ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today on Sunday, February 11 as our society celebrates and we engages in Super Bowl Sunday, we have an opportunity to participate in the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) Souper Bowl Sunday. Let us give generously by collecting non-perishable food for the needy and in the special collection for the continued ministry of IOCC.
This week we celebrate Valentine's Day on Wednesday, February 14. Let us shower love and support on all our family members, parishioners and community on this special occasion.
We wish to announce that following our Wednesday evening Vespers service, we will be showing in the Hall the movie produced by Robert Krantz: Faith, Hope and Love. Come and join us!
We offer a reminder that this year Western Christians begin their Great Lent this week with Ash Wednesday, February 14, while the Orthodox Church will begin our Great Lent on Monday, March 18. Because of this our Holy Pascha will be Sunday, May 5 this year.
As we prepare to enter the Triodion and Great Lent you can start looking at resources available to you to follow each one of the special days. A great resource to follow is https://www.goarch.org/lent.
Other than The Feast of Feasts, Great and Holy Pascha, there are 12 Major Feasts in the Orthodox Church. They are: Epiphany, Nativity of Christ, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Palm Sunday, Pentecost, Ascension, Transfiguration, Presentation of Christ, Nativity of the Theotokos, Entrance of the Theotokos, Annunciation, and Dormition of the Theotokos. Go to the website https://www.goarch.org/feasts for an explaination of each feast.
This week we celebrate Saint Auxentios of the Mountain and Saint Cyril- Apostle to the Slavic people- on Wednesday, February 14 and Saint Theodore Tyro("the Recruit") on Saturday, February 17. Come and join us in our Parish Worship!
On Jan 21 we had the Great Blessing of the Water at the Washington Street Pier in Bay Saint Louis. It was a wonderful service. See photo in the bulletin insert.
BIRTHDAYS
This week we extend our best wishes and congratulations to Father Dean as he celebrates his birthday on February 15. May the Lord our God bless His servant, Father Dean, and may He grant to him many more blessed and happy years!
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, Demetri Vlahos, and Angelo Hagicostas 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.