"O Kto Kto, Nikolaja L’ubit, O Kto Kto, Nikolaja Sluzhit, Tomu Svjatij Nikolaj, Na Vsjaki Chas Promahaj, Nikolaj, Nikolaj."

Akathist to the Mother of God.  This will be a healing service in front of the icon "Queen of All."   Parish Confessions will follow the service.

Vespers-  Eve of St. Herman - St. Herman, the wonderworker, a humble monk who was one of the first missionaries to Alaska. He brought the good news of Christ to the Aluet people and showed them how to live a Christian life. He is the first saint of America.

“I behold a strange and most glorious mystery,” the Church sings with awe, “Heaven, a Cave; the Virgin the Throne of the Cherubim; the Manger a room, in which Christ, the God Whom nothing can contain is laid.” (Irmos of the 9th Ode of the Nativirty Canon).

Every Year on the Sunday before Christmas we hear the gospel lesson of the genealogies – the list of the generations of the earthly ancestors of Jesus Christ. One of the ancestors of Jesus is Jesse. Isaiah the prophet had prophesied that a “shoot” shall come forth from the “root” of Jesse, meaning that one day, a new kind of man shall be born from one of Jesse’s Descendants. He would rule forever as the “Prince of Peace”.

On Christmas mornings long ago, the church bell’s joyous sound, awakened all the countryside for miles and miles around. And families came from far and near despite the wintry weather, to fill the little country church and worship there together. How wonderful it was to be among that congregation, as friends and neighbors joined their hearts in humble adoration; to feel the warmth and unity of souls in true accord, and hear the lovely story of the birth of Christ the Lord. (Eleanor Leah Woods)

Having given birth to the divine infant without travail, the Most Holy Virgin “wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger” (Luke 2:7). In the stillness of midnight (Wisdom of Solomon 18:14-15), the proclamation of the birth of the Savior of the world was heard by three shepherds watching their flocks by night.

CHRIST IS BORN!      GLORIFY HIM! Having given birth to the divine infant without travail, the Most Holy Virgin “wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger” (Luke 2:7). In the stillness of midnight (Wisdom of Solomon 18:14-15), the proclamation of the birth of the Savior of the world was heard by three shepherds watching their flocks by night.

CHRIST IS BORN!   GLORIFY HIM!

CHRIST IS BORN!    GLORIFY HIM!

CHRIST IS BORN!    GLORIFY HIM!

Great Vespers with Litiya on Thursday for the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, Feast of St. Basil the Great, and Civil New Year, January 1, 2021.  Divine Liturgy Friday at   9:30 AM.