Matthew 6:33

A generous parishioner donated an icon of St. John Maximovitch to our parish.

Our parish family went bowling! We played amongst three teams.

Ephesians 4:6

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Welcome home to our beloved Centeno Family! The Lord has illumined these five souls--Glory to God! Congratulations to them and to their sponsors, Cuthbert and Xenia.

A sign along the way for the Faithful.

We had a Pascha Egg Hunt for the children. The children eagerly looked for Pascha eggs all over the yard.

We had an Pascha Egg Hunt for the children. Our kids looked for Pascha eggs all over the yard.

1 Peter 2:24

Our church family is getting ready for Pascha!

Wednesday: Hierarchical Liturgy

His Eminence Archbishop PETER lead the Hierarchical Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts on Wednedsday. The gathered clergy and servers are pictured here.

Romans 6:4

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

Making pysanki eggs is a Slavic tradition for Pascha! The word psyanky means "to write" rooted in Ukrainian. Our sister's made beautiful designs!

Proverbs 31:26

“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”

 

For this month's Sisterhood meeting we discussed our plans for the 2023 year!

Psalms 45:10-11

Listen, daughter, and pay careful attention:
    Forget your people and your father’s house.
 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;

“Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins” - St. Paul the Apostle, Acts 2:38

Today Paradise rejoices over the newly illumined. Four beloved members of our parish family are baptized into Christ's church, Xenia, Anne Cuthbert and Andrea! Each four are are the backbone of our parish.To say that we were waitiing for this day with beating hearts is an understatement.

Sealed! 

Prayer Ropes 2023

Cookie Bake 2022.

Father Christopher taught us how to make our Sacred Bread. It was a blessing to be taught the Russian bread makimg tradition!

Young Peoples' Church Day.

Axios! Fr. Andrew was ordained 10/20/22 at St. Jonah's in Spring, TX by Archbishop Peter,

Lee, Andrea, Anne, and Jackie are new Catechumens in our church.

Pascha 2022

Archbishop Visit 2022

Tonsuring of our friend and warden, Gregory Manning by Archbishop Peter.

Mark Brewton was Chrismated on December 21st, 2019.  His Christian name is St. Mark the Ascetic.

Jose Luis Saenz was Chrismated on September 28th, 2019 and received Communion on October 6th.  His Christian name is Alexis (Alexei), St. Alexis, the Man of God of Rome.

Back to School 2019.

Baptisms and Catechumens 2019.

Joseph Eby and his wife Alyssa (Mary), daughter ava (Elizabeth), son James, baby Gabriel.  Catechumens: Mark Brewton, Joe Saenz and Scott Weeth.

April 28, 2019/April 15, 2019. The Pascha of the Lord.

April 7, 2019/March 25, 2019. The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary.

March 17, 2019/March 4, 2019.  Triumph of Orthodoxy.

Orthodox Burial Seminar held on March 23d, 2019.  We hope this can be a seed of an Orthodox Burial Society where several Orthodox churches in San Antonio could provide support to each other for traditional practices and also to bring our churches together in an important way.