Reflections on Holy Week While every Holy Week and Resurrection service is beautiful, this year was especially memorable in that it was immensely joyful to see our church filled once again to celebrate this most important event of our Orthodox faith. COVID certainly has had an impact on all of...
PATRIARCHAL ENCYCLICAL FOR HOLY PASCHA + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church: May the Grace, Peace and Mercy of Christ Risen in Glory be with you All ENGLISH VERSION...
Annunciation Parishioners, As some of you have already heard, last Friday at about 4:30pm there was an unsuccessful attempt to steal my Kia Sportage. While they were not able to steal the vehicle it was vandalized. This is unfortunately the third incident of vandalism at our church. There have also...
Let Pascha Become Our Way of Life While there have been countless articles written about the joy of Christ’s Resurrection as our promise of salvation it bears repeating so that we understand why this event, our Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection is so significant for not only us as Orthodox...
What Happens During Great Lent? The services of Great Lent are constructed to aid us in a somber review of the gap between who we are and what we should be, as the image and likeness of God. The royal gates to the altar area remain closed as a physical...
Archbishop Elpidophoros shares the vision for the new GOA charter in an address at the Leadership 100 Conference in Phoenix, AZ (Feb. 2-5, 2023).
In light of the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, we would like to direct our parish to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Announces Earthquake Relief Fund. Offering solidarity and prayers, Archbishop Elpidophoros said, “In initiating the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Earthquake Relief Fund, the focus of our Archdiocese is...
Updating the Liturgy One of the more hotly debated topics in the Orthodox Church over the last 20 or so years has been the need for reform of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy, with voices on both sides. When considering the idea of liturgical reform in our Church, I can’t help...
With great anticipation we present the next webinar in our Transformative Christianity series to be held Wednesday, February 1st at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT. We look forward to your participation in the webinar and discussion. TOPIC: The Healing Power of Confession: A talk about the Mystery of...
With great anticipation we present the next webinar in the Transformative Christianity series to be held Wednesday, February 1st at 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT. We look forward to your participation in the webinar and discussion. TOPIC: The Healing Power of Confession: A talk about the Mystery of...