St. Athanasius Orthodox Church

04/26/2026

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women,
Pious Joseph of Arimathaea
& Righteous Nicodemus

04/19/2026

New Sunday or Anti-Pascha
Sunday of Thomas the Apostle,
Called “The Twin”
Hieromartyr Paphnoutios of Jerusalem;
Tryphon, Patriarch of Constantinople

04/12/2026

Great & Holy Pascha - The Bodily Resurrection of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ from the Dead.

03/28/2025

https://youtu.be/v7LXfXQ_ZrU

Tips from the Trenches was recorded on September 28, 2024, by Valerie Yova, Music Director of St. Athanasius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Santa Barbara, Cal...

03/28/2025

St. Athanasius was blessed to receive a grant in 2024 from the Orthodox Vision Foundation for several projects that provided training and nurturing of liturgical arts and artists. Three very talented iconographers in our parish were able to travel to study under various master teachers. We also used part of the grant funds to film this instructional vocal warm-up for individuals and ensembles. It is geared towards Orthodox liturgical singers.

I am very thankful to the singers at St. Athanasius for their willingness to participate in this project. They give a great deal of time and energy to the music ministry are a huge blessing to our parish, week after week!

https://youtu.be/D95q7GIma7g

The same day that we made the warm-up video we also filmed "Tips from the Trenches for Orthodox Liturgical Singers," which was, essentially, me sharing some thoughts about vocal technique, church singing, music ministry, and the responsibility of being a music leader, based on my 35-plus years of working in the music ministry. Those who know me know that I hold myself (and those with whom I work) to a pretty high standard. I do not back off from that in this video. Just giving you a heads up. Not everyone will agree with my opinions. Take what is useful. Leave the rest. I will also post the "Tips from the Trenches" video separately, but here is that link: https://youtu.be/v7LXfXQ_ZrU

I thank God for the opportunity to record these videos and I pray that they are helpful and/or an encouragement to some.

Many thanks to John Butler for filming and editing both videos.

Valerie Yova, Music Director

The choir of St. Athanasius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Santa Barbara, California, and their director (Valerie Yova) invite you to join them in a 20-minute...

12/28/2024

Photos from our Nativity services can be viewed here:

Photos of Nativity on the parish website:

https://www.stathanasius.org/media/photo-gallery/december-24-2024-nativity/

09/14/2024

September 14, 2024

04/28/2024

Wishing all of our parishioners and friends a beautiful feast of Palm Sunday, and a blessed Great and Holy Week. After liturgy yesterday, we had our traditional work party and decorated with palms. The church is ready.

03/13/2024

The Word Magazine, March/April 2024
https://issuu.com/antiochian/docs/march-april_2024_word_for_issuu

02/06/2024

Asking your prayers for Fr. Turbo Qualls, who is having surgery today on a severely damaged knee after a fall on the ice several weeks ago. And thank you to all who so generously donated to the campaign to raise funds for his medical expenses! May God guide his surgeon and hasten his recovery.