On Saturday, December 15, at 6PM (in place of Vespers), we will offer our annual service of Advent Lessons and Carols. This service, which includes readings of the prophecies and hymns and other music for the season is a quiet way of preparing for the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord. Also, as part […]

We will observe All Saints Day on the Sunday in the octave of the feast, November 4. At Coffee Hour following the Liturgy, we will continue our celebration of the saints by sharing something about our patron saints or favorite saints. You are invited to give a brief description of the saint’s life, bring “props” […]

Our annual Parish Picnic will be held following Mass on Sunday, October 7, rain or shine. This is an opportunity for good food, fellowship, and fun with our parish family. We welcomed Demetrius John Woolley into Christ’s one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church in the sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation on Sunday, September 2. Fr. […]

We rejoice with Candace and Patrick Woolley on the birth of the son, Demetrius John, on August 17.  Lo, children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. [Ps. 127:4] On September 9, Sunday School students and teachers, public and parochial school students and teachers, and those who […]

Summer is a time, not only for vacations, but also for church conferences and pilgrimages. Our Parish Life Conference (for the dioceses of Charleston and the Mid-Atlantic and Washington and New York) has just ended and Fr. Raphael and Kh. Catherine have returned from their visit to the Philippines. Nathan and Ben Caldwell will spend […]

The month of June is a month of feasts. We begin with Trinity Sunday on June 3, when we celebrate the great mystery of one God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. On this one Sunday of the year, we sing the Quicunque vult, or Athanasian Creed, at Matins. The Feast of Corpus […]

Thank you to all those who worked so hard to make our services of Holy Week and Easter so beautiful. Everyone was involved in some way – serving at the altar or in the choir, purchasing and arranging flowers, preparing food, baking bread, cleaning, and joining in the prayers – and we pray that our […]

We will be privileged to have Metropolitan JOSEPH with us at St. Gregory’s for our Good Friday service. He will be in the Washington DC area for Holy Week and has asked to visit as many of the Antiochian parishes during that time as possible. Because the Good Friday Liturgy is the most solemn of […]

On the Fridays in Lent, beginning on March 2, we will share a Lenten supper at 6:30PM, followed by a period of study on the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostle’s Creed, and ending with Stations of the Cross. You are encouraged to participate in these events as a part of your Lenten discipline. […]

In the month of February, we move from the Church’s liturgical cycle which is based on the Incarnation to that which points us to the Resurrection. The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (also called by other names: Candlemas, when candles for use in church are blessed; Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorating her […]