Sunday of Orthodoxy

Join us this Sunday, March 9, 2025, as we celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy. This Sunday, the first Sunday of Great Lent, is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy because it commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts, i.e. those who refused […]

Golf Tournament Registration 2025

Our 3rd Annual St. Ephraim Invitational Golf Tournament will be held at Brackenridge Golf Course on Saturday April 26, 2025 with registration beginning at 7:30am and the shotgun starting at 8:00am. To register for the tournament please click on the image below, complete the fillable tournament PDF form (page 3) and return via email to […]

Lenten & Holy Week Schedule 2025

For the electronic copy (PDF) of our 2025 Lenten & Holy Week Schedule, please click on the image below. 

Sunday of the Last Judgement

This Sunday, February 23rd, we commemorate the parable of the Last Judgement. It reminds us that while trusting in Christ’s love and mercy, we must not forget His righteous judgment when He comes again in glory. If our hearts remain hardened and unrepentant, we should not expect the Lord to overlook our transgressions simply because […]

Lenten Tridion

The Lenten Triodion begins on the Sunday of the Publican & Pharisee on February 9, 2025. This should be an indicator for us to being to prepare ourselves for the Great Lenten Fast. For more information about the Lenten Triodion, please click on the image below. 

Temporary Worship Space Update

We will serve all weekday services, Monday-Saturday, (Wednesday morning Divine Liturgy & Feast Days) including Catechism Class on Wednesday nights at 5600 Vance Jackson Rd. San Antonio, Texas 78230. We have set up a class room and chapel in the house at 5600 Vance Jackson Rd. We will also serve Great Vespers on Saturday night at 4:00pm at […]

Catechumen Class

Catechumen Class will be canceled next Wednesday November 13, 2024, we will resume the follow Wednesday November 20, 2024. We will continue meeting every Wednesday evening starting with Daily Vespers at 6:00pm then our Catechumen class will begin around 6:30pm until Christmas. Wednesday December 18, 2024 will be our last class for the year. We […]

Back to School Blessing

Attached below is a prayer for children as they return to school. As our children return to public, private, charter, home schools and even college it’s important that we pray for them. Especially that they bring the light of Christ into their classrooms with them. Many blessings on a successful 2024-2025 school year!  “O Lord […]

Church Building Project Update

Our new St. Ephraim parish Church building is almost completely erected! And it looks beautiful! The only work left to do on the exterior in terms of erecting is the porte-cochere at the front entrance. We will continue to complete drying the building in and then begin work on the interior. But we can proudly […]

Pentecost

The Holy Spirit that Christ had promised to his disciples came on the day of Pentecost (Jn 14.26, 15.26; Lk 24.49; Acts 1.5). The apostles received “the power from on high,” and they began to preach and bear witness to Jesus as the risen Christ, the King and the Lord. This moment has traditionally been […]