orthodox church september 23, 2018
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+ a Parish of the +
Orthodox Church in America www.oca.org
Most Rev. Archbishop Benjamin, Diocese of San Francisco & the West
www.dowoca.org
VRev. Fr. Archpriest John Armstrong [email protected]
+ Worship Services +
Saturdays, 6:00 pm Great Vespers & Confession
(3rd & 6th Hour Prayers, 9:10 am) Sundays, 9:30 am
Divine Liturgy
Feast Days (See Monthly Calendar)
+ Parish Prayer List +
Please pray for and ask the Lord to have mercy on:
Hieroschemamonk Ambrose (Young) Mother Theodelphia Archpriest Michael Oleksa Archpriest Lawrence & Matushka Sophia Matushkas: Lauren, Priscilla, Alice, Teresa, & Mary Subdeacon Brett John Peter & Katherine Andrew & Rachel (w/child) Benjamin, Justus, Kalena, & Debra Karin Armstrong; and, Kathryn Birmingham Dale Brinkman Jeanie (Mary) Cooper Agnes Craig; and, Kafa Dalal Barbara Donahue George Eckert Lee Anthony; and, Adam Goodman Aaron; Olga; and, Natalia Maria Gorsevski; and, Lauren Hansen Gary “Paul” Jollie Ronald Maue & Rhonda Grace Joshua & Shannon; Julia & Charles Joyce Mikita Shaun & Cheryl; Michael & Danielle Charles; Patrick; and, Jonathan Paul Matthew; Oleg; James; and Joshua Barbara Murray John; and, Michael Palmer Clergy & Parishioners of our Mission parishes Glenda Pyle and family John & Sophia Martha Rapso; and, Esther Schafer John Russell; and, John Salmon Sona, Mardig, & Seta Barbara Payne; and, Kathleen Smith Joel Snyder; and, Lyall Spargo Christopher Sprecher; and Christopher Spjut Mary Streech; and, Dana Such Don, Norma, Thomas & Diane Jack Whitaker; and, Natalia Zolotoochin
Missionaries & Ministries: OCMC: Michael, Lisa & Liam Colburn; James Hargrave & family; OCPM: Fr. Steven Powley; “Dipes & Wipes”: Mary, Herman, Ida, & friends
Catechumens: Troy (Vladimir) Nunley
Memorial:
Newly Departed: Jack Pyle (9/10)
Saint Herman
Orthodox Church
991 West Prentice Avenue Littleton Colorado 80120 303-798-7306 www.sthermanoca.org
+ Pastoral Ministries +
Please contact Fr. John anytime for any of the following: Confession; Hospital Visits / Holy Unction; Memorial Services; Slavas; Moliebens; or, just to talk… You can call me at: 720-971-5931; and/or email me at: [email protected]
Saint Herman Orthodox Church
September 23, 2018
17th Sunday after Pentecost (1st of St. Luke), Tone 8 The Conception of the Honorable Glorious Prophet,
Forerunner and Baptist John
Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1; Galatians 4:22-31 (Forerunner); St. Luke 5:1-11; St. Luke 1:5-25 (Forerunner)
Handmaidens Schedule for Sep./October
Today, Sep. 23, Elizabeth & Katherine Gaines September 30, Abigail & Genevieve Reynolds October 7, Cassia Brown & Katherine Pyle October 14, Nika & Sophia Bergbauer October 21, Juliana & Katherine Gaines
+ Today + September 23, 2018
Welcome to St. Herman Orthodox Church! We’re glad you joined us for prayer & worship!
Patron Saints: St. John the Forerunner (9/23); St. John the Theologian (9/26)
Birthdays: Samir Chawi (9/26); Sbdn. James Spencer
& Ben Armstrong (9/27)
“Preserve them, O Lord, for many years!”
Coffee Hour
Church School
“If one is enslaved to anger, he is alien to the [Christian] life, and alien to the ways of the Savior, for the Lord Himself is said to teach His ways to the meek. The great Moses had this virtue: for he has been called ‘very meek, beyond all the men’. Holy David declared that meekness is worthy of God’s memory, saying: ‘Lord, remember David & all his meekness’. Also, the Savior Himself enjoined us to become imitators of His meekness, saying: ‘[Take my yoke upon you] and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls’ ” (Evagrius, Philokalia, Vol.1)
Greeters Schedule for Sep./October
Today, September 23, Christine Baker September 30, Julia Urdenis October 7, Jeny Hardin October 14, Olga Thomas October 21, Christine (& Herman) Baker
+ This Week +
Wednesday, September 26, 10 am & 6:30 pm, Book Study #4: Met. Tikhon’s “4 Pillars”
Thursday, September 27, 6:30 pm, Intro. to the Orthodox Church/Faith
Saturday, September 29, 6:00 pm, Great Vespers & Confession
+ Looking Ahead +
Fri (pm) /Sat., October 26 / 27: Orthodox Christian Women’s Retreat through the Parker mission. Contact Mat. Masha at: Fri./Sat., November (TBD), Retreat with Mother Theadelphi: “In the World but Not of It: Living an Orthodox Christian Life in a Post-Modern World.” Cost: $20; $30/couple. Refreshments and Lunch provided. RSVP to: [email protected] by Nov. (TBD)
“The Lord loves us so much that He suffered for us on the Cross; and His suffering was so great that we can't comprehend it. In the same way our spiritual pastors suffer for us, although we often don't see their suffering. The greater the love of the pastor, the greater his suffering; & we, the sheep, should understand this, and love and honor our pastors.” (St. Silouan the Athonite, 9/24)
+ Synaxaria +
Conception of St. John the Baptist. On this day are celebrated God's mercy, His wondrous act and His wisdom: His mercy towards the devout and righteous parents of St. John, the aged Zacharias and Elizabeth, who had all their lives begged a child of God; the wonder of the conception of John in Elizabeth's more-than-aged womb; and the wisdom of the dispensation of man's salvation. For John, God had a specially great plan: that he should be a Prophet and the Forerunner of Christ the Lord, the Savior of the world. Through His angels, God revealed the birth of Isaac to the childless Abraham and Sarah, of Samson to the childless Manoah and his wife, of the blessed Theotokos to the childless Joachim and Anna, and of John the Baptizer of Christ to the childless Zacharias and Elisabeth. Through His angels, God revealed the birth of those for whom He had a special plan. How could children be born of aged parents? If someone is curious to find out, let him not ask men, for men do not know, nor does natural law (it being beyond natural law), but let him turn his gaze to the power of almighty God, Who made the whole world from nothing and Who, for the creation of Adam, the first-formed man, used no parents, either young or old. Instead of being curious, let us thank God that He often reveals to us His power and mercy and wisdom beyond the natural law, by which we would otherwise be fettered and, without these special wonders of God, would fall into des-pair and forgetfulness of Him.
The Holy Martyr Iraida. She is sometimes called Raïs or Raida. A maiden from an Egyptian town called Batan, she was therefore probably an Egyptian. Iraida went out one day to draw water from a well near the sea, and saw a ship laden with bound Christians: priests, deacons, monks, women and maidens. Enquiring, she learned that pagan torturers were taking all this crowd to torture and death for the precious and holy Name of Christ Jesus the Lord. In the heart of the young Iraida, the desire flared up to suffer for the Lord. She left her pots by the well, went onto the ship and confessed that she too was a Christian. She was immediately bound and taken with the others to the Egyptian town of Antinopolis. After many tortures, Iraida was the first to be beheaded, followed by the others. She suffered with honor and was glorified at the beginning of the fourth century.
The Holy New-Martyr Nicolas Pantopoles (The Grocer). He suffered for the Christian Faith as a young man at the hands of the Turks in Constantinople in 1672; his father, a grocer, hav-ing moved there from Thessaly. He took the name of his father's trade (in Greek, pantopoles). After great pressure to become a Turk, and torture because he refused, he was beheaded and entered into the Kingdom of God. His relics are preserved in the monastery of Xeropotamou on the Holy Mountain.
The Holy New-Martyr John. Born in a place called Konitsa in Albania, he was a Moslem of Moslem parents. Later, seeing the wonderful power of the Christian Faith in various places and events, he was baptized into Christ. He was arrested for this and brought before the Turk-ish judge. Tortured for the Christian Faith in Aetolia and beheaded in 1814, he cried out at the time of his death: 'Remember me, O Lord, in Thy Kingdom!'