Our History
Who are we?
We are a mission parish established in 2020. Our goal is to bring a true Orthodox presence to Northern Kentucky.
We are ORTHODOX.
We adhere to the first seven Ecumenical Councils. To understand the word ‘Orthodox’ we must compare it to the word ‘Heterodox’. We are Orthodox precisely because we believe and profess the same faith as the early Christians (which we esteem to be the true and correct faith). We consider those who have changed or altered the faith of the early Christians to be heterodox or of a differing faith.
The basic faith of the early Church was clearly established by the third Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in the year 431. Certain clarifications were made (or attempted to be made) over the course of the next four councils. But the basic Christian faith and beliefs were already established early in the Church’s history (even prior to the time the scriptures of the New Testament were written and certainly well before the Bible was compiled in its present form). Whether or not the Church would continue to develop new doctrines and beliefs would become a point of contention among the individual churches.
We are APOSTOLIC.
We are under the authority of His Holiness Illia, Patriarch of Georgia. As part of the Apostolic Church we are structured in the same manner as the first century Church was structured.
