New Feature: Calendar Subscription

Here is a chance for all those with an iPhone, Android device, Blackberry or anyone who uses a computer calendar to stay more connected with the parish. Grande Prairie District Liturgical Calendar: XLM & iCal UGCC Liturgical Year (Gregorian): XLM & iCal...
Veneration of the Holy Cross

Veneration of the Holy Cross

Source: Eparchy of Newton The Third Sunday in the Great Fast is the twenty-first day of the forty-day fast. We are half way to our Holy Week observance of the Lord’s passion and resurrection. At this mid-point the Church directs our attention to the holy cross and to...

Reminder: Daylight Saving Time

Just a reminder Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 10, 2013 and ends on Sunday, November 3, 2013. If you forget to push your clocks forward one hour you’ll just get an extra hour of prayer before the Liturgy be one hour late for Liturgy.
The Fathers Reaffirmed

The Fathers Reaffirmed

WHAT DO FASTS, METANIES, PROSTRATIONS, and standing through long church services have to do with prayer? Isn’t prayer the conversation with God we have in our hearts? Why is Eastern Christian spirituality so physical? On the First Sunday of the Fast we proclaimed the...
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

In the early Church, it was thought that the solemnity with which the Church celebrated the Holy Forty Days Fast did not mesh so well with the incredibly joyful and triumphant nature of the Eucharistic Anaphora of the Divine Liturgy. So at the Council of Laodicea...