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Events for this weekend and for Clean Week!

Tonight (No Vespers at HAOC):
6pm - St Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, Akathist, followed by a talk from Fr Andrew on Our Lenten Journey through Forgiveness.
All are welcometh to attend!

Saturday: 
Confessions from 5:30pm, Vigil at 6pm.

Sunday: 
8:30am Divine Liturgy, followed by Coffee Hour.
11am Sunday School
12pm Forgiveness Vespers
No Catechism Q&A this weekend

Monday - Thursday:
6-7:30pm Great Compline

Friday:
5-6:30pm Great Compline
March schedule of services!

Paper copies will be available at the candle desk this weekend.
We are having a Garage Sale Fundraiser on Saturday 11 March!
Today marks the beginning of Great Lent - a time when we focus our lives on Christ by strengthening our faith with increased prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

This week is called 'Clean Week'. We have services on each evening. All are welcome to attend. 

We have also put together a fasting resource page with information & ideas for fasting: HolyAnnunciation.net/Fasting
This coming Saturday 4 March we have our Women's Prayer Group.

On Monday 6 March we start our Lenten Talk Series!

Each Monday evening during Great Lent there will be an educational talk on a variety of topics designed to help us deepen our faith.

The first talk by Fr Andrew will be on 'Our Faith Online'.

This talk starts at 7pm and will be entirely on Zoom.

For the Zoom link see: HolyAnnunciation.net/Talks
Events for this weekend!

Tonight:
5pm: Great Compline

Saturday: 
9am: Women's Prayer Group combined with Prosphora Baking Ministry 
5pm: Canon of St Theodore the Recruit (Confessions will be heard between the Canon and the Vigil, as well as during the Vigil)
6pm: Vigil

Sunday: 
8:30am: Divine Liturgy, followed by Moleben for Those Gone Astray
Coffee Hour
11am: Sunday School
7pm: Catechism Q&A for Session 15

Monday:
7pm: Talk on Zoom: "Our Faith Online" 

Wednesday:
8:30-10:30am: Lenten Matins
6-8pm: Presanctified Liturgy 
Tonight!

The first talk in our Lenten Series on Zoom at 7pm (Brisbane Time). For the Zoom link see: HolyAnnunciation.net/Talks

On Wednesday we will have our first Lenten Matins at 8:30am and in the evening we will have Presanctified Liturgy starting at 6pm.
(For those wishing to have Holy Communion, fasting should be from midday, see your confessor for details)
There will be a new colouring book for children at HAOC this weekend!

Parents - please take home your child's old colouring books. (There will be a clear out of the old books soon.)
Upcoming Events!
This weekend and Monday & Tuesday

Tonight:
5pm: Great Compline

Saturday: 
7am: Garage Sale
5pm: Memorial Service (Confessions will be heard between the Memorial and the Vigil, as well as during the Vigil)
6pm: Vigil

Sunday: 
8:30am: Divine Liturgy
Coffee Hour
11am: Sunday School
No Catechism Q&A Tonight (Resumes 19 March)
6pm: Unction at Vladimir Icon Parish at Rocklea

Monday: 
7pm: Lenten Talk at HAOC & on Zoom: The Orthodox Wedding

Tuesday:
Moreton Bay Pastoral Visit (message for more details)