As we begin to settle into our new church home, we continue to beautify both the chapel, the exterior of the building, and the grounds. The Stations of the Cross, which were hung for the Lenten Friday services, will remain in place throughout the year and all are invited to walk these Stations as a […]

Finally, after eighteen months of endeavoring to fulfill the requirements of Montgomery County on work inside and outside at our new property, were were issued a “Use and Occupancy” permit on February 22, the Feast of the Chair (or Throne) of St. Peter at Antioch, an appropriate feast day for a Western Rite parish of […]

We begin this month with the celebration of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple on the Eve, Wednesday, February 1. Also called the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Candlemas, and the Meeting of the Lord, this feast day includes the blessing of the candles which will be used during this year […]

We begin the new year with the observance of Our Lord’s Circumcision on Sunday, January 1. The celebration of the Epiphany of Our Lord will be on the Eve, Thursday, January 5, with the Blessing of Water at 7PM, Liturgy at 7:30 and a pot-luck supper following. Our Annual Parish Meeting will be held after […]

Work on our property on Roxbury Road in Silver Spring is underway and the contractor is striving to have it completed in time for Christmas (and possibly the weekend before). We have now, finally, secured all the County permits for work to be done and, if all the pieces fall into place (i.e., ordered materials […]

We will celebrate All Saints Day, which is November 1, on the Sunday within the Octave, November 6. As has been our custom, at Coffee Hour that day, instead of “Ask Abouna”, we will have a time of sharing the stories of the saints. Please come prepared to tell about your patron or a favorite […]

We haven’t printed a separate Parish News section in this month’s newsletter, as many things are “on hold” as we go to press. We have the building permit for work on our new property and construction should start within the first week of October. Permits for the Storm Water Management work and changes within  the public Right […]

We will celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on the eve, Tuesday, September 13. Vespers will be sung at 7PM with Sung Mass at 7:30 and a pot-luck supper following (call 703-618-2348 for location). We welcome Jonathan Augustine Mallory to the holy Orthodox Church and to our family at St. Gregory’s. […]

Summer is the time for vacations (remember to speak with Fr. Nicholas about the nearest Orthodox church if you are going to a new vacation destination), but also for church conferences. Our Eastern Region Parish Life Conference, which will be held at Antiochian Village is June 29-July 3. In what has now become a tradition, […]

We celebrate two great feast days in this month. On Ascension Day, forty days after the Resurrection, as Christ ended his bodily presence on earth, we celebrate the fact that He carried our human nature, which He had assumed at the Incarnation, into Heaven. Our celebration of Ascension Day will be on the Eve, Wednesday, […]