All Saints Weekly Bulletin

^{Sunday, December 21st}

^{Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ}

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Sunday School Christmas Program following the Divine Liturgy

Fellowship Hour hosted by the Holton Family

Clothing Donation Drop-off for the Philoptochos Knit-a-Thon

Weekly Calendar

Sun. Dec. 21: Sunday Before the Nativity of Christ (Wine & Oil Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Sunday School Christmas Program following Divine Liturgy

Clothing Drop-off for Philoptochos Knit-a-Thon

Mon. Dec. 22: St. Anastasia the Great Martyr (Strict Fast)

Tues. Dec. 23: The Ten Martyrs of Crete (Strict Fast)

Wed. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve (Strict Fast)

9:00am Royal Hours of Christmas

5:00pm Vesperal Divine Liturgy of Christmas Eve

Thurs. Dec. 25: The Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Fri. Dec. 26: Synaxis of the Theotokos (Fast Free)

Sat. Dec. 27: St. Stephen the Protomartyr (Fast Free)

Sun. Dec. 28: Sunday After the Nativity of the Lord (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Parish Announcements

Christmas Service Times

Wed. Dec. 24^th

9am Royal Hours - 5pm Vesperal Divine Liturgy

Thurs. Dec. 25^th

9am Orthros - 10am Divine Liturgy

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael’s Archpastoral Visit

Tues. Jan. 6^th

9am Orthros – 10am Divine Liturgy w/ Great Blessing of the Waters of the Theophany

6pm Christmas Dinner @ Grecian Gardens

Wed. Jan. 7^th

9am Orthros – 10am Divine Liturgy for St. John the Baptist

6pm Lecture by His Eminence @ All Saints

Orthodox Catechism – Thursdays @ 8pm (via Zoom)

No Catechism Class this week.

Sunday School Christmas Program – Sun. Dec. 21st following Divine Liturgy

Our Sunday School students will present their Christmas program at the end of Liturgy TODAY, Sun. Dec. 21^st. All children are welcome to participate, even if they were not able to attend the rehearsals. God bless our Sunday School students and teachers!

Parish Council Election Results

God bless our newly elected Parish Council Members: Jordan Cruse, Lisa Gerontes, Jacob Holton, and Steve Tsoraides! Thank you for your service to our community!

All Saints Christmas Dinner with His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago – Tues. Jan. 6th @ Grecian Gardens (6pm Salad Bar, 7pm Dinner)

Please join us for our annual Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026, at Grecian Gardens in Chillicothe. This year, we'll celebrate with our beloved Metropolitan Nathanael. The festivities begin at 6pm with a salad bar, followed by dinner at 7pm, featuring favorites like their Prime Rib, Greek Chicken, and Orange Roughy. Seniors receive a $10 discount, and there's a special kids' menu for those under 12. Each meal includes dessert and soft drinks. A cash bar will also be available. Kindly RSVP by December 29th at the link below or to Jacob Kaufman at 309-222-4803, who will also be handling the payments. For those who have RSVP’d to attend, we ask that you please make your payment before the date of the dinner.

Wisdom of the Fathers

Christ is born! Glorify Him! Christ is come from heaven! Go and meet Him! Christ is on earth! Arise to Him! Sing to the Lord, all you inhabitants of earth, and all you peoples, praise Him, and with merriment extol Him who is glorified!

Katavasia of Christmas

Shame on those who attempt to pry into the miracle of generation from on high! For this birth can by no means be explained, yet it has witnesses beyond number and has been proclaimed from ancient times as a real birth handled with human hands. What kind of extreme madness afflicts those who busy themselves by curiously prying into the unutterable generation? For neither Gabriel nor Matthew was able to say anything more, but only that the generation was from the Spirit. But how from the Spirit? In what manner? Neither Gabriel nor Matthew has explained, nor is it possible. Do not imagine that you have untangled the mystery merely by hearing that this is the work of the Spirit. For we remain ignorant of many things, even while learning of them. So how could the infinite One reside in a womb? How could he that contains all be carried as yet unborn by a woman? How could the Virgin bear and continue to be a virgin? Explain to me how the Spirit designed the temple of his body. 

St. John Chrysostom