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3491
Pleasant Grove
Church Road
Morrisville, NC 27560
(Raleigh-Durham)
All
Services in English
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русском
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The
Transfiguration of Our Lord
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face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as snow.
A bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud
said, "This is my Beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;
listen to Him". When the disciples heard this, they fell
on their faces with awe. But Jesus came and touched them saying,
"rise, and have no fear". (Matthew 17) |
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Welcome
to Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church
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Our
Mission:
To follow Christ’s commandment to “go therefore
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that [He has]
commanded…”
Our Vision:
To be disciples of Jesus Christ who understand and embrace
the Apostolic Faith in our American context, through sacramental
communion with God and one another, for the life of the
world. |
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A
Note About Holy Communion - The Eucharist is served
to members of the Orthodox Church who have made
proper preparation through prayer, fasting and
recent confession and who are at peace with their
neighbors. If you have any questions, please see
Father Patrick after the Liturgy.
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| Elevation
of the Life-Giving Cross
9/14 |
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 The
Elevation or Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is one of the Great
Feasts of the Orthodox Church. Empress Helen, the mother of
St Constantine the Great, found the Cross on Golgotha in 326
AD. The Cross of Christ was found with the two crosses used
to crucify the thieves on either side of Jesus. The "Jesus
of Nazareth, King of the Jews" sign also lay among the
three crosses.
In order to determine which one was the True Cross, a sick
woman was told to kiss each cross. The woman kissed the first
two crosses and nothing happened. When the ailing woman kissed
the True Cross, she was immediately made well. At that time,
a funeral procession was passing that way. The body of the
dead man was placed on each cross, and when it was placed
on the True Cross, the dead man came to life - thus the name
the “Life-Giving” Cross. The Life-Giving Cross gives
life not only to that man, but to each person who believes
in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the Cross, and His All-glorious
three day Resurrection.
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| October
26: All-Day Retreat for Women |
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Living Love in Times of
Discord
By Saints Mary and Martha Sisterhood at Holy Transfiguration
Orthodox Church
An all-day retreat for women on remaining loving
in times of discord and turbulence. The retreat will be led
by Dr. Albert Rossi author of “Becoming a Healing Presence”.
Dr. Rossi teaches courses in pastoral theology
at Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in
Crestwood, NY. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and
has written numerous articles on psychology and religion.
After 24 years teaching at Pace University, Dr. Rossi retired
as an Associate Professor of Psychology. He also hosts a podcast
on Ancient
Faith Radio. Plan to arrive at 9:30 am to check in. First
program will begin at 10 am. Retreat will end prior to the
start of Vespers at 5 pm. Participants are welcome to stay
for Vespers. A small breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Mothers with infants in arms are welcome to attend.
Register
Here
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The
Blessing of the Waters at Lake Crabtree |
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 We
Value:
Hospitality, Ongoing Christian Education and Formation, Liturgical
Worship, Shared Leadership, Open Communication, Active Service,
Authentic Community, Evangelism |
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2018 Angel Tree Project Thank You!
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Dear Fellow Parishioners,
In a time in our world where there is much need, all
of you were very generous to the families that we
were supporting for the Angel Tree Project. The three
families were so grateful for your wonderful generosity,
saying how much they appreciated your kindness.
All the gifts were delivered by December 17, insuring
a special Christmas for all. I wish all of you could
have shared in getting to know the members of the
families.
THANK YOU AGAIN AND MAY GOD
BLESS YOU IN THE COMING YEAR.
Jane Wright
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Our
2018 St Nicholas Fund
Over the last two months our St Nicholas
Fund has helped a single mother with two teenage children
pay her bills and avoid homelessness.
It has also provided toiletries and reading materials
to an inmate in a state correctional facility who is
seeking God in the Orthodox faith.
God bless you for your offering of mercy!
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Another
Successful Haven House Back to School Drive!
"Thank you
to you and your parish for all of the items you donated
to the
back to school drive for Haven House. We exceeded all
of our goals and we could not have accomplished it without
help from your church. I dropped all the items off on
Wednesday and they were thrilled to see all of the donations.
Thank you so much again and have a great day."
Alex Hicks from the Haven House
July, 2018
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“Souper
Bowl of Caring”
on Super Bowl Sunday:
This is a national movement to change the largest day
of football into the largest day of caring, by giving
100% of proceeds to charity.
Once again, thank you for your overwhelming generosity
in supporting the Wrenn House in Raleigh. We even surpassed
last year's huge donation amount!
For more information visit: https://souperbowl.org |
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| Another
Successful SOCKTOBER! |
I
was naked and you clothed me (Matt 25:36)
SOCKTOBER!!
We'd like to thank all our brothers and sisters at Holy
Transfiguration Orthodox Church for helping us make SOCKTOBER
another success in helping others.
We delivered to our  partner
agencies Haven House, Tammy Lynn Center, Families Together,
and Wake County Women's Center with your donations. We
are already looking forward to our next project! God bless
and keep you all.
St John the Merciful Outreach Ministry |
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(IOCC)
International Orthodox Christian Charities
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From
the IOCC to HTOC,
"I cannot express to you enough how vital
your generous gift of support to IOCC's Hurricane
Harvey Response Fund has been. As the water receded,
assessments have determined that the storm damaged
at least 200,000 homes and destroyed more than 12,700
others in the area. With your support, IOCC has
been on the ground and responding... Thank you for
your gifts and for your prayers. Together, we will
help the region rebound."
Constantine M. Triantafilou, Executive Director
and CEO |
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 Archbishop
Alexander's Visit
His Eminence, Archbishop Alexander is bishop of Dallas, the
South and ruling bishop of the Bulgarian Diocese of the Orthodox
Church in America (OCA). He has also served as locum tenens
of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. and the Diocese of
the Midwest.
Archbishop Alexander (Golitzin) is the second ruling bishop
of the OCA's Bulgarian Diocese. He succeeded His Eminence,
the late Archbishop Kyrill, who had overseen the diocese from
1964 to 2007.
On March 29, 2016, His Eminence, Archbishop Alexander was
elected to fill the vacant See of Dallas and the South, succeeding
His Eminence, the late Archbishop Dmitri. He was enthroned
on June 11, 2016.
We were honored to have Archbishop Alexander visit with us
on Sept 24th for Great Vespers and Sept 25th for the Hierarchical
Liturgy.
See Photos Here
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Click
The Icons Below To Visit
THE
HOLY TRANSFIGURATION 'VIRTUAL CHAPEL'
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