Here is the schedule for this coming weekend, Christmas, and the weekend following Christmas. Please mark your calendar, and please be with us for as many of the services as possible. May the Holy Season of Christ’s Nativity be a time of great joy, blessings, and Grace for all of us!

Friday, December 18–Akathist Service, 3:30 PM

Saturday, December 19–First Hour Service, 7:00 AM

–Ninth Hour and Vespers, 5:30 PM

–Confession following Vespers

Sunday, December 20–Orthros (Morning Prayer), 9:00 AM

–Christian Education, 9:15 AM

–Divine Liturgy, 10:00 AM

CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE

Monday, December 21–First Hour Service, 7:00 AM

Tuesday, December 22–First Hour Service, 7:00 AM

Wednesday, December 23–First Hour Service, 7:00 AM

Thursday, December 24–Royal Hours, 9:00 AM

–Confession following Royal Hours

–Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, 5:30 PM

Saturday, December 26–Ninth Hour and Vespers, 5:30 PM

Sunday, December 27–Orthros (Morning Prayer), 9:00 AM

–Christian Education, 9:15 Am

–Divine Liturgy, 10:00 AM

Kh. Lilija and I are looking forward with great joy to being with you during this Holy Season.

The Handmaidens of the Lord and I will be taking our Christmas food collection to Emmaeus House and our

baby clothing and nursery items to ABC House on Wednesday,December 23. I look forward to seeing both collections filled to the brim when I enter the building on Friday, December 18!

“I was hungry; you gave me food. I was naked; you clothed me.” Matthew 25:35.

Sincerely in the Incarnate Word of God,

Father Philip Vreeland