The Feast of Our Lady Queen of Los Angeles

Church of Serbia- USA- May 2016

The Feast of Our Lady the Queen of Angels (Los Angeles) was celebrated for the second time on Bright Saturday, May 7, 2016, at the St. Steven’s Cathedral in Alhambra.

The Synaxarion: “On this day, the Saturday of Bright Week, we celebrate the Synaxis of our All-holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary, the Queen of all and Sovereign Lady of the Angels, protectress and unfailing intercessor of our holy diocese of Los Angeles.”The special liturgical service (Akolouthia) for this feast day was composed on the Holy Mountain of Athos by Athanasios, Hieromonk of Simonopetra Monastery, Hymnographer of the Holy Great Church of Christ, at the request of His Grace Bishop Maxim of Western America. The Service was translated from Greek language into English by Norman Russell.

This Pan-Orthodox feast day began with Matins and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, which incorporated the beautiful Paschal and feast-day hymns. The Liturgy was officiated by His Grace Bishop Maxim with the concelebrating priests of the local Western American Diocese and other nearby Orthodox Jurisdictions. The responses were sung by the Pan-Orthodox Young Adult Choir (POYAC). At the conclusion of the Liturgy His Grace Bishop Maxim thanked the clergy and faithful and gave a brief description of some of the people and events depicted in the beautiful Icon of Our Lady Queen of the Angels. His Grace expressed his hope that this feast day of all Orthodox Christians in Los Angeles will grow in the hearts of the faithful in the course of time, which it has already since its first celebration on Bright Saturday 2015. 

Following the Divine Liturgy the clergy and faithful gathered for refreshments, a light lunch, and an afternoon of fellowship. 

Western American Diocese

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