Sunday Services: Orthros 9:00am / Divine Liturgy 10:00am
Saturday - April 8 - 9:00AM
Lazarus Saturday Liturgy
(Orthros 8AM)
Palm Sunday cross making following Liturgy
Sunday - April 9 - 10:00AM
Palm Sunday
(Orthros 9AM)
Philoptochos Luncheon following Liturgy
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Nymphios/Bridegroom Service
Holy Monday - April 10 - 7:15AM
Presanctified Liturgy
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- 7:00PM -
Nymphios
Holy Tuesday - April 10 - 7:15AM
Presanctified Liturgy
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- 7:00PM -
Nymphios
Holy Wednesday - April 12 - 7:15AM
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified
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- 7:00PM -
Holy Unction
Holy Thursday - April 13 - 8:00AM
Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil
Dying & wrapping of Easter Eggs following Liturgy
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Service of the Holy Passion
2017 Lent – Pascha Schedule
Prayer Needs
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Philoptochos
Sunday: Philoptochos will be selling homemade tsoureki bread in the church hall for $8 a loaf on today. And, donations for the Epitaphios flowers will also be collected.
Palm Sunday Luncheon: everyone is invited to our Palm Sunday Luncheon after church service where a Lenten lunch of fish, potatoes, green beans and pizza for the children will be served. Tickets will be sold in the church hall, adults $12.00 and children $6.00, college students are free
Hellenic Club
The next Hellenic Club outing will be held on Saturday, April 22nd. The afternoon will be begin with bowling at 3 p.m. and followed by dinner at Rodeo Grande, 4826 Valley View Blvd. at 6 p.m. The location for bowling will be finalized once I have an accurate count of who will bowl. As soon as the location is secured, I will email you the information. If you do not want to bowl, you can meet the group for dinner at Rodeo Grande at 6 p.m.
It is very important that I have an exact headcount for this outing. Please RSVP by Monday, April 17th if you will be bowling, dinner only or both. You can email me (Frances Simopoulos) at ptsims@ntelos.net or 434.851.6830. We invite everyone in our parish to attend our outing. As always, we look forward to a lot of fun with our group. Please do not hesitate to contact me, if you have any questions.
Holy Week Schedule Notes
The Holy Friday afternoon Vespers has been changed to its former time of 3pm. There will be coffee but no breakfast following Holy Saturday morning Divine Liturgy.
Religious Education
No classes April 2 and April 16
Encyclical of Pascha: Metropolitan Evangelos
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Please join us for fellowship in the Church Hall immediately following the Divine Liturgy. For those visiting an Orthodox Church for the first time, please be aware that Holy Communion is a sign of unity of faith, which is only offered to Baptized and Chrismated Orthodox Christians. All present are welcomed to come forward and receive the antidoron (or blessed bread) which is distributed at the end of the service. For those interested in learning more about the Orthodox Christian faith, please feel free to speak with Fr. Nick or Subdeacon Gregory after the service.
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Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 117.26,1.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Verse: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9.
BRETHREN, rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you.
Palm Sunday
The Reading is from John 12:1-18
Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him), said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said, "Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."
When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros also to death, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it; as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.