February as Pre-Lent

February 4, 2022 Featured

The month of January was a rich and special month at St. Athanasius (check out the large collection of photos at the bottom of this page!)

as usual, we marked the Great Feast of Theophany (Epiphany) with the Great Blessing of Waters both inside and outside
as usual for this season, we blessed cars and homes (if you would like a houseblessing, there is still time before Lent, so reach out to our priest)
we celebrated our Parish’s 20th Anniversary (you can view our full 20th Anniversary Retrospective here)
finally, we continued to improve our Multi-Part Intro to Orthodoxy Catechetical Series on YouTube with a new episode on the “Boundaries of the Church & Reception of Converts”

Having celebrated the Great Feast of the Meeting of the Lord right at the start of February, our community now looks forward to a number of events in this month. You can review our complete online google calendar here and special events in February include:

Feb. 8: a Visitors’ Tuesday Evening Event at our daughter mission St. Nina in Berea, KY
Feb. 9: a 1-time class on the Rites & Meaning of Death & Dying at 720pm following our usual 630pm Wed. Vespers at (St. Athanasius)
Feb. 15: a Pre-Lenten Men’s Fellowship Night at Lake Herrington (7-11pm)
Feb. 20: our semi-annual Visitors Sunday Event starting at 930am with church tour & luncheon after Liturgy (come and invite a friend!)
Feb. 20: a Pre-Lenten Dance Night with Potluck starting at 6pm and dancing 7-10pm
Feb. 23: a 1-time class “Introducing Orthodox Christianity in One Hour” with Prof. David Bradshaw at 720pm following our usual 630pm Wed. Vespers