Schedule of Events for this Week
Sunday, November 26, 2023
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7:40 AM25th Sunday after Pentecost. Holy Hierarch John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. English Liturgy. Scripture: for the Day: Ephesians 4: 1–6; Luke 10: 25–37; for the Saint: Hebrews 7: 26–8: 2; John 10: 9–16. The Kursk Root Icon will be present at the service.
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10:10 AM25th Sunday after Pentecost. Holy Hierarch John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. Slavonic Liturgy. Scripture: for the Day: Ephesians 4: 1–6; Luke 10: 25–37; for the Saint: Hebrews 7: 26–8: 2; John 10: 9–16. The Kursk Root Icon will be present at the service.
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10:30 AMEnglish Sunday School classes – after Liturgy and lunch, in the St George House.
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1:15 PMRussian Sunday School classes – in the St George House (younger groups – ages 4 through 12) and in the library (older group).
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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MidnightBeginning of the Nativity, or St. Philip’s Fast (as it commences the day following the commemoration of the Holy Apostle Philip). The Fast lasts 40 days until the Glorious Feast of the Nativity of Christ. In duration, it approaches Great Lent, but it is not as strict. Rules of the Fast: FISH may be consumed on all Saturdays and Sundays of the Fast. WINE and OIL may be consumed on all Tuesdays and Thursdays of the Fast. On all the remaining days of the Fast, we abstain from fish, oil and wine. On the Feast of the Nativity of Christ there is no fasting, regardless of the day of the week upon which it may fall.
Tuesday, December 28, 2023
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7:00 PMSlavonic Choir rehearsal
Wednesday. November 29, 2023
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7:00 PMParish Council meeting
Thursday, November 30, 2023
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7:00 PMEnglish Choir rehearsal
Friday, December 1, 2024
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6:45 PMRehearsal of the “MatreshkiDC” dance group
Saturday, December 2, 2023
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1:00 PMThe Sunday School invites children to come decorate gingerbread houses.
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5:00 PMVigil. 4th Resurrection Gospel: Luke 24: 1–12. The Kursk Root Icon will be present at the service.