34th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Translation of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom TONE 1 Colossians 3:4-11, Hebrews 7:26-8:2 Matthew 22:35-46, John 10:9-16 Choir Director: Innocent Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the […]
Parish Bulletin – January 20, 2013
33rd SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Ven. Euthymius the Great TONE 8 Colossians 1:12-18, Hebrews 13:17-21 Luke 18:35-43, Luke 6:17-23 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine […]
Episcopal Visit Postponed!
Dear ones under the heavenly patronage of the Holy Archangel Gabriel, Christ is in our midst! I have been on the phone with Archbishop Benjamin, this morning. His flight was first delayed, then changed, and then cancelled. He even tried to arrange to drive up here from San Francisco, but nothing has worked out. He […]
Parish Bulletin – January 13, 2013
SUNDAY AFTER HOLY THEOPHANY Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus of Belgrade TONE 7 Ephesians 4:7-13 Matthew 4:12-17 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and […]
Parish Bulletin – January 6, 2013
HOLY THEOPHANY of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ TONE 6 Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7 Matthew 3:13-17 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine […]
Parish Bulletin – December 30, 2012
SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY Holy Righteous Ones: Joseph the Betrothed, David the King, and James the Brother of the Lord TONE 4 Colossians 3:12-16, Galatians 1:11-19 Luke 18:18-27, Matthew 2:13-23 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are […]
Parish Bulletin – December 23, 2012
SUNDAY BEFORE THE NATIVITY, THE HOLY FATHERS TONE 4 Hebrews 11:9-10, 17-23, 32-40 Matthew 1:1-25 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and venerate the […]
Why do we Celebrate Christmas on December 25th?
Many Christians think that Christians celebrate Christ’s birth on December 25th because the church fathers appropriated the date of a pagan festival. Almost no one minds, except for a few groups on the fringes of American Evangelicalism, who seem to think that this makes Christmas itself a pagan festival. But it is perhaps interesting to […]
Parish Bulletin – December 16, 2012
SUNDAY OF THE FOREFATHERS TONE 3 Colossians 3:4-11 Luke 14:16-24 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy and venerate the Cross offered by […]
Parish Bulletin – December 9, 2012
27TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST TONE 2 The Conception by Righteous Anna of the Most-holy Theotokos Ephesians 6:10-17 Luke 17:12-19 Choir Director: Veronika Welcome We welcome you to the Orthodox Church. Please feel at ease and free to participate in the singing. As a visitor you are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of […]