UPCOMING EVENTS
Fri, Nov 21
|Holy Apostles
Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos
Today the Orthodox Church commemorates St. Luke the Evangelist, the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. This feast celebrates St. Luke's contributions to the early Church as a historian who helped spread the Good News of Christ.
Time & Location
Nov 21, 2025, 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Holy Apostles, 19421 Ashworth Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133, USA
About The Event
Festal Orthros: Entrance of the Theotokos: 8:30 – 9:30am
Festal Divine Liturgy: Entrance of the Theotokos: 9:30 – 11:00am
The Orthodox Church commemorates the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, one of the Twelve Great Feasts. This feast celebrates the dedication of the Virgin Mary to God at a young age, when her parents, Joachim and Anna, presented her to the Temple in Jerusalem. It prefigures Mary's role as the living temple who would later bear Christ, the Incarnate God.
Apolytikion of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
Today is the prelude of God's pleasure and the proclamation of man's salvation. The Virgin is clearly made manifest in the temple of God and foretells Christ to all. Let us also cry out to her with mighty voice, "Hail, fulfillment of the Creator's dispensation."