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Oak Ridge, TN 37830
News and Notes for St. Anne
St. Mary of Egypt

The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to St. Mary of Egypt, whose life is an example of extraordinary repentance, and extraordinary mercy. With God, all things are possible, even a new life in Christ.
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The Life of St. Mary of Egypt is read in its entirety on Thursday evening this week (6:30 at St. Anne). You can also read her life for yourself by following this link:

Service Schedule
Wednesday- April 10
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts 6:30 pm
Soup and Bread following
with Lenten Teaching Series

Thursday - April 11
Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
and Life of St. Mary of Egypt - 6:30 pm

Friday - April 12
Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts 8 am
Akathist to the Mother of God 6:30 pm

Saturday of the Akathist - April 13
Divine Liturgy - 9 am
Great Vespers - 5 pm
Confessions following

Sunday - April 14
Divine Liturgy 9:30 am

Church Cleaning This Weekend and Next

As we near the end of Great Lent, we anticipate a great deal of use in the Church as well as many visitors. We will be having clean-up days, inside and out, to prepare for the Great Feast of Pascha. Please come and help! A separate email is coming with more details.

Here is the schedule for cleaning:

Weekends, Outside cleaning, brush clean-up, Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14 and Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21.

Sunday, All-Church cleaning and polishing (indoors, to be ready for Pascha) April 14.
Keeping the Lenten Fast

This pdf file offers some guidance for fasting in accordance with the Orthodox tradition. Different circumstances require different approaches.

Lenten Fasting: Click here.

St. Anne Myrrhbearers

The young women of our parish, ages 3 through middle school , are invited to serve as "Myrrhbearers" during the evening service on Holy Friday. They venerate the tomb during the singing of the Lamentations, sprinkling rose petals on the Tomb of Christ in the midst of the Church. Their actions recall those women who first anointed Jesus' body for burial. They also became the first witnesses of the resurrection.

Girls are asked to wear white dresses and hair bows, and white shoes, if possible. (Many of the families have been sharing their outfits from past years.)

We will have some information meetings for girls and parents, and a lesson about the meaning of the Myrrhbearers.

Please contact Mary Dale, marymmdale@gmail.com, to add your family to the email contact list.

 Coffee Hour Plan for This Sunday

Our new plan for managing Coffee Hour continues this week. This is Week 2 in April, served by those whose last names begin with E-K. Plan to bring food and to share in the clean up. Thank you for your generous service!

Let us break bread together!
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