Shrove Tuesday | February 24, 2015 | Orthodox Lent
Shrove Tuesday Pancake dinner will be February 24, beginning at 6:00 p.m. TheĀ original reason for this custom to use up any remaining eggs and butter before the Lenten fast begins! But we’ll add some bacon into the mix!!!!! š
You are welcome to join us for coffee hour in the Parish Hall following Sunday 10:00 a.m. service. And please visit our Bookstore to read more about our faith. Also, please sign our guestbook in the Narthex. Although the Orthodox Church does not practice inter-communion, visitors may come to the altar rail to receive the Priest's blessing and the Blessed Break. Welcome! We look forward to meeting you at any of our events and to share our Holy Orthodox Faith.
"Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in man's behalf ! He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the waters on foot-- come, let us rejoice in him."
Our Beliefs
The Orthodox Church throughout the ages has maintained a continuity of faith and love with the apostolic community which was founded by Christ and sustained by the Holy Spirit. Orthodoxy believes that she has preserved and taught the historic Christian Faith, free from error and distortion, from the time of the Apostles. She also believes that there is nothing in the body of her teachings which is contrary to truth or which inhibits real union with God. The air of antiquity and timelessness which often characterizes Eastern Christianity is an expression of her desire to remain loyal to the authentic Christian Faith.
Orthodoxy believes that the Christian Faith and the Church are inseparable. It is impossible to know Christ, to share in the life of the Holy Trinity, or to be considered a Christian, apart from the Church. It is in the Church that the Christian Faith is proclaimed and maintained. It is through the Church that an individual is nurtured in the Faith. - Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald