Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-07-21
Bulletin Contents
Links
Memorials & Prayers
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Saints and Feasts
Calendar
Save the Date
Flyers
Updates

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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

You may follow the text of the service on your smartphone using the Digital Chant Stand app, or follow online at https://dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/dcs.html

For the livestream on Facebook search for @stsconstantinehelenCardiff or use this link, facebook.com/stsconstantinehelenCardiff/.  You may also watch the livestream on our website, https://www.stsconstantinehelen.com/.

The church wifi password is:  20LordisMyRock!

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Memorials & Prayers

Memorials

50th Commemoration of the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord…” Hebrews 12:14

On July 20 we remember the 50 th Commemoration of the Turkish Invasion of
Cyprus, a dark day in history, and one that continues to impact the people of this
beautiful land. Though many efforts have been made over these past five
decades, there is still aggression from Turkish forces, and Cyprus remains
divided with no end to this conflict in sight which began in 1974.


Today a Memorial Service will be offered in remembrance of those who lost
their lives during the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus.


Let us call to mind our brothers and sisters in Northern Cyprus who are still
suffering, lifting them up in prayer, and seeking peace and justice for their
homeland through the Lord’s wisdom and mercy. We will never forget them as
they endure this injustice, and we must continue to honor them with our prayers
as well as with our ongoing commitment for a just and viable resolution and the
restoration of their deserved freedom.


With Love in Christ,
+Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco

 

Prayers
Demetria Sarantopoulos, Peter and Lydia Chaconas, Patricia Karetas, Vasil Karounos, Litsa Mitchell, Brittany Howland, Marianne McDonald, Angele Lorio, Victoria Benzel, Daphne Triphon, Yvette Hamud, George Gillespie, Becky Stathes Parks Snell, Mary Garbis, Jeff Richardson, Anne Fierros, Georgia Vourlitis, Katherine Rovos, Nora Paltadakis, Peter Fellios, Aphrodite Sacorafas, Cynthia Sacorafas, Anthony Lizardy, Susan Comitas, Helen Theofan, Nikki Cozakos, Stavroula Georgopoulos, Desiree Plagis, Kelee Tsitsikaos, Michael L. Pappas, Vasillos Gavrilos, Despina Geotas, Freddi Zulim, Georgia Stamos Zulim, Emmanuel Stamos (Hatzimanolis), Maria Stamos (Hatzimanolis), Vassili Stamos (Hatizimanolis), Anton Vasilevich Ovslenko, Petr Sergevich Pavlov, Caron Gray, Nathaniel Cochran, Amalia Wadsworth, Terri Urosevich, Sofia Urosevich, Zackary Allen, Paula Elliott, Rachel Mandel, Sean Tubbs, Duane Tubbs, Alexandra Tzatzalos, Henry Schrik, Alex Rigopoulos, Maria Alexandrovna Pavlova, Ron Potts, Lexi Rogers, Espe Reyes, Nasia Ampelas, Connie Moulios, Chris Panagos, Harry Chris Karnazes, Mary Karnazes, Peter Stacy, Spiro Kailas, Al Wadsworth, Carol Robinson, Derek Miller, Anelia Delcheva, Nancy Gilbert, and Toula Panos. If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, please contact the office.

 

 

 

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode

Let the Heavens rejoice; let earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.

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.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter 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.

Gospel Reading

4th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from 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 he 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.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

The friends of Christ love all truly but are not themselves loved by all; the friends of the world neither love all nor are loved by all. The friends of Christ persevere in love to the end; the friends of the world persevere only until they fall out with each other over some worldly thing.
St. Maximos the Confessor
Fourth Century on Love no. 98, The Philokalia Vol. 2 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pg. 113, Fourth Century

'Christ Our Lord is bountiful to all those who believe in Him'. 'I shall not be moved from the authority of my Lord, even by the threat of death'.
St. Dunstan of Canterbury
Unknown, 10th Century

There is a new wonder in heaven and on earth: God is on earth and man is in Heaven.
St. Thalassios the Libyan
First Century no. 98, Philokalia Vol. 2 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pg. 312

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Saints and Feasts

July 21

John and Symeon the Fool for Christ

These Saints were from the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia and flourished during the reign of Justin the Younger (565-578). After a pilgrimage to Jerusalem they were moved with a desire to forsake the world; they were tonsured monks by the Abbot Nicon, and soon after left the monastery to struggle together in the wilderness near the Dead Sea. When they had passed a little more than thirty years together in silence and prayer, Symeon, having reached the heights of dispassion, departed for Emesa in Syria, where he passed the rest of his life playing the fool, saving many souls from sin while hiding his sanctity with seemingly senseless behavior. He reposed in 570; by the providence of God, John, who had remained in the wilderness, departed soon after.

July 21

Parthenios, Bishop of Arta

July 21

4th Sunday of Matthew

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Calendar

  • This Week

    July 21 to August 4, 2024

    Sunday, July 21

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    12:15PM Loss and Bereavement Grief Support Group - Classrooms

    12:15PM Choir Rehearsals

    Monday, July 22

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, July 23

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    Friday, July 26

    11:00AM Baptism

    3:00PM Wedding Rehearsal & Pappas Hall Wedding Setup

    Saturday, July 27

    Wedding Dinner Reception - Pappas Hall

    3:00PM Wedding

    Sunday, July 28

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    12:15PM Choir Rehearsals

    3:00PM Baptism

    Monday, July 29

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Conference Room

    Tuesday, July 30

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    1:30PM FOCUS Meal Prep

    Thursday, August 1

    Dormition Fast Begin

    9:00AM Wedding Walkthrough

    1:00PM Calendar Meeting

    Friday, August 2

    6:30PM Paraklesis

    Sunday, August 4

    YOUTH SUNDAY

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    12:15PM Choir Rehearsals

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Save the Date

  • Every 3rd Sunday of the month Loss and Bereavement Grief Support Group - Classrooms
  • CARDIFF GREEK FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERING - Come support your community by donating your time four our Festival event. Visit https://www.cardiffgreekfestival.com/volunteer to sign up today! 
  • 2024-25 Sunday School Registration Now OPEN: Visit the link to register today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScC9vK4exYqvx6JSsockGU0adWzK1880sU5epaEWf5DraZCpQ/viewform
  • Jul 14th Orthodoxy 101 - Church History: After the Great Schism - Conference Room - 1:00 pm - Contact Dino for info: 909-648-3039
  • Jul 31st FOCUS Meal Prep - Help needed for preparing, arranging, and delivering food to other Orthodox Parishes -Pappas Hall - 1:30 pm. Contact Barbara for more: 760-419-9699
  • Jul 31st Deadline to submit Pan Arcadian Scholarship Fund: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1quxPEgVZOKrpVUzdyGaSqUVnUY7cT9iK/view?usp=sharing
  • Aug 1st Dormition Fast Begins
  • Aug 17th Men's Group Seminar - Phillips Center - 11:00 am - 2:00 pm - Contact Dino Bozonelos for more: 909-648-3039
  • Aug 19th Festival Baking - 9:00 am - Phillips Center Kitchen - Contact Toni Kanakaris for more: 619-985-5509
  • Aug 21st Prime Timers Pool party and Barbecue - 11:30 am - Three Oaks Ranch 2459 Los Alisos Drive Fallbrook, CA 92028 - RSVP by Aug. 18 to Barbara at 760-419-9699 or [email protected] Eleni at 760-822-2634 or [email protected] - carpooling can be arranged.
  • Aug 26th Festival Baking - 9:00 am - Phillips Center Kitchen - Contact Toni Kanakaris for more: 619-985-5509
  • Sept 7th & 8th CARDIFF GREEK FESTIVAL -  Stay up to date with all the details -> https://www.cardiffgreekfestival.com/
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Flyers

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Updates

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EPISTLE READERS: Litsa Orenich in Greek. Mike Orenich in English.

PROSFORON OFFERED BY:  Christine Dorudian, Laure Bemis, and Nanette List.

SUNDAY SCHOOL:  No Sunday School classes. School is now on summer break.

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: Fellowship will be hosted by Helen Rovos today.

VOLUNTEERING: We need YOU! Support your community by donating your time for our annual event. Visit https://www.cardiffgreekfestival.com/volunteer to sign up today or visit the festival table on Sunday’s during Fellowship!


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