Glory be to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!
I hope you’ve all stayed cool 😎 over the last few days!
First, good news:
- We have a new North American Saint! Over the past weekend, Matushka Olga Michael was glorified in her native village of Kwethluk, AK (On the Kuskokwim River). You can read about her life HERE. Tonight we will be singing her Akathist during the 6PM Compline Sercie. Come and sing praises to our new Saint and ask for her holy prayers before God!
And of course, very sad news:
- On Sunday, our Sister Antiochian parish in Damascus was attacked by an armed man who fired a gun before detonating a suicide vest. Twenty-five of our brothers and sisters in Christ were killed as they worshipped Christ during the Divine Liturgy. At the bottom of this note, I will provide the list of the departed so you can remember them in your holy prayers. Here is Patriarch John X’s eulogy and photos of the funeral. We will be serving Trisagion prayers for the souls of those lost, following the Liturgy on Sunday.
Schedule:
- Tonight 6/26
- 6PM Compline w/ Akathist for St. Olga of Kewthluk
- 7PM Bible Study, "Book of Numbers"
- Saturday 6/28
- 5PM Great Vespers
- 6PM Catechism (ALL invited)
- Sunday 6/29, Feast of SS. Peter & Paul
- 9AM Sunday Orthros
- 10AM Divine Liturgy (w/ 10yr Memorial for Nelly Kensinger and departed in Damascus)
- After Liturgy, honoring our graduates
- Church School Picnic (ALL invited to stay for hotdogs!)
Joyous Feast!
