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12 07 2025 bISHOP nIKODHIM'S VISIT FOR OUR PATRONAL FEAST dAY

His Grace, our bishop, Nikodhim, paid a visit to our parish for our patronal feast day today. The Hierarchical Liturgy was beautiful, and the ceremonies were unique to a bishop’s visitation. Our small choir sang superbly.

His Grace’s sermon focuses on the mercy of God toward the woman who had been tormented by a severe illness for 18 years. He mentions how some of the religious leaders were angry when Jesus healed her on the Sabbath, and how that shows us that God’s mercy is not limited to certain days. The leaders attempted to stand in the way, but the lesson for us is to become vessels through whom God’s mercy can flow—not for our own glory but for his.

Link to today’s Liturgy:  https://youtu.be/3v72X-bpZNU


Below: Daughters of St Nicholas with His Grace, Bishop Nikodhim, Father John Daly, and Father John Downie (St. Michael Romanian Orthodox Church, Southbridge)



ANNOUNCEMENTS 11 30 2025
  • We celebrated Albanian Flag Day with prayers and pictures today. The prayers can be found at the end of the Divine Liturgy, and the picture is attached to this email.
  • Next Sunday, our Hierarch and Shepherd in Christ, Bishop Nikodhim, will be with us to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and join us at our St Nicholas Dinner. We are all looking forward to being with him on that special day.
  • Our Nativity Collection for St Kosmas Academy will continue through Theophany. Thank you to all who have given to this wonderful venture of building the first Orthodox classical school in Worcester County. We hope to start with a Kindergarten class next fall. Eventually, the academy will go through high school. Your gifts are a great blessing.
  • The Tri Community Food Pantry is in great need of nonperishable foods (canned vegetables and fruit, cereal, pasta, and other items. Please be generous. This is a hard time of year for many people, and the fallout from the 40-day government shutdown is still being felt.

NATIVITY SEASON PROJECT 2025

SAINT KOSMAS ACADEMY COLLECTIONS


We will be taking collections for our new Orthodox Classical Education school which will be initially housed on the property of St. George Antiochian Cathedral in Worcester. 

The first class will begin next fall 2026 and we hope to have a full opening of the school beginning September 2027.