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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 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 2025-12-07 Tenth Sunday of Luke 00:00 / 14:02 Click Here! To Hear Additional Sermons by Fr. Steven Ritter More Videos

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

About Us “And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Acts 11:26 St. James first began as the "Gwinnett Orthodox Mission" and had its first Divine Liturgy in a classroom at Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville on March 3, 2013. The services at St. James are all in English and are meant to meet the spiritual needs of the Orthodox faithful regardless of ethnic, national, or jurisdictional background. Whether you are an inquirer or a visitor from another Orthodox parish, please know that you are welcome at St. James. Whether you are “on a journey” or just wanting to visit a local Orthodox parish, we would be honored to have you join us for prayer and worship. Our Story St. James Orthodox Church was first established to serve those Orthodox Christians in Northern Georgia and Metropolitan Atlanta, and surrounding areas who have been commuting long distances to attend an Orthodox Church (or perhaps even not attending a church at all), and also to serve as a witness to those who are interested in learning about and becoming Orthodox. St. James is part of the ancient Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, where The Book of Acts tells us the first believers were mockingly called “Christians” (Acts 11:26). We are part of the world-wide Eastern Orthodox Church community, which includes national churches in traditionally Orthodox countries like Russia, Greece, Romania, Serbia, the Middle East, and India but also many other countries that you might not expect. There are over 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians in the world today and over 1 million in the United States. While many Orthodox churches in the U.S. continue worship in the original language of immigrant populations, an increasing number of Orthodox churches now have their services in all or mostly English. The services at St. James are all in English and are meant to meet the spiritual needs of the Orthodox faithful regardless of ethnic, national, or jurisdictional background. St. James first began as the "Gwinnett Orthodox Mission" and had its first Divine Liturgy in a classroom at Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville on March 3, 2013. It wasn't long before we outgrew that location and moved to a store-front location on Horizon Parkway in Buford. Our attendance has been steadily growing since then, and we are grateful to announce we have finally moved into a permanent location in Gainesville, Georgia in 2024! Whether you are an inquirer or a visitor from another Orthodox parish, please know that you are welcome at St. James. Many of the members of our congregation journeyed to the Orthodox Church from other Christian faith traditions and denominations and some non-Christian religious and spiritual traditions. So whether you are “on a journey” or just wanting to visit a local Orthodox parish, we would be honored to have you join us for prayer and worship. Meet Our Staff His Beatitude JOHN X Patriarch of Antioch and all the East The Most Rev. Metropolitan SABA Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America The Right Rev. Bishop NICHOLAS Diocese of Miami & the Southeast The Very Rev. Archpriest Steven Ritter Pastor Rev. Anthony Bridges Deacon Khouria Christine Ritter Choir Director Christine Reindl Parish Council President Tara Freeman Antiochian Women's Group - President Steven Reif Antiochian Men's Group [AMEN] President Our Parish Council Christine Reindl - President Andy Roussey -Treasurer Beth Green - Secretary Norma Whitten - Member At Large Steven Reif - Member At Large Mary King - Member At Large Allan Panter - Member At Large Jessica Green - Member At Large Sh. Sophia Bridges Librarian and Sunday School Director Kathy Downer Coffee Hour Coordinator Jessica Green Digital Media/Newsletter Editor

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

Welcome Visitors! Whether you are a curious inquirer or a visitor from another Orthodox parish, please know that you are welcome at St. James. Many of the members of our congregation journeyed to the Orthodox Church from other Christian faith traditions and denominations and some non-Christian religious and spiritual traditions. So whether you are “on a journey” or just wanting to visit a local Orthodox parish, we would be honored to have you join us for prayer and worship. 3579 McEver Road, Gainesville, GA 30504 Phone Mail (770)639-3641 frstevenr@gmail.com St. James Facebook Page You are Welcome! Contact us, and plan your visit to St. James Orthodox Church First Name Last Name Email Write a message Submit Thanks for submitting!

Video Collection What is the Orthodox Church? with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick An Introduction to the Orthodox Worship Space with Frederica Mathewes-Green The Chasm Between What We Read and How We Live - Abbot Seraphim A Heart on Fire for All Creation (Chronicles of the Desert Episode 11) The Holy Fire of Jerusalem (The Reliquary) St. Arsenios the Seeker of Silence Holy Ground - St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai with Fr. Justin Sinaites Cloaked in Faith and Humility: the Life of St, Gabriel, Fool for Christ St. Hermione Of the First Unmercenary Healers A Wellspring of Humility Saint Nektarios of Aegina Elder Joseph the Hesychast and the Jesus Prayer With the Eyes of the Soul: The Life of St. Porphyrios Vessel of Grace: The Life of Saint Paisios the Athonite A Visit to the Holy Mountain Athos (60 Minutes Documentary) Modern Demons: How Politics Breaks Us Apart Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker (and Champion of Orthodoxy) You Shall Not Partake: Abbot Tryphon Holy Ground: St. Catherine's Monastery on Mt. Sinai with Fr. Justin Sinaites Is Christian Forgiveness too easy? Bishop Irenei Answers:

Please enjoy Fr. Steven Ritter's weekly sermons online, or come and see them every Sunday at our Divine Liturgy. Weekly Sunday Sermons The sermon is delivered by Father Steven Ritter each week on Sunday 2023-09-10 Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross(1) Fr. Steven Ritter 00:00 / 15:32 2023-09-03 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Fr. Steven Ritter 00:00 / 17:05 2023-08-27 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost(1) Fr. Steven Ritter 00:00 / 17:11 2023-08-20 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Fr. Steven Ritter 00:00 / 15:43 VIEW ALL 2023 Archive

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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.

With Father Steven Ritter This weekly series features the lesser known saints of the Orthodox Church, Narrated by Fr. Steven Ritter, Pastor of St. James Orthodox Church in Buford, Georgia Holy Martyr Charitine (October 5) Holy Martyrs Isaac and Joseph, the Brothers of Georgia (September 16) Holy Martyr Sozon (September 7) The New-Martyr Angelis (September 1) Vassa of Edessa (August 21)

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