SATURDAY, September 21

• 6 PM Great Vespers

SUNDAY, September 22

• 8:30 AM Matins
• 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy

Readings for Sunday

The Epistle:  II Corinthians1:21-24, 2:1-4

The Gosple:  Luke 5:1-11

Scheduled Sunday School after Communion

Age groups 4-6, and 7+

*Please reply to Hannah Cotten if your children will be in attendance, so that the teachers may be adequately prepared.

hcotten@hotmail.com

WEDNESDAY, September 25

• 6 PM Paraklesis Service, prayers to the Theotokos for those in need. (Bring names of the living)

• Please see:

  www.goarch.org/-/learn-to-chant-paraklesis

 

This Saturday we come to the Leavetaking of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Please see:

www.goarch.org/-/hymns-of-the-feast-of-the-exaltation-of-the-cross

www.goarch.org/exaltation

*Names for the Parish Prayer List will be updated each month. Please resubmit names that you wish to have continued.

AUGUST PRAYER LIST:

• Victor Clarke (following surgery, Vic is staying at Philoxenia House in Boston for several months of recuperation before his prosthetics can be fitted)

NEW YORK – On Thursday, September 19, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros participated in Orthodoxy on Tap - NYC. The event took place at Pier A Restaurant in Battery Park, where a hundred Orthodox young adults and professionals from various backgrounds welcomed him.

NEW YORK – Archbishop Elpidophoros received Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

The Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America met today, under the chairmanship of Archbishop Elpidophoros, to discuss the state of Orthodox Christian unity in the USA. Recognizing the challenges in global Orthodoxy, the jurisdictional representatives reiterated their commitment to the local faithful of America and rededicated themselves to fulfilling the call for canonical normalcy and pastoral unity on contemporary issues.

NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with the Direct Archdiocesan District Executive Board of the Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians on Monday, September 16, in his office at the Archdiocese. Members of the Executive Board are Mrs. Anna Dounelis, President; Mr. Theodore Brakatselos, Vice-President; Mrs. Irini Kapareliotis, Treasurer; Mrs. Fay Pavlidis, Mrs. Peggy Stilianos, Public Relations Office, and V. Rev. Archimandrite Chrysostomos Gilbert, Spiritual Advisor.

On Friday, September 13, 2019, ten Pan-Orthodox organizations concluded a vibrant and productive meeting on the crisis of homelessness. The twenty experts arrived at the following common multi-faceted understanding