St. Thomas The Apostle Orthodox Church http://saintthomasoca.org/blog Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Greek Festival! http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=81 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=81#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:28:44 +0000 Anna http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=81 We are just one month away from the Annual Greek Festival! This year the festival will be on September 9th, 10th, and 11th. To keep up to date with all the information about the Greek Festival watch our facebook page!

]]> http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=81 0 **Fundraiser for the June/July Mission! http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=79 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=79#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:47:08 +0000 Juliana http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=79 Continue reading →]]> Hey friends!

As I said in the previous email, our Mission for June/July is the Orthodox Church in Japan. Please mark your calendars because we will be having a fundraiser to support the church on Tuesday, July 12th. Here’s how it will work: everyone will be receiving a flyer from Anna and I in the next week about the Mission. On the 12th, you can take the flyer to Chili’s in Springfield and 10% of your meal purchase will go to the Church in Japan. You must have the flyer for the proceeds to go to the mission!  You can go anytime on the 12th to eat and it will still be effective. I hope this will give the church some relief for the coming months while they rebuild the devastation in their homeland!

**Your continued prayers for previous Missions would still be awesome!   February/March was Hogar Rafael Orphanage in Guatemala and April/May was the Orthodox church that is trying to start in Lodwar, Kenya. THANKS SO MUCH!

Abby and Anna

]]> http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=79 0 New YouTube Channel! http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=76 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=76#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 05:59:08 +0000 Luke http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=76 Continue reading →]]> Saint Thomas the Apostle Orthodox Church now has it’s own YouTube page! Videos are slowly being uploaded to the channel and there are currently 22 videos online.

You can visit the channel here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SaintThomasOCA

There are videos from 2008, 2009 and 2010, including videos of Archbishop Job’s last visit to us before falling asleep in the Lord.

In order to view all of the videos that have been added, click the button near the top that says “Uploads” (it is next to “All” and “Playlists”) If you click “Playlists”, you will see categories under which some videos have been organized.

Here is a compilation of videos from Pascha in 2009:

Pascha 2009 Video Compilation

Enjoy!

Christ is Risen!

]]> http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=76 0 Announcements 5/20/11 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=74 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=74#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 04:17:02 +0000 Anna http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=74 Continue reading →]]> Special services coming up:
The Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, with a Vesperal Liturgy.
The Feast of Pentecost will be celebrated Sunday, June 12.
Baptisms:
Saturday June 18, 5:00 p.m., Ching-Wen Chang
Wednesday, May 25, 6:30 p.m., Zara Raileanu (Infant Baptism)
June weddings at St. Thomas:
June 19, Ching-Wen Chang and Nicholas Farha
June 25, Amanda Kitchen and Christian Patton
]]> http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=74 0 Vespers Cancellation http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=73 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=73#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 00:31:35 +0000 Anna http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=73 Continue reading →]]> Great Vespers is cancelled this Saturday, May 21st. This begins our summer schedule as follows:
Matins Sundays at 9 AM
Divine Liturgy Sundays at 10 AM
Great  Vespers Wednesdays at 6:30 PM

Akathist on the second Monday of each month.

Thank you and have a great summer!

]]> http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=73 0 Cancellation http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=71 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=71#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 22:15:15 +0000 Anna http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=71 The akathist for tonight Monday May 9th has been cancelled.

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  • We are back to the normal weekly schedule please see our welcome page for more details on our schedule.
  • Please join us for Artsfest on Walnut Street this weekend where we will be serving souvlaki!
  • Congratulations to Aida, Nathan and their newborn little girl Elizabeth!
    • ]]>     http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=57 0     Announcements 4/28/11 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=54 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=54#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:22:15 +0000 Anna http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=54

    • There  will be no Vespers this Saturday, April 30th.
    • There will be a Reader’s Service this Sunday, May 1st at 10:00 a.m. instead of a Divine Liturgy due to Father’s absence.

     

    ]]>     http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=54 0     Welcome! http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=11 http://saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=11#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:56:58 +0000 Anna http://www.saintthomasoca.org/blog/?p=11 Continue reading →]]> Hello and welcome to our updated site. Hopefully our new format will allow for more content to be added. We should also be able to provide updates in a timely manner. Over to the left you will find our links page with additional resources. If you feel something is missing let us know! Please look around and check back as our site grows.

     

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