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Schedule of Services
Services at the Cathedral are conducted in English (E) and Church Slavonic (S).
Saturday, September 21
Sunday, September 22
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E,S)
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Pastoral Care
Clergy are available by phone and email for spiritual care as needed. If you want to set up an appointment, please find clergy contact information below. You can find the website Pastoral Care page here.
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Scripture Readings for September 22
1 Corinthians 16:13-24
13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done with love. 15 I urge you, brethren – you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints –
16 that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us. 17 I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. 18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men. 19 The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 20 All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. 21 The salutation with my own hand – Paul’s. 22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Luke 5:1-11
1 So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3 Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat. 4 When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. 7 So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” 9 For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken; 10 and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” 11 So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.
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Pennies For Alaska Update
We had a dry spell until the end of August. As we wind up the month of September, we report with pleasure that our collective donation to St. Herman Seminary is $505.51. Many thanks for your generosity and continued support. Four coin canisters are available at the candle counter to take home.
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Humanitarian Aid To Ukraine - Update
Dear brothers and sisters,
As you know, Russia recently unleashed another series of massive attacks on the cities of Poltava, Lviv, Kyiv and many others, leaving hundreds of victims. We have several urgent requests from Ukraine for tourniquets, compression bandages and chest seals. The primary purpose of these devices is to stop life-threatening external bleeding. Please help if you can. Your contribution can save lives. Please refer to our Amazon List, thank you!
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Sunday School Begins This Sunday
Dear Parents,
St. Nicholas Sunday School classes will start on September 22. Classes will be held from 10:45 am to 11:20 am in the Annex building next to the Cathedral. Please contact your child's teacher, as schedules and times may vary slightly from class to class.
Online enrollment forms can be found by clicking on the button below. Paper enrollment forms are available on the bulletin board downstairs in the Cathedral. Forms should be submitted to the teachers or to the Sunday School Director, Victoria McNamee.
Teacher contact information for each age group is as follows:
Every child of God is welcome to our school, where our dedicated teachers will share their knowledge of the Orthodox faith.
Thank you so much for your support,
Victoria
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2024 OCMC Trek4Missions
Congratulations Team St. Nicholas D.C.
Thank you team trekkers and thank you to our generous donors who helped us to reach 63% of our lofty $7,000 goal. In 6 weeks the St.Nicholas Cathedral community, along with parishioners of Ss. Peter & Paul Antiochian Church, made a substantial contribution of $4,670 towards the OCMC goal of $50,000.
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PRAYER FOR MISSIONARIES
O God, our God, Who sent Your Only-Begotten Son for our salvation, send down Your Holy Spirit upon all Orthodox missionaries, that they may proclaim Your Good News and share Your love. May their service glorify Your Most Holy Name. Amen.
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Members of our team are resting now but will submit their trek mileage to be reported in a future issue of Weekly News.
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Orthodox Mission Walk
This two-mile walk (with one-mile option) will take place in the woodlands of Vienna, VA, on October 5th from 10AM to 11 AM. Meet at 9:50 AM at the corner of Ayr Hill Ave. NE and East St. NE, Vienna VA 22180, to walk with long and short-term Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) missionaries, visiting the Foxstone/Wolf Trap Creek Trail which is suitable for strollers or wheelchairs. The walk will include several stops, including the infamous spy drop bridge. Afterwards, attend the St. Katherine Food Festival, Falls Church, VA or the Waterford Fair, Waterford, VA. Free will offerings are gratefully accepted; proceeds to OCMC. To register or for any questions, please contact Barbara Bosworth.
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OCMC Feast Day Celebration Mission Luncheon
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church will host a Mission luncheon on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The day begins with Divine Liturgy at 10:00 am, followed by a luncheon and mission presentation.
Saint Demetrios is located at 4900 Mooretown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23188. Lunch is free. All donations benefit OCMC ministries. Reservations requested. Free will donation.
Contact Linda Jouvanis for more information.
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At St. Nicholas we care about you. We want to help you find the resources
At St. Nicholas we care about you and want to help you find the resources that will relieve the pain of addiction or co-addiction
This is why we have created the Addictions Recovery Support Network (ARSN). The ARSN recognizes Science/Counseling, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Recovery Programs and Religion are separate entities. The ARSN Ministry also recognizes that these entities are bridgeable and compatible, when it comes to achieving and maintain relief from addiction or co-addition.
The ARSN Ministry is not a 12 Steps and 12 Traditions program. We are Orthodox Christians who stand ready to offer resources and solutions to the problem of achieving and maintaining sobriety. Our ministry is open to all persons who are looking for resources.
To learn more, pick up an ARSN Brochure from the Recovery Rack located in the coffee hour hall, text or join us on the monthly ARSN Zoom meeting.
The monthly meeting is held on Zoom, on the last Monday of each month from 7:00 to 8:15 PM. There is freedom from addiction/co-addiction, and there is joy in recovery. Join us.
Meeting ID: 210 068 7480
Password: 208156
Samantha Cath (in recovery) coordinates the ARSN Ministry. Feel free to call or text her or Father George with questions about recovery choices and/or the ARSN Ministry.
Father George (703) 801-9911
Samantha Cath (703) 919-6334
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Lecture by Archbishop Elpidophoros
When: Thursday, September 19, 5:00 PM
Where: Caldwell Auditorium (Caldwell Hall), The Catholic University of America
You are invited to a lecture offered by His Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, at the School of Theology and Religious Studies (The Catholic University of America), initiating a year-long reflection and celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council held at Nicaea in 325 AD.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is highly recommended.
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Children’s Choir Opportunity With the Archdiocesan Choir of Washington, D.C.
Calling All Singers Ages 8 to 14
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When: Sunday, November 10
Where: Ss. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church in Potomac, MD
Who: Youth singers, ages 8-14
What: Sing The Angel Cried (our final song) and Oh, How Sweet Is Thy Voice with just the youth choir!
How: You will receive coaching by music leaders (named below)
between September 22 and October 27
Rehearsals start with the first Sunday School class session on September 22. There will be a rehearsal with all youth singers on October 26 from 9:15 -10:15 with location to be announced. Then, join us at our dress rehearsal on November 2 from 12:30 - 1:30 at Ss. Peter and Paul, Potomac MD.
For more information, please contact Andrea or James. We kindly request that you commit by September 20.
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76th Annual Armenian Food Festival
When: Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6
Where: St. Mary Armenian Church, 4125 Fessenden St., NW, Washington, DC
Food choices include Kabob Platters, Yalanchi, Eech, Boreg, Eggplant, Hummus, tasty desserts and more! In addition, there will be vendors, musical and dance entertainment, and a silent auction.
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Young Adults and Professionals Gala
When: Saturday, October 19, 6PM - 10PM, after 5PM Vespers
Where: Ss. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church in Potomac, MD
Saints Peter & Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church is excited to invite young adults and young professionals to our second annual gala. This year’s gala theme is a masquerade!
This gala will be an excellent opportunity for young adults and young professionals across the Orthodox community to come together and enjoy a night of fun, dancing, and fellowship. There will be dinner, a DJ, a photo booth, and more! Our goal is to create an atmosphere where young adults and professionals can connect with one another, share their experiences, and build relationships that will last a lifetime.
The deadline to purchase tickets is October 5th. There is a $10 early bird discount for those who sign up by September 15th, and the first 50 registrants will receive a free mask. Tickets are sold here.
For more updates, check the event page on Facebook.
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October Retreat
When: Saturday, October 26, 10AM - 3PM (followed by Vespers)
Where: Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church 21580 Atlantic Blvd Ste 160 Dulles, VA
Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church extends an invitation to join them for a day retreat entitled "The Ultimate Building Project: The Human Person".
The retreat will explore St. Paul’s teaching on our life as a temple of the Holy Spirit. What is our foundation? What can we do to strengthen it? How do the activities and responsibilities of our daily lives strengthen or weaken our structure? And, as part of the time together, you will do your own personal “home inspection”.
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Birthdays and Anniversaries
September Birthdays
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6 - Dennis Rudy
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6 - Elena Forrest
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11 - Paul Moser
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11 - Bridget Slack
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11 - Tatiana Murashko
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23 - Marijana Barr
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23 - Alina Abaimova Andanov
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24 - Kenton Cath
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25 - Ella Stolz
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27 - James John Slack
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28 - Nikita Wells
September Anniversaries
- 24 - Matthew and Melanie Tingstrom
- 29 - Alyssa and Joseph McCrea - 2013
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Remembering Anna Mayberry
Anna Marchuk Mayberry, daughter of Michael Marchuk and Eva Beca, fell asleep in the Lord on February 25, 2023 at Spring Arbor Assisted Living in Frederick, MD at the age of 104. She is survived by her two daughters Tina Parrish and Hope Worley (Don Worley). She is also survived by 5 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
Anna was predeceased by her sister Helen Fanning of Hyattsville, MD, her brother Vladimir Marchuk of Edison, NJ and her grandson Timothy Parrish of Poolesville, MD.
Anna graduated from Bound Brook High School, Bound Brook, NJ in 1935 and received her BS in education from the New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton, NJ, class of 1939. She received her Master’s degree from American University in Washington, D.C. Anna was an elementary school teacher in Manville, New Jersey and then in Montgomery County, Maryland until her retirement in 1979.
Anna liked to travel and go to the beach which she did often throughout her life. She also enjoyed all kinds of needlework, crossword puzzles, and jigsaw puzzles and was a voracious reader. Anna was also a founding member of St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral and War Memorial Shrine, in Washington D.C. where she sang in the choir and attended services.
In addition to her faithful attendance to sing at liturgical services on any day of the week, Anna served as the secretary of the choir. She set up a filing system for the large sheet music collection used for the full schedule of services at the Cathedral. She retrieved the relevant music for services with her knowledge of the rubrics and maintained the system that remains today. In her love for the choir Anna kept a scrapbook of the numerous concerts which the choir sang from the 1960’s to 1980’s under the direction of Nicholas V. Borodulia. A list of departed choir members with corresponding obituaries is complete from 1960 to the present thanks to her diligence. In the many years before email lists to contact choir members, the choir secretary and two helpers used the telephone to relay messages, often in record time to sing at funerals. Anna faithfully performed all these duties into her late 80’s.
Assistant choir directors who began serving in 1971 can thank Anna Mayberry for her support and encouragement to continue and improve their work. Anna’s additional church activities included a longtime membership in the Orthodox social club FOCA (Fellowship of Orthodox Christians.) and work at the used book sale tent for the Annual Bazaar.
May her memory be Eternal!
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Parishioner Memorial Project
Each month we hope to highlight the memory of a departed parishioner or friend of St. Nicholas Cathedral. If you have a loved one or friend that you would like to have featured, please send a short biography with their contributions to our Cathedral life, no matter how great or small - with a digital photo if available - to Lisamik56@gmail.com with the words "Memory Eternal" in the subject line. Please include the date and year of death, as we will try to highlight the departed around an anniversary.
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ADDRESS
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Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: 202 333 5060
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