St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church

Serving Emmaus and the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania

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Welcome home to St. Paul’s!

Address: 156 E. Main St., Emmaus, PA 18049
Telephone: 610-965-2298

Weekly Schedule:
  – Sunday: 8am Matins, 9am Divine Liturgy, followed by Coffee Hour (all year) and Church School (September to May)
  – Wed, Fri: 8:30am Matins
  – Wed: 6:30pm Vespers, followed by Adult Education (September to May)
  – Saturday: 5pm Great Vespers & Confessions

Whether you are new to Orthodox Christianity or are visiting from another Orthodox parish, we’re glad that you’ve stopped by our website and hope that you’ll come and visit us in person if you haven’t done so already.

A few quick notes for first-time visitors:

  • You are welcome! We love having visitors join us to worship the Holy Trinity in prayer and song.
  • We won’t make a public spectacle of you or ask you to do anything uncomfortable.
  • We lay no expectation on visitors of financial contribution to our parish’s ministries.
  • We love kids! Our children worship together with us—they are not segregated out during our services. If your child gets a bit out of hand, please do not feel embarrassed to make a visit to the narthex or parish hall until the child is ready to rejoin everyone else in worship.
  • Our building is fully handicap-accessible and includes handicap parking in the front of the building. If you need any help, let us know!

Located in the friendly and historic borough of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church is a warm, welcoming Orthodox Christian church, believing in and worshiping the Holy Trinity according to the Holy Scripture and the unchanging holy tradition of the Orthodox Church. The parish is pan-Orthodox and multi-ethnic in composition, embracing the customs of Orthodox Christians of varying backgrounds, within the traditions of the Antiochian Archdiocese, using English as the language of worship.

St. Paul’s is a parish of the Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic, within the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, part of the ancient Orthodox Christian Patriarchate of Antioch, the place where the disciples of Jesus were first called Christians (Acts 11:26). Our pastor is the Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick.

St. Paul’s welcomes the people of Emmaus, as well as residents and visitors from throughout the East Penn and Lehigh Valley metropolitan area. The parish community includes members of all ages and varied ancestry. Whatever your background or previous religious affiliation (including none!), you will fit right in at St. Paul’s.

All are welcome to attend any of our worship services, as well as taking advantage of educational opportunities to learn about the ancient, unchanging Orthodox Christian faith, delivered by Jesus Christ to His Apostles and kept for 2000 years without addition, subtraction or alteration.

Worship services, all in English, are held throughout the week.

Again, whether you’re new to Orthodoxy or are a long-time Orthodox Christian, whoever you are, whatever your background or experience, you are welcome at St. Paul’s!

Fr. Andrew elected President of Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood

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At a Nov. 21, 2013, meeting of the Lehigh Valley Orthodox Clergy Brotherhood, St. Paul’s pastor, the Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, was elected as President of the Brotherhood for the ecclesiastical year 2013-2014. After his election, as well as with the election of other officers, an active and ambitious program of pan-Orthodox events was discussed and adopted for the coming year.

Read more here.

Bishop THOMAS visits St. Paul's and Eastern Pennsylvania

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During October 12-16, His Grace, Bishop THOMAS made his annual pastoral visitation to St. Paul Church in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, as well as making other stops in the Eastern Pennsylvania area. During his visit to St. Paul’s, His Grace presided over the divine services, including the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning. While there, His Grace noted the numerous upgrades and expansions to parish life that have been made during the administration of the current pastor, the Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, who was assigned to the pastorate of the parish in July 2009.

Since 2009, St. Paul’s population has grown by 46%, and annual pledges have grown by 180%. During this time, multiple weekday services (including, in many cases, daily) have been instituted, as well as a vigorous program of adult education. Much of Fr. Andrew’s adult education teaching can be heard online in the Roads from Emmaus and Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy podcasts, as well as read in the Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy book and a new pamphlet, Why Go to Church?, all available from Ancient Faith Ministries, a department of the Antiochian Archdiocese. His Grace also was pleased to learn that as of 2013, St. Paul’s operating expenses are now entirely covered by pledging income, freeing up fundraising efforts to be directed toward specific projects.

While visiting Eastern Pennsylvania, His Grace also met with local clergy from the Lehigh Valley, encouraging them to work more closely with one another. As part of this encouragement, he will be returning to the Lehigh Valley on the Sunday of Orthodoxy to preside over services not only in Emmaus, but also at pan-Orthodox celebrations.

Beyond these events, Bishop THOMAS also made a visit along with a number of regional Antiochian clergy to the newly-established Convent of St. Thekla in Glenville, Pennsylvania, where the visiting clergy were shown warm hospitality by the sisterhood.

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St. Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church

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156 E. Main St.
Emmaus, PA 18049

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610.965.2298

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