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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

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.
Sow Bountifully, Love Freely: The Abundant Life in Christ
Sdn Tim Grace
Sdn Tim Grace
October 4, 2026 11:00 AM
Drawing on C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, Sub Dn. Timothy Grace explores the abundant life God offers us through the day's two readings. From St. Paul he draws the law of sowing and reaping: God loves a cheerful giver, and what we give freely bears fruit for eternity. From the Gospel comes the harder, supernatural call to love our enemies without discrimination — not a loss, he shows, but the path to true freedom, embodied by Christ on the Cross.
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