For Our Guests & Visitors
OUR MISSION is to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, sanctify the faithful through the liturgy and the Holy Sacraments, grow the church by receiving new members, live the Orthodox Christian Faith, and serve humanity through Christ-centered ministries.
OUR VISION is to be a loving, caring, and welcoming Christian community where all belong and grow in the Orthodox Christian Faith through worship, witness, fellowship, and service to others.
HOLY COMMUNION is offered to those baptized and confirmed in the Eastern Orthodox Christian Faith who have prepared according to the Orthodox Tradition. Guests and visitors are welcome to worship with us and receive the antidoron (“instead of the gifts”) blessed bread at the dismissal.
Please allow Catechism School children to receive Holy Communion first, followed by the newly baptized infants. When you approach the chalice, please give your baptismal name to the priest.
GUESTS AND VISITORS: Enter your contact information in the Guest Book at the narthex if you want us to contact you and join us for fellowship hour in our church hall following the liturgy.
Weekend Update
Friday, March 22, 2024
- 5 pm Greek School classes.
- 6 pm Small Compline with the 1st Stanza of the Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.
- 7 pm Book Presentation: The Haunting Voices of Famagusta.
First Saturday of Lent, March 23, 2024
- 8:30 am Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy.
- Our Philoptochos will host a community breakfast following the divine liturgy.
- 6 pm Parish Name-Day & Greek Independence Day Dinner Dance
Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 24, 2024
Κυριακή Α΄ τῶν Νηστειών (της Ὀρθοδοξίας), 24 Μαρτίου, 2024. Το κήρυγμα της Κυριακής εδώ
- 8:30 am Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy.
- Catechism classes following Holy Communion. Holy Icons Procession.
- Collection by Philoptochos to benefit the Metropolis Philoptochos Social Services.
- Greek School will host the coffee fellowship hour.
- GOYA Sights & Sounds dress rehearsal.
- 6 pm Great Vespers of Annunciation. Our Philoptochos will offer a reception following vespers.
Monday, March 25, 2024
The Annunciation of the Theotokos ~ O Εὐαγγελισμός τῆς Θεοτόκου
- 8:30 am Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy with the Thanksgiving Doxology for the Liberation of Greece. Our Philoptochos will host a luncheon following the divine liturgy.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- 5 pm Greek School classes.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Friday, March 29, 2024
- 5 pm Greek School classes.
- 6 pm Small Compline with the 2nd Stanza of the Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.
- 7 pm GOYA Sights & Sounds practice.
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, March 30, 2024
Κυριακή Β΄ Νηστειών Γρηγορίου Ἀρχ. Θεσσαλονίκης, 30 Μαρτίου, 2024
- 8:30 am Matins, 9:30 Divine Liturgy
- Catechism classes following Holy Communion.
- The Spiritual Life Ministry will host the coffee fellowship hour.
Looking Ahead Beyond Next Week
- Sunday, April 7: Greek Independence Day Parade in Philadelphia. Sign upe here for the bus ride to and from the parade
- Tuesday, April 9: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey Clergy-Laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention
- Saturday, April 13: Regional Sights and Sounds Youth Arts Festival at St. Demetrios Church, Upper Darby
- Wednesday, April 17: Young at Heart Coffee Fellowship
- Friday, April 19: Orthodoxy On Tap Lenten Potluck
- Saturday, April 20: Delaware Valley Region Religious Education Teachers Seminar
- April 28 - May 5: Holy Week and Holy Pascha
- Thursday to Saturday May 9 -11: OPA Greek Food Festival
- Saturday, May 18: Orthodoxy On Tap Coffee Tasting Event
- Sunday, June 2: Graduation Sunday