The Dove

Dear Fellow Cathedral Members, I would like to extend to all of you and to your family members, on behalf of the Parish Council Members, our warmest wishes for the Holiday Season and the New Year 2024! Health, Happiness and Prosperity Always! I send a heartfelt “Thank You” to all of you for your unconditional commitment and support. Your love, commitment and support have given us the confidence that we will achieve greater successes in the New Year for the benefit of our Cathedral Community. Let us continue our solidarity, as generations have done in the past. Then we may rest assured that our Beloved Cathedral will remain the Beacon and the Spiritual Center among the New England Hellenes, as it has been since its founding in 1905. Εκ μέρους όλων το μελών του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου, σας στέλνω θερμούς χαιρετισμούς και ευχές με τον ερχομό του Καινούργιου Χρόνου, 2024! Υγεία, χαρά και ευτυχία και συνεχείς προόδους στον Ιερό μας, Καθεδρικό Ναό του Ευαγγελισμού Νέας Αγγλίας! Ο Νέος

In just a few hours we will welcome a new year. I am certain you will agree that it is hard to believe that 2024 is at hand. As this year comes to an end we find time to pause and reflect on what has happened we need to look to the new year for personal growth. Traditionally we are encouraged to make New Year’s resolutions. To help us do this, I would like to pose a few questions that we can use to look forward. I cannot answer them for you and I will not provide any solutions. You must look deeply into your own heart to answer them honestly and then seek guidance. I pose these questions (in no particular order) to encourage personal growth and through personal spiritual growth, growth, and attentiveness to the life of the Cathedral community. What did I do this past year to grow closer to Christ? What will I try to do in the year to come to foster growth in faith? How did I try to embody my love for Christ in the past year and what can I do better in the new year? How have I help

 

 

 

Dear Cathedral Family, On the occasion of the upcoming Christmas Holiday, on Monday, December 25, together with the members of the Parish Council, I would like to extend to you and your family, our deepest and heartfelt wishes for a Joyous holiday season, filled with love, laughter and peace. Christmas Day, marks the anniversary celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, worshipped by Christians as the Messiah of God.   His Birthday is one of the most joyous ceremonies among Christians all over the world.   To this day, Christmas remains one of the most enjoyable and pleasant times of the year.   It is a time of warmth.   A time to realize that helping the poor is the noblest deed.   A time to be thankful and grateful for what one has. I am grateful and thankful for the support you have given me and to the members of the Parish Council the last twelve months.   It has meant a lot.   I am touched that much of this support has come from those of you, who although did not know me well, wer

 

As we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord we look upon our lives, our families, our society, and the world differently. We do so with eyes of hope; hope that is inherently experienced when a child is born. I have felt so with the birth of my children and now with the birth of my grandson. Hope is a marvelous expression of life. With the birth of the Christ child, our Lord shares His love and hope for all his people. He does so by taking on flesh and providing humanity with the hope of salvation. The Incarnation is the moment in which we see Jesus as fully God and fully human. Through this divine act Jesus shows us that our human will, our gift and grace to freely choose our path, can be in harmony with the will of God. Even as a small infant we can see in Him the possibilities in our lives. With this hope, I extend to all in our community my prayers that all may celebrate the birth of Christ in joy and love; that our Lord will continue to bless you and your families in the coming N

This past Sunday, December 17, 2023, our Cathedral youth participated in our annual Christmas Pageant. All of the children did wonderful sharing the story of the Nativity of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We would also like to thank our Cathedral Choir, who led the community in singing traditional Christmas songs and hymns. We would like to wish our community a very Merry Christmas, and hope that you will all be joining us for our Christmas Services which you can find on our calendar! bostoncathedral.org/calendar

Support our local houseless community this winter by donating new blankets that members of our Cathedral Philoptochos will personally deliver to those in need. Blankets can be dropped off in the lower narthex.

Thank you to all who made donations for this year's Giving Tree. Donations of coats, toys, scarves, gloves, clothing, and toiletries were delivered to The Dimock Center in Roxbury. The Dimock Center offers health care and support services to adults and families who are in need. Our community's generosity during this time of year is greatly appreciated by the individuals who will benefit from the donations. To learn more about The Dimock Center, visit this website: www.dimock.org .

 

 

  The Ladies Philoptochos would like to thank everyone who joined us for the annual St. Nicholas luncheon. Funds raised at the event will benefit the children and youth at St. Basil Academy as well as other nonprofit organizations that serve vulnerable children and families in our community. May the love of Jesus Christ fill your homes during this holy season.