St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Publish Date: 2024-12-19
Bulletin Contents
St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin
Announcements
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 12/19/2024)

 Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

Serving Tricity Orthodox Christians

627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301 

All are welcome at St. Nectarios!


Annoucements

Weekly Service Reminder

The St Nectarios Bulletin lists the schedule for this weeks online Services. Please check the St Nectarios Bulletin for any last-minute schedule changes.

Upcoming in church Services:

Saturday December 21th - Divine Liturgy with Father Dean.  

For information, questions, and appointments - call Jim/Tammy Droppo 5O9 366-8745 or send email to [email protected].  


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Service Calendar

  • Saint Nectarios

    December 21, 2024 to January 12, 2025

    DECEMBER

    Saturday, December 21

    10:00AM in church Divine Liturgy with Father Dean

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

    Sunday, December 22

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

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

    Tuesday, December 24

    6:00PM Vesperal Divine Liturgy -Christmas Eve

    Saturday, December 28

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

    Sunday, December 29

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

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

    JANUARY

    Friday, January 3

    7:00PM Online Akathist to St. Nectarios (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Saturday, January 4

    10:00AM in church Divine Liturgy and Fellowship Time

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

    Sunday, January 5

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

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

    Saturday, January 11

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

    Sunday, January 12

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

    1:00PM Fellowship Time with Father John (Pacific Standard Time, USA)

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Message from Father John

 EMMANUEL, GOD IS WITH US!

The Orthodox Priests, during the Divine Liturgy, before the recitation of the Creed, embrace one another and say to each other, “God is with us, He Is and He shall always be.” Emanuel!

In the 1st chapter of St. Matthew's Gospel we read, "Emmanuel! God is with us!" And at the end of his gospel we find Jesus’ assurance, “I will always be with you until the end of the age." Christ is present forever among us! This is the great gift of Christmas! God did not give us a code of ethics or a philosophy. He gave us His Son.

 St. John Chrysostom breaks out in exaltation and calls upon us: “Come to celebrate, Come to have a feast! The devil and his demons were put to shame. Death was destroyed. Paradise was opened. The curse disappeared and sin was chased away. The error was put away and the truth was restored. The word of truth was sowed everywhere, and the angelic life was planted on earth. The angels communicate with men, God has come upon earth, and man has climbed up to heaven.” Emmanuel, God is with us.

The lights and the decorations around us and the gifts we give to each other attempt to express this inner joy we experience in our hearts during the Christmas Holy Days. But Christ came not to appear for a moment and then to disappear from our life, as do the Christmas lights and decorations. He wants to live with us in our hearts forever.

 How beautifully we sing in our baptism: “All of you who have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ forevermore, Alleluia”. All of us who are called Christians are wearing Christ, we have Christ in our heart, Who is our strength, our joy, our consolation, our hope, everything that we need as human beings. 

Let us listen how Fr. Coniaris, of Blessed memory, describes the fruits of Emmanuel’s presence: "Emmanuel is a presence: With us in trouble—to see us through. With us in sorrow—to brush away the tears. With us when we fall—to raise us up. With us in weakness—to make us strong. With us in death—to make us confident. Yes, and with us forever beyond death—in a place where “eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor it has it ever entered into the heart of man what things God has prepared for those who love him.”

Emanuel, God is with us! Let us also be with Him.

Merry Christmas to all!

With love,

Fr. John P. Angelis

 

 

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Saints and Feasts

December 19

Thursday of the 14th Week

December 19

Martyrs Boniface, Probus, Ares, Timothy, Polyeuktos, Eutychios and Thessaloniki

This Saint, who lived during the reign of Diocletian, was the servant of a certain Roman woman of senatorial rank named Aglais. Mistress and servant lived together in an unlawful union, and Boniface was moreover given to drunkenness and riotous living. Nevertheless, he was generous to the poor, hospitable to strangers, and compassionate to those in misfortune. At last, Aglais, moved at hearing the accounts of the Martyrs, and believing in the power of their intercessions to obtain the mercy of God, sent Boniface to Tarsus to obtain relics of holy Martyrs. Before he departed, he asked her in jest, "And what if they bring back my body as holy relics?" He then set out with some of his fellow slaves for Cilicia, where the Saints were contesting in martyrdom. As he went among the Martyrs and encouraged them in their pains he was arrested by the ruler and confessed Christ with boldness, and suffered death as a martyr in the year 290. Thus what he had said in jest to his mistress was fulfilled when he himself was brought back to her as sacred relics by his fellow servants. Saint Aglais devoted the remainder, of her life to prayer and works of virtue, and reposed in sanctity. Saint Boniface is especially invoked for help against the passion of drinking.

December 19

Our Righteous Father Gregentius, Bishop of Ethiopia

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion for Martyr Boniface & Companions in the Fourth Tone

Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since he possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.

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 Third Tone

On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to * God the Word ineffably, * Who was before all the ages. * Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing * the gladsome tidings; * with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him * Who is willing to be gazed on * as a young Child Who * before the ages is God.

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:

  • Apolytikion for Martyr Boniface & Companions in the Fourth Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
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    Gospel and Epistle Readings

    Epistle Reading

    Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. Psalm 18.4,1.
    Their voice has gone out into all the earth.
    Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God.

    The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 3:1-13.

    Timothy, my son, the saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. Now a bishop must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, dignified, hospitable, an apt teacher, no drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and no lover of money. He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way; for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil; moreover he must be well thought of by outsiders, or he may fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for gain; they must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then if they prove themselves blameless let them serve as deacons. The women likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well; for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

    Gospel Reading

    Thursday of the 14th Week
    The Reading is from Mark 10:17-27

    At that time, as Jesus was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth." And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."

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

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