St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church- St. Louis, Missouri

St. Basil the Great Orthodox Church- St. Louis, Missouri Ruling Hierarch: Bishop Spyridon of Chicago & Mid-America. Rector Archpriest Sergii Alekseev. St. It began in a garage and former storefront in South St. Louis.

Basil the Great Orthodox Church is a growing parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). Louis, Missouri, in 1983, just east of River Des Peres and west of Jamieson Ave (between the St. Louis Hills and Ellendale neighborhoods). It was founded by several local Orthodox Christians seeking a more traditional observance. Within ten years, the building was significantly expanded fr

om the original, and thirty-three years later the parish built and relocated to a much larger, and more traditional building opposite in prominence from its original, at Interstate 270 and Dougherty Ferry (205 Highland Avenue, Des Peres). Its diverse parishioners consist mostly of American converts, but it boasts a sizable Russian contingent. The Divine Services (celebrated according to the Russian liturgical tradition) are in English with some Church Slavonic. Archpriest Martin Swanson, an American convert and former provost and dean of health sciences at St. Louis University, founded the parish in 1985 and served as its rector until October of 2020. He reposed in the Lord in September of 2022. Current rector Archpriest Sergii Alekseev was assigned to the parish in 2014, which with his vast knowledge and experience shepherding English-speaking parishes is a great blessing to all, including Slavic parishioners. Basil's also has as a priest, Fr. Thomas Nichols, an American convert, serving the parish, as well as Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Radomir Chkautovich, former long-time rector of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in St. All are warmly encouraged to visit and enquire openly. Basil the Great is committed to a traditional parochial culture and celebration of Divine Services, under the omophor of the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America under the canonical jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) -- in full union with the age-old Patriarchate of Moscow. The parish year also includes several lectures, film series, close studies of orthodox texts and topics, a church school for ages 5 - 18, bi-annual picnics, a prominent Russian Festival with fine, traditional cuisine, beverages, music and traditional arts. Weekly “trapeza” meals and fellowship follow the 10 a.m. Divine Liturgy on Sunday. Frequent confession is the norm. To visit, and especially if you plan to approach the Chalice, please contact the rector via the number or email here listed.

06/25/2026
SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2026 / JUNE 8, 20263rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two.Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed☦️• S...
06/21/2026

SUNDAY JUNE 21, 2026 / JUNE 8, 2026
3rd Sunday after Pentecost. Tone two.
Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Fish Allowed
☦️• Synaxis of All Saints of North America
+Translation of the relics of Great-martyr Theodore
+St. Theodore, bishop of Rostov and Suzdal (1023).
• Finding of the relics (1501) of Sts. Basil (1249) and Constantine (1257), princes of Yaroslavl.
• Venerable Ephraim, patriarch of Antioch (546).
• Venerable Zosimas, monk, of Phoenicia (Syria) (6th c.).
• “Yaroslavl” (13th c.) and “Uriupinsk” (1827) Icons of the Mother of God.
New Martyr Theophanes at Constantinople (1559)
(Greek).
Venerable Atre (Athre) of Nitria (Egypt).
Venerable Naucratius, abbot of the Studion (848).
Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch (1412),
disciple of St. Arsenius of Konevits (Valaam).
Martyrs Nicander and Marcian at Dorostulum in Moesia
(303) (Romania).
St. Medardus, bishop of Noyon (560) (Neth.).
Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Alphege, abbot
of Canterbury.
Martyr Callopia (Greek).
Venerable Melania the Elder, of Palladius’ Lausiac
History (Greek).
Martyr Nicander (Greek).
Martyr Mark (Greek).
New Hieromartyrs Barlaam (1942) and his brother
Herman (1937) (Riaschentsov) (1937).
St. Paul the Confessor, of Kaiuma in Constantinople
(766).
Holy Hieromartyr Tevdore of Kvelta (1609) (Georgia).
Venerable Naucratius, abbot of the Studion (848).
Venerable Theophilus of Luga and Omutch (1412),
disciple of St. Arsenius of Konevits (Valaam).
Martyrs Nicander and Marcian at Dorostulum in Moesia
(303) (Romania).
St. Medardus, bishop of Noyon (560) (Neth.).
Translation of the relics of Hieromartyr Alphege, abbot of Canterbury.
Martyr Callopia (Greek).
Venerable Melania the Elder, of Palladius’ Lausiac
History (Greek).
Martyr Nicander (Greek).
Martyr Mark (Greek).
New Hieromartyrs Barlaam (1942) and his brother
Herman (1937) (Riaschentsov) (1937).
St. Paul the Confessor, of Kaiuma in Constantinople
(766).
Holy Hieromartyr Tevdore of Kvelta (1609) (Georgia).
Synaxis of the Church of the Cross at Mtskheta, Georgia (Georgia).
Venerable Naucratius, brother of St. Basil the Great (4th C.).

All Saints of Russia
06/16/2026

All Saints of Russia

Molieben to Holy Hierarch Luke of Crimea, the Surgeon, Archbishop of Simferopol (+1961)THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2026 / MAy 29, ...
06/11/2026

Molieben to Holy Hierarch Luke of Crimea, the Surgeon, Archbishop of Simferopol (+1961)

THURSDAY JUNE 11, 2026 / MAy 29, 2026
2nd Week after Pentecost. Tone eight.
Apostles’ (Peter & Paul) Fast. Food with Oil
• Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Constantinople (730).
@ Repose of Blessed John of Ustiug, fool-for-Christ (1494).
• Uncovering of the relics (2000) of Venerable Job, Schemamonk of Anzersk (1720).
New Hieromartyr John deacon and martyr Andrew
(1938).
☦️St. Luke, hierarch-surgeon of Simferopol (1961).
• Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308).
• Commemoration of the First Ecumenical Council (325).
• Pskov-Pechersk Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
“Surety of Sinners”
Synaxis of All Saints of Krasnoyarsk Metropolia.
The Icon of the Mother of God “Non-Slumbering
Eye” (‘Nedremliuschee Oko”).
The Icon of the Mother of God “Imperial”
(“Tsesarkaya”) Borovsk.
St. Alexander, patriarch of Alexandria (328).
New Martyr Andrew of Chios (1465) (Greek).
New Martyr John (or Nannus) at Smyrna (1802).
Blessed Constantine XII, last of the Byzantine
emperors, martyred by the Turks (1453).
Hieromartyr Olbian, bishop of Aneus, and his disciples
(Greek).

06/10/2026

Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America - ROCOR of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia located in Des Plaines, IL

Come, ye faithful, and having formed a choir today, * let us piously keep festival and gloriously honour * the all-glori...
06/08/2026

Come, ye faithful, and having formed a choir today, * let us piously keep festival and gloriously honour * the all-glorious and honourable memorial of all the saints, saying: * Rejoice, O glorious apostles and prophets, * ye martyrs and hieromartyrs! * Rejoice, O assembly of the venerable and the righteous! * Rejoice, O choir of honoured women! * In behalf of the world entreat Christ, * that He grant victories over heresies to our hierarchs * and great mercy to our souls.
Doxastikon of All Saints, Tone VI

SUNDAY JUNE 7, 2026 / MAy 25, 2026
🍃 1st Sunday after Pentecost: Sunday of All Saints (both known and unknown). Tone eight.
☦️Eve of Apostles' (Peter & Paul) Fast.
• Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Kholmsk and Podliash (movable holiday on the Sunday after May 19th).
Virgin-Martyr Helen (1938).
New Hieromartyr Tavrion (1939).
• St. Innocent archbishop of Cherson (1857).
• Hieromartyr Therapon, bishop of Cyprus (4th c.).
St. Dodo, prince of Georgia (6th c.).
Synaxis of Saints of Volhynia: Saints Yaropolk, Stephen, Macarius, Igor and Juliana.
Commemoration of the reunion of 3,000,000 Uniates
with the Orthodox Church at Vilna in 1831.
Martyrs Pasicrates, Valentinian, Julius and others
at Dorostolum (302).
St. Aldehelm, bishop of Sherborne.
Martyr Celestine (Greek).
St. Olbian, monk (Greek).

The Pisani family, caretakers of the former St Ioasaph of Belgorod temple in Muddy, IL, has passed on the extant parish ...
06/02/2026

The Pisani family, caretakers of the former St Ioasaph of Belgorod temple in Muddy, IL, has passed on the extant parish church-bells to St Basil’s, along with the cornerstone of the temple.

The first peels edified the faithful much at the Feast of Pentecost this year.

Much gratitude to Madeline and her family for extending us these wonderful and important parts of our tradition!

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☦️Pentecost and Day of the Holy SpiritAlso, today, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Nina, Enlightener of Georgia!🇬🇪
06/01/2026

☦️Pentecost and Day of the Holy Spirit
Also, today, Equal-to-the-Apostles, Nina, Enlightener of Georgia!🇬🇪

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205 Highland Avenue
Des Peres, MO
63122

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Saturday 4pm - 9pm
Sunday 9am - 1pm

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