The Church of the Ascension
A Parish of the Anglican Catholic Church
in the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic States
13941 Braddock Road
Centreville, VA 20120
(703) 830-3176
A First Millennium Faith
For Third Millennium Lives ©
Orthodox Faith
Catholic Order
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Kalendar/Service and Activity Schedule
1st |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
3rd |
Feast of St. Nicholas Transfered (7pm) |
4th |
Office Hours by appointment (9am-Noon) |
5th |
Advent 2 - Matins & Holy Eucharist (10am) |
8th |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
10th |
Stations of the Cross (7pm) |
11th |
Morning Prayer (9am), Office Hours (9:30am-Noon) |
12th |
Advent 3 - Matins & Holy Eucharist (10am) |
15th |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
18th |
Office Hours by appointment (9am-Noon) |
19th |
Advent 4 - Matins & Holy Eucharist (10am) |
21st |
Feast of St. Thomas - Holy Eucharist (7pm) |
24th |
Lessons & Carols (10:30pm) Nativity of Our Lord - Holy Eucharist (Immediately Following) |
25th |
Christmas Day - Holy Eucharist (10am) |
26th |
Feast of St. Stephen - Matins & Holy Eucharist (10am) |
27th |
Feast of St. John - Holy Eucharist (7pm) |
28th |
Colors have long been used by the Church to denote these seasons or days as follows: |
White (or Gold) for Christmas, Epiphany Day, the Purification, Maundy Thursday, Easter, Ascension, Trinity Sunday, the Annunciation, the Transfiguration, All Saints', St. John (Evangelist and Weddings; |
Violet (not purple) for Advent, Lent, Holy Innocents, Rogation Days, and Ember Days; |
Green for the seasons of Epiphany and Trinity; |
Red for Whitsunday and Festivals of Martyrs; |
Rose for the Thrid Sunday in Advent & Fourth Sunday in Lent; and |
Black for Good Friday, All Souls Day & Funerals. |
A note on the use of different colors in the Kalendar to the left.
February 2012
21st |
Shrove Tuesday Evening Prayer (7pm) & Pancake Supper |
22nd |
Ash Wednesday Mass & Imposition of Ashes (Noon & 7pm) |
24th |
The Feast of St. Matthias (Mass) & Lenten Soup Supper (7pm) |
26th |
The First Sunday of Lent Matins & Mass (10am) |
29th |
Ember Wednesday Mass (7pm) & Bible Study (7:30pm-8:30pm) |
March 2012
2nd |
Stations of the Cross & Lenten Soup Supper (7pm) |
4th |
The Second Sunday of Lent Matins & Mass (10am) |
7th |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
9th |
Evening Prayer (with Litany) & Lenten Soup Supper (7pm) |
11th |
The Third Sunday of Lent Mass (10am) Food Bank Sunday Vestry Meeting |
14th |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
17th |
DMAS Lenten Day of Witness (Retreat) Richmond, VA (St. Alban's Anglican Church) Registration Form Here |
18th |
The Fourth Sunday of Lent Laetare Sunday Matins & Mass (10am) Unction of the Sick |
21st |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
23rd |
The Feast the Annunciation (Mass) & Lenten Soup Supper (7pm) |
25th |
The Fifth Sunday of Lent Passion Sunday Matins & Mass (10am) |
28th |
Evening Prayer & Bible Study (7pm) |
30th |
Stations of the Cross & Lenten Soup Supper (7pm) |
31st |
Parish Cleanup Day (10am) |
April 2012
1st |
The Sixth Sunday of Lent Palm Sunday Distribution of Palms & Mass (10am) |
4th |
Wednesday Before Easter Mass & Bible Study (7pm) |
5th |
Maundy Thursday Mass & Stripping of the Altar (7pm) Altar of Repose available until (9:30pm) |
6th |
Good Friday Holy Eucharist from the Reserved Sacrament Noon & 7pm Altar of Repose available from 9am-11:30am and 2pm-6:30pm Sacrament of Penance by Appointment. |
7th |
Morning Prayer (10am) Decorating/Cleaning/Setting up for Easter folowing. |
8th |
Easter Day Mass (10am) Food Bank Sunday Easter Egg Hunt following Mass |
15th |
The First Sunday after Eater Matins & Mass (10am) Unction of the Sick |
18th |
Evening Prayer and Bible Study (7pm) |
22nd |
The Second Sunday after Easter Matins & Mass (10am) |
25th |
The Feast St. Mark (Mass - 7pm) and Bible Study (immediately following) |
29th |
The Third Sunday after Easter Mass (10am) Vestry Meeting |