15TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST TONE 6 GREATMARTYR EUPHEMIA THE ALL-PRAISED Galatians 2:16-20, Mark 8:34-9:1 2 Corinthians 4:6-15, Matthew 22:35-46 Choir Director: Martha and Carol 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 […]
Benefit Concert at Grace Lutheran Church
Please consider attending the Benefit Concert by Tatsiana Asheichyk, who has frequented our parish. The Concert will take place September 16 (this Sunday) at 4:00 pm, at Grace Lutheran Church (660 Frances Lane, Ashland, OR). All funds donated will support Tatsiana’s legal citizenship process. For more information, call 541-483-1661. Enjoy a sample of Tatsiana’s beautiful […]
Prayerbooks available!
We have more prayerbooks available, both for adults and children. Please talk to Fr. Andreas if you are interested in purchasing one. If you write a check, make sure it specifies that it is for a prayerbook. If you want to pay in cash, please place the cash in an envelope, specifying what it is […]
Cappella Romana Performance
Cappella Romana, the ensemble for Orthodox Church music, presents “A TASTE OF BYZANTIUM and the Sounds of Hagia Sophia,” Saturday, November 3, 6:00 p.m. at the University Club of Portland, presenting Stanford University’s Icons of Sound project, a virtual performance in 1000 AD Constantinople. Live performance of hymns and acclamations by Cappella Romana. Dinner will […]
Reflections from St. Herman’s Monastery in Platina
I was recently blessed to attend the 30th Anniversary of the Repose of Fr. Seraphim Rose, one of the founders of the St Herman of Alaska Brotherhood in Platina, California. An experience like this is always difficult to put into words for much is absorbed by the heart and the spirit, which words cannot express. […]
“Bread & Water, Wine & Oil”
The Ss. Peter and Paul Men’s Fellowship will read and study the book “Bread & Water, Wine & Oil” this Fall. The parish will have 10 copies for the members of the men’s group to purchase, but if you are interested you can order one for yourself here. There is also an electronic version available […]
“Why do you wear that black cassock?”
People have sometimes approached me and asked why Orthodox priests (as well as deacons, monks and bishops) traditionally wear black cassocks. In the earliest Church, it does not seem that clergy wore any distinctive garb, except of course liturgical vestments, which in some cases also were worn outside the Divine services. For example, sometimes […]
Wounded by Love
The Mary and Martha Women’s Fellowship will start reading and studying the book “Wounded by Love,” which follows the life and teaching of Elder Porphyrios. For next meeting, please read pages 1-36. The study will be facilitated by Mat. Theodora. If you do not have the book, and would like a copy – please contact […]
Parish Bulletin – September 9th, 2012
14TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST TONE 5 HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS ANCESTORS OF GOD JOACHIM AND ANNA Galatians 6:11-18, II Corinthians 1:21-2:4 John 3:13-17, Matthew 22:1-4 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 […]
Staying Orthodox in an Anti-Christian Environment
The summer months are coming to a close and many young people will be facing the prospect of heading off to college, some for the very first time. A scripture passage comes to my mind as I think of these wonderful young people preparing to leave home: “I am sending you out like sheep […]