St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Diocese of Los Angeles and the West
Mailing Address: 4718 Horsehaven, Post Falls, Idaho 83854-6668 - Church Phone: (208) 777-1128
Fr. Basil Caldaroni: (208) 818-2646 – Email: [email protected]
Church Website: http://www.stjohnorthodox.org
Send announcements to [email protected]
July 6, 2014
Venerable Sisoes the Great
Saint Sisoes the Great (+ 429) was a solitary monk, pursuing
asceticism in the Egyptian desert in a cave sanctified by the
prayerful labors of his predecessor, St Anthony the Great
(January 17). For his sixty years of labor in the desert, St Sisoes
attained to sublime spiritual purity and he was granted the gift of
wonderworking, so that by his prayers he once restored a dead
child back to life.
Extremely strict with himself, Abba Sisoes was very merciful
and compassionate to others, and he received everyone with
love. To those who visited him, the saint first of all always
taught humility. When one of the monks asked how he might
attain to a constant remembrance of God, St Sisoes remarked,
“That is no great thing, my son, but it is a great thing to regard
yourself as inferior to everyone else. This leads to the
acquisition of humility.” Asked by the monks whether one year
is sufficient for repentance if a brother sins, Abba Sisoes said, “I
trust in the mercy of God that if such a man repents with all his heart, then God will accept his
repentance in three days.”
When St Sisoes lay upon his deathbed, the disciples surrounding the Elder saw that his face shone like
the sun. They asked the dying man what he saw. Abba Sisoes replied that he saw St Anthony, the
prophets, and the apostles. His face increased in brightness, and he spoke with someone. The monks
asked, “With whom are you speaking, Father?” He said that angels had come for his soul, and he was
entreating them to give him a little more time for repentance. The monks said, “You have no need for
repentance, Father” St Sisoes said with great humility, “I do not think that I have even begun to
repent.”
After these words the face of the holy abba shone so brightly that the brethren were not able to look
upon him. St Sisoes told them that he saw the Lord Himself. Then there was a flash like lightning, and
a fragrant odor, and Abba Sisoes departed to the Heavenly Kingdom.
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES & EVENTS
Saturday, July 5 — Reader’s Vespers 6:00pm
Sunday, July 6 — Orthros 9:00am; Divine Liturgy 10:00am (Fr. Gregory Roth serving); Lunch
following.
Tuesday, July 8 – Youth Swing Dance 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 9 – Vespers 6:00pm. No Study Group
Friday, July 11 – Spiritual Circle 9:30am
Saturday, July 12 — Great Vespers 6:00pm
Sunday, July 13 — Sunday of the Holy Fathers of Fourth Ecumenical Council - Orthros 9:00am;
Divine Liturgy 10:00am; Lunch following.
EPISTLE READERS
July 6 – Andrew Schaefer
July 13 - Reader Mark Fellegy
July 20 – Joy Corey
July 27 – Owen Rush
LUNCHEON & CLEANUP
July 6
Potluck Lunch – Cleanup: Team 4: Rush family, Matushka & Foster Caldaroni, Peterson
family, Sandford family
July 13 Team 5: Schaefer family, Ebert family, Phillips family
July 20 Team 1: Dale Ayoub , Sanman family, Mike Ingram, Gallatin family, Purviance family
July 27 Team 2: Joy Corey, Morey Ranson, Holmen family, Roth family, Tecca family
PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING:
Metropolitan Paul Yazigi and Metropolitan Youhanna Ibrahim (hostages in Syria), Meriam Ibrahim
(Sudanise Christian)
PRAYERS FOR THE DEPARTED: Nicholas (Nick) Kupcow
COMMUNION - Since we understand Communion to mean that we have all things in common,
sharing an identical Faith, only those who are members of the Orthodox Church who have prepared
themselves through prayer, fasting and recent confession may participate in Holy Communion. (We
invite all, however, to partake of the blessed bread which is distributed at the dismissal.) Please see the
pastor for inquiries on how to become a member.
WISH LIST:
 Laptop computers for Church school: Approximately $3,000 needed for 7 laptop computers.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Martyr Marinus and his wife and children and those with them at Rome
Potluck Lunch
The lunch for this weekend: Sunday the 6th of July will be pot luck style. Please bring a dish to share
and kindly remember to take your dish home.
The Holy Martyrs Marinus, Martha, Audifax, Habakkuk, Cyrenus, Valentinus the Presbyter, Asterius,
and many others with them at Rome.
Welcome Fr. Gregory Roth!
A warm welcome and our deep gratitude to Fr. Gregory Roth, from Holy Trinity, Spokane, who will be
serving the Divine Liturgy today while Fr. Basil is away at the Parish Life Conference in California.
Parish Council Meeting Rescheduled
The Parish Council will meet on Tuesday, July 22nd due to schedule conflicts this week and next.
Cleaning Volunteers Needed
Our parish is in need of a volunteer, or volunteers, who would be willing to help clean the restrooms at
St. John’s once a month. If you would be willing to serve in this way, please contact Jeane Wood.
Kid’s Korner with Fr. Nicholas
Good morning Kids! The purpose of this "Korner" is to
know why we do what we do in our Church and
Orthodox Faith. To be Orthodox is more than anything a
Way of Living in Jesus. "Let us commend ourselves and
each other, and our whole life unto Christ our God." We
hear these words from the Liturgy,but what does it
mean? "It's summer Mom, why do we have to go to
Church, after all it's summer vacation?" How can we
think of going out enjoying the Glory of God's Creation
for fun and vacation,without thanking God who created
it all in the first place? Why do we have to go to
Church,when I can pray at home, work, outdoors,
playing or fishing? There is an old saying that says:
"One Christian...No Christian". Jesus told us that where
two or three are gathered together in His Name He will be with them also. God's House is a Holy Place.
This is where we worship The Creator of all... Look up at the dome in church and what do you see?
What do you see around the walls and on The Iconostasis? What do you hear? What do you smell? Do
you taste anything? You are standing on Sacred Holy Ground where Heaven and Earth meet. This is
unlike any other place on Earth...it is Very Special. You are in the presence of God. All that I have said
brings us to understanding that we are in a Special Holy Place doing Special and Holy Things. How
then can we take a vacation from God. Don't we go to school on time? Does Dad go to work late?
Why then do we think it is ok to get to Church late when it starts two hours later than school or work?
Remember to commend ourselves means to commit ourselves to a way of life. The Apostles and
Disciples were not late to the Last Supper. They committed themselves and their very lives to Jesus.
We are called to do the same thing. . . encourage each other to hold up to our Baptismal Commitment
by being in God's Home on time year round. Each week is Home Coming! Being filled with Holiness
to face the coming week of vacation and work. Have a Great Holy Day! Love, Papa
During the reign of the emperor Claudius II (268-270), St Marinus together with his wife Martha and
their sons Audifax and Habakkuk journeyed from Persia to Rome, to pray at the graves of the holy
Apostles Peter and Paul. During this time fierce persecutions and executions befell the Roman Church.
St Marinus and his wife and sons helped Christians locked up in the prisons, and also to request the
bodies of executed martyrs. At one of these jails they met a prisoner named Cyrenus and they helped
him, since he had endured many torments for faith in Christ.
The persecution spread, and even more Christians were arrested. During this time 260 Christians,
among whom was the tribune Vlastus, had been sent under the court sentence to dig ground along the
Salerian Way, and were executed by archers. When they learned about this vicious murder, Marinus,
his family, and the presbyter John went by night and took the bodies of the martyrs to be buried in the
catacombs. They returned later to the prison where St Cyrenus was incarcerated, but did not find him.
He had been executed the day before and his body was thrown into the Tiber River. Doing their holy
duty, Sts Marinus and Martha and their sons took the body of the holy martyr from the river and
committed it to the earth. The holy workers were among Christians, who continued secretly to perform
the divine services under the leadership of the holy Bishop Callistus, and hid them from their pursuers.
In consummation of their great charitable deeds the holy family was deemed worthy to glorify the Lord
by martyrdom. The pagans beheaded the courageous confessor Valentinus the Presbyter, and the
imperial gardener Asterius who had been converted by him, and the holy ascetics from Persia were
arrested and given over to torture. By order of the emperor, Sts Marinus, Audifax and Habakkuk were
beheaded in the year 269, and St Martha was drowned in a river.
The relics of the holy saints are in Rome at the Church of St John the Hut-Dweller, and the relics of St
Valentinus are in the Church of the holy Martyr Paraskeva.
RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE THREE
Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, for the Lord hath done a mighty act with His own arm.
He hath trampled down death by death, and became the first-born from the dead. He hath delivered us
from the depths of Hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.
KONTAKION FOR ORDINARY SUNDAYS IN TONE TWO
O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the Creator most constant, O
despise not the suppliant voices of those who have sinned; but be thou quick, O good one, to come unto
our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession, and speed thou to make supplication, thou
who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
THE EPISTLE
Sing praises to our God, sing praises. Clap your hands all ye peoples.
The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans. (6:18-23)
Brethren, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in
human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to
impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for
sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then what
return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is
sanctification and its end, eternal life. For, the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
THE GOSPEL
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (8:5-13)
At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching Him and
saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” And Jesus said to him, “I
will come and heal him.” But the centurion answered Him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come
under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority,
with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and
to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard him, He marveled, and said to those who
followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will
come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash
their teeth.” And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; be it done for you as you have believed.” And the
servant was healed at that very moment.
Archbishop Joseph Elected Metropolitan of All North America
The Holy Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of Los
Angeles and the West celebrates with greatest joy the election
of our Father-in-Christ, His Eminence, Archbishop JOSEPH
as the new Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox
Christian Archdiocese of North America. Led by His
Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X, the Holy Synod of the Greek
Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East elected
Sayidna JOSEPH at its meeting on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at
the historic Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery in
Northern Lebanon. Axios!
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph was consecrated to the
Holy Episcopacy on June 30, 1991 at the St. Mary Cathedral
in Damascus, after many years of serving as a deacon and a
priest. His Eminence was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1950.
He was consecrated with the title, Bishop of Katana in Syria,
and served as Patriarchal Assistant and Secretary of the Holy
Synod of Antioch. In 1995, he was sent by Patriarch Ignatius
IV of blessed memory to America. Here in our Archdiocese,
Bishop Joseph was assigned to the West Coast Chancery by
Metropolitan Philip of blessed memory. After self-rule status
was awarded to our Archdiocese, Bishop Joseph was enthroned at St. Nicholas Cathedral by
Metropolitan Philip as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West on September 12,
2004. On December 11, 2011, at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Patriarchal
Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand in Lebanon, Patriarch Ignatius elevated Bishop Joseph to the rank
of Archbishop, in honor of his many years of service as a bishop both in our Archdiocese and in the
Patriarchate of Antioch.
In 2010, the Diocese produced a tribute entitled “A Good Minister of Jesus Christ, Nourished in the
Words of Faith: A Celebration in Honor of His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH on the Fifteenth Anniversary of
His Episcopal Service to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West.” It is filled with photos and a threepage story of Sayidna’s ministry in western North America.
The Diocese gives thanks to Almighty God for entrusting His Eminence, Metropolitan JOSEPH to lead
the Antiochian Archdiocese, and to His Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X and the Metropolitans of the
Holy Synod for ensuring that our Lord’s will be done. May God grant them all many years!
RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE THREE
Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, for the Lord hath done a mighty act with His own arm.
He hath trampled down death by death, and became the first-born from the dead. He hath delivered us
from the depths of Hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.
KONTAKION FOR ORDINARY SUNDAYS IN TONE TWO
O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the Creator most constant, O
despise not the suppliant voices of those who have sinned; but be thou quick, O good one, to come unto
our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession, and speed thou to make supplication, thou
who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
THE EPISTLE
Sing praises to our God, sing praises. Clap your hands all ye peoples.
The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans. (6:18-23)
Brethren, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in
human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to
impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for
sanctification. When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then what
return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is
sanctification and its end, eternal life. For, the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
THE GOSPEL
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (8:5-13)
At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching Him and
saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.” And Jesus said to him, “I
will come and heal him.” But the centurion answered Him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come
under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority,
with soldiers under me; and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and
to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard him, He marveled, and said to those who
followed him, “Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will
come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash
their teeth.” And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; be it done for you as you have believed.” And the
servant was healed at that very moment.
Archbishop Joseph Elected Metropolitan of All North America
The Holy Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of Los
Angeles and the West celebrates with greatest joy the election
of our Father-in-Christ, His Eminence, Archbishop JOSEPH
as the new Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox
Christian Archdiocese of North America. Led by His
Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X, the Holy Synod of the Greek
Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East elected
Sayidna JOSEPH at its meeting on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at
the historic Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery in
Northern Lebanon. Axios!
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph was consecrated to the
Holy Episcopacy on June 30, 1991 at the St. Mary Cathedral
in Damascus, after many years of serving as a deacon and a
priest. His Eminence was born in Damascus, Syria, in 1950.
He was consecrated with the title, Bishop of Katana in Syria,
and served as Patriarchal Assistant and Secretary of the Holy
Synod of Antioch. In 1995, he was sent by Patriarch Ignatius
IV of blessed memory to America. Here in our Archdiocese,
Bishop Joseph was assigned to the West Coast Chancery by
Metropolitan Philip of blessed memory. After self-rule status
was awarded to our Archdiocese, Bishop Joseph was enthroned at St. Nicholas Cathedral by
Metropolitan Philip as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West on September 12,
2004. On December 11, 2011, at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in the Patriarchal
Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand in Lebanon, Patriarch Ignatius elevated Bishop Joseph to the rank
of Archbishop, in honor of his many years of service as a bishop both in our Archdiocese and in the
Patriarchate of Antioch.
In 2010, the Diocese produced a tribute entitled “A Good Minister of Jesus Christ, Nourished in the
Words of Faith: A Celebration in Honor of His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH on the Fifteenth Anniversary of
His Episcopal Service to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West.” It is filled with photos and a threepage story of Sayidna’s ministry in western North America.
The Diocese gives thanks to Almighty God for entrusting His Eminence, Metropolitan JOSEPH to lead
the Antiochian Archdiocese, and to His Beatitude, Patriarch JOHN X and the Metropolitans of the
Holy Synod for ensuring that our Lord’s will be done. May God grant them all many years!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Martyr Marinus and his wife and children and those with them at Rome
Potluck Lunch
The lunch for this weekend: Sunday the 6th of July will be pot luck style. Please bring a dish to share
and kindly remember to take your dish home.
The Holy Martyrs Marinus, Martha, Audifax, Habakkuk, Cyrenus, Valentinus the Presbyter, Asterius,
and many others with them at Rome.
Welcome Fr. Gregory Roth!
A warm welcome and our deep gratitude to Fr. Gregory Roth, from Holy Trinity, Spokane, who will be
serving the Divine Liturgy today while Fr. Basil is away at the Parish Life Conference in California.
Parish Council Meeting Rescheduled
The Parish Council will meet on Tuesday, July 22nd due to schedule conflicts this week and next.
Cleaning Volunteers Needed
Our parish is in need of a volunteer, or volunteers, who would be willing to help clean the restrooms at
St. John’s once a month. If you would be willing to serve in this way, please contact Jeane Wood.
Kid’s Korner with Fr. Nicholas
Good morning Kids! The purpose of this "Korner" is to
know why we do what we do in our Church and
Orthodox Faith. To be Orthodox is more than anything a
Way of Living in Jesus. "Let us commend ourselves and
each other, and our whole life unto Christ our God." We
hear these words from the Liturgy,but what does it
mean? "It's summer Mom, why do we have to go to
Church, after all it's summer vacation?" How can we
think of going out enjoying the Glory of God's Creation
for fun and vacation,without thanking God who created
it all in the first place? Why do we have to go to
Church,when I can pray at home, work, outdoors,
playing or fishing? There is an old saying that says:
"One Christian...No Christian". Jesus told us that where
two or three are gathered together in His Name He will be with them also. God's House is a Holy Place.
This is where we worship The Creator of all... Look up at the dome in church and what do you see?
What do you see around the walls and on The Iconostasis? What do you hear? What do you smell? Do
you taste anything? You are standing on Sacred Holy Ground where Heaven and Earth meet. This is
unlike any other place on Earth...it is Very Special. You are in the presence of God. All that I have said
brings us to understanding that we are in a Special Holy Place doing Special and Holy Things. How
then can we take a vacation from God. Don't we go to school on time? Does Dad go to work late?
Why then do we think it is ok to get to Church late when it starts two hours later than school or work?
Remember to commend ourselves means to commit ourselves to a way of life. The Apostles and
Disciples were not late to the Last Supper. They committed themselves and their very lives to Jesus.
We are called to do the same thing. . . encourage each other to hold up to our Baptismal Commitment
by being in God's Home on time year round. Each week is Home Coming! Being filled with Holiness
to face the coming week of vacation and work. Have a Great Holy Day! Love, Papa
During the reign of the emperor Claudius II (268-270), St Marinus together with his wife Martha and
their sons Audifax and Habakkuk journeyed from Persia to Rome, to pray at the graves of the holy
Apostles Peter and Paul. During this time fierce persecutions and executions befell the Roman Church.
St Marinus and his wife and sons helped Christians locked up in the prisons, and also to request the
bodies of executed martyrs. At one of these jails they met a prisoner named Cyrenus and they helped
him, since he had endured many torments for faith in Christ.
The persecution spread, and even more Christians were arrested. During this time 260 Christians,
among whom was the tribune Vlastus, had been sent under the court sentence to dig ground along the
Salerian Way, and were executed by archers. When they learned about this vicious murder, Marinus,
his family, and the presbyter John went by night and took the bodies of the martyrs to be buried in the
catacombs. They returned later to the prison where St Cyrenus was incarcerated, but did not find him.
He had been executed the day before and his body was thrown into the Tiber River. Doing their holy
duty, Sts Marinus and Martha and their sons took the body of the holy martyr from the river and
committed it to the earth. The holy workers were among Christians, who continued secretly to perform
the divine services under the leadership of the holy Bishop Callistus, and hid them from their pursuers.
In consummation of their great charitable deeds the holy family was deemed worthy to glorify the Lord
by martyrdom. The pagans beheaded the courageous confessor Valentinus the Presbyter, and the
imperial gardener Asterius who had been converted by him, and the holy ascetics from Persia were
arrested and given over to torture. By order of the emperor, Sts Marinus, Audifax and Habakkuk were
beheaded in the year 269, and St Martha was drowned in a river.
The relics of the holy saints are in Rome at the Church of St John the Hut-Dweller, and the relics of St
Valentinus are in the Church of the holy Martyr Paraskeva.
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Diocese of Los Angeles and the West
Mailing Address: 4718 Horsehaven, Post Falls, Idaho 83854-6668 - Church Phone: (208) 777-1128
Fr. Basil Caldaroni: (208) 818-2646 – Email: [email protected]
Church Website: http://www.stjohnorthodox.org
Send announcements to [email protected]
July 6, 2014
Venerable Sisoes the Great
Saint Sisoes the Great (+ 429) was a solitary monk, pursuing
asceticism in the Egyptian desert in a cave sanctified by the
prayerful labors of his predecessor, St Anthony the Great
(January 17). For his sixty years of labor in the desert, St Sisoes
attained to sublime spiritual purity and he was granted the gift of
wonderworking, so that by his prayers he once restored a dead
child back to life.
Extremely strict with himself, Abba Sisoes was very merciful
and compassionate to others, and he received everyone with
love. To those who visited him, the saint first of all always
taught humility. When one of the monks asked how he might
attain to a constant remembrance of God, St Sisoes remarked,
“That is no great thing, my son, but it is a great thing to regard
yourself as inferior to everyone else. This leads to the
acquisition of humility.” Asked by the monks whether one year
is sufficient for repentance if a brother sins, Abba Sisoes said, “I
trust in the mercy of God that if such a man repents with all his heart, then God will accept his
repentance in three days.”
When St Sisoes lay upon his deathbed, the disciples surrounding the Elder saw that his face shone like
the sun. They asked the dying man what he saw. Abba Sisoes replied that he saw St Anthony, the
prophets, and the apostles. His face increased in brightness, and he spoke with someone. The monks
asked, “With whom are you speaking, Father?” He said that angels had come for his soul, and he was
entreating them to give him a little more time for repentance. The monks said, “You have no need for
repentance, Father” St Sisoes said with great humility, “I do not think that I have even begun to
repent.”
After these words the face of the holy abba shone so brightly that the brethren were not able to look
upon him. St Sisoes told them that he saw the Lord Himself. Then there was a flash like lightning, and
a fragrant odor, and Abba Sisoes departed to the Heavenly Kingdom.
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES & EVENTS
Saturday, July 5 — Reader’s Vespers 6:00pm
Sunday, July 6 — Orthros 9:00am; Divine Liturgy 10:00am (Fr. Gregory Roth serving); Lunch
following.
Tuesday, July 8 – Youth Swing Dance 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 9 – Vespers 6:00pm. No Study Group
Friday, July 11 – Spiritual Circle 9:30am
Saturday, July 12 — Great Vespers 6:00pm
Sunday, July 13 — Sunday of the Holy Fathers of Fourth Ecumenical Council - Orthros 9:00am;
Divine Liturgy 10:00am; Lunch following.
EPISTLE READERS
July 6 – Andrew Schaefer
July 13 - Reader Mark Fellegy
July 20 – Joy Corey
July 27 – Owen Rush
LUNCHEON & CLEANUP
July 6
Potluck Lunch – Cleanup: Team 4: Rush family, Matushka & Foster Caldaroni, Peterson
family, Sandford family
July 13 Team 5: Schaefer family, Ebert family, Phillips family
July 20 Team 1: Dale Ayoub , Sanman family, Mike Ingram, Gallatin family, Purviance family
July 27 Team 2: Joy Corey, Morey Ranson, Holmen family, Roth family, Tecca family
PRAYERS FOR THE LIVING:
Metropolitan Paul Yazigi and Metropolitan Youhanna Ibrahim (hostages in Syria), Meriam Ibrahim
(Sudanise Christian)
PRAYERS FOR THE DEPARTED: Nicholas (Nick) Kupcow
COMMUNION - Since we understand Communion to mean that we have all things in common,
sharing an identical Faith, only those who are members of the Orthodox Church who have prepared
themselves through prayer, fasting and recent confession may participate in Holy Communion. (We
invite all, however, to partake of the blessed bread which is distributed at the dismissal.) Please see the
pastor for inquiries on how to become a member.
WISH LIST:
 Laptop computers for Church school: Approximately $3,000 needed for 7 laptop computers.