Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

            May God bless you and be with you as we begin today the Apostles’ Fast. This fast varies in length each year, depending upon the date of Pascha and Pentecost. This year it is a rather long fast… beginning today and lasting until the feast of the Apostles on July 12^th. The Apostles’ Fast is an ancient Christian observance… you can learn about the history and traditions of this fast at the following link: A History of the Apostle's Fast / OrthoChristian.Com

After the joyous days of Pascha, Ascension, and Pentecost, we now move forward in the year, and we do so with an extra dose of grace and encouragement by keeping a fast at this time. The venerable Metropolitan Onuphry of Ukraine provides some good guidance as we enter into this fasting period: How to Properly Prepare for the Apostles Fast, and Whether a Modern Person Needs to Fast / OrthoChristian.Com.

            Our weekly Bible Study is this Wednesday evening at 7pm. We are continuing our study of the Psalms. All are invited to attend. The Zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89738164102. 

Fr Andrew’s Catechism class will be held on Thursday at 6pm. The Zoom link is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81421729353. All are welcome to attend.

On Saturday at 2pm we will have our ‘in person’ class in the Church Hall. We are continuing our discussions based on the book ‘Passions and Virtues’ by St Paisios of Mt Athos. All are welcome to attend these classes as well.

May God bless all of you and may you take this time of the Apostles’ Fast to take up some spiritually beneficial reading… to carve out for yourself some moments of peace in presence of God… and to draw ever closer to the One Whom we love!

Fr Martin