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 April 2, 2017 — 5th Sunday of Lent / St. Mary of Egypt Today’s Readings: Hebrews 9:11-14 Mark 10:32-45 Presanctified Liturgy is at 5:55pm on Wednesday, April 5 followed by our Lenten soup & salad meal w/reflection. Next week the Wednesday Presanctified Liturgy will be at 11:30am (no meal …

4th Sunday of Lent – St. John Climacus (of the Ladder) Today’s Readings: Hebrews 6:13-20 Mark 9:17-31 Presanctified Liturgy is at 5:55pm on Wednesday, March 29 followed by our Lenten soup & salad meal w/reading from St. John Climacus. Matins w/St. Andrew Canon and Reading of the Life of …

On most Sundays, our pastor, Fr. Justin Patterson, offers the sermon. We are also blessed to have a number of fine lay preachers, who will offer a sermon from time to time. In the Orthodox Church, the main content for the sermon is most often drawn from the appointed Gospel reading for the day. …

Third Sunday of Lent  / Veneration of the Precious Cross Today’s Readings: Hebrews 4:14-5:6 Mark 8:34-9:1 Special Prayer Request for an End to Heroin/Drug Addiction  Drug addiction, especially heroin, has become an epidemic problem in Jessamine County. Mayor Pete Sutherland reached out to Fr. Justin …

Second Sunday of Lent / St. Gregory Palamas Today’s Readings: Hebrews 1:10-2:3 Mark 2:1-12 “Orthodox Journey to a Healthy Life” Parishioner and physician, Alina Rizea Rusu, will speak on Saturday, March 11 & 18 at 5:30pm prior to the Saturday evening service and offer inspiring ways for both men …

First Sunday of Lent / Sunday of Orthodoxy Today’s Readings: Hebrews 11:24-6,32-12:2 John 1:43-51 Youth Group Members & Families and all who want to travel to Louisville to celebrate the Triumph of Orthodoxy will meet at St. Athanasius parking lot at 3pm this Sunday afternoon. This event will be …

Forgiveness Sunday Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion from Paradise Today’s Readings: Romans 13:11-14:4 Matthew 6:14-21  Bulletin February 26, 2017

Sunday of the Last Judgment / Meatfare Sunday Today’s Readings: 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 Matthew 25:31-46 Today is the last day for eating meat and meat products until Pascha, though eggs and dairy products are permitted every day during the coming week.  This limited fasting prepares us gradually for …

Prodigal Son Sunday Today’s Readings: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Luke 15:11-32 Moleben is cancelled for this week. Wednesday Vespers at 6:30pm. Alana Sheldahl will teach the Christian Education Class this evening beginning at ~7:20pm. The topic will be “An Orthodox View of End Times using Apocolyptic …

One of the priorities our parish has, as a community, is offering Christian Education. One of the regular features of our parish education program is a Wednesday Night Christian Education that follows our weekly Vespers service. Most often, the priest will teach these classes (which may or may not …