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Sunday March 9.
Today we celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy which commemorates the Restoration of Holy Icons in the Church on the 1st Sunday of Great Lent in 842 AD. This occasion gives us an opportunity to reflect on the importance of Holy Icons as Scripture in Color in our lives. At the end of Divine Liturgy we participate in the Procession of Holy Icons, and in so doing, we affirm that we follow the Faith of the Apostles, the Faith of the Fathers, the Faith of the Church!
Today our Procession of Holy Icons will be done outside around the Church, stopping at each corner to offer short litanies and prayers. Bring an Icon from home and join us in affirming our Holy Orthodox Faith!
Today as on all Sundays of Great Lent we offer the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil. Listen carefully and closely to the different but beautiful and spiritually enriching prayers of this beautiful Liturgy!
We invite every to join us this afternoon as we go and join with Father Ambrose and the faithful of Holy Cross Orthodox Mission in Hattiesburg at 3 p.m. for Sunday of Orthodoxy Great Vespers with Icon Procession. Holy Cross Orthodox Mission can be found at: 702 N 30th Ave Hattiesburg, MS. Join us!
This week on Thursday, March 13 at 6 p.m. we will begin our Lenten Bible Study that will meet each Thursday evening. We will be learning about the "extra" books in the Orthodox Old Testament Canon and use The Other Bible by Trevor Mathis as a resource. Come and join us as we learn more about these short but important books of the Old Testament!
We wish to announce that this coming weekend our Archbishop of New York and All America, His Eminence Elpiphodorus, will be making his first visit to Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Orleans from Friday, March 14 through Sunday, March 16. We invite everyone to consider joining us for the Doxology service with His Eminence at the Cathedral on Saturday, March 15 at 11 am. More information can be found on the flyer on the Parish Bulletin Board.
As we continue with Great Lent we encourage everyone to join us for our weekly Lenten Services. These beautiful services gives us opportinities to prepare ourselves for the coming of Holy Week and the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ on Holy Pascha!
This year in addition to the Lenten Services we are so familiar with we will also have Lenten Orthros and Lenten 1st, 3rd, and 6th Hours each Monday morning as well as a Lenten Bible Study each Thursday evening (after the 1st Week). Let us all endeavor to take every opportunity to learn from experiencing our beautiful Orthodox Lenten Services.
We would like to take the opportunity today to recognize Nancy Malek for her dedicated work on the landscape beautification around the Parish grounds. Thank you, Nancy, for making our Parish a more beautiful place.
Our printed copies of our Parish March Schedule are available in the Narthex and Church Side Entrance. Take your copy with you and join us as we worship together!
As we begin Great Lent and the Great Fast, we offer a reminder that we prepare ourselves for Holy Pascha during this time with fasting, prayer, visiting the sick, caring for the needy and good spiritual reading. Along with our fast from meat and dairy, we also fast in the words we speak and the activities that we engage in. For any questions about our Lenten Fast or other practices, please talk with Father Paisius.
As we begin practicing our Lenten journey, we offer a reminder that it is the duty of every Orthodox Christian to be faithful in Holy Confession before Holy Pascha. This is a very important part of our preparation to receive Holy Communion on Holy Pascha.