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Annunciation Church
Publish Date: 2022-09-04
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Annunciation Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • 231-799-0185
  • Street Address:

  • 185 East Pontaluna Road

  • Muskegon, MI 49444


Contact Information




Services Schedule

Orthros/Matins: Sunday, 9:00 AM
Divine Liturgy:
 Sunday, 10:00 AM

 

 


Past Bulletins


Parish Calendar

  • Annunciation Orthodox Church Parish Calendar

    September 4 to September 18, 2022

    Sunday, September 4

    8:50AM Orthros Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Wednesday, September 7

    6:00PM Vesperal Divine Liturgy: Nativity of the Theotokos

    Thursday, September 8

    11:30AM West Michigan Clergy Brotherhood Meeting in Grand Rapids

    Saturday, September 10

    12:00PM Pilaf Dinner

    Sunday, September 11

    8:50AM Orthros Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Tuesday, September 13

    6:00PM Vesperal Divine Liturgy: Elevation of the Cross

    Saturday, September 17

    2:00PM Food Truck

    Sunday, September 18

    8:50AM Orthros Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Parish Council Meeting

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Greek Pilaf Dinner

    2022 Greek Pilaf Dinner

    2022 Greek Pilaf Dinner

    Join us for Greek food, Greek Music, and Greek Dancing. We will share our wonderful culture, faith, traditions, and Church with this great community. Be a part of the fun at our Greek Pilaf Dinner.


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Parish News and Events

2022 Pilaf Dinner

Join us for Greek food, Greek Music, and Greek Dancing. We will share our wonderful culture, faith, traditions, and Church with this great community. Be a part of the fun at our Greek Pilaf Dinner.

EVENT

Saturday, September 10th - 12 Noon until 8:00PM

Sunday, September 11th - PICKUP ONLY

VOLUNTEER

Our Pilaf Dinner needs all of our help to be a success. Join us for idea sharing...get involved! Sign up at the coffee hour or contact Gina Demos at 708-606-9942.


Fellowship Coffee Hour

Please consider hosting a Fellowship Coffee Hour! Want to sponsor but need help getting it set up? Contact a Parish Council Member and we can arrange for the purchase, prep, and setup on your behalf.

Thank you for your support.


Live Streaming for this Sunday's Service

The Service for this Sunday will be live-streamed beginning at 8:50am. To view online, please click here.

 


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Saints and Feasts

Hermione
September 04

Hermione the Martyr, daughter of St. Philip the Deacon


Mgenthroned1
September 04

12th Sunday of Matthew


Zacharias
September 05

Zacharias the Prophet & Righteous Elizabeth, parents of St. John the Baptist

According to the opinion of many Fathers of the Church, based on an ancient tradition, this is the Zacharias whom, as our Lord said, the Jews slew between the temple and the altar (Matt. 23:35), first, because even after the Virgin Mary gave birth, he continued to refer to her as virgin and number her among the virgins; second, because Zacharias' son John was not found during the slaughter of the Innocents, since the elderly Elizabeth had taken him and carefully hid him while he was yet an infant, in an unnamed place somewhere in the desert, where, according to the Evangelist, "the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel" (Luke 1:80). When the child was not found, his father was slain by Herod's command.


Miracleatchonae
September 06

The Miracle at Colassai of Archangel Michael

The feast today in honour of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. The pagans, moved by malice, sought to destroy the aforesaid church and holy spring by turning the course of two rivers against them. But the Archangel appeared and, by means of the Cross and a great earthquake that shook the entire area, diverted the waters into an underground course. Henceforth, the name of that place changed from Colossae to Chonae, which means "funnels" in Greek.


Nativity_theotokos
September 07

The Forefeast of the Nativity of the Theotokos


Vmnativt
September 08

The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

According to the ancient tradition of the Church, the Theotokos was born of barren and aged parents, Joachim and Anna, about the year 16 or 17 before the birth of Christ. Joachim was descended from the royal line of David, of the tribe of Judah. Anna was of the priestly tribe of Levi, a daughter of the priest Matthan and Mary, his wife.


Joachann
September 09

The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna

Today, the day following the Nativity of the most holy Theotokos, we celebrate the synaxis of Saints Joachim and Anna, honouring them as her parents.


Exaltation
September 10

Saturday before Holy Cross


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode

Let the heavens sing for joy, and let everything on earth be glad. * For with His Arm the Lord has worked power. * He trampled death under foot by means of death; * and He became the firstborn from the dead. * From the maw of Hades He delivered us; * and He granted the world His great mercy.

Apolytikion for Hieromartyr Babylas in the Fourth Mode

Becoming a partner with the Apostles in way of life and successor to their thrones, O God-inspired Saint, in the active life you found an entrance to contemplation. Hence you rightly expounded the word of truth, and you shed your blood in struggling for the faith, O Hieromartyr Babylas. Intercede with Christ our God, beseeching Him to save our souls.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

Both Joachim and Anna from their sterility's stigma, and Adam and Eve from their mortality's ruin have been set free, O immaculate Maid, by your holy nativity. For this do your people hold celebration, redeemed from the guilt of transgression as they cry to you, "The barren one bears the Theotokos, the nourisher of our Life."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

First Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Matthew 28:16-20

At that time, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him they worshiped Him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age. Amen."


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11.

Brethren, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast -- unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.


Gospel Reading

12th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 19:16-26

At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you call me good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "Which?" And Jesus said, "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The young man said to him, "All these I have observed; what do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."


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