The 2023-24 Liturgical New Year Begins – Is There a Strategy? After a very successful Greek Festival, I know that many of you are spending the summer traveling to Greece, England, Europe, or of course, Scotland (or just enjoying a “staycation”) without masks! September begins a new liturgical year and...
Self-Directed Spirituality and Failure to See a Direct Benefit In his April 2023 article, “10 Reasons Church Attendance is Declining (Even for Committed Christians),” Carey Nieuwhof listed off several very well known reasons for declining attendance, however two in particular were very pertinent and often overlooked: Self-Directed Spirituality and Failure...
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 Greek Orthodox Church of Rochester Livestream Schedule for April 10th – April 16th 2023 Note: the following listing exclusively features the services that will be livestreamed. For the full Holy Week service schedule, please see our Sunday Bulletin.
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...
As is the Orthodox Tradition, we will celebrate Palm Sunday with a luncheon following the Divine Liturgy on April 9th. Several parishioners will be sponsoring our Fish Luncheon and Bill Tegas, Jim Papas, and others will donate their time as our cooks. Not only is this a great start to...
Based on the popularity of the Luminary Bags from last year, and to continue in honoring our departed loved ones, on Holy Friday evening we will repeat the placing of the individualized Luminary Bags outside along the path where we will process with the Kouvouklion. These glowing luminaries are a beautiful way to...