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NEW WEBSITE

We are in the process of updating our website. Please visit http://saintnicholasmyra.blogspot.com for the most current information.

St. Nicholas

Our parish has been blessed with a new patron: St. Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia. This was among the names recommended originally to Archbishop Job at his request, and we are grateful to Metropolitan Jonah for following through with the archbishop's commitment and selecting St. Nicholas, from among the recommendations for a patron that our community had forwarded on.

Holy Hierarch Nicholas, pray to God for us!!!

Our parish's primary feast day will be May 9, the translation of St. Nicholas' relics to Bari.

Please be patient as we update our parish web information and other documents. This will be a gradual process, so you may continue to see references to St. Sophia from time to time. Thank you for your patience.

St. Thomas Sunday

Some icons depicting this event are inscribed "The Doubting Thomas." This is incorrect. In Greek, the inscription reads, "The Touching of Thomas." The Slavonic inscription is, "The Belief of Thomas." When St Thomas touched the Life-giving side of the Lord, he no longer had any doubts.

This day is also known as "Antipascha." This does not mean "opposed to Pascha," but "in place of Pascha." Beginning with this first Sunday after Pascha, the Church dedicates every Sunday of the year to the Lord's Resurrection. Sunday is called "Resurrection" in Russian, and "the Lord's Day" in Greek.

From the Life of the Saint, Orthodox Church In America
www.oca.org


For consideration...

Why does the Lord allow eight days before appearing to him?

To allow time for each of Thomas's fellow disciples to tell him what they had witnessed. Hearing the same story from each one individually made him more willing to believe and increased his desire to see the Lord. In order to show that He Was invisibly present eight days earlier when Thomas had expressed disbelief, the Lord does not wait for Thomas to speak. Instead, He straighway proposes exactly what Thomas desires, quoting his very words. First, He rebukes Thomas, saying put your hand; then He admonishes him; do not be faithless, but believing. From this it is clear that Thomas' doubt was caused by lack of faith and not because he was careful to verify the facts (as some say, wishing to put him in a better light).

But as soon as Thomas touched the Lord's side, he was revealed as a superb theologian, proclaiming the two natures and single hypostasis of the one Christ. Thomas refers to the human nature of Christ, calling him Lord; for the term Lord (Kyrios) is applies not just to God, but to men as well. (Thinking that Jesus was the gardener, Mary Magdelene had said to Him, Sir (Kyrie), if you have taken HIm from here...). But when Thomas cries out ...and my God, he confesses Christ's divine essence and affirms that the names Lord and God refer to one and the same Person. By declaring blessed those who have not seen and yet believe, the Lord teaches us that faith means the acceptance of things not seen. He is referring to the first disciple, who believed without touching the side or the print of the nails, and second to those [of us] who would later believe.

Bright Week

Bright Wednesday, April 7

6:30pm - Paschal Vespers

Should we go to Biemers or something afterwards?

Bright Saturday, April 10

5:30pm - Vigil for Thomas Sunday

Sunday, April 11 - Thomas Sunday

9:30am - Adult Study/Choir Practice

10:10am - Hours (Brian&Jeannie)

10:30am - Divine Liturgy

14 March - 21 March

Sunday, 14 March (FAST: wine & oil)
5pm Pan-orthodox Vespers at St. Basil

Monday, 15 March (FAST)
7pm - Parish Council Meeting

Tuesday, 16 March (FAST)

Wednesday, 17 March (FAST)
6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy

Thursday, 18 March (FAST)
7pm Great Canon of St. Andrew

Friday, 19 March (FAST)
7pm Akathist

Saturday, 20 March (FAST:wine & oil)
Memorial Saturday
5:30pm Vigil

Sunday, 21 March (FAST: wine & oil) Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
9:30am adult study/choir practice
10:30am typika
5pm Pan-orthodox Vespers at St. Mary's

7 March - 14 March

Sunday, 7 March (FAST: wine & oil)
5pm Pan-orthodox Vespers at St. Dionysius

Monday, 8 March (FAST) - St. Theophylact of Nikomedia
7pm - Parish Council Meeting

Tuesday, 9 March (FAST: wine & oil) - 40 Martyrs of Sebaste

Wednesday, 10 March (FAST) - Martyr Quadratus and those with Him
6:30pm Great Compline

Thursday, 11 March (FAST) - St. Sophrony of Jerusalem

Friday, 12 March (FAST) - St. Gregory Dialogus, Ven. Simeon the New Theologian
7pm Akathist

Saturday, 13 March (FAST: wine & oil)
Memorial Saturday
5:30pm Vigil

Sunday, 14 March (FAST: wine & oil) Sunday of St. John of the Ladder
9:30am adult study/choir practice
10:10am hours/confession
10:30am liturgy
5pm Pan-orthodox Vespers at St. Basil

28 February - 7 March

Sunday, 28 February (FAST: wine & oil)- St. Gregory Palamas
5pm Pan-orthodox Vespers at Annunciation

Monday, 1 March (FAST) - Martyr Evdokia of Heliopolis

Tuesday, 2 March (FAST) - Heiromartyr Theodotus of Cyrenia

Wednesday, 3 March (FAST) - Matyr Evtropius of Amasea and those with him
6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy

Thursday, 4 March (FAST) - Ven. Gerasimos of the Jordan

Friday, 5 March (FAST) - Martyr Conon of Isavria
7pm Akathist

Saturday, 6 March (FAST: wine & oil)
42 Matryrs of Ammoria
5:30pm Vigil

Sunday, 7 March (FAST: wine & oil)
9:30am adult study/choir practice
10:30am typika
5pm Pan-orthodox Vespers at St. Dionysius

21 February - 28 February

Sunday, 21 February (FAST: wine & oil) - Orthodoxy Sunday
5:30pm Orthodoxy Vespers, St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Olathe

Monday, 22 February (FAST) - The saints at the Evgenius Gate in Constantinople

Tuesday, 23 February (FAST) - Heiromartyr Polycarp of Smyrna

Wednesday, 24 February (FAST) - 1st & 2nd Finding of the head of John the Baptist

Thursday, 25 February (FAST) - St. Tarasius of Constantinople

Friday, 26 February (FAST) - St. Porphyrios of Gaza
7pm Akathist

Saturday, 27 February (FAST: wine & oil) - St. Raphael of Brooklyn
5:30pm Great Vespers

Sunday, 28 February (FAST: wine & oil) - St. Gregory Palamas
9:30am adult study/choir practice
10:10am hours/confession
10:30am Liturgy
5:30pm Orthodoxy Vespers at Annunciation

COMING UP
8 March Parish Council Meeting (Bylaws reviewed)
21 February

CLEAN WEEK 14 February - 21 February

Sunday 14 Febrary - Sunday of the Expulsion from Paradise
5:30pm Forgiveness Vespers

Great Lent Begins (FAST - no meat, fish, or dairy)

Monday, 15 February (FAST) - Apostle Onemius of the 70
7pm Great Canon

Tuesday, 16 February (FAST) - St. Nicolas of Japan
7pm Great Canon

Wednesday, 17 February (FAST) - Greatmartyr Theodore the Recruit
6:30pm Presanctified Liturgy

Thursday, 18 February (FAST) - St. Leo the Great of Rome
7pm Great Canon

Friday, 19 February (FAST) - Apostles of the 70: Philemon Arkhipus and Apphia
7pm Akathist

Saturday, 20 February (FAST: wine & oil) - St. Theodore Saturday
5:30pm Great Vespers

Sunday, 21 February (FAST: wine & oil) - Orthodoxy Sunday
9:30 adult study/choir practice
10:30 typika
5pm pan-Orthodox Vespers @ St. George

7 February - 14 February

Sunday, 7 February - Sunday of the Last Judgement

Monday, 8 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) - Greatmartyr Theodore the General; Prophet Zachariah
7pm Parish Council Meeting at the Moultons

Tuesday, 9 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) - Martyr Nikiphorus of Antioch

Wednesday, 10 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) - Hieromartyr Haralampos of Mangesia

Thursday, 11 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) -Hieromartyr Blaise of Sebaste

Friday, 12 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) - St. Alexis of Moscow

Saturday, 13 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) - Commemoration of the Venerable Departed Monastics
5:30pm Great Vespers
7pm Baby Shower for Karen at the Moultons

Sunday 14 February (FAST: no meat, all dairy/fish allowed) - Forgiveness Sunday
9:30 - adult study/choir practice
10:10 - hours/confession
10:30 - Liturgy
5:30pm - Forgiveness Vespers


COMING UP
14 February - Forgiveness Sunday
15 February - Clean Monday Retreat at Holy Trinity
20 February - LINK Soup Kitchen
21 February - Orthodoxy Sunday Vespers @ St. George w/ Fr. Chad

31 January - 7 February

Sunday, 31 January - Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Monday, 1 February - Forefeast of the Presentation; Ven. Brigid of Ireland
6:30pm - Vespers for the Three Heirarchs

Tuesday, 2 February - Presentation of our Lord in the Temple

Wednesday, 3 February (FAST) - Postfeast; Righteous Simeon the Godbearer; Prophetess Anna
6:30pm - Akathist to St. Sophia

Thursday, 4 February - Postfeast; Ven. Isidore of Pelusium

Friday, 5 February (FAST) - Postfeast; Ven. Theodosius of Chernigov

Saturday, 6 February - Memorial Saturday; Postfeast; St. Photius the Great
5:30pm Great Vespers

Sunday, 7 February - Postfeast; Sunday of the Expulsion from Paradise (Meatfare)
9:30am - adult study/choir practice
10:30 - typika

COMING UP
8 February - Parish Council Meeting @ the Moultons, 7pm
13 February - Baby shower for Karen Wendt @ Moultons, 7pm
14 February - Forgiveness Sunday
20 February - LINK

24 January - 31 January

Sunday, 24 January - Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee; Blessed Xenia of Petersburg

Monday, 25 January - St. Gregory the Theologian

Tuesday, 26 January - Ss. Xenophon, Mary, Arkadius, and John

Wednesday, 27 Janurary (NO FAST) - Translation of the relics of St. John Chryssostom
7:30pm - Vepsers for St. Ephraim

Thursday, 28 January - Ss. Ephraim and Isaac the Syrians

Friday, 29 January (NO FAST) - Translation of the relics of St. Igantius of Antioch.
7:30pm - Vespers for the Three Heirarchs

Saturday, 30 January - Three Holy Heirarchs: St. John Chryssostom, Basil the Great, and Gregory the Theologian
5:30pm Great Vespers

Sunday, 31 January - Sunday of the Prodigal Son
9:30am - adult study/choir practice
10:30 - typika

COMING UP
8 February - Parish Council Meeting @ the Moultons, 7pm.
14 February - Forgiveness Sunday
20 February - LINK

17 January - 24 January

Sunday, 17 January - Ven. Anthony the Great, Zacchaeus Sunday

Monday, 18 January - Ss. Athanasius the Great and Cyril of Alexandria

Tuesday, 19 January - Ven. Marcarius the Great

Wednesday, 20 January (FAST: fish, wine, oil) - Ven. Eftimios the Great

Thursday, 21 January - Ven. Maximos the Confessor
7:30pm - Great Vespers for St. Timothy

Friday, 22 January (FAST) - Apostle Timothy of the 70

Saturday, 23 January - Hieromartyr Clement of Ankyra
5:30pm - Great Vespers

Sunday, 24 January - Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee; Blessed Xenia
9:30 adult study; choir practice
10:10am hours
10:30 liturgy


COMING UP
23 January - (10am) Parish Health Conference @ Holy Trinity
14 February - Forgiveness Sunday

St. Sophia in the Lawrence Journal-World

Be sure to check out the great story about St. Sophia in the Lawrence Journal-World. Thanks to Sarah Henning for such a great story!