CHRIST IS RISEN

TRULY HE IS RISEN!

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Trapeza for this Sunday will be a festive Paschal meal. Thank you to everyone who will be bringing food & drink items to share!

A Note About Confession & Communion -  There will be no confessions before the Paschal service due to the preparation that the clergy must attend to, as well as the need to begin the service on time. Those who wish to receive Communion on Pascha should have gone to confession during the past week, and should also prepare themselves by following the usual prayer rule and fasting from approximately 6:00 pm on Saturday evening.

Paschal Agape Vespers at 3:00 pm on Pascha will be served in our outdoor chapel, as long as weather permits. In the case of inclement weather we’ll serve Vespers in church.

The Paschal Egg Hunt for our children will be held after Liturgy on St. Thomas Sunday, April 19th, weather permitting.

Parish Sisterhood Tea Social -  Please mark the date for the Parish Sisterhood’s Tea Social, which will occur on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026.  A pysanky demonstration will be featured as part of the day’s events. More information is forthcoming.

A Youth Pilgrimage to Northern Serbia is planned for this August. The event, entitled “Experiencing Orthodoxy on the Mount Athos of Serbia”, is being hosted by ROCOR’s Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe and is open to young people from the United States at the invitation of Hieromonk Theodore (Stanway). Last year’s pilgrimage was a successful one, and if you can obtain more information about the 2026 trip by clicking HERE.

In Christ, 

Fr. Stephen