Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-10-06
Bulletin Contents
Schedule of Services
Special Services
Stewardship News
News & Events
You are Invited
Assembly of Bishops News
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings

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Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • 408.605.0621
  • Street Address:

  • 9th and Lincoln

  • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
  • Mailing Address:

  • PO Box 5808

  • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921

Contact Information

Priest: Father Ion Coman


[email protected] | 408.605.0621

Services Schedule

 

Weekend services: the weekend schedule is fixed for most of the year. The services take place in Carmel-by-the-Sea, at All Saints Church, lower level, 9th and Lincoln.

Saturdays: 5:00pm Vespers

Sundays:   8:30am Matins

                   9:45am Liturgy

Week-day services: during the week we may celebrate the major feast days of the Church either in Carmel or in Salinas. Please check the calendar! The schedule pattern is:

Wednesdays:  6:00pm Paraklesis

Eve of feasts: 6:00pm Vespers

Feast days:    8:30am Matins

                       9:45am Liturgy

Past Bulletins


Schedule of Services

Note: Our services are posted on Zoom unless specified otherwise.  

Friday, October 4
    6:00pm  Evangelism Season: Akathist to Saints Peter and Paul
    8:00pm  Orthodoxy 101: Journey to Fullness
Saturday, October 5
    5:00pm  Vespers
Sunday, October 6  Saint Thomas the Apostle
    8:30am  Matins
    9:45am  Liturgy
Monday, October 7
    9:00am  Church University: Prayers and Bible Study (online)
Tuesday, October 8
    9:00am  Food Bank Distribution - Community Service
    9:00am  Church University: Prayers and Bible Study (online) - CANCELLED
   11:00am  Funeral for George Stavropoulos (Salinas church)
    7:00pm  Parish Council Meeting
Wednesday, October 9
    9:00am  Church University: Prayers and Bible Study (online)
    10:00am  Book Forum: Father Arseny
    6:00pm   Paraklesis
Thursday, October 10
   9:00am  Church University: Prayers and Bible Study (online)
Friday, October 11
    9:00am  Church University: Prayers and Bible Study (online)
    6:00pm  Evangelism Season: Akathist to Saints Peter and Paul
    8:00pm  Orthodoxy 101: Journey to Fullness
Saturday, October 12
    5:00pm  Vespers
Sunday, October 13
    8:30am  Matins
    9:45am  Liturgy

Zoom with video here.

For more information, go to  //www.stjohn-monterey.org/parish-calendar

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Special Services

1. The Akathist to the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul will be prayed on Friday from 6pm. We will be turning to these missionary saints for their help with our Evangelism Season.

2. The Funeral Service for George Stavropoulos will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 8 at our church in Salinas. Entombment to follow at San Carlos Cemetery and makaria at Coral de Tierra Country Club. May his memory be eternal!

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News & Events

GETTING IT?

Have you been receiving communication from the church via text? If not, it is becasue you have not signed up yet. It is brief, fast and simple. Simply text #yes# to 22300.

Note: You must be already enrolled for phone calls from the church in order to extend to text messaging. Let Father Ion know if you would like to sign up for both services.


OUR EVANGELISM SEASON

We are ending the 5th week of our Evangelism Season, when we turn to God on behalf of those who are not in His house, the Church. Remember to pray the Prayer Cards and to participate in the Friday evening Akathist to Saints Peter and Paul.

Living the Gospel


ORTHODOXY 101 TONIGHT

A ministry led by Angela Wagoner

JOURNEY TO FULLNESS: An Introduction to the Fullness of the Original Christian Faith

 

Fridays, 8pm. Zoom only.

 

Adult Education


OUTREACH MINISTRIES

Ministries led by Despina Hatton

FOOD BANK: Tuesday, OCTOBER 08, 9:00 -10:30am @St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Seaside.

LADIES I-HELP: Tuesday, OCTOBER 31, NOVEMBER 5. Cooking - 4-5pm, Dinner with the ladies - 5-6pm. Plan to stay for prayers in the chapel after dinner.

Community


CHURCH UNIVERSITY: EXODUS

A Ministry led by Father Ion

The Church University brings to light the beautiful, yet complex sides of Orthodoxy through prayer and the study of Scriptures, hymnography of the Church, lives of the saints and the writings of the Holy Fathers.

We continue to study the book of Exodus.

On week days without morning liturgies, 9am via Zoom.

Worship, Education, Community


THE BOOK FORUM: FATHER ARSENY

A Ministry led by Kathy Shaw

We will continue meeting on Wednesday at 10:00am.

 Education, Community


ENDURING LOVE - A MARRIAGE CLASS

Our next meeting will be this coming Wednesday.

Enduring Love #10 - FINAL CLASS

Enduring to the End

Wednesday, 6:45pm (after Paraklesis)

 Outline:

1. God's design for Marriage
2. Love and Expectations
3. Friendship and Goals
4. Communication and Conflict
5. Sex and Romance
6. Children and Parenting
7. Roles and Responsibilities
8. Finances
9. Spiritual Life
10. Enduring to the End

Living the Gospel


WELCOMING AND HOSPITALITY: SERVING THIS SUNDAY

 Ministry led by Angelina Taylor 

Thank you for your effort and participation in bringing a dish to share for our Agape Meal. If you cannot participate when it is your turn, kindly let Angelina know in advance so she can make other arrangements.    

Sunday, October 6: 
   Parish Council: Euthimios Saites
   Greeter: Anthony Zavitsanos
   Agape Meal: GOLD TEAM – Thank you to Nadia, Christine T, Presbytera Ana, Miriam, and Angelina

Sunday, October 13:
   Parish Council: Ali Castanada
   Greeter: Marissa Castanada
   Agape Meal: PINK TEAM - Thank you to Mary K, Maria, Rania, Irene, and Christine D

Community


ONLINE RESOURCES

Most of our services and some ministry meetings are available online.
Witness remotely:
  1. Zoom with video here.
  2. By phone dial - add the following string to your address book: 16699006833,,9475885646#,,,,*871732#
Liturgical texts at Ages Initiatives here. Select the date and the service of interest. Then, choose pdf if you want to print, or DCS for viewing on the screen (which also has a night mode).
Lighting Candles remotely is possible through our Light a Candle website. Click this link: Light a Candle

 


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You are Invited

MARRIAGE SERVICE


MONASTERY FUNDRAISER IN SAN JOSE

Monastery Fundraiser Dinner - Sunday, Nov 3rd - Community CenterMonastery Fundraiser Dinner - Sunday, Nov 3rd - Community Center

Gerontissa Markella and her Sisterhood joyfully, with hope and thanksgiving for your constant support and many years of commitment, invite you to join us again for a Benefit Dinner. The Monastery of the Theotokos of the Life Giving Spring Fundraising Dinner will be on Sunday, November 3rd at the St. Nicholas Community Center at 5:00pm. Donation for tickets for adults $75, children 12 and under $35. All proceeds go to Monastery for essential support to the operation of the Monastery facility. For details or to RSVP, please contact Evagelia at: (408)499-3939, email at [email protected].


Holy Women of Byzantium - Online Course - Begins October 8th

Holy Women of Byzantium - Online Course - Begins October 8thA live, online course exploring the lives and legacies of Byzantine holy women from the mid-fourth through fifteenth centuries taught by Dr. Anysia Metrakos. Tuesdays, October 8, 15, 22, & 29th, 5:00pm PST.

Dr. Metrakos is a historian of the later Roman Empire whose work centers on the impact of Christianity on Roman society, gender, and law. She received her doctorate from the Graduate Group in ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California, Berkeley.


ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Prophet Elias Anniversary Celebrations - Santa Cruz - Sat, Oct 26th

 


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Assembly of Bishops News

Assembly of Bishops XIII Concludes; Hierarchs Pray for Victims of Hurricane “Helene,” Peace in the Middle East & Ukraine

10/01/2024

https://www.assemblyofbishops.org/news/2024/aobxiii-press-release

Chair's Opening Address at AoB XIII

10/01/2024

https://www.assemblyofbishops.org/news/2024/aobxiii-opening-address
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Saints and Feasts

October 06

3rd Sunday of Luke

October 06

The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas

The name Thomas means, "twin." He was one of the Twelve, a Galilean by birth. Sophroneus (not the famous Patriarch of Jerusalem [7th Century, celebrated March 11], but a friend of Jerome's), quoted also by Jerome, says that Saint Thomas preached to the Parthians, Pesians, Medes, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and neighbouring nations. According to Heracleon, the Apostle died a natural death; according to other accounts, he was martyred at Meliapur His tomb was known by Saint John Chrysostom to be at Edessa in Syria, to which city his holy relics may have been translated from India in the fourth century.

October 09

James the Apostle, son of Alphaeus

The holy Apostle James was one of the Twelve, and preached Christ to many nations, and finally suffered death by crucifixion.

October 12

Symeon the New Theologian

Saint Symeon became a monk of the Studite Monastery as a young man, under the guidance of the elder Symeon the Pious. Afterwards he struggled at the Monastery of Saint Mamas in Constantinople, of which he became abbot. After enduring many trials and afflictions in his life of piety, he reposed in 1022. Marvelling at the heights of prayer and holiness to which he attained, and the loftiness of the teachings of his life and writings, the church calls him "the New Theologian." Only to two others, John the Evangelist and Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople, has the church given the name "Theologian." Saint Symeon reposed on March 12, but since this always falls in the Great Fast, his feast is kept today.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fourth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking spices, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal 2nd Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15.

Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.

Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Gospel Reading

3rd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 7:11-16

At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

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