Holy Nativity of the Lord (OCA)
2155 Southern Loop Rd., Shreveport, LA 71106
318-455-4219
     Service Schedule   

† Tuesday, April 16
8:30am - Lenten Matins 
6pm - 8pm Ladies' Night @ Fosters

† Wednesday, April 17
9:30pm - Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts
5:30pm - Great Canon of St Andrew with St. Mary of Egypt Reading
(no meal)


† Thursday, April 18 
8:30am -Lenten Matins


† Friday, April 19
9:30am - Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts
5:30pm - *Last*Akathist to the Theotokos



† Saturday, April 20

5th Saturday of Great Lent: Saturday of the Akathist Hymn to the Theotokos 
9am - Divine Liturgy 

5pm - Great Vespers 
 
† Sunday, April 21 
5th Sunday of Great Lent: St. Mary of Egypt 
9am - Matins 
10am - Divine Liturgy 


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His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon Visits New Skete and Holy Myrrhbearers Mona...
16 Apr 2024 at 12:40am

On Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon traveled to upstate New York, where he made archpastoral visits to the Monasteries of New Skete in Cambridge, NY, and Holy Myrrhbearers Monastery in Otego, NY.

On Thur...



17th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum to be held July 15-19
14 Apr 2024 at 9:08am

The 17th Annual Diaconal Liturgical Practicum of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diaconal Vocations Program (DVP) will be held at Saint Seraphim of Sarov Cathedral, Santa Rosa, CA July 15-19, 2024.

This year’s program once again will offer inten...



Metropolitan Tikhon issues letter on recent updates to the Pension Plan
12 Apr 2024 at 10:15pm

Today, April 12, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon sent the following letter to the members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America. He also sent copies to the members of the Metropolitan Council, Diocesan Chancellors, and m...




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5th Saturday of Great Lent: of the Akathist to the Theotokos
5th Saturday of Great Lent: of the Akathist to the Theotokos

On the Fifth Saturday of Great Lent, the Saturday of the Akathist, we commemorate the “Laudation of the Virgin” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos. In 625, when the emperor Heraclius was fighting the Persians, the Khan sent forces to attack Constantinople by land and by sea. Patriarch…

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Venerable Theodore Trichinas “the Hair-Shirt Wearer” and Hermit Near Constantinople
Venerable Theodore Trichinas “the Hair-Shirt Wearer” and Hermit Near Constantinople

Saint Theodore Trichinas was born in Constantinople, the son of wealthy and pious parents. From childhood Saint Theodore was inclined toward monasticism, so he left his home, family, and former life in order to enter a monastery in Thrace. There he began his arduous ascetic struggles. He dressed in…

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Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Oshevensk
Venerable Alexander, Abbot of Oshevensk

Saint Alexander of Oshevensk (+ 1479) was the founder of the Oshevensk Dormition Monastery and enlightener of the Kargopol area, and was tonsured in the White Lake Monastery. He appeared to Saint Diodorus of George Hill (November 27) in the seventeenth century when his Holy Trinity Monastery ran…

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Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok
Childmartyr Gabriel of Bialystok

Child Martyr Gabriel of Bialystok (+ 1690) was killed in Poland when he was only six years old. One day when his parents were not home, he was lured out of his house by a man named Schutko, and then killed. After thirty years, the martyred child’s body was found to be incorrupt.

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Blessed Gregory, Patriarch of Antioch
Blessed Gregory, Patriarch of Antioch

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Venerable Anastasius, Abbot of Sinai
Venerable Anastasius, Abbot of Sinai

Saint Anastasius of Sinai lived in the seventh century, and was one of the great ascetics who flourished on Mt. Sinai. From his youth, he was raised in great piety and love for God. When he reached manhood, Saint Anastasius left the world and entered a monastery to take upon himself the yoke of…

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Saint Betran, Bishop of Lesser Scythia
Saint Betran, Bishop of Lesser Scythia

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Saint Theotimus, Bishop of Lesser Scythia

Saint Theotimus the Scythian was Bishop of Tomis in Scythia. He was a native of Dacia Pontica, and was part Roman. He is believed to have been the teacher of Saint John Cassian (February 29) and Saint Germanus, because he was once living in the same monastery as they were. Somewhere between…

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Translation of the relics of Saint Nikolai of Zhicha
Translation of the relics of Saint Nikolai of Zhicha

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Saint Joseph of Serbia
Saint Joseph of Serbia

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Apostle Zacchaeus
Apostle Zacchaeus

The holy Apostle Zacchaeus was a rich publican at Jericho. Since he was short of stature, he climbed a sycamore tree in order to see the Savior passing by. After the Ascension of the Lord, Saint Zacchaeus accompanied Saint Peter on his travels. Tradition says he became the Bishop of Caesarea in…

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Saint Athanasius of Meteora
Saint Athanasius of Meteora

Saint Athanasios, the son of wealthy parents, was born in 1302 at Hypátē, the well-known medieval town of New Patras, and was named Andronikos in Holy Baptism. His mother died during childbirth, and after a short time his father also reposed. Thus, young Andronikos lost both of his parents in a…

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