Life of St. Mary of Egypt and Great Canon of St. Andrew
April 2025
Live-streamed from the lenten services in 2020 for the Life of St. Mary of Egypt and Great Canon of St. Andrew in 3 parts.
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7:00 pm Matins & The Great Canon
Life of St. Mary of Egypt
Live-Stream Scheduled
11:00 am Lenten Hours
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Live-streamed from the lenten services in 2020 for the Life of St. Mary of Egypt and Great Canon of St. Andrew in 3 parts.
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There is no more profitable practice as a companion to holy and spiritual fasting than that of almsgiving. View our schedule for almsgiving collections during Great Lent.
Of all lenten hymns and prayers, one short prayer can be termed the lenten prayer. Tradition ascribes it to one of the great teachers of spiritual life — St. Ephrem the Syrian. From Great Lent (Chapter 2), by Alexander Schmemann
To help those who aren’t familiar with all the figures and episodes mentioned in the Great Canon of St. Andrew, we've prepared a summary that highlights and explains its main figures.
In you, O Mother, was preserved with exactness what was according to the image; for you took up the Cross and followed Christ. By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh, for it passes away; but to care for the soul, since it is immortal. Therefore, O Venerable Mary, your spirit rejoices with the Angels.
The perfect way to receive Christ during this season is to receive the wonderful sacrament of His most pure Body and Blood in Holy Communion at the Divine Liturgy on Pascha. Download a helpful guide for confession.
Because of its Paschal character, the normal Divine Liturgy is not served on weekdays of Great Lent in the Orthodox Church. In its place, so that the faithful would not be left without Holy Communion, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is served.
Your help is needed. Please make a donation to the St. Nicholas Retirement Housing Pledge Drive. Please read about this unique opportunity for St. Nicholas Church.
In preparation for Pascha, please come and help with Spring Cleanup. Thursday, April 10, 9am - 3pm
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
102 Ross Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960
pastor: V. Rev. Stephan Meholick
phone: 415.454.0982
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America in San Anselmo, CA. The Orthodox Church in America is the autocephalous (self-governing) Orthodox Church on this continent, whose jurisdiction runs from Canada through Mexico under the omophor of His Beatitude, our Metropolitan TIKHON.