Glory to Jesus Christ!
Calling all pet owners! Please bring your pets –leashed or crated– to be blessed during our Pet Blessing service in the church yard on Saturday, 12 October 2024, at 5pm. Regular Saturday Vespers will follow. All are welcome!
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Please note that due to Fr. Gregory’s out-of-town travel this weekend, Vespers will be canceled for Saturday, 24 August 2024.
We will continue our worship together with the Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning at 9:00am, followed by our annual Blessing of the Backpacks for returning students.
As always, all are welcome!
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Mark your calendars and please join us on Wednesday, 14 August 2024, at 6pm, as we end the Dormition Fast together with the celebration of Vespers for the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God (15 August).
All are welcome!
In giving birth you preserved your virginity, | in falling asleep you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. | You were translated to life, O Mother of Life, | and by your prayers, you deliver our souls from death.
— Troparion for the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Please note that due to Fr. Gregory’s out-of-town travel this weekend, Vespers will be canceled for Saturday, 10 August 2024.
We will continue our worship together with the Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning at 9:00am.
As always, all are welcome!
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Please join us on Monday, 05 August 2024, at 6pm, as we celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Transfiguration (06 August).
All are welcome!
You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ God, | revealing Your glory to Your disciples as far as they could bear it. | Let Your everlasting Light also shine upon us sinners, | through the prayers of the Theotokos. | O Giver of Light, glory to You!
— Troparion for the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Hail, Virgin Theotokos, full of grace! * From you shone the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, * enlightening those who were in darkness! / Rejoice, O righteous Elder; * you received in your arms the Redeemer of our souls, * Who grants us the Resurrection.
Troparion for the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord in the Temple
This coming Friday, 02 February 2024, is the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple, one of the twelve Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church (and also one of the most ancient festivals of the Church, being attested to already in the early 300’s).
Please join us at 6.00 pm on Thursday, 01 February 2024, as we celebrate Vespers for the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord. Following Vespers will be the Blessing of Candles, a tradition common to this “festival of light” (cf. Luke 2:32). If you have candles that you would like to be blessed, please bring them with you to church.
All are welcome!
Speaking of light, enjoy this wonderful article by Fr. Stephen Freeman on the connection between Ground Hog’s Day and the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord: Candlewax and Hedgehogs – Groundhog Day.
