All Saints Orthodox Church, Hartford, CT

03/17/2026

There are still spots available in the pysanky classes. Please stop by for lunch and buy delicious baked goods! Take a try on our Easter Raffle or do some shopping in the church bookstore!

03/15/2026

“What does it mean to be a Church”. Wonderful Lenten Retreat held at All Saints on March 14, 2026 - speaker The Very Rev. Dr Eric Tosi. ☦️

03/15/2026

Veneration of the Cross☦️. Third Sunday of Great Lent. Thank you to Monica Kapral for adorning the cross with beautiful flowers. God Bless!

03/08/2026

02/24/2026

Please check your calendar and make your reservation today! If you don’t want to take a class, please come by to have lunch, purchase delicious baked goods and shop at the church bookstore! Look forward to seeing you on March 28th! God Bless!☦️

02/20/2026

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Please read this reflection on Great Lent and I hope you find it useful.

The purpose of Great Lent is to prepare the faithful to not only commemorate, but to enter into the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus. The totality of the Orthodox Church life centers around the Resurrection. Great Lent is intended to be a "workshop" where the character of the believer is spiritually uplifted and strengthened; where their life is rededicated to the principles and ideals of the Gospel; where fasting and prayer culminate in deep conviction of life; where apathy and disinterest turn into vigorous activities of faith and good works.

Lent is not for the sake of Lent itself, as fasting is not for the sake of fasting. Rather, these are means by which and for which the individual believer prepares himself to reach for, accept and attain the calling of their Savior. Therefore, the significance of Great Lent is highly appraised, not only by the monks who gradually increased the length of time of the Lent, but also by the lay people themselves. These rules exist not as a Pharisaic law, not as an end in themselves, but as a means to the purification of heart, the enlightening of mind, the liberation of soul and body from sin, and the spiritual perfection crowned in the virtue of love towards God and man.

The preparation for Lent begins with the pre-Lenten Sundays, this includes the Publican and the Pharisee, the Prodigal Son, the Sunday of the Last Judgment and Forgiveness Sunday. Following the Liturgy on Forgiveness Sunday the faithful exchange the rite of mutual forgiveness with one another. During this time the faithful abstain from meat and dairy products. However, the most important part of Lent is that the faithful enter knowing that Christ has already been victorious over death. Lent itself includes the weekdays for the next eight weeks. This time ends with the celebration of Holy Week.

In Christ,
Fr Constantine J. Bodien

02/15/2026

Egg-stravaganza - March 28, 2026

02/15/2026

Connecticut Deanery Mission Vespers - 2026

02/02/2026

Happy Feast Day - Meeting of Our Lord in the Temple☦️

01/10/2026

Joyful Feast! Hierarchical Liturgy - His Grace Bishop Benedict, visiting clergy, Diocesan Choir and Brothers and Sisters from the Diocese of New England, OCA. God Grant them Many Years☦️

01/06/2026

Feast of the Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

01/02/2026

Diocesan Choir will sing responses. Please plan to attend!☦️