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Electronic Newsletter May 29 / June 12 Holy Pentecost

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter May 29 / June 12 Holy Pentecost Announcements Prayer Requests Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week Fasting in the Coming week Links related to the coming week Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast shown forth the fisherman as supremely wise by sending… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter May 29 / June 12 Holy Pentecost

Electronic Newsletter May 22 / June 5 Sunday of the Holy Fathers

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter May 22 / June 5 Sunday of the Holy Fathers Announcements Prayer Requests Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week Fasting in the Coming week Links related to the coming week Thou wast born as Thou Thyself didst will; Thou didst appear of Thine own choice;… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter May 22 / June 5 Sunday of the Holy Fathers

Electronic Newsletter May 15 / May 29 Sunday of the Blind Man

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas Electronic Newsletter May 15 / May 29 Sunday of the Blind Man Announcements Prayer Requests Schedule of Divine Services in the Coming week Fasting in the Coming week Links related to the coming week "Blinded in the eyes of my soul, I cry out to Thee, O Christ, like… Continue reading Electronic Newsletter May 15 / May 29 Sunday of the Blind Man

Commemoration of all benefactors on our summer feast.

We have been in our new temple since last June. We could not have built this temple with of the grace of God, and also without the generosity of many benefactors. We came close to being out of money, and a bad example according to the Gospel parable, many times, but always, somehow, funds became available.

We have made a solemn promise to commemorate our benefactors and their loved ones perpetually in our liturgies and to serve a yearly Moleben and panakhida for them. We have a permanent parish document with all the names, and it is mandated in our parish by-laws that each rector use these dyptichs in the proskimidie of the Divine liturgy.

We have fixed one or around the day of the “summer feast” of St Nicholas for this. since the commemoration of the translation of his holy relics falls on the 5th Sunday of Pascha, 2011, tomorrow, we will be serving a panakhida for the reposed loved one of our benefactors and also a Moleben for our benefactors and their families on Sunday.

The Dyptichs document is divided by benefactor families, and has addresses and other information. Below are just the first names only, stripped out of the document, to give you an idea of how many people have helped us, and how many we pray for, generally at least two times a week. …