Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-08-18
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

No memorials today.

 

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, Zoey Lavdas. 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 Seventh Mode

Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Dormition in the First Mode

In giving birth, thou didst preserve thy virginity; in thy dormition, thou didst not forsake the world, O Theotokos. Thou wast translated unto life, since thou art the Mother of Life; and by thine intercessions dost thou redeem our souls from death.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

Neither the grave nor death could contain the Theotokos, the unshakable hope, ever vigilant in intercession and protection. As Mother of life, He who dwelt in the ever-virginal womb transposed her to life.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Seventh Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17.

Brethren, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Gospel Reading

8th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:14-22

At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

And another thing too we learn, the self-restraint of the disciples which they practised in necessary things, and how little they accounted of food.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 49 on Matthew 14, 4th Century

For being twelve, they had five loaves only and two fishes; so secondary to them were the things of the body: so did they cling to the things spiritual only. And not even that little did they hold fast, but gave up even it when asked.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 49 on Matthew 14, 4th Century

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Saints and Feasts

August 18

Floros & Lauros the Monk-martyrs of Illyria

These Martyrs were twin brothers, and stonemasons. After the martyrdom of their teachers Proclus and Maximus, they left Byzantium and came to the city of Ulpiana in Illyricum, where a certain Licinius hired them to build a temple for the idols. The wages he gave them, they distributed to the poor, and when the temple was built, Floros and Lauros gathered the paupers, and with their help put ropes about the necks of the idols, pulled them to the ground, and furnished the temple as a church. When Licinius learned of this, he had the paupers burned alive in a furnace. Floros and Lauros were tormented, then cast into a deep well, where they gave up their souls to the Lord. When their holy relics were recovered years later, they poured forth myrrh and worked many miracles; they were enshrined in Constantinople.

August 18

8th Sunday of Matthew

August 18

Leontus the martyr

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Calendar

  • This Week

    August 18 to September 2, 2024

    Sunday, August 18

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:00PM Youth Board Calendar Meeting - Classrooms

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

    12:15PM Opalakia Dance - Preschool Rooms

    1:30PM Double Baptism

    5:00PM Meraki Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meli Dance- Phillips Center

    Monday, August 19

    9:00AM Festival Baking - Phillips Center Kitchen

    9:30AM California State Fire Protection Annual Inspection & Maintenance

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, August 20

    Monthly Vine Submission Due

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    6:15PM Youth Board Meeting (Zoom)

    7:00PM Meli Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meraki Dance- Pappas Hall

    Wednesday, August 21

    6:00PM Atromitoi Dance- Phillips Center

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, August 22

    5:00PM Opalakia Dance Practice - Phillips Center

    Friday, August 23

    12:00AM Wedding Reception Setup - Pappas Hall Booked

    3:00PM Wedding rehearsal

    Saturday, August 24

    10:00AM Family Beach Day - Moonlight Beach

    3:30PM Wedding

    5:00PM Wedding Reception - Pappas Hall

    Sunday, August 25

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:00PM Jr. Philoptochos - Animal Shelter volunteer event

    12:15PM Opalakia Dance - Preschool Rooms

    12:30PM Atromitoi Dance - Phillips Center

    5:00PM Meraki Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meli Dance- Phillips Center

    Monday, August 26

    9:00AM Festival Baking - Phillips Center Kitchen

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Conference Room

    Tuesday, August 27

    9:00AM Saint Phanourios - Liturgy

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    7:00PM Meli Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meraki Dance- Pappas Hall

    Wednesday, August 28

    6:00PM Atromitoi Dance- Phillips Center

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, August 29

    8:30AM John the Baptist - Orthros

    9:30AM John the Baptist - Liturgy

    5:00PM Opalakia Dance - Phillips Center

    Sunday, September 1

    YOUTH SUNDAY

    Adult Double Baptism

    8:30AM Ecclesiastical New Year Orthros - Church

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Ecclesiastical New Year Liturgy - Church

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Memorials

    11:30AM Youth Sunday: Blessing of Backpacks/Expo

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:15PM Opalakia Dance - Preschool Rooms

    12:30PM Atromitoi Dance - Phillips Center

    5:00PM Meraki Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meli Dance- Phillips Center

    Monday, September 2

    Office Closed - Labor Day

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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
  • Cardiff Greek Dance Ministry - Practices begins in August!
  • Aug 24th Family Beach Day! Moonlight Beach - 10 am - 12 pm - See the flyer for more.
  • Aug 25th Jr. Philopotchos Animal Shelter volunteer event at Rancho Coastal Humane Society from 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm- Contact Maria Leslie Georgiou for details:619-757-8921 
  • Aug 26th & Aug 27th Festival Baking - 9:00 am - Phillips Center Kitchen - Contact Toni Kanakaris for more: 619-985-5509
  • Sept 1st Blessing of the Backpacks/ Youth Expo
  • Sept 2nd Labor Day - Office closed
  • Sept 7th & 8th CARDIFF GREEK FESTIVAL -  Stay up to date with all the details -> https://www.cardiffgreekfestival.com/
  • Sept 12th Orthodoxy On Tap (Young Adult Group gathering - See flyer)
  • Sept 21st Philoptochos GA - Pappas Hall
  • Sept 21st Festival Appreciation Dinner (Volunteers/Families) - Pappas Hall
  • Sept 28th Men's Group - Couples in Community: Building Stronger Marriages - Pappas Hall - 5:30 pm
  • Sept 29th YAL Brunch - 1:00 pm
  • Nov 2nd Philoptochos Annual Fall Fundraiser, Comedy Night with Basile - Pappas Hall - 6:00 pm
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Flyers

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Updates

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EPISTLE READERS:  Luke Georgalas in Greek. Art Pathe in English.

PROSFORON OFFERED BY:  Christine Dorudian, Matina Dale, Sophia Dafnis, and Maria Kladouras.

SUNDAY SCHOOL:  No Sunday School classes. School is now on summer break. Classes start on Sunday, September 15th!

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 is being offered by Paulette and Kathryn Anest.

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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