August 25, 2008

I was updating the website when I noticed that the menu buttons at the top of the page seemed to be a little long. I have reorganized the website and, since I have grouped all links that have to do with Holy Resurrection together (and I know that people may have trouble finding certain links) I have created a new page called the Site Map. This page is an outline of the various pages and which links they are grouped under in order to find and access the information.

I hope this will help keep the menu links at a minimum, yet facilitate more organization. As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

August 4, 2008

I am very pleased to announce that Holy Resurrection will soon be having a very special visit from a very  special man. The Right Reverend Bishop ANTOUN. Bishop Antoun is the Auxiliary Bishop for the Miami Diocese and the Southeast and he will be officiating a very special Divine Liturgy the morning of September 7th at Holy Resurrection.

This Divine Liturgy will be followed by a picnic, time and place to  be determined later.

I will update this website as more information is revealed.

July 1, 2008

I am very pleased to announce that Holy Trinity's second annual Vacation Bible School will be conducted July 21 - July 25 at Holy Trinity. The theme this year will be "Miracles of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."

Lydia Boyd, a gifted religious educator from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA will again be supervising VBS this year. Although they have many good people donating their time, they are still gladly accepting volunteers to help run their program. Please contact Holy Trinity if you would like to serve.

This is for children from kindergarten through the sixth grade.

They kindly ask that anyone attending VBS provide a donation during Registration on Monday the 21st to defray the costs of hosting VBS.

Anyone interested should email or call with the names of the children who will be attending.

The daily schedule for VBS will be as follows:

6:019:45am - 10:00am - Parents drop-off children

    10:00am - 10:30am - Children's' Orthros (Matins) Service

6:010:30am - 11:15am - Class Time

 6: 11:15am - 11:45am - Crafts

6:011:45am - 12:15pm - Snacks

6:012:15pm - 12:45pm - Group Activities

6:012:45pm - 11:00pm - Parents pick-up Children

6:012:45pm - 11:00pm - Graduation Ceremony w/ Parents (Friday

                     July 25 Only)

June 4, 2008

Since a fellow priest has had some surgery, Fr. Michael will be filling in for him for a couple of Sundays. Because of this, Fr. Michael will not be with us this weekend. Instead, we will be having Typika with reserved Sacrament.

Fr. Michael will return for the June 27-29 weekend.

April 25, 2008

The Agape Vespers and Picnic will be held Sunday, April 27th at 4:00pm at the Johnson City Rotary Park in the London Pavilion.

I hope to see you all there.

March 31, 2008

During Holy Week, Fr. Peter Jacobsen has kindly agreed to offer the services at Holy Resurrection, from Holy Wednesday until Pascha, therefore freeing Fr. Michael to work with 2 new congregations of the Antiochian Archdiocese during Holy Week.

We will still be having Bridegroom Matins on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at 7:00pm.

March 28, 2008

Due to Dn. Neal being out of town this weekend, the Typika service will not have the reserved Sacrament.

March 24, 2008

Fr. Michael will be returning to celebrate services the weekend of April 11th. The following is the weekend schedule:

Friday, April 11thThere will be a Russian class on March 10th at 6:0- Akathist Hymn, 6:00pm

Saturday, April 12thFr. Henry Boisvert will be here in Fr. Miel's 6:0- Lenten Quiet Day, 9:30ame on March 15th, for Great Vepers t 6:0- Great Vespers, 6:00pm

Sunday, April 13thDue to a conflicting schedule, Fr. Michael will 6:0- Orthros (Matins), 9:00am)here for the weekend of April 5th. O 6:0- Divine Liturgy, 10:00am / Blessings of the Palms to follows,,, 6:0- Bridgroom Matins, 7:00pm

The Lenten Quiet Day: On Saturday, April 12th, Fr. Michael will offer a series of meditations and teachings upon the services of Holy week, their development and meanings. This will begin at 9:30am and continue until early afternoon. Please note that Great Vespers will be early on this day, about three-ish.

Friday and Saturday will also be excellent times to make your Lenten confession, if you have not already done so.

March 18, 2008

I have added the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem the Syrian to the prayers page.

March 15, 2008

I guess I'm just a whirwind of activity. I have updated the Orthodox prayers page and added it to the website. I have a wide range of prayers so if you have a need to pray for a particular subject, chances are you'll find something to use or adapt to use on the website.

March 13, 2008

Since we have entered Great Lent, I have decided to add back a couple of pages on Fasting. They can be accessed by going to the FAQ page.

March 10, 2008

We have entered Great Lent and that means that Great and Holy Pascha is just around the corner. I have changed the website to reflect the tone of this season.

March 9, 2008

Here are a couple of annoucements for the coming week:

There will be a Russian class on March 10th at 6:00pm at the church. Bring all kids to have some fun and learn a little about the Russian tradition. More meetings will be setup for later this week.

Finally, there will be a youth meeting on Thursday the 13th at 6:30pm. Afterwards please stay for Daily Vespers beginning at 7:00pm followed by choir practice.

March 3, 2008

Fr. Henry Boisvert will be here in Fr. Michael's place on March 15th, for Great Vespers at 6:00pm. He will also officiate the Divine Liturgy on March 16th at 10:00am. We do not yet know if we are having Orthros, but as I find out I will update the News section as well as the Church Calendar.

Due to a conflicting schedule, Fr. Michael will not be here for the weekend of April 5th. On Sunday, the 6th, we will be having a Typika service with Reserve Sacrament at 10:00am. Fr. Michael will be back on April 12th for Great Vespers at 6:00pm. On Sunday, April 13th he will also officiate Orthros at 9:00am with the Divine Liturgy to follow at 10:00am.

Also, Fr. Michael will be organizing a Lenten Retreat for Saturday, April 12th. Further information will be forthcoming as I receive them.All ladies are encouraged to attend.All ladies are encouraged to attend.

Everyone is encouraged to attend both the retreat and the Church services.

Finally, Holy Resurrection's email address has been changed. It is now Holy_Resurrection@yahoo.com. Please take note of this and make the appropriate changes to your address books. This change has already been reflected on the Church Webpage.

February 5, 2008

The Ladies Prayer Group is planning on meeting on Saturday, February 9th at Father Deacon Neal's house.

All ladies are encouraged to attend.

January 30, 2008

This weekend Fr. Henry Boisvert will be with us offering the services of Great Vespers Saturday evening at 6:00pm and the Divine Liturgy at 10:00am Sunday morning.

I would like to encourage all to attend and offer their sacrifice of praise.

January 22, 2008

We will begin having weekly Daily Vespers again but the day will be changed to THURSDAYS at 7:00pm. Please note the day change.

After Vespers we will be having a brief choir rehearsal in prepreation of Holy Week and Pascha. I would like to encourage everyone to join us for this even if you do not consider yourself good enough for choral work. It will make an enormous difference in the joyful noise we make if the congregation as well as the choir first knows the music.

January 20, 2008

Father Deacon Neal has had a change in his schedule and, with a renewed interest, Wednesday night Daily Vespers will be reinstated beginning with this Wednesday, January 23rd at 7:00pm.

January 18, 2008

And we're back. We had some problems with the website but that has been fixed.

January 1, 2008

Happy New Year! I pray that the New Year finds you all in good health and I look forward to worshipping with you all in the coming year. God bless!