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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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The Saints of Antioch: Three Lessons for the Antiochian Orthodox Church
Sdn Tim Grace
Sdn Tim Grace
June 14, 2026 10:00 AM
Sub Dn. Timothy Grace reflects on the Sunday of the Saints of Antioch, drawing on the lives of three great Antiochian saints — St. Raphael of Brooklyn, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Marina of Antioch — to highlight three enduring qualities of the Antiochian Orthodox Church: a cosmopolitan missionary spirit, a practical and grounded faith, and the grace of bearing suffering with heavenly hope.
Called to Holiness: The True Purpose of the Church
Fr. Geoff Harvey
Fr. Geoff Harvey
June 7, 2026 10:00 AM
Fr. Geoff Harvey reflects on the Sunday of All Saints, exploring the Orthodox Church's true purpose: to transform ordinary people into saints. He examines what holiness really means, the commitment it requires, and how we are all called to become citizens of God's eternal kingdom, using the lives of the saints as witnesses to Christ's transforming power.
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