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St. Luke Orthodox Church is a vibrant, spiritual home to a growing community located in Anniston, Alabama, serving all of Calhoun County and East Alabama,
Everyone is welcome to visit, pray and worship at our parish.
1415 Woodstock Avenue
Anniston, AL. 36207
Upcoming Services
Saturdays
Great Vespers, 4 pm
Sundays
Divine Liturgy, 10 am
Wednesdays during Lent
Presanctified Liturgy, 4 pm
Weekly Bulletin
The cover icon depicts the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, the feast of Palm Sunday, which immediately follows Lazarus Saturday. Like the Raising of Lazarus, it’s full of theological meaning—showing both triumph and the shadow of the Cross.
On the right side, the people come out from the city to greet Him:
This is a royal procession—but everything is inverted:
This is one of the most important tensions in the icon:
The icon holds both truths together:
Palm Sunday is not just a celebration—it is an entrance into suffering.
This icon proclaims:
The icon presents different responses:
It quietly asks the viewer:
How do you receive Christ?
In Orthodox worship, this feast is joyful but already tinged with solemnity. The Church sings of victory—but knows what is coming next.
Together with Lazarus Saturday, this icon declares:
Past Bulletins
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The Saint Maximus Icon is in the cathedral church of the city of Vladimir. Metropolitan Maximus (December 6), a Greek by birth, painted the Icon in 1299, as he was told to do in a vision while he slept in his cell. When St. Maximus arrived in Vladimir from Kiev, the Mother of God appeared to him in…
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