Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church

Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church was founded in 1998 by Fr. Blasko Paraklis. We invite you to join us weekly for divine services.

Please, follow our events calendar! Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church of Orange County, California is a parish of the Diocese of the West, Serbian Orthodox Church in America. Our parish is under the episcopacy of His Grace Dr. Maksim, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Western America. Our parish is named after the Most Holy Theotokos, the ever-virgin Mary, counted as a most holy

human being ever. Our annual parish feast day is September 21. Originally founded in Orange County, California by His Grace Bishop Jovan in the Spring of 1998, our parish gained a full-time priest, Father Blasko Paraklis, in October of that year. United in Faith, parishioners shared a sense of fellowship and a growing determination to build a church, fellowship hall, and school from the onset.

06/09/2026

Recording of the Divine Liturgy on June 7, 2026

Due to technical issues with our service provider, Restream Restream Restream, the Liturgy did not go live on Facebook yesterday. As a backup, please subscribe to our YouTube live streams as well here: https://www.youtube.com/

Please support our Church. No donation is too small; every little bit helps. https://mostholytheotokos.com/donate/2025/

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,We have extended the raffle because the contributions on Sunday did not cover the do...
06/06/2026

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

We have extended the raffle because the contributions on Sunday did not cover the donor's originally suggested sale price of $500. As some of you have already suggested in the comments, you can participate in the raffle and dedicate your tickets to our church so that, if your ticket is drawn, the icon will stay with us.

One ticket is $25, and you can participate with multiple tickets. You can pay via Venmo to , via Zelle to [email protected], or via PayPal at https://paypal.me/MostHolyTheotokos, and it is crucial to include "Raffle" or, better yet, "Icon Raffle" in the memo so that we can recognize your participation.

Thank you and have a blessed Friday evening!

Next Sunday, we're going to draw the raffle for this hand-painted oil-paint icon donated to us by Brother John. Each raf...
05/24/2026

Next Sunday, we're going to draw the raffle for this hand-painted oil-paint icon donated to us by Brother John. Each raffle ticket is $25. Please use Venmo () or Zelle ([email protected]) for the tickets, and put "Raffle" in the memo with your phone and email. We will livestream the drawing next Sunday after Liturgy. Thank you!

04/16/2026

Many Blessed Years, Fr. Blasko!

Dear Brothers and Sisters:More than two thousand years ago, Christianity conquered the world with the joy of Easter, the...
04/11/2026

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

More than two thousand years ago, Christianity conquered the world with the joy of Easter, the resurrection. This joy was above all an answer to humanity's perpetual question and grief about life's duality, joy, and mortality. It is only when we understand this that we can appreciate the great importance the first Christians attached to what might otherwise appear to be an inconsequential detail in the gospel account of the resurrection: Christ arose on the first day of the week, the day after the Sabbath.

The first day became "the day of resurrection." Sunday became the first day of that new time and of that new life which shone from the tomb. And over that life, as St. Paul wrote, "death no longer has dominion." Christianity introduced a concept of life in which life ceases to be the victim of death. "O death, where is thy sting? O hell, where is thy victory?" (1 Cor. 15:55). This new experience is the very heart of Christianity and its fire. Death is overthrown; no longer is death a hopeless divorce from life.

A new day has arrived, the first day of a new creation, which overcomes the limits of time and brings eternal joy and eternal life. That experience is the Christian basis for the celebration of Pascha. May this new experience of life through Christ's resurrection become our experience in this Millennium and always!

For all of you who celebrate our Lord's Resurrection in the name of the Crucified and Risen Christ, I pray from my heart for God's blessings to be upon you and your family that you may continually strive for spiritual fulfillment in your words, your actions, and your thoughts. With such hope, I greet you all humbly and sincerely with the victorious Paschal greeting: CHRIST IS RISEN!

With love in the Risen Lord,
Fr. Blasko Paraklis

Pascha donations could be made online:
https://mostholytheotokos.com/donate/2026
or you can mail a check to:
Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos Serbian Orthodox Church
24236 Olivera Dr, Mission Viejo, CA 92691

This is just a friendly reminder that tomorrow and tomorrow only we're going to have our Diving Liturgy at a temporary l...
03/08/2026

This is just a friendly reminder that tomorrow and tomorrow only we're going to have our Diving Liturgy at a temporary location! Have a blessed evening!

Old World Church at Old World Village:
7561 Center Ave Ste 47, Huntington Beach, CA 92647

Address

8 MacArthur Pl
Irvine, CA
92707

Opening Hours

Saturday 6pm - 7pm
Sunday 11:30am - 2pm

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+19497020706

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