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

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Every Wednesday at 7:00pm

9:00am Sat, Apr. 5: Men's Prayer Breakfast

5:00pm Sat., Apr. 5: Great Vespers

10:30am Sun., Apr. 6: Festal Divine Liturgy for Annunciation

10:30am, Sat. Apr. 12: Divine Liturgy, Raising of Lazarus from the Dead

2:30pm, Sat. Apr. 12: Palm Sunday Vespers with Litya and Blessing of the Pussy Willows and Palms

10:30am, Sun., Apr. 13: Palm Sunday (Entrance of Our into Jerusalem)

HOLY WEEK

7:00pm Mon., Apr. 14: Bridegroom Matins

7:00pm Tues., Apr. 15: Bridegroom Matins

7:00pm Wed., Apr.16: Presanctified

GREAT LENT -- EXTREME HUMILITY

BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMES AT MIDNIGHT

Behold the Bridegroom comes at midnight, and blessed is the servant whom He shall find watching,

and again unworthy is the servant whom He shall find heedless.

Beware, therefore, O my soul, do not be weighed down with sleep,

Lest you be given up to death and lest you be shut out of the Kingdom.

But rouse yourself crying: Holy, Holy, Holy, are You, O our God! Through the Theotokos have mercy on us!

HOLY WEEK (CONTINUED)

10:30am Thurs., Apr. 17: Liturgy: Instituion of the Mystical Supper

7:00pm Thurs., Apr. 17: Matins (12 Gospels)

3:00pm, Fri., Apr. 18: Vespers (Taking Christ Off the Cross)

7:00pm, Fri. Apr.18: Matins/Lamentations (Funeral and Burial of Christ)

PASCHA

9:00pm, Sat., Apr. 19: Paschal Vigil (proclamation of the Resurrection, 3-fold procession around the courtyard)

10:30am, Sun., Apr. 20: Paschal Divine Liturgy, followed by Paschal Feast

NO FASTING FOR ALL OF BRIGHT WEEK

10:00am, Mon. Apr. 21: Liturgy, 2nd day of Pascha, joint with Holy Trinity at Holy Trinity in Ashburn, VA

9:00am, Sat. Apr. 26: Archdiocesan Bright Saturday Matins & Liturgy with His Beatitude at St. Nicholas Cathedral

OUR NEW CHURCH IS NEARLY COMPLETED

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)