PASCHA INFORMATION
We also are asked to prepare ourselves spiritually through the Sacrament of Holy Repentance or Holy Confession . We offer a reminder that everyone is expected to come for Holy Confession prior to receiving Holy Communion on Holy Pascha. Holy Confession is a beautiful and necessary part of our Faith and Christian Life. Please be kind to your Clergy and don't wait until Holy Week! Contact Father Paisius to schedule Holy Confession. Go to https://www.goarch.org/-/preparation-for-holy-confession for more information about the sacrament of Holy Confession.
Palm Sunday evening we enter into Holy Week with the beautiful and inspiring first Bridegroom Orthros service at 6 pm. This begins our Holy Week commemoration of everything that our Lord is willing to suffer for us and our salvation. Join us as we pray and commemorate each day that teaches us more about our Lord's sacrifice for us so that we may be granted Salvation.
We invite everyone to join us for the beautiful Vesperal Liturgy of Saint Basil on Holy Thursday during which we commemorate the Last Supper and our Lord's Institution of the Holy Eucharist. This is a most solemn occasion and one of the most important celebrations of the Divine Liturgy during our Orthodox Liturgical Year. Come and pray with us!
On Holy Friday our Great Vespers will be at 3 pm during which we solemnly commemorate the taking of our Lord from the Cross and His burial in the Tomb. This will be followed in the evening at 6 pm with the Orthros of Holy Saturday with Lamentations during which we go in solemn Procession outside.
Glory to Jesus Christ! Greetings to the faithful members and families of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. May the Lord our God continue to guide through the journey of Great Lent to His Holy Resurrection!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
As we celebrate Palm Sunday we offer in Orthros the Blessing of Palms and Willows. Please pick up your Palms and Willows and hold them during the Divine Liturgy and take them home with you. Everyone will also receive one of the Palm crosses today as well.
We invite everyone to join us in our Social Hall after Divine Liturgy for our Annual Palm Sunday Fish Luncheon . Thank to Craig Henderson and everyone else who worked together to prepare our beautiful Luncheon today!
We offer a reminder that our Decoration of the Kouvukion- our Lord's Grave- on Friday, May 3 at about 10 am following the Holy Friday Royal Hours Service. Let us work together as a Parish Community to honor our Lord in this way.
We once again ask for everyone to participate in donations for the flowers that will decorate our Kouvukion for Holy Pascha. Please use your offering envelopes and mark them for Easter Flowers and indicate if the donation is honor of the living or in memory of the departed. Please talk with Eleni Vganges for more information about this.
This year for Holy Pascha we will also be decorating our Church for Holy Pascha with Lilies and other flowering plants. Help us with this effort to beautify our Church as we celebrate our Lord's Holy Resurrection. For more information about donations for this wonderful decoration of the Church please talk with Cassidy and Crystal Anderson.
We again will bless Easter Baskets following Divine Liturgy on Holy Pascha. This is a very beautiful and inspiring tradition and important aspect of the celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord. Please bring your baskets and place them up front on the sides of the Solea to be blessed at the proper time.
We ask that everyone please remember to bring a dish to share at our Pascha Meal following the Agape Vespers on Holy Pascha afternoon. Come and join us for this extension of our Parish celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord!
We wish to announce that on Sunday, May 19, following Divine Liturgy we will have a Special Parish Assembly to discuss the project of the new Roof for the Church. We will hear a presentation of the bids for this project and vote on the one to accept for this necessary improvement for our Church. We urge everyone to mark this day on your calendars and plan to participate in this Special Parish Assembly.
Our printed copies of the Parish May 2024 schedule are now available in the Narthex and Church Side Entrance. Please pick up your copies and join us in prayer and worship. It is also on the church website.
BAPTISMS AND CHRISMATIONS
We offer our best wishes and congratulations to the Newly Illumined servant of God, Alijah (Elijah) King, who was received into the Orthodox Faith by Holy Chrismation yesterday. May the Lord our God bless His newly Illumined servant Elijah and his sponsor, Eleni Vganges, and may He grant to them both many more blessed and happy year
We will be pleased to receive Guy Bowering Jr and Ben, Cassie, Sabriel,Sabrina, Hiro and Hershel Warden into the Holy Orthodox Faith on Holy Saturday morning through Holy Chrismation and Holy Baptism before the Vesperal Liturgy of Saint Basil. Let us pray for them all and their sponsors on this great day!
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Today we offer our best wishes and congratulations to Gabriel Loukatos who celebrates his birthday on May 3. May the Lord our God bless His servant Gabriel. May He grant to him many more blessed and happy years!
Congratulations to Craig and Karen Henderson for their anniversary on May 2.
If we missed your anniversary or birthday it means we don't have you information listed on our roster. Please let us know so we can make the updates.
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK AND RECOVERING
Pray for Saidi Maalouf, Niki Arnold, Karen Henderson, Tristan Freeman, George Vaporis, Photine Hagicostas, and Demetri Vlahos as they recover from their illnesses. May the Lord our God quickly heal His servants. Get well soon.
Please let Father Paisius know of any parishioner who is sick so we may pray for them.
ORTHODOX STEWARDSHIP
Orthodox Christian Stewardship is a way of life, which acknowledges accountability, reverence, and responsibility before God. A primary goal of Stewardship is to promote spiritual growth and strengthen faith. Becoming a Steward begins when we believe in God, to whom we give our love, loyalty and trust and act on those beliefs. As Stewards, we affirm that every aspect of our lives comes as a gift from Him. Stewardship calls on the faithful to cheerfully offer back to God a portion of the gifts with which they have been blessed. See bulletin insert for 2024 Stewardship Pledge Form.