Diocese: Diocese of the West
Deanery: Rocky Mountain Deanery
Address
2770 N Chestnut St
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907
Website: theophany.org
Church: 719-473-9238
Parish Contacts
Directions
General Location
Holy Theophany Church is very easy to find, located in a suburban neighborhood approximately 5 minutes north of the downtown area off I-25.
From I-25
Exit Fillmore St. The Church is on Chestnut St which at that point is to the immediate west (mountains side) of the freeway. Travel approximately 3 blocks south on Chestnut, church is directly across from “American Family Furniture”.
Schedule of Services
All services are in English.
6:00 PM Great Vespers.
Saturday Evening
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy.
Sunday Morning
6:00 PM Vespers.
Wednesday Evening
For a complete list of upcoming services, please visit the Service Calendar on the parish website.
Parish Background
Holy Theophany started as “Ss. Constantine and Helen Orthodox Church” in the early part of 1974, when Met. Vladimir of blessed memory made contact with Orthodox faithful of Colorado Springs. At the time, liturgical services were only periodically held at the Air Force Academy by various Orthodox Chaplains. Encouraged by the response, Met. Vladimir asked Fr. John Schrieber, an assistant priest at St Innocent Church in Tarzana, CA to consider starting a mission in our city. While on vacation in August 1974, Fr. John stopped in Colorado Springs. One month later, he moved here and began work with the mission. The first “official” service took place on September 8, 1974, the Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos and the beginning of the Liturgical year. In 1996, Fr. Anthony Karbo arrived as rector, and the parish grew dramatically and consistently under his pastoral and apostolic ministry.
In September 2001, Ss. Constantine and Helen Church broke ground on the new and glorious Holy Theophany temple reflective of both the quantitative and qualitative growth of Orthodoxy in southern Colorado. The temple was completed in 2002. A new fellowship hall was completed in 2009.
In 2025 the parish had grown to the point that people no longer fit in the temple on Sunday mornings, and a second temple was built on the east side of Colorado Springs, dedicated to St. John the Baptist.