HOLY WEEK SERVICES

 These are also listed in the Google calendar in the sidebar. 

Unless otherwise noted, 

Mon- Fri evening services begin at 7PM

** special note: NEW this year 5PM Holy Thursday Vesperal Liturgy   

There will only be a SHORT meal break between this liturgy and the Gospel Service at 7 pm, so please: 

• fast from noon before receiving communion 
• bring ONLY food that is READY TO EAT and requires no cleanup-- such as peanut butter sandwiches 

We will endeavour to keep this meal quiet and reflective, by listening in silence to readings as we eat. 

Mon. Apr. 18	7 pm Bridegroom Matins
Tues. Apr. 19	7 pm Bridegroom Matins
Wed. Apr. 20	7 pm PreSanc Lit. & meal
Thurs. Apr. 21* note Liturgy new this year	**5:00 pm St. Basil Lit & meal        7 pm 12 Gospels
Fri. Apr. 22	7 pm Shroud Veneration & Overnight Vigil
Sat. Apr. 23	9 AM St. Basil Liturgy    10 PM Baptism 11:30 PM PASCHA
Sun. Apr. 24 PASCHA	NO morning service 4 pm Paschal Vespers          & parish BBQ

Sun. 9:30 Matins & Liturgy	Palm Sunday Fish allowed
Mon. Apr. 18	Bridegroom Matins
Tues. Apr. 19	Bridegroom Matins
Wed. Apr. 20	PreSanct. Liturgy & meal
Thurs. Apr. 21* note Liturgy new this year	**5:00 pm St. Basil Lit & meal        7 pm 12 Gospels
Fri. Apr. 22	Shroud Veneration & Overnight Vigil
Sat. Apr. 23	9 AM St. Basil Liturgy    10 PM Baptism 11:30 PM PASCHA
Sun. Apr. 24 PASCHA	NO morning service 4 pm Paschal Vespers          & parish BBQ

Sun. 9:30 Matins & Liturgy	Palm Sunday Fish allowed
Mon. Apr. 18	Bridegroom Matins
Tues. Apr. 19	Bridegroom Matins
Wed. Apr. 20	PreSanct. Liturgy & meal
Thurs. Apr. 21* note Liturgy new this year	**5:00 pm St. Basil Lit & meal        7 pm 12 Gospels
Fri. Apr. 22	Shroud Veneration & Overnight Vigil
Sat. Apr. 23	9 AM St. Basil Liturgy    10 PM Baptism 11:30 PM PASCHA
Sun. Apr. 24 PASCHA	NO morning service 4 pm Paschal Vespers          & parish BBQ

Sun. 9:30 Matins & Liturgy	Palm Sunday Fish allowed
Mon. Apr. 18	Bridegroom Matins
Tues. Apr. 19	Bridegroom Matins
Wed. Apr. 20	PreSanct. Liturgy & meal
Thurs. Apr. 21* note Liturgy new this year	**5:00 pm St. Basil Lit & meal        7 pm 12 Gospels
Fri. Apr. 22	Shroud Veneration & Overnight Vigil
Sat. Apr. 23	9 AM St. Basil Liturgy    10 PM Baptism 11:30 PM PASCHA
Sun. Apr. 24 PASCHA	NO morning service 4 pm Paschal Vespers          & parish BBQ

Let the Showers Begin!

Ladies of St. Herman's and affiliates, hear ye, hear ye!
Pull out your calendars and mark the date: We have planned a Bridal Shower for Tiffany Wolters and would like to invite you to come and celebrate!

(click picture to embiggen)

Questions?  Feel free to email Macrina Hall or Sofia (aka Kristy) Duran for more info.

Hope to see you there!

Cleaning Bee Saturday April 16th

Saint Herman’s Annual

LAZARUS SATURDAY

CLEANING BEE

Please join us

Saturday April 16th

at 10 AM

and pitch in to beautify the church for our

celebration of Holy Week and Pascha 

Please Bring:

· Cleaning supplies

· Cleaning equipment

· Food to share

Welcome Baby Marta!

...and many years to parents Alexei & Svetlana S.

Funeral Wednesday March 23rd for Aura Fyfe

Many of our parish never knew Aura, as she has been a shut-in for some years. She departed this life and entered the kingdom early on Sunday morning. Those of you who did know her please note that the service will not be at the church; however, Fr. Lawrence will be officiating.


Choir members, if you haven't yet heard of this through other channels, please let Magdalen know if you can come to sing (I believe Gregory is expecting to be out of town.)

Wed. March 23, 10 am

 Victory Memorial Park funeral centre, 

14831 - 28 Ave, Surrey (entrance off King George Highway) 

Memory Eternal Aura!

The Angel of Daylight Savings Time!

No, not really, I don't think Daylight Saving Time has an angelic origin. (I REALLY don't think so!) But I have two items to note in this post, and the first is:

SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR

 AT BEDTIME TONIGHT!!

The other one is, we have several of these great Angelic Icon Calendars for sale at the church bookstore 

REDUCED TO ONLY FIVE DOLLARS EACH!!  

LENT COMETH!

The March Calendar is now available at church (after being sick this week, I have yet to catch up with the online calendar-- that will be done soon.)

Also at church you can find the 2011 sheet of Lenten Fasting Rules. One item was left out, as it hadn't yet been scheduled-- a new item this year, a communion fast from noon for the Holy Thursday liturgy, which will be an evening liturgy held before the service of the Twelve Gospels, with a brief supper in between. That's not till April, of course, so more about that next month.

Meanwhile, tomorrow is the last meat day. So clear out the hot dogs and chicken;  and after Sunday prepare to enjoy your pancakes, fish, veggie omelettes  and cheese pizza this week!

A week from tomorrow, on Sunday March 6th, we will have Forgiveness Vespers after lunch (where we may eat all foods EXCEPT for meat). The church membership has increased a lot, so if you are very ascetic you can just let it hit you like a ton of bricks. But if not,  you might want to do a little, um, training in the week leading up to it.....

One additional note: Abbotsford Dinner & Study at Sava's this week only will be on TUESDAY March 1st. at 6 pm. I believe it's pot luck? Anything but meat.

ps. I couldn't take the rain anymore, so I changed the Spruce Island template. :-) If any of you photo-savvy folks would like to try customizing it with a more relevant background image, please give it a whirl!

Be Back Tomorrow, by Sheree Plett

Kay. So please pardon the bad formatting. It's been years since I've posted on here.

This is what our parties usually look like, and involve Aaron totally embellishing some story to make himself seem, way more herioc.

The pic to the left is Jenn and Felix awaiting Ori's arrival.

I was trying to dig out a pic of Jenn and her hubby Alex, but alas it's not going to happen.

Your kids at St. Johns invite you to come celebrate the new addition to our family. It's a baby shower for Jennifer and Alex Wicks-Ness.

(that's the part I typed first but it totally slid format-wise.)

This is kind of a big deal for us. And well, we're happy for any excuse to have a party.

Home of Peter and Judy Choi, this coming Saturday. 2-4pm. All are welcome.

(here's an old group shot of us, from a while back... some hopefully familiar faces)

Lovely party host: Judy Choi.

842 66th Ave, Vancouver

A coupl'a blocks from the new Cambie and Marine Skytrain.

Ori and his big bro Felix.

The Pasivirtas are warming up their house in the hood at around the same time, and celebrating Mr. Zeke's birthday, so there's two reasons to come out and pay your old buddy old pals a visit, if you can swing it.

If you have any questions, you can email me at: kimberleyfrancis@gmail.com

Much Love to All. xx

PS. Oh and if you're planning on coming, please don't be bothered about a gift. We've decided that rather than clutter up the already well appointed Wicks-Ness household (it's baby #3), we're treating them to a deluxe day of pro house cleaning service, so that they can simply put their feet up and gaze adoringly at one another, for atleast one day this year, so if you do come, just bring a twoonie or a twenty, to toss into the bucket of goodness.

Men's Night later this month

Advance notice about Men's Night

 at Dn. Gregory's house

Friday February 25th

7 pm

Wed. Feb. 2nd Feast of the Meeting of Our Lord

Wednesday February 2nd 7 pm 

Vesperal Liturgy and 

Blessing of Candles, Lamp Oil and Incense

Please bring your candles, lamp oil and incense to be blessed for use in your home icon corner

Fast from noon in preparation to receive communion

Please bring festal foods to share at our meal together afterward. 

Also, please don't forget to schedule the blessing of your home-- the New year is well under way already, and it is just a little over a month till Great Lent! 

Schedule your house blessing

Please call Fr. Lawrence to schedule your house blessing this Theophany season! 

Meanwhile, here is the info from the brochure on how to prepare: 


How should I prepare for my house to be blessed?

1. Have the lights on and doors open in the rooms to be blessed (not the washrooms or storage spaces)
2. Turn off TV, radio and other electronic distractions
3. Prepare a table in the main room(preferably in the icon corner) and on it the following: 
an icon with candle lit before it 
a bowl containing holy water 
lists of names of those you wish to pray for (living/departed)

If you have no holy water, the priest will supply some.

What will happen in the service of blessing?

1. When the family is gathered round the icon, the priest will begin with Trisagion prayers. Please join in with the Our Father
2. The priest will sing the tropar for Theophany; please join in(printed on the back of this leaflet).
3. The priest will pray the blessing prayer; the people respond “Amen”
4. A family member carrying the lit candle leads the priest to one room after another, where he sprinkles Holy Water. All follow in procession, singing the tropar repeatedly.
5. After all the rooms are blessed, the procession returns to the icon corner for the dismissal. 


Theophany Tropar (tone 1)

O Lord, when You were baptized in the Jordan
The worship of the Trinity was made manifest/
For the voice of the Father bore witness to You
And called You His beloved Son/
And the Spirit in the form of a dove
Confirmed the truthfulness of His word./
O Christ our God who have revealed Yourself
And have enlightened the world// Glory to You! 





MEANWHILE, don't miss the Blessing of the Fraser slideshow, courtesy of Victoria-- scroll down to the post below!

Theophany 2011

Baby Bishop Baptism

Theophany Services

Wed. Jan 5th, 7 pm:

 Vesperal Liturgy and Blessing of Holy Water

• Eat LENTEN  food only before noon. 
• 
  
• Fast  entirely from food from noon before receiving communion. 
• 
  
• Bring FESTAL food to share at the post-liturgy meal. 
• 
  
• Bring small bottles to carry Holy Water home. 

Sunday, Jan. 9th:  After Liturgy and lunch, we will go to bless the waters of the Fraser River.

Directions to Derby Reach Park are here

ALSO, DON'T FORGET: Please call or e-mail Fr. Lawrence to schedule your annual house blessing after Theophany.

reminder

If you have donation-in-kind receipts to submit for St. Herman's please bring them by next Sunday.

January 2nd.

Christmas Service Times Reminder!

Fri. Dec. 24 6PM Christmas Eve Vigil

Sat. Dec. 25 9 AM Christmas Liturgy NO meal after and NO Saturday vespers in the evening

Sun. Dec. 26 10 AM Liturgy-- NO Matins preceding, Lunch as usual after.

Fr. Lawrence will be leaving immediately after Sunday liturgy for vacation.

Wed. Dec. 29  7 pm Deacon's vespers
and New Year's Day Sat. Jan 1st, 6:30 pm Deacon's vespers

Fr. Lawrence will return for Jan. 2nd Sunday Matins & Liturgy

Christmas Cards

Thank you to those of you who ordered Christmas cards and participated in this Youth Fundraising Initiative.

From the sale of the cards we were able to collect $125.00 to donate to the upcoming Youth Retreat in February.

Thanks again!

Post-Christmas Liturgy Breakfast

Hi all!

The Gascoignes would like to extend an invitation to all our St. Herman's family for a Christmas breakfast at our house after liturgy on Christmas Day.

We did this last year and it was a jolly event, and a lovely way to spend those hours before your pre-Christmas dinner nap time. We'll have the wood fire burning, the music playing, the bacon in the oven, and the eggs in the pan. It would be lovely if people could bring a few things to share, but the best thing to share is your presence.

Hope to see you all there!

Love Gascoignes

Holiday Fundraiser Initiative

I would like to help the youth group raise funds for their Winter Retreat by selling Christmas cards to the parish.

Cards would be ordered in advance and available for pick-up or distribution on Sunday December 19.

The price for individual cards is $3.50 or 5 for $15.00 (excluding the oversized card). $2.50 from the sale of each card will be donated back to the church for youth events, such as the Winter Retreat. The remaining funds will cover the cost of materials and time.

There are 6 styles to choose from. All cards are made with paper obtained from an environmentally sustainable paper mill and prices include envelopes. Photos can be mounted on red or green cardstock for an additional 25c/card (or $1.00 flat fee for groups of 5).

Many thanks for your participation in this fundraising initiative. Please feel free to speak to me directly if you wish to place an order or email us before Friday December 17.

Love in Christ, Peter & Macrina Hall

radiantgalaxy@shaw.ca

Book Request

Posted on behalf of Fr. John/Hannah Pryadko

Father John Bingham is collecting used Orthodox books for one of his parishioners who owns a used book store. The man and his wife are going through a rough spell financially; the wife recently hit a moose while driving and their car was totaled. Insurance did not cover the damage and in addition to that, the wife had to stop working to undergo surgery and will be off for recovery and rehabilitation.

The book store business is slow. Father John is hoping that as well as making Orthodox reading material available to the public through the book store, the proceeds will help to provide a bit of additional income to this struggling couple.

If anyone has any used Orthodox books that they are no longer reading or using as reference, or second copies of good Orthodox books that they would like to donate, please give them to Hannah Pryadko to send to Father John. They will be sent out the first or second week of December. Thanks so much.

Hannah

Event Reminders this week

**update-- December calendars and Christmas Tree blessing leaflet will be available in church this weekend. Bulletin next weekend.  


Sunday Nov. 28th-- 2 pm baby shower to welcome baby Meredith at Ana W's

Wednesday Dec. 1st-- 7 pm Bp. Irenee is with us for vespers & coffee time. Please bring some finger food!

Episcopal Visit December 1st

Vladika Irenee will be with us for 

Wednesday vespers at 7 PM 

on December 1st. 

If you can be with us for the service that evening, 

please bring some Lenten snacks 

for a brief informal coffee time afterward. 

Women's Annual Advent Quiet Day

11 am  till 5 pm on 

Saturday, December 4 

at Theresia's 

Address and directions will be posted at church.

Bring something  Advent-friendly  and tasty to share. 

Welcome Baby Bishop on the Eve of Advent!

WELCOME to the newest St. Hermanite, little Meredith Jean, who arrived this past week. Ladies please remember that there will be a baby shower at Ana W's at the end of the month, Sun. Nov. 28th after church. See details here. 

Meanwhile, this Sunday is the last day before Advent-- time to use up all your non-fasting food!

Details are found on your liturgical calendar at home and in the November bulletin available in the church narthex.

Memory Eternal

... to our much valued sister in Christ and long time parish member

 Edith Lorraine Gavriel,

 who fell asleep in the Lord this morning. 

   Her funeral will be 

at St. Herman's

Tues. Nov. 9.  

Viewing at 9.30 am, 

funeral at 10.00 am, 

interment in Langley following.  

FALL BACK THIS COMING WEEKEND!!

Don't forget to turn your clock back an hour on

Saturday night, November 6th 

(unless you don't really want the extra hour of sleep that night, of course!)

SPECIAL Wed. Oct. 27th NO VESPERS-- TWU event Fr. John Behr

PLEASE NOTE: for this date only, Oct. 27th, our Wednesday daily vespers will be CANCELLED to enable us to attend this free event with St. Vlad's professor Fr. John Behr at Trinity Western University.  Fr. John has agreed to spend a little time with us afterward, likely at the Dublin Crossing-- details to be confirmed on the day. 

Map & Directions to TWU

The Very Rev. John Behr, Professor of Patristics, St. Vladimir’s Seminary in New York 

WED. OCT. 27^TH AT 7:30 P.M. 

IN THE NW AUDITORIUM AT TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY

 SPONSORED BY THE CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN INTERPRETATION, RELIGION AND CULTURE

AND BY THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT TWU.

“Orthodox Christianity as Paideia: Faith, Reason, and Culture in the Early Church.”

Fr. John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir’s Seminary and Professor of Patristics, teaching courses in patristics, dogmatics and scriptural exegesis at the seminary, and also at Fordham University, where he is the Distinguished Lecturer in Patristics. Fr. John hails from England, though his family background is Russian and German - and clerical on both sides.

After completing his first degree in Philosophy in London in 1987, Fr. John spent a year studying in Greece. He finished an M.Phil. in Eastern Christian Studies at Oxford University, under Bishop Kallistos (Ware), who subsequently supervised his doctoral work, which was examined by Fr. Andrew Louth and Rowan Williams, now Archbishop of Canterbury. While working on his doctorate, he was invited to be a Visiting Lecturer at St Vladimir’s Seminary in 1993, where he has been a permanent faculty member since 1995, tenured in 2000, and ordained in 2001. Before becoming Dean in 2007, he served as the editor of St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, and he still edits the Popular Patristics Series for SVS Press.

His early work was on issues of asceticism and anthropology, focusing on St. Irenaeus of Lyons and Clement of Alexandria. After spending almost a decade in the second century, Fr John began the publication of a series on the Formation of Christian Theology, and has now reached the fifth and sixth centuries. He has recently completed an edition and translation of, and introduction to, the remaining texts of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia. He has also published a synthetic presentation of the theology of the early centuries, focused on the mystery of Christ.

Fr. Behr is the author of the following books which will be available for purchase at the lecture:

• The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2006). 186 pp.
• The Nicene Faith, vol. 2 of The Formation of Christian Theology (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2004). 2 vols in paper; single hardcover volume 580 pp.
• The Way to Nicaea, vol. 1 of The Formation of Christian Theology (Crestwood: SVS Press, 2001). 261 pp

Baby Bishop

Just a reminder to the parish women about the baby shower for Robyn & Ryan's wee one

When: Sunday, November 28th
Time: 2:00pm
Where: Ana Wright's house
What: please bring something edible to share - remember it will be the Advent fast.

Also - I am collecting money for a stroller so if you are so inclined you are welcome to give your stoller donation to me any Sunday between now and November 21st.

Thanks!