We will anticipate the Feast of Theophany on January 4th so that our whole parish family can participate. We will also observe this feast on the actual day, January 6th. I believe it is very important that we celebrate this … Continue reading
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Help me, O Lord, on this third day of the celebration of Your birth as a human, to open my heart and mind to the true meaning of this great feast and truly instill within me the feelings of gratitude … Continue reading
While the Church celebration of Christmas is traditionally three days, the third day, because it is a Saturday, the Divine Liturgy will be at Holy Ascension. The first day of the New Year is a Solemn Feast in our Church. … Continue reading
Almighty God, Who in the feast that we have just celebrated manifested Yourself as joined to the human race, I ask You to help me celebrate this feast in a manner that will strengthen my belief in Your great love. … Continue reading
The greatest and most profound mystery of the Christian faith is the mystery of the Incarnation of God in the Person of Jesus Christ. The eternal God becomes man and does not cease to be God. “And the Word”, the … Continue reading
I would offer special Christmas Greetings to all those who are reading this Bulletin but were unable to celebrate this feast with me because of health or miles separating us. Please know that you are remembered. May Almighty God bless … Continue reading
The only other time of the year that our Church has more religious feasts and observances is Great and Holy Week and Bright Week. While there were only two weekends where there were special commemorations (i.e., weekends of the Forefather … Continue reading
On this day, O Heavenly Father, I declare with a loud voice the prayer of my Church and say: Your nativity, O Christ our God, has shed the light of knowledge upon the world. Through it, those who had been … Continue reading
Almighty Father, our forty-day time of preparation as come to an end. It is now time for our celebration of that most wondrous event, Your coming into our world and becoming incarnate as a human. I stand in awe before … Continue reading
Most Reverend Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Venerable Religious and Monastics, Beloved Brothers and Sisters, in Ukraine and throughout the world Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be … Continue reading