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Annunciation Day, March 25th

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Annunciation Day, March 25th

Today is Annunciation Day. On March 25th, we always celebrate the Annunciation of the Theotokos. This is when the angel came to Mary asking her to become the mother of Read more…

Schedule Reminder!

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Schedule Reminder!

Vespers with Litya, Mon March 24 at 6pm. Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos Liturgy, Tuesday March 25 at 10:30am.

How then to warm our hearts in this cold age?

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How then to warm our hearts in this cold age?

Some words to read on this cold and snowy Sunday: “It is hard to love God and sing His praise each day when everything around us regards such behaviour as Read more…

Archpastoral Message of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon for the Beginning of Great Lent from Feb 28. 2025:

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Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever! We read in the life of St. Euthymius the Great that, in the time of the great Palestinian monastic fathers, many of the monks Read more…

The Hellene of the Year is… DR. JOHN HADJINICOLAOU.

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The Hellene of the Year is… DR. JOHN HADJINICOLAOU.

The Hellene of the Year is an individual whose life and work exemplify the highest ideals of scholarship, faith, and community service. A person whose accomplishments span across academia, business, Read more…

Memory Eternal

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Memory Eternal

We remember today the repose of one of our parish members 2 yrs ago. May his memory be eternal. “With the spirits of the righteous made perfect, give rest to Read more…

Journey to Pascha

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Journey to Pascha

Join us tonight (Wednesday) at 6pm for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, followed by a fasting potluck soup supper. “While fasting physically, brothers, Let us also fast spiritually; Let Read more…

Sunday of Orthodoxy

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Sunday of Orthodoxy

We have just completed the 1st week of Great Lent and this Sunday will be celebrating the 1st Sunday in Great Lent, the “Sunday of Orthodoxy” with an icon procession Read more…

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

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Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Join us for our 1st Presanctified Liturgy of the season, tonight (Friday) at 6:00pm. “The eucharistic Divine Liturgy is not celebrated in the Orthodox Church on Lenten weekdays. In order Read more…

Prayer for Peace

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Prayer for Peace

It’s been four years since we posted this when the war in Ukraine began. We pray that this is the year it ends. Prayer for Peace: composed in 1858 by Read more…

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