Today's Scripture Readings
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August 12, 2010/July 30, 2010
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Parish Life
Sisterhood Meeting – Sunday, December 3, 2023
Election of Officers – Sunday, December 3rd after Divine Services the Sisterhood will hold election of officers for 2024. All Sisterhood members are asked to attend. The main business of the meeting will be the election.
Pan-Orthodox St. Nicholas Festival – December 9, 2023
On Saturday, Dec. 9th, our parish will host a Pan-Orthodox St. Nicholas Festival for Sunday School students. The games, gingerbread man making, and other fun activities begin at 3:00 PM. Afterwards, Great Vespers start at 5:00 PM. The activities are appropriate for young children up to middle school. Teens are needed to run the activities at the various stations. Please send your RSVP by Dec. 4th to Dr. Pat Disharoon. Learn more here >>>
Annual Parish Meeting – December 10, 2023
This is an official announcement that our annual parish meeting will take place after Divine Liturgy on Sunday, December 10, 2023 in the church hall. Everyone is encouraged to attend. It is important for you all to participate. Suggestions for New Business items may be given to Victor Marinich. To receive the call-in information contact Victor Marinich.
Nomination Committee
- The Nomination Committee is working to present a complete slate of candidates to run for the various offices on the parish council for the year 2024.
- Anyone interested to run for office may contact the Nomination Committee members: Victor Marinich; Dan Walsh; Michael Mickel; Albert Blaszak; Vadim Radchenko; or Andrei Burbelo.
Deacon Michael Memorial Charities – Toy Drive
As part of our charitable parish outreach, we are collecting new, unwrapped toys for low-income children who live in our church neighborhood and attend Commodore John Rodgers Elementary School. Toys will be distributed to families identified by the school administration based on their chronic needs and extreme low-income. For many of the children, these gifts will be the only ones they receive at Christmas. Donations are accepted through December 10. For information, please contact Marty Masiuk.
Vigil Candles: On the Altar and near St. Barbara
We have three vigil candles that are always burning – two near the large icon of the Holy Great-Martyr Barbara which holds a piece of her relics, and one on the holy altar table. These vigil lights burn from Sunday to Sunday. To have these candles burn 24 hours a day on behalf of someone we are praying for is quite a special blessing. We continue to accept donations to have these three vigil candles burn each week either for the health/salvation of the living and/or in memory of a departed loved one. A $15 donation will keep all three candles lit for one week. Schedule your candle offering with Elena Loyko.
To help the Ukrainian refugees donate to these organizations:
Helping Civilian Victims of War in Ukraine
There are civilian injuries every day in many different cities in Ukraine. Medical supplies are desperately needed to help innocent victims of war. Hospitals have chronic shortages of compression bandages, tourniquets, and air casts for broken bones. Click here for more details.
- Air Cast walking boots are also in very high demand since the injuries suffered by civilians increase in frequency and severity. Purchases may be made on Amazon, click here!
How to donate these medical supplies?
- Option: The most convenient and time saving way to help is to purchase these items online and ship them directly to St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 15100 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20905.
- Option: Bring items to our Holy Trinity Church.
Food Donations - No longer being accepted
Currently, food items are being locally sourced in Ukraine to save on overall costs. Thank you!
Coffee Hours
We are happy to announce that Coffee Hour will be offered every Sunday. The menu will be small – just soup and light refreshments. If you would like to sponsor a coffee hour or offer help, please contact Olga Mychko. Also, each week we need volunteers to help with serving and clean up during coffee hour.
Transportation to Church
Do you need transportation to Church? Or would you be able to bring a parishioner, who doesn’t drive, to church from time to time? If you answered “yes” to either question, please contact Alexey Shevelkin. He is coordinating our parish’s efforts to offer transportation to parishioners who can’t get to church on their own. Thank you for your assistance.
Submit your 2023 Pledge
The mission of our parish is to spread the Word of God, to grow, to expand, to improve, and not just to preserve our traditions. Our parish shouldn’t become stale but pursue holiness. We strive to fulfill the mission of our parish, through prayer, work, and sacrifice. Prayer – because we are called to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17); work – because we are taught to increase the talents given to us (Matt. 25: 14-30); and sacrifice – because "everyone to whom much is given, from him will much be required" (Luke 12:48). Please be generous as the Lord is generous to you. When completing your pledge for the new year, please consider raising your level of giving. Our church cannot operate without your financial contributions. Our parish will grow only through your prayers, work, and generous sacrifice. OFFERING PLEDGE FORM.
When you are generous, you are not bestowing a gift, but repaying a debt. Everything you possess materially comes from God, who created all things. And every spiritual and moral virtue you possess is through divine grace. Thus, you owe everything to God. More than that, God has given you his Son, to show you how to live: how to use your material possessions, and how to grow in moral and spiritual virtue. ---St. John Chrysostom
O Lord Save and Preserve
With much anguish we see the tragic events continuing in Ukraine. More than five million refugees have fled the country, and thousands of civilians and soldiers have been killed in this fratricidal war between two Orthodox countries. Countless others are injured, displaced and at the threshold of economic ruin. So much death, destruction, suffering and hatred have been caused by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
As Orthodox Christians, we do not support violence and aggression. We fervently pray for the immediate cessation of bloodshed, for the complete restoration of peace, for the well-being of the people in Ukraine and for the rebuilding of Christian love between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ commands us to love one another as our Heavenly Father loves us.
Let us always remember that first and foremost, we are Orthodox Christians. And our Holy Orthodox Church, throughout history, has united Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, and people of all ethnicities into the one, true, Orthodox faith.
We are brothers and sisters in Christ, and because we are brothers and sisters, we cannot stand idle or keep silent during these dreadful days. Our parish continues to collect funds to help the suffering people of Ukraine. We keep praying for peace, and we call upon our hierarchs to do everything in their power to stop hostilities. Lord have mercy!
The parish of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church does not have any affiliation with the Russian or American governments. We receive no financial support from any governmental or church institutions. Our entire budget (100%) is funded by the generous donations of our parishioners and friends and by the various fundraising events we conduct.