Holy Week 2026
Great and Holy Thursday Great and Holy Friday Great and Holy Saturday Great and Holy Saturday
Holy Week Schedule for 2026
Friday April 3 6:15 PM Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts ———————End of Lent———————— Saturday April 4 — Saturday of Lazarus 9:00 AM Baptisms and Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Noon Spring Cleaning and Preparation 5:00 PM Great Vespers; Confessions Sunday April 5 — Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday) […]
Commemoration of Ignatius of Antioch
On Thursday, Dec. 18, we commemorated St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. John of Kronstadt. Ignatius and Ann brought a special bread for the occasion. Here is a statement from Ignatius’s letter to the Romans (5.3), written as he was on his way to Rome to be martyred. It is misaligned with popular, American religions, […]
Bishop Vasily Visits Saint Luke Orthodox Church
The Right Reverend Vasily, Bishop of San Francisco and the Diocese of the West, visited St. Luke Orthodox Church in Spokane, from Saturday, October 25, through Wednesday, October 29. The Divine Liturgy was served by Bishop Vasily on Sunday, with the assistance of Deacon Paul Bartlett from Saint Aidan Orthodox Church in Cranbrook, Canada and […]
The Cult of Bareness by Fr. Lawrence Farley
I cannot be the only one who has had the experience of visiting a non-Orthodox church service and finding it stunningly empty and plain. After long familiarity with Orthodox worship with its icons, incense, candles, vestments, Gospel books, and crosses, attending such services produces a kind of sensory deprivation, rather like sensory overload in reverse. […]
Archimandrite Vasily Elected by Holy Synod as Bishop of the Diocese of the West
Here is a photo from the All American Council. Bishop – elect Archimandrite Vasily is pictured at the far right facing sideways toward the hierarchs. Here are the reports from the council. Read more here: Holy Synod Elects Archimandrite Vasily as Bishop Elect of the West
Pascha 2025
Christ is Risen! What a glorious Pascha! Paschal Procession Holy Friday Procession Here we are blessing the “flesh meats” and “curdled milk”. Metropolitan Tikhon has given us a theologically rich reflection on Pascha. Holy Synod – Encyclicals – The Resurrection of Christ 2025 – Orthodox Church in America Here is Archbishop […]
Archbishop Benjamin Blesses Land
On Saturday, October 21, Archbishop Benjamin joined members of St. Luke to bless the new property where a new church building will eventually (God willing) be built. The next day Archbishop Benjamin celebrated the Divine Liturgy with members, friends, and visitors of the parish. Special guests included Deacon Paul from Canada and Subdeacon Leo, the […]
Theophany 2024
On the Feast of Theophany we baptized the newly illumined Mercurius. Then, it was off to Bear Lake to bless the waters. Naturally, the several of the young men observed the tradition of jumping into the water to retrieve the cross. What a blessed day!
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