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/?hosted_button_id=W3JV8UMP4HS5J

The Sisterhood of All Saints of Russia Orthodox Church presents Traditional Paschal Foods.

Support our Sisterhood with your purchase of Kulich, Cheese Pascha or a basket!

PASCHA April 20, 2025

Kulich: Big $23; Small $13
Cheese Pascha: $35
Eggs colored: $1.50/each
Big Basket $95: Big Kulich, 12 eggs, cheese pascha, candle
Small Basket $75: Small kulich, 6 eggs, cheese pascha, candle

To order: Fill out an order form at the candle kiosk at the church or call (720)234-9196 (Daria)
Kulich and pascha are baked according to the traditional recipe and with Rector’s blessing.

Great Lent: March 3- April 19, 2025
Great Lent is the 40-day season of spiritual preparation that comes before the most important Feast of the Christian year, Holy Pascha. The purpose of fasting is to remind us of the Scriptural teaching, “Man does not live by bread alone.” The needs of the body are nothing compared to the needs of the soul. Above all else, we need God, Who provides everything for both the body and the soul. Fasting teaches us to depend on God more fully.
Read more about the fast here.

Pannykhida. Commemoration of the departed.
March 29 Saturday at 10:00 A.M.

4th Sunday of Great Lent. Saint John of the Ladder. Saint Alexis, Man of God.
Vigil & Confessions: March 29, Saturday at 5:30 P.M.
Liturgy: March 30, Sunday at 10:00 A.M.
On the fourth Sunday of Great Lent the memory of our venerable father John of the Ladder is commemorated, who depicted the entire path of the spiritual, ascetic life in his excellent book, “The Spiritual Ladder, Leading Up to Heaven,” and who, in the example of his own life of great asceticism, gave us a model for the traversing of this path. The Gospel read at the Liturgy on this day (Mark 9:7-31) recalls the prophecy of the Lord concerning His death and resurrection.
Read more about the feast here.

Great Canon of St. Andrew
Matins: April 2 Wednesday at 6:00 P.M.

Akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos. Laudations of the Mother of God.
April 4 , Friday at 6:00 P.M.
Read more about the feast here.

5th Sunday of Great Lent. Saint Mary of Egypt. Forefeast of Annunciation.
Vigil & Confessions: April 5, Sunday at 5:30 P.M.
Liturgy : April 6, Suday at 10:00 A.M.
St. Mary, who is known as Mary of Egypt from a great sinner, became, with God’s help, a very great saint and left such a striking example of repentance.
Read more about the feast here.

The Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.
Vigil & Confessions: April 6, Sunday at 6:00 P.M.
Hours, Vespers with Liturgy : April 7, Monday at 9:00 A.M.
On the Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent, the Orthodox Church commemorates the Precious and Life-Giving Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Services include a special veneration of the Cross, which prepares the faithful for the commemoration of the Crucifixion during Holy Week.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.” And Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I have no husband?” And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her (Lk 1:26-38).
The services of the feast of the Annunciation, the Matins and the Divine Liturgy, stress again and again the joyous news of the salvation of men in the birth of the Savior.
Read more about the feast here.

Lazarus Saturday.
Matins. April 11, Friday at 6:00 P.M.
Liturgy: April 12, Saturday at 9:30 A.M.
On the Saturday the great miracle is commemorated of the Lord’s resurrection of Lazarus, who was four days dead, in Bethany, “before the sixth day of the Passover;” hence, it is called Lazarus Saturday. The resurrection of Lazarus showed forth clearly before all the divine might of Christ martyr, and before His suffering and death assured all men of the resurrection of Christ and the general resurrection of all the dead.
Read more about the feast here.

PALM SUNDAY. ENTRANCE OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM. Saint Innocent of Alaska.
Vigil & Confessions: April 12, Saturday at 5:30 P.M.
Liturgy: April 13, Sunday at 10:00 A.M.
On the Sunday before Pascha, the Holy Church celebrates the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem. Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead (John 12:1). While tarrying there, in the house of Lazarus, many of those who had accompanied Him on the way from Jericho managed to reach Jerusalem and spread the tidings that Christ the Savior was coming there for the Feast of the Passover, and had stopped for a while in Bethany. Hearing this news, Christ’s enemies, the scribes and Pharisees came to Bethany, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, Whom He had raised from the dead (John 12:9).
The number of people believing in Christ the Savior was growing from day to day, and even some of the Jews who had up until then been hostile towards Him, seeing the miracle He had wrought, believed in Him. This made the scribes and Pharisees even more angry, and they resolved to kill not only Our Lord Jesus Christ, but the righteous Lazarus as well.
Read more about the feast here.

Passion Week: April 14 – April 19, 2025
Read more about the Passion Week here.

Great Thursday
On Great Thursday we recall the Mystical Supper, the humility of the Lord, expressed in His washing the feet of His disciples, and the establishment of the mystery of His Body and Blood.
Read more about the feast here.

Great Friday
Matins with the 12 Gospels: April 17, Thursday at 6:00 P.M
Royal Hours: April 18, Friday at 9:00 A.M.
On Great Friday we commemorate the holy and saving passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who for our sake willingly endured spitting, beating, blows, mockery, and death on the cross.
Read more about the feast here.

Great Saturday
Liturgy of St. Basil with Vespers. St. Titus.
Vespers of Epitaphion and Compline: April 18, Friday at 5:00 P.M.
Matins: April 18, Friday at 6:00 P.M.
Liturgy of St. Basil with Vespers: April 19, Saturday at 9:30 A.M.
On this day is commemorated the Lord’s resting in the tomb and His descent into Hades.
Read more about the feast here.
Blessing of Kulich and Baskets: April 19, Saturday at 12:30 P.M. and 11:00 P.M.
Acts of the Apostles: April 19, Saturday at 10:00 P.M.

PASCHA. THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD. CHRIST IS RISEN!
Congratulations with the Radiant Resurrection of Christ!
Midnight Service: April 19, Saturday at 11:15 P.M.
Paschal Matins & Liturgy April 20, Sunday at 12:00 A.M.
Paschal Vespers: Sunday at 2:30 P.M.
Christians throughout the world celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. On the day of the Resurrection, we give thanks to God who has granted us victory through Jesus Christ, our Lord, and put an end to the power of sin, which brought death to our Lord. Jesus Christ is the first who rose from the dead. He destroyed death by His death, and opened unto us the doors of paradise, and bestowed upon us the fullness of life and of great mercy. The power of the Resurrection of Christ transforms our weakness, and releases within us the dynamic of growing into the image and likeness of our Risen Lord.
The Church of the Risen Christ is not an institution with human organization; it is a new life with the Risen Lord. The light of Christ enlightens those who seek their Lord with faithfulness and with love. All faithful believers express the good news of the Resurrection every time they recite the symbol of the faith, the Nicene Creed, which declares that our Lord, Jesus Christ, after his death and burial, “rose again, according to the Scriptures.” This particular expression is taken from 1 Cor. 15:3-4. St. Paul writes: “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that He was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures.”
Read more about the feast here.

Second Sunday of the Pascha. Thomas Sunday. Saint Martin, Pope of Rome.
Vigil & Confessions: April 26, Saturday at 5:30 P.M.
Liturgy: April 27, Sunday at 10:00 A.M.

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