A sound decision for the parish.
Your priest has likely brought Symphonia to you, and the decision now sits with the council. This page is for you — the honest answers to the questions a council should ask before saying yes, without a sales pitch.
Is this a responsible use of parish funds?
Usually, yes — because one integrated bill tends to replace several separate ones: the church directory, the accounting software, the website host, the bulk-email tool. You can weigh it against what your parish pays today on the pricing page, and try the whole thing free for thirty days, on your own parish’s data, with no card required.
What if it isn’t right for us?
Then you leave, and you take everything with you. There is no long contract; you can cancel any time. Your records are yours — export them whenever you like, and we help move your data in when you arrive and out if you ever go. Nothing is held hostage.
Is our parish’s data safe?
Every record is scoped to your parish, sensitive fields are encrypted with your parish’s own key, and the database itself enforces the parish line for the most sensitive tables. The confession log and the priest’s sealed notes open only for the priest: not staff, not an interim, and never in one of our support sessions. The rector chooses in Role setup what each role can see and do. Approving payments is its own permission, so a council member can be the second signer on payments without seeing the rest of the books. Our security page sets out exactly how, and where the limits are.
Will people actually use it?
It was built for an Orthodox parish in the Church’s own vocabulary — the calendar, the sacraments, the jurisdictions — not a general tool bent to fit. It is made to be learned in an afternoon, with guided help throughout, and the whole parish carries it in their pocket. We set it up and bring your records over with you.
Who is behind it?
A small studio building software only for the Orthodox Church, shaped alongside real parishes. You reach the people who write the code, and you get a real answer, usually within a business day. That closeness is not a growth tactic — it is how we like to work.
Why now, rather than wait?
Symphonia is generally available and still growing. A parish that joins now is set up by the people who build it, and what it asks for shapes what gets built next. Early is the best time to be heard.
One system for the whole parish, your own data kept safely and portably, a price you can see against what you already spend, and thirty days to try it before you commit a cent.
Ready when the council is.
See exactly what it would cost your parish against what you spend today, or ask us anything, with no obligation.