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Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

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Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!

Please join us this weekend at Four Evangelists Orthodox Church as we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All are welcome!

+ Vespers for the Feast of the Transfiguration, Saturday, 05 August 2023, at 6pm.

+ Festal Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration, Sunday, 06 August 2023, at 9am.

“Thou wast transfigured on the mount, O Christ God, * revealing Thy glory to Thy disciples as far as they could bear it. * Let Thine everlasting light shine upon us sinners * through the prayers of the Theotokos, O Giver of Light, glory to Thee.

— Troparion for the Feast of the Transfiguration

The Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Holy Saturday and Holy Pascha

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Please join us for the Holy Saturday Liturgy this morning at 10am and the celebration of the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ tonight with the Midnight Office at 11:30pm, followed by Paschal Matins and the Paschal Divine Liturgy. We will conclude with the blessing of Pascha baskets and our joyous communal meal.

All are welcome as we celebrate this Great and Holy Feast!

Harrowing of Hades

Updated: Feast of the Annunciation

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Please note that a previous version of this post incorrectly stated the start time for the Festal Liturgy as 10am. The correct time is 9am on 25 March 2023.

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!

Please join us on Saturday, 25 March, as we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary with the Festal Divine Liturgy at 9am.

All are welcome as we celebrate this Great Feast of our Church!

Gabriel & the Annunciation. Courtesy of Fr. Ted Bobosh via Flickr + Creative Commons license

Sunday of the Last Judgement

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Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! 

This coming Sunday, 19 February 2023, is the Sunday of the Last Judgement, as well as the commemoration of the Apostles of the Seventy Archippus and Philemon, and the Martyr Apphia, among others.

This Sunday is also Meatfare, so called as it is the last day we consume meat before entering into the Great Fast. | See also the helpful article And When You Fast by Fr. Stavros N. Akrotirianakis.

The Epistle and Gospel readings for Sunday are:

⁜ 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 (Epistle)
⁜ Matthew 25:31-46 (Gospel)

About the Sunday of the Last Judgement we read: “On the past two Sundays of this pre-Lenten period, the focus was placed on God’s patience and limitless compassion, of His readiness to accept every sinner who returns to Him. On this third Sunday, we are powerfully reminded of a complementary truth: no one is so patient and so merciful as God, but even He does not forgive those who do not repent. The God of love is also a God of righteousness, and when Christ comes again in glory, He will come as our Judge. Such is the message of Lent to each of us: turn back while there is still time, repent before the End comes. … | Continue reading at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website.

The Last Judgement
Last Judgment detail, Vatican Museums, Rome. Image from Jim Forest | Flickr

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

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Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!

This coming Sunday, 12 February 2023, is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, as well as the commemoration of St. Ethilwald of Lindisfarne (+740) and St. Alexis of Moscow (+1378), among others.

The Epistle and Gospel readings for Sunday are:

⁜ 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (Epistle)
⁜ Luke 15:11-32 (Gospel)

About this Sunday we read from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website: “… As with the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the theme of this Sunday is repentance, and the focus on the parable of the Prodigal Son leads Orthodox Christians to contemplate the necessity of repentance in our relationship with our Heavenly Father”. | continue reading at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website.

Parable of the Prodigal Son