Announcements: April 14, 2013

by | Apr 13, 2013 | Bulletin

• Change in Saturday Liturgical Schedule: Starting April 20, 2013 we will add an all-English Divine Liturgy on Saturday evening. This Liturgy is being inserted on a trial basis. Please advertise to all those who might be interested. New Saturday Schedule: -4:30 PM...
The Gospel is Proclaimed

The Gospel is Proclaimed

by | Apr 12, 2013 | For Soul and Body

Source: Eparchy of Newton One feature of the Paschal season in Byzantine Churches is the reading of the Acts of the Apostles. Every day, beginning with Pascha itself, this story of the early Church is read at the Divine Liturgy. While the text of Acts itself begins...
The Pascha Homily of St. John Chrysostom

The Pascha Homily of St. John Chrysostom

by | Mar 31, 2013 | For Soul and Body

If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in fasting, let him now receive his recompense. If any have wrought from...

Holy Week Readings – Great and Holy Thursday:

by | Mar 27, 2013 | Bulletin

Jeremiah 11:18-12:5, 9-11, 14-15(1st Hour) Exodus 19:10-19(Vespers, 1st reading) Job 38:1-23; 42:1-5(Vespers, 2nd reading) Isaiah 50:4-11(Vespers, 3rd reading, Theotokos) Luke 22:1-39(Gospel, Matins) 1 Corinthians 11:23-32(Epistle) Matt. 26:2-20; John 13:3-17; Matt....
‘The Bridegroom Cometh’

‘The Bridegroom Cometh’

by | Mar 25, 2013 | For Soul and Body, Great Lent

The following is excerpted from A Paschal Pilgrimage: A Guide to the Great Fast by Bishop Basil Losten. ‘The Bridegroom Cometh’ On Palm Sunday evening at Vespers we “pass from the feast of palms and branches… to the saving solemnity of the sufferings of Christ.” On...