Request for Help to Continue our Traditional After Sunday Services Lunch

We are in need of help from parish members to assist in providing lunch after Sunday Services.
In the interest of increasing fellowship and community at our church, we wish to revive this tradition of after Sunday lunch.
We need people to volunteer to provide regular, consistent and continuing support in this effort.
Currently there are only 4 people providing Sunday lunch, we could use extra hands!
Anyone who wishes to help, please contact Iryna Porter at (301) 461-5192 or irxi@excite.com
Thank You!

August 2008

• Our Lady of Joy for All Who Sorrow 120th Anniversary: August 3
  Celebration and festivities, see poster here
  
  Брошюры могут быть найдены при следующих связях / Brochures can be found at the following links:
  лийская Брошюра / English Brochure    Российская Брошюра / Russian Brochure    Греческая Брошюра / Greek Brochure
  

  On Sunday, August 3, from about noon to 6, we held our annual Festival of St. Anna, in honor of the miraculous myrrh-streaming icon of St. Anna and the Theotokos, her daughter, which we are blessed to house. There was Russian food and crafts, religious books and icons, candle, honey, soap, and many other items for sale. The nuns of Holy Protection Convent brought down an assortment of items from their convent bookstore. At 9:30 a .m. we had a great blessing of holy water before the liturgy; at 3 p.m. was the akathist to St. Anna, followed around 4 by a procession with the icon around the block.

  Over 500 people joined us. We also had a number of people assist with the cleanup afterwards.

  Our parish's patronal feast, for the icon of the Theotokos, the Joy of All Who Sorrow (with coins), was on Tuesday August 5. The divine liturgy was at 10 a.m.; vespers was the night before (Monday) at 6:30 p.m. This is the 120th anniversary of the revelation of that icon.

  We also celebrated the feast of St. Anna itself on Thursday August 7, with the divine liturgy at 10 a.m. and a vigil the night before (Wednesday) at 6:30 p.m.

July 2008

June 2008

• Pentecost dinner announcement: June 15
  Click here for flyer
  Note, clicking this link will open a new window. You might need to enable pop up windows for this to work.
  Around 1 p.m. we had our Pentecost roast beef dinner to raise funds for our big renovation / capital campaign: tickets were $20.
  Nearly 60 people came and supported the church!