Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Palm Sunday
April 12, 2020
Councilors: Stavredes*, Delage, Dombalis, Georgallis;
Altar Group: No Groups Ambassadors: No Ambassadors
Broadcast Team: Costa, coffin;
No Sunday School
COVID19 UPDATE
Out of love for the sick, the suffering, and those who are attending to them, the Church is closed to the public. Please view us online here.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN LITURGY FROM YOUR HOME
The Church Fathers often refer to the home as being the “Little Church”. With that in mind, there are many ways that you can turn your home into a little church.
1) Icons and prayer corners: The Church is adorned with icons like little windows to heaven. Build your prayer corner so that you are worshipping God with the Saints!
2) Sanctity of the space: Too often, our home goes unrecognized for all the shelter, warmth, and growth that it provides us. What if we were to reverence our own home as we would the house of God? After all, YOU are the body of Christ, and if so, then Christ truly lives there too! Treat your home as you would the Church and watch it become a holy space too!
3) Make prayer and worship a prominent activity at home: The Church houses coffee hours, meals, fellowship, and fun; it also houses the regular worship of God. Make your schedule of home life centered on the Liturgical life of Christ and He will rally around your home.
4) Participate through online services: We are online and able to bring the sights and sounds to your home through our website. You can connect with the community in a unified act of giving our time and attention to Holy Trinity! Follow this link for our livestream services, and also subscribe, like and comment on our videos on Youtube!
5) Church is not a spectator sport: You wouldn’t just sit quietly while your favorite college team won a championship would you? Get involved in the actions of worship! Sing, kneel, sit, stand, and pray out loud so that you’re participating in the church in body, mind, and soul.
There are a million ways to participate in the Life of Christ from home, and we hope you’ll continue to join us every Sunday through your prayers, messages,and love of Christ with us!
2020 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Video Providing Instructions on Giving via Online Portal
We hope all of you are staying safe and well during these difficult days. We are living in extraordinary times, and navigating waters that are unchartered for most. Our faith is the most important thing we can rely upon when battling such uncertainty.
Thank you for remembering our beacon of hope and love, Holy Trinity, as we all continue to rely on our spirituality for comfort and strength to persevere through the challenging weeks ahead.
Despite every disadvantage, nevertheless many of you have asked what is the easiest way to continue your stewardship and support during this unprecedented time, given everyone is required to stay-at-home across North Carolina.
We are strongly encouraging members to utilize our new online giving portal, Abundant Giving. You can access the giving portal via the main page of Holy Trinity’s website (click the GIVE Online. button). The portal link is: https://abundant.co/holytrinityraleigh/give.
We understand this method of giving is new for most members, so we have created a brief video to show you how to use the online giving portal. The video instructions are located right under the GIVE Online. button on the main page of Holy Trinity’s website. Click on the Online Giving Instructions button, to be directed to a link and password, to watch the video.
Of course, you can also continue to mail your donation and/or your pledge to: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 5000 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh, NC 27612, to continue your stewardship.
If you have a question about donating, your stewardship, or giving online, please contact Stewardship Co-Chair Angela Georgallis at 919-339-3169 or acgeorgallis@gmail.com.
Thank you again for your selflessness and your love of Mother Church.
THIS HOLY AND GREAT WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY
SUN APR 12TH
PALM SUNDAY
10:00AM: LITURGY
7:00PM: BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
MON APR 13TH
HOLY MONDAY
7:00PM: BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
TUES APR 14TH
HOLY TUESDAY
7:00PM: BRIDEGROOM SERVICE
(HYMN OF KASSIANE)
WED APR 15TH
HOLY WEDNESDAY
7:00PM: UNCTION SERVICE
THURS APR 16TH
HOLY THURSDAY
9:00AM: VESPERAL LITURGY
6:30PM: READING OF THE 12 GOSPELS AND THE HOLY PASSION OF CHRIST
FRI APR 17TH
GOOD FRIDAY
9:00AM: THE ROYAL HOURS
2:30PM: THE UNNAILING OF CHRIST FROM THE CROSS (APOKATHELOSIS)
7:00PM: LAMENTATIONS
SAT APR 18TH
HOLY SATURDAY
9:00AM: VESPERAL LITURGY, PROTOI ANASTASI
11:20PM: PASCHA VIGIL
12:00AM: MIDNIGHT PASCHAL LITURGY
SUN APR 19TH
HOLY AND GREAT PASCHA
11:00AM: AGAPE VESPERS