Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2026-10-11
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Links
Memorials & Prayers
Updates
Church Calendar
Save the Date
Flyers
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Wisdom of the Fathers
Diakonia Newsletter

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Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (760) 942-0920
  • Fax:
  • (760) 942-3603
  • Street Address:

  • 3459 Manchester Ave. #32

  • Cardiff-By-The-Sea, CA 92007

Contact Information

Proistamenos: Rev. Fr. Michael Sitaras


[email protected] | 760-942-0920

2nd Priest: Rev. Fr. Angelo Maginas


[email protected] | 760-942-0920

Parish Council President: Spiro Kailas


858-699-5953

Services Schedule

SUNDAYS

8:30AM  Orthros

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

 

WEEKDAYS/SATURDAYS

8:30AM  Orthros

9:30AM Divine Liturgy

 

Past Bulletins


Links

Participate in services online via our Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@schcardiff/live

Also available on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stsconstantinehelenCardiff/?ref=bookmarks

Links are available from our website: https://www.stsconstantinehelen.com or search for us on social media using @schcardiff.



Memorials & Prayers

Memorials

1-year memorial for Alexander Kouprianov. Survived by; Daughter Tatiana Granddaughter; Nina and Great granddaughter; Anastasia.

Prayers

Father Michael Sitaras, Patricia Karetas, Vasil Karounos, Litsa Mitchell, Marianne McDonald, Becky Stathes Parks Snell, Mary Garbis, Katherine Rovos, Nora Paltadakis, Aphrodite Sacorafas, Cynthia Sacorafas, Susan Comitas, Helen Theofan,  Michael L. Pappas, Alexandra Tzatzalos,  Nasia Ampelas, Connie Moulios, Chris Panagos, Harry Chris Karnazes, Mary Karnazes, Peter Stacy, Angela Guarino, Shelby Shinkle, James Conigliaro, Michael Horgan, Despina Perakis, Yianni Perakis, George Theodosiou, Rosemarie  De Rosa, Evie Johnston, Mary Bruscella, Helen Y, Hanna Sado,  Peter Fellios, Francesca Moyer,  Nicholas Poniros, Chris Elia, Elena Sward, Margaret Romiti, Jennifer Perez, Robert Davis, Bernie Miller, Amalia Wadsworth, John Carvaines, Bill Carvaines, Pam Potts, Erik Kollgaard, Hiroshi McDonald Mori.  If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, please contact the office.



Updates

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EPISTLE READERS: Peter Fellios in Greek. John Fellios in English.

PROSFORON OFFERED BY: Prosforo Workshop Volunteers.

SUNDAY SCHOOL: Sunday School is back! Students (with their families) and teachers should come forward first for Communion, then proceed downstairs for classes. Register for class: 26-27 Sunday School Registration Form

COMMUNION: The newly baptized/chrismated should come forward first.  Everyone else please wait until your row is called by the Parish Council.  If you wish to receive a blessing only, please come forward when your row is called for Communion and ask for a blessing when you approach the Priest.  Communion is offered to Orthodox Christians who are baptized/chrismated in the Orthodox faith, who are in good standing, and who are prepared to receive the Holy Gifts.  

FELLOWSHIP HOSTED BY: The Fellowship Ministry would like to thank Marilyn Cantrell, Claudia Lee, Linda Kounelis, and Despina Walter for providing the Fellowship edibles; and a thank you to the Setup and Cleanup volunteers.

2026 STEWARDSHIP:  Click Here to make an online donation OR set up reccuring ones. & Click Here to complete your online 2026 Pledge form. Please note: limited amount of hard copy pledge cards are available upon request.

CONSTRUCTION & PARKING UPDATE: For additional parking: on Sunday's and scheduled services ONLY, please park on the Mira Costa Community College SAN 7 Lot *closest lot facing the church.

PHILOPTOCHOS COLLEGE CONNECTION: Do you have a college student? Please help us update our records so we can stay connected and encourage them throughout the year. Please send the following information: Student's full name, address, college, graduation year, major and email address to Christina Frangos (858-220-0071 or [email protected]). Thank you for helping us stay connected with our college students!

CHURCH MUSICIANS SUNDAY: It is a time to honor and celebrate the Church Musicians throughout our Archdiocese and our church. Today, we honor the contributions of our choirs, youth choirs, psaltes, and music educators who serve our church through the hymnology of our Orthodox Church. We thank every one of them for their dedication and hard work.




Church Calendar

  • This Week

    October 2026

    Thursday, October 1

    8:30AM St. Romanos the Melodist - Orthros

    9:30AM St. Romanos the Melodist - Liturgy

    7:00PM Greek School: Adult Class

    7:30PM Dance Board Mtg (Zoom)

    Friday, October 2

    5:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:00PM Festival Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

    Sunday, October 4

    YOUTH SUNDAY

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:15AM Memorials

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:15PM Dance Practice: Filia (ages 5-8)

    1:30PM Dance Practice: Armonia (high school) - Phillips Ctr

    7:00PM Dance Practice: Thalassini (young adults) - Phillips Ctr

    Monday, October 5

    3:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, October 6

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:30PM DOP/AHEPA Meetings

    Wednesday, October 7

    12:00PM FOCUS SCH Meal Prep

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, October 8

    6:00PM Young Adults Group: Orthodoxy on Tap

    7:00PM Greek School: Adult Class

    Friday, October 9

    5:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    Saturday, October 10

    5:00PM Vespers - Fr. Simeon’s 30 yrs of Priesthood

    6:00PM Pappas Hall Reserved: Fr Simeons 30 yrs of Priesthood Anniversary

    Sunday, October 11

    Choir and Church Musicians Sunday

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:15AM Memorials

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:15PM Dance Practice: Filia (ages 5-8)

    1:30PM Dance Practice: Armonia (high school) - Phillips Ctr

    7:00PM Dance Practice: Thalassini (young adults) - Phillips Ctr

    Monday, October 12

    Columbus Day - office closed

    3:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, October 13

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:30PM Philoptochos Board Meeting

    Wednesday, October 14

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, October 15

    7:00PM Greek School: Adult Class

    Friday, October 16

    5:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:00PM Trisagion

    Saturday, October 17

    10:00AM Funeral

    11:00AM Makaria - Pappas Hall

    2:00PM Internment @ El Camino

    Sunday, October 18

    Stewardship Sunday

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:15AM Memorial

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:15PM Loss and Bereavement Grief Support Group - Conference Room

    12:15PM Dance Practice: Filia (ages 5-8)

    1:30PM Dance Practice: Armonia (high school) - Phillips Ctr

    7:00PM Dance Practice: Thalassini (young adults) - Phillips Ctr

    Monday, October 19

    Monthly Vine Submission Due

    3:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, October 20

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    Wednesday, October 21

    10:30AM Prime Timers: Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, October 22

    4:00PM E-Wedding Rehearsal

    6:30PM Working Budget Discussion - Conference Room

    7:00PM Greek School: Adult Class

    Friday, October 23

    5:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    Saturday, October 24

    3:00PM E-Wedding

    5:30PM Trunk or Treat - All Youth Groups & Families

    Sunday, October 25

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:00PM Memorials

    12:00PM Oxi Day Celebration - Pappas Hall

    12:00PM FOCUS Food Prep- Pappas Hall

    12:15PM Dance Practice: Filia (ages 5-8)

    1:30PM Dance Practice: Armonia (high school) - Phillips Ctr

    7:00PM Dance Practice: Thalassini (young adults) - Phillips Ctr

    Monday, October 26

    8:30AM Orthros -St. Demetrios

    9:30AM Liturgy -St. Demetrios

    12:00PM Choir Rehearsals - Church Sanctuary

    3:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, October 27

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    Wednesday, October 28

    8:30AM Orthros - Holy Protection of the Theotokos

    9:30AM Liturgy- Holy Protection of the Theotokos

    11:00AM Prime Timers Chair Yoga w/ Kristy Laliotis - Phillips Ctr

    4:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, October 29

    9:00AM Grauer School Tour

    6:30PM Parish Council Board Mtg (Zoom)

    7:00PM Greek School: Adult Class

    Friday, October 30

    5:00PM Greek School: Children & Adult Classes

    8:00PM Dance Ministry Bouzouki Night - Pappas Hall

    Sunday, November 1

    YOUTH SUNDAY



Save the Date

  • Mon Oct 12 Columbus Day - office closed
  • Tue Oct 15 2027 Budget planning: Ministries financial assistance forms deadline
  • Sat Oct 17 Cardiff Dance Ministry Gala Fundraiser - Pappas Hall - More info to come
  • Sun Oct 18 Annual Stewardship Sunday - Join us as we come together to begin our 2027 Stewardship year — a celebration of gratitude, giving, and our shared life as a parish family. More details to follow.
  • Wed Oct 21 Prime Timers visit Buena Vista Audubon Center in Oceanside - 10:30am. Lunch at a nearby restaurant for a no host lunch. More details to come soon. For questions: Eleni (760) 822-2634
  • Sat Oct 24 Trunk or Treat - Click here to RSVP! Support our youth groups. RSVP by Oct 16. Arrive by 4:45pm, starts at 5:30pm Contact Angie for more:(760) 473-5512
  • Sun Oct 25 Oxi Day Celebration - Pappas Hall - After Liturgy
  • Mon Oct 26 St. Demetrios - Orthros; 8:30am Liturgy; 9:30am
  • Wed Oct 28 Holy Protection of the Theotokos - Orthros; 8:30am Liturgy; 9:30am
  • Wed Oct 28 Prime Timers: Chair Yoga with Kristy Laliotis (everyone welcome!) Phillips Ctr - 11am
  • Thu Oct 29 Parish Council Board Meeting (Zoom) 6:30pm
  • Fri Oct 30 Dance Ministry Presents: Night at the BOÎTE - Pappas Hall - 8pm - Questions? [email protected]
  • Sun Nov 1 Blessing of the Catechumens - Program begins! Contact Jeff L for more info: (760) 521-7087
  • Sun Nov 8 Parish Fall General Assembly: Pappas Hall - After Liturgy
  • Wed Nov 11 Veteran's day - office closed
  • Sat Nov 14 GOYA Friendsgiving @ the Bozonelos house - 5:30pm
  • Sun Nov 15 Light the Path - The Centre - Event Venue, 5000 Clark Ave, Lakewood, CA 90712 - 2pm
  • Sat Nov 21 Entrance of the Theotokos - Orthros; 8:30am Liturgy; 9:30am
  • Sat Nov 21 Philoptochos Fundraiser: “The Grand Illusion” - Pappas Hall - 6pm
  • Sun Nov 22 Archons Sunday: There will be a Trisagion for the departed Archons during service. At the end of Liturgy, our Parish Council President and Archon, Spiro Kailas will offer a presentation. Please make every effort to attend, and prayerfully consider what you can do to support and defend the global sacred mission of our beloved Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
  • Thu Nov 26 & Fri Nov 27 Thanksgiving - office closed
  • Fri Dec 4 Men's Group BBQ: 📍 Faraje home - 3840 Rancho Summit Dr, Encinitas, CA 92024 - 5pm
  • Fri Dec 4 AHEPA Christmas Party - Pappas Hall
  • Sat Dec 5 Masters of Harmony Christmas Performance - Church Grounds & Sanctuary Reserved - Concert begins at 2pm
  • Sat Dec 5 St. Nicholas Festival - Phillips Ctr - more details to come - contact Claudia for info: (760) 521-7180
  • Sun Dec 6 Parish Council Elections - Pappas Hall - After Divine Liturgy 

SOME RECURING MINISTRY MEETINGS & EVENTS:

  • GREEK DANCE: Register your dancer for the 2025-26 Greek Dance Season! https://qrco.de/bgMDoR
  • GREEK LANGUAGE SCHOOL: Contact Directors, Andreas or Dina for class and level options: (760)331-7955 | (203)988-6835
  • SILENT PRAYER: Every Tuesday in church - 9:30am Contact John B for info (858) 480-6363
  • BIBLE STUDY W/ FR MICHAEL: Tuesday's on Zoom - 10:30am  (Unless canceled for a service or on break)
  • SPROUTS (ages 0-4): If you or someone you know is pregnant and wants to receive meals once baby is here,  or if you are interested in preparing meals for postparum families, please contact Jolie M. (805) 886-2539.
  • GRIEF SUPPORT: Every third Sunday of the month - After Liturgy Contact George K. for info (760) 936-3042
  • PRIME TIMERS CHAIR YOGA: On the last Wednesday of every month - 11am - Phillips Center - Contact Eleni T for more info: (760) 822-2634
  • FOCUS OUTREACH: Prep on the Sunday prior to the first Wednesday of every month -  Meal prep, packing, & delivery on the First Wednesday of the month. Contact Paulette A for how you can help (858) 333-1647
  • THURSDAY BAKING GROUP : Phillips Center Kitchen - 9:00 am Contact Toni for exact dates (619) 985-5509
  • YOUNG ADULT (YAL) *Ages 21-35: Contact Hanna K or Eva Marie for info (858) 253-3527 | (858) 353-5737 
  • ACOLYTES & MYRRHBEARERS: Young men and young woman ministries (ages 8-18) contact John F for Acolytes: (760) 855-3243 [email protected] contact Claudia L for Myrrhbearers: (760) 521-7180 [email protected]


Flyers



Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Luke 8:5-15

The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."



Saints and Feasts

October 11

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we chant the Service to the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which gathered in Nicaea in 787 under the holy Patriarch Tarasius and during the reign of the Empress Irene and her son, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, to refute the Iconoclast heresy, which had received imperial support beginning with the Edict issued in 726 by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. Many of the holy Fathers who condemned Iconoclasm at this holy Council later died as Confessors and Martyrs for the holy Icons during the second assult of Iconoclasm in the ninth century, especially during the reigns of Leo the Armenian and Theophilus.

October 11

Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the 7 Deacons

Saint Philip, who had four daughters that prophesied, was from Caesarea of Palestine. He preached throughout Samaria; it was he also who met the eunuch of Candace, the Queen of the Ethiopians, as the eunuch was reading the Prophet Esaias, and he instructed and baptized him (Acts 8:26-39). He reposed in Tralles of Asia Minor while preaching the Gospel.

October 11

Theophanes the Confessor, Bishop of Nicaea

Saint Theophanes, the brother of Saint Theodore the Branded, was a Palestinian by race. Both were monks at the Monastery of Saint Sabbas. They were called "the Branded" because Theophilus, the last of the Iconoclast emperors, had twelve iambic verses branded by hot irons on their foreheads and then sent them into exile, where Theodore died in the year 838. After the death of Theophilus in 842, Theophanes was elected Bishop of Nicaea. Both brothers composed many canons and hymns, thereby adorning the services of the Church.

October 11

Holy Martyrs Zenais and Philonilla



Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Mode

When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for the Church in the First Mode

He beheld the image of your Cross in the Heavens, and as Paul, he too did not receive the call from men.  Your apostle among Kings placed the care of the Royal City in Your hands.  Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O only Loving Lord, keep it ever in peace.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.


Wisdom of the Fathers

When you see life's pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death's snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his hook, the enemy uses the delusion of sensuality to arouse desire, that he might thereby catch men's souls and subject them to himself. A soul which has been caught to serve the enemy's will then serves as a snare for other souls, for it conceals the grief of sin with its apparent delight.
St. Ephraim the Syrian
A Spiritual Psalter no 43, pg. 74, 4th century

Since there are certain people who find great fault with us for adoring and honoring both the image of the Savior and that of our Lady, as well as those of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them hear how from the beginning God made man to His own image. For what reason, then, do we adore one another, except because we have been made to the image of God? As the inspired Basil, who is deeply learned in theology, says: "the honor paid to the image conveys to the original.," and the original is the thing imaged from which the copy is made.
St. John of Damascus
The Orthodox Faith, 4.16. Catholic University of America Press in Washington D.C. Translated by Frederic H. Chase, Jr. volume 37, page 370., 8th Century

For by seed here He means His doctrine, and by land, the souls of men, and by the sower, Himself .... For as the sower makes no distinction in the land submitted to him, but simply and indifferently casts his seed; so He Himself too makes no distinction of rich and poor, of wise and unwise, of slothful or diligent, of brave or cowardly; but He discourses unto all, fulfilling His part, although foreknowing the results.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 44 on Matthew 12, 4th Century



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