Archive for August, 2011

Happy New Year: The New Ecclesiastical Year

August 30, 2011
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Most of us have heard about Christmas in July and the annual sales many stores host six months before Christmas.  Yet it is unlikely you have heard of New Year’s Day in September.  Well believe it or not that is when the Church celebrates the New Year, on September 1.  So what is going...
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A small Lent: The Dormition Fast

August 30, 2011
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Each year during the first fifteen days of August our Church honors the Mother of God in a special way.  The time period is known as the Dormition Fast.  It begins on August 1 and concludes on August 15 with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy.  During these two weeks the Church observes a...
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