Mar 24, 2024
3-24-24: Festal Vigil Annunciation
Forefeast of the Annunciation Commemorated on March 24 The Feast of the Annunciation to the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated on one day March 25, exactly nine months before the Nativity of Christ. There is one day of Prefeast (March 24), followed by the Feast itself. On March 26, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. Because the Feast of the Annunciation falls during Great Lent, there is no Postfeast of the Feast.
Mar 24, 2024
3-24-24: 1st Sunday of Great Lent, Triumph of Orthodoxy Sunday
1st Sunday of Great Lent: Sunday of Orthodoxy The first Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of Orthodoxy because it commemorates the restoration of the Holy Icons and the triumph of the Orthodox Faith against the terrible heresy of the Iconoclasts, i.e. those heretics who refused to honor the Holy Icons. For more than a hundred years the Church was disturbed by the evil doctrine of iconoclasm. The first Emperor to persecute the Church was Leo the Isaurian,…
Mar 18 – 22, 2024
3-18-24 to 3-22-24: Great Lent Begins (Clean Week)
Come experience the healing “Great Canon of St. Andrew of Create” services, Clean Monday through Clean Thursday at 6pm. Beginning of Great Lent In the Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Great Lent—the day on which, at Vespers, Lent is liturgically announced and inaugurated—is called Forgiveness Sunday. On the morning of that Sunday, at the Divine Liturgy, we hear the words of Christ: “If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you forgive…
Mar 17, 2024
3-17-24: Forgiveness & Chessefare Sunday
NOTE: After the Divine Liturgy we will serve the grace filled Forgiveness Vespers Service followed by the mutual rite of forgiveness. Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God commanded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with…
Mar 7 – 10, 2024
3-10-24: Parish Meatfare BBQ
Join us after Divine Liturgy for our Annual Parish Meatfare BBQ! Lent is almost here! Meatfare Sunday is the LAST day to eat meat before Great and Holy Lent. Before the forty-day Fast we will enjoy together one more non-fasting meal…Come show off your skill at the grill! Bring your favorite savory meat dishes, and a large appetite! This Parish-wide event will include: tons of tasty food, fun times with our loving Orthodox family community, and lots of prayer and…
Sep 6 – Nov 15, 2023
9-6-23 to 11-15-23 Inquirers & Catechumens Classes
Inquirers & Catechumens Class Schedule 2023 Below is the schedule for the first 9 classes. All classes will take place on Wednesdays after Daily Vespers from 6:30pm-8:00pm. The classes are 1-hour lectures or audio visual presentations with 30 minutes of Q&A. Everyone is welcome to attend. 9/06/23 | Class 1: Starting Down the Royal Path 9/20/23 |Class 2: What is the Orthodox Church & The True God 9/27/23 |Class 3: The Human Being 10/04/23 |Class 4: On Sin 10/11/23 |Class…
Oct 29, 2023
St John Gala & Auction: Music Under the Stars (10/29/23)
Music Under the Stars, our inaugural fundraising gala, was a grand success! Thank you to our Gala Committee, chaired by Maria Lazarescu and Sophia Hart, and to the many volunteers who helped make this beautiful evening possible. A delicious four-course gourmet dinner was provided by Vito’s Pizza & Italian Ristorante, we enjoyed exquisite live music courtesy of the Phoenix Symphony Musicians Quintet, and guests enjoyed bidding on a wide variety of auction baskets during the opening reception.
Sep 14, 2023
9-14-23: Festal Liturgy Elevation of the Cross
The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Come celebrate the Feast with us! Let us know you are coming so we can welcome you. Ardently desiring to find the Cross upon which our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, Saint Constantine sent his mother, the pious Empress Helen (May 21), to Jerusalem, providing her with a letter to Saint Makarios, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Saint Helen journeyed to the holy places connected with the earthly life of the Savior,…
Sep 13, 2023
9-13-23: Festal Vigil: Elevation of the Cross
The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Come celebrate the Feast with us! Let us know you are coming so we can welcome you. Ardently desiring to find the Cross upon which our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, Saint Constantine sent his mother, the pious Empress Helen (May 21), to Jerusalem, providing her with a letter to Saint Makarios, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Saint Helen journeyed to the holy places connected with the earthly life of the Savior,…
Sep 8, 2023
9-8-23: Festal Liturgy: Nativity of the Theotokos
Come celebrate the Feast with us! Let us know you are coming so we can welcome you. The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not permit the ruin of mankind. The Son of…
Sep 7, 2023
9-7-23: Festal Vigil: Nativity of the Theotokos
Come celebrate the Feast with us! Let us know you are coming so we can welcome you. The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary: The Most Holy Virgin Mary was born at a time when people had reached such a degree of moral decay that it seemed altogether impossible to restore them. People often said that God must come into the world to restore faith and not permit the ruin of mankind. The Son of…
Aug 6, 2023
