Orthodox Church in America SS Peter & Paul Orthodox Church July 2019 June Council Highlights  May’s Operating Income was $15,361.77 and Operating Expenses were $11,483.77, resulting in a net Operating Income of $3,878.00 for the month.  Church youth spent a week at All Saints Camp. Pictures on pg. 3. When 630 church leaders Euphemia answered at once, one Person having two per-  Church parking has been gathered at the Council of "We are not fools. We know fectly united natures, divine resurfaced and restriped. Chalcedon in the year 451, the difference between your and human.  Overflow parking across the their meeng place was the lifeless statues and the true, It was finally decided that each street at Bamboo Bakery. cathedral dedicated to Saint living God we worship. Don't Euphemia. When they strug- waste your me trying to con- group would write a "confession gled unsuccessfully to resolve vince us to change our minds!" of faith" telling what they be- a very serious disagreement lieved, on a scroll. The two they turned to her, in a sur- The soldiers saw that Euphemia scrolls were sealed and placed prising way, for the soluon. gained courage from her fellow in the tomb of the cathedral's Chrisans. She was the young- patron, Saint Euphemia. A guard Euphemia was born in Chalce- est of the group. Perhaps, they watched over the tomb for SS Peter & Paul Orthodox don to a senator and his wife. thought, she would weaken three days, while the delegates Church From her early years she was without the others' support. fasted and prayed. 1614 E. Monte Vista Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85006 determined to dedicate her life She might then reveal the 602.253.9515 to Christ in virginity rather than names of more Chrisans they When the tomb was opened, www.sspeterpaulaz.org marrying and having children. could track down and arrest. the scroll detailing the Orthodox www.oca.org posion was in Euphemia's right www.orthodoxfellowship.org When the pagan governor of So they took Euphemia, alone, hand, and the other scroll lay at The Right Reverend DANIEL Bishop of Santa Rosa Chalcedon demanded that all to be interrogated. She was her feet. Euphemia had given Rector cizens gather to worship and cruelly tortured, and died in the answer: Christ is one Person 480.287.0240 Mobile sacrifice to the gods, some Chris- the arena where Chrisans in two unconfused, undivided [email protected] ans refused, and came togeth- oen suffered during gladiato- and inseparable natures. Archpriest David Balmer Attached er secretly for worship and pray- rial games. It was about the Retired ers. One day Euphemia was dis- year 307. Her fellow Chrisans In Rovinj, Croaa you can climb Deacon John Weiss covered among a group of Chris- built a beauful cathedral over to the highest point in the city, Andrew Evans ans worshipping in a house. her grave, and that was where the top of the Tower of Saint Council President the Council of Chalcedon met Euphemia. A statue of the saint 480.948.7929 The soldiers in charge of ar- 144 years later. revolves on the tower. As it Barbara Harp resng the Chrisans tried to turns, the statue's right hand Choir Director flaer her and to talk her into The meeng didn't go smooth- shows which way the wind is [email protected] Stephanie A. Homyak worshipping the pagan gods. ly because the delegates were blowing, just as Saint Euphe- Church School Director "Don't throw your life away," divided on a central issue. The mia's right hand showed the Newsletter Editor they told her. "You are young Monophysites said that if way of belief so many 623.869.0470 [email protected] and prey. Is it such a serious Christ is one Person, He must centuries ago. maer to say a few prayers to have only one nature. The Mike Wagner Web Master the temple gods?" Orthodox insisted that Christ is [email protected] PAGE 2 SSPETER&PAULORTHODOXCHURCHNEWSLETTER

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Saint Luke portrays a community united in prayer, fraternity, charity and concern for Glory to Jesus Christ! those in need.

On the recent Feast of Holy Pentecost, we In every age, the Church has been called to read from the Acts of the live that paradigm and SPIRITUAL VITAMINS Apostles and heard relat- through its life of prayer and ed its account of the be- charity to be the light, salt, “And so you must not become de- spondent in your illness and weak- ginning of the Church’s and leaven of humanity and ness, but on the contrary, rejoice in public preaching ministry. to be a foreshadowing of a spirit, being comforted with the Having received the Holy world of authenc jusce thought that the Lord has come closer Spirit, Saint Peter and peace. In this way, the to you now, and later will adopt you preached the Church’s Church is enabled to live an as His own children, if you will remain first sermon, preaching to authenc life based on its faithful to Him to the end and bear those who had gathered common prayer in the Litur- without grumbling all the sorrows from throughout the gy, experiencing the Risen that He finds necessary to send you. world and proclaiming all Lord’s presence in prayer and He that endureth to the end shall be that God had accom- in the Eucharist, in order then saved (Ma. 10:22).” plished in and through His to bring that saving love to +Abbot Nikon Vorobiev Son, Jesus. In Acts we the world. As we connue also see that, with the our shared sojourn on earth, “Married life, no less than the life beginning of the work of preaching the we pray that our parish community, like the of a monk, is a special vocaon, requiring a parcular gi or charisma Gospel “to the ends of the universe,” the early Church gathered around the Apostles, from the Holy Spirit; and this gi is Church began to form into communies as may increasingly become a place where we conferred in the Mystery (Sacrament) people by the thousands were called to experience deep prayer, encounter the Lord of Holy Matrimony.” follow the Way of Jesus Christ. in His Word and in the celebraon of the Timothy Ware, The Orthodox Church Sacred Mysteries, and remain a safe haven Aer first describing the Apostles’ post- of peaceful and loving fellowship with our Resurrecon en- “The correct spiritual approach is to brothers and sisters. forget the good you do to others and counters with the May our “house” to remember the good others do to Risen Lord and the have doors that wel- you. When someone reaches this state awesome events of come the world to of spiritual being, then he is indeed Pentecost, the Book join in our journey so human, a man of God." of Acts goes on to that we may all one +St. Paisios of Mount Athos also describe the day be part of the form of life lived by communion (and “It is God, Who is merciful and grants those first Chris- community) of the everyone what he needs, Who is build- ans. Saint Luke, saints and the heav- ing him up when He gives him more the author of Acts, enly Jerusalem. than he needs; in doing so He shows presents the Church the abundance of His love for men of Jerusalem, gathered in response to the Praying that all of you will have a safe and and teaches him to give thanks. When Apostles’ preaching, as the paradigm and enjoyable summer, He does not grant him what he needs, model of all Chrisan communies. Saint He makes him compensate for the thing he needs through the working of Luke tells us that, as brothers and sisters With love in the Lord, the mind and teaches him paence.” in Christ, the first believers “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and +Bishop Daniel +Venerable Abba Dorotheos of Gaza fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42). Here we see that PAGE 3 SSPETER&PAULORTHODOXCHURCHNEWSLETTER PAGE 4 SSPETER&PAULORTHODOXCHURCHNEWSLETTER

Priest John Parker or even “more truth,” but rather some “whenever there is a ‘therefore’ in the bland aim at “improvement,” “self-help,” or Scriptures, you should always ask yourself, Then Jesus said to them, “These are my “making the world a beer place.” what is the ‘therefore’ there for?’” Similarly, words which I spoke to you, while I was in the passage from Luke’s Gospel, for sll with you, that everything wrien Has the Church, Father Alexander implies which Father Alexander’s seventh chapter is about me in the law of Moses and the by queson in this final chapter, aban- tled, we must also ask quesons. If the prophets and the psalms must be ful- doned her primary vocaon as martyr—as tle is “Ye are witnesses of these things…” filled.” Then he opened their minds to witness, as “witness to these then what are the “these” of “these things” understand the scriptures, and said to things?” Have we taken the easy way, of which we are witness? them, “Thus it is wrien, that the Christ since Chrisanity is “a major world reli- should suffer and on the third day rise gion,” and squelched the Apostolic convic- Let’s begin apophacally, with what from the dead, and that repentance and on that Orthodox Chrisanity is the only “these things” are not. “These things” are forgiveness of sins should be preached in True Faith, that it is for all people? not “religious pracces,” like fasng on his name to all naons, beginning from certain days and hours. Fasng is indeed a Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these Father Alexander opens For the Life of the vital spiritual medicine, but it is not an end things. And behold, I send the promise of World by clearly stang that he is not in and of itself. God, for example, doesn’t my Father upon you; but stay in the city, wring a “systemac theology,” and it is need our fasng. unl you are clothed with power from on also clear in “Ye are Witnesses” that he is high” (Luke 24:44-49). not wring a “how to” manual for evange- “These things” are not moralisc virtues, lism. “There exist no answers in the form of “common” to all religions, like “love” and Father Alexander Schmemann’s meless praccal ‘recipes.” And yet we can, indeed, “peace” and “kindness.” They are not work, For the Life of the World, finishes with push reset in our own ecclesiascal life, religious rules—“thou shalts” and “thou the chapter, “Ye are Witnesses of These return to the basic premise of the Gospel, shalt nots.” The apostles, Father Alexan- Things.” In that powerful conclusion, he and recommit ourselves to the vocaon of der so capably argues, were not the prac- summarizes and sends. He summarizes the the Faith that “once overcame the oners of the newest and best self-help seducve and destrucve power secularism world.” We can today, recommit ourselves program. “Be nice” is not a summary of (“living as if God did not exist”), and he to the vision of the Book of Acts, that life— the Gospel. Remember—as I heard once sends his faithful reader “out” into the accompanied by the divine power to ac- from Father Stephen Freeman—“Jesus world, with a renewed vigor, enlivened by complish it—to which our Lord called us, didn’t come to make bad men beer; he the Holy Spirit, to take his or her place on that missionary witness for which every came to make dead men live.” the salvific ship of souls, the Church. There, illumined Orthodox Chrisan is empowered he or she must honor the Lord’s call in the by the Holy Spirit to bear, can we not? Here are the words of Jesus Christ to which vital Chrisan work: “witness.” “these things” refer: “Thus it is wrien, Father Alexander opened this chapter that the Christ should suffer and on the Father Alexander argued that in his day, reminding us that “the Church is mission,” third day rise from the dead, and that re- “witness” had either steered off course, or and “to be mission is its very essence, its pentance and forgiveness of sins should be had been simply redefined by the secular very life.” Archbishop Anastasios of Alba- preached in his name to all naons, begin- man as “the new and beer course.” The nia, in his own words, echoes Father Alex- ning from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). “These former would today be called the “New ander’s from so long ago, in the form of a things” are the cross and resurrecon, re- Ecumenism”—the partnering of various queson, “Can a church not engaged in pentance and forgiveness. “faith groups,” including the Orthodox, to this mission properly be called a church?” fight for “values” common to all of And for the sake of this essay, can we not There is not an Orthodox Chrisan on the them. Father Alexander names a few: personalize this: Can a Chrisan, not en- planet—including those who only annually “Ethics, concern for truth, human brother- gaged in personal witness (“Go and tell…”) dip a toe into the waters of the Church on hood and solidarity, jusce, abnegaon,” properly be called a Chrisan? Pascha or the Navity—who does not have and the like. The laer would be the adop- a personal tesmony? Everyone who has on of the secularist view, finished with a A mentor of mine, as a message for teach- even one me shouted, “Christ is Risen!” or religious veneer, which offers not the Truth ing biblical interpretaon, taught us always, replied, “Indeed He is risen!” makes this (Continued on page 5) PAGE 5 SSPETER&PAULORTHODOXCHURCHNEWSLETTER

(Continued from page 4) ceeds from one’s self, like those from the Saul? He was blinded for three days, and witness in the Church, and is both capable, Samaritan woman’s town, who eventually then by God’s goodness burst forth from and called, to do so to the world. believed not only because of Phoni’s wit- his darkness, having seen the light, and ness, but because of their own encounter became the Apostle of the Apostles. Was The Paschal Sundays are devoted to all with Jesus. This is, by definion, this not also the case with the first Apos- sorts of witnesses. There are those who “personal.” Even the most nominal of tles—the Myrrhbearers—who “said were first witnesses of the Resurrecon— Orthodox Chrisans “is a witness to these nothing to anyone, for they were afraid?” the Myrrhbearing Women. And there things.” He has beheld the crucifixion—on Eventually, though, joy and excitement were those who saw and believed—the Holy Friday. She has see the empty Tomb must overcome fear: Christ is Risen! disciples. And there is one who doubted on Pascha. The Lord has, in some way and believed—Thomas. The paralyc, 38 worked, noceably in his or her life. The last opon is our calling: to be wit- years by the poolside, also bore witness, nesses of the Christ. He has shown Him- though not to the Resurrecon, but rather The queson before us is, “what will you self to be the Son of the Living God, Who to those who asked, for Jesus having do with that encounter?” You could keep it came into the world to save sinners, of healed him by a word only. And the Sa- to yourself. You could ignore it. You could whom we each dare to profess, “I am maritan Woman also bore witness to Je- be struck dumb by it. Or you could share first.” And He sends us out—to Jerusa- sus, first in the form of a queson, “Could it. If you keep it to yourself, you show lem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the this be the Christ?” and second by her yourself an ungrateful servant and further earth—to your home, your town, your tesmony: “Come see a man who told me disobey the Lord, Who commands, “Go naon, to the world! Think of it—the all things that I ever did!” And the blind home and tell all the good God has done Myrrhbearers bore witness, as did the man gave witness by his queson, “Who is for you.” How could you expect to be paralyc, the Samaritan woman, the He sir, that I might believe in Him?” and by “entrusted with much” from the Lord blind man, and the Apostles. If Barnabas his response, “Yes, Lord, I believe!” when, with the talent given, you have bur- and Paul hadn’t, there’d be no Chrisan ied it? If you ignore your encounter with in Anoch. If James hadn’t, there’d be no The “faith that once overcame the world” Jesus, you become the very secularist Fa- Chrisan in Spain. If Philip hadn’t, there’d is not a set of rules. Neither is it a con- ther Alexander devoted his life to expos- be no Chrisan in Ethiopia. If Cyril and glomeraon of religious principles. It is not ing—one who lives life “as if God does not Methodius hadn’t, there’d be no Chris- a self-help program; it is not the quest for exist.” Ironically, this secularist almost al- an in the Slavic Lands. If Herman hadn’t, an earthly utopia. The “faith that once ways eventually winds up trying to bargain there’d be no Chrisan in Alaska. If your overcame the world” is a convicon about with God under the most trying of circum- parents or godparents or priest hadn’t a person— Jesus Christ—that He is Savior stances: “Lord, if You’ll just… then I’ll…”— borne witness, you wouldn’t be a Chris- and Redeemer, that He was crucified and reducing the Lord to a religious talisman or an. Could you really just keep it to your- buried, that He descended to the dead a divine ATM machine, the very sort of self or ignore it, and let the Good News and freed death’s capves, that He arose “dead religion” that was buried with Christ die not just on the Cross, but on the vine, on the third day and ascended to heaven, in the tomb. This same bargainer, not un- too? No—The Lord is saving you! He is whence He will come again to judge the derstanding the very nature of the Lord blessing you. He has granted you to see living and the dead. The Chrisan Convic- with whom he is trying to bargain, oen Him face to face! He fills you with joy! on—“I believe this is the Christ!”—is also makes himself to be a liar. Being deliv- And this joy must transform all your hu- borne of a three-chambered font. The first ered miraculously from his horrible cir- man plans and programs, your goals and issues forth from those faithful witnesses cumstance, in a grace-filled God-moment, dreams, your decisions and acons, mak- who beheld Jesus, risen from the tomb, he becomes like nine of the ten cleansed ing “your mission the sacrament of the with their own eyes. We could call this lepers, and goes back to “business as usu- world’s return to Jesus Christ, the Savior, “dogmac witness.” The second emerges al” without any further consideraon for Who is the life of the world. from those have heard from others—like what God has done for him. the Samaritans who heard from the Sa- Reprinted from the Orthodox Church in America maritan Woman—and had their lives It is possible to be struck dumb by one’s web site, hps://oca.org/reflecons/misc-authors/ changed as a result. We could call this encounter with Jesus Christ—at least ye-are-witnesses-of-these-things  “second hand” witness. The third pro- temporarily. Was this not the case with PAGE 6 SSPETER&PAULORTHODOXCHURCHNEWSLETTER Pentecost Kneeling Prayers

. . . immediately aer the prokemin, people ers for for- are asked to kneel down. This first bending giveness of of the knees aer Easter signifies the con- sins—the first condion for entering into the kingdom, into the perfect joy. In the second prayer, we pray The peculiar characterisc of the Liturgy on to the Holy Spirit the day of Pentecost is that it is immediately for help, that He followed by a Vesper service that is commonly clusion of the Triodion—the fact that the would teach us to pray and to follow the called “kneeling prayers.” This Vesper service Church now enters the “narrow path” of true path, that He would enlighten us in the struggling, and of the difficult daily acquisi- dark and difficult night of our life. Finally, in ons of the Holy Spirit. the third prayer, we remember our fathers Therefore, in this first prayer, we bring to and brethren God our repentance and augmented pray- who have de- parted, who have finished their earthly journey, but who are unit- ed with us in the signifies the transion from the first major eternal love of theme—the joy of the coming of the Spirit— the Church. Excerpt from hps:// to the second—the prayer for the abiding of svotssynaxis.com/2017/06/05/ pentecost-the-feast-of-the-church/ the Spirit in us, for His help in our earthly life. Around SS Peter & Paul

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July 14 Barbara Harp CONGRATULATIONS! We offer prayers to all of our parishioners Azuriah Merriwether who are ill or unable to attend services 16 John Yavornitzky Patricia Starkey 17 Mark Andrews st July 1 marks Jamie Arango Sophia Anderson Ann Garza 20 Wesley Holmes Marilyn Bezkorovainy Matushka Mary Balmer Bishop Daniel’s Rose Kurowski Fr David/Matushka Mary Balmer 22 Nadya Moriarty thirteenth anniversary at Anna Michkofsky Frank Kulik Jarrod Zaremba Vickie Kulik 23 Nicholas Enoch Sr. SS Peter and Paul! 25 Sbdn. Rodion Pfeiffer May Our Lord Jesus Christ, the 27 Phil O’Brien Physician of our souls and bodies, Tammy Lynn Horton 29 David Homyak Many years! reach out his healing hand and bless 31 Sammy Valencia these, His servants. Многая лета! Многая лета! Many Years! If you know anyone else in need of our prayers, please contact Bishop Daniel. PAGE 7 SSPETER&PAULORTHODOXCHURCHNEWSLETTER

PARKING It is great having so many new BACK-TO-SCHOOL OUTREACH BLESSING OF VEHICLES It is people aending services at our Par- PROGRAM The Parish will be our parish custom to ish. With more people come more undertaking a summer out- bless vehicles on the cars. Please be aware that there is no reach program for the neigh- Sunday nearest to the double parking or blocking other vehicles borhood children. It is the 2nd Feast of the Holy Prophet Elijah. This when parking on church property. Please annual "Back-to-School' event where we year, that commemoraon falls on Sun- only park in parking spaces. Please do not will be supplying school supplies to children day, July 21. Cars and other vehicles will park in the access lanes since this is also in the Palms apartments down the street. be blessed that day, following the cele- for Emergency vehicles, if needed. Please Please be generous as you always have braon of the Divine Liturgy. be advised that there is a sign for been, and give your monetary donaons to "Addional Church Parking" direcng cars David Bieber or Bill Weiss. Make checks pay- MID-YEAR STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS into the Bamboo Bakery parking lot locat- able to Sts. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church. through June 30, 2019 will be available on ed across the street from our Par- The event will be held on Saturday morning. the table at the back of the church later ish. Please be cognizant of driveway ac- July 20, from 10 to 11:30 in the Fellowship this month. cess if parking on the street. Thank-you Hall. All parishioners are welcome to aend. for your assistance in this maer. Light refreshments will be provided. “For they gave according to their means… and beyond their means, of their TYAL HIGHLIGHTS In the beginning of WE WELCOME all visitors to own free will.” 2 Cor 8:3 June, TYAL went on an Escape Rooms ad- SS Peter & Paul. We hope venture together. We had to use team your visit was enriching and THE MYRRH BEARERS ALTAR SOCIETY work to solve a series of puzzles and rid- enlightening. Please join us in the would like to thank everyone who dles, in a certain amount of me to win Cultural Center, behind the church, for our brought potluck items for Archbishop the game and “escape” the room. Well, Fellowship Hour. It’s a chance to meet Benjamin's visit on June 9 and for the we won with a minute to spare! Everyone some of our members, other visitors, and Saints Peter and Paul celebraon on June had a blast and enjoyed a celebratory ice enjoy some coffee and fellowship. We 30. We appreciate everyone's help in cream from Mesa’s Lost Dutchman cafe. invite you to visit our website at making these celebraons special. We connue to enjoy geng to know our www.sspeterpaulaz.org. church family and FOCA is taking orders for personalized feel privileged to SUMMER STEWARDSHIP coasters. They are $12 for a set of 4 and spend me with each Throughout the summer individual! Keep your months, many of our pa- make great shower, wedding and eyes open for the rishioners will be taking housewarming gis. A set will be on display next TYAL event on vacations, seeking cooler in social hall. This is an ongoing fundraiser the bullen board in climes, or visiting family and so remember us for the holidays. the church hall as friends throughout the well as through country and world. It is also WHEN USING CONTRIBUTION email. If you would during the summer, when ENVELOPES clearly write your like to be on the TYAL email list, contact church attendance decreases because of assigned ID number and name on the Anne and Eli at [email protected]. vacations, that our parish expenses rise, envelope. Your ID number can be found due to the greater use and higher cost of on your past contribuon statements. Sll ADULT FAITH FORMATION Please join us electricity in the heat of the summer. How- not sure, ask the Treasurer. If you use an for an adult study group being led by Fa- ever, the life and work of your parish com- envelope that depicts an ID number that ther Thomas on the book "Building and munity continues even when you are trav- is not assigned to you, you run the high Orthodox Marriage: A Praccal Commen- eling and away and enjoying your vacation. risk of having your contribuon aributed to someone else. Please help by wring tary on the Eastern Orthodox Marriage You are asked to kindly remember this and to maintain—and your assigned ID number on your contri- Rite" by Bishop John Abdalah. Meengs even increase—your buon envelope with the date. will take place on Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 stewardship during p.m. Aendees will find it helpful to have the summer months. A/C REMINDER When running the Hall’s A/ a copy of the book. If you have any ques- May the Lord bless C remember to keep all doors closed and ons, please contact Eli your travels and bring returning thermostats to their original at [email protected]. you safely home. seng aer use. Run away A/Cs costs! July 2019

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30 AllSaintsofAmerica 1 2 3 Milk-Giver Icon at 4 Galatian Icon 5 Ven. Athanasius 6 of Mt. Athos 8:30am Hours Mt. Athos Relics Ven. Sergius of 9:00am Divine Liturgy Saturday,July20,2019 Radonezh SS Peter & Paul 10:00am—11:30am Feast Day Pot Luck Luncheon Community Back-To-School Event

6:00-7:30pm Adult Study Group 5:00pm Vespers 7 Blachernae Icon 8 Sitka Icon and 9 10 Konevskaya Icon 11 Greatmartyr 12 “Three Hands” Icon 13 “Axion Estin” Icon 8:30am Hours other Kazan Icons Ven. Anthony of the Euphemia 9:00am Divine Liturgy Kiev Caves St. Elijah—Blessing of Cars Vehicles will be blessed immediately following Divine Liturgy on Sunday, July 21, 2019

6:00pm Council Mtg 6:00-7:30pm Adult Study Group 5:00pm Vespers 14 Fathers of the 1st Six 15 Great Prince Vladi- 16 17 Royal 18 Tolga Icon 19 Relics Ven. 20 Holy Prophet Ecumenical Councils mir, Equal to the Apos- Passionbearers Seraphim of Sarov Elijah 8:30am Hours tles, Enlightener of Lands 9:00am Divine Liturgy of Rus 10:00am—11:30 am Community MBAS Meeting Back-To-School Event 6:00-7:30pm Adult Study Group 5:00pm Vespers 21 Amatia Icon 22 23 Pochaev & Joy of 24 Martyrs Boris & 25 Dormition of 26 Repose of St. 27 Greatmartyr & All Who Sorrow Gleb, Passionbearers Righteous Anna, Jacob, Enlightener of Healer Panteleimon 8:30am Hours Icons MotheroftheTheotokos the People of Alaska 9:00am Divine Liturgy Panikhida for First We welcome all of our guests and visitors. Please join us in the Cultural Anniversary of Center for Fellowship Hour following Divine Liturgy each Sunday. Harold Homyak Blessing of Cars 6:00-7:30pm Adult 5:00pm Vespers Study Group 28 Smolensk- 29 30 31 Forefeast 1 Procession of the 2 3 Hodigitria Icon Procession of the Lifegiving Cross 8:30am Hours Lifegiving Cross Beginning of 9:00am Divine Liturgy Dormition Fast

6:00-7:30pm Adult Study Group 5:00pm Vespers