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Welcome! Добро нам дошли! We welcome all visitors and seekers to join us!
We
invite you to join us for services, which are held in Church Slavonic,
English and Serbian. Please consult our Service Schedule for specific
feast day information. Please note that only baptized Orthodox
Christians can partake of our sacraments and receive the antidoron
(nafora) distributed at the end of the liturgy. You are encouraged to
ask our priest for additional learning materials or service
substitution readings. Private catechism sessions can be arranged upon
request.
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CHRISTMAS SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sunday of the Holy Fathers- Sunday before the Nativity
10:00 am Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - Christmas Eve
9:00 am Divine Liturgy
6:00 pm Compline and Matins, followed by the traditional burning of the Badjak
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
10:00 am Divine Liturgy
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - Synaxis of the Holy Theotokos
9:00 am Divine Liturgy
Friday, January 9, 2008 - St. Stephen the First Martyr
9:00 am Divine Liturgy
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- Our parish will be hosting a SERBIAN NEW YEAR'S DANCE on Saturday, January 10 after vespers. Live music from the DJURO KLIPA BAND!
- Our next Pogacha Sales will be on Saturday, January 17 and Saturday, February 21.
- When preparing for Holy Confession this lenten season, consult this handy Guide for Holy Confession.
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Today is ,
( according to the Church Calendar)
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On this day, the Church commemorates:
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"If you were to ask many people why they do not go to Church to pray, they will generally answer you: I have no time, I have to work! Just look at those people who only work and do not go to Church, placing their trust only in their work and compare them with those who divide their time between work and prayer and you will quickly be convinced that the latter are more well off and, what is more important, they are more satisfied. It is said about two neighboring tailors how unequal they were according to their work and prayer and according to their wealth and satisfaction. One of them had a large family and the other was a bachelor. The first had the habit of going to church every morning for prayer and the bachelor never went to church. Not only did the first work less but was even less a skillful master than the other. He had enough of everything and the other lacked everything. The first one asked the other how is it that he has everything although he works less? The one who prays to God [Богомољас- a devout person] responded that he attends church every day and, along the way, finds lost gold and he invited his neighbor, the bachelor, to go with him to prayer and they will share the discovered gold. Both neighbors began to attend church regularly and soon both became equal in abundance as well as in satisfaction. Naturally, they found no gold along the way but the blessing of God multiplies the abundance of true devout men. Those who: "Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness" (St. Matthew 6:31), God adds and multiplies all that is necessary for their physical life."
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