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| Each year during Great Lent WOCA clergy and faithful gather at special Sunday afternoon Vespers (5:00 pm) to pray, share a small homily and have refreshments.
Please join us during this 2011 Lenten Season!
March 13 - Sunday of Orthodoxy:
St. Spyridon Cathedral, 400 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, 98109
Homilist: Fr Christopher Swanson
March 20 - St Gregory Palamas: St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church,1523 South Yakima Avenue,Tacoma, WA 98405Homilist: Fr Ilija Balach
March 27 - Veneration of the Precious Cross:
St Demetrious Greek Orthodox Church, 2100 Boyer Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112
Homilist: Fr Seraphim Majmudar April 3 - St John Climacus:
St Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, 21236 Poplar Way, Brier, WA 98036
Homilist: Fr Michael Turvo April 10 - St Mary of Egypt:
St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, 14916 SE 179th St, Issaquah, WA 98027
Homilist: Fr David Sommer
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2011 WOCA Lenten Vespers Season begins at St Spiridon Cathedral in Seattle
Clergy and faithful from Western Washington gathered for Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers marking the beginning of the 2011 Lenten Season. During this Great Lent season, WOCA sponsored Vesperal services will be held at various churches in Western Washington. A short sermon is presented by WOCA clergy at the conclusion of each Vespers service. Come and Pray with us during this Great Lent season!
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St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral hosted WOCA Vespers for the first time - 03/08/09
Ushering in the 2009 season of Great Lent, we celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy at St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
in Seattle's Capitol Hill District. Local clergy and faithful from the
Greater Seattle and Puget Sound area joined together celebrating the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Vespers. Upon entering the Cathedral, local clergy and faithful
venerated Icons and relics of Saints arranged in a semi-circular
fashion beneath the Cathedral's grand chandelier. The service wasn't
complete without Clergy and Faithful processing round St Nicholas
Cathedral amidst Seattle's skies mixed with sunlight and later with a
bit of hail and snowflakes. Vespers concluded with a short homily
delivered by Fr John Strikland of St Katherine Mission (OCA) of
Kirkland in Seattle's Eastside.
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| September 8th - Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos
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| September 14th - Universal Exaltation (Elevation) of the Life-Creating Cross
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| November 21st - The Entrance (Presentation) of the Theotokos into the Temple
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| December 25th - The Nativity of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ
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| January 6th - The Theophany (Epiphany) of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ
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| February 2nd - Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple
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| March 25th - The Annunciation to the Most-Holy Theotokos
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| Sunday Before Pascha - Entrance of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem
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| Forty (40) Days After Pascha - The Ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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| Fifty (50) Days after Pascha - Pentecost: The Descent of the Holy Spirit
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| August 6th - The Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ
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| August 15th - The Falling-asleep (Dormition or Assumption) of the Most-Holy Theotokos
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