Coming January 21: The Feast of our Patron,
Saint Maximus the Confessor.

The Festal All-NIght Vigil will be served this Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. Following the Liturgy, there will be a parish potluck brunch in hall and a lecture on simple and passionate thoughts in the work of St. Maximus. Please join us!

The Men of the Parish will meet at the church for breakfast and discussion Saturday, January 14 at 8:00 a.m.

We celebrate the feast of our Patron, St. Maximus the Confessor, January 20-21. We invite you to join us!

Friday, January 20 Vigil, All-Night Vigil 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 21, Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m., Meal 11:00 a.m., Lecture at 12:00

With the Feast of Theophany, the season for blessing houses begins. Please contact the priest or sign-up at the church if you'd like your home blessed.

We will celebrate the Feast of the Theophany of our Lord January 5-6 with the Royal Hours Thursday morning at 6:00, Vigil Thursday evening at 7:00, and Divine Liturgy with the Great Blessing of Water Friday morning at 9:00.

The Vespers of Forgiveness Sunday with the rite of mutual forgiveness will be held Sunday, February 26, at 6:00 p.m. We gather to begin Great Lent liturgically and to ask and offer forgiveness to one another. All who consider St. Maximus to be their home parish should be in attendance for this important service. Afterwards, as per our custom, we'll go to Beth Marie's on the Denton Square for ice cream together.

A Literal All-Night Vigil for the Feast of the Protection of the Theotokos will be served starting at 10:00 p.m. Friday, September 30. It will include Compline with the Akathist to the Theotokos, Great Vespers with Litia, Matins, and the First Hour without abbreviations and including patristic and Scripture readings, the Office of Preparation for Holy Communion, the Third and Sixth Hours, and Divine Liturgy, which should conclude about 5:00 a.m., Saturday, October 1. Breakfast will be served following the Prayers of Thanksgiving.

Ten Year Anniversary!

St. Maximus will celebrate 10 years as a parish the weekend of July 29-31. Special guests, activities, services, and a festive meal Sunday evening. Come join us!

Joining us for the celebration will be His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah and His Grace, Bishop Nikon, along with a special appearance by His Eminence, Archbishop Dmitri.

Our Annual Labor Day Picnic this year is Monday, September 6, noon to five; food, fellowship, bounce house, games, volleyball, etc. Bring a favorite picnic dish or drink, yourself, and a friend!

Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Matins at 9:00 a.m.

Great and Holy Pascha!

Saturday, April 3rd
-11:30pm - Paschal Nocturnes

Sunday, April 4th
-12:01am - Paschal Matins, Hours, Divine Liturgy, Blessing of Baskets
-3:00pm - Paschal Vespers & Picnic

Our annual Memorial Day Picnic will be held SUNDAY, May 30, at 3:00 p.m. Bring picnic food and friends to eat it. All welcome.

Hieromonk Zacharias of St. John the Baptist Monastery in Essex, England, spiritual son of Elder Sophrony and spiritual grandson of St. Silouan of Athos, will be in Dallas/Fort Worth the weekend of February 6-7. He will celebrate the Divine Liturgy Saturday morning February 6, 7:00 a.m. at St. Seraphim's Cathedral in Dallas. Following a light breakfast, he will speak at 9:30 with Q&A to follow. That evening, he will be at St. Sava's, Plano, for Vespers at 5:00 and a talk with the youth at 6:00 p.m. This is his last trip to the USA, so don't miss this!

Our parish bookstore will soon be offering prints, both mounted and unmounted, of the lovely icon of St. Maximus painted for our parish by an iconographer. These should be available by December 14. Proceeds will go to help build a permanent temple in honor of the Saint to the glory of God.

The Mystery of Holy Unction for the healing of soul and body will be served Tuesday, December 23 at 7:30 p.m.  All Orthodox Christians who have been to Confession during the Nativity Fast are welcome to receive the Sacrament.

For the next three months or so, the Adult Study Thursdays at 1:00 will be reading and discussing St. Theophan's The Path of Salvation, a most insightful and helpful classic of Orthodox Spirituality. The class is followed by Vespers. All are welcome.You need not have attended from the beginning to come.

The Ladies of St. Maximus will gather at Louise Newcomb's home on Sunday, August 23  at 3:00 p.m. for tea and fellowship. All women welcome

August 16-19 at Holy Archangels Monastery in Kendalia, Texas. Teens and men: we'll leave Sunday afternoon by 2; we'll work, pray, hear talks,  have discussion, and have time for silent prayer and meditation. Not to be missed! Plan to go now. We'll return Wednesday after lunch, arriving in Denton by 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 11th
Festal Vigil with Blessing of Palms 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 12th
Festal Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.

Sunday, April 12th
-1:00pm, Vespers
-7:00pm, Bridegroom Matins

Monday, April 13th
-7:00am, Hours with Gospel Readings
-2:00pm, Presanctified Liturgy

Monday, April 13th
-7:30pm, Bridegroom Matins

Tuesday, April 14th
-7:00am, Hours with Gospel Readings
-2:00pm, Presanctified Liturgy

Tuesday, April 14th
-7:30pm, Bridegroom Matins with Hymn of St. Kassiane

Wednesday, April 15th
-7:00am, Hours with Gospel Readings
-5:00pm, Presanctified Liturgy

Wednesday, April 15th
-7:30pm, Matins for Holy Thursday

Thursday, Apil 16th
-12pm, Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil

Thursday, April 16th
-7:00pm, Matins with Twelve Passion Gospels

Friday, April 17th
-7:30am, Royal Hours
-3:00pm, Burial Vespers
-4:00pm, Compline with Canon
Grave Watch Begins

Friday, April 17th
-7:00pm, Matins with Lamentations

Saturday, April 18th
-2:00pm Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil

Friday, April 10th
-6:30pm, Presanctified Liturgy

Saturday, April 11th
-9:00am, Divine Liturgy

St. Peter the Aleut Camp for teens is to be from Monday afternoon, June 29th through Friday, July 3rd at Camp Grady Spruce YMCA Camp in Possum Kingdom Lake, which is NW of Ft. Worth. Fr. John Anderson of St. Seraphim Cathedral is currently the Camp Director. Save the dates! More information upcoming. Cost $260.

The first week of the Great Fast, otherwise known as Clean Week, calls us to ponder the state of our life before Christ and cultivate deep, heartfelt repentance over our failure to love Him with all our heart and our neighbors as ourselves. Apart from a full liturgical schedule, the feature of this week is the Great Canon of St. Andrew served Monday through Thursday evenings at Great Compline (a different part each evening).
     Monday 7:30
     Tuesday 7:30
     Wednesday 7:30
     Thursday 7:00
     Friday 6:30 Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts

Matins will be served daily at 7:00 a.m.
See monthly calendar for full schedule.

A Russian Vespers with Pannikhida for the departed will be served the first Friday of every month at St. Maximus at 7:00 p.m. Confession in Russian will also be offered. Russian speakers are encouraged to come to pray and worship and to get to know other Russians in the area. In February, this will be held THURSDAY, February the 4th at 7:30 p.m.

The Basics of Orthodoxy Class is starting up again for six introductory sessions before Nativity (Christmas). If you are interested in learning more about the Orthodox Church, please consider attending on Friday's at 8:00 p.m. beginning November 7.

Annual All-parish Meeting
Sunday, October 5th after Liturgy
At least one family member from each family should attend.

We are please to announce a new class in Church History to be offered Tuesday evenings 7:00 - 8:30 at the church. It will cover the first 1000 years of Christian history and is open to all who are interested. The course is free, and it is projected to run for eight weeks. Call the church for more information.

Wednesday, April 9th
-7:00pm, Presanctified Liturgy
-9:30pm, Matins with the Great Canon

April 19-26
Click for Printable Schedule
or see monthly calendar

Sunday, December 23
    7:00 p.m. Vespers

Monday, December 24 Nativity Eve
    6:00 a.m. Matins
    7:15 a.m. Royal Hours
    5:30 p.m. Vigil (Great Compline & Matins)
    7:30 p.m. Holy Supper

Tuesday, December 25 The Nativity of our Lord in the Flesh
    7:45 a.m. Hours
    8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy

Wednesday, December 26 Synaxis of the Theotokos
    6:00 a.m. Matins
    7:00 p.m. Vespers

Thusday, December 27 Protomartyr Stephen
    6:00 a.m. Matins
    5:30 p.m. Open House Dinner at Rectory

The Nativity Fast preceding the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord is given to us to help us clear the garbage and clutter out of our lives that keeps us from seeing Jesus Christ as He is: the eternal Son of God born in the flesh of Mary for us and for our salvation. May there be room found in our hearts for Him! Let us use the fast to seek more of Him in our lives through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, good deeds, and the reading of Scripture and other spiritual literature.

Archbishop Dmitri has called for Tuesday, October 16 to be observed by all the clergy and laity of the Diocese of the South as a day of prayer and fasting to pray for the Bishops and the Church as the Holy Synod meets October 16 - 18 to try to resolve some ongoing serious problems in the central administration.

A Molieben to the Theotokos will be served on Tuesday the 16th at 6:30 a.m. and an Akathist with Compline that evening at 7:00. Please join us in prayer for our bishops and the Church.

Our Parish Holy Supper will be held following the 5:30 p.m. Nativity Eve Vigil on Monday, December 24 at 7:30 p.m. This Eastern European custom brings us together as a Church family to celebrate the birth of the God-man Jesus Christ in the flesh. The meal is lenten, but looks forward to the joy of the 12 days of the Feast beginning the next day.

Saturday, May 26th
-5pm      - Festal Vigil
Sunday, May 27th
-9:00am  - Liturgy
-11am     - Potluck Lunch
-12:00pm - Vespers of Pentecost

Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos

Saturday, March 24
Festal Vigil 5:00 p.m.
Confessions 7:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 25
Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.

Friday, January 5th
-6:15am, Royal Hours
-5:00pm, Vigil
Saturday, January 6th
-9:00am, Divine Liturgy with Great Blessing of Waters

The General Unction service for the healing of soul and body will be served more or less in full on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. Only Orthodox Christians who have had a recent Confession (during the Nativity Fast) may receive the Mystery, but others are welcome to be present.

Saturday, November 4th
-10am-4pm
Free to the public
Church tours; music; food, gifts, and books for sale!
 

Wednesday, September 13th
-7pm - Festal Vigil
Thursday, September 14th
-6am - Divine Liturgy

Thursday, September 7th
-7pm- Festal Vigil
Friday, September 8th
-6am - Divine Liturgy

Monday, August 14th
-6:30pm Festal Vigil
Tuesday, August 15th
-6am, Divine Liturgy

Saturday, August 5th
-5pm, Festal Vigil
Sunday, August 6th
-9am, Divine Liturgy

Wendesday, June 28th
-7pm, Vigil at St. Paul's in Denison (Carpool will leave St. Maximus at 5:40pm)
Thursday, June 29th
-5:45am, Hours
-6am, Divine Liturgy

Friday, June 23rd
- 7pm   - Little Vespers, Confession
- 11pm - All-Night Vigil (Compline, Vespers, Matins, Hours)
Saturday, June 24th
- 5am   - Divine Liturgy