Initially Saint Luke the Evangelist, the parish was formed as an Eastern Orthodox Church and incorporated as a nonprofit in Washington State in September of 2018. The inaugural Great Vespers was on Pascha of 2018 in Edmonds, Washington.

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As our Statement of Faith reads, we are a balanced Eastern Christianity. Saint Dymphna Orthodox Catholic Church teachings are primitive, pre-schism and inclusive Christianity, in the shared celebration of the various Orthodox Catholic Divine Liturgy’s, while maintaining Orthodox theology. We are parish not bound by any one dogma, or canon besides the historic Ecumenical Council's, and within reason of morality and inclusiveness. We welcome all of God's beloveds in our worship and to experience the sacraments as one body of Christ.

 

Saint Dymphna Orthodox Catholic Church proclaims the accepted teaching of Bishop Kallistos of Blessed Memory that “Neither an Ecumenical Council, nor the Patriarchate of Constantinople or of Moscow, nor any other Mother-Church can create a new local Church. The most that they can do is to recognize such a Church. But the act of creation must be carried out in situ, locally, by the living Eucharistic cells which are called to gradually make up the body of a new local Church.” (SOP 302, Nov. 2005, given at the St. Serge Institute of Theology in Paris).

 

Our journey as a parish will always be Christ-centered and, ultimately, to serve those that Christ has instructed us to serve; the poor, the infirm, the broken-hearted, the meek, the merciful, those that are just like us. As a parish, we intend to inspire the people we serve by carrying out the works of the Church and offering solace to those in need of love the most. We strive to be a source of equality and social justice-minded Christianity for all of God’s children—created in His likeness.

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