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Upcoming Calendar Events

Sunday, March 30 - Sunday of St. John Climacus
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8:45 am Orthros
10:00 am Divine Liturgy
11:30am Church School & Catechism
12:15 pm assembly of Easter Baskets.
6:00 pm COCC Lenten Vespers and Fellowship HERE at Nativity of the Virgin Mary

Monday, March 31
6:00 pm Philoptochos meeting and potluck dinner.

Tuesday, April 1
11:00 am Morning Bible Study (CLICK HERE TO JOIN)
12:00 pm Tuesday Lunch Group
5:00 pm Youth Greek Classes
6:30 pm Adult Greek Classes (online)
7:00 pm Evening Bible Study (CLICK HERE TO JOIN)

Wednesday, April 2
6:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy, Meal & Lenten Talk

Thursday, April 3 - 5th Thursday of Lent
6:00 pm Great Canon of St. Andrew and Reading of St. Mary of Egypt
6:30 pm Adult Greek Classes (online)

Friday, April 4
6:00 pm Choir Practice
7:00 pm The Akathist Hymn
7:00 pm AA Meeting in Social Hall

Saturday, April 5
10:00 am GOYA Serves at Focus Detroit

Sunday, April 6 - Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
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8:45 am Orthros
10:00 am Divine Liturgy
11:30 am Church School & Catechism
3:00 pm Greek Independence Day Parade
6:00 pm COCC Lenten Vespers and Fellowship St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Church, 2439 S Long Lake Rd in Fenton.

Parish News and Updates

COCC LENTEN VESPERS THIS SUNDAY - Nativity hosts the COCC Lenten vespers on Sunday March 30. Services begin at 6 pm followed by refreshments and fellowship.

FAST FRIENDLY APPETIZERS AND DESSERTS FOR SUNDAY VESPERS - We are expecting about 100 people for the vespers—Can you bring something for the fellowship time following the 6:00 pm service? Please bring your items ready to serve.

PHILOPTOCHOS MEETS ON MONDAY, MARCH 31 at 6 PM - Please bring a Lenten dish to pass.

GREAT LENT SERVICES THIS WEEK:
Presanctified Liturgy, meal and Lenten Talk with Fr. Nick is Wednesday, April 2 at 6pm
Great Canon of St. Andrew and Reading of St. Mary of Egypt on Thursday, April 3 at 6pm
The Akathist Hymn on Friday April 4 at 7pm

ICONS TO BE DECORATED—Are you willing to decorate an icon for the Great Lent Services? There is a sign up in the Narthex. Please check for open dates and sign up to help.

COMMUNITY PASCHA CARD - The Nativity GOYA is sponsoring a community Pascha Card. The Cost is $10 and your Paschal greetings will go out to all our church families. If you wish to participate in this year’s Pascha Card, simply fill out the form attached below. THE DEADLINE TO RETURN YOUR FORM AND PAYMENT IS APRIL 6. Include your check or money order made payable to “Nativity Church” and give to any GOYAN member. You can also drop off form in the church office.

BIBLE STUDY FOR APRIL 1 - Tuesday Morning Bible Study at 11am focuses on the Gospel of Luke and is followed by Tuesday lunch group at noon. Tuesday Evening Bible Study at 7pm focuses on the Gospel of John. All are welcome to attend in person or via the zoom platform. We now have ONE ZOOM LINK for both bible studies: CLICK HERE TO JOIN BIBLE STUDY Meeting ID: 340 526 4067 Passcode: bible

FESTIVAL FOOD PREP HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO KITCHEN RENOVATIONS - A new schedule will be published soon.

BRING A POTLUCK DISH TO SHARE THIS WEDNESDAY, April 2 - Due to continuing renovations in the kitchen, we will be sharing a pot luck meal on Wednesday following presanctified liturgy. We have limited access to the kitchen - so bring your item ready to serve (or in a crock pot) so we can avoid using the kitchen.

CHOIR PRACTICE - the next choir practice is Friday, April 4 at 6 pm. All are invited to come and sing and learn the liturgy for our Great Lent services.

PALM SUNDAY PLAKI LUNCHEON IS APRIL 13 following Liturgy. On the menu is salad, plaki psari, peas, bread & skordalia. Tickets available from parish council members or in the church office.

PASCHA EGGS AND BREAD - The ladies of Philoptochos will offer Tsoureki and Eggs for Pascha this year. Tsoureki will be available on Palm Sunday on a first come, first serve basis. If you would like bread or traditional dyed eggs, use the order form attached below. Egg orders need to be PREPAID. Contact Sophie Vlahakis for more details.

ANNIVERSARY TEAM SEEKING PHOTOS, ALBUMS & MEMORABILIA from the past 50 years of the people, events, etc. of our church. We will use thes items for display at the dinner/dance and/or commemorative book. Contact Georgia Theophelis for more information.

DO YOU SPEAK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? We are looking for people who know a language to help read for our Agape service on Pascha. Contact Bill Smith for more details.

Save the Date

GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE IS APRIL 6 - WILL YOU HELP US REPRESENT NATIVITY? We are looking for people to march in the parade with our banner. Click here for the parade info and marching orders.

GREEK HERITAGE NIGHT WITH THE PISTONS Come out to celebrate Greek Heritage Night at Little Caesars Arena on Friday, April 11th as the Detroit Pistons take on the Milwaukee Bucks! Get your tickets at https://pistons.com/nativity. For more information, see the insert below or contact Harry Katopodis <[email protected]> for details.

HOLY FRIDAY RETREAT—Sunday Church School Families—Save the date! April 18 at 12:30 pm for the annual Holy Friday Retreat. More details coming soon!

MEN’S CLUB DINNER IS FRIDAY, APRIL 25. TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Click the links below to order your tickets online, purchase your tickets from George Zervos, John Floros or Chris Varlamos. Tickets are also available in the church office (cash or check please)

Individual Ticket $75.00 Click here to purchase on Square.
Dinner for Two $125.00 Click here to purchase on Square.

PARISH PICNIC ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7 - SAVE THE DATE Thanks to John Szlinis, Fr. Nick and the Men's club for scheduling and planning this event,

NATIVITY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA is set for NOVEMBER 1 Please note that this is different from previously published dates.

Those in Our Prayers

Nicholas the Bishop, John the Priest, John the Priest, Cassani the Presvytera, Kalliope the Presvytera, , Panayiotis Christodoulos, Mary Christopoulos, Constantin Dumitrescu, Kosta Efthimiou, Tracey Ford, Gregory Georvassilis, George Hrisoulis, Charles Hunsinger, Michelle Hunsinger, Roy Hunsinger, Kathy Jenaras, Maria Kalas, Abraham Kalasse, Kanella Katsikas, Diane Kotsonas, Elias Koumariotis, Panayiota Koutoupa, Gus Kyriakou, Penelope Kyriakoula, Jim Lee, Nick Malamis, George Margaritis, Frank Maroudis, Freda Mollasis, Gregory Morakeas, Evelyn Morris, Alexander Nichoff, Niko Nikolakis, Marchela Papageorgakis, Stella Papasavva, James Pappas, Nikolia Pappas, Nicholas Pappas & Family, George Peters, Katerina Peters, Costas Photsios, Penny Poulos, Hayden Schils, Rick Stanley & Family, Evan Kotsonas Stoecklein, Mike and Julia Tate, Jim Tsakos, Evris and Helen Tsaprazis, Nicholas Valice, Steve Valice, Chris Vardouniotis, John Vardouniotis, Jim Vlahakis, Irene Vouharas, Sandy Zembylas, Selina Zembylas-Hernandez, Carrie, Little Jack, and Marie.

THE CHURCH IS HERE FOR YOU In times of need or times of celebration, there are a number of pastoral situations that warrant contacting Father Nick.

Any Hospital Stay: Illness, Surgery, etc.
Death - Call when a person is dying and at the actual time of death, regardless of the hour!
Substance abuse involving you or a loved one.
Domestic problems of any sort, Marital or children.
When you desire spiritual direction.
Birth of a child, (naming, and 40 day blessing).
When you become engaged and are planning a wedding.

Youth and Young Adult Ministry

HOLY FRIDAY RETREAT—Sunday Church School Families—Save the date! April 18 at 12:30 pm for the annual Holy Friday Retreat. More details coming soon!

ORTHODOX YOUTH BASKETBALL BANQUET–The annual basketball banquet is scheduled for April 26 at St. Catherine of Siena Academy (28200 Napier Rd, Wixom, MI 48393) Contact Lynn Perakis for details.

EASTER BASKETS FOR FOSTER KIDS - Nativity's SCS will assemble Easter Baskets THIS SUNDAY following catechism. Please bring your donations no later than March 30. Please leave your items in the container in the hallway.

Individually wrapped candies—chocolates, jelly beans, peeps
Small games or puzzles
Bubbles, Sidewalk Chalk
Crayons, Colored Pencils
Coloring books

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode

You destroyed death by Your Cross, You opened Paradise to the Robber. You turned the Myrrh-bearing Women’s lament into joy, and You commanded Your Apostles to preach that You rose, O Christ God, granting the world the great mercy.

Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον, ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Apolytikion for Sun. of St. John Climacus in the Plagal Fourth Mode

With the rivers of your tears you made the barren desert bloom; and with your sighs from deep within, you made your labors bear their fruits a hundredfold; and you became a star, illuminating the world by your miracles, O John, our devout father. Intercede with Christ our God, for the salvation of our souls.

Ταίς τών δακρύων σου ροαίς, τής ερήμου τό άγονον εγεώργησας, καί τοίς εκ βάθους στεναγμοίς, εις εκατόν τούς πόνους εκαρποφόρησας, καί γέγονας φωστήρ, τή οικουμένη λάμπων τοίς θαύμασι, Ιωάννη Πατήρ ημών, Όσιε, Πρέσβευε Χριστώ τώ Θεώ, σωθήναι τάς ψυχάς ημών.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you Triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, Being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, From all kinds of perils free me, so that unto you I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride. (Automelon. Τῇ ὑπερμάχῳ)

Τὴ ὑπερμάχω στρατηγῶ τὰ νικητήρια, ὡς λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν εὐχαριστήρια, ἀναγράφω σοὶ ἡ Πόλις σου Θεοτόκε, Ἀλλ' ὡς ἔχουσα τὸ κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐκ παντοίων μὲ κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον, ἵνα κράζω σοί, Χαῖρε νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20.

BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Προκείμενον. Grave Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 28.11,1.
Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει.
Στίχ. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 6:13-20.

Ἀδελφοί, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατʼ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, λέγων, Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε. Καὶ οὕτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος. Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ, ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος· ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος· ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from Mark 9:17-31

At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

Sunday of St. John Climacus
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 9:17-31

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγων, διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρός σε, ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον. καὶ ὅπου ἂν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφρίζει καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξηραίνεται· καὶ εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσι, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με. καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν εὐθέως τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· παιδιόθεν. καὶ πολλάκις αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς πῦρ ἔβαλε καὶ εἰς ὕδατα, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾿ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι. καὶ εὐθέως κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγε· πιστεύω, κύριε· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος, ἐπετίμησε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφόν, ἐγώ σοι ἐπιτάσσω, ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς κρατήσας αὐτὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἰσελθόντα αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνῷ· ἐδίδασκε γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶς τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται.

Saints and Feasts

March 30

Sunday of St. John Climacus

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on March 30, where his biography may be found. He is celebrated today because his book, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, is a sure guide to the ascetic life, written by a great man of prayer experienced in all forms of the monastic polity; it teaches the seeker after salvation how to lay a sound foundation for his struggles, how to detect and war against each of the passions, how to avoid the snares laid by the demons, and how to rise from the rudimental virtues to the heights of Godlike love and humility. It is held in such high esteem that it is universally read in its entirety in monasteries during the Great Fast.

April 01

Mary of Egypt

When Mary was only twelve years old, she left her parents and departed to Alexandria, where she lived a depraved life for seventeen years. Then, moved by curiosity, she went with many pilgrims to Jerusalem, that she might see the Exaltation of the venerable Cross. Even in the Holy City she gave herself over to every kind of licentiousness and drew many into the depth of perdition. Desiring to go into the church on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross, time and again she perceived a certain invisible power preventing her entrance, whereas the multitude of people about her entered unhindered. Therefore, wounded in heart by this, she decided to change her way of life and reconcile herself to God by means of repentance. Invoking our Lady the Theotokos as her protectress, she asked her to open the way for her to worship the Cross, and vowed that she would renounce the world. And thus, returning once again to the church, she entered easily. When she had worshipped the precious Wood, she departed that same day from Jerusalem and passed over the Jordan. She went into the inner wilderness and for forty-seven years lived a most harsh manner of life, surpassing human strength; alone, she prayed to God alone. Toward the end of her life, she met a certain hermit named Zosimas, and she related to him her life from the beginning. She requested of him to bring her the immaculate Mysteries that she might partake of them. According to her request, he did this the following year on Holy and Great Thursday. One year after this, Zosimas again went thither and found her dead, laid upon the ground, and letters written in the sand near her which said: "Abba Zosimas, bury here the body of wretched Mary. I died on the very day I partook of the immaculate Mysteries. Pray for me." Her death is reckoned by some to have taken place in 378, by some, in 437, and by others, in 522. She is commemorated also on the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. Her life was recorded by Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem.

Memorials and Trisagion

40 Day Memorial for Athanasios Peristeris

1 Year Memorial for Maria Georgilas

1 Year Memorial of Maria Rifat

3 Year Memorial for Dimitri Kanellopoulos

May their memory be eternal.

Thank you to the Georgilas, Kanellopoulos and Peristeris Families for sponsoring coffee hour.

Wisdom of the Fathers

Seest thou how He now proceeds to lay beforehand in them the foundation of His doctrine about fasting? ... See, at any rate, how many blessings spring from them both. For he that is praying as he ought, and fasting, hath not many wants, and he that hath not many wants, cannot be covetous; ...

St. John Chrysostom

Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century

... he that is not covetous, will be also more disposed for almsgiving. He that fasts is light, and winged, and prays with wakefulness, and quenches his wicked lusts, and propitiates God, and humbles his soul when lifted up. Therefore even the apostles were almost always fasting.

St. John Chrysostom

Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century

Nativity's Gmail Calendar

Nativity of the Virgin Mary Google Calendar

March 30 to April 14, 2025

Sunday, March 30

Memorials and Trisagion

🍇 Sunday of St. John Climacus

8:45AM Orthros

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

11:30AM Church School & Catechism

6:00PM COCC Lenten Vespers and Fellowship (at Nativity)

Tuesday, April 1

11:00AM Morning Bible Study with Father Nick

12:00PM Tuesday Lunch Group

5:00PM Youth Greek Classes (in person)

6:30PM Adult Greek Classes (online)

7:00PM Evening Bible Study with Fr. Nick

Wednesday, April 2

6:00PM Presanctified Liturgy, Meal & Lenten Talk

Thursday, April 3

🍇 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

6:00PM Great Canon of St. Andrew and Reading of St. Mary of Egypt

6:30PM Adult Greek Classes (online)

Friday, April 4

7:00PM The Akathist Hymn

Saturday, April 5

🍇 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn

10:00AM Goya serve FOCUS

Sunday, April 6

Memorials and Trisagion

🍇 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

8:45AM Orthros

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

11:30AM Church School & Catechism

2:00PM Greek Independence Day Parade

6:00PM COCC Lenten Vespers and Fellowship

Monday, April 7

6:00PM 50th Anniversary Team Meeting

Tuesday, April 8

11:00AM Morning Bible Study with Father Nick

12:00PM Senior Lunch Group

5:00PM Youth Greek Classes (in person)

6:30PM Adult Greek Classes (online)

7:00PM Evening Bible Study with Fr. Nick

Wednesday, April 9

6:00PM Presanctified Liturgy, Meal & Lenten Talk

Thursday, April 10

6:30PM Great Compline

6:30PM Adult Greek Classes (online)

Friday, April 11

6:00PM Choir Practice

Saturday, April 12

🍇 Lazarus Saturday

9:00AM Orthros and Divine Liturgy

11:30AM Pancake Breakfast and Service Projects

Sunday, April 13

No Memorials

Lenten Marketplace

🐟 Palm Sunday

8:45AM Orthros

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

11:30AM Church School & Catechism

12:00PM 40 Day Blessing Zaharoula Karatsinides and Theodore Schnoes

12:30PM Palm Sunday Plaki Luncheon

7:00PM Bridegroom Matins

Monday, April 14

☦️ Holy Monday

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