Sacraments
Baptisms
What a Sponsor needs:
Days when Baptisms are NOT performed:
What a Sponsor needs:
- A complete change of clothing for the baby, including an undershirt
- One Gold Cross
- One small bottle of olive oil
- One bar of soap
- One white bath towel
- Two white hand towels
- Three white candles
- One white sheet
- The sponsor must be Orthodox in good standing with the Church (requires proof of Orthodox Baptism & letter from own parish priest)
Days when Baptisms are NOT performed:
- September 8, the Nativity of the Theotokos
- September 14, the Elevation of the Holy Cross
- November 21, the Presentation of the Theotokos
- December 25, the Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
- January 5, Eve of Theophany
- January 6, Theophany, the Baptism of Christ
- February 2, the Presentation of Christ
- March 25, the Annunciation
- Palm Sunday (The Sunday before Pascha)
- Holy Week (the week prior to Pascha)
- Ascension of Christ (forty days after Pascha)
- Pentecost (fifty days after Pascha)
- August 6, the Transfiguration
- August 15, the Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos
Weddings
We need from the couple:
What a Koumbaro/Koumbara (Best Man/Maid of Honor) needs to bring:
Marriages are NOT performed on fast days (or seasons) and major feast days as follows:
Check the church calendar here.
We need from the couple:
- Full Name
- Mother’s maiden name
- Date of Baptism
- In what religion you were baptized
- Have you ever been married? In a Greek Orthodox Church, in any other Church or just civilly?
- Schedule three premarital sessions with the priest
What a Koumbaro/Koumbara (Best Man/Maid of Honor) needs to bring:
- A set of crowns
- A silver tray
- Three candles (two decorated)
- The koumbaro/koumbara must be Orthodox, and in good standing with the Church (requires proof of Baptism & letter from Parish Priest)
Marriages are NOT performed on fast days (or seasons) and major feast days as follows:
- Great Lent (starts on a Monday, 7 weeks prior to Pascha)
- Fast of the Apostles (varying in length from 1 to 6 weeks; it begins on a Monday, 8 days after Pentecost, and ends on June 28, the eve of the feast of Saints Peter and Paul)
- Fast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (August 1-14)
- Christmas Fast (November 15 - December 24)
- Individual fast days:
- Beheading of St. John the Baptist (August 29)
- Eve of Epiphany (January 5)
- All Wednesdays and Fridays
- Any Feast Day of the Lord or the Theotokos as follows:
- September 8, the Nativity of the Theotokos
- September 14, the Elevation of the Holy Cross
- November 21, the Presentation of the Theotokos
- December 13 through 25
- December 25, the Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
- January 5, Eve of Theophany
- January 6, Theophany, the Baptism of Christ
- February 2, the Presentation of Christ
- March 25, the Annunciation
- Palm Sunday (The Sunday before Pascha)
- Holy Week (the week prior to Pascha)
- Ascension of Christ (forty days after Pascha)
- Pentecost (fifty days after Pascha)
- August 6, the Transfiguration
- August 15, the Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos
Check the church calendar here.
Funerals
Memorials
Days when Memorials are NOT performed:
- Funeral services are permitted on any day of the year, except for Sundays and Great and Holy Friday.
Memorials
Days when Memorials are NOT performed:
- From the Saturday of Lazarus, to St. Thomas Sunday
- Any Feast Day of the Lord or the Theotokos as follows:
- September 8, the Nativity of the Theotokos
- September 14, the Elevation of the Holy Cross
- November 21, the Presentation of the Theotokos
- December 25, the Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
- From December 25 through January 6
- January 6, Theophany, the Baptism of Christ
- February 2, the Presentation of Christ
- March 25, the Annunciation
- Palm Sunday (The Sunday before Pascha)
- Holy Week (the week prior to Pascha)
- Ascension of Christ (forty days after Pascha)
- Pentecost (fifty days after Pascha)
- August 6, the Transfiguration
- August 15, the Dormition (Falling Asleep) of the Theotokos
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PriestFr. Alex Radulescu
Office HoursMON - FRI: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
WED: Closed |