NEWS AND EVENTS
2023 Metropolis of Atlanta Clergy-Laity Assembly Thursday, June 22, 2023
Location: St. Nicholas Cathedral
St. Nicholas Cathedral, Tarpon Springs, FL, is excited to be hosting this year's Metropolis conferences. Stay tuned for more information and schedule of events that you won't want to miss! Visit https://stnicholastarpon.org/cl2023
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Family Life Center
Resources for Parish, Family & Small Groups
Snapshots from Pre-Sanctified Liturgy
>> Weekly Video Series
Join the Center for Family Care as they lift up excerpts of hymns from Pre-Sanctified Liturgy each week throughout Lent for reflection and dialogue with your family members. 7 videos.
Family Activities for the Sundays of Great Lent
>> PDF Download
Family Connection activities for each Sunday of Great Lent
Comfort Food for Families: Pilgrimage to Pascha
>> Weekly Video Series & PDF Download
This series includes 8 week by week lenten themed videos covering the lenten journey, repentance, fasting from food and vices, almsgiving, and how to live in the light of the Resurrection. Great for small-group family ministry with families of children 5 years and up.
Webinars:
- Preparing Your Family for Great Lent - an engaging discussion that offers practical ways to make Great Lent a transformative family experience coupled with discussion points for parents
- Doing Lent with Disabilities - a discussion on tools, ideas, and lessons learned for helping your family enjoy a fruitful Lent
- Observing Holy Week as a Family - practical suggestions to encourage families to experience Holy Week in a rich and meaningful way coupled with discussion points for parents
- Preparing Your Family for Holy Week - practical suggestions to encourage families to experience Holy Week in a rich and meaningful way coupled with discussion points for parents.
Podcasts:
- Fasting Together: Keeping Peace in Our Homes - suggestions from an Orthodox dietitian on fasting practices and ideas for families to consider for the various lenten periods
- Fasting Ideas for Families - Fr. Alex Goussetis offers practical suggestions for families
- Having a Great Lent at Any Stage of Life - Dr. Randa Anderson discusses how to build upon the pillars of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during the lenten season
- Leading Our Children Through Great Lent - Elissa Bjeletich discusses practical steps for guiding our families through the holy season of Great Lent
- Balancing Great Lent
- Experiencing Great Lent as a Couple
- Preparing for the Feast
- Preparation for the Sacrament of Holy Unction
TIME FOR CHURCH SERVICES:
Every Sunday our community celebrates
Divine Liturgy . Please, visit the schedule page.
PROSFORA: If you would like to offer a Prosfora in memory of a loved one, living or dead. Please, call Fr. for more information.
SACRAMENTS:
Also, is available the Sacrament of Confession; Memorials; Shut-in, Sick
Visitations and House Blessings.
CHANTERS AND CHOIR: This is an open invitation – to all!!! Come and join us!
STUDY GROUP: Further information will be provided at
Sunday Divine Liturgy.
Archbishop Elpidoforos, New York June 2020
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THANKS AND APPRECIATION: Many thanks with
appreciation to all for your gifts; but the most and more important and
beautiful gift is your presence in the church, offering yourself to God;
praying in thanksgiving and partaking in the Mystery of the Holy Communion.
News and Current Events
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE SPACE FOR LITTLE MEMBERS: We are pleased to
announce that we will have a new space arranged for our animated and active
little members of our Church. We hope that you and they will enjoy it!
"For every humble person is gentle, and every gentle person is
invariably humble. A person is humble when he knows that his very being is on
loan to him".
St. Maximos the Confessor
Liturgical Calendar
calendar.goarch.org
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News from the Metropolis of Atlanta
www.atlmetropolis.org Metropolis of Atlanta Home Page www.atlstrategicplan.org Metropolis of Atlanta Strategic Plan (Very Important!!! Please Read!) www.familylifeministry.atlanta.goarch.org Metropolis of Atlanta Family Life Ministry www.goarch.org Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Thank you. Note Journey of Marriage (Pre-Marital Seminar) All couples marrying in the Metropolis must attend a Metropolis-sponsored Journey of Marriage seminar prior to their wedding. The couple will present their certificate of completion to their parish priest after the seminar. Preparing for the Journey of Marriage Workshop for Couples Marrying in the Orthodox Church Register Online Preparing for the Journey of Marriage Workshop for Couples Marrying in the Orthodox Church www.atlmetropolis.org 
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