AGAPAY is the purpose-built giving platform for Orthodox parishes and monasteries. We unify stewardship, designated funds, and campaigns in a secure, beautiful platform that honors our faith and simplifies giving.
Most giving platforms collect your donation into their own account first — then disburse it to the church on their schedule. For a window of time, they hold your money. That introduces custody risk, disbursement delays, and regulatory complexity none of us want.
AGAPAY uses Stripe Connect's direct charge architecture — meaning your gift flows straight to the parish's or monastery's own Stripe account at the moment you give. AGAPAY collects its small platform fee at the same instant, as a pass-through. We never touch your principal.
This isn't a technical detail. It's a commitment: your stewardship belongs to the Church, not to a platform.
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Most giving platforms treat every donation the same. AGAPAY understands that a weekly tithe, a memorial offering, and a relief campaign are fundamentally different acts — and treats them accordingly.
"Generosity is not a response to deficit. It is the natural rhythm of a faithful life."AGAPAY founding principle
AGAPAY’s feature set is organized around the way Orthodox communities actually give: stewardship, candles, memorials, feast days, monastery support, and designated funds.
AGAPAY is built around the Orthodox festal cycle — both Julian and Gregorian calendars supported. Campaigns follow the feasts, not arbitrary marketing windows.
Dec 25 / Jan 7 — campaign window opens Dec 1. Both calendars supported.
Jan 6 / 19 — Great Blessing of Waters offering window built in.
Moveable — AGAPAY calculates the correct date per your parish calendar.
The holiest season — treated with the reverence it deserves.
Flagged throughout the year. Memorial donations routed to the priest's queue.
Aug 15 / 28 — elevated priority for Theotokos parishes.
June 29 / July 12 — configurable per parish patron.
Set your own patron saint. AGAPAY builds the campaign around it.
A parish and a monastery have different financial realities, rhythms, and relationships with giving. AGAPAY treats them as equals — not as an afterthought.
Designed for parish councils, not software teams. If you can send an email, you can set up AGAPAY.
A priest or parish council administrator submits a registration request. We verify canonical standing before activation — ensuring only legitimate Orthodox communities use the platform.
Set your jurisdiction, calendar (Julian or Gregorian), patronal feast, and offering types. ROCOR, GOA, Antiochian — every jurisdiction and language supported.
Your parish connects its own Stripe account — or creates one in minutes. From this moment, all donations flow directly to you. AGAPAY never holds your funds.
Every parish receives a clean, dedicated giving page. Share it in your bulletin, from the ambo, or via email. No app download required for donors.
Memorial and candle offerings are formatted and sent directly to the priest's commemoration queue — ready for the proskomedia. Nothing is lost, nothing overlooked.
Every offering is categorized, dated, and attributed. Exportable reports, annual giving statements — generated automatically at year end. Nothing to reconcile manually.
We're onboarding a small number of founding parishes before public launch. Founding parishes receive preferred pricing and direct access to the founder.