St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Publish Date: 2025-07-03
Bulletin Contents
St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin
Service Calendar
Message from Father John
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
About Us

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St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (509) 547-3968
  • Fax:
  • none / Facebook Group: "Saint Nectarios - Pasco"
  • Street Address:

  • 627 West Bonneville Street

  • Pasco, WA 99301
  • Mailing Address:

  • 627 West Bonneville Street

  • Pasco, WA 99301

Contact Information

Mrs Tamara G Droppo
Board President

[email protected] | 5093668745

Services Schedule

    Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am

or

    In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am

Past Bulletins


St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin

(Updated 7/3/2025)

07/06/2025

Saint Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301

WEEKLY SERVICES

This week there we will celebrate two online Services. 

On Saturday July 5th at 5pm PST an online Vespers.

On Sunday July 6th at 10am PST a Divine Liturgy.

The Akathist to St. Nectarios Service will not be held this week (July 4th is a holiday). 

St Nectarios online Services are streamed to the Facebook Group: Saint Nectarios-Pasco.

Next week on Saturday morning there will be an in church Divine Liturgy Service with Father Dean starting at 9am PST.  The EARLY START time is to give ample time after the Service for Father Dean (and his special guest) to meet with us.

For information, questions, and appointments – it is best to call Jim/Tammy Droppo 5O9 366-8745.  You may also send an email to [email protected].  

The St Nectarios Bulletin lists all Services. Saturday Online Vespers and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy Service are streamed to the Facebook Group: Saint Nectarios-Pasco. Services are streamed to the Facebook Group: Saint Nectarios-Pasco.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227

All are welcome at St. Nectarios!


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Service Calendar

  • Saint Nectarios

    July 5 to July 27, 2025

    Saturday, July 5

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, July 6

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, July 12

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, July 13

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, July 19

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, July 20

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy - Zoom / Facebook Online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, July 26

    5:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Sunday, July 27

    10:00AM Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship

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Message from Father John

Weekly Message
THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES
Jesus said to His Apostles, “You will be my witnesses,” to Judea and to the end of the Earth.
Our faith in Christ is not based upon some philosophical teaching or on a myth. It is based upon the living experience of the Apostles who lived with our Lord Jesus Christ for three years. They heard His teaching, they witnessed His miracles, they saw His divine glory; they heard the witness of God the Father on Mount Tabor, Who said, “He is my beloved Son! listen to him! “
The Apostles also witnessed Jesus’ suffering on the cross and saw Him after He rose from the dead; they ate with Him after His resurrection from the dead; and they witnessed His glorious ascension to heaven!
The apostles received the power of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. With this power they preached the good news both to the Jews and to the Gentiles. If we are Christians today, we owe it to their witness and their preaching of the good news of Christ! A golden chain of witnesses connects us to the first preaching of the Apostles.
The celebration of the Feasts of Christ, of virgin Mary, of the Apostles and of all the Saints aim to rekindle in us our faith in God; to help us come closer to Christ, through prayer, through our participation in the Holy Sacraments and through almsgiving; they help us to daily live our Christian Faith.
 
Happy Holy Apostles’ Day!
 
With love,
Fr. John P. Angelis
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Saints and Feasts

July 06

4th Sunday of Matthew

July 06

Sisoes the Great

This Saint, great and renowned among the ascetics of Egypt, lived in the fourth century in Scete of Nitria. After the death of Saint Anthony the Great, he left Scete to live in Saint Anthony's cave; he said of this, "Thus in the cave of a lion, a fox makes his dwelling." When Sisoës was at the end of his long life of labours, as the Fathers were gathered about him, his face began to shine, and he said, "Behold, Abba Anthony is come"; then, "Behold, the choir of the Prophets is come"; his face shone yet more bright, and he said, "Behold, the choir of the Apostles is come." The light of his countenance increased, and he seemed to be talking with someone. The Fathers asked him of this; in his humility, he said he was asking the Angels for time to repent. Finally his face became as bright as the sun, so that the Fathers were filled with fear. He said, "Behold, the Lord is come, and He says, 'Bring Me the vessel of the desert,'" and as he gave up his soul into the hands of God, there was as it were a flash of lightning, and the whole dwelling was filled with a sweet fragrance.

July 06

Holy Apostles Archippus, Philemon and Onesimus

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Tone

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, for the Lord by His Might, has created a Dominion. He has conquered death by death, and become the first-born of the dead. He has delivered us from the depths of Hades, and has granted the world great mercy.

Apolytikion for the Church in the First Tone

The Offspring of Selyvria and Guardian of Aegina, the true friend of virtue who appeared in the last years. Oh Nectarios we faithful honor you as a godly servant of Christ! For you bring forth healings of every kind for those who piously cry out: Glory to Christ who has glorified you, Glory to him who made you wondrous, glory to him who workest healings for all through you.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

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.

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Third Tone © Narthex Press
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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    Gospel and Epistle Readings

    Epistle Reading

    Prokeimenon. Third Tone. 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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    About Us

    ST. NECTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX MISSION CHURCH
    Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
    This Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community has a church located at 627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301. All are invited to attend. A light lunch fellowship time normally follows the In-Church Liturgy and Typica Services.
    Prayers:  Please send us (or call us) with names of those you would like to be included in our prayers for healing.  Frist names may be entered in the St Nectarios - Pasco Group. 
    INFORMATION SOURCES
    For information on services and activities, you may:
    1) access our "Saint Nectarios - Pasco" Facebook Group:
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
    2) access the church website:
     (copy/paste this url) https://www.stnectariostricities.org/ for Welcome to Our Parish Website | St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission (stnectariostricities.org) 
    3)  The online  (copy/paste this url) ../../../../../stnectariospasco/ for Saint Nectarios Bulletin  is the best source of up to date) information on church Services and activities. ( http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/  )
    NOTIFICATIONS 
    To receive the weekly Services Reminder  by email, please send an email request.
    For those not connected to the internet,  please call Jim (on 5O9 366 8745) to request either
        a) by a phone call on the 'week of the in-church Service'
           or
        b) by a weekly smart-phone Service reminder text message.
    CHURCH SERVICES
    Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy.  Each month, we try to have at least one Divine Liturgy  (with a visiting Priest).  That Service is normally on a Saturday (or a Special Service/Feast weekday) and is scheduled when a Priest is available.  In addition to communion during the Service, private meetings with the Priest are available by appointment (for personal matters, planning future events, and Confession).
    Special Invitation - Saint Nectarios Church welcomes all: During Divine Liturgy, which is mostly in English, the Lord's Prayer is said by parishioners in their native languages.  Currently the prayer is normally said in English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, and Greek.  If you wish to participate (and perhaps add a language), just let us know.
    On most weeks, we remotely celebrate Saturday Vespers  and Sunday Online Divine Liturgy  with Father John in the Seattle area.  During the remote Divine Liturgy, Communion is served to Father's attending family and friends - but is unavailable to those participating online.
    Online Greek Orthodox Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle.  The link for joining Zoom to actively participate in on-line Services is
    https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
    On the last Sunday of each month, there normally is a Typica Reader Service  with a Parish Fellowship Time.  This in-Church Service is held as an opportunity to bring the local community together - and hopefully eventually returning St. Nectarios to having a full time Priest.
    All are welcome to join in the celebration these Christian Orthodox Services.

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    Coptic Church Services

    Tri-Cities Coptic Church Services
    Saint Mary and Saint Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church.    This Coptic Church is currently holding services at the St. Nectarios Church.  A Saturday or Sunday Holy Liturgy with a visiting Priest is normally held once per month either in the Tricities or in Spokane.  All are invited to attend. A fellowship time and Christian Study Class for older students normally follows the Services.  For more information, please contact Nader Samaan ([email protected]) or access the website: 
     (copy/paste this url) https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/ for https://www.stmary-stabanoub-tricities.org/

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    Contact us
    Have Bulletin input? Have Suggestions/Questions?  Want Help or Information?
    Call Jim/Tammy Droppo, 5O9 366-8745.

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