FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN TONE 4 Acts 11:19-26, 29-30 John 4:5-42 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and […]
Month: May 2013
Parish Bulletin – May 26, 2013
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC TONE 3 Acts 9:32-42 John 5:1-15 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and venerate the […]
Veneration of the Holy Scriptures
Sometimes various Christians in the West find it strange that we show our veneration to the Scriptures, icons and holy object by kissing them. However, this video of (presumably Protestant) Chinese Christians receiving Bibles for the first time shows how natural this love and veneration of holy things are. When was the last time we […]
Parish Bulletin – May 19, 2013
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PASCHA THE MYRRHBEARING WOMEN TONE 2 Acts 6:1-7 Mark 15:43-16:8 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and venerate the Cross […]
Paschal Hours
From the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha until the Saturday of Renewal Week, in place of the usual Morning and Evening Prayers, Nocturns, the Hours, Compline, and the Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy Communion, the following is read: [After the exclamation by the priest, we say:] Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down […]
Each One of Us is Potentially a Judas
A sermon given by Blessed Fr. Seraphim Rose during Great Lent, 1982 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head, as he sat at meat. But when His disciples […]