The Icon visited our Parish on September 22 and 23, 2009. A Moleiben and Akathist before the Holy Icon was served on the eve and Divine Liturgy on September 23. Click on read more for additional information...

Members of our parish attended the Akathist Hymn to the Sitka Icon of the Mother of God, October 18, 2005.

The word liturgy means common work or common action. The Divine Liturgy is the common work of the Orthodox Church. It is the official action of the Church formally gathered together as the chosen People of God. The word church, as we remember, means a gathering or assembly of people specifically chosen and called apart to perform a particular task. The Divine Liturgy is the common action of Orthodox Christians officially gathered to constitute the Orthodox Church. It is the action of the Church assembled by God in order to be together in one community to worship, to pray, to sing, to hear God's Word, to be instructed in God's commandments, to offer itself with thanksgiving in Christ to God the Father, and to have the living experience of God's eternal kingdom through communion with the same Christ Who is present in his people by the Holy Spirit.