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Great Feast

Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

September 4, 2023 at 8:00 am

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!

Please join us on Thursday, 07 September 2023, at 6:00pm, as we celebrate the Nativity of the Mother of God with the service of Vespers. All are welcome!


Thy Nativity, O Mother of God, has brought joy to all the world; for from thee arose the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, Who, having dissolved the curse, has given His blessing, and having abolished death, has granted us life eternal.

Troparion for the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother Of God
Nativity of the Theotokos

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Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

August 10, 2023 at 6:00 am

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!

Please join us on Monday, 14 August at 6pm, at Four Evangelists Orthodox Church as we celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (15 August). All are welcome!


“In giving birth thou didst preserve thy virginity; in falling asleep thou didst not forsake the world, O Theotokos. Thou wast translated to life, O Mother of Life, and by your prayers you deliver our souls from death.

— Troparion for the Feast of the Mother of God

Dormition of the All-Holy Mother of God
Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God

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Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

August 4, 2023 at 1:46 pm

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

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Vespers for the Feast of the Holy Cross

September 11, 2020 at 7:00 am

Please join us Sunday evening, June 13, at 5:00pm, as we celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Elevation of Holy and Life-Creating Cross.

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

O Lord, save Your people, / and bless Your inheritance. / Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians / over their adversaries. / And by virtue of Your Cross, / preserve Your habitation. — Troparion for the Feast

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is one of the twelve Great Feasts in the Church and commemorates the finding of the Holy Cross by St. Helen, mother of St. Constantine. For more information on this feast, see this article from the Orthodox Church in America website.

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Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

September 7, 2020 at 11:14 am

Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God
Icon for the Nativity of the Mother of God

Please join us this evening, Monday, September 07 at 6pm, as we celebrate the first Great Feast of the new Church year with Vespers for the Nativity of the Mother of God. All are welcome!

Your Nativity, O Virgin, / has proclaimed joy to the whole universe! / The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, / has shone from You, O Theotokos! / By annulling the curse, / He bestowed a blessing. / By destroying death, He has granted us eternal Life.

Troparion for the Feast

As a reminder, please practice safe social distancing measures during this time as we gather. Thank you!

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Feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

April 18, 2019 at 3:00 pm

By raising Lazarus from the dead before Your passion, / You did confirm the universal Resurrection, O Christ God! / Like the children with the palms of victory, / We cry out to You, O Vanquisher of death; / Hosanna in the Highest! / Blessed is He that comes in the Name of the Lord!

Troparion for the Feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)

Please join us on Sunday, April 21, for the Great Feast of the Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday). The blessing of palm branches will follow the Divine Liturgy. Vespers for the feast begins at 6PM on Saturday, April 20th, and the Divine Liturgy begins at 9AM on Sunday, April 21, with the Prayers of the Hours immediately preceding.

The readings from Holy Scripture are: Genesis 49:1-2, 8-12 (Vespers, 1st reading), Zephaniah 3:14-19 (Vespers, 2nd reading), Zachariah 9:9-15 Vespers, 3rd reading), Matthew 21:1-11, 15-17 (Matins Gospel), Philippians 4:4-9 Epistle, and John 12:1-18 (Gospel).

Of this day we are told:

This day together with the raising of Lazarus are signs pointing beyond themselves to the mighty deeds and events which consummate Christ’s earthly ministry. The time of fulfillment was at hand. Christ’s raising of Lazarus points to the destruction of death and the joy of resurrection which will be accessible to all through His own death and resurrection. His entrance into Jerusalem is a fulfillment of the messianic prophecies about the king who will enter his holy city to establish a final kingdom. “Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass” (Zech 9:9).

Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday)
Fresco in Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Bitola, Republic of MacedonIa
Fresco in Nativity of the Theotokos Church, Bitola, Republic of MacedonIa

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