August Calendar
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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/
The 8th Sunday after Pentecost. Prophet Ezekiel
Vigil & Confessions: August 2, Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Liturgy: August 3, Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
The 9th Sunday after Pentecost. Apostle Procharus . Smolensk Ikon of Theotokos.
Vigil & Confessions: August 9, Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Liturgy: August 10, Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Dormition Fast: August 14 – August 27
The Dormition fast was established as preceding the great feasts of the Transfiguration of the Lord and of the Dormition of the Mother of God. It lasts two weeks—from August 1/14–August 14/27 (old style/new style).
The Dormition fast comes down to us from the early days of Christianity. Read more about the fast here.
The 10th Sunday after Pentecost. Holy Seven Youths of Ephesus.
Vigil & Confessions: August 16, Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Liturgy: August 17, Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
Transfiguration of our Lord.
Vigil and Confession: August 18 Monday 6:00 p.m.
Liturgy: August 19 Tuesday 9:30 a.m.
Jesus Christ, in speaking to His disciples, often told them that He was to go to Jerusalem to receive suffering at the hands of the Highpriests and the teachers of the Law, and to be killed and to be resurrected on the third day.
The apostles believed that Jesus was the long awaited Messiah, but they were deeply distressed at the thought of His suffering and would not hear of the fact that He, the Son of God and the Messiah would be degraded, would suffer and would die.
The disciples still had earthly hopes about the glory of the Savior. Read more here.
The 11th Sunday after Pentecost. Martyr Euplus of Catania.
Vigil & Confessions: August 23, Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
Liturgy: August 24, Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
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.
Read all feasts description for the year on our website
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