Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers
During the Great Fast, Pan-Orthodox Vespers will be celebrated at 6:00 pm, Sunday evenings at various parishes throughout DFW. Each service concludes with a brief sermon, as well as a Lenten meal and fellowship. We note the following service and sermon schedules.
March 5 – Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Dallas – “What Do We Mean by Discipleship?” Christina Andresen, OCF Director of Ministries.
March 12 – St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Ft. Worth – “Alumni Testimony: Cultivating Vocation, Talents, and Leadership” - Katie Andrews, Holy Trinity Youth Director.
March 19 – St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, Euless – “Student Testimony: Where Two or Three Are Gathered” - Paisios Woodcock, Current A&M Student.
March 26 – Sts. Constantine & Helen Antiochian Orthodox Church, Carrollton – “Higher Education and Spiritual Formation” – Jesse Cone, Adjunct Professor at University of Dallas.
April 2 – St. Seraphim OCA Cathedral, Dallas – “The Fields Are White: Missionary Work at Home” - Alexandros Pandazis, A&M Campus Missionary.
Church School & Adult Classes
Church School will meet on Saturday, March 11, at 4:30 pm. Holy Unction will be the focus.
In addition, we continue our adult classes which will meet on Saturday evenings after Vespers during Lent. The temporary change is desirable so that Wednesday evenings will not end so late.
General Confession
General Confession will be conducted on Saturday, March 18 at 5:00 pm.
Congratulations
We congratulate Daren and Amanda Beames and the entire family on the birth of Andrew Timothy Beames. God grant them all many blessed years in service to the Lord!
The Feast of Annunciation
(Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko): “The feast of the Annunciation. . . comes nine months before Christmas on the twenty-fifth of March. It is the celebration of the announcing of the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary as recorded in the Gospel of Saint Luke. The services of the feast of the Annunciation… stress again and again the joyous news of the salvation of men in the birth of the Savior. . . The celebration of the Annunciation. . . is the feast of our own reception of the glad tidings of salvation, and our own glorification of the Maiden Mary who becomes the Mother of God in the flesh.
“Because (this feast) normally comes during the season of Great Lent, the manner of celebration varies from year to year depending upon the particular day on which it falls. If the feast comes on a weekday of Lent, which is the most common case, the Divine Liturgy of the feast is served in the evening with Vespers and thus is celebrated after a full day of total abstinence. When this happens, the fasting rules for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts are followed. The Divine Liturgy of the Annunciation is the only celebration of the Eucharistic Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom allowed on a weekday of Great Lent.”
2023 Calendars
A few 2023 Orthodox Wall Calendars are left in stock and are available for $5.00 each. The Calendars contain helpful information for the year, including lists of fasts and feasts, as well as daily Scripture Readings. Remaining Calendar will be placed on a side table in the Church.