Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2025-07-27
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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








Services Schedule

SUNDAYS

8:30AM  Orthros

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

 

WEEKDAYS/SATURDAYS

8:30AM  Orthros

9:30AM Divine Liturgy

 


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Memorials & Prayers

Memorials

No memorials today.

Prayers

Peter and Lydia Chaconas, 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, Nikki Cozakos, Desiree Plagis, Kelee Tsitsikaos, Michael L. Pappas,  Amalia Wadsworth, Paula Elliott, Alexandra Tzatzalos,  Maria Alexandrovna Pavlova, Espe Reyes, Nasia Ampelas, Connie Moulios, Chris Panagos, Harry Chris Karnazes, Mary Karnazes, Peter Stacy, Al Wadsworth, Carol Robinson, Derek Miller, Anelia Delcheva, Nancy Gilbert, Toula Panos, Zoey Lavdas, Sofia Osborne, Pamela Potts, Anastasia Proesel, and Venetia, Triantafilia, Angela Guarino, Shelby Shinkle, James Conigliaro, Michael Horgan, Despina Perakis, Yianni Perakis, George Theodosiou, Rosemarie  De Rosa, Evie Johnston, Mary Bruscella, Maria Goodin (Demas), Helen Y, Theresa Pappas-Davidson, Max Davidson, Evelyn Davidson, Daniel Anaya. If you would like to add someone to the prayer list, please contact the office.

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Updates

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

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

SUNDAY SCHOOL:  Sunday School will resume Sunday, September 14.

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: Lemlem Catalano and Karolin Sado.


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Calendar

  • This Week

    July 27 to August 10, 2025

    Sunday, July 27

    Prison Ministry Sunday

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    1:30PM Philoptochos Audit - After Liturgy

    Monday, July 28

    11:00AM Wedding walkthrough

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Conference Room

    Tuesday, July 29

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    10:30AM Bible Study (via Zoom)

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    Wednesday, July 30

    10:00AM Double Baptism

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Friday, August 1

    Dormition Fast Begin

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Sunday, August 3

    YOUTH SUNDAY

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Memorial

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:00PM FOCUS Food Prep- Pappas Hall

    Monday, August 4

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    6:30PM Pacific Coast Harmony - Rehearsal

    Tuesday, August 5

    9:00AM Silent Prayer

    11:30AM Weekly Calendar Meeting

    Wednesday, August 6

    8:30AM Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthros

    9:30AM Transfiguration of Our Lord - Liturgy

    12:00PM FOCUS Outreach Meal Prep & Delivery - Pappas Hall Kitchen

    7:00PM Scout Troop 2000 - Pappas Hall

    Thursday, August 7

    10:30AM Trisagion

    11:30AM Funeral

    12:30PM Makaria - Pappas Hall

    Saturday, August 9

    Festival Equipment Cleaning-Church Grounds

    10:00AM Double Baptism

    Sunday, August 10

    8:30AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:45AM Choir Rehearsal

    12:30PM Orthodoxy 101 Class - Church

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Save the Date

  • Fri Aug 1 Dormition Fast Begins- Paraklesis; 6:00 pm
  • Mon Aug 4 Paraklesis; 6:00 pm
  • Wed Aug 6 Transfiguration of Our Lord - Orthros; 8:30 am Liturgy; 9:30 am Paraklesis; 6:00 pm
  • Sat Aug 9 Festival Equipment Cleaning & Prep Saturday - Church Grounds - 9:30 am
  • Sun Aug 10 Orthodoxy 101 - Church Sanctuary; 12:30 pm Contact Dino or Jeff: (909) 648-3039 | (760) 521-7087
  • Wed Aug 13 Prime Timers FBI Guest Speaker on Elder Abuse & Fraud Protection - Pappas Hall 12:30 pm 
  • Tue Aug 19 Festival Baking - Phillips Center Kitchen - 9:00 am - Contact Toni K for more: (760) 448-5253
  • Sat Aug 23 Men's Group Seminar - Pappas Hall - 11:00 am - Vespers - 5:00 pm - Contact Dino for info: [email protected]
  • Sun Aug 24 Blessing of the Backpacks & Youth Expo - After Liturgy
  • Tue Aug 26 Festival Baking - Phillips Center Kitchen - 9:00 am - Contact Toni K for more: (760) 448-5253
  • Wed Aug 27 St Phanourios - Orthros; 8:30 am Liturgy; 9:30 am
  • Aug 28 to Sep 1 YAL Conference in Seattle (details to follow)
  • Fri Aug 29 Beheading of John the Baptist - Orthros; 8:30 am Liturgy; 9:30 am
  • Sat Aug 30 Saint Alexander - Orthros; 8:30 am Liturgy; 9:30 am
  • Mon Sep 1 Labor Day - Office closed
  • Mon Sep 1 Ecclesiastical New Year - Orthros; 8:30 am Liturgy; 9:30 am
  • Sat Sep 6 & Sun Sep 7 Cardiff Greek Festival! Saturday; 10:00 am-10:00 pm Sunday; 11:00 am-9:00 pm
  • Mon Sep 8 Nativity of Theotokos - Orthros; 8:30 am Liturgy; 9:30 am
  • Tue Sep 9 Bible Study with Fr. Michael resumes - Every Tuesday - (Zoom) 10:30 am
  • Sun Sep 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross
  • Sun Sep 14 National back to Church Sunday! Sunday School Resumes
  • Sun Sep 28 Greek School Year Blessing! *Classes resume on Monday, September 29.
  • Sat Sep 20 St Helen Philoptochos General Assembly - Pappas Hall 
  • Sun Sep 28 Blessing of the Surfboards

SOME RECURING MINISTRY MEETINGS & EVENTS:

  • FESTIVAL HIGH SCHOOL & ADULT DANCE PRACTICE DATES: Sunday, August 24: 7-9 pm Tuesday, August 26: 7-9 pm Tuesday, September 2: 7-9 pm Thursday, September 4: 7-9 pm (Pappas Hall)
  • SILENT PRAYER: Every Tuesday in church - 9:30 am Contact John B for info (858) 480-6363
  • BIBLE STUDY W/ FR MICHAEL: Tuesday's on Zoom - 10:30 am  (Unless canceled for a service or on break)
  • PARAKLESIS SERVICE: Wednesdays at 6:00 pm (Unless canceled for a service or on break)
  • STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE: Every first Wednesday of the month - after Paraklesis - Conference Room - 7:00 pm
  • GRIEF SUPPORT: Every third Sunday of the month - After Liturgy Contact George for more (760) 936-3042
  • 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 MINISTRY (YAL) *Ages 21-35: Contact Eva Marie for event dates (858) 353-5737 
  • CARDIFF GREEK FESTIVAL: Contact Festival Chair Joe B or Tasia M  (619) 977-4725 | (760) 715-8217

 

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Flyers

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Sixth Mode

Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Great Martyr Panteleimon in the Third Mode

O holy prizewinner and healer Panteleimon, intercede with the merciful God that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Seventh Mode

You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Seventh Mode. Psalm 63.11,1.
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord.
Verse: Oh God, hear my cry.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10.

Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.


Gospel Reading

7th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 9:27-35

At that time, as Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, "Have mercy on us, Son of David." When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith be it done to you." And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, "See that no one knows it." But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.

As they were going away, behold, a dumb demoniac was brought to him. And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, "Never was anything like this seen in Israel." But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons."

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

He puts an end to the woman's fear ... He sets her right, in respect of her thinking to be hid ... He exhibits her faith to all, so as to provoke the rest also to emulation ...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 31 on Matthew 9, 4th Century

And then at last He for His part lays His hand upon them, saying, "According to your faith be it unto you." And this He does to confirm their faith, and to show that they are participators in the good work ...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 32 on Matthew 9, 4th Century

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Saints and Feasts

July 27

Panteleimon the Great Martyr & Healer

This Saint, who had Nicomedia as his homeland, was the son of Eustorgius and Eubula. His father was an idolater, but his mother was a Christian from her ancestors. It was through her that he was instructed in piety, and still later, he was catechized in the Faith of Christ by Saint Hermolaus (see July 26) and baptized by him. Being proficient in the physician's vocation, he practiced it in a philanthropic manner, healing every illness more by the grace of Christ than by medicines. Thus, although his parents had named him Pantoleon ("in all things a lion"), because of the compassion he showed for the souls and bodies of all, he was worthily renamed Panteleimon, meaning "all-merciful." On one occasion, when he restored the sight of a certain blind man by calling on the Divine Name, he enlightened also the eyes of this man's soul to the knowledge of the truth. This also became the cause for the martyrdom of him who had been blind, since when he was asked by whom and in what manner his eyes had been opened, in imitation of that blind man of the Gospel he confessed with boldness both who the physician was and the manner of his healing. For this he was put to death immediately. Panteleimon was arrested also, and having endured many wounds, he was finally beheaded in the year 305, during the reign of Maximian. Saint Panteleimon is one of the Holy Unmercenaries, and is held in special honor among them, even as Saint George is among the Martyrs.


July 27

Nicholas of Novgorod the fool-for-Christ


July 27

7th Sunday of Matthew


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