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Prayers for All
In your prayers please continue to remember Metropolitan Antony, Archbishop Daniel, Fr. Gregory, our church family and catechumens (Rob & Stacy M., Greg & Shannon and children), visitors and inquirers, new mothers and babies, the betrothed, the married, the sick, the poor, travelers, those impacted by war and calamities, our country, and all those in need.
Holy Pentecost: Feast of the Holy Trinity - 31 May 2026
This coming Sunday is the Feast of Holy Pentecost, one of the twelve Great Feasts our our Church.
"In the Church’s annual liturgical cycle, Pentecost is “the last and great day.” It is the celebration by the Church of the coming of the Holy Spirit as the end—the achievement and fulfillment—of the entire history of salvation. For the same reason, however, it is also the celebration of the beginning: it is the “birthday” of the Church as the presence among us of the Holy Spirit, of the new life in Christ, of grace, knowledge, adoption to God and holiness". | Read more about the Feast of Holy Pentecost on the Orthodox Church in America website.
Commemorated on this day is St. Apollonios of the Egyptian Thebaid (+395), the Apostle Hermas of the Seventy (+1st c.), the Martyr Hermias at Comana (+2nd c.), and the Martyr Philosophus at Alexandria (+3rd c.), among others.
The readings for this day are:
Please join us for Vespers on Saturday, 30 May 2026, at 6:00 PM and the Festal Divine Liturgy on Sunday, 31 May 2026, at 9:00 AM following by a portion of the Kneeling Prayers of Holy Pentectost Vespers.
Holy Pentecost
Blessed are You O Christ Our God / You have revealed the fishermen as most wise / by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit / through them You drew the world into Your net / O Lover of Man, Glory to You!
Troparion for the Feast of Holy Pentecost
Parish Council Meeting
There will be a parish council meeting at the church tonight, Tuesday, 26 May 2026, at 7PM. All are Welcome!
Bible Study
Bible study through the Gospel of St. John will resume this evening, Wednesday, 27 May 2026, at 7PM. Bibles are available in the library, if needed. All are welcome!
ReschedulChurchyard Work Day
There will be a churchyard workday on Saturday, 30 May 2026, at 10AM, to put down new mulch and attend to a few exterior items to keep our church looking nice. All are welcome. No tools or experience required!
