Forgiveness Vespers - Feburary 18th

Forgiveness Vespers - Feburary 18th - 02/04/18

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Our Lenten journey will begin with Forgiveness Vespers Sunday, February18th following coffee hour. All should make a sincere effort to begin the Lenten season with this service and the “Mutual rite of forgiveness”. “On Forgiveness Sunday, we sing of Adam’s exile from paradise. We identify ourselves with Adam, lamenting our loss of the beauty, dignity and delight of our original creation, mourning our corruption in sin. We also hear on this day the Lord’s teaching about fasting and forgiveness, and we enter the season of the fast forgiving one another so that God will forgive us. If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your trespasses" (Mt 6.14–18).

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A Look Ahead

This Week's Schedule

Monday, March 3rd

Great Compline with the

Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

at 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 4th

Great Compline with the

Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

at 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, March 5th

Ninth Hour

at 8:45 a.m.

Presanctified Liturgy

at 9:00 a.m.

†††

Great Compline with the

Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 6th

Great Compline with the

Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

at 6:00 p.m.

Friday, March 7th

Ninth Hour

at 5:45 p.m.

Presanctified Liturgy & Lenten Potluck

at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 8th

St. Theodore

Hours

at 8:40 a.m.

Divine Liturgy

at 9:00 a.m.

†††

Great Vespers

(livestreamed)

at 5:00 p.m.

followed by

Confessions

Sunday, March 9th

Sunday of Orthodoxy

Matins

at 8:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy with Icon Procession

at 9:00 a.m.

(livestreamed)

followed by

Fellowship

†††

Mission Talk

at 3:00 p.m.

Important Dates

Tuesday, March 25th

Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos

The Mission of The Orthodox Church in America, the local autocephalous Orthodox Christian Church, is to be faithful in fulfilling the commandment of Christ to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…”

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St. Michael's is part of the Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania, which is presided over by The Most Reverend Mark (Maymon), Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. Our mission is bringing the joy of Christ's resurrection to those who have never heard the Good News, and to strengthen and encourage the faithful who reside within Wilmington and the local area.

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The Holy Scripture is a collection of books written over multiple centuries by those inspired by God to do so. It is the primary witness to the Orthodox Christian faith, within Holy Tradition and often described as its highest point. It was written by the prophets and apostles in human language, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and collected, edited, and canonized by the Church.

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Holiness or sainthood is a gift (charisma) given by God to man, through the Holy Spirit. Man's effort to become a participant in the life of divine holiness is indispensable, but sanctification itself is the work of the Holy Trinity, especially through the sanctifying power of Jesus Christ, who was incarnate, suffered crucifixion, and rose from the dead, in order to lead us to the life of holiness, through the communion with the Holy Spirit.

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Wilmington, Delaware
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