The Nativity Fast begins this year on Tuesday, November 15. This fast helps us prepare to properly celebrate our Lord’s nativity in the flesh and it is to our benefit to observe it as fully as possible. Following are the guidelines for this fast, according to the general practice of All Saints parish and as [...]
On September 11, 2011, I made a presentation to the Adult and Teen Church School classes about our upcoming consecration services. The outline for that class can be found by clicking this link.
On Monday, August 15, we will celebrate the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary. In preparation for this great feast of the Mother of God, we observe a two-week period of fasting from August 1-14.
On Monday, June 20, we begin the Apostles’ Fast, one of the four canonical fasting periods of the Church year. The Apostles’ Fast always begins the Monday following All Saints Sunday and ends on June 29, the feastday of Ss. Peter and Paul, Chiefs of the Apostles. The duration of this fast varies each year [...]
Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen!
Because we always have so many new faces in our community, Fr. Nicholas has given me his blessing to post a brief description of the rubrics for the season. These guidelines are intended by our Holy Church to help us experience the joy of this feast and celebrate our [...]
As we complete our journey through the Great Fast, the Church’s liturgical schedule becomes very full – literally night and day for the 10-day period from the Friday before Lazarus Saturday through Pascha. These services are part of the great richness of Orthodoxy and prepare us to celebrate Pascha properly. If you have never participated [...]
This year, our journey through the Lenten fast to Pascha begins at Forgiveness Vespers on Sunday, March 6. The Church, in her wisdom, begins preparing us for this most-holy time in the weeks that precede the actual commencement of the fast. This post will provide you with the fasting guidelines for the pre-Lenten period of preparation, Great Lent, and Holy Week, according to the general practice of All Saints parish and as approved for distribution by Fr. Nicholas Sorensen.
The Nativity Fast begins this year on Monday, November 15. This fast helps us prepare to properly celebrate our Lord’s nativity in the flesh and it is to our benefit to observe it as fully as possible. At the end of this post are the guidelines for this fast, according to the general practice of [...]
On Saturday, August 15, we will celebrate the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary. In preparation for this great feast of the Mother of God, we observe a two-week period of fasting from August 1-14.
On Monday, May 31, we begin the Apostles’ Fast, one of the four canonical fasting periods of the Church year. The Apostles’ Fast always begins the Monday following All Saints Sunday and ends on June 29, the feastday of Ss. Peter and Paul, Chiefs of the Apostles. The duration of this fast varies each year [...]
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