August Calendar
September Calendar
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/
Dormition of the Holy Theotokos.
Vigil and Confession: August 27 Wednesday 6:00 p.m.
Liturgy: August 28 Thursday 9:30 a.m.
The feast of the Dormition is the last great feast in the Church calendar year. It is preceded by a two week fast.
The glorious lot of the ever-blessed Virgin in the role of God’s salvation of the world made all Her life wonderful and exemplary. After the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God was taken to live in the household of her adopted son, the Apostle John, who had stood by Her as She was suffering at the Cross. Apostle John did not leave Her until Her Dormition, treating Her as his own mother. Read more here.
The 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Martyrs Florus and Laurus.
Vigil & Confessions: August 30, Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Liturgy: August 31 Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
The 13th after Pentecost. Apostle Bartholomew. Apostle Titus.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., September 6 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., September 7 Sunday
The 14th Sunday after Pentecost. Saint Simeon. Church New Year.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., September 13 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., September 14 Sunday
The 15th Sunday after Pentecost NATIVITY OF THE HOLY THEOTOKOS
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., September 20 Saturday
Liturgy: 9:30 a.m., September 21 Sunday
In the city of Nazareth dwelled a God-fearing elderly couple – Joachim, from the house of David, and Anna, from the priestly tribe of Aaron. They were childless.
In those days Hebrews, awaiting the Messiah, believed that any one who did not have children had in some way offended God and was being punished by having no descendants to be part of the kingdom of the Messiah. Read more about the feast here.
EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS (Strict fast)
Vigil and Confession: 6:00 p.m., September 26, Friday
Liturgy: 9:30 a.m., September 27, Saturday
The feast of the Elevation is in honor of the Cross of Christ. In remembrance of the suffering and death of Christ on the Cross, the day is one of strict fasting. If the birth of the Holy Virgin is the anticipation of the mystery of the Incarnation, then the Cross announces the expiatory sacrifice of Christ. For this reason the feast is celebrated in the beginning of the Church calendar year.
The sign of the cross – in Roman times an instrument of shameful death, after Golgotha becomes the symbol of salvation and victory. Read more about the feast here.
The 16th Sunday after Pentecost. Great martyr Nicetas the Goth.
Vigil and Confession: 5:30 p.m., September 27 Saturday
Liturgy: 10:00 a.m., September 28 Sunday
Read all feasts description for the year on our website
Read article – PREPARING FOR CONFESSION