The second major feast of the new church year is the Elevation or Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Nativity of the Theotokos is seen as the beginning of our salvation, and the Cross is seen as the culmination of our salvation. By Christ's death on It, our salvation was accomplished. Mary is also strongly associated with the Cross, for she was the mystical paradise in whom the Tree of Life sprouted; this Tree of Life, Christ our Savior, then planted on earth the life-creating Tree of the Cross (from the Feast). And as He suffered and died on the Life-giving Tree of the Cross, so too we are called upon to take up our own crosses on our shoulders and to die daily for the sake of Him Who died for us. We will celebrate the feast with Great Vespers this evening (September 13th) at 7:00 p.m. Then tomorrow (Monday September 14th) Divine Liturgy for the Elevation at 10:00 a.m. Join us!
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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.
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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.
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Great Vespers
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.
followed by
Fellowship
†††
Mission Talk
at 3:00 p.m.
Important Dates
Tuesday, March 25th
Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos
