1/2 Ella Ash Baptism 1/3 Basil Ritter Baptism 1/4

The Holy Apostle James the Just Brother of the Lord, First Bishop of Jerusalem, and Author of the Epistle "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." (James 4:8) A s one of his last blessings of new church communities, His Eminence M etropolitan Philip of blessed memory graciously granted us a charter and name for our church in honor of St. James th e Apostle, First Bishop of Jerusalem and the Brother of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose feast-day is celebrated on October 23. St. James has a lot of titles, more than most, doesn't he? It can get confusing – there are two other James that are also listed as "apostles." These other two, James son of Zebedee (and brother of St. John the Theologian) and James the son of Alphaeus (and brother of St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist) are of the "twelve" apostles originally called by our Lord Jesus Christ. James the Brother of the Lord (also known as the "just" or the "righteous") is not one of the original twelve apostles, but he is one of four saints from apostolic times whom the church has also designated as "apostles" (of the "Seventy" mentioned in St. Luke's gospel) whose writings are included in the New Testament, the other three being St. Paul, St. Mark the Evangelist, and St. Luke the Evangelist. The four are included in all the collections of the lives of the Apostles, and in fact the life of St. James says that he was appointed Bishop of Jerusalem not only by the other Apostles, but by the Lord also! St. James's authority is confirmed by his mention in Chapter 15 of the Book of Acts, where he makes the deciding judgment at the First Council of Jerusalem, despite the fact that Sts. Peter, Paul, and Barnabas were there and spoke also. His decision was put into the text of the first Apostolic letter that went to the churches with the conciliar decisions. For this reason he is considered an Apostle in equal dignity to those of the "twelve." His piety was a cause of renown everywhere, and he was held in the utmost respect by all for his 26 years of episcopal service. St. James is of course the author of the canonical Epistle of St. James, and of the very first Christian liturgy in existence, which is still served today, and which our church celebrates at least two times a year. St. James is called Brother of the Lord or Brother of God because he is the son of St. Joseph the Betrothed (one of four brothers), the husband of the Most-holy Mother of God, by St. Joseph's first wife, Salome, and thereby a stepbrother of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is both God and man. This appellation leads some people to mistakenly think that the Mother of God had other children aside from our Lord, but this is simply not true, as the term "brother" was much more expansive in apostolic times than our current understanding. Finally, St. James, after incurring the wrath of the Scribes and Pharisees (who admired him, mistakenly believing that he shared their opinions) who asked him to proclaim his teachings from the summit of the Temple during the Passover, was cast down to the ground by the same when he gave an unexpected confession of true faith in Jesus Christ. He survived the fall, whereupon they then stoned him and clubbed him fatally on the head. He reposed in 61 or 62 AD under the reign of the Emperor Nero, and many considered his martyrdom the cause for the subsequent calamities that befell Jerusalem during Vespasian's invasion of Jerusalem in 67 AD, and its fall in 70 AD. Holy Hieromartyr and Apostle James, pray to God for us!

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Our Bi-Monthly Newsletter! Stay Up-To-Date with everything going on at St. James Orthodox Church in Gainesville, GA Issue #38 November-December 2025 Christmas Traditions by Bishop JOHN, Diocese of Worcester and New England The Incarnation Changes Everything Deacon Anthony Bridges The First Christian Martyrs Robert Klein