Solomon’s Porch is an Eastern Convergent Catholic community - rooted in the tradition of the early Church, shaped by the beauty of Eastern Christianity, and committed to the radical openness of Christ’s table.​

 

We gather for the Divine Liturgy each Sunday with icons, chant, incense, and mystery, not as a reenactment, but as living participation in the life of God. We honor the wisdom of the Church Fathers and Mothers. We celebrate the seven sacraments. We seek theosis.​

 

And yet, many who find their way to us come from places of spiritual displacement:

 

• Cradle Orthodox who no longer feel at home in their local parish.

• Eastern Catholics disillusioned with hierarchical politics.

• LGBTQ+ Christians who want to live in truth and still be received at the chalice.

• Former Roman Catholics who ache for something older, deeper, and less transactional​.

 

Here at Solomon’s Porch, we strive to be a bridge - not a break. We haven’t rejected the East. We’re recovering it. In full color. In full dignity. With full inclusion.

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Eastern Convergent Catholic?

 

Eastern

We worship using the shape and spirit of the Eastern liturgies—especially the Byzantine traditions. You will encounter incense, iconography, chanted prayers, fasting seasons, processions, and a robust sacramental worldview. Our liturgy is not a performance. It is our offering.​

 

Convergent

We are part of the Convergent Catholic Communion—a valid, sacramental body that blends the best of Eastern and Western tradition while intentionally leaving behind what excludes, wounds, or oppresses. “Convergent” does not mean vague or compromised. It means integrated, reconciled, and reimagined in light of Christ’s Gospel.​

 

Catholic

We are catholic in the true sense of the word: universal, apostolic, and sacramental. We hold the faith of the undivided Church. Our clergy are ordained in apostolic succession. We confess the Nicene Creed, invoke the Theotokos, and honor the saints. Our Eucharist is real, and it is open to all baptized Christians who seek communion with Christ.

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A Distinct Expression of the Faith

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We are not under Rome or any Orthodox patriarchate.

 

We are autocephalous (self-governing), but not isolated. We are in communion with other Convergent Catholic and Old Catholic jurisdictions, and we share much in common with many independent Orthodox communities.

 

We affirm the dignity and full sacramental participation of all people.

 

This includes LGBTQ+ Christians, the divorced and remarried, and those who have been wounded by other churches.

 

Our clergy may marry, and we affirm women and nonbinary persons in ordained ministry.

 

We do this not out of rebellion, but because we believe the Spirit still breathes upon the Church.

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We hold fast to tradition, but not at the expense of love.

 

We believe the tradition is alive, not static. The goal is not to preserve a museum - it is to proclaim the Reign of God.