Schedule of services and events for the week of August 28 – September 4

Monday, August 29
9 AM –
Divine Liturgy for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist – STRICT FAST DAY
6 PM – Prayer Group
7 PM – Spirituality Class

Tuesday, August 30
8:30 AM
– Hours
9 AM – Perogie Session

Wednesday, August 31
7 PM –
Catechism Class

Thursday, September 1
9 AM
– Akathist
4 PM to 7 PM – Monthly Perogie Sale

Friday, September 2,
9:30 AM
– Old Testament Class
1 PM to 5 PM – Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen

 Saturday, September 3
5 PM –
Vespers

 Sunday September 4
10 AM
– Divine Liturgy – Prayers for the Start of the New School Year

Readers Schedule
9/4 – Bob Faubel
9/11 – Harry Fong
9/18 – Sandi Fong
9/25 – Paul Toaso

Coffee Hour
9/4 – OPEN
9/11 – Young
9/18 – OPEN
9/25 – Thompson
10/2 – Suzanne
10/9 – OPEN

 

Schedule of services and events for the week of August 14 – August 21

Monday, August 15
9 AM –
Divine Liturgy for the Feat of the Dormition of the Mother of God
6 PM – Prayer Group
7 PM – Spirituality Class

Friday, August 19
9:30 AM
– Old Testament Class
12 noon – set up for Perogie Dash 5k Road Race

Saturday, August 20
7:30 AM –
5k Perogie Dash Registration OPENS

Sunday August 21
10 AM
– Divine Liturgy

Readers Schedule
8/21 – Susan Sulich
8/28 – Luke Mihaylo

5k Perogie Dash 2016

Please Join us for Perogie Dash 2016!

 Saturday, August 20

Events:
5K run and health walk 9 a.m.
1K kids Fun Run 8:30 a.m.

Race Day Registration/Check-in:
Beginning at 7:30 a.m.
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
74 Joe’s Hill Rd. Danbury, CT

Sponsored by Holy Trinity Orthodox Church to benefit The Healing Hearts Center for Grieving Children and Families in Danbury, CT www.healingheartsct.org

Register online
https://runsignup.com/Race/CT/Danbury/PerogieDash
For questions call (203) 797-8326 or email [email protected]

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Ammenities: Custom designed T-shirt to all participants pre-registered by August 13, 2016.
Post Race party featuring Holy Trinity’s Famous Homemade Perogies and other fine refreshments.

Prizes: Matroiska Nesting Doll Prizes given as follows: 1st place male and female; and top 3 in age groups – under 14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65+
Medals awarded to all Kids Fun run participants.

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Post Race Party: Featuring Holy Trinity’s Famous Homemade Perogies, and other fine refreshments. Bring the family! Fun for all!

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Results are posted here for 2015

Thanks to all who came and made this a record-setting year for the race – see you next August – the hill and perogies will be waiting at the finish!

2015 Perogie Dash winners and Perogie Pete!

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Schedule of events and services for the week of August 7 – August 14

Monday, August 8 the Dormition Fast continues
6 PM – Prayer Group
7 PM – Spirituality Class

Tuesday, August 9
8:30 AM –
Hours

Wednesday, August 10
7 PM
– Catechism Class

Thursday, August 11
8:30 AM
– Akathist

Friday, August 12
9:30 AM
– Old Testament Class

Saturday, August 13
10 AM – Parish Family Outing – Blueberry Picking

 Sunday August 14
10 AM
– Divine Liturgy
3 PM – Akathist Inexhaustible cup
5 PM – Vespers Dormition

Readers Schedule
8/14 – Suzanne Molineaux
8/21 – Susan Sulich
8/28 – Luke Mihaylo

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST

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In the third year of His preaching, the Lord Jesus often spoke to His disciples of His approaching passion but at the same time of His glory following His suffering on the Cross. So that His impending passion would not totally weaken His disciples and that no one would fall away from Him, He, the All-wise, wanted to partially show them His divine glory before His passion. For that reason, He took Peter, James and John with Him and, with them, went out at night to Mt. Tabor and there was transfigured before them: “And His face shone as the sun and His garments became white as snow” (St. Matthew 17:2). There appeared along side Him, Moses and Elijah, the great Old Testament prophets. And, seeing this, His disciples were amazed. Peter said: “Lord, it is good for us to be here: if You will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for You, one for Moses and one for Elijah” (St. Matthew 17:4). While Peter still spoke, Moses and Elijah departed and a bright cloud overshadowed the Lord and His disciples and there came a voice from the cloud saying: “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased; hear Him” (St. Matthew 17:5). Hearing the voice, the disciples fell to the ground on their faces as though dead and remained that way, lying in fear, until the Lord came near to them and said: “Arise and be not afraid” (St. Matthew 17:7). Why did the Lord take only three disciples on Tabor and not all? Because Judas was not worthy to behold the divine glory of the Teacher, Whom he will betray and the Lord did not want to leave him [Judas] alone at the foot of the mountain so that the betrayer would not, by that, justify his betrayal. Why was our Lord transfigured on a mountain and not in a valley? So as to teach us two virtues: love of labor and godly-thoughts. For, climbing to the heights required labor and height represents the heights of our thoughts, i.e., godly-thoughts. Why was our Lord transfigured at night? Because, the night rather than the day is more suitable for prayer and godly-thoughts and because the night, by its darkness, conceals all the beauty of the earth and reveals the beauty of the starry heavens. Why did Moses and Elijah appear? In order to destroy the error of the Jews, as though Christ is one of the prophets; Elijah or Jeremiah or some other that is why He appears as a King above the prophets and that is why Moses and Elijah appear as His servants. Until then, our Lord manifested His divine power many times to the disciples but, on Mt. Tabor, He manifested His divine nature. This vision of His Divinity and the hearing of the heavenly witness about Him as the Son of God, should serve the disciples in the days of the Lord’s passion, in strengthening of an unwavering faith in Him and His final victory.

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Schedule of Events and Services for the week of July 31 – August 7

Monday, August 1 starts the Dormition Fast
Monday, August 1
6 PM –
Prayer Group
7 PM – Spirituality Class

Tuesday, August 2
8:30 AM –
Hours

Wednesday, August 3
7 PM
– Catechism Class

Thursday, August 4
8:30 AM
– Akathist
4 PM to 7 PM – Monthly Food sale

Friday, August 5
9:30 AM
– Old Testament Class
7 PM – Vespers for Transfiguration

Saturday, August 6
9 AM
– Divine Liturgy for Transfiguration blessing of fruit

Sunday August 7, 10 AM – Divine Liturgy

Readers Schedule
7/31 – Paul Toaso
8/7 – Bob Faubel
8/14 – Suzanne Molineaux
8/21 – Susan Sulich
8/28 – Luke Mihaylo