St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church

09/06/2026

08/30/2026

Sunday's Gospel - The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers - Matthew 21,33-42..They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

Sunday, Divine Liturgy @10 am

The New Vineyard and the New People

The word of the Saviour is clear and solemn: “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.” (Matt. 21:43). The Lord does not say that the vineyard will be destroyed, but that it will be entrusted to other labourers. The plan of God cannot be halted by human unbelief, and His love cannot remain confined within the boundaries of one people alone. Through the coming of Christ, the vineyard is enlarged and embraces all the nations of the earth.

This new nation is the Church, the new Israel, formed neither according to blood nor language, but from all those who believe in Christ and are born of water and the Spirit. The Holy Apostle Peter calls the baptised “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people” (1 Pet. 2:9). They are the branches grafted onto the True Vine, the living stones built upon Christ, and the labourers called to bring forth the fruits of the Kingdom.

In Christ, those who were near and those who were far off are gathered into one Body, and the dividing wall between men is broken down. The Chief Cornerstone joins together the two sides of the building: the Old and the New Covenants, the chosen people of old and the nations called to faith, heaven and earth, God and man.

The new vineyard also has a new winepress. From the pierced side of the Saviour flowed blood and water, an image of Baptism and of the Eucharist. Through the water of Baptism we are born as children of the Kingdom, and through the Body and Blood of the Lord we receive the life-giving sap of eternal life. Christ does not merely call us to labour in His vineyard; He Himself nourishes us, so that our labour may not remain barren.

The Church, therefore, is not a vineyard which we may possess according to our own will, but a gift entrusted to us for safekeeping and fruitfulness. She does not belong to us, but to Christ. The true Master of the vineyard remains God, while we are only stewards of the grace entrusted to us.

08/29/2026

Saturday, August 29, @ 9.45am Divine Liturgy/ Sfânta Liturghie

The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John - Orthodox Church in America https://share.google/a21wahaXfi3sBzUp0

Sarbatoarea Taierii capului Sfantului Ioan Botezatorul este praznuita pe 29 august. Este ultima dintre sarbatorile inscrise cu rosu in calendarul bisericesc. Sarbatoarea Taierii capului Sfantului Ioan Botezatorul este redata in mai multe chipuri. In unele reprezentari, Sfantul Ioan apare sub chipul https://www.crestinortodox.ro/sarbatori/taierea-capului-sfantului-ioan-botezatorul/taierea-capului-sfantului-ioan-iconografie-146306.html

08/22/2026

Sunday's Gospel:
At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, “Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?”... If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” (Matthew 19,16)
"Şi, iată, venind un tânăr la El, I-a zis: Bunule Învăţător, ce bine să fac, ca să am viaţa veşnică?.. de vrei să intri în viaţă, păzeşte poruncile. El I-a zis: Care? Iar Iisus i-a răspuns: Să nu ucizi, să nu faci desfrânare, să nu furi, să nu mărturisești strâmb; cinstește pe tatăl tău și pe mama ta și să iubești pe aproapele tău ca pe tine însuți. " (Matei 19 , 16 - 26)

08/13/2026

ADORMIREA MAICII DOMNULUI - Hramul Bisericii
DORMITION OF THE THEOTOKOS
• Friday, Aug.14 @ 7pm Vesper & Lamentation of the Theotokos/ Vecernie & Prohodul Maicii Domnului
• Saturday, Aug. 15 - Adormirea Maicii Domnului – Divine Liturgy @ 9.45am
• Sunday, Aug. 16 @ 9.45am Divine Liturgy & Procession with the Dormition Epitaph , followed by a potluck lunch (Sf. Liturghie cu procesiune, urmată de o masă comună în sala socială, cu ocazia sărbătorii Hramului Bisericii- Sfintei Maria )
Vă așteptăm cu drag la rugăciune și comuniune!

Biserica Ortodoxă prăznuieste pe 15 august Adormirea Maicii Domnului. În ajunul acestei sărbători se cantă în biserici Prohodul Preasfintei Născătoare de Dumnezeu. Prohodul Maicii Domnului are o însemnătate deosebită pentru credincioşii ortodocşi, fiind în acelaşi timp o cântare de tânguire dar şi o mărturisire a Sfinţeniei Maicii Domnului şi a dumnezeirii celui ce S-a născut https://www.crestinortodox.ro/slujbe-randuieli/prohodul-maicii-domnului-72906.html

08/08/2026

"For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move hence to yonder place,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind (of devil) never comes out except by prayer and fasting.”...
Sunday's Gospel reading- Matthew 17,14-23

08/06/2026

Transfiguration service - Thursday
Parakelsis of the Theotokos- Friday
Confessions (Thu. & Fr. @6.30pm)
Blessed and joyous Feast of the Transfiguration!
“He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light… and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!’ - Matthew 17:1-3,

08/01/2026

As we enter the Dormition Fast, the Holy Church calls us into a sacred season of prayer, fasting, repentance, and renewed devotion to Christ through the example and intercessions of His Most Holy Mother.

May these days be more than a change in what we eat. May they become a true fast of the heart, turning away from anger, judgment, pride, and distraction, while growing in mercy, humility, forgiveness, and love

Wishing all who begin the Fast a blessed and spiritually fruitful journey toward the glorious Feast of the Dormition. ☦️

Most Holy Theotokos, save us!

07/26/2026

...and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds" Matthew 14,14-22 (Sunday's Gospel)

07/18/2026

"And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people..." (Matthew 9,27-35)
Sunday's Gospel