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Feast Days of the Liturgical Year

Feast Days of the Liturgical Year

The Birth of the Theotokos (September 8th)

The Exaltation of the Cross (September 14th)

The Presentation of Mary in the Temple (November 21st)

Christmas (December 25th)

  The Focus of Advent and the Nativity of Jesus Christ

Holy Theophany/Epiphany (January 6th)

  The Baptism of Christ: Epiphany and House Blessings

The Presentation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple (Feb 2nd)

The Annunciation (March 25th)

  (Angel tells the Virgin Mary about Christ’s Incarnation)

Great Lent (before Pascha)

  What is Lent? What services run at the Good Shepherd during Great Lent? 

Holy Week and Pascha

  What is Pascha? What happens and when? Come join us at Pascha.

The Ascension (40 days after Pascha)

Holy Pentecost (50 days after Pascha)

Holy Transfiguration (August 6th)

  What happened during Jesus' transfiguration on the Mountain?

The Dormition of Mary (August 15th)

 

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Blog

The Power of Christ in the Ordinary: Bringing Light and Freedom
Daniel McInnes
Daniel McInnes
October 18, 2026 11:00 AM
On the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, Daniel McInnes reflects on the return of the Seventy, ordinary people with no special skills who nonetheless drove out demons in the name of Jesus Christ. Drawing on St. Paul's call to walk in wisdom toward outsiders and to let our speech be gracious, he shows how Christ works through ordinary lives, and how living the life in Christ brings light and freedom to the people and places around us.
Truth That Bears Fruit: The Icons and the Incarnation
Fr. Nicholas Frazer
Fr. Nicholas Frazer
October 11, 2026 11:00 AM
On the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, Fr. Nicholas Frazer explains why the Church fought for the holy icons: because the Son of God truly became man. Drawing on St. Paul's warning against empty quarrels and Christ's prayer that His disciples may be one, he asks whether our Orthodoxy bears fruit — in humility, communion, repentance and love.
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