All Saints Weekly Bulletin

^{Sunday, September 21st}

^{Sunday After the Elevation of the Holy Cross}

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Fellowship Hour hosted by the Nelson Family

Parish Library Open House at 12:30pm

Weekly Calendar

Sun. Sep. 21: Sunday after the Holy Cross (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Parish Library Open House @ 12:30pm

Mon. Sep. 22: St. Phocas the Martyr (Fast Free)

Tues. Sep. 23: The Conception of St. John the Baptist (Fast Free)

6:00pm Scripture Talk (via Zoom)

8:00pm Orthodox Catechism (via Zoom)

Wed. Sep. 24: St. Thekla the Protomartyr (Strict Fast)

Thurs. Sep. 25: St. Euphrosyne of Alexandria (Fast Free)

7:00pm Vigil for St. John the Theologian

Fri. Sep. 26: St. John the Theologian (Wine & Oil Allowed)

Sat. Sep. 27: St. Kallistratos the Martyr (Fast Free)

5:00pm Great Vespers

Sun. Sep. 28: 1^st Sunday of Luke (Fast Free)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Parish Announcements

Vigil for St. John the Theologian – Thurs. September 25^th @ 7pm

The vigil will consist of Vespers, Orthros, & Divine Liturgy, and will last around 3 hours.

Scripture Talk – Tuesdays @ 6pm (via Zoom)

Scripture Talk is a virtual Bible study ministry offered by the Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) that meets every Tuesday, 6pm to 7pm CST.

Each week, a different Orthodox priest from around the country is invited to help guide the discussion. The Zoom link can be found on the parish calendar.

Orthodox Catechism – Tuesdays @ 8pm (via Zoom)

Orthodox Catechism is a class for those seeking to enter the Orthodox Church and for those who are Orthodox looking to learn more about their Faith. Our class meets weekly on Tuesdays at 8pm. The Zoom link is on the parish calendar, or contact Fr. Theofanis to learn more.

Parish Library Open House – Sun. Sep. 21^st @ 12:30pm

The Open House of our Parish Library will take place on Sunday, September 21^st at 12:30pm following the Divine Liturgy and Fellowship Hour.

Sunday School

Sunday School classes for the 2025 – 2026 are underway! We have three classes which will welcome students from Preschool through Highschool. Sunday School students and teachers will approach to receive Holy Communion first, and then go downstairs for class. Please register your children for Sunday School at the link below.

Wisdom of the Fathers

 For, when I noticed that you were being slowed down in your divine purpose by your preoccupation with domestic cares, I felt that you were being carried and dragged along by your cross rather than that you were carrying it. What else does the cross mean than the mortality of this flesh? This is our very own cross which the Lord commands us to carry that we may be as well armed as possible in following him. We suffer momentarily until death is swallowed up in victory. Then this cross itself will be crucified. The cross will be nailed to the fear of God. We would hardly be able to carry it now if it forever resisted us with free and unfettered limbs. There is no other way for you to follow the Lord except by carrying it, for how can you follow him if you are not his? How hard and painful does this appear! The Lord has required that “whoever will come after him must deny himself.” But what he commands is neither hard nor painful when he himself helps us in such a way so that the very thing he requires may be accomplished…. For whatever seems hard in what is enjoined, love makes easy.

St. Augustine

What a paradoxical miracle! The Cross that held the Most High like a grape cluster full of life is observed by all to be exalted from the earth today: the Cross, through which we have all been drawn to God, and by which death was completely swallowed up. O immaculate Tree, whereby we again enjoy the deathless food that was in Eden of old, and Christ we glorify.

Praises of the Orthros