Category Archives: Holidays

Tanabata Music Festival Report

Thank you so much for your kind and generous support for our Tanabata Music Festival Charity Event. It was a great success. If you have not yet pledged a donation, but want to please let Daniel know. Each and every one of you … Continue reading

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Kamogawa Church Summer Event: Tanabata Music Festival, July 7, 2013

We would like to invite you and your families and friends to our summer charity event on the day of the Tanabata Festival, July 7th. If you do not know about the Tanabata Festival please check out this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata Here … Continue reading

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Easter Vigil / Morning (March 31): “Why do you seek the living among the dead?”

Easter Vigil / Morning (March 31): “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” Gospel reading: Luke 24:1-12 [alternate readings: John 20:1-9, Luke 24:13-35] 1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the … Continue reading

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Holy Saturday (March 30): “They laid him in a rock-hewn tomb”

Holy Saturday (March 30): “They laid him in a rock-hewn tomb” Gospel Reading: Luke 23:50-56 [for the Easter Vigil see Luke 24:1-12] 50 Now there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathe’a. He was a member of the council, … Continue reading

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Good Friday (March 29): “It is finished”

Good Friday (March 29): “It is finished” Gospel Reading: John 19:17-30 ( for fuller passage see: John 18:1-19:42) “So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew … Continue reading

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Holy Thursday (March 28): Jesus’ supreme humility

Holy Thursday (March 28): Jesus’ supreme humility Gospel Reading: John 13:1-15 1 Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were … Continue reading

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Palm Sunday (March 24): “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord”

Palm Sunday (March 24): “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” Gospel Reading: Luke 19:28-40 [See Passion Narrative & Meditation for Luke 22:14–23:56] 28 And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 … Continue reading

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Christian Calendar for 2013

Tuesday 1 January Circumcision Marks the day when Jesus was circumcised. Festival of St Basil the Great St Basil is one of the great fathers of the Orthodox Church. Sunday 6 January Epiphany Celebrates the visit of the wise men … Continue reading

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2012 Christmas Greetings Message

Season’s Greetings! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Best wishes and warmest regards to you and your families from all of us at the Kamogawa Church. While this is a busy time as 2012 comes to a close, and we prepare for Christmas … Continue reading

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Christmas Charity, 2012

The Kamogawa Church and Santa Claus donated 60,000 yen to the Kuu-chan House Dog Therapy Group on December 25th, 2013.            

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