The waning days of the Trinity Season

Here we are at the beginning of October. It is hard to believe, but time does appear to move quickly. There are 7 weeks left to the Trinity Season, the longest of the church's seasons. It began with the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity back in June and extends all the way until the first Sunday of Advent (Nov. 30th this year). Between now and the beginning of Advent, there may not appear to be a lot happening in the Church's cycle. But a closer look reveals that there are still some significant Feasts on the horizon in these final weeks of Trinitytide.

On the last Sunday of this month, we will celebrate the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. And soon thereafter, we will celebrate the ancient feast of All Saints (Nov. 1) and All Soul's (Nov. 2). And before this long season of the Church's year concludes, we will celebrate the Great Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos in the Temple (Nov. 21). So, these last 7 weeks do have highlights and important celebrations to be attentive to, not to mention attend when they come along. In some of the non-Orthodox churches, this time of the year is often called Ordinary Time, but my brothers and sisters in Christ, there is never a time in the Church's year that is ordinary, because our God is not ordinary.

May we spend these remaining weeks of the Church's year (the new Church year begins on the first Sunday of Advent), prayerfully entering in to the great mysteries of our Faith, worshipping and being united to our great God and Savior Jesus Christ who is anything but ordinary.


To God be the glory,
Fr Stephen