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Sunday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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November
Russian Festival
11:00a – 6:00p
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2
20th Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy
10:00a
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3
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4
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5
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6
Our Lady --The Joy of All Who Sorrow
Liturgy 10:00a
Dinner to Follow
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7
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Holy Great Martyr Demetrius
Liturgy 10:00a
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21st Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy
10:00a
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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Demetrius
Saturday
Liturgy 10:00a
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22nd Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy
10:00a
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17
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18
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Vespers 6:30p
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Synaxis of Holy Archangel Michael and The Other Bodiless Powers
Liturgy 10:00a
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St.Nectarius, Metropolitan of Pentapolis
Liturgy 10:00a
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Observance of the Parish Feast
Greeting of the Bishop 9:30a
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Nativity Fast Begins
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24th Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy 10:00a
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December
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2
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3
Vigil 6:30p
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4
Entry into the Temple of the Mother of God
Liturgy 10:00a
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5
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6
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25th Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy 10:00a
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9
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10
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11
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12
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Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called
Liturgy 10:00a
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26th Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy 10:00a
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15
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17
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18
Vigil 6:30p
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St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Liturgy 10:00a
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27th Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgy 10:00a
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Conception of the Mother of
God by St. Anna
Liturgy 10:00a
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25
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Monthly Liturgy for Deceased of the Parish
10:00a
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The Holy Forefathers
Liturgy 10:00a
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Welcome! Äîáðî ïîæàëîâàòü!
Founded by Russian immigrants (displaced persons), including Father Eugene Lyzlov (на русском языке), in
1951, not long after World War II, the Russian Orthodox Church of Our Lady is a
congregation belonging to the Russian Orthodox
Church Abroad headquartered in New York City. 
By October 1957 we had moved from the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia to the Art Museum
area, at the intersection of 20th and Brandywine Streets one block
north of Spring Garden Street and six blocks west of Broad Street. To this day
the church maintains the fullness of the Russian Orthodox tradition
liturgically and in its teachings, and retains a very Russian character. 
We use the Julian calendar and
a mixture of mostly Slavonic and some English in services, and of course
members of all ethnic groups are welcome to worship with us. Besides our original members, we include newcomers from Russia and converts.
A former Protestant building, the church’s present home has a
fine stone facade with small arched windows reminiscent of Orthodox churches in
the Balkans, and is topped by a gold three-bar Russian cross.
On Brandywine Street in front of the rectory next to the church is a small
garden with birdbath and crucifix roadside shrine. Inside, a small space has
been transformed into a place of light and holiness, both “an earthly heaven”
and a reminder of the best of the old country, as was Father Eugene’s
intention.
About Our Lady of Smolensk and our church: The icon of the Mother of God on our iconostasis is a version of the Smolensk icon, to which our founding pastor, Fr. Eugene, had a special devotion. He died on this feast day — a sign of grace.
Father Athanasy (Mastalski), Pastor
A native Philadelphian and convert to Russian Orthodoxy, Father Athanasy first visited our
church as a young man. He served us as
a deacon in the 1970s, then, after serving churches in the Holy Land, New
Jersey and Haiti, returned to Philadelphia to become our pastor in 1996. A
monk, Father has the title of igumen (abbot). He knows Russian and also French.
E-mail Fr. Athanasy