"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." Colossians 3:16.

Your Annunciation Cathedral Choir is a ministry which supports our congregation at the Sunday liturgy. The Orthodox Christian Divine Liturgy is unique, as the entire service involves a di ...

As everyone has been busy preparing for our festival, plans for our 100th anniversary celebrations took a back seat. Now that the festival is behind us, we will be designating meeting dates, inviting the entire community to participate in what should be first-rate celebrations marking the establishment of this historic community. it was decided we should wait until after the festival ...

As noted in recent issues of the Herald, we are printing the names of current stewards of the parish to say thank you-

It seems each festival gets better and better. Or, at least that’s how we measure each festival’s success. We compare it to that of the previous years and calculate the numbers of people who show up and, of course, the revenues. But, each festival is also different from that of the previous year, in that we always meet new people, especially young families and young adults. And, therefore, we ...

Spontaneously and without much fanfare, few weeks ago, we “spilled out” onto the courtyard, most of us for the first time, to get a feel for the outdoor space. The community at large got to experience this during this year’s Festival, and we will be enjoying it for years to come. Although we have a little way to go to complete the fountain and the landscaping, including the old chapel column ...

It’s only October, but not too early to think about the Cathedral’s Community Christmas Card. Mailed to over 1000 families, the card includes your greetings for a Blessed Christmas and a joyous, peaceful New Year to them, and beyond. And, it is an additional means of support to the Cathedral’s ministries. The donation remains $25 per listing. For a number of years, our “Christmas card elv ...

Picking back up the items from a few months ago, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (GOA) is working as part of the National Council of Churches to A.C.T. to End Racism. This movement was launched in Washington D.C. in April on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A quick summary of the movement can be found in this 2-minute video by Most Rev. Michael ...

Cremation and the Church’s position on Christian burial

As we live in the world, we very often become “of the world.” That is, we give in to prevailing practices. One of these is cremation. More and more people opt to dispose of our dead by cremating them. The Church, however, follows the practices which we inherited from Judaism: we bury our dead, we don’t bu ...