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Great Lent

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

March 27, 2022 at 4:49 pm

Today, the 3rd Sunday of Great Lent and the Sunday of the Holy Cross, marks the approximate midpoint of the Great Fast.

With that in mind, please mark your calendar and join us on Wednesdays at 6PM as we continue our common Lenten journey with the celebration of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.

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Sunday of Orthodoxy Procession (1st Sunday of Great Lent)

March 11, 2022 at 4:40 pm

Glory to Jesus Christ!

On Sunday, 13 March, we will celebrate the 1st Sunday of Great Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy. It is here, and through the rest of Great Lent on Sundays, that we begin to serve the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. In addition, after the Divine Liturgy on the 1st Sunday of Great Lent, we will have a procession with icons and serve the Rite of Orthodoxy (i.e., a brief service in commemoration of the affirmations of the Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 and the restoration of the use of icons in 843).

If you would like to participate, please bring a favorite icon from home or feel free to use one from the church.

Sunday of Orthodoxy resources:

  • Learn: Sunday of Orthodoxy at Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website
  • Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Orthodox Church in America website
  • Lenten Sundays Series: The Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America website

Procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy (2019)

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Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha 2022

March 1, 2022 at 9:00 am

Glory to Jesus Christ!

Please see below for a printable schedule of our 2022 Lenten, Holy Week, and Paschal services.

We hope that you can join us during this time of deepening our repentance and strengthening our faith as we look forward to the Resurrection of Our Lord. All are welcome!

2022 Great Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha
Christ crucified

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2nd Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas

March 26, 2021 at 12:15 pm

This coming Sunday, March 28, is the second Sunday of Great Lent and the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas.

The readings from Holy Scripture are: Hebrews 1:10-2:3  (Epistle), and Mark 2:1-12 (Gospel).

As each Sunday of Lent has its own spiritual theme and historical context, we know that the Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas is of a later origin. Of this day we are told:

This Sunday was originally dedicated to Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (February 23). After his glorification in 1368, a second commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas (November 14) was appointed for the Second Sunday of Great Lent as a second “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”
2nd Sunday of Great Lent: St Gregory Palamas

To learn more about this day, including what it means for our spiritual lives, see the podcast episode on the Second Sunday of Lent by Fr. Thomas Hopko and the article A Man Fully Alive by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick.

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

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Sunday of Orthodoxy | 20th Ordination Anniversary of Fr. Gregory Czumak

March 21, 2021 at 2:45 pm

Today, March 21st, the faithful of Four Evangelists Orthodox Church concluded the 1st Sunday of Great Lent with a procession around the church, each carrying an icon. This day, known as the Triumph of Orthodoxy, commemorates the restoration of the holy icons to the churches in the 9th century after several periods of iconoclasm. Far from being a mere historical marker, this day celebrates the fact that Our Lord truly became incarnate, taking on our flesh, four our salvation.

In addition, Fr. Gregory was presented with a icon gift on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his ordination to the holy priesthood. Many years!

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1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy

March 19, 2021 at 10:15 am

This Sunday, March 21, is the 1st Sunday of Great Lent and the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On this Sunday we commemorate the restoration of the holy icons in the Church during the 9th century. Far from being a mere historical marker, this day celebrates the fact that:

in the last times you [O Lord] willed to become incarnate and so finite; for when you took on flesh you made all its properties your own. So we depict the form of your outward appearance and pay it relative respect, and so are moved to love you; and through it we receive the grace of healing, following the divine traditions of the apostles..
from Vespers for the Sunday of Orthodoxy

The Gospel reading for the Sunday of Orthodoxy is John 1:43-51.

After the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great we will celebrate this day with a procession with icons and the Rite of Orthodoxy. Covid-19 precautions will be followed.

Procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Procession with icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy (2019)

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