At one of my recent Sunday sermons, I spoke about the importance and impact that positive mentoring can have on retaining our young adults (25-40 years old) in our Annunciation church Community. This topic has been one of the issues this parish, along with many other in the Archdiocese, continue...
Due to our quarantine situation and after discussion with our Parish Council, the decision was made to close the church for this Sunday. As most of you know, Pres. Teri and I had to travel to Florida over the past two weeks for compassionate leave to help out our parents...
Today, we celebrate the eightieth anniversary of our magnificent Feast of Victory – τὰ Νικητήρια of the Theotokos, who on October 28, 1940, came to the aid of Greece and her noble people. We honor those Greeks who, as the Lord enjoined in His commandment, ‘let their “yes” be “yes,”...
Get delicious Greek dishes and desserts for Thanksgiving 2020! Spanakopita, tyropita, baklava, tsoureki, and more! Proceeds to benefit a local philanthropic charity. Please get your orders in by Wednesday, Nov. 18th. Orders will be available for pickup in the Church Hall the Sunday before Thanksgiving (Nov. 22nd). Please call for...
Holy Communion is the pivotal point of the Orthodox Christian worship experience. This Sacrament has been traditionally served with the same spoon and from a common chalice for all faithful present at the Liturgy. The spread of COVID-19 has made many church members apprehensive about continuing to use a common...
Please join us for Annunciation’s Annual Golf Tournament at Cobblestone Creek Country Club, Monday, Sept. 28. Tee times beginning at 8:00 a.m. Golf Sign Up Form 2020
For obvious reasons, two of the most popular videos on our Church’s YouTube channel are, “It is Safe to Receive Holy Communion” and “How is Holy Communion prepared”, each of which have over 14,000 views. In these videos, I discuss the science and the faith of receiving Holy Communion. In...
“It is a shared conviction that, in our time, the natural environment is threatened like never before in the history of humankind. The magnitude of this threat becomes manifest in the fact that what is at stake is not anymore the quality, but the preservation of life on our planet....
Here are the rubrics from the Antiochian Service Book It is traditional that the Lamentations at the Bier of the Mother of God be chanted at Great Vespers on the eve of the Feast. Immediately following the Hymn of Righteous Simeon the clergy come to stand before the Bier (in...
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