Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

            CHRIST IS RISEN!!!!     TRULY HE IS RISEN!!!!

            I greet you all on this feast of feasts… the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! I pray that the light and joy of this most blessed day and Paschal season will illumine you and warm your hearts with love and gratitude.

            What a blessed Holy Week we have had… the services were so beautiful and I was so pleased to see so many of you attending throughout the week. Last night’s celebration of our Lord’s resurrection was truly magnificent! Such joy could be felt as we all gathered to proclaim the happy news of Christ’s resurrection. And our joy was magnified by the presence of our newly illumined ones: Herman, Tikhon, Miriam, Noah, Elijah, and the freshly baptized infant Elena Bradley – congratulations to all the Bradley family.

            This is Bright Week… a week of celebration and lightness. Instead of the usual morning and evening prayers, we read the Paschal Hours. Here is a link to them if you do not already have these prayers in your prayer book: The Paschal Hours

            I share with you the Paschal Epistle of our first hierarch, Metropolitan Nicholas of Eastern America and New York: The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia - Official Website

            We will not have Bible Study nor Catechism this week, but we will have our Saturday class at 2pm in the Church Hall.

            God bless you all! May this joyful time truly brighten your days!

Fr Martin