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House Blessings

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Fr. Gregory will be performing House Blessings this year on the following Tuesdays and Thursdays during month of February. Please note that there are two available time slots per evening.  If you would like Father to bless your home, please contact him at fr.gregory1@verizon.net with your desired date and time.  If none of these dates/times works for you, then Father Gregory will arrange a time with you that is more convenient.

Tuesday, February 5 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM
Thursday, February 7 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM
Tuesday, February 12 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM
Tuesday, February 19 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM
Thursday, February 21 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM
Tuesday, February 26 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM
Thursday, February 28 / 7:30PM + 8:30PM

Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord

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When You, O Lord were baptized in the Jordan / The worship of the Trinity was made manifest / For the voice of the Father bore witness to You / And called You His beloved Son. / And the Spirit, in the form of a dove, / Confirmed the truthfulness of His word. / O Christ, our God, You have revealed Yourself / And have enlightened the world, glory to You! (Troparion for the Feast)

Please join us on January 6 for the celebration of the Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (And don’t forget, please bring a water container to church on Sunday and take some blessed water for home use. See here for the wise words of St. John of San Francisco and Shanghai regarding holy water use at home).

Vespers for the Feast – Saturday, Jan 5, 6PM

Festal Divine Liturgy w/ Blessing of the Waters – Sunday, Jan 6, 9:30AM

Blessing of New Vestments

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After the Divine Liturgy this morning, several sets of new vestments were blessed for use among among our altar servers. Just in time for Nativity services! A big thank you to Alex and Lia K. for getting this project underway!

Blessing of New Vestments

Frederica Mathewes-Green at Four Evangelists Orthodox Church

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Please join us for Vespers at 6:00PM on Saturday, December 15, followed with a talk on ancient Marian texts in the Orthodox Church with author and friend of our parish Frederica Mathewes-Green.

Following Vespers, Frederica will be giving a talk on two ancient texts discussed in her book Mary as the Early Christians Knew Her: the Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts (Paraclete Press, 2007). The first text is the oldest known prayer to the Theotokos, the short prayer “Under your compassion…”. The second text is the Akathist Hymn, written by the deacon and hymnographer St. Romanos the Melodist (+556).

This talk is in part a continuation of themes developed last year during the Advent season when Frederica spoke to us about the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple as recorded in the Protoevangelium of James.

Light refreshments will be available. All are welcomed!

Youth Group Book Presentation

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A big thank you to several of our youth group members for recapping the book Keeper of the Light: Saint Macrina the Elder, Grandmother of Saints after the Liturgy this past Sunday. Our youth group read the book over the previous month as part of their book club. Thanks also to the Seeley’s for leading as well as hosting this important ministry!

As always, please continue to keep our youth group, the other youth of our church, and all youth everywhere in your prayers.

Baptism of Alanna Bach

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Please join us in welcoming the newest member of the body of Christ, the newly illumined Alanna Bach. Congratulations to parents parents Alex and Christella and big sister Chloe!

Baptism of Alanna Anna