On the Fridays in Lent, beginning on March 2, we will share a Lenten supper at 6:30PM, followed by a period of study on the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Apostle’s Creed, and ending with Stations of the Cross. You are encouraged to participate in these events as a part of your Lenten discipline.
As our Lenten journey takes us closer to the celebration of our Lord’s Resurrection at Pascha, we pass through Passion-tide, beginning on Sunday, March 25, when our liturgical practices become more austere. The crosses are veiled in purple, we omit the Gloria Patri in the Venite at Matins, and Office hymns which concentrate on the Cross and our Lord’s suffering are sung.
As the Feast of the Annunciation falls on Sunday this year, the liturgical rules of precedence transfer the feast day to Monday, March 26. Our celebration on that evening will begin with Vespers at 7PM, Liturgy at 7:30, and end with a pot-luck Lenten supper.
On Sunday, February 18, a “new” organ for St. Gregory’s was blessed and used for the first time. This 120-year-old cabinet organ was built by the Roosevelt firm, and recently housed in the Henson Valley Christian Church in Fort Washington. We will be happy to use it in our worship until we are able to build a church which will accommodate our larger organ, currently in storage.
Read the complete March Newsletter here.