From the Rubrics Book for the Sunday of Meatfare (Farewell-to-meat / Sunday of the Last Judgment): “After this Sunday, no more meat is eaten until the Sunday of Pascha, but otherwise there is no fasting this week, so that eggs, cheese, butter, milk and fish are permitted each day including Wednesday and Friday.”

Please consider  a regular (i.e., repeated) read-through of Matthew 25:31-46 (especially 31-40) during the weeks of Great Lent.  In addition to your Lenten discipline of fasting and abstinence, prayer and attendance at church, tithing and alms-giving — please add the following works of mercy and charity: food and drink for the hungry and thirsty, welcome to the stranger, clothing for the needy, visiting the shut-ins — all of whom might be as near-by to you as someone in your household or classroom or office or neighborhood.  Our fasting, abstinence, prayer, church attendance, tithing and alms-giving help discipline and prepare us so that (receptive to His grace) we can enact the ethical imperative given us by the Savior.

Please note the monthly calendar on the Website (the link is above).  Divine Services and activities have been posted through Pascha.  (These are subject to change and revision as needed.)  There are some changes from the usual schedule of years past.  Annoucnements week-by-week will be available in the Sunday Bulletins as well as here on the homepage of our parish website.  Additionally, we will have a limited number of printed, hard copies of the monthly calendar available for those who do not have internet access.

Today:  Matins, Liturgy, Classes, Brunch, Parish Council Meeting

Monday:  There will be NO New Testament Theology Class

Tuesday:  6:00 pm Vespers & Quietude

Thursday:  6:00 pm Vespers; 7:00 pm Choir

Friday:  10:15 am Final Ladies’ Prayer & Study Group until after Pascha; 6:30 pm Final Friday Fellowship until After Pascha

Saturday:  5:00 pm Inquirers’ Class; 5:30 pm Choir; 6:00 pm Vespers & Panikhida

Sunday:  8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Liturgy, Reception of Catechumens, Rite of Forgiveness, Cheese-fare Brunch

Today:  Matins, Liturgy, Classes, Brunch; Stewardship Team; St. Francis Dining Hall (Students will be dismissed for class immediately after “Many Years” — Parents, please accompany your younger children

Monday: (Note, there is NO New Testament (LVP) Class tonight)

Tuesday:  6:00 pm Vespers & Quietude

Thursday:  6:00 pm Vespers; 7:00 pm Choir

Friday:  10:15 am Ladies’ Prayer & Study (Bread & Water, Wine & Oil); 6:30 Friday Fellowship Prayer, Pot-luck Supper & Bible Study

Saturday:  5:00 pm Inquirers’ Class; 5:30 pm Choir; 6:00 pm Vespers; Church School (parents & teachers) Meeting

Sunday:  8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Liturgy, Classes, Pot-Luck Brunch; Council Meeting

Agia Sophia Academy:
With the limited number of spots available in ASA’s Montessori program, we’d like to take a moment to encourage you to apply now for your little ones still at home. If you are considering sending your three year old to school next year, an application must be received by March 1st to be given priority in the application pool. Scholarships are available.  Please don’t miss out on this wonderful program – apply today! Call 503-641-4600 for more information.

Today: Annual Parish Meeting; Classes; Pot-Luck Brunch

Monday:  7:15 pm New Testament Theology Class

Tuesday:  6:00 pm Vespers & Quietude

Thursday:  6:00 pm Vespers; 7:00 pm Choir

Friday:  10:15 Ladies’ Prayer & Study; 6:30 pm Friday Fellowship Prayer, Supper & Study

Saturday:  5:00 pm Inquirers’ Class; 6:00 pm Vespers

Sunday:  8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Liturgy, Classes, Brunch

There is a general dispensation from fasting throughout the coming week..a Byzantine version of Mardi Gras.

Today:  Matins; Liturgy; Distribution of Reports for next Sunday’s Annual Meeting; Classes; Brunch; 5:00 pm Vespers & Litia

Monday:  6:00 am Divine Liturgy (Feast of Presentation): 7:15 pm New Testament Class

Tuesday:  6:00 pm Vespers & Quietude

Thursday:  6:00 pm Vespers; 7:00 pm Choir

Friday:  10:15 Ladies’ Prayer & Study Group; 6:30 Friday Fellowship Pot-Luck, Prayer & Study Group

Saturday:  5:00 pm Inquirers’ Class; 6:00 pm Vespers & Panikhida (Due to lack of interest, we have canceled the Q & A session with the Council.)

Sunday:  8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Liturgy, Annual Meeting, Pot-Luck Brunch

Sunday, 2/8:  Annual Parish Meeting & Pot-Luck — Agenda:
Roll; Minutes form last year; Election of Parish Council Members; Reports (Rector, Elder, Treasurer, Stewardship Team, St. Elizabeth Committee, Christian Education, Youth, Building & Maintenance); Proposal of the 2009 Budget; Old & New Business; Adjournment / Reports for the meeting will be distributed today.