We are now in the forty day season of Great Lent.  In this season, marked by penitence and catechesis, we offer special services each week to assist in our personal and communal preparation for Holy Week and Pascha.  Lent began this year with Forgiveness Sunday on March 2nd and Clean Monday on March 3rd, and Pascha is aligned with the western church this year on April 20.

The sacrament of repentance (confession) is offered half an hour prior to Vespers on Saturday and, when possible, the Divine Liturgy on Sunday.  The Liturgy is preceded by two small services originally from monasteries, called Hours, which begin at 9:30 AM.  

Our services are conducted primarily in English with some Spanish and Ukrainian.  We welcome visitors and inquirers to our vibrant community of faith.  

Our patron saint Anthony (251-356) was an Egyptian revered as the father of all monastics.  His influence was felt far and wide through his words in collections of the sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and through his biography which was written by St. Athanasius.  St. Anthony is revered in many church bodies throughout the world.  His day is January 17th. 

We are particularly fond of Celtic saints and spiritual traits because the successors of St. Anthony, men and women who had a heart for mission, heavily influenced the growth and nature of Christianity in Wales and Ireland, Brittany and Northumbria.