Sunday, April 26th 10:30 a.m.

Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearers

A lesson in quiet courage—the kind that shows up when others have gone home.

The Church places before us today a group of unlikely witnesses: women who stayed, who followed, who returned… even to the tomb.

 Acts 6:1–7

The early Church grows—and with it, the need for care, service, and faithful stewardship. Ministry begins to take shape not just in preaching, but in tending to people, quietly and faithfully.

 Mark 15:43–47; 16:1–8

Joseph of Arimathea steps forward with boldness. The Myrrh-bearing women come at dawn with love. They expect death… but encounter the empty tomb.

Not certainty, not clarity—just faithfulness. And in that faithfulness, everything changes.

These women did not come because they understood the Resurrection.

They came because they loved Him.

And somehow, that was enough.

Before the proclamation, before the preaching, before the theology—

there is this simple offering:

to show up, to stay near, to bring what you can carry.

“Rejoice,” Christ says—and the lament of Eve is undone.

The grave is no longer the end, but the place where life begins again.

All are welcome. Come and see.

 Holy Dormition Greek Orthodox Church