Our services will remain the same until we receive further directions from the Archdiocese and the county: we are allowed up to 12 people in church for each Mass (including altar servers and chanters). We will continue to offer an additional Mass on Wednesdays evenings at 7PM and Vespers on Saturdays at 6PM. Confessions may […]

The most recent directives from Metropolitan JOSEPH regarding how we have services during this continuing pandemic now give us permission to have two servers at the altar in addition to the priest, but we are still limited to two chanters and, following local directives for Montgomery County, the number of people who can gather remains […]

The archdiocese has now lifted the restrictions on how many services we can have each week; however, the Maryland guidelines still limit gatherings to ten or fewer. Fr. Nicholas will be in touch soon with our revised schedule and plan. We look forward to the day when we can all worship together again. In this […]

During this time of pandemic, we are making every effort to live-stream our services of Stations of the Cross and Litany in time of Peril on Fridays along with Sunday Matins and Mass. In consultation with bishops of other jurisdictions and health officials, Metropolitan JOSEPH has issued new directives for Holy Week. We are to […]

On Wednesday, March 4, we begin the penitential season of Lent with the Blessing and Imposition of Ashes and Mass at 7:30pm, followed by a pot-luck Lenten meal. Vespers for the Sunday of Orthodoxy will be celebrated at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Washington DC at 5PM on March 8. This very moving service, […]

We rejoice to welcome Penelope Irene, daughter of Mark and Thaomy Neuhoff, into Christ’s holy Orthodox Church. Penelope’s Baptism and Chrismation took place during the morning Mass on January 19. At the annual Parish Meeting, Sharon Green and Nathaniel Green were elected to the Parish Council, and Karl Tsuji was appointed as Treasurer (a position […]

Thanks to all who helped to make our Christmas celebrations beautiful – to those who decorated, who sang, who served at the altar and who cooked for the bountiful feast. Despite a ‘flu epidemic’ in the parish, we managed to joyfully give thanks to God for coming into this world as a little Child to […]

Advent is a time for preparing – preparing for the coming of Christ, the second Person of the Trinity in human form at the Nativity and, ultimately, preparing for His coming again at the end of time. At the same time that we are preparing for decorating our homes at Christmas, buying and wrapping gifts […]

On the last Sunday of October, we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, a reminder to all of us that governments – emperors, monarchs, premiers, presidents – come and go but that our true ruler is Christ, our Savior and Redeemer. At the end of Mass on this day, we sing an ancient chant […]

Two important feast days fall on Sundays this month: the Nativity of the Theotokos on September 8 and the feast of St. Michael the Archangel on September 29. The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, on Saturday, September 14, will be celebrated with Matins at 9:30AM and Mass at 10AM. The annual Parish Picnic will follow […]