Latest Church Bulletin
3/1/26
St. Catherine Orthodox Church
433 Liberty St.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-842-8955
Schedule: Pastor:
Saturday: 6:30 PM—Vespers V. Rev. Dennis Buck
Sunday, 10 AM—Divine Liturgy 825 Harrington Rd.
11:30 AM—Church School Rockville, MD 20852
Confessions Saturday evening or by appointment h) 301-424-7730; c) 202-878-2854
Lenten: W., 7 PM—Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Today is the 1st Sunday of Great Lent. Tone 2. The Triumph of Orthodoxy. Today we also commemorate the Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis.
Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, from p. 123 in the black Liturgy books in the pews.
TROPARIA, (T. 5)—Let us, the Faithful, praise and worship the Word,/ co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit,/ born for our salvation from the Virgin;/ for He willed to be lifted upon the cross in the flesh/ to endure death/ and to raise the dead/ by His glorious Resurrection.
(Triodion, T. 2)—We venerate Thy most pure image, O Good One,/ and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ God./ Of Thy good will, Thou wast pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh/ and deliver Thy people from bondage to the enemy./ Therefore with thankfulness we cry aloud to Thee:/ “Thou hast filled all with joy, O our Savior,/ for Thou didst come to save the world”
KONTAKION, (Triodion, T. 8)—No one could describe the Word of the Father, but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described,/ and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it with divine beauty./ We confess and proclaim our salvation in words and images
PROKEIMENON, (Triodion, T. 4 Dan. 3)—Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers/ and praised and glorified is Thy Name forever.
For Thou art just in all that Thou has done for us.
EPISTLE: Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2
ALLELUIA (Triodion, T. 4, Ps. 98)—Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was also among those who called on His Name.
They called to the Lord and He answered them.
GOSPEL: John 1:43-51
INSTEAD OF “IT IS TRULY MEET”—All of creation rejoices in you,/ O Full of Grace,/ the assembly of the angels and the race of men!/ O sanctified Temple and spiritual Paradise,/ the glory of virgins,/ from whom God was incarnate and became a Child,/ our God before the ages,/ He made your body into a throne/ and your womb He made more spacious than the heavens./ All of creation rejoices in you!/ O Full of Grace, glory to you!
KOINONIKON, (Ps. 148)—Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise Him in the highest! Alleluia!
Monday, 3/2—Martyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia. Martyr Euthalia of Sicily. St. Agathon of Egypt. St. Arseny, Bishop of Tver.
Isaiah 4:2-5:7 Genesis 3:21-4:7 Proverbs 3:24-4:22
Tuesday, 3/3—Martyrs Eutropios of Amasea with Cleonikos and Basiliskos.
Is. 5:7-16 Gen. 4:8-15 Prov. 5:1-15
Wednesday, 3/4—St. Gerasimos of the Jordan.
Is. 5:16-25 Gen. 4:16-26 Prov. 5:15-6:3
Thursday, 3/5—Martyr Conon of Isauria. Martyr Irais (Raissa) of Egypt.
Is. 6:1-12 Gen. 5:1-24 Prov. 6:3-20
Friday, 3/6—42 Martyrs of Ammoria. Uncoering of he Precious Cross by Empress St. Helen.
Is. 7:1-14 Gen. 5:32-6:8 Prov. 6:20-7:1
Saturday, 3/7—Seven Martyrs of Cherson. St. Paul the Simple, disciple of St. Anthony the Great.
Heb. 3:12-16 Mark 1:35-4:4
Sunday, 3/8—Second Sunday of Great Lent. St. Gregory Palamas. Tone 6.
Heb. 1:10-:2:3 Mark 2:1-12
We welcome guests and visitors to St. Catherine’s this morning and we thank God that you are able to be with us! Please join us in the parish hall following Liturgy and the Thanksgiving prayers for refreshments and fellowship, and please sign the guest book in the rear of church—please include your email address or other contact information. We pray God brings you to us again soon and often!
Wednesday, 2/25, 7 PM—Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts followed by a Lenten meal and religious discussion. Presanctified will be offered most Wednesdays in Lent with the dinner and discussion following.
Confessions are heard after Vespers on Saturday night, before and after Lenten services, or by appointment. This Saturday, Fr. Dennis will lead the preparatory penitential prayers and an examination of conscience following Vespers with the reading of Psalms during confessions. We project doing this seasonally; i.e., in conjunction with the fasting seasons.
Today, the first Sunday in Lent, Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers in the DC area will be offered at Sts. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Potomac. Speaking will be Fr. Patrick Viscuso. There is a flier posted about this on the bulletin board in the hall.
Also posted on the bulletin board is the Lenten message of Metropolitan Tikhon, our diocesan bishop. You may also see this on the website of the Orthodox Church in America, www.oca.org.
Instruction class is scheduled for the newly-formed group Saturday, 2/21, at 4:30 PM. until it is time to prepare for Vespers, about 6.
Holy water has been blessed and is available from the font for your use at home.
Grab one of the baby bottles in the hall to fill up with your contributions to the Hagerstown Area Pregnancy Center, which we have supported in various ways over the years.
The Brotherhood and the Church School aluminum can drive continues. Please deposit aluminum cans in the cart downstairs and pull tabs in the cup on the coffee stand in the hall. NB—the cart is full. We need to make a delivery!
Thanks to James Firestein for church cleaning this week. Olivos are up for next week, Thanks to Ina Salcutan and Andrew Podolak for prosphora. We need volunteers for church cleaning and we may need to restart both the coffee hour clean-up and the baking rotation.
Pledge cards for support of St. Catherine’s in 2026 are available in the read of church and in the hall. The weekly operation of the parish is supported by your free-will offerings, and pledging is the best way for us to budget for the coming year. This is to include your regular contributions towards the operation of St. Catherine’s; it does not include candle money, or special appeals or special donations. Thanks to those who have pledged!
Among the departed we remember in our prayers Fr. Paul Harrilchak of Holy Trinity Church, Ashburn, VA; the mother of Emmet Hoyt, Darryl; Kate White; the father of John Outen, also John; the mother of Michael Wasiljov, Linda; the mother of Liviu Achim, Ileana; Larisa Bulgakova’s son-in-law, Sergei; those who have perished in war, persecution and terrorism in the Middle East, Ukraine, here and throughout the world, and from storms, flood, fire, earthquake, and disease here and elsewhere. May their memory be eternal!
Please remember in your prayers for the living those who are traveling at this time; Ina Salcutan’s sister, Anastasia, diagnosed with colon cancer; the son of John Outen, Adrian, with broken ribs; Fr. Zacharriah Wood; the father of Tony Lemons, Raymond, with blood clots; Hope Ciobanita’s daughter Madalena; June Aleshin in hospice care; Alison Cloonan, recovering from a car accident; Dennis and Marlene Powell’s infant grandson, Jack, from a heart transplant; John Outen’s mother Mary; Daria Riegler and Dennis Holovach’s sister Zina, recovering from surgery and now injuries from an automobile accident; Mary Riztich, and her mother, Angela; Eva Koenig’s husband’s uncle Herb and sister-in-law Bonnie;; Vicki Hughes with heart difficulties and along with Oleg Salcutan’s mother Maria; and Archbishop Alexander of Dallas with cancer; Paul Koch’s wife, Karen with lung, heart and kidney trouble; Michael Wasiljov’s wife Laurie, Sophia Klein, Cyprian Lutai Sr., Octavian Lutai; those who suffer from warfare, persecution and terrorism in the Middle East, Ukraine, here and elsewhere, and from storms, flood, fire, earthquake and disease here and elsewhere. We also remember the members of our armed forces who are engaged in combat.
St. Catherine Orthodox Church
433 Liberty St.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301-842-8955
Schedule: Pastor:
Saturday: 6:30 PM—Vespers V. Rev. Dennis Buck
Sunday, 10 AM—Divine Liturgy 825 Harrington Rd.
11:30 AM—Church School Rockville, MD 20852
Confessions Saturday evening or by appointment h) 301-424-7730; c) 202-878-2854
Lenten: W., 7 PM—Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Today is the 1st Sunday of Great Lent. Tone 2. The Triumph of Orthodoxy. Today we also commemorate the Martyr Eudoxia of Heliopolis.
Liturgy of St. Basil the Great, from p. 123 in the black Liturgy books in the pews.
TROPARIA, (T. 5)—Let us, the Faithful, praise and worship the Word,/ co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit,/ born for our salvation from the Virgin;/ for He willed to be lifted upon the cross in the flesh/ to endure death/ and to raise the dead/ by His glorious Resurrection.
(Triodion, T. 2)—We venerate Thy most pure image, O Good One,/ and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ God./ Of Thy good will, Thou wast pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh/ and deliver Thy people from bondage to the enemy./ Therefore with thankfulness we cry aloud to Thee:/ “Thou hast filled all with joy, O our Savior,/ for Thou didst come to save the world”
KONTAKION, (Triodion, T. 8)—No one could describe the Word of the Father, but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described,/ and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it with divine beauty./ We confess and proclaim our salvation in words and images
PROKEIMENON, (Triodion, T. 4 Dan. 3)—Blessed art Thou, O God of our fathers/ and praised and glorified is Thy Name forever.
For Thou art just in all that Thou has done for us.
EPISTLE: Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2
ALLELUIA (Triodion, T. 4, Ps. 98)—Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was also among those who called on His Name.
They called to the Lord and He answered them.
GOSPEL: John 1:43-51
INSTEAD OF “IT IS TRULY MEET”—All of creation rejoices in you,/ O Full of Grace,/ the assembly of the angels and the race of men!/ O sanctified Temple and spiritual Paradise,/ the glory of virgins,/ from whom God was incarnate and became a Child,/ our God before the ages,/ He made your body into a throne/ and your womb He made more spacious than the heavens./ All of creation rejoices in you!/ O Full of Grace, glory to you!
KOINONIKON, (Ps. 148)—Praise the Lord from the heavens! Praise Him in the highest! Alleluia!
Monday, 3/2—Martyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia. Martyr Euthalia of Sicily. St. Agathon of Egypt. St. Arseny, Bishop of Tver.
Isaiah 4:2-5:7 Genesis 3:21-4:7 Proverbs 3:24-4:22
Tuesday, 3/3—Martyrs Eutropios of Amasea with Cleonikos and Basiliskos.
Is. 5:7-16 Gen. 4:8-15 Prov. 5:1-15
Wednesday, 3/4—St. Gerasimos of the Jordan.
Is. 5:16-25 Gen. 4:16-26 Prov. 5:15-6:3
Thursday, 3/5—Martyr Conon of Isauria. Martyr Irais (Raissa) of Egypt.
Is. 6:1-12 Gen. 5:1-24 Prov. 6:3-20
Friday, 3/6—42 Martyrs of Ammoria. Uncoering of he Precious Cross by Empress St. Helen.
Is. 7:1-14 Gen. 5:32-6:8 Prov. 6:20-7:1
Saturday, 3/7—Seven Martyrs of Cherson. St. Paul the Simple, disciple of St. Anthony the Great.
Heb. 3:12-16 Mark 1:35-4:4
Sunday, 3/8—Second Sunday of Great Lent. St. Gregory Palamas. Tone 6.
Heb. 1:10-:2:3 Mark 2:1-12
We welcome guests and visitors to St. Catherine’s this morning and we thank God that you are able to be with us! Please join us in the parish hall following Liturgy and the Thanksgiving prayers for refreshments and fellowship, and please sign the guest book in the rear of church—please include your email address or other contact information. We pray God brings you to us again soon and often!
Wednesday, 2/25, 7 PM—Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts followed by a Lenten meal and religious discussion. Presanctified will be offered most Wednesdays in Lent with the dinner and discussion following.
Confessions are heard after Vespers on Saturday night, before and after Lenten services, or by appointment. This Saturday, Fr. Dennis will lead the preparatory penitential prayers and an examination of conscience following Vespers with the reading of Psalms during confessions. We project doing this seasonally; i.e., in conjunction with the fasting seasons.
Today, the first Sunday in Lent, Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers in the DC area will be offered at Sts. Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church in Potomac. Speaking will be Fr. Patrick Viscuso. There is a flier posted about this on the bulletin board in the hall.
Also posted on the bulletin board is the Lenten message of Metropolitan Tikhon, our diocesan bishop. You may also see this on the website of the Orthodox Church in America, www.oca.org.
Instruction class is scheduled for the newly-formed group Saturday, 2/21, at 4:30 PM. until it is time to prepare for Vespers, about 6.
Holy water has been blessed and is available from the font for your use at home.
Grab one of the baby bottles in the hall to fill up with your contributions to the Hagerstown Area Pregnancy Center, which we have supported in various ways over the years.
The Brotherhood and the Church School aluminum can drive continues. Please deposit aluminum cans in the cart downstairs and pull tabs in the cup on the coffee stand in the hall. NB—the cart is full. We need to make a delivery!
Thanks to James Firestein for church cleaning this week. Olivos are up for next week, Thanks to Ina Salcutan and Andrew Podolak for prosphora. We need volunteers for church cleaning and we may need to restart both the coffee hour clean-up and the baking rotation.
Pledge cards for support of St. Catherine’s in 2026 are available in the read of church and in the hall. The weekly operation of the parish is supported by your free-will offerings, and pledging is the best way for us to budget for the coming year. This is to include your regular contributions towards the operation of St. Catherine’s; it does not include candle money, or special appeals or special donations. Thanks to those who have pledged!
Among the departed we remember in our prayers Fr. Paul Harrilchak of Holy Trinity Church, Ashburn, VA; the mother of Emmet Hoyt, Darryl; Kate White; the father of John Outen, also John; the mother of Michael Wasiljov, Linda; the mother of Liviu Achim, Ileana; Larisa Bulgakova’s son-in-law, Sergei; those who have perished in war, persecution and terrorism in the Middle East, Ukraine, here and throughout the world, and from storms, flood, fire, earthquake, and disease here and elsewhere. May their memory be eternal!
Please remember in your prayers for the living those who are traveling at this time; Ina Salcutan’s sister, Anastasia, diagnosed with colon cancer; the son of John Outen, Adrian, with broken ribs; Fr. Zacharriah Wood; the father of Tony Lemons, Raymond, with blood clots; Hope Ciobanita’s daughter Madalena; June Aleshin in hospice care; Alison Cloonan, recovering from a car accident; Dennis and Marlene Powell’s infant grandson, Jack, from a heart transplant; John Outen’s mother Mary; Daria Riegler and Dennis Holovach’s sister Zina, recovering from surgery and now injuries from an automobile accident; Mary Riztich, and her mother, Angela; Eva Koenig’s husband’s uncle Herb and sister-in-law Bonnie;; Vicki Hughes with heart difficulties and along with Oleg Salcutan’s mother Maria; and Archbishop Alexander of Dallas with cancer; Paul Koch’s wife, Karen with lung, heart and kidney trouble; Michael Wasiljov’s wife Laurie, Sophia Klein, Cyprian Lutai Sr., Octavian Lutai; those who suffer from warfare, persecution and terrorism in the Middle East, Ukraine, here and elsewhere, and from storms, flood, fire, earthquake and disease here and elsewhere. We also remember the members of our armed forces who are engaged in combat.