St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church

A Western Rite Congregation of the Antiochian Archdiocese near Washington, DC

No Vespers on May 9th

We will not have Vespers on Saturday, May 9th, at St. Gregory’s. Metropolitan Joseph will be visiting St. George’s on 16th Street. All are invited to Vespers at St. George’s at 5:30pm.

April Newsletter

We share in the joy of Sister Michele Green, as she has now been clothed and received as a member of the religious community of nuns at the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Thanks to the monastery’s on-line streaming of all their services, we were able to witness the ceremony. We will […]

Holy Week

Our Palm Sunday liturgy will begin at 9:30am on 4/5. Monday through Thursday of Holy Week we have liturgy at 7:30pm. Holy Friday liturgy will be at noon. The Paschal Vigil, 4/11, will begin at 9pm and the Easter Sunday liturgy, 4/12, will be at 11am.

St. Gregory’s Day

We will keep the eve of the feast of St. Gregory on Tuesday, March 11th with Vespers at 7pm and Mass at 7:30. On Fridays in Lent we have a lenten supper at 6:30pm followed by a class on classic literary works of the spiritual life, then Stations of the Cross.

March Newsletter

We will celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy with Vespers at Ss Peter & Paul Church in Potomac, MD at 5PM on Sunday, March 1. All are invited to this annual pan-Orthodox service. Bishop ANTHONY of the Antiochioan Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest will be the speaker. Lenten suppers, classes, and Stations of the Cross […]

February Newsletter

We begin the month of February with another feast day which falls on Monday. With the permission of Metropolitan JOSEPH, we will transfer this feast to the day before and so will celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple (also known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Candlemas […]

January Newsletter

Thank you to all who made our Christmas celebrations so beautiful – to those who decorated, to the acolytes who served at the altar, to the choir for their music and to all who came to joyously share in the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord. Christ is born! Glorify Him! This first month […]

Epiphany

We will keep the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany on Monday, January 5th. We will offer the Blessing of Water in place of Vespers at 7pm and the Liturgy will follow around 7:30.

New Year’s Day

Christ is born! Glorify Him!   We will keep the feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord, Thursday, January 1st, with Liturgy at 10am, potluck brunch following. Please continue to remember to bring canned goods for the Food for the Hungry collection.