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 and Holy Ancestors) there are a host of other feasts that follow Christmas. They are:
(1) Synaxis of the Mother of God;
(2) Stephen, the first martyr;
(3) Weekend After Christmas;
(4) Circumcision of Our Lord – New Year’s Day;
(5) Weekend Before Theophany;
(6) Theophany; and
(7) Weekend After Theophany.
You are encouraged to make note of these days and to observe them in a special manner since we are still limited in the number of communal worship services we can have at a reasonable time.

Then immediately after all of these observances, the six-week sequence of special weekends in preparation for the Great Fast begin (January 17-18). That is the weekend of Zacchaeus. The Great Fast begins on Monday, February 16th. Great and Holy Week begins on March 29th with Willow Weekend and Easter falls on weekend of April 4-5. Easter is almost as early as it can be (i.e., March 22nd).

While we are still a new spiritual community without a worship space of our own, each of us must work, in a different way, to create a true religious life. One way to do this is by making sure that our religious calendar is put in a prominent place where we can follow the life of the Church. This is our particular challenge as a community without a worship space. This does not have to hinder our religious life. It is all a matter of how we go about it.
Let us truly declare that God IS With Us!