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St. Mary Magdalene Orthodox Church
Monthly Messenger – 2439 S. Long Lake Rd, Fenton MI. 48430. 810 -750-1401
March 2015 – www.st-marymagdalene.org
The Virtue of Detachment
Fr. Paul Jannakos
Simply stated, the goal of the Orthodox spiritual life is to gain a single
heart dedicated to the love of God by detaching ourselves from every
worldly thing.
Which is what Jesus means when He says, “If you would be perfect,
sell everything, give it to the poor and come, follow me.” To “sell
everything” is to strip ourselves free from every worldly affection, material
or personal, that hinders us from the spiritual life, which is the life in
Christ. St. John the apostle speaks of the same thing when he says, “Do
not love the world, or the things in the world; for if anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the
Father but is of the world.”
So we learn that the problem is not about the things in and of
themselves, but in having a relationship to these things that obstructs us
from the love of God. The saints say it this way, that “it is not possessing
something that is harmful, but our attachment to it.” In a word, the danger
is we become super-glued to the things we own that they eventually own
us – to which saints then ask: “Who owns whom?” If the things that we
own capture our minds, our thoughts, our wills, our desires, our hopes,
our trust, and our hearts, then we have fallen into idolatry. The virtue of
detachment, however, teaches how to let go of all the shallow, worldly
things that muck up our lives so that we take full possession of the grace
of God, which is the only thing that matters. This is what Christ told
Martha after her complaint about Mary her sister, “Martha, Martha, you
are anxious and troubled about many things, but only one thing is
needful.”
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PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our St. Mary Magdalene Church School
has been scheduled for Saturday,
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March 14t & April 18 from 3:00pm –
5:00pm. Our children will continue to
prepare themselves for the Parish
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Consecration on Saturday, April 25 .
March 4th, 6:00pm, Presanctified
Liturgy Combined at St. Nicholas
March 11th – 6:30pm, Presanctified
Liturgy at St. Mary Magdalene
March 18th – 6:00pm, Presanctified
Liturgy Combined at St. Mary
Magdalene
March 25th – 6:00pm. Annunciation
V esperal Liturg y Combined at
Assumption 6pm
Friday, March 20 – Sunday, March 22,
Women’s Lenten Retreat – Holy Dormition
Monastery
Saturday, March 28, 5:00pm
Lenten Retreat: The Bible: An Orthodox
Prespective - St. Nicholas
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The Virtue of Detachment
Parish Life Photo Album
And this is what Jesus means when He says, “Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Poverty of spirit here is thus a
wonderful thing because it leads to happiness, generosity and gratitude.
Instead of hoarding up our goods as did the Rich Fool in St. Luke’s gospel,
we joyfully give them away to the hungry and the needy. We become
thankful for every little thing that comes as a gift from God, an
encouraging phone call from a good friend, or a spectacularly sunny day.
But the most wonderful thing we gain from detachment is its simplicity. It
brings us back to a childlike way of life by enabling us to lead a simple life,
a life that is uncluttered, uncomplicated, and undemanding. Christ says
“Truly I say unto you, that unless you turn and become like children, you
will never enter the Kingdom of heaven.”
The difficulty for us, however, is that we are swayed and captured by
so many unnecessary and pointless things, and as a result our hearts have
become completely torn and splintered. We worry about our homes, our
cars, our clothes, our health, wrinkles on the forehead, an expanding
waistline, a receding hairline, our children, our parents, our work, the
possibility of being out of work, the economy, falling real-estate prices,
rising gas prices, rising food prices, leaking gutters, cracked driveways,
broken sprinklers, unfertilized lawns, untilled gardens, and all the rest. On
account of this, we are left in such state of physical, emotional, mental, and
spiritual exhaustion that we are useless both to others and to God Himself.
Why has this happened? Because the fallen world in which we cares
nothing about who truly are or about the wellness of the soul which is itself
the mystery of salvation.
Even so, I believe the great blessing of the Orthodox way of life is its
call to simplicity. We pray at home. We do our work. We go to Church
and receive the sacraments. So the Church tells us, “Yes, do your work, but
don’t let it keep you from Church and don’t ever let it own your heart.
Take care of your children, but don’t let them keep you from a life of
prayer. Maintain your home, but don’t let your home become your one
and only heaven. Most importantly, do only the things that are absolutely
necessary so that you can heal your splintered heart by making it single
once again in the love of God. And this is why the virtue of detachment is
such a great saving thing.
From the Dormition Monastery
Banquet, in January, at Assumption
Greek Orthodox Church.
Abbess Mother Gabriella
Fr. Deacon Michael Introduces Fr. John
Konkel at Vespers
Announcements for the Monthly
Bulletin need to be to Liza Kekel by
the 15th of the month – at
[email protected]
Fr. Paul and the Wednesday Evening Community Bible Study Group
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Praying for our sick:
Archimandrite Roman (Braga)
Dr. Dan Sak
Larry Shipley
Andrew Marko
Richard Ziats
Sue Walton
Dennis Perez
Helen Phillips
Marcella Moorman
Josephine Baker
Mike Centala (Terri Oginsky’s husband)
Anna Branoff
Elaine Gejoff
Kosta Papathanisiou
Helen Soroka (Maria Sak’s mother).
Anton Petrenko (son of Larissa Lesho)
Elizabeth Barrows (Ruth Karabinas’
mother)
James Lyon ( brother of Melissa Auxier)
Violette Griffin
Anastasia Karabinas
Lynn Larson – (Andy Marko’s friend).
Helen Sak – (Dr. Dan Sak’s mother).
Autumn Smith, (Jeanette Hildreth’s friend.
Jim Oginsky
Exhortation on Attending Church
By St. John Chrysostom
(Continued from last month)…
Attention and Prayer
As long as we are in the church let our conduct be proper, as befits a
person who is before God. Let us not occupy ourselves with purposeless
conversations, but let us stand with fear and dread, with attention and
eagerness, with our gaze turned to the ground and our soul elevated to
Heaven.
Many come to church mechanically repeating psalms and prayers, and
leave without knowing what they have said. The lips move but the ears
don’t hear. You are not hearing your prayer, and you want God to hear it?
I knelt, you say. But your mind was flying far away. Your body was in
church and your soul outside. The mouth was saying the prayer and the
mind was counting interest, contracts, exchanges, fields, estates, meetings
with friends. All these things happen because the devil is wicked. He
knows that at the time of prayer we gain many things; for this reason he
attacks then with greater violence. At other times we might be lying in
bed, not thinking of anything, and he leaves us alone. We come to church
to pray, however, and the devil puts a bunch of passionate thoughts into
us so that we might not benefit at all.
Truly, if God asks you to account for the indifference or the impiety you
show in worship services, what will you do? There, at the time He is
speaking to you, instead of praying you have started a conversation with
your neighbor about unbeneficial things. Even if God overlooks all our
other sins, this one alone would suffice for us to be deprived of salvation.
Don’t consider it a small transgression. To understand its graveness, think
of what happens among people when they converse. Let’s suppose that
you are discussing something with an official person or with your bosom
buddy, and while he is speaking to you, you turn your head indifferently
and begin talking to someone else. Won’t the other person be insulted by
your impropriety? Won’t he get angry? Won’t he seek an explanation
from you?
O woe! You are in the Divine Liturgy, and while the Royal Table is
prepared, while the Lamb of God is sacrificed for your sake, while the
priest is struggling for your salvation, you are indifferent. At the time
when the six-winged Seraphim cover their faces from awe and all the
heavenly powers together with the priest beseech God for you, at the
moment the fire of the Holy Spirit descends from Heaven and the blood
of Christ is shed from His immaculate side in the holy Chalice, at this
moment, I wonder, doesn’t your conscience censure you for your lack of
attention? Think, O my man, before Whom you are standing at the time
of the dreadful mystagogy and together with whom — the Cherubim, the
Seraphim, and all the heavenly powers. Consider together with whom you
are chanting and praying. This should suffice for you to come to your
senses, when you recall that, while you have a material body, you are
granted to hymn the Lord of creation together with the bodiless angels.
So don’t partake in that sacred hymnody with indifference. Don’t have
your mind on earthly thoughts. Chase away every earthly thought and
ascend mentally to Heaven, near to the throne of God. Fly there together
with the Seraphim, flutter with them, chant the thrice-holy hymn to the
All-holy Trinity.
(To be continued)….
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We pray for those in the Armed Forces:
Jacob Yonan – Airman 1st Class – Air Force
Matthew Beck – First Lieutenant – Air Force
Stephanie Bishop –US Navy
Robert Faulkner – Private First Class – US Marines
Michael Oginsky – Major – US Marines
Jason Wilburn – Corporal – Army Rangers
Patrick Tejkl - US Marines
John Schlaack – PFC - Army
GREETERS FOR MARCH
March
March
March
March
March
1st, Phil and Marcella Moorman
8th, David and Cindy Welch
15th, Pat Smith
22nd, Stephen and Susan Walton
29th, Mike and Irene Onderchanin
EPISTLE READERS FOR MARCH
March
March
March
March
March
1st - Richard Ziats & John Auxier
8th - Sue Walton & Paul Hildreth
15th - Andrew Durand & Richard Ziats
22nd - Elaine Gejoff & Sue Walton
29th - Janet Frick & Andrew Durand
FOLLOWSHIP VOLUNTEERS FOR MARCH
March
March
March
March
March
1st – Terry & Freida Owens
8th – Joseph & Jenni Otis
15th – Dn. Michael & Susan Schlaack
22nd – Kurt & Ann Schutt
39th – Clark & Katherine Senter
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
Birthdays for March
Missi Oginsky
Steven Kekel
Joanne Lyon
Cyrus Lazar
Stephanie Onderchanin
John Auxier
Marianna Kilbourne
Katherine Jannakos
Fr. Paul Jannakos
Larry Shipley
MARCH ANNIVERSARIES
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The Orthodox Churches of Greater Flint
Assumption (Greek) 2245 Baldwin Road !Grand Blanc, MI 48439 !810-771-4611
St. George (Antiochian) 5191 Lennon Road !Flint, MI 48507 !810-732-0720
St. Mary Magdalene (OCA) 2439 S. Long Lake Road !Fenton, MI 48430 !810- 750-1401
St. Nicholas (OCA) 2143 South Center Road !Burton, MI 48519 !810-744-0070
~ 2015 Great Fast ~
Pan-Orthodox
Divine Services and
Potluck Dinners
Great Compline (Mondays) We will be celebrating the Great Compline service together every Monday
night at St. George. The service begins at 6:30pm. This beautiful service allows us to experience the
Great Fast more deeply. Confessions will be available from 6pm–6:30pm and after the service.
Lenten Hours (Wednesdays) St. Nicholas will celebrate the Lenten Hours at 9am every Wednesday.
Presanctified Divine Liturgy (Wednesdays) We will celebrate the Presanctified Liturgy together
beginning at 6pm according to the schedule below. Holy Communion is given at the Presanctified Liturgy.
To partake of Holy Communion, please be prepared with prayer and fasting (not eating or drinking
anything after a lite lunch at 12 Noon). Confessions will be available only prior to the Liturgy from
5:30pm–6pm. On the Great Feast of the Annunciation (see below), Vesperal Divine Liturgy begins at
6pm.
Potluck Dinners: A Lenten Dinner follows each Wednesday liturgy. Please bring a covered
Lenten Dish (no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine, olive oil or their by-products) to the hall prior
to the beginning of liturgy. Please note on the Great Feast of the Annunciation, fish, wine, and
olive oil are allowed. If you have questions, call the church office where the combined service will
be celebrated.
February 25th - Presanctified Liturgy or Compline at each church
March 4th - Presanctified Liturgy Combined at St. Nicholas
March 11th - Presanctified Liturgy at each church
March 18th - Presanctified Liturgy Combined at St. Mary Magdalene
March 25th - Annunciation Vesperal Liturgy Combined at Assumption 6pm
April 1st - Presanctified Liturgy Combined at St. George
April 4th - Preparation of Gifts, Raising of Lazarus Divine Liturgy, and
Lenten Breakfast Combined at St. George – 9:30am
Assumption is located 1 ½ miles west of Holly Road on Baldwin Road.
St. George is located between Linden and Dye Roads on Lennon Road.
St. Mary Magdalene is located ¼ mile east of Torrey Road on South Long Lake.
St. Nicholas is located ½ mile south of Lippincott on Center Road.
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St. Mary Magdalene
Orthodox Church
2439 South Long Lake Road, Fenton MI 48430
Church Consecration &
30th Anniversary Celebration
of Ordination to the Holy
Priesthood of Fr. Paul Jannakos
Saturday, April 25th, 2015
THE
SCHEDULE:
• CONSECRATION & DIVINE LITURGY, 10:00AM,
HIS GRACE, BISHOP ALEXANDER
PRESIDING.
• GREAT VESPERS, 5:00PM.
• BANQUET, 6:30PM, (AT ASSUMPTION GREEK ORTHODOX
CHURCH, 2245 W. BALDWIN RD,
GRAND BLANC, MI 48430).
BANQUET TICKETS, ADULTS: $25.00
CHILDREN UNDER 18, $15.00.
SEATING IS LIMITED, RSVP AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE TO 810 714 1818
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CONSECRATION SERVICE
• Nothing is more important to us than the
Lord Jesus Christ and His Holy Church, and
nothing is more significant in the life of a
parish than the consecration of its church
temple. It is the magnificent baptism of the
church, and it will only happen for us once.
Thank God that we have been given this
opportunity to be a part of this most sacred
service.
• May God strengthen us in this magnificent
undertaking and may He multiply our efforts that this blessed and sacred celebration may be worthy of His Glory.
Assumption (Greek) 2245 Baldwin Road ! Grand Blanc, MI 48439 ! 810-771-4611
St. George (Antiochian) 5191 Lennon Road ! Flint, MI 48507 ! 810-732-0720
St. Mary Magdalene 2439 South Long Lake Road ! Fenton, MI 48430 ! 810-750-1701
St. Nicholas (OCA) 2143 South Center Road ! Burton, MI 48519 ! 810-744-0070
Come, Join Us for a Lenten Talk!
The Bible:
An Orthodox Perspective
Saturday,
March 28, 2015
St Nicholas Orthodox Church
2143 S. Center Rd.
Burton, MI 48519
(810) 744-0070
5:00 pm Great Vespers (Confessions before and after Vespers)
6:00 pm Light Lenten Meal (free will offering)
6:30 pm Presentation followed by Q & A
RSVP at (810) 744-0070 by March 25
Guest Speaker
Fr. Silviu N. Bunta, PhD.
Fr. Silviu specializes in Scriptural studies and has his Ph.D. in Second Temple Judaism from Marquette
University. He has his M.A. in New Testament from the University of Oradea (Oradea, Romania). He is a
priest of the Diocese of Toledo (OCA) and is an Associate Professor at the University of Dayton teaching
Bible, ancient Judaism, Hebrew, and Greek.
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Sunday,!February!22nd!!
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Forgiveness!Vespers,!(following!the!Divine!Liturgy).!!
Monday,!February!23rd,!7:00pm!! !
Canon!of!St.!Andrew!of!Crete.!
Tuesday,!February!24th,!7:00pm! !
Canon!of!St.!Andrew!of!Crete,.!!
Wednesday,!February,!25th,!6:30pm!
Presanctified!Liturgy!&!Potluck!–!St.!Mary!Magdalene!
Thursday,!February,!26th,!7:00pm! !
Canon!of!St.!Andrew!of!Crete!
Saturday,!February!28th,!5:00pm! !
Great!Vespers!followed!by!Confessions.!
Sunday,!March!1st!10:00am!!
Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!–!Orthodox!Sunday!
Sunday,!March!1st,!6:00pm!!!
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Triumph!of!Orthodoxy!Vespers!!W!St.!Mary’s!W!Livonia!
Wednesday,!March!4th,!!6:00pm!! !
Presanctified!Liturgy!&!Potluck!–!St.!Nicholas!
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Saturday,!March!7 ,!5:00pm!
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Great!Vespers!followed!by!Holy!Confessions!
Sunday,!March!8th!10:00am! Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!–!St.!Gregory!Palamas!
Sunday,!March!8th,!6:00pm!!!
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COCC!Vespers!at!St.!Stevan!Decanski!W!!Warren!!
Wednesday,!March!11!,!6:30pm!! !
Presanctified!Liturgy!&!Potluck!W!St.!Mary!Magdalene!
Saturday,!March!14,!5:00pm!!
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Great!Vespers!followed!by!Holy!Confessions.!!
Sunday,!March!15th!!10:00am!!
Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!–!Elevation!of!the!Cross.!!
Sunday,!March!15th!,!!6:00pm!!
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COCC!Vespers!at!St.!Thomas!W!Farmington!Hills!
Wednesday,!March!18th,!!6:00pm!! !
Presanctified!Liturgy!&!Potluck!–!St.!Mary!Magdalene!
(Host)!
Saturday,!March!21st,!5:00pm!!
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Great!Vespers!followed!by!Confessions.!!
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Sunday,!March!22 !!10:00am!
Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!–!St.!John!Climacus!
Sunday!March!22nd!,!6:00pm!!
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COCC!Vespers!at!St.!Constantine!&!Helen!–!Westland.!
Wednesday,!March!25th,!6:00pm!! !
Evening!Liturgy!for!Annunciation!W!!at!Assumption!!!!
Friday,!March!27th,!6:00pm!!!
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Akathistos!to!the!Theotokos!–!St.!George!
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Saturday,!March!28 !10:00am!!
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Akathistos!Divine!Liturgy.!!
Saturday,!March!28th,!5:00pm!!
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Great!Vespers!at!St.!Nicholas!(Combined).!!
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Sunday,!March!29 !,!10:00am!
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Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!–!St.!Mary!of!Egypt.!!
Sunday,!March!29th,!6:00pm!!
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COCC!Vespers!at!Descent!of!the!Holy!Ghost!–!Dearborn!
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Wednesday!April!1st,!6:00pm!!
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Presanctified!Liturgy,!Potluck!at!St.!George!
Friday,!April!3rd,!7:00pm! !
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Vespers!–!Eve!of!Lazarus!Saturday.!!
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Saturday,!April!4t ,!10:00am!!
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Divine!Liturgy!of!Lazarus!Saturday!–!St.!George!!
Saturday,!April!4th,!5:00pm!!!
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Vigil!for!the!Feast!of!Palm!Sunday!!!
Sunday,!!April!5th,!10:00,!am!
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Divine!Liturgy!of!Palm!Sunday!–!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sunday,!April!5th,!7:00pm!! !
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Bridegroom!Matins!with!Confessions.!!
Monday,!April!6th,!7:00pm!! !
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Bridegroom!Matins!with!Confessions.!!
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Tuesday,!April!7 ,!7:00pm!! !
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Bridegroom!Matins!with!Confessions.!!
Wednesday,!April!8th,!!7:00pm!!
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Holy!Unction.!!
Thursday,!April!9th,!10:00am!!
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Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!!
Thursday,!April!9th,!7:00pm!!
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Matins!of!Great!&!Holy!Friday!(12!Passion!Gospels).!!
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Friday,!April!10 ,!3:00pm!! !
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Vespers!of!Great!&!Holy!Friday.!!
Friday!April!10th,!7:00pm!! !
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Matins!of!Great!&!Holy!Saturday!(Lamentations)!
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Saturday,!April!11 ,!10:00am!!
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Divine!Liturgy!of!St.!Basil!the!Great!–!Great!&!Holy!
Saturday!
Saturday,!April!11th,!11:30pm!!
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THE!PASCHA!OF!OUR!LORD!&!SAVIOR!JESUS!CHRIST!
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Nocturns,!Matins,!Liturgy!&!Banquet.!!
Sunday,!April!12th,!2:00pm!!!
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Agape!Vespers!with!children’s!Easter!Egg!Hunt!!
Monday,!April!13th,!10:00am!!
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Divine!Liturgy!for!Bright!Monday!
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PHOTOGRAPHY DATES:
Friday-Saturday, March 27, & March 28
Hours: Mon-Fri, 2:00-8:30 & Sat, 9:30-4
Sign-up beginning on Saturday, February 28, 2015
No Sitting Fee
Free 8 x 10, Free Directory &
20% discount in March.
Extended Family & Friends are welcome!
Pets and Meaningful Items are welcome too!
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own directory gratis. Our parish receives
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ST. MARY MAGDALENE ORTHODOX CHURCH – MARCH 2015
1 Sunday of Orthodoxy
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Martyr Eudoxia
Adult Ed, 9:00am.
Div. Liturgy, 10:00am.
Coffee Hour, 11:30am.
COCC Vespers,
6:00pm – St. Mary’s,
Livonia.
Hieromartyr Theodotus
St. Arseny, Bp of Tver
Genesis 3:21-4:7
Proverbs 3:34-4:22
Day Light Savings
St. Gregory Palamas
Adult Ed, 9:00am.
Div. Liturgy, 10:00am.
Coffee Hour, 11:30am.
COCC Vespers,
6:00pm St. Stevan’s,
Warren.
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Ven. Precious
Cross
Adult Ed, 9:00am.
Div. Liturgy, 10:00am.
Coffee Hour, 11:30am.
COCC Vespers,
6:00pm, St. Thomas,
Farmington Hills.
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St. John Climacus
Fast Day
3
Fast Day
Martyrs Eutropius,
Clenonicus & Basiliscus
Genesis 4:8-15
Proverbs 5:1-15
4
Fast Day
Ven. Gerasimus of the
Jordan
Rt. Blv. Daniel, Moscow
Genesis 4:16-26
Proverbs 5:15-6:3
5
Fast Day
Martyr Conon of Isauria
Genesis 5:1-24
Proverbs 6:3-20
6
Fast Day
42 Martyrs of Ammoria
Genesis 5:32-6:8
Proverbs 6:20-7:1
Presanctified Liturgy,
6:00m, Combined at
St. Nicholas
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Fast Day
Holy Forty Martyrs of
Sebaste
Genesis 6:9-22
Proverbs 8:1-21
10
Fast Day
Martyr Quadratus, and
Those With Him
Genesis 7:1-5
Proverbs 8:32-9:11
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Fast Day
St. Sophronius,
Patriarch of Jerusalem
Genesis 7:6-9
Proverbs 9:12-18
Fast Day
Martyr Sabinas
Martyr Papas
Genesis 8:21-9:7
Proverbs 11:19-12:6
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Fast Day
Ven. Aleksy Man of God
St. Patrick, Bishop of
Armagh
Genesis 6:9-22
Proverbs 8:1-21
18
Fast Day
St. Cyril, Abp.
Jerusalem
St. Nikolai of Zhicha
Genesis 9:18-10:1
Proverbs 12:23-13:9
12
Fast Day
Ven. Theophanes the
Confessor
St. Gregory Dialogus
Genesis 7:11-8:3
Proverbs 10:1-22
13
Fast Day
Relics of St. Nicephorus,
Patriarch Constantinople
Martyr Sabinus
Genesis 8:4-22
Proverbs 10:31-11:12
23
Fast Day
Martyr Nikon and 199
Disciples
Genesis 13:12-18
Proverbs 14:27-15:4
29 St. Mary of Egypt
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Hieromartyr Mark,
Bishop of Arethusa
Adult Ed, 9:00am.
Div. Liturgy, 10:00am.
Coffee Hour, 11:30am.
COCC Vespers, 6:00m,
Descent of the Holy
Ghost, Warren.
Ven. John Climacus
St. Zosimas, Bishop of
Syracuse
Genesis 27:1-41
Proverbs 19:16-25
24
Fast Day
Ven. Zachariah the
Recluse
Genesis 15:1-15
Proverbs 15:7-19
25
Fast Day**
ANNUNCIATION OF
THE MOST-HOLY
THEOTOKOS
Heb. 2:11-18
Luke 1:24-38
Evening Liturgy for the
Annunciation,
6:00pm – Combined
at Assumption.
Fast Day
31
Fast Day
Repose of St. Innocent
Metr. of Moscow and
Apostle to Americas
Genesis 31:3-16
Proverbs 21:3-21
Confessions,
6:00pm – 8:00pm.
*Wine & Oil
Allowed
** Fish, Wine, &
Oil Allowed
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Fast Day*
Ven. Benedict of Nursia
Heb. 10:32-38
Mark 2:14-17
Council 3:00pm.
Church School,
3:00pm – 5:00pm.
Holy Vigil, 5:00pm,
withConfessions.
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Fast Day
Martyrs Chrysanthus
and Daria
Genesis 10:32-11:9
Proverbs 13:19-14:6
20
Fast Day
Holy Fathers Slain at St.
Sabbas Monastery
Genesis 12:1-7
Proverbs 14:15-26
Presanctified Liturgy,
Combined (SMM)
6:00pm.
Hieromartyr Basil of
Ancyra
Adult Ed, 9:00am.
Div. Liturgy, 10:00am.
Coffee Hour, 11:30am.
COCC Vespers,
6:00pm, St.
Constantine & Helen,
Westland.
Fast Day *
Seven Hieromartyrs of
Cherson
Heb. 3:12-16
Mark 1:35-44
Holy Vigil, 5:00pm,
withConfessions.
Presanctified Liturgy,
6:30pm (SMM)
16
7
21
Fast Day*
St. James the
Confessor Bishop of
Catania
Heb. 6:9-12
Mark 7:31-37
Holy Vigil, 5:00pm,
withConfessions.
26
Fast Day
Synaxis of the
Archangel Gabriel
Genesis 18:20-33
Proverbs 16:17-17:17
27
Fast Day
Martyr Matrona of
Thessalonica
Genesis 22:1-18
Proverbs 17:17-18:5
Akathistos Service,
6:30pm at St. George
on Lennon Road.
28
Fast Day*
Ven. Hilarion the New
Heb. 9:24-28
Mark 8:27-31
Akathistos Divine
Liturgy, 10:00am.
Holy Vigil, 5:00pm,
withConfessions.