Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am
or
In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
A Tri-Cities Christian Multinational Orthodox Community
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301
All are welcome at St. Nectarios!
HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2024 Ecumenical Orthodox Calendars are available at church. If you want a copy by mail - send an email request to tricityorthodox@aol.com with your name and current mailing address.
Goarch offers a 2024 online calendar that works both on a computer and smart phone (https://www.goarch.org/chapel/calendar).
The St Nectarios Bulletin (below) has the most recent schedule updates. Most online Services are streamed live to Facebook. To register for Zoom-based Services and Activities (or to get additional information) call Jim/Tammy Droppo 5O9 366-8745.
ONLINE:
Thursday Jan 4th at 7pm Orthodox Study Class with Father Tervo
Friday January 5th at 7pm Akathist to St. Nectarios
Saturday January 6th at 5pm Vespers Service
Sunday January 7th 10am Divine Liturgy Service
7:00PM Online Akathist to St. Nectarios
5:00PM Vespers Service - Online
No Enquirers Class today
10:00AM Online Divine Liturgy
5:00PM Vespers Service - Online
10:00AM Online Divine Liturgy
1:00PM Enquirers Class with Father John (online zoom)
5:00PM Vespers Service - Online
10:00AM Online Divine Liturgy
1:00PM Enquirers Class with Father John (online zoom)
8:30AM Coptic Holy Liturgy Service
5:00PM Vespers Service - Online
10:00AM Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship
1:00PM Enquirers Class with Father John (online zoom)
SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY
“Repent, (Change your mind), For the kingdom of God is at hand!”
The gospel lesson (Matt.4:4-17) for the Sunday after Theophany, sets the terms for our salvation:“
Repent, Metanoite, change your way of thinking!” Why? Because the Kingdom of God, “God’s Rule” has already touched us, has arrived.
Man was created to be in communion with God, to live in God‘s presence. But his disobedience of God allowed something foreign to come into his nature, sin. For man succumbed to the devil’s temptation and allowed the devil and sin to come into him. God did not create sin. Sin is a parasite which the devil introduced in God’s good nature, after man sinned.
When Christ came, He asked the people to “Repent, to change their way of thinking, and return in humility to God.” For God has always loved man and wants him to return to Him, to his original communion with Him. God’s love has the true antidote to heal him from his illness, his sin. The antidote, the medicine, is His love who sent His Beloved Son to the world to save him. Christ taught man afresh His Father’s Holy Will, confirmed His teaching with His miracles, poured out His blood on the Cross for his salvation, rose from the dead and ascended to heaven to open the way for man to hope and follow.
As we have entered the New Year, God has renewed His Saving invitation to all of us: “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand.” God has done His part for our salvation, our renewal. Now He wants our free response and willing cooperation with His Divine Will to renew and save us.
Without self-awareness and repentance, we resemble a car that has taken out its brakes and is rolling down the hill to its destruction. But the good driver uses his brakes to control the speed and direction of his car. The same way, the wise, believing person follows the saving teachings of God, repents for his daily sins and returns in repentance to God to find forgiveness and receive God’s abundant Grace in His Sacraments to live His daily Christian life.
Happy New Year to All!
With love,
Fr. John P. Angelis
Today we celebrate the Synaxis in honour of the most sacred Forerunner, since he ministered at the Mystery of the Divine Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rest from labour. Fish allowed.
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Prokeimenon. Grave Tone. Psalm 63.11,1.
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord.
Verse: Oh God, hear my cry.
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8.
In those days, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus." On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.
Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, & Forerunner
The Reading is from John 1:29-34
At that time, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION CHURCH
Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
This Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community has a church located at 627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301. All are invited to attend. A light lunch fellowship time normally follows the In-Church Liturgy and Typica Services.
INFORMATION SOURCES
For information on services and activities, you may:
1) access our "Saint Nectarios - Pasco" Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
2) access the church website:
Welcome to Our Parish Website | St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission (stnectariostricities.org)
3) The online Saint Nectarios Bulletin is the best source of up to date) information on church Services and activities. ( http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/ )
NOTIFICATIONS
To receive the weekly Services Reminder by email, please send an email request.
For those not connected to the internet, please call Jim (on 5O9 366 8745) to request either
a) by a phone call on the 'week of the in-church Service'
or
b) by a weekly smart-phone Service reminder text message.
CHURCH SERVICES
Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Each month, we try to have at least one Divine Liturgy (with a visiting Priest). That Service is normally on a Saturday (or a Special Service/Feast weekday) and is scheduled when a Priest is available. In addition to communion during the Service, private meetings with the Priest are available by appointment (for personal matters, planning future events, and Confession).
Special Invitation - Saint Nectarios Church welcomes all: During Divine Liturgy, which is mostly in English, the Lord's Prayer is said by parishioners in their native languages. Currently the prayer is normally said in English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Greek. If you wish to participate (and perhaps add a language), just let us know.
On most weeks, we remotely celebrate Saturday Vespers and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy with Father John in the Seattle area. During the remote Divine Liturgy, Communion is served to Father's attending family and friends - but is unavailable to those participating online.
Online Greek Orthodox Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle. The link for joining Zoom to actively participate in on-line Services is
https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
On the last Sunday of each month, there normally is a Typica Reader Service with a Parish Fellowship Time. This in-Church Service is held as an opportunity to bring the local community together - and hopefully eventually returning St. Nectarios to having a full time Priest.
All are welcome to join in the celebration these Christian Orthodox Services.
Saint Mary and Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church. This Coptic Church is currently holding services at the St. Nectarios Church. A Saturday or Sunday Holy Liturgy with a visiting Priest is nromally held once per month. All are invited to attend. A fellowship time and Christian Study Class for older students normally follows the Services. For more information, please contact Nader Samaan (nader.samaan@yahoo.com) or access the website:
https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/