Dear parishioners, brothers and sisters!
This year our temple unexpectedly needs expensive repair work. We urgently need to:
-replace a rusty underground sewer pipe,
-install a new boiler and water heater,
-replace the leaking church roof, cornices and gutters.
All of these projects require significant capital funds—about $50,000.
Our parish exists exclusively thanks to your donations and we simply do not have other sources of financial assistance. Our church is the only Orthodox church of the ROCOR in the entire state of Colorado.
We ask everyone to take part in this good cause with financial help and your prayers.
Donations for the renovation of the temple can be made in one of these ways:
-Credit or debit card (at bookstore),
-Via PayPal using this link or QR code below,
-Cash.
May God bless you for your generous help!
The Parish Council.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/
Nativity Fast
28 November – 6 January 2026
The Nativity fast begins on November 28, and lasts forty days. This period of fasting begins directly after the commemoration of the Holy Apostle Philip, on the November 28 according to the Church calendar, and concludes with the Nativity Feast itself. The Nativity fast is not Юas strict as Great Lent or the Dormition fast, and can be compared to the Apostle’s fast: fish can be eaten on every Saturday and Sunday, as well as on festal days of the Church calendar that do not fall on Wednesday or Friday. It was instituted by the Church so that we would worthily greet the feast of the Nativity of Christ after having cleansed our hearts by prayer and repentance.
Read here more about the fast, rules and how learn oneself to keep the fast here or here.
THE ENTRY OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY INTO THE TEMPLE 
Vigil: 6:00 p.m., December 3 Wednesday
Liturgy: 9:30 a.m., December 4 Thursday
When the Virgin Mary attained the age of three years, her God-fearing parents got ready to fulfill their promise. They called together relatives and young girls, friends of Mary, and followed by many people with lighted tapers walked with her to the Jerusalem Temple to be dedicated to God.
The child Mary was led to the steps of the Temple, and she walked up to the very top by herself. There she was met by the High Priest, as he met other children dedicated to the service of God. Then moved by the Holy Spirit, the High Priest led Mary into the Holy of Holies of the Temple, where he himself was allowed to enter but once a year.
Thus, the child Mary was dedicated to a higher service and a higher calling than any other. After her dedication she remained to live in the Temple for twelve years. She read and studied the Holy Scriptures and learned needlework along with other young girls. She prayed and fasted strictly, deciding to dedicate the rest of her life to God and vowed to remain forever a virgin.
This holy day serves to remind parents that children are a gift to us from God. We, as parents must remember that it is our duty to bring them up according to God’s commandments, ie. to love God and obey Him.
26th Sunday after Pentecost. Saint Catherine. Saint Mercurius.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., December 6 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., December 7 Sunday
27th Sunday after Pentecost. Prophet Nahum.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., December 13 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., December 14 Sunday
28th Sunday after Pentecost. Saint Patapius of Thebes.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., December 20 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., December 21 Sunday
29th Sunday after Pentecost. Holy Forefathers. Saint Eleutherius. Saint Hilarion.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., December 27 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., December 28 Sunday
Read all feasts description for the year on our website
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