Sunday Services: Orthros 9:00am / Divine Liturgy 10:00am
Weekday Worship Schedule for Lent 2019
Mondays - 6:00pm
Great Compline
Wednesdays – 6:00pm
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
Fridays - 7:00pm
Salutations to the Theotokos
Sunday - March 24
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
Vespers of the Annunciation after Divine Liturgy
Monday - March 25 – 9:00AM
Feast of the Annunciation
(Orthros 8AM)
Sunday - March 31
Sunday of the Holy Cross
Philoptochos
Epitaphios: collecting funds through April 14; selling of tsoureki each Sunday.
Sunday, March 24: Spaghetti Luncheon (proceeds go to Holy Cross)
Cookbook: ‘I have had an issue with my internet server, and in trying to resolve the issue, some folders were deleted. So anyone who has emailed recipes to me for the cook book, please send them again. I apologize. Please resend them as soon as you can, as we are beginning work on the cook book.’ Tina Poulos
Greek Independence DayHellenic Club
The March and April Hellenic Club outing will be held on Saturday, March 30th. We will meet at Mamma Maria’s, 2025 W. Main Street in Salem at 6 p.m. Please RSVP your attendance by Tuesday, March 26th to (434) 851.6830 or Frances Simopoulos
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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 after the service.
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Prokeimenon. Second Mode. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:10-14; 2:1-3.
"IN THE BEGINNING, Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands; they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old like a garment, like a mantle thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years will never end." But to what angel has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?
Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
The Reading is from Mark 2:1-12
At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, "Why does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question thus in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home." And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"