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2010 WOCA Lenten Vespers

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 Lenten Season!

February 21 - Sunday of Orthodoxy:
Assumption Church, 1804 13th Ave. Seattle 98122
Homilist:  Fr. Tom Tsagalakis

February 28th - St Gregory Palamas:
Holy Resurrection Church, 8710 28th Avenue East, Tacoma
Homilist:  Fr Daniel Armatas

March 7th - Veneration of the Precious Cross:
St. Katherine Mission, 138 5th Ave. Kirkland 98083
Homilist:  Fr Deacon George Haloulakos

March 14th - St John Climacus:
St. Spyridon Cathedral, 400 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, 98109
Homilist:  Fr Dean Kouldukis


March 21st - St Mary of Egypt:
Holy Apostles Church,19421 Ashworth Ave. Shoreline, 98133
Homilist:  Fr Yuri Maev

Icons and Relics of Saints in front of Iconostasis
 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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Local Clergy gather for Vespers
Procession round the Cathedral begins
Procession to south side of Cathedral
Procession at south side
Processing towards the east side
At the east side of the Cathedral
At the north side of the Cathedral
Processing towards west side
Clergy and Faithful in front
Procession into Cathedral
Clergy gather at conclusion of Vespers

Annual Events - The Twelve Great Feasts

 

September 8th - Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos

September 14th - Universal Exaltation (Elevation) of the Life-Creating Cross

November 21st - The Entrance (Presentation) of the Theotokos into the Temple

December 25th - The Nativity of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

January 6th - The Theophany (Epiphany) of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

February 2nd - Meeting of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple

March 25th - The Annunciation to the Most-Holy Theotokos

Sunday Before Pascha - Entrance of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem

Forty (40) Days After Pascha - The Ascension of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Fifty (50) Days after Pascha - Pentecost: The Descent of the Holy Spirit

August 6th - The Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ

August 15th - The Falling-asleep (Dormition or Assumption) of the Most-Holy Theotokos

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