Saint Stephen Orthodox Anglican Mission

Saint Stephen Orthodox Anglican Mission As Anglicans, we worship God using the traditional 1928 Book of Common Prayer and the original Authorized Version of the Bible, with Apocrypha.

We believe and confess the three ancient Creeds of the Church: the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. We believe Holy Scripture is God’s written Word. We believe in the genuine spiritual power of the Holy Sacraments. We believe in the power of God to heal the sick and broken-hearted. We believe that loyalty to our Lord Jesus Christ, to the Father and to the Holy Ghost is

expressed by service to our fellowmen. We believe in the necessity of inward spiritual development and the outward amendment of life of every Christian. We stand for biblical faith and morality as revealed in God'sHoly Word, andino His Holy Sacraments. We only recognize the ordination of Godly men to Holy Orders and affirm that marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman. Important things to remember. Women's ordination into holy orders are absolutely invalid and therefore are not able to convey the sacraments. Homosexuality is incompatible within the life of the Church and individual Christian. A valid marriage is only between one biological man and one biological woman. Adultery and fornication are incompatible with the Christian faith. Abortion is incompatible with the faith and imposes automatic excommunication from the Church (which can be reversed by repentance and true contrition). For one to be a Christian one must adhere to the the clear teachings of the scriptures. To depart from or try to explain away what is clearly taught in the scriptures and what the Church has always maintained as truth and codified in her ancient councils and canons is to not only depart from the Church but to depart from Jesus Christ. This must be taught by clergy with authority. This is why we were ordained, to preach the purity of the Word. To preach God's truth and not our own "truth." We are not to preach what we want to be true but what is the truth according to God as revealed in holy writ and affirmed and preserved in the ancient canons and councils of the Church.

Many prayers for his Grace Archbishop Nicholas Acres ✝️🛐
09/07/2026

Many prayers for his Grace Archbishop Nicholas Acres ✝️🛐

09/04/2026

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, accept this praise in union with that divine love with which Thou didst endure all the wounds of Thy most Holy Body. **I salute the wound of Thy right foot, and I plunge my soul into it, praying that Thou wouldst forgive all my missteps. I salute the wound of Thy left foot, begging for the grace to walk in Thy ways. I salute the wound of Thy right hand, offering my actions to Thee. I salute the wound of Thy left hand, placing all my trials within it. Finally, I salute the wound of Thy Sacred Heart, and within that deepest wound, I hide my life, asking that my heart may be forever united to Thine. Amen."
Saint Gertrude the Great

08/14/2026

Inhale: O Abba YHWH Exhale: I dwell in Thy presence.
Inhale: Search me
O God,
Exhale: and know my heart.

August 5th the Feast Day to Saint Eusignius
08/05/2026

August 5th the Feast Day to Saint Eusignius

07/27/2026

This my King, who is full of goodness and mercy, doesn't punish me. Rather Yashua YHWH embraces me lovingly and invites me to eat at his table, and I kneel and kiss His nail scared feet.

Father Hamel martyred during Holy Mass
07/26/2026

Father Hamel martyred during Holy Mass

06/18/2026
06/07/2026

MATINS
Prayers upon arising: 4AM

✝️ In the Holy Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, One God YHWH, AMEN.

O Lord I lay my Prayers and all I do today at Your nail scared feet and wounded heart.

My Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive me my sins, As I forgive those who sin against me. And lead me not into temptation. But deliver me from the evil one. Amen

O Lord, open Thou my lips.
And my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.
O God, make speed to save me.
O Lord, make haste to help me.

✝️GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; One God YHWH.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

ALLELUIA, MARANATHA

ANTIPHON: O Worship the Lord,
Abba YHWH, for He created us, sons and daughters of Adam, in HIS own image.

Venite, exultemus.
***Psalm xcv.***
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ANTIPHON: My Abba YHWH giveth, in His Agape Love, My Abba YHWH taketh away, in His Agape Love, Blessed be the Holy Name of YHWH.

✝️ GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; One God YHWH.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

O worship the LORD, for He is the One who created us in His own image.

Hymn.
Primo die, quo Trinitas.

THE FIRST DAY of creation the Blessed Trinity first shed o'er earth HIS quickening breath.
THE FIRST DAY of Resurrection my Maker,
risen anew, delivered me from conquered death.

I will obey the Prophet's word,
from sleep and slothfulness arise,
And duly seek unto the LORD,
with waking heart and waking eyes.

That He may hearken to my prayer,
and stretching forth His nail scared hand,
May put away my sin and fear,
and lead me to my native land,
beyond the veil.

That I who raise the chant of praise
in this most still and silent hour,
On this the holiest of days,
may receive His gift of love and power.

Now then, O Father of all
Divine Agape Light!
before Thy nail scared feet, and wounded heart, my prayers I pour:
Banish afar the torch of vice,
and every act of sin and dour.

Let no uncleanness, nor deceit,
to body or to soul be knit,
Lest fiercer flames of hellish fire
from such unhallowed spark be lit.

Redeemer of this world, I crave
that Thou wouldst wash my sins away;
And let me plenteous entrance win
to Thy bright home of endless day.

Grant this, ✝️ O Father, Lord most High,
co-equal, sole-begotten Son,
And Holy Spirit, Paraclete,
One Holy Trinity, ONE GOD,
while eternal ages run. Amen.

Antiphon:
✝️ Blessed is the son and daughter of Adam whose delight is in the Law of YHWH.

Beatus vir qui non abiit
*** Psalm I ***
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*Read the next chapter of the Torah*

✝️ GLORY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; One God YHWH.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Antiphon: Serve the Lord YHWH only, in humble fear, rejoice unto Him with unfeigned reverence.

Quare fremuerent gentes?
*** Psalm ii. ***
***Read the next chapter of
the New Testament***
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Antiphon: Arise LORD, and help me, O my God, my King.

Domine, quid multiplicati?
*** Psalm iii. ***

Antiphon: My spirit and soul have meditated upon Thy Holy name, Abba YHWH, in the night season. And I have kept Thy Law. I will not be afraid for only my ABBA YHWH sustains me.

✝️ Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, One God YHWH.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, As we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from the evil one. AMEN

Antiphon: How excellent is Thy name,
O YHWH, in all the world. What is Adam that Thou art mindful of him, the Son of Adam that Thou visitest Him.

Domine, Dominus noster
*** Ps. viii. ***

Antiphon: Up, LORD, and let not sin corrupted diseased ego driven worshipers of the ways of the father of lies the defeated one have the upper hand. My soul will not be afraid for my Abba YHWH sustains me.

Psallite Domino
*** Psalm ix. 11-20. ***

Antiphon: Up, LORD, my Abba YHWH, and let not the sin corrupted diseased ego driven lovers of the ways of the father of lies, the defeated one, have the upper hand over the wounded heart of Thy faithful Anointed Bride Katholikos.

✝️ Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might be unto our GOD for ever and ever. Thanks be to GOD, Amen.

Hymn.
Ecce jam noctis.
Paler have grown the shades of night, in this sin corrupted shadow world,
Closer draws the day of the Warning;
The Illumination of Conscience.
Checkering the soul with streaks of Thy
Agape Light, since I began to pray:

To pray for mercy when I sin,
*Mia Colpa, *Mia Colpa, *Mia Maxima Colpa.
for ✝️ cleansing and release;
For comfort of spirit and soul within
for everlasting peace.

Grant this to me, ✝️ O Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost, One God of grace;
To Whom all worship shall be done
in every time and place. Amen.

My LORD Yashuah ha Mashiach YHWH
my KING, hath put on His glorious apparel:
O LORD MARANATHA.

My LORD Yashuah ha Mashiach YHWH
my KING, hath put on His apparel, and girded Himself with strength, for battle, and rideth forth on a White Horse of War.
O LORD MARANATHA.

O Abba YHWH, I give thanks unto Thee who hast kept us this night from all evils, in body, soul and spirit; and I beseech Thee, for Thy mercies' sake, to awaken those who's souls sleep in the darkest grave of sin. Grant us grace to cast off all the works of all demonic and sinful darkness, and to walk as children of Thy Divine Agape Light; and preserve us this day from all sin, and from all perils of spiritual danger, For Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

O HOLY LORD, who dwellest on high, beyond the veil, and beholdest Thy faithful Anointed Bride Katholikos, I humbly kneel before Thy nail scared feet. Stretch forth Thy nail scared hand from Thy Holy dwelling-place beyond the veil, and bless us and subdue our hearts to Thy will; and if I have offended in anything, do Thou who art the gracious GOD, the Lover of the sons and daughters of Adam, pardon and subdue my sin corrupted soul's ego, and grant us the good manna of this world and of that which is to come from beyond the veil; for Thine it is to have mercy and to save us: and to Thee, ✝️ Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be all glory for ever. Amen.

O LORD, I beseech Thee, absolve Thy anointed people from all our sins; and through Thy bountiful goodness deliver us from the demonic parasites which try to infect our weakened sin corrupted soul's egos, and from those sins we have committed. Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our ✝️ Blessed Lord and Savior. Amen.

O ETERNAL GOD, merciful Abba, I humbly beseech Thee, ✝️ bless Thy Holy Faithful Church Katholikos spread upon the face of the whole earth. Purge us, and subdue us
O LORD, from all unbelief, heresy, schism, and factions; that One LORD, One Faith,
One Baptism, One Eucharist may in all places be confessed with one accord; and grant, O LORD, that Thy faithful Anointed Bride Katholikos may be, and continue, faithful, living, and working members therein, under Christ our Lord, all the days of our life, through the merits and by the grace of Thy only begotten Son Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

O MERCIFUL GOD, ✝️ bless Thy Faithful Church, Thy Anointed Bride, and all faithful ✝️ Bishops, Priest and Deacons of this communion, and all those with whom we are in communion, make us, and all the members there of, sound in faith, holy in life and faithful to our oath that we may honorably serve Thee, and Thy Holy faithful Church Katholikos, and that Thou mayest ✝️ bless us; through Jesus Christ our LORD. Amen.

I humbly beg Thee O LORD JESUS CHRIST, hear the prayers of Thy servant, and
Have mercy upon me, * mia colpa,
Have mercy upon me, * mia colpa,
Have mercy upon me, * mia maxima colpa, You who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, One God YHWH, world without end. Amen

I will ✝️ Bless the LORD. Thanks be to GOD.

May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of GOD, rest in peace,✝️ Amen.
May the Martyrs ✝️ and all who are persecuted for their faith in Thee, know the welling up of the peace and Agape Love of the indwelling Holy Ghost YHWH that passes all understanding. Amen.

My Father, my ABBA YHWH who art in heaven beyond the veil,
Hallowed be Thy Name YHWH,
Thy Kingdom come, MARANATHA.
Thy Will be done, MARANATHA,
on this sin corrupted earth as it is in heaven, beyond the veil,
Grant us this day our daily manna,
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Guide us away from the paths that lead our sin corrupted soul's egos to respond to temptation, deliver us in the Courts of Heaven from the hand of the evil one. AMEN.

ABSOLUTION;
BREAK the bonds of my sins, ✝️ subdue and set me free, in body, soul and spirit,
O LORD almighty and merciful. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever, world without end. AMEN.

Benediction;
May He who ever liveth and reigneth bestow upon us His gracious ✝️ blessing,
AMEN.
May help Divine be with us all, for ever abiding, ✝️ AMEN.
May the King of Angels grant us fellowship with all the citizens of Heaven, beyond the veil, ✝️ AMEN.

Te Deum Laudamus.
***Pg. 10 1928 Book of Common Prayer***

Go in peace to Love and Serve the Lord,
Thanks be to GOD, AMEN.

Here ends the Order of Matins.

The evening service at St. Hedwig's Cathedral was ending. It was November 10th, 1938. The morning after Kristallnacht.Be...
05/21/2026

The evening service at St. Hedwig's Cathedral was ending. It was November 10th, 1938. The morning after Kristallnacht.

Bernhard Lichtenberg walked to the front of Berlin's most important Catholic church. N**i officials might be sitting in the pews. Informants definitely were. The Gestapo had eyes everywhere.

He didn't care.

"We pray," his voice carried through the cathedral, "for the persecuted Jews and non-Aryan Christians."

The congregation went silent. You could hear people shift in their seats. Some probably looked around nervously. Others might have walked out.

Lichtenberg kept praying.

The next night, he did it again. And the night after that. Every single evening for almost three years, this 63-year-old priest stood up in the heart of N**i Germany and publicly defended the people Hi**er wanted dead.

Most German priests stayed quiet. They told themselves they were protecting their churches, their congregations, their own lives. Some even supported the N**is.

Not Lichtenberg.

When the N**is started murdering disabled people in their "euthanasia" program, he wrote angry letters to government officials. When Jews started disappearing on cattle cars, he prayed for them louder.

His friends begged him to stop. His fellow priests warned him he was going too far. N**i officials made it clear they were watching.

He prayed harder.

Night after night, his voice echoed through that cathedral. "For the persecuted Jews." The words hung in the air like a challenge. Like a dare.

The N**is finally took the dare.

On October 23rd, 1941, the Gestapo pounded on his door. They charged him with "abuse of the pulpit" and "treasonable statements." His crime? Praying for people his government wanted eliminated.

They threw him in Tegel Prison. He was 66 years old.

Prison was hell. Thin soup and moldy bread. Cells so cold your breath froze. No medical care when prisoners got sick. Lichtenberg's health crumbled. His body started breaking down.

Two years later, his sentence was up. He should have walked free.

Instead, the Gestapo had other plans. "You're going to Dachau," they told him.

Everyone knew what that meant. Dachau wasn't prison. It was a death sentence with extra steps.

But Lichtenberg shocked them with his response.

"No," he said. "Send me to the Łódź Ghetto instead. I want to minister to the Jews and Christians imprisoned there. I want to share their fate."

The old priest wanted to go to the ghetto. He wanted to suffer alongside the people he'd been praying for. He wanted to die with them if necessary.

The N**is were speechless. Then furious.

"You're going to Dachau," they repeated. "That's final."

On November 3rd, 1943, they loaded him onto a transport train. He was 67 years old, his body wasted from two years of prison hell. The journey to Dachau would take him through Bavaria.

He never made it.

On November 5th, while the train stopped in a small Bavarian town called Hof, Bernhard Lichtenberg died. His body had been destroyed by N**i imprisonment. The journey was too much.

Even dying, he never took back those prayers. Never apologized for defending Jews. Never said he was wrong.

The man who'd stood in Berlin's most important cathedral and prayed for persecuted Jews every night for three years died declaring he wished to share their fate.

After the war, people slowly realized what they'd witnessed. Here was a priest who'd turned evening prayers into acts of resistance. Who'd made his cathedral a place where N**i ideology was challenged every single night.

In 1996, the Pope declared him "Blessed" - a martyr who died for his faith and his defense of the persecuted.

Most of us will never face what Lichtenberg faced. But we all face moments when we can speak up or stay silent. When we can defend someone or look the other way. When we can choose courage or comfort.

Bernhard Lichtenberg chose courage. Every single night for three years. Even when it killed him.

That old priest proved something the N**is desperately wanted to hide: even in the darkest times, voices of conscience can still speak. And speaking matters, even when it costs everything.

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