St. Nicholas Orthodox Church http://www.stnicholaspdx.org An Orthodox Christian Church located in Portland, OR Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Announcememts for January 29 – February 4 http://www.stnicholaspdx.org/2012/01/29/1354.announcememts-for-january-29-february-4/ http://www.stnicholaspdx.org/2012/01/29/1354.announcememts-for-january-29-february-4/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:05:13 +0000 frgeorge http://www.stnicholaspdx.org/?p=1354

The Sunday of Zacchaeus / New Martyrs, Confessors and Passion-Bearers of Russia

Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Annual Meeting; Brunch

Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers

Wedneseay: 6:00 pm Vespers & Litia; 7:10 Funeral Vigil

Thursday: 9:00 am Divine Liturgy (Presentation of Christ / Funeral); 6:00 pm Vespers; 7:00 pm Choir

Saturday: 5:00 pm Hymnography in the Scriptures IV; 6:00 pm Vespers & Panikhida

Sunday: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy; Brunch

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Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Brunch
Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers
Thursday: 6:00 pm Vespers

Saturday: 5:00 pm Scripture in Hymnography Class; 6:00 pm Vespers

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

Agenda for next Sunday’s Annual Parish Meeting:

Opening Prayers

Roll

Minutes from the 2011 Meeting(s)

Election of new Council Members

Reports

(Rector, Elder, Treasurer — includes the 2012 Budget being presented by the Council; Christian Education, Youth, Building and Grounds, Various Committees, 5-Year Plan)

New Business

Old Business

Closing Prayers and Adjournment

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Ss. Anthony the Great and Paul of Thebes

Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Brunch
Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers
Thursday: 6:00 pm Vespers

Saturday: 5:00 pm Scripture in Hymnography Class; 6:00 pm Vespers

Sunday: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Brunch

Sunday, January 29: Annual Parish Meeting & Pot-Luck Brunch

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Sunday, January 1: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Brunch

Tuesday, January 3: 6:00 pm Vespers

Thursday, January 5: 6:00 pm Theophany Vesperal Divine Liturgy & Great Blessing of Water

Saturday, January 7: 6:00 pm Vespers

Sunday, January 8: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Brunch

Sunday, January 29: Annual Parish Meeting

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Christ is Born!

Glorify Him!

 

This Week:

Tuesday 12/27: 6:00 pm Vespers

Thursday, 12/29: 6:00 pm Vespers

Saturday, 12/31: 6:00 pm Vespers with New Year’s Refreshments to follow

Sunday, January 1: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Brunch

Tuesday, January 3: 6:00 pm Vespers

Thursday, January 5: 6:00 pm Theophany Vesperal Divine Liturgy & Great Blessing of Water

Saturday, January 7: 6:00 pm Vespers

Sunday, January 8: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Brunch

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Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Lenten Brunch

Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Thursday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Saturday, December 24: 4:00 pm Vespers & Litia; 11:00 pm Nativity Vigil & Festal Divine Liturgy with Refreshments to follow

Note: There will be NO services at the usual times on Christmas morning, December 25

Looking Ahead:

Thursday, January 5: 6:00 pm Theophany Vesperal Divine Liturgy & Great Blessing of Water

 

 

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Come, all who love the Feast,

Let us praise the synaxis of Forefathers:

Adam, our first parent,

Enoch, Noah, Melchizadek,

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob;

And those who came after the Law:

Moses, Aaron, Joshua,

Samuel and David,

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel,

And with them the Twelve Prophets:

Elijah, Elisha and all the rest.

Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael,

Zachariah and John the Baptist —

All those who proclaimed Christ,

Who is the Life and Resurrection of the human race!

(Vespers, Sunday of the Forefathers)

 

O come, thou Key of David, come,

And open wide our heavenly home;

Make safe the way that leads on high,

And close the path to misery.

 

O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer,

Our spirits by Thine advent here;

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,

And death’s dark shadows put to flight.

 

Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Lenten Brunch

Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Thursday: 6:00pm Vespers & Confessions; Choir

Saturday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Sunday: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy & Lenten Brunch

Saturday, December 24:

4:00 pm Nativity Vespers & Litia; 11:00 pm Nativity Vigil & Divine Liturgy followed by refreshments (Note: There will be NO services at the “usual time” on Christmas Morning)

Everything we have at St. Nicholas is a gift from God to us – our Temple, the liturgies and other divine services, the wonderful music, and so many other elements that support our fellowship.  Yet all this is a gift that passes through our hands. God arranged it that way because He wants to bless us in our giving as well as our receiving.

 

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St. John of Damascus / St. Barbara

Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy; Lenten Brunch; Parish Council

Monday: 6:00 pm St. Nicholas Vespers, Litia & Refreshments

Tuesday: 6:00 am St. Nicholas Divine Liturgy; Vespers & Confessions

Thursday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions, Choir

Saturday: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Advent Quiet Day — The Advent of the Savior in the words of the Poets & Hymnographers of the Church (hosted by The Fellowship of New Skete for the entire parish community); 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Saturday, December 24: 4:00 pm Vespers & Litia; 11:00 pm Nativity Festal Vigil & Festal Divine Liturgy (Note: there will be NO services on Christmas morning, December 25)

 

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St. James the Persian & St. Genevieve of Paris

Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Pot Luck Lenten Brunch

Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Thursday: 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Saturday: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm All-Parish Work Party; 6:00 pm Vespers & Confessions

Sunday: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Lenten Brunch; Parish Council

Monday, December 5, 6:00 pm Vespers, Litia & Refreshments

Tuesday, December 6, 6:00 am St. Nicholas Divine Liturgy

Saturday, December 10: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Advent Quiet Day (hosted by the Fellowship of New Skete): The Advent of the Messiah from Hymnographers, Poets and Musicians of the Bible and the Church.

Saturday, December 24: 4:00 pm Vespers & Litia; 11:00 pm Nativity Vigil & Festal Divine Liturgy  (Note: there will be NO services on Christmas morning, December 25.)

 

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Jesse Tree Icon / First Sunday of Advent

Today: 8:30 am Matins; 9:30 am Divine Liturgy, Brunch

Monday: 6:00 am Entrance of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy

Tuesday: 6:00 pm Vespers

Wednesday: 7:00 pm Akathist of Thanksgiving & Compline

Thursday: 9:30 am Thanksgiving Divine Liturgy; NO Vespers

Saturday: 9:30 am Men’s Quiet Day; 6:00 pm Vespers

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

Saturday, December 3: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm All-Parish Work Party

Monday, December 5, St. Nicholas: 6:00 pm Vespers, Litia & Refreshments St. Nicholas

Tuesday, December 6, St. Nicholas: 6:00 am Divine Liturgy

Saturday, December 10: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Advent Quiet Day (hosted by the Fellowship of New Skete): The Advent of the Messiah from Hymnographers, Poets and Musicians of the Bible and the Church.

Saturday, December 24: 4:00 pm Vespers & Litia; 11:00 pm Nativity Vigil & Festal Divine Liturgy  (Note: there will be NO services on Christmas morning, December 25.)

Fr. Thomas Hopko writes (The Orthodox Faith / Worship): The main theme of the feast of Mary’s entrance to the Temple, repeated many times in the liturgical services, is the fact that she enters the Temple to become herself the living temple of God, thus inaugurating the New Testament in which are fulfilled the prophecies of old that “the dwelling of God is with man” and that the human person is the sole proper dwelling place of the Divine Presence. (Ezekiel 37:27; John 14:15-23; Acts 7:47; II Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 2:18-22; 1 Peter 2:4; Revelation 22:1-4)

The fortieth chapter of Exodus about the building of the tabernacle is read at Vespers, together with passages from the First Book of Kings and the Prophecy of Ezekiel. Each one of these readings all end with exactly the same line, “for the glory of the Lord filled the house (tabernacle) of the Lord God Almighty.” (Exodus 40:35; I Kings 8:11; Ezekiel 44:4)

Once again on this feast, the Old Testament readings are interpreted as symbols of the Mother of God. This “glory of the Lord” is referred to the Mother of Christ and it “fills” her and all people after her who “hear the word of God and keep it” as the Gospel of the festal liturgy proclaims. (Luke 11:37-28) The epistle reading at the Divine Liturgy also proclaims this very same theme. (Hebrews 9:1-7)

Thus, the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple is the feast which celebrates the end of the physical temple in Jerusalem as the dwelling place of God. When the child Mary enters the temple, the time of the temple comes to an end and the “preview of the good will of God” is shown forth. On this feast we celebrate-in the person of Christ’s mother-that we too are the house and tabernacle of the Lord.

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