Welcome to St. Thekla Website.

We are so glad that you have come to visit our website and we do hope that you will take some time while you are here to get to know us! 

St. Thekla Orthodox Church is a vibrant community of faithful who are committed to serving God and our neighbors, according to the Ancient and Apostolic Orthodox Christian Tradition.

From generation to generation, the Holy Orthodox Christian Faith has preserved and upheld the fullness of the Christian Faith and her teachings as it has been passed down, unblemished and unchanged, directly to us from Christ Himself, through the blessed Twelve Apostles, the Saints and Martyrs, and faithful throughout the ages.

We are located in Hillsboro, Maryland, serving the faithful throughout the Eastern Shore.

The Divine Liturgy and other services are performed in English. We gladly welcome visitors and inquirers and invite you to stay after Liturgy on Sunday for coffee and light refreshments so we can get acquainted.

In the meantime, please enjoy your visit to our website and learn more about our parish and our faith.

The term Eastern Orthodox describes a large group of sister churches that originated from the work of Jesus Christ and his apostles in the eastern Mediterranean lands and the ancient patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem.  The missionary work of these first believers has led to the spread of Eastern Orthodoxy from the Holy Land to every continent.

At first, Orthodox services in the United States tended to reflect the language and origins of immigrants and their homelands.  Presently, more Orthodox churches are using English for their worship services.  St. Thekla's congregation is one of these churches.  As a result, Orthodoxy is being disovered and is experiencing rapid growth.  This growth is due to its fidelity to the Scriptures, apostolic traditions, and its unchanged historic style of worship.  The Orthodox Church in the United States is gaining a multitude of converts who find the Scripture-based theology and the Christian worship of the third century to be a comfort in the present day.