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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

Blindness, Trust, and the God Who Works in Unexpected Ways
Sdn Tim Grace
Sdn Tim Grace
May 17, 2026 10:00 AM
In this sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Pascha — the Sunday of the Blind Man — Sub Deacon Timothy Grace reflects on Christ's healing of the man born blind alongside the story of Paul and Silas in prison and the life of Abba Anastasios. He explores God's apophatic nature, the call to trust his hidden work in our own darkness, and how this freedom can lead us to wonderworking acts of grace in the world.
The Well, the Witness, and the Worldwide Mission
Fr. Geoff Harvey
Fr. Geoff Harvey
May 10, 2026 10:00 AM
In this sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Pascha, Fr. Geoff Harvey reflects on the encounter between Christ and St. Photini at the well of Samaria, drawing together the Gospel of John and the Acts of the Apostles. Under three headings — the well, the witness, and the worldwide mission — he explores how Christ meets us in our weakness, how transformed people naturally proclaim Christ, and how one encounter at a well can overflow into a missionary church that reaches the whole world through the power of multiplication.
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