St. Michael the Archangel

St. Michael Nativity Card 2023

This year, St. Michael Women will send out a Nativity Greeting to all our parish members. A portion of the proceeds of this year’s Nativity card will be going to the Clergy Widows Fund. These women who have dedicated their lives and their families to the church will always be our “Khourie” / “Presvitera” / “Matushka” – even after they suffer the loss of their priest-husbands. This fund will cover some of their needs for utilities, food, and shelter.

The order form for the Nativity Greeting has been mailed out. If you would like your name on the St. Michael Nativity Card, please complete the form and return it by December 17, 2023. Please donate to St. Michael Women and write ‘Nativity Card’ in the memo. We thank you for your continued generosity.

You can also download the Nativity Card 2023 Order Form.

Thanksgiving Meals for Independence House – Thank You!

Thanks to everyone for bringing your food donations on time! Thanks to the following helpers for packaging the food this past Sunday: Alex Stewart, Anthony Williams, Rick Bardine, Emilio & Tatiana Netto.
Joe Rahal and Soraya Bandeli delivered 15 Thanksgiving meals to Independence House in Hyannis on Monday Nov 20. This organization offers services to victims of domestic and sexual violence.
The Outreach team is grateful for your generosity in answering the call to helping those in need. May God continue to bless you!

White Elephant Boutique & Bake Sale – Thank You!

Thanks to all who baked, manned tables for the sale, donated items, purchased items and to those who fed volunteers: Katya, Julia, Anastasia, Galina, Michelle, Colleen, Anya, Chris, Pauline and her sister Martha, Annie, Natalie, Soraya, Hadley, Aubrey, Aurora, Max, Ben, Alli, Rick, Subdeacon Joe, Fr. James & Kh. Valerie. Thanks to Ana Procopeuco who donated a beautiful handmade wool shawl for the raffle – congratulations to Julia Shanghina Petitt who won this item. Thanks to Pauline Rassias who donated an original oil painting by Cape Cod artist Sandra Sedell – congratulations to Soraya Bandeli who won this item.
Special thanks to Pauline, Chris, Mary, Natalie and Soraya for organizing the tables and pricing all the items during the week leading up to the event. Thanks to Eric Ayoub who drove down from Boston to direct traffic in the rain. To Chris Rassias and Eric for getting our signs in from the rain. Thanks to Judy Crocker and Oscar Crocker for creating our flier and advertising.
GREAT thanks to all who stayed Sunday to help pack everything up and get the hall back in order: Pauline, Chris, Alex, Colleen, Max, Aurora, Michelle, Hadley, Olga, Sophia, Jacob, Rick and Soraya. Thanks to Rick & Soraya who filled their cars with lots of boxes. We have a bit to go. If you can grab a few boxes or fill your truck to take to your local donation center or swop shop, we will be back to normal by Sunday Nov 26.
This was an amazing group effort and we are grateful for all your support. May God bless you all.

Bishop John – November 7, 2023 Sermon for the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & other Bodiless Powers

On the evening of November 7 the Bishop and clergy from around New England came to St. Michael’s to celebrate the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel, Patron Saint and protector of our church. We gathered for Orthos, Liturgy, and a meal. Clergy in attendance were Bishop John, Fr. Leonard Faris from Lowell, Fr. Joseph Kimmet from Norwood, Fr. Antony Hughes from Cambridge, Fr. Milad Selim from Worcester, Fr. Ephraim Hastings from Lawrence, Fr. Michael Heningham from Ludlow, Fr. Timothy Curren from Centerville, and Dn. David Galambos from W. Roxbury.

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