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Alerts and News
 | 2/5/2012 - RESCHEDULED ANNUAL MEETING - 01/29/12
Please be sure to attend our Rescheduled ANNUAL PARISH MEETING on Sunday, February 5, 2012 following Divine Liturgy. This is an important event in our parish life where we will elect some Parish Council members, approve a budget and hear reports from all of our committees. If any parishioner wishes to run for office or make a presentation to the parish, please contact Ginny via email or at church.
Be involved with your parish. Come to the meeting.
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 | 1/24/2012 - January Parish council Meeting - 12/02/11
The Parish Council meeting for January will be held on
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 7:30 pm.
The meeting will be held at the Seeley home. We will be finalizing the reports and presentations for the Annual Parish Meeting
Everyone is welcome.
Become involved with your church life.
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 | 12/27/11 - December Parish Council Meeting - 12/01/11 The Parish Council meeting for December will be held on
Wednesday, December 27, 2011 at 7:30 pm.
The meeting will be held at the Seeley home. Everyone is welcome.
Become involved with your church life.
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 | Tonight (November 30) - Parish Council Meeting - 11/29/11 The rescheduled Parish Council meeting will be held tonight (November 30) at 7:45 PM and the Seeley home. All members are welcome to attend. Be Involved. Make a difference. |
 | Parish Council Meeting - June 7th (REVISED) - 05/22/11 The Parish Council meeting for June will be at the Seeley home on
Tuesday, June 7th at 7:30 pm (revised time) Everyone is welcome.
Become involved with your church life.
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 | April 31-Vespers Canceled - 04/27/11 Christ is Risen!
Due to Father Gregory's attendance at the seminary board meeting in New Jersey on Saturday, please be advised that Vespers will be canceled this Saturday, April 30, 2011.
Services commemorating Saint Thomas will be held Sunday, May 1 at their usual times (Matins at 8:15am, Hours and Confessions at 9:15am, Divine Liturgy at 9:30am). |
 | - 04/24/11 CHRIST IS RISEN!
INDEED HE IS RISEN! |
 | COME CELEBRATE THE RISEN LORD - 04/22/11 Blessing of Pascha Baskets and Agape Breakfast join us as we break the Lenten Fast following the 1:00 AM Sunday Divine Liturgy on April 24 at our church. We will share our Pascha baskets as we proclaim "CHRIST IS RISEN"! Services begin at 11:30 PM on Saturday with the Midnight Office Service and Procession, followed by Paschal Matins. The beautiful Paschal Divine Liturgy follows the Paschal Matins. Everyone is welcome to celebrate Pascha, with the Risen Christ! |
 | Archbishop ANTONY to Visit Our Parish - 03/05/11 Our Archpastor, his Eminence Archbishop ANTONY will be visiting our parish of the Four Evangelists on Sunday, March 20. The Greeting of the Hierarch will take place at 9:15am, followed by the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, and a luncheon to follow. Please make EVERY effort to be there so that we can welcome Vladyka back again. |
 | Four Evangelists Parish Featured in Magazine - 02/25/11 Our parish is featured on page 39 of the March-April 2011 "Ukrainian Orthodox Word" magazine, just published. You can read the magazine by clicking here> |
 | POWER RESTORED IN BEL AIR - 02/19/11 As of 11pm Saturday evening, power to the Church and surrounding area has been restored. We will begin to chant the Canon of the Prodigal Son at 8:45am, followed by the Hours, and Liturgy at 9:30am. Afterwards we have Church School and a Council Meeting… a busy day!
God bless you.
Father Gregory |
 | Parish Council Meeting - February 20 - 01/31/11
Please come to the February 20th Parish Council Meeting at 12:30 pm at the Church, following Divine Liturgy. As you may know, the parish is considering some exciting topics, including the possible purchase of a building and land. Alll parishioners are welcome. Please take an active interest in your parish. |
 | January Service Schedule Change - 01/01/11 Please note that, for a variety of reasons (including the 25th Anniversary Celebration of Vladyka Antony's Episcopacy on the 22nd and the Wedding on the 29th of January), we will be cancelling our Great Vespers Services for the month of January. Matins and Liturgy will still be held at their normal times on Sundays, but we will not begin serving Vespers again until the first Saturday in February (the 5th). **************
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 | Annual Parish Meeting - Sunday, January 30th - 01/01/11 Our Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 30, 2011 following Divine Liturgy. Please make every effort to attend as we bring Orthodoxy to Northern Maryland.
Become InvolvedMake a Difference***********************
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 | Christ is Born Glorify Him! - 12/25/10
Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
This is the traditional Orthodox Christmas greeting that celebrates the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. When someone calls to you and says "Christ is Born", your response should be "Glorify Him".
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 | Christmas Event & Service Schedule - 12/01/10
Sunday, December 19
Divine Liturgy - 9:30 am
Church School vist to nursing home - 12:30 pm
Friday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
Holy Supper (Lenten Dinner) - 5:30 pm (open to all - no charge)
Friday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
Grand Compline Service - 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 25 (Christmas Day)
Divine Liturgy of the Feast (Nativity of our Lord) - 9:00 am
Sunday, December 26
Divine Liturgy - 9:30 am
click here to view our calendar> |
 | Altar Server Meeting - December 3 - 11/28/10 A meeting will be held on Friday, December 3, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Church Hall. All current altar servers and those who are becoming servers should attend this important meeting. |
 | November 14 - Adult Religious Education - 11/02/10
Our Adult Religious Education Classes will resume on Sunday, November 14. Please see the note below on the left of this page and check our online calendar for Up to date schedules.
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 | Pan-Orthodox Holy Unction Service - December 12th - 11/01/10 Our parish will serve a Pan-Orthodox Holy Unction Service on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 6:00 pm. Orthodox faithful from the Baltimore area Orthodox parishes will be present. Everyone is invited to attend this beautiful and uplifitng service of Holy Unction. Lenten refreshments will be served following the service. |
 | November 8 - Parish Fellowship Dinner - 11/01/10
We will be having a Parish Fellowship Dinner on Monday, the 8th of November at 6:30 pm
at Ruby Tuesday on Route 7, east of Route 543. (near the Cracker Barrel in
Riverside / Belcamp.) Everyone is welcome to attend. Come out and enjoy
some fellowship and dinner. Location information follows below.
Ruby Tuesday of Riverside
1341 James Way
Bel Air (Riverside / Belcamp) MD 21015
410-273-0330 |
 | Help Our Church Grow With Flowers - 09/01/10
Ger your flowers for fall planting by October 29th to get some wonderful plants and help our church. No need to go to the home center, deal with the crowds and waste gas. Your plants will be delivered quickly by mail and are fully guaranteed.
Visit this web site to participate in our online fundraiser. All proceeds benefit our parish building fund. Help us grow with your flowers.
To visit our flower web site click here>. Remember the deadline of October 29 to take advantage of this offer. Thank you.
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 | September 7 - Parish Council Meeting - 09/01/10
The Parish Council meeting for August will be on Tuesday, September 7th at 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome.
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 | August 28 - Vespers Canceled - 08/25/10
Our Vesper Service has been canceled for this Saturday, August 28th.
Sunday Services will be held as regularly scheduled:
8:15am Matins
9:15am Hours/Confessions
9:30am Divine Liturgy
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Parish Announcements
 | 2012 House Blessings
The central
sign of God's sanctification of all things through the feast of Theophany is
the act of blessing the homes of faithful Christians. Father Gregory visits all
members of the Church to pray with them in the place where they live, and to
bless their surroundings with Holy Water. He asks God to have mercy on the
house, to rid it of every evil and to fill it with every blessing. The blessing
of homes is a custom of special beauty and significance.
We ask Christ to bless
and enter into our homes and our lives. We ask Him to be with us, as we desire
to be with Him. We ask that by the sprinkling of blessed water, the Holy Spirit
renew us, our families and our lives in our homes.
With Love In Christ,
Father Gregory
to schedule a house blessing >
for information on getting ready for a blessing >
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 | Souper Bowl of Caring
To make a virtual food donation to the Maryland Food Bank as part of this years Souper Bowl of Caring effort please follow the below directions:
1. Go to www.mdfoodbank.org/souperbowl
2. Scroll down to the shopping categories
3. Select a category they would like to purchase food from.
4. Add items to Cart
5. Check out paying by credit card or printing out the form and paying by check.
Please let me know if you have any questions. This will allow us to report from our group only!! Thank you- happy trails, Tracey
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 | 2/5/12 - National Scout Sunday On Sunday, February 5, 2012, Scouts all over the United States will celebrate National
Scout Sunday. This Sunday is set aside to honor God and to remind us that we are all His
Creatures and made in His Image or more precisely, to image (reflect) Him to the world.
The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the Americas has designated this also as
Orthodox Scout Sunday. Through the Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting, the
Assembly and its predecessor, SCOBA, have been actively supporting both the Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts of the USA since the 196o's.
Orthodox Scouts may earn one of three age-appropriate religious awards: Saint George
for the youngest scouts, Chi-Rho for the "middle years", and Alpha-Omega for the older
scouts. The awards require progressively more challenging work including service
projects.Scouts will wear their uniforms to church, a very visible sign that they are members of
the scouting organization but just as important, members of their parish.
As Orthodox Christians, we should honor our Boy or Girl Scouts and what they represent.click here to read more about Orthodox Scouting> |
 | 1/20/2012 - Youth Group Ice Skating
Youth Group Ice Skating
Date: Friday January 20, 2012
Time: 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Ice World
Notes: Free for 4E youth! Bring a friend for $11 for skates and rink time.
Visit our Youth Group Page>
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 | Holy Supper @Four Evangelists - 12/24/11 This year we will once again celebrate our Christmas Eve Holy Supper at Four Evangelists, on Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 5:30 p.m., followed by Grand Compline at 7pm. We invite you to join us, and to contribute a fasting dish to this traditional twelve-course meal, which we will enjoy together in anticipation of the feast of the Nativity of our Lord.
Typical dishes include soup, fish, sauerkraut, mushrooms and other vegetables, varenyky, cabbage rolls, dried fruit and nuts, poppyseed rolls and other breads, honey, and wine. Different households have different traditions -- we encourage you to share yours with your parish family! Please e-mail me no later than next Wednesday (the 21st) to sign up to bring a dish. Melanie and I will coordinate the supper. More information and recipes are available here.
Most importantly, we ask for your presence as we prepare to celebrate the Nativity in the Flesh of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Your servant in Christ,
-Charles
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 | 12/10/11 - Pan-Orthodox St. Nicholas Festival Pan-Orthodox St. Nicholas Festival
Saturday, Decemer 10, 2011 at 3:00 PM On the weekend between new calendar and old calendar celebrations of St. Nicholas Day, Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church will host a Pan-Orthodox St. Nicholas Festival for Sunday School students. Our parents and children are cordially invited to attend. The games, cookie making and other fun activities begin at 3:00 PM. Afterwards, Pan-Orthodox Great Vespers – 6:00 PM and a pot-luck lenten supper after the Divine Service. For each of one’s children attending, parents are asked to bring a “mystery gift” (valued up to $5). All the gifts will be donated to the local food pantry. And we need your delicious pot-luck lenten dishes, too. Please bring a dish to share with all. The activities are appropriate for young children up to middle school. Teen volunteers are needed to run the games/activities at the various stations. Click here for the festival flyer. All are welcome. RSVP by December 4, 2011 to Roxann Ashworth at 410-859-3085 or email at mailtp:roxann@cablespeed.com This is a wonderful opportunity for our Youth Group to help with the festival activities at Holy Cross. Please contact Tracey Hand to discuss this further. |
| | UPDATE - Adult Education Schedule
Greetings in the Lord, Dear Friends -
A brief note to follow up on our Adult Ed schedule.
On Sunday, December 4, Martha Elliott will present a series of four sessions on Saint Maximus the Confessor, drawing upon her doctoral research for the Doctor of Ministry degree at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary -- this will be an exciting and edifying series of discussions for us all. A big thank you in advance to Martha for sharing her work with us. FYI, Martha will make copies of materials available to the class to those who want to read further on the topic. Looking ahead to the New Year, once the series on Saint Maximus concludes in mid-January, we will move into the next phase in our discussion of Orthodox Christian social ethics, which is bioethics. For those wishing to read ahead, a recommended text is Fr John Breck, The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics, 1999 (available from St. Vladimir's). Your servant in Christ,
-Charles. ****************************
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 | 11/22/11 - Parish Council Meeting The Parish Council meeting for November is scheduled for Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 pm. This month's meeting will beheld at the Seeley home in Bel Air. Everyone is welcome. Be involved with the life of your parish. ************************** |
 | November 14, 2011 Parish Fellowship Dinner Please join us for our monthly Parish Fellowship dinner where we meet for a evening of dinner and fellowship. All are welcome and are encouraged to attend. Dinner will be at Bob Evan's Restaurant at the intersection of Rt. 24 and Bel Air South Parkway, Bel Air, MD, across Rt. 24 from the Festival Shopping Center. Plan to arrive at 6:30 pm on November 14, 2011. See you then.
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 | Pancake Breakfast - Sunday, November 6, 2011 Join us for a Pancake Breakfast
to benefit the Four Evangelists Orthodox Youth Group
When: November 6th, 2011
Where: Four Evangelists Fellowship room
Time: Directly following Liturgy
Cost: $5.00 per adult, $4.00 Youth (12 and over),
$3.00 Ages 5-11 & Free for kids under 5
Family cap of $20.00 per family |
News From our Parish Neighbors and Friends
 | Orthodox Christian Mission Center News
The list of the OCMC 2010 Mission
Teams is complete, and we need your help to get the word out! The Orthodox Christian Mission Center helps the Orthodox faithful of
North America answer their call to make disciples of all nations. The
programs of the OCMC work together to proclaim the fullness of the
Christian faith, raise up and support clergy around the world, and to
help the Church to be the Church to Her own people. Click to learn more
about the following OCMC programs.OCMC Teams are an opportunity to change lives and to have your life changed in return! If you would like more information about Mission Teams, please contact OCMC at (904)
829-5132 or teams@ocmc.org.
Share in a Journey of Faith!
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 | Nativity Retreat at Holy Cross (Dec 4 & 5) Holy Cross Orthodox Church, Linthicum, MD, is hosting a Nativity
Fast Retreat featuring the noted Orthodox author and speaker Matthew Gallatin (www.matthewgallatin.org) on Friday
evening and Saturday, December 4 & 5.
Matthew's main focus will be on
"This Orthodox Life" in 4 talks ("My Journey", "What
it means to be Orthodox", "The Sacramental Life",
"Evangelism St Seraphim Style")
Cost is $15 per person (includes
continental breakfast and lunch and is payable at the door), although there is no
charge for Friday evening.
For more information, including a fuller
description of the subjects to be covered, and for registration, please visit:
Please register by Dec 1.
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 | Sisterhood Christmas Fellowship Please join the Sisterhood of St. Olympia
in our first Christmas Fellowship on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 07:00 p.m.
NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION:
The location has been moved to the Klopcic home (1508 Whistler Road,Bel Air, MD 21015).
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| | OCMC Nativity Greeting A Nativity Greeting from the Orthodox Christian Mission Center
Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
The staff, volunteers and board members of the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) hope that you are having a blessed Christmas and Theophany. As we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord, we are grateful for all of the prayer and financial support you have offered over the years. We look forward to the coming year and to the doors God is opening for the sharing of the Gospel. May God do great things in and through each of us in this time as we celebrate the birth of Emmanuel, God With Us, and as we seek to share His saving love with the whole world! May those who have never heard the Gospel in their own language hear in 2010! Show us Your Theophany, Oh Lord!
Visit the OCMC web site >
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 | Fall 2010 Fundraiser Buy some flowers and help us grow.
Buy your fall-planting flowers and help our church grow along with your flowers. It is easy to help us as you purchase your flowers for your fall garden. Fifty percent of the proceeds go to our church. Your flowers are ordered online and delivered to your home. Your purchase is 100% guaranteed. If you have any questions, contact Ginny Seeley. The deadline is October 1, 2010
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 | June 12, 2010 Baltimore Orthodox Bible Bowl
St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church (OCA) will host the Third Annual Baltimore Orthodox Bible Bowl on Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Youth from Baltimore-area Orthodox parishes are invited to form teams of 3-5 players to compete. Let us encourage all of our children to join our Sunday School’s teams- we did very well at last year’s competition!
click here for more information>
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PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY for our Mission Parish Community every day, that, by the grace of God, His Church may grow and become fully established, for the sanctification and salvation of souls, and that He may be worshiped and glorified in an Orthodox manner in Northern Maryland.
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