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Preparing for Nativity & Epiphany
In the Orthodox Church, the season leading up to Christmas is a special time for preparation known as the Nativity Fast (also St. Philip’s Fast or Advent.) A number of important feasts punctuate this season (including our magnificent St. Nicholas Day celebrations.) We invite you to make the …
A Month of Thanksgiving & Preparation
As the relative quietness of October gives way to November, our parish looks forward to a rich month that includes a full cycle of services, a rich schedule of social and service events, educational opportunities for all ages, as well as the Feast of Thankgiving (which we observe liturgically) and …
Parish Life in September
In our parish, it feels that by September, church life returns to “school year” normal. Sunday School resumes (in our parish on Sept. 18) and programming of various sorts picks back up along with the Great Feasts of the Nativity of the Virgin (Sept. 8) and the Exaltation of the Cross …
“Give Light to Those … in Darkness”
Having marked Thanksgiving and begun the month of December, we enter more deeply into the Nativity Fast, our season of preparation leading to the Feast of our Lord’s Nativity in the Flesh, on December 25. As we near Christmas, our services focus increasingly on the mystery of the Incarnation. …
October: Parish Life in the Fall
October is a relatively quiet month in the life of the Orthodox Church, following one of the busiest months of the year–September! In the photos below, you can get a glimpse into our rich parish life in the month of September, full of great memories including: two Great Feasts (Nativity of …
Fall 2020: So Much Happening!
With the coming of the New Church Year on September 1, it felt like we turned a page in church life. Our priest created this video to enocurage us as normal life inexorably returns: Already, we are grateful that: The church is fully open for worship (and has been for months) Fellowship Hour is back …