Trapeza for this Sunday, March 1st, will be Lenten potluck. Wine & Oil are permitted.

Trapeza Team:  Alexei & Anna K.

Procession for The Triumph of Orthodoxy - There will be procession with icons at the end of Divine Liturgy this Sunday, March 1st, to commemorate the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Please bring a favorite icon to hold during Liturgy and the procession, or, if you prefer, you can use one of the icons that we have in church.

Trapeza Food Cards - Thank you to all who took one of the new cards for trapeza food donations. Please remember to return them as soon as possible.

Presanctified Liturgy will be served this Wednesday, March 4th, at 6:00 pm. Those who wish to receive Communion on that day should fast from noon onward. If you’ve gone to confession during the previous weekend you don’t have to confess again on Wednesday unless the need has presented itself.

Parish History Project - The Sisterhood is undertaking an important project to preserve the history of our parish. The initial steps will be to collect photos, news clippings, and other items related to the parish, and organize them into albums and digital files. If you have any archival information to share, either originals or copies, please see Camilla or Mary.

The Importance of Realtime Communication within the parish was reiterated by last week’s blizzard and the resultant need to cancel the first two days of the Great Canon. The 27 people who already participate in the group text were able to receive quick and accurate information and to communicate among each other. The group also allows us to share prayer requests, requests for assistance of any kind, patristic and scriptural quotes, or any other type of communication relevant to the life of our parish and our parishioners. The Signal app is free and secure, so I encourage all of you with a smartphone or a desktop computer to consider downloading it and joining the group, which you can do by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page. 

Missing Email Newsletters?  If you haven’t been receiving the newsletters in your inbox every week, please check you spam folder. If your email client is marking them as spam, make sure to mark it as “not spam” and add frstephen@holynewmartyrs.org to your address book in order to ensure delivery. If you haven't opened an email for several months you may have to resubcribe. The current weekly newsletter is always posted on our website homepage, and there’s also a link on the bottom of the page to subscribe as well as to view newsletters from previous weeks.

In Christ, 

Fr. Stephen