What's New

Sermons: a new kind of entry, Funeral reflection, with "A Life of Wisdom, Vision, and Love", a tribute to Hegumen Father Mikhail Ibrahim.

Flashback: a new album and post, Palm Sunday of April 8, 2012, with 89 photos.

Flashback: a new album and post, the SPSA Memorial Day Fellowship BBQ of May 28, 2012, with 109 photos.

Flashback: a new album and post, the Pulse Fellowship BBQ of June 2, 2012, with 60 photos.

Flashback: a new album and post, the first Egyptian Festival in Connecticut, held at our church in Stamford in September 2012, with 78 photos.

Photo Albums and Posts: year buttons (All years, 2026, 2012 and so on) to find events quickly, with a year heading above each group of albums. The Posts page has the same buttons next to All posts and Flashback. The address can be shared, for example /photos/#2012.

Flashback: a new album and post, our first fellowship BBQ in Stamford, Connecticut, held for the Easter celebration on May 20, 2012, with 70 photos.

Flashback: the Home page now shows Latest photos on the left and a Flashback album from our early years on the right, a different one each day. Old posts carry a Flashback label, and the Posts page has buttons to show all posts or only Flashback.

Photo Albums: a new album from January 11, 2012, one of the first liturgies of our community, held while renting from the Archangel Greek Orthodox Church of Stamford, with a post to go with it.

Photo Albums: a Share button for all albums at the top of the page and one on each album card. Sermons: a short note for children and youth was removed from "Opening the Roof".

Photo Albums: a third album, Cookies for a Cause + Nefertiti’s Brew (October 4), and the post now tells how the day went.

Photo Albums: a second album, SPSA Apple Picking at Silverman’s Farm on October 3, with a post to go with it.

Photo Albums: one album for each event, with a Download all photos button, a full-screen viewer, and a Latest photos card on the Home page. The first album is the veneration of the holy relic of Saint Anastasia.

Daily Readings: the saint's icon now shows in the Synaxarium on the Daily Readings page and when you tap the saint's name under the date. Tap the icon to see it full size.

Sermons: the new sermon "Opening the Roof" is posted for the First Sunday of Babah.

A new post: the veneration of the holy relic of Saint Anastasia, with photos from the evening.

Synaxarium: tap Save on any saint story to keep it, then tap Saved only to find your saints quickly. Your saved saints stay on your own phone.

Synaxarium: tap a saint's icon to open it full screen, and tap Close to return to the story.

Synaxarium: each saint story now has an icon above it. Saint Anastasia has her icon, and the other saints show a gold frame until their icons are added.

A new announcement: the holy relic of Saint Anastasia, with the evening schedule.

Synaxarium: every saint story now has a Share this story button, so you can send the story to family and friends with a link that opens that story.

Home page: announcement and post cards now show the same amount of text beside the flyer, up to five lines, with Read more for the rest.

Coptic calendars: add the feasts and fasts of the Coptic Church, or the daily Synaxarium, to your own phone calendar from the Feasts & Fasts page. Holy Week readings now follow the printed Ottawa Katameros, and Feasts & Fasts always shows the coming year.

Sermons: the new sermon "The Way Up Is Down" is posted. Every Bible reference in the sermons is now a link: hover over it, or tap it on a phone, to read the verses in the NKJV, and open the full reading in the Katameros.

Songs & Hymns: 72 Arabic songs, with the Arabic words behind the English hymns and the rest as their own songs, all shown right to left on the church screen.

Daily Readings: tap the saint's name under the date to read the Synaxarium, and open the commentary of three authors in one window.

Songs & Hymns: 389 hymns to search, show on the church screen and share. Daily readings now have an Arabic and English reader, and there is a new Holy Week page.

Sermons: search the sermons, filter them by type, Bible passage, or Coptic year and month, and read short homilies from the Divine Liturgy.

What's new: this page lists every update to the website, and the footer now shows the current version.

The menu is now split into Worship and Learn, with a Library heading inside Learn.

Today's readings now appears as an open-book card on the home page.

Download everything the Fathers wrote on a chapter as a Word or text file.

Fathers on the Bible: choose a book, chapter, and verse to read what the Church Fathers wrote.

The saints page lists 742 saints in 14 groups, with search and sorting by date or by group.

Feasts of the Saints and a searchable Synaxarium, with the full story of each saint.

Library searches can be downloaded as a list or as full text.

Christian Writings Library: more than five thousand works by about one hundred and fifty authors, with search and notes about translations.

Writings of the Fathers: fifteen early Christian writings in English, with search and download.

Readings for the major feast days are added. Holy Week readings are still being checked.

Feasts & Fasts: the fasts and feasts of the year, each linked to that day's readings.

Subscribe to the church calendar on your phone or computer, and add any event to your own calendar.

Daily readings for Vespers, Matins, and the Liturgy, with the Synaxarium, and Today's readings on the home page.

The home page now lists up to five upcoming events.

The Annual Pastoral Visit of H.G. Bishop David on December 6 is announced.

Inside Our Church: a new page with photos and words about the nave, the iconostasis, the altar, and the relics.

Christianity 101 is now Orthodoxy 101, with a new subtitle and tagline. The old address still works.

The first menu group is now called When & Where.

On computers the top menu now opens in groups.

Sign up for the church newsletter from the More page.

The home page picture is sharper on large screens.

The shared picture now shows the drawing of our church in full.

A new picture appears when the website link is shared in messages.

The Calendar page now shows every current announcement.

A new picture of the church at the top of the home page.

The Christmas Tree Picking announcement, event dates in announcement titles, announcements ordered by event date, and the drawing of our church on the home page.

For Servants is now in the main menu.

For Servants: a new page with the talk What Is God Worth to Me? and its slides.

The church seal now shows as the website's icon in browsers and search results.

A link to the church membership app on the More page.

The Arabic Bible Study page links to the study on EyesOpened.org.

New Here? now tells the story of our church and why it is called the little fish.

The website is open to everyone, and the trial notice is gone.

Sermons: a page for each sermon, the latest sermon on the home page, and a wider layout for large screens.

New Here? now has a full guide for first-time visitors. The Calendar page shows current announcements, and event announcements can be added to your phone's calendar.

Weekly services and the Next Service box now follow the church Google Calendar.

Posts and announcements: a Posts page, announcements with flyers, and past announcements that move to their own list on their own.

A new look for phones: a simpler home page, a grouped menu, a More page, the Next Service box, the Giving button, and share buttons.

The new church website opens at spsa.church, with every page carried over from the old site, the live church calendar, and the option to add it to your phone like an app.