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PEACE AND GRACE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“And so I desire to fix three precepts in your mind so that you may accomplish them during the fast: to speak ill of no one, to hold no one for an enemy, and to expel from your mouth altogether the evil habit of swearing.”

— St. John Chrysostom

 

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

"Get Real for Lent" by Fr. Stephen Freeman

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday: FOCUS: 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (come any time!)

Saturday:  Children's Hymns Class (5 years old - Jr. High): 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Vespers and Tasbeha: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers: 6:00 p.m. at St. Anthony the Great Antiochian Orthodox Church

GREAT

As we continue in the Holy and Great Fast, it is important that each of us receives spiritual guidance with regards to how to fast. Abouna Antony has emailed a recommended program for the fast; please ensure you receive guidance from your own spiritual father. Lent is a time of asceticism and self-control; a time for modesty in all that we do. We prepare for the most holy time of the year, where we remember our Lord's agony, death, and far more importantly: resurrection. The life of the Church is is important, we want to live in and with Christ, and this fast helps us bring our whole spiritual life under review.

FOCUS SAN DIEGO

Join volunteers from Orthodox parishes in San Diego every Wednesday to serve with FOCUS to help provide meals for the hungry at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Help is needed with cooking, serving, and clean up from 3:00 p.m. onwards. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS, VISITATIONS & CONFESSIONS

Please let us know if you have any upcoming important events for us to share with our fellow congregants. Special events are best shared amongst our family, and we encourage you to share your special news with us. In addition, if you would like to schedule a time for a visit or confession with Father Antony Paul, please email him or approach him after the Liturgy on Sunday.

FOOD & CLEAN-UP

To sign up to bring food for the agape meal on Sundays, please fill in the weekly spreadsheet available HERE. We need as many volunteers as possible to keep the church clean on Sundays after the Divine Liturgy. Please consider this important expression of stewardship.