Holy relics of saints Joachim and Anna will be given to St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in a ceremony Saturday.
Holy relics of saints Joachim and Anna will be given to St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in a ceremony Saturday.
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| Courtesy The holy relics of saints Joachim and Anna, the parents of Mary, the mother of Jesus, will be displayed during services throughout this weekend that are open to the public. |
Though it has been nearly 1,000 years since the early Christian Church split into Eastern and Western doctrines, this weekend will witness a coming together of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian faithful of the Sacramento and Roseville area.
A series of celebrations begin today to acknowledge the arrival of the holy relics of saints Joachim and Anna in America, which were originally gifted to an Orthodox monastery in Greece by Cardinal Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, in 1997.
The celebrations will be attended by Bishop William Keith Weigand of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and Metropolitan Gerasimos of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
A Service of Thanksgiving will take place at 7:30 p.m. today at the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, located at 1017 11th St. in Sacramento.
A Service of the Supplication will be take place at 5 p.m. Sunday at Saint Anna Greek Orthodox Church, located at 1001 Stone Canyon Drive in Roseville.
The holy relics of saints Joachim and Anna, the parents of Mary, the mother of Jesus, will be brought forth for veneration following both services.
The parish of Saint Anna will be distinguished by the Metropolitan as a Shrine of the Orthodox Church, designated to the sanctity of marriage and family, the first of its kind in the world.
A reception will follow. All are invited to attend.
Catholic/Orthodox Caucus?
Apolytikion in the Second Tone
As we celebrate the memory of Thy righteous ancestors, O Lord, through them we beseech Thee to save our souls.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Now Anna is glad, for from the bonds of barrenness hath she been released; and nourishing the all-pure one, she doth summon all together, that they might praise Him Who from her womb hath bestowed upon mortal men the only pure Mother who hath not known man.
And we’re still waiting to get some of our churches back in Ukraine aren’t we?