Why We Worship the Way We Do in the Orthodox Church
This Saturday,
November 17, 2007
10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
St. George Orthodox Church
5311 Mercer at Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77005
Retreat Master:
Rev. Fr. Anthony Michaels
Parish Priest, St. John Chrysostom
Antiochian Orthodox Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Retreat begins with Matins @ 10:00 A.M.
10:45 –Continental Breakfast & Registration
11:15- Session 1: “The Meaning of the Trisagion Prayers & the Liturgy”
12:30 P.M. – Questions
1:00 P.M. – Lunch
2:00P.M. – Session 2: “The History of Worship (How we got here)”
3:15 P.M. – Questions
3:45 P.M. – Wrap – Up
4:00 P.M. – Great Vespers
Join us in prayer and fellowship as we prepare ourselves for the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Registration: $10.00 per person – Deadline: NOW! Please call the church office today!
713-665-5252
Babysitting available call to reserve space ($5 per child).
Sponsored by the Fellowship of St. John the Divine & the Ladies Altar Society.
Image of St Philip — a 13th century fresco of the Sopocani Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Kosovo — courtesy of the Clergy Brotherhood email of the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America.
THE NATIVITY FAST begins this Thursday, November 15th, and continues through December 24th. This Fast is divided into two periods. The first period is November 15th through December 19th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine and oil) is observed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, but with katalysis [allowance] for wine and oil on Tuesday and Thursday (some also permit fish on Tuesday and Thursday during this first period), and for fish, wine and oil on Saturday and Sunday. The second period is December 20th through 24th when the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, wine and oil) is observed Monday through Friday, but with katalysis for wine and oil on Saturday and Sunday.
