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ORTHODOX in following the teachings of the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Undivided Church proclaimed in the ancient creeds,  
adhering faithfully to the Principles of Apostolic Succession and a life of worship through the
Holy Mysteries, the Seven Sacraments.

WESTERN because of the common cultural, language and terminology of the people we serve.

CATHOLIC, which is the same thing as Universal. Because the church is neither limited to any place, nor time, nor people, but
contains true believers of all places, times, and peoples.

The Apostle Paul says that the Word of the Gospel is in all the world; "All over  the world this gospel is bearing  fruit and growing,
just as it has been doing  among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth."(Coloss. 1.6), and that
in the Christian Church there is "neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised  nor  circumcised, barbarian nor Scythian, bond nor  free:  
but Christ is all, and in all" (Coloss. 3. 11);  "They which be of faith, are blessed  with faithful Abraham" (Gal. 3. 9.).

We are not under the Pope but we honor him as the Patriarch of  Rome, one among equals.

APOSTOLIC, because the church has from the Apostles, without break or change, both her doctrine and the succession in the gifts
of the Holy Ghost, through the laying on of consecrated hands.

"Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, and are built on the
foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone" (Eph. 2.19,20)

AFFIRMING the eminent position of the Sacred Scriptures within the life and worship of the Christian people, without in any way
denying its context within the living Tradition handed down from the time of the Apostles, as expressed in the close union of
proclaimed Word and celebrated Sacrament in the Church's liturgical tradition.

TRADITIONAL in the holding of the Apostolic origins, practices and biblical doctrines of the Christian faith. A place of refuge for
traditional minded Christians that wants to hold to the  Apostolic origins, practices and biblical doctrines of the Christian faith in the
midst of modern reforms and political correctness.

EPISCOPAL meanings government by Bishops. Episcopos is the Greek word from which we derive the English word 'Bishop'.

AUTOCEPHALOUS "self-headed" our Primate does not report to any higher-ranking bishop but to the Holy Synod. 

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