As we embark upon the sacred journey of Holy and Great Lent, our Mother, the Church, calls each of us to enter more deeply into the mystery of repentance, prayer, fasting, and love.

 

This holy season is not only a time of abstinence, but also of renewal of the heart—of returning to the Father’s embrace, as the Prodigal Son once did, and rediscovering the beauty of God’s image within us. As St. John Chrysostom reminds us: “Repentance is the medicine which destroys sin; it is a heavenly gift, a grace beyond compare.”

 

In this spirit of reflection and growth, St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church of El Paso, in collaboration with St. Basil the Great Church of Kansas City, joyfully announces a series of Virtual Lenten Spiritual Meetings via Zoom to nurture our faith and strengthen our communion in Christ.

 

Each session will take place every Thursday at 7:00 PM Mountain Time during the five weeks of Holy and Great Lent, corresponding to the themes of the five Lenten Sundays.

 

Lenten Spiritual Series Schedule

 

 

First Week of Holy Lent

Thursday, February 26

Topic: “The Double Triumph of Orthodoxy: Sunday of Orthodoxy and the Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas”

Speaker: Fr. Michel Najim

 

Second Week of Holy Lent

Thursday, March 4

Topic: “I’m the Prodigal Son: Time to Re . . . . .”

Speaker: Fr. Elias Boulos

 

Third Week of Holy Lent

Thursday, March 12

Topic: “The Tree of Life in the Midst of the Garden of Delights”

A reflection on the Holy Cross as central to the Christian Life.

Speaker:Fr. Charles Nicholas Baz

 

Fourth Week of Holy Lent

Thursday, March 19

Topic: “From Repentance to Salvation: The Ladder of St. John Climacus in the Light of the Holy Scripture”

Speaker: Fr. Kamal Al-Rahil.

 

Fifth Week of Holy Lent

Thursday, March 26

Topic: “Repentance in the Life of St. Mary of Egypt and its Echoes in the Book of Revelation”

 

Speaker: Fr. Damaskinos Issa

 

Let us use this blessed time to draw nearer to Christ through study, prayer, and mutual encouragement. As St. Isaac the Syrian beautifully teaches:

 

“Enter eagerly into the treasury within you, and you will see the things that are in heaven.”

 

 

Join Zoom Meeting:

 

https://ahos-edu.zoom.us/j/87514337055?pwd=MLZlKtWIaJ8lZb9z3NdFegooNif2QY.1
Meeting ID: 875 1433 7055

Passcode: 183248

NB: The same link will be used for all five sessions.

 

May our Lenten journey be filled with grace, peace, and renewal in Christ.

 

With prayerful love in the Lord,

Fr. Fadi Rabbat

 

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church – El Paso, TX

 

Fr. Elias Boulos

St. Basil the Great Antiochian Orthodox Church - Kansas City, KS