“Phanar—A new saint has been recognized by the Orthodox Church. In a Wednesday August 31, 2022 ceremony at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed the synodal act of the canonization of Saint Vissarion the Agathonite, together with the hierarchs of the Holy Synod, who...
Join us for Transformative Christianity, a 10-part webinar series to find out what Orthodox Christianity really has to offer to us and to the world! Event begins Wednesday, Sept. 7th at 7:30 pm. For more information, please visit Discover Orthodoxy.
It’s that time of year again! Annunciation’s education ministry is busy getting ready for autumn with Greek and religious courses. Orthodox Sunday School is set to begin Sunday, September 11th at 11:15am. Children will begin and/or continue their journey through the Orthodox faith with activities, riveting lesson plans, our custom made...
Join us this weekend to commemorate the Dormition and Assumption of the Theotokos. Great Vespers of the Assumption of the Theotokos – Sunday, 8/14 @ 6pm ET Dormition of the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary – Monday, 8/15 @ 9am ET (livestream begins at 10am)
The theme of this year’s Clergy-Laity Conference (4-7 July) was “Legacy, Renewal, Unity.” In his remarks during the opening ceremony the Archbishop urged all of us to recognize the great legacy our Greek forefathers and mothers created for us. He spoke of our individual as well as collective responsibility to...
Dear Parishioners, Welcome to another amazing start to our Sunday School year. We had great successes and challenges last year. We are excited to get started again. We plan to improve and expand our religious education program this year. We wanted to share our plans with the parish, so you...
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are blessed to have completed our first year as Sunday School Directors and could not have done it without the amazing support of this community. We celebrated many successes this year and weathered challenges as well. We are grateful to our dedicated teachers,...
With the completion of the Pascha and having experienced the joy of Christ’s resurrection, the message of His promise of salvation bears repeating in the context of what that means in our understanding of our Orthodox faith. Of course, the Christian faith can no more be expressed in the content...