Please see the Announcements, Schedule of Services and the Calendar for Nativity and Theophany Services.

His Holiness, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus, reposed in the Lord on Friday December 5, 2008.  Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk has been elected Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne until a new Patriarch is elected.

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and First Hierarch, Metropolitan Hilarion attending the funeral for His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II

Metropolitan Hilarion Served a Litia over the Coffin of Patriarch Alexy II on his final day in Moscow.

Memory eternal for the Patriarch!

Unless otherwise announced, all Divine Services will be held at the Rectory to save on gas.  The rectory is located at 5600 Albright Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464--it is on the corner of Kempsville Rd. and Albright Dr. at the light.

See "Driving Directions" in the menu for getting to the Rectory.

On May 17, 2007 the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) reunited with the Russian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarch.  ROCOR is an Independent Metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church.  The Locum Tenens of the Moscow Patriarchate is Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk.  The Primate of ROCOR is His Eminence Metropolitan and First Hierarch HILARION.  St. Joseph of Optina Russian Orthodox Church is a Mission of ROCOR.

St Joseph of Optina Russian Orthodox Church is a mission of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. His Eminence, Archbishop Hilarion is our Metropolitan and First Hierarch.  We are in the Southern Deanery of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York. Our Assistant Dean is Very Reverend Archpriest Alexis Duncan who is responsible for the "English" Missions in the South.  The Church Outside of Russia is united with the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate as an Independent Metropolitanate.

Please view the Church Calendar page for complete Service listings.