Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! God is the Lord and has revealed Himself to us!

On Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13 the faithful of Christ the Saviour (Harrisburg) celebrated the Great Feast of the Entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday). At Liturgy we welcomed Gregory Woodbridge into the Orthodox Church through the Mystery of Holy Chrismation, and we enrolled Greg Beckley into the Catechumenate.  At the conclusion of the service we recognized several of our youth who participated in their first confession. A special thanks to Eleanor Herman and Marie Reba for teaching the class. May God grant them all many years!

(Troparion) By raising Lazarus from the dead before Thy passion, Thou didst confirm the universal resurrection, O Christ God! Like the children with the branches of victory, we cry out to Thee, O Vanquisher of Death: Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!