Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-10-13
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, Gerry Ranglas, Sofia Osborne, Pamela Potts. 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 Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council in the Eighth 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.

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. 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."

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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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Saints and Feasts

October 13

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 13

Carpus, Papylus, Agathodorus, & Agathonica, the Martyrs of Pergamus

Saint Carpus was Bishop of the Church of Thyatira in Asia Minor and Papylus was his deacon, whom he had ordained. Seized as Christians and tormented in Thyatira, they were taken to Sardis, whither Agathodorus, their servant, followed them, and also confessed Christ, and was tormented with them. Together with Agathonica, the sister of Saint Papylus. they were all beheaded during the reign of Decius, in the year 250.

October 13

Benjamin the Deacon

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Calendar

  • This Week

    October 13 to October 27, 2024

    Sunday, October 13

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Pilgrimage of Discovery Presentation - Pappas Hall

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:15PM Opalakia Dance - Preschool Rooms

    12:30PM Atromitoi Dance - Phillips Center

    12:30PM Orthodoxy 101 - Church Tradition: Spirituality

    5:00PM Meraki Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meli Dance- Phillips Center

    Monday, October 14

    4:00PM Greek School - Children Lvl A

    4:00PM Greek School - Children Lvl B/C

    6:30PM Greek School - Adult Beginners

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, October 15

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    6:15PM Youth Board (Zoom)

    7:00PM Meli Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meraki Dance- Pappas Hall

    Wednesday, October 16

    6:00PM Atromitoi Dance- Phillips Center

    6:30PM Greek School - Adult Beginners

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, October 17

    7:00PM Dance Board Meeting - Conference Room

    Saturday, October 19

    4:00PM Trunk or Treat (All Families)

    Sunday, October 20

    Stewardship Sunday

    40-Day Blessing

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

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

    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, October 21

    Monthly Vine Submission Due

    4:00PM Greek School - Children Lvl A

    4:00PM Greek School - Children Lvl B/C

    6:30PM Greek School - Adult Beginners

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Conference Room

    Tuesday, October 22

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    7:00PM Meli Dance - Phillips Center

    7:00PM Meraki Dance- Pappas Hall

    Wednesday, October 23

    11:30AM Prime Timers - Pappas Hall

    6:30PM Greek School - Adult Beginners

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, October 24

    11:00AM Jr. Philoptochos Baking for Rancho Coastal Event - Pappas Hall Kitchen

    Friday, October 25

    Jr. Philoptochos Baking for Rancho Coastal Event

    Saturday, October 26

    9:30AM Liturgy -St. Demetrios

    7:00PM Bach Collegium Concert

    Sunday, October 27

    OXI Day Celebration

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    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

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Save the Date

  • Oct 17th Dance Board Meeting - Church Conference Room - 6 pm
  • Oct 19th Trunk or Treat (All youth and families) 3:00 pm -6:00 pm Contact Brianne Froumis for info: (619) 933-3153
  • Oct 23rd Prime Timers: Mark your calendars! Lunch will be served, followed by a showing of the 2004 Community Talent Show.  Acts by the parish council, prime timers, Sunday school teachers, baking group, Philoptochos and more.  More information to follow. Contact Eleni Tignor or Barbara Anaya for more: (760) 697-9121 | (760) 419-9699
  • Oct 20th Stewardship Sunday; Parish Council candidate applications available
  • Oct 23rd-25th Jr. Philoptochos Baking for Rancho Coastal Event on October 26th. Contact Maria Leslie for details
  • Oct 26th St. Demetrios - Orthros: 8:30 am - Liturgy: 9:30 am
  • Oct 26th Bach Collegium Concert - Church Sanctuary
  • Oct 27th OXI Day celebration after liturgy. Sponsored by AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope. 
  • Oct 29th Parish Council Meeting 6:00 pm - Church Conference Room
  • Nov 2nd Philoptochos Annual Fall Fundraiser, Comedy Night with Basile - Pappas Hall - 6:00 pm
  • Nov 3rd First chance for prospective PC candidates to meet with Father Michael
  • Nov 10th Veteran’s Sunday; 2nd chance for prospective PC candidates to meet with Father Michael
  • Nov 13th Prime Timers Friendsgiving Potluck - Pappas Hall - 11:30am - For info contact Eleni (760) 697-9121 or Barbara (760) 419-9699
  • Nov 16th Hellenic Cultural Society - Eulogy - 4:30 pm - Pappas Hall (see flyer)
  • Nov 17th Fall Parish General Assembly: approve 2025 budget - Last chance for prospective PC candidates to meet with Father Michael
  • Nov 17th Light The Path, 2:00 pm -Los Coyotes Country Club 8888 Los Coyotes Drive Buena Park, California
  • Nov 17th GOYA Friendsgiving 
  • Nov 22nd PC Applications and Statements of Candidates due
  • Nov 24th Hope/Sprouts/Joy Thankful Craft - After Liturgy - Pappas Hall
  • Nov 24th PC Statements fo Candidates avialable to all parishioners; Absentee ballots available for PC Election
  • Dec 1st Archon Sunday
  • Dec 6th Absentee Ballots for PC Election due to the office by 4pm
  • Dec 7th Masters of Harmony Christmas Concert
  • Dec 8th  Parish Council Elections
  • Tuesdays: 9am to 9:30pm Silent Prayer; 10:30 am to 11:30 am Bible Study with Fr. Michael ( via Zoom), please email the office for the Bible Study link.
  • First Wednesday of each Month, Noon to 3pm, Food prep for FOCUS to distribute to those in need.  Contact Barbara for more information, (760) 419-9699
  • Sunday School has begun.  It's not too late to register.  Visit the link or grab a form outside Sunday School. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScC9vK4exYqvx6JSsockGU0adWzK1880sU5epaEWf5DraZCpQ/viewform
  • Greek School Has Begun! Contact Andreas, our Greek School Director, 760-331-7955, for more information
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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, Matina Dale, Sophia Dafnis, and Maria Kladouras.

SUNDAY SCHOOL:  Welcome back students! Sunday School classes have started but it's not too late to participate!  

COMMUNION: Please allow Sunday school students (and family members) and teachers to come forward for communion first so they may go downstairs to their classrooms. The newly baptized/chrismated should come forward next.  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: The Men's Group will be providing fellowship this Sunday.

 


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