The first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy. It commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts, i.e. those heretics who refused to honour the Holy Icons. For more than a hundred years the Church was disturbed by Read more...
A free breakfast is served every Monday of every month. Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.
As this will be a service-limited Great Lent, due to only having access to our church hall on weekends, I would highly recommend you try to find time to spend 1 - 1/2 hrs with us at our Tuesday evening Great Lent and book study. Lent is a valuable time to re-focus on growing in Read more...
A free breakfast is served every Monday of every month. Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.
We are blessed to be able to serve this service this year, given our renovation. We have been granted access to use Christchurch Anglican church on Wednesday evenings during Great Lent! Subject to having a music/chanting leader available we are planning on having Pre-sanctified Liturgies at 5:30- pm beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5, 2023.
This 2nd Sunday of Great Lent was originally dedicated to Saint Polycarp of Smyrna (February 23). After his glorification in 1368, a second commemoration of Saint Gregory Palamas (November 14) was appointed for the Second Sunday of Great Lent as a second “Triumph of Orthodoxy.”...click the link to continue: https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2023/03/12/12-2nd-sunday-of-great-lent-st-gregory-palamas
A free breakfast is served every Monday of every month. Monday breakfast consists of a breakfast sandwich with coffee, juice, yogurt and two pieces of fruit.
As this will be a service-limited Great Lent, due to only having access to our church hall on weekends, I would highly recommend you try to find time to spend 1 - 1/2 hrs with us at our Tuesday evening Great Lent and book study. Lent is a valuable time to re-focus on growing in Read more...
Once again we are blessed to be able to celebrate this special, specific to Great Lent only, service.
We gather today to remember those who have been chosen and taken by the Lord. Bring your list to Fr. Andrew.