Weekly Service Schedule
Saturday Vespers : 6:00pm
Sunday Hours: 9:10am
Sunday Divine Liturgy : 9:30am

Clergy
Father Daniel Rentel, Rector
Father Mark Lowery, Associate Priest
Father James Sizemore, Priest
Subdeacon John Mustric
Subdeacon Joseph Shaluha

The Liturgy is described by various terms. "Liturgy" itself comes from a Greek word meaning "common action or service" and signifies that the Mystery of Holy Communion is the reconciling sacrifice of God for the sins of the entire community of faithful, the living and the dead. Because the Mystery of Holy Communion is called "Evharistia" in Greek or "the Thanksgiving Sacrifice," the Liturgy is also called the Eucharist. It is also termed the Mystical Supper or the Lord's Supper since it reminds us of the Mystical Supper performed by Christ. In Apostolic times the Liturgy was referred to as "breaking bread" (Acts 2:46, cf. I Cor. 10:16). In the Liturgy the earthly life and teachings of Jesus Christ, from His Nativity to His Ascension into Heaven, are recalled, as well as the benefits which He bestowed upon the earth for our salvation.

The order of the Liturgy is as follows. First, the elements for the Mystery are prepared, then the faithful are prepared for the Mystery, and finally the very Mystery itself is celebrated and the faithful receive Communion. These three parts are called:

I) the Proskomedia,

II) the Liturgy of the Catechumens, and

III) the Liturgy of the Faithful.

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"It is the living experience of what
all Christianity and indeed all of life,
is really about."

"...The Liturgy is the central revelation of the Christian mystery, and in it the whole of Orthodoxy is somehow contained, remembered and given to our living experience.

All the icons, the vestments, the candles, the singing... everything taken together in harmony and unity serve to disclose just one thing: Man is made for God and finds his identity, fulfillment and perfection in Him."

Click here for more on "The Divine Liturgy"
Answers to common questions by Fr. John Matusiak, The Orthodox Church in America website.

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