Bulletin January 10, 2015

Presbyteral Ordination: On Saturday, January 30th at 10:00 AM, Bishop Kurt will ordain Deacon Lewis Rabayda to the priesthood at Epiphany of Our Lord Church in Annandale, VA.

Schedule Adjustment: Due to the presbyteral ordination at Epiphany Church on Saturday, January 30th, the observance of the First Memorial /All Souls Saturday will be moved to Saturday. January 23rd, at 10:00 am.

Jordan Water: Jordan Water, which was sanctified on the Feast of the Theophany of Our Lord, is available from the Baptismal Font for use at home. Containers are available for a free-will offering.

Envelopes / Calendars: Offertory envelopes and calendars for 2016 are now available. If you are not receiving envelopes and wish to be registered in the Parish, please stop by the Sacristy following the Divine Liturgy.

2016: The year 2016 is a leap year. In 2016 Pascha/Easter falls on March 27th. Due to the early occurrence of Easter there will be no Sunday of Zacchaeus this year – the Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee (January 17th) immediately follows the Sunday after Theophany. The first All Souls Saturday falls on January 30th thus causing the Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs to be transferred to January 29th. The Feast of the Annunciation (March 25th) falls on Good Friday this year and therefore the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom will be celebrated prior to the Burial Procession with the Plaščanitsa. Cheesefare Sunday is February 7th and thus the Great Fast begins on Monday, February 8th.

Fast/Abstinence: Most Fridays throughout the year are designated as days of penance – abstinence from meat or an equivalent penance. Among the exemptions is the week following the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (this year, the week of January 17th). We are dispensed from fasting during that week in order to avoid the kind of hypocritical and proud fast of the Pharisee who vainly praised himself for fasting twice a week.

Memorial Saturdays / All Souls Saturdays:

  • The first of the 5 Memorial Saturdays dedicated to prayer for the Faithful Departed will be observed this year on January 23rd. Please note on the “All Souls” envelopes any additions or corrections to your list of departed family members.
  • If you have not done so in the past but wish to include your departed family members in the Diptychs/Hramoty, simply list your own family name and the first names of your deceased family members [for example, SMITH FAMILY: John, Mary, Joseph, Anna, George, etc.]. You may list the names on the All Souls envelopes or place the list inside the envelope.
  • All new submissions, additions, and corrections should be sent in by next Sunday, January 17th, in order to be printed in this year’s Hramoty.

National Prayer Vigil For Life: The Vigil Mass will be celebrated in the Upper Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC on Thursday, January 21st, at 6:00 PM with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York as the main celebrant. The Vigil will continue throughout the night concluding with a Mass celebrated in the Upper Church on Friday morning at 7:30 AM.
On Thursday evening at 10:00 pm (please note the time change) Bishop Kurt will lead the (Byzantine) Compline Service in the Crypt Church. For additional information about the 2016 National Prayer Vigil for Life and other activities visit www.usccb.org. The annual Right to Life March will be held on the National Mall beginning at 12:00 Noon on Friday, January 22nd (please refer to www.marchforlife.org).

Let us remember in prayer all those who are in some special need of God’s loving kindness and mercy at this time. Let us remember particularly the “Prayer Requests ” of all who have asked for the prayerful support of our Parish Family in their special intentions.

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