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Schedule of Services
Services at the Cathedral are conducted in English (E) and Church Slavonic (S).
Saturday, November 14
Sunday, November 15
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E)
- 10:45 am – Divine Liturgy (S)
Friday, November 20 – Eve of Entrance of the Theotokos
- 7:00 pm – Great Vespers (E,S)
Saturday, November 21 – Entrance of the Theotokos
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E,S)
- 5:00 pm – Vigil (E,S)
Sunday, November 22
- 9:00 am – Divine Liturgy (E)
- 10:45 am – Divine Liturgy (S)
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Pastoral Care
Clergy are available 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.
Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino, Dean
Archpriest David Bozeman, Associate Priest
Archpriest Valery Shemchuk, Associate Priest
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Scripture Readings for November 15
Ephesians 2:14-22
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Luke 10:25-37
25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?” 27 So he answered and said, “’You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”
29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30
Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. 34 So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ 36 So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?” 37
And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
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For the Beauty of Thy House
Saint Nicholas Cathedral introduced For the Beauty of Thy House, a $500,000 campaign for the renewal and preservation of our beloved Cathedral. The campaign will support several important projects, including replacement of the aging HVAC system, repair of affected plaster and iconography, restoration of the Cathedral rectory, renewal of the parish hall and portions of the altar and ambo, and improvement of the rear parking area.
Thanks to the early generosity of several leadership donors, $302,000 has already been committed toward the goal. We invite all members and friends of Saint Nicholas Cathedral to prayerfully consider participating according to their means today! The sooner the funds are raised, the sooner these important and urgent projects can be addressed. All donations are tax-deductible.
Learn more here about the campaign and ways to give.
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🌲🎁🌲Children's Christmas Crafts Day - Mark Your Calendar🪅🍬🍭
When: Sunday, December 13, 11AM-1:30PM
Where: First floor of the Annex
All children are invited to attend the annual Christmas crafts workshop to make Christmas tree ornaments both to take home and for contribution to gift bags delivered to our homebound parishioners during the Nativity Season.
All materials provided. Come and join the fun!
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Donations of Household Items
As we continue the ongoing effort to organize and declutter various areas of our Cathedral, the Annex, and the Rectory, we ask that parishioners refrain from bringing household items for donation.
At this time, many of our storage areas are already quite full, and we are not able to accept additional items on a regular basis. Before bringing anything, please contact Fr. Alessandro by phone or email to confirm whether there is a current need.
We are grateful for your generosity and desire to support the life of the Cathedral, and we thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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Toy Drive for Ukrainian Children
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This holiday season, St. Nicholas Cathedral is organizing a toy drive for Ukrainian children affected by the war. We hope to bring some joy and smiles to children going through difficult times.From November 1 through December 20, we invite you to donate new toys for children of all ages. A collection box will be placed in the parish hall.
Thank you for your continued kindness and generosity!
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Orthodox Christians for Palestine Present a Summit on Palestine
When: Saturday, November 14, 9:00AM - 5:30PM
Where: Ss. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church, 10620 River Rd, Potomac, MD
Orthodox Christians from every jurisdiction, along with those who share concern for justice and peace, are invited to gather for a one-day summit on Palestine. This summit brings our communities together to learn how we can put our faith into action.
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November Birthdays
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5 - Mark Pietrzykoski
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22 - Mikhail Bolkhovitinov
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23 - Serge Romanchak
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24 - Valeriya Cotten
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24 - Natalia Kornilova Thomas
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26 - Julianna Melendez
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30 - Lisa Marie Fritts
November Anniversaries
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8 - Fr. Valery and Matushka Marina Shemchuk - 1998
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14 - Vladimir and Tatyana Son - 1972
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18 - Dn. Igor and Matushka Irina Panyutin - 1978
| | Remembering William Kosar CDR - U.S. Navy (Ret) | |
| |  | William S. Kosar Jr. was born in Peckville, PA on March 6, 1930, the son of Lt. Cdr. William S. Kosar (USN) and Justine Pasterchik Kosar. He grew up in the peripatetic lifestyle of a Navy family, with a father who served in 1920s-era submarines, 1930s-era dirigibles and gunboats based in pre-war Hong Kong, and who was officially stationed at Pearl Harbor in 1941, albeit Stateside at the time of attack. With these experiences, after graduation with an electrical engineering degree from the University of Southern California 1951 he entered the U.S. Navy Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island in 1952. His first duty station was at the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, California, where he was simultaneously based with his father, in his father's last duty station. He soon experienced a life-changing posting to Japan in the 1950s. Of Carpatho-Russian heritage and having been raised an Orthodox Christian, he visited the renowned Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral ("Nikolai-do") in Tokyo, where he met the Pokrovsky family, a devout Russian family with immediate origins in Kazan, Russia and the Harbin, China region. He married Lydia Pokrovsky on April 27, 1958 in a wedding service performed by Bishop Ireney of Japan, future Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in America. A video and photography aficionado since the late 1940s, he managed to get his 1958 wedding on film. He went to great pains to marry his Tokyo-born Russian bride and sponsor her Russian family to immigrate to the U.S. during the very anti-Soviet and anti-Russian Cold War atmosphere of those times.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s Naval assignments took the family to Arlington, VA (Bureau of Aeronautics/Naval Weapons), during which time he was a member of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and then to France (Defense Communications Agency), where he was a data processing officer using computers to monitor long line communications under the control of the U.S. European Command. After a posting in Norfolk, VA, he received a Masters of Science in Management at the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He then served as Naval Plant Representative at Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, NY at the time when Grumman designed the Apollo Lunar Module. In 1970 he transferred to Washington, DC to the Defense Intelligence Agency in the office responsible for DoD reporting and analysis on foreign aircraft and missiles, notably from the USSR and PRC. He finished his Navy career in the Polar Programs Office of the National Science Foundation in Arlington, making two research expeditions to Antarctica which have been memorialized in the naming of Kosar Point at the tip of the Eroica Peninsula.
He has been a founder or supporter of numerous Orthodox parishes and missions, notably St Mark Orthodox Church, Bethesda, MD. His active love and support of the Church has stretched across the world, from Japan to America to Russia. CDR Kosar passed away on July 2, 2013 and is survived by his beloved wife Lydia (nee Pokrovsky) Kosar of Vienna, VA; sons William V. Kosar, Nicholas A. Kosar, and George T. Kosar; his beloved sister-in-law Larisa (nee Pokrovsky) Looby and brother-in-law George Pokrovsky of Japan; as well as five granddaughters and one grandson. May his 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, including the date and year of death, with their contributions to our Cathedral life, no matter how great or small - with a digital photo if available - to Katya Haines with the words "Memory Eternal" in the subject line.
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ADDRESS
3500 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
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