Orthodox Christian dating in Hawaii
Orthodox Christian dating in Hawaii: the Greek cathedral in Honolulu, the Russian parish of the Iveron icon in Kailua, a Maui mission and a church near Hilo.
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Short answer
On the windward side of O'ahu, in Kailua, a Russian Orthodox parish keeps an icon it calls the myrrh-streaming Iveron icon of Hawaii. The parish tells how two icons began to stream myrrh in the home of one of its members, now its rector, and it prays before the icon every week. After more than a hundred years without a building of its own, it writes, the Russian Orthodox mission in Hawaii now has one.
The other places on this page are a Greek cathedral in Honolulu, a Greek mission that meets once a month on Maui, and a parish of the Orthodox Church in America near Hilo on the Big Island. Between the islands there is no road, only the plane.
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Orthodox Christians in Hawaii
The Greek cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen dates its beginning to 1965, when Archbishop Iakovos celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Honolulu and promised a church; a priest arrived in 1968, and the Archbishop came back in 1990 to consecrate the church. The cathedral says its people are cradle Orthodox of Greek, Slavic and Arabic backgrounds together with converts.
The Iveron parish describes itself as a church of many nations. Its services are mainly in English, with Hawaiian, Church Slavonic, Spanish, Romanian and Greek woven in.
Orthodox Studies Institute, 2024; national figures, not Hawaii's
Holy Ascension near Hilo began in 2005 as a home chapel. In 2013 it bought a century-old church that had long stood unused; for ten years the diocese flew a priest in twice a month, and since 2023 the parish has had a priest of its own.
For the country as a whole there is one study: the Orthodox Studies Institute surveyed converts in twenty parishes across fifteen states and six jurisdictions. Among people received since 2013, two in three were younger than forty, more were in their thirties than in any other decade, and 44 percent came into the Church unmarried.
That count covers the nation; Hawaii has none of its own. The four places below were each checked against their own websites on 24 September 2026.
Where the community gathers
The four places are on three islands: O'ahu, Maui and the Big Island.
O'ahu
O'ahu holds two: the Greek cathedral on Lunalilo Street in Honolulu, and the Iveron parish on North Kainalu Drive in Kailua, about twenty-five minutes away across the mountains.
Maui
Maui holds one: the Greek mission, whose priest comes from the Honolulu cathedral once a month to serve at St Theresa's Catholic church in Kihei.
The Big Island
The Big Island holds one: Holy Ascension, just off the old highway to Akaka Falls near Hilo. Its sister mission of St Juvenaly is listed on the Kona side, but its website still shows a notice from 2020, so we could not confirm its services and it has no card.
Cathedrals and parishes worth knowing
The cathedral of the Greek Orthodox in Hawaii, consecrated in 1990, with Sunday Orthros at 8:30 and the Liturgy an hour later, Great Vespers on Saturday at half past five, and every service streamed online.
930 Lunalilo StreetHonolulu
HI 96822
A parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, home to the Iveron icon of Hawaii, with services mainly in English and the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at half past nine.
201 North Kainalu DriveKailua
HI 96734
A mission of the Greek Metropolis of San Francisco, served from Honolulu on the first Saturday of the month, with Orthros from nine and the Liturgy from ten in St Theresa's church.
25 West Lipoa StreetKihei
HI 96753
An OCA parish in a century-old church near Hilo, which says it is small and loves guests, and asks them to stay for refreshments after the service.
28-1678 Old Mamalahoa HighwayHonomu
HI 96728
Distances that decide everything
A diagram, not a map. Driving times on each island; between them, only a flight.
On O'ahu, the cathedral in Honolulu and the Iveron parish in Kailua are about twenty-five minutes apart by car, and the Iveron parish says Waikiki is about twenty minutes away. On the Big Island, Hilo is twenty minutes from Holy Ascension, and the Kona side about two and a half hours.
Everything else is a flight. Someone in Honolulu and someone on Maui or the Big Island are planning a trip, not a coffee after the Liturgy, though the monthly Liturgy on Maui gives the two islands one shared morning.
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Great Vespers and the Vigil
At half past five in the cathedral and, in the week we checked, at a quarter past six in Kailua.
The Divine Liturgy
At half past nine in both Honolulu and Kailua.
An Akathist and a class for newcomers
In Kailua, an Akathist in the early evening followed by Orthodoxy 101, in the week we checked.
The Liturgy on Maui
At ten in Kihei, after Orthros at nine, served by the cathedral's priest.
The Liturgy in Romanian
Kailua served one on a Saturday morning in the week we checked.
Services streamed from Honolulu
The cathedral broadcasts every service, and the Iveron parish streams its services too.
Dating across jurisdictions, and with converts
A Greek cathedral, a Russian parish of many languages, an American parish near Hilo and a mission that borrows a Catholic church: Orthodox Hawaii is small, and the person you meet may well belong to another jurisdiction. cana.love is built for that.
Twelve jurisdictions on one list
On the form, jurisdiction is chosen from twelve options: OCA, ROCOR, Greek, Antiochian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Carpatho-Russian, Albanian, Catechumen and Other Canonical. In Hawaii that means Greek, ROCOR or OCA for the places here, and Catechumen for anyone preparing to be received.
Practice, asked outright
Then practice: are you at the Liturgy most Sundays, do you fast, is marriage what you want? The interface comes in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Russian.
Checked before it appears
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Free, and no password
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What cana.love is and is not
cana.love is not an Orthodox-only platform.
It welcomes Catholics, Protestants and people who have not yet settled on a church, as long as they hope for the same kind of marriage, and you decide who can see you. On islands with four Orthodox communities, a site for one jurisdiction would leave nearly everyone without a match nearby. Its promise is a checkable one: every profile states jurisdiction, practice and intentions, so you read them before you answer. The company behind it is Cana SpA, in Chile, and the About page tells the rest.
Meeting safely
- The first time, meet in daylight and in public, with a time agreed to leave: coffee after the Liturgy, or a café in Kailua town or downtown Hilo. Let a friend know the place and, if the Pali Highway or a flight is involved, your time home. Your home address can wait.
- About money, one rule: until you have met in person, do not send it, do not lend it, and do not pay for anyone's plane ticket, whatever the reason. A single report from you starts our review.
For what happens after a report, and how to appeal, see the community guidelines.
Common questions
Where is the myrrh-streaming icon?
At the Holy Theotokos of Iveron parish in Kailua, on O'ahu, which prays before it each week.
Is there a Greek church in Honolulu?
Yes, the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen on Lunalilo Street, with the Liturgy on Sunday at half past nine.
Is there anything on Maui?
A Greek mission, served once a month on the first Saturday at St Theresa's church in Kihei.
Is there a parish on the Big Island?
Holy Ascension near Hilo, which has had its own priest since 2023; a sister mission is listed on the Kona side.
Are services in English?
Largely, yes: the Iveron parish serves mainly in English, and the cathedral's schedule page links the English text of each service.
Can I use cana.love in Hawaii?
Yes, on any island, from the age of eighteen. It works in a browser, with nothing to install.
Next steps
On O'ahu, go to the Liturgy at the cathedral one Sunday and at Kailua the next. On Maui, mark the first Saturday of the month. And to learn how someone practises before you ever meet, rather than afterwards, open a free cana.love profile and read what they wrote.
Reviewed on September 24, 2026.