Holy Apostles Orthodox Church is a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR), founded with the purpose of bringing the Gospel and Divine Services of the Russian Orthodox Church to the people of America in the English language. We invite you to come to any of the Divine Services or events at our mission church. In 2009 we were gifted a beautiful, historic chapel and two-acre campus by the Christian Brothers. Our vision is to establish the parish in its new home, from where the parish can continue to thrive and grow as a living icon of Orthodox missions in America.

Admiral Ammen, President Grant, and the Uncreated Light:

Context for our Historic Chapel

A Talk by Dr. Geraldine Fagan

Now available as a two-part video series on our YouTube channel:

Part 1  |  Part 2

Dr. Geraldine Fagan is a parishioner at Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Beltsville, Maryland.  She graduated in Russian and German from Oxford University in 1995, and is a writer and editor.

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In 2009 our parish was gifted an historic chapel surrounded by two acres of beautiful land. Since then we have been restoring the chapel, and planning the construction of the new parish hall, which would enable us to move from our current location at Twin Chimneys Office Park.

We are approaching the groundbreaking for construction of the new Parish Hall.

Learn more here, and help us build our new Parish Hall, and move to our Historic Chapel Campus!

Dear Family of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church and Friends,

With the commemoration of the Great Feast of the Dormition of our Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, our liturgical year comes to its close.  The Church provides this image of our Lord and God's earthly life being contained within the life of his most pure mother, the year's great feasts beginning with her Nativity this coming month.  We can thus never forget her place in the story of our salvation.  This, among other reasons, is why we say, "O Most Holy Theotokos, save us!"  We rejoice in her perpetual labor and intercessions for us which began in the sign of her absence from her tomb, as discovered by Holy Apostles Thomas.  We rejoice too in her distinct help with us here at Holy Apostles, most especially in her protection of our new parish hall project, placed under the protection of her wonder-working, myrrh-streaming Hawaiian Iveron Icon.

O Most Holy Theotokos, save us!

With love in our Lord,

Fr. George

Now and Upcoming Shortly:

8/31 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal

9/2 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
9/3 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the 13th Sunday after Pentecost - Afterfeast of the Dormition - Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy

9/4 - Monday - Labor Day

9/5 - Tuesday - Apodosis of the Dormition

9/7 - Thursday 7-9 PM Choir Rehearsal

9/9 – Saturday 5:00 PM Evening Vigil
9/10 – Sunday 9:40 AM Hours & Divine Liturgy – the 14th Sunday after Pentecost - St. Moses the Black

9/11 - Monday 7 PM Parish Council via Zoom