St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
Publish Date: 2025-03-02
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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




Services Schedule

    Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am

or

    In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am


Past Bulletins


St Nectarios Weekly Bulletin

(Updated 3/12/2025)

03/12/2025

Upcoming Online Services:

Friday, March 14

7:00PM Small Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

Saturday, March 15

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

Sunday, March 16

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

Monday, March 17

7:00PM Great Compline Service

 

In person Services:

Saturday, March 22.  9:30  In-church: Copic Church - Holy Liturgy Service

Saturday, March 29.  10:00AM In-church Divine Liturgy and Fellowship Time with Father Tervo

Service Schedule:  The St Nectarios Bulletin lists the full expanded schedule for our church Services during the Easter season

St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church

Serving Tricity Orthodox Christians

627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301 

All are welcome at St. Nectarios!

 


Announcements

2025 Calendars and Holy water bottles are now be available at the church. 2024 Saint Nectarios Donation letters were mailed in January. Thank you for your contributions! Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

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

 


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Announcements

Services

01/29/2025

2024 saint Nectarios Donation letters were mailed in January. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

2025 Calendars and Holy water bottles are now available at the church. Yes, the calendars finally arrived!
 
The St Nectarios Bulletin lists the schedule for all Services. The Bulletin will updated with any last-minute schedule changes.
 
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

    March 2025

    Saturday, March 1

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

    Sunday, March 2

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

    7:00PM Vespers online (Pacific Standard Time-USA)

    Monday, March 3

    7:00PM Great Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Tuesday, March 4

    7:00PM Great Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Wednesday, March 5

    7:00PM Great Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Thursday, March 6

    7:00PM Great Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Friday, March 7

    7:00PM Small Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Saturday, March 8

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

    Sunday, March 9

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

    Monday, March 10

    7:00PM Great Compline Service

    Friday, March 14

    7:00PM Small Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Saturday, March 15

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

    Sunday, March 16

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

    Monday, March 17

    7:00PM Great Compline Service

    Friday, March 21

    7:00PM Small Compline Service - Zoom / Facebook Online

    Saturday, March 22

    9:30AM In-church: Copic Holy Liturgy Service

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

    Sunday, March 23

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

    Monday, March 24

    7:00PM Small Compline Service

    Friday, March 28

    7:00PM IN CHURCH: Small Compline Service with Father Tervo/ Streamed to Facebook Online

    Saturday, March 29

    10:00AM in church Divine Liturgy with Father Tervo

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

    Sunday, March 30

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

    Monday, March 31

    7:00PM Special Service

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Message from Father John

                                              God’s Saving Grace and our Response


Great Lent and St. Gregory Palamas’ teaching on the saving Grace of God.
This Grace is the uncreated Energy of God which saves us. With our willing cooperation with it, we become “God-like in grace.” Indeed, the Logos, the Word of God, became Incarnate, a God-Man, to make us, with our cooperation, “God-like with His Grace.” St. Gregory Palamas taught us this Biblical, Patristic Truth not only with words but also with his holy way of life. And the Orthodox Synods confirmed His teaching in the 14th century.

Man was not created to remain on earth forever. His true mission is to live in heaven forever, enjoying the beatific vision of God. “We do not have a permanent city here; but we are eagerly seeking our permanent,” the Apostle told us. As mortal beings , we should not be anchored in this ephemeral life. We will close our physical eyes here one day to open our soul’s eyes in heaven.

As Christians, we need to daily keep the Commandments of God and cleanse our unruly passions from the pollutants of sin; To daily pray to God to grant us His saving Grace to enable us to live a Christian life; To read His Word, the Biblical books of Genesis, Isaiah, Proverbs, Psalms, Letter to the Hebrews and the Gospel of St. Mark, which our Church mainly uses on this liturgical season.

We daily need to start with mutual forgiveness: to ask God to forgive us as we forgive the people who have sinned against us. To discipline our body with fasting. To reach out in almsgiving towards our needy fellowman as God reaches out to us and grants us what we need, to have enough for ourselves and to also share some of our blessings with others.
We need to remember that God granted us His Church to participate in its holy services, as the current circumstances permit us. If we are able, to personally participate in the services, to seek and receive the holy Sacraments of Confession and holy Communion. With these Sacrament we are forgiven and nourished to live our Christian life. In addition, to make an effort to participate in the other Lenten services, as our work and circumstances permit us.


Have a spiritually fruitful Great Lent!

Prayerfully, Fr. John P. Angelis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saints and Feasts

March 02

Forgiveness Sunday

The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. For the first commandment that God gave to man was that of fasting, which the first-fashioned received but did not keep; and not only did they not become gods, as they had imagined, but they lost even that blessed life which they had, and they fell into corruption and death, and transmitted these and innumerable other evils to all of mankind. The God-bearing Fathers set these things before us today, that by bringing to mind what we have fallen from, and what we have suffered because of the insatiety and disobedience of the first-fashioned, we might be diligent to return again to that ancient bliss and glory by means of fasting and obedience to all the divine commands. Taking occasion from today's Gospel (Matt. 6:14-21) to begin the Fast unencumbered by enmity, we also ask forgiveness this day, first from God, then from one another and all creation.


March 02

Hesychius the Martyr

Holy martyr Hesychius lived during the reign of king Maximian in 302. He was the first and the leader in the royal palace and the Senate, because he was magistrianus by office. When Maximian ordered that all Christians who were royal soldiers ought to be deprived of their belts (which were a sign of their royal merit) and live as civilians and without honour, many Christians preferred to live without any outward honour due to this illegal order than to be honoured and lose their soul. St. Hesychius was numbered with these Christians as well. When the king heard this, he ordered that the saint ought to be stripped of the expensive clothes, which he used to wear, and be dressed with a shabby mantle without sleeves woven from hair and to be as disgraced and disdained as to consort with women.

When this had been carried out, the king invited him and asked him: "Aren't you ashamed, Hesychius, that you lost the honour and office of magistrianus and that you have been debased to this kind of life? Or maybe you don't know that the Christians, whose way of life you preferred, have no power to restore you to your previous great honour and office?" The saint replied: "Your honour, o king, is temporary but the honour and glory which Christ gives is eternal and without end." Because of these words the king got angry and ordered his men to tie a great millstone around the saint's neck and then to throw him in the middle of river Orontus, which lies in Coele Syria and which is commonly called Oronge. Thus, the blessed man received the crown of martyrdom from the Lord.


March 02

Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas

 

Saint Nicholas Planas was born in 1851 A.D. on the island of Naxos in Greece. He was married as a teenager and soon after ordained to the diaconate and then the priesthood. His wife reposed soon after and so he assumed the burden of being a widowed father and a parish priest. He was known for his zeal in serving the liturgy, especially his habit of serving the Divine Liturgy every day for 50 years. Many altar boys would see him radiating light or raised off the ground while serving the liturgy. Being so revered by his parishioners, he became known as “Papa,” which is an affectionate term for a parish priest. Papa Nicholas reposed in 1932 and was formally canonized as a saint in 1992.


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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.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Tone

O Master, Prudence, Guide of Wisdom, Instruction to the foolish and Defender of the poor, strengthen my heart and grant it discernment. Give me words, Word of the Father, for behold, I shall not keep my lips from crying out to You, "O Merciful One, have mercy on me who has fallen."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.

Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.


Gospel Reading

Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21

The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."


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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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Call Jim/Tammy Droppo, 5O9 366-8745.

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