St. Luke's Serbian Orthodox Church | McLean, Virginia | Worship, Community & Tradition

Welcome to St. Luke !

We welcome you to St. Luke. Whether you are already Orthodox or are still looking for the right church for you and your family, we invite you to “come and see”. As an Orthodox church, our faith is that proclaimed by Christ and handed down through the Apostles and the fathers. As a parish, we are a welcoming community of various ethnic backgrounds and ages who come together as one in the love of Christ. We invite you to come worship with us and then join us in our ‘coffee hour’ to share fellowship together.

For a short introduction to St. Luke Orthodox Church click here.

For more information on our priest, Fr. John Vitko, click here.

ONLINE GIVING, click here

Easy to get to and plenty of parking

Easy access from I-495 by exit 44 or from George Washington Parkway, exit VA123

For directions (click here)

Need a ride to Sunday Liturgy at St. Luke? Please feel free to call Dn. Stefan Glomazic (617-784-0939) in advance and he will do his best to try to arrange a ride.

Handicap Access

No stairs, all on one floor

Fully handicap accessible restrooms

Schedule of Services

10:30 am, Sunday: Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour

5:00 pm, first Saturday of each month: Great Vespers

Confessions: by appointment

7:00 pm, Wednesday's: Bible and Orthodoxy studies via Zoom

Monthly Calendar

For our calendar of events and activities (click here).

Parish Bulletin & Other Announcements

To see our latest bulletin (click here)

SPECIAL EVENTS

9:00am Sat, Mar. 1: Men's Prayer Breakfast

5:00pm Sat., Mar. 1: Great Vespers

1:00pm Sun., Mar. 2: Forgiveness Vespers

Mon., Mar 3: START OF GREAT LENT

7:00pm Mon., Mar. 3: Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

7:00pm Tues., Mar. 4: Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

7:00pm, Sun., Mar. 5: Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

7:00pm Thurs., Mar. 6: Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

10:30am, Sat., Mar. 15: Memorial (Souls) Saturday: Divine Liturgy and Panikhida

GREAT LENT -- EXTREME HUMILITY

PRAYER OF SAINT EPHREM

O Lord and Master of my Life take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power and idle talk (Prostration)

But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant (Prostration)

Yea O Lord and King, grant me to see my own errors and to judge not my brothers’ (Prostration)

Lord have mercy (12x, each time accompanied by a bow down)

O Lord and Master of my Life take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power and idle talk; But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love to Thy servant; Yea O Lord and King, grant me to see my own errors and to judge not my brothers’. (Prostration)

LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFED GIFTS, EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7PM EXCEPT FOR WEDNESDAY MAR. 19. THE MAR. 19 PRESANCTIFIED WILL BE HELD AT ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL WITH THE HOLY SYNOD PRESENT

6:00pm, Wed. Mar, 19: No Presanctified at St. Luke. Archdiocesan Presanctifed at St. Nicholas Cathedral with the Holy Synod present.

5:00pm, Sat., Mar. 22: Great Vespers for Veneration of the Cross, followed by light supper and presentation on prison ministries

1:330pm, Sun., Mar. 23: Board of Trustees meeting

1;00pm, Sun., Mar. 30: Parish Annual Assembly

OUR NEW CHURCH IS NEARLY COMPLETED

WE HOPE TO BE SERVING IN OUR NEW CHURCH BY THE END OF MARCH

THE FORMAL CONSECRATION WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025

Metropolitan Tikhon's Talk on Primacy and Service

Text: Click here to view the PDF document.

Audio: Click here to listen to the audio recording.

For further information on St. Luke’s

Contact Father John Vitko (john.vitko@gmail.com, 925-667-6451)