Palm Sunday 2021

Celebrating the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem on the way to His Passion 🌿 “Liturgical celebration is a re-entrance of the Church into the event, and this means not merely its “idea,” but its joy or sadness, its living and concrete reality. It is one thing to know that by crying, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me,” the crucified Christ was manifesting His “kenosis” and His humility. It is quite a different thing to celebrate it every year on that unique Friday on which – without rationalizing it – we know with total certitude that these words, having proffered once, remain eternally real… so that no victory, no glory, no “synthesis” can ever erase them… From the Gospel, we know about it. But it is in the Church’s celebration today that an historical fact becomes an event for us… for me… a power in my life, a memory, a joy.”

–Fr. Alexander Schmemann, Great Lent

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Peace Be With You

A SHORT TIME AGO we celebrated Christmas, God becoming Man; in other words the Incarnation. This divine gift is central to our Christian faith because no longer is there a separation from God. As the hymnology reminds us: GOD IS WITH US; the divisions keeping us apart from Him are no more. He brings us this gift of peace by reconciling heaven and earth, the holy with the mundane.

So, now what? The gift has been and is being given. How do we use this gift of peace? It seems our task is to integrate this reality into our lives. No longer is it good and right to maintain compartments where one thing is spiritual and another is secular; there is a need for reconciliation within ourselves and among each other to confirm this peace that has been so freely given. Our labor, our routine activities, and even our celebrations should now include the dimension of holiness. The work that can foster this spirit has been shown to us by Christ Himself: humility, forgiveness, compassion, patience, understanding, and a joyful gratitude for this gift from on High.

With Great Lent soon on the horizon, the opportunity for reflection on these gifts and prayers for their fulfillment is presented. Peace through reconciliation.

– Ginger Jerosh

Christ is born! Glorify Him!

We greet you warmly in the joy of the feast of our Lord’s Nativity. We hope that, having sojourned through the Nativity Fast, you will have a joyful and spiritually enlivening celebration with your loved ones. The archpastoral letter of His Eminence, Archbishop Michael on the feast of Nativity may be found here.

The Festal Vigil of Nativity will be celebrated Thursday, December 24, at 7:00 PM, followed by Christmas carols in the narthex

The Festal Liturgy will be celebrated Friday, December 25, at 10:00 AM.

Archbishop Michael to visit for the Feast of Saint Andrew

On Monday November 30, the day of the feast of Saint Andrew the “First-Called” Apostle, our parish will welcome our archpastor, His Eminence, Archbishop Michael of New York for the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, on the occasion of our patronal feast. All are welcome to join us for the service, which will begin at 9:30 AM.

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