Saturday Vespers
5:00 PM
Sunday Liturgies
9:00AM Orthros
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
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It is our hope that we will help you learn more about our parish and the Orthodox Christian faith that we confess. At St. Gregory of Nyssa, you will discover an ancient, yet dynamic faith, a warm Church family and even perhaps a spiritual home where you can grow roots and a deep relationship with Christ in the Holy Spirit. Please know that in the Holy Orthodox Church, Holy Communion is given only to those Baptized/Chrismated Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared themselves through prayer, fasting and recent Confession. You are welcome to come forward at the end of the Liturgy to be given the Blessed Bread(Antidoron), of which all are blessed to partake, & a blessing from the Priest.
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The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 15:1-7
BRETHREN, we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves; let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him. For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me." For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of your Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
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.
You were shown to have holy vigilance. And your piety was manifest in your teachings, O Hierarch Gregory. For the wisdom of your sacred dogmas gives joy to the fullness of the Church. Righteous Father, to Christ our God do intercede to grant our souls His great redeeming mercy.
The Prophet Ezekiel ("God is strong") was the son of Buzi and a priest by rank. He was taken captive and brought to Babylon during the reign of Jechonias. In the fifth year of this captivity, about 594 or 593 B.C., he began to prophesy. Having prophesied for about twenty-eight years, he was murdered, it is said, by the tribe of Gad, because he reproached them for their idolatry. His book of prophecy, divided into forty-eight chapters, is ranked third among the greater Prophets. It is richly filled with mystical imagery and marvelous prophetic visions and allegories, of which the dread Chariot of Cherubim described in the first Chapter is the most famous; in the "gate that was shut," through which the Lord alone entered, he darkly foretold of the Word's Incarnation from the Virgin (44:1-3); through the "dry bones" that came to life again (37:1-14), he prophesied both of the restoration of captive Israel, and the general resurrection of our race.
This saint was known for the many miracles he worked and for his apostolic zeal in shepherding the flock of Sinope. He contested for the Faith during the reign of the Emperor Trajan, in the year 102, when he was burned to death in a bath-house. A homily in his honour was composed by Saint John Chrysostom. The translation of his holy relics is celebrated on July 23.
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9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:30AM Trisagion for John Peters immediately following Divine Liturgy
A Week of Patron Saints!
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
6:00PM Great Vespers for Dormition of St. Anna, mother of the Theotokos and Oympias the Deaconess
6:30PM Church Council Meeting
Office Closed
6:30PM Vesperal Liturgy for St. Paraskevi
8:00AM EARLY Liturgy only for St. Panteleimon
4:30PM San Diego Youth Beach Retreat through the Summer
5:00PM Great Vespers
Mid Year General Assembly
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
Dormition Fast Begins!
Office Closed
6:30PM Paraklesis with Procession of the Cross
Paraklesis Daily!
12:00PM Great Paraklesis
3:00PM St. Gregory's Particular Night God's Extended Hand Ministry
4:30PM San Diego Youth Beach Retreat through the Summer
6:00PM Small Paraklesis with Youth at La Jolla Shores!
6:30PM Great Paraklesis
3:00PM A Life Transfigured Retreat
5:00PM Great Vespers for Holy Transfiguration!
Holy Transfiguration
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
6:30PM Small Paraklesis
Office Closed
6:30PM Great Paraklesis
3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry
6:30PM Small Paraklesis
4:30PM San Diego Youth Beach Retreat through the Summer
6:00PM Small Paraklesis at the Beach with Youth
6:30PM Small Paraklesis
5:00PM Great Vespers
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
6:30PM Great Festal Vespers for the Dormition
Dormition of the Theotokos
9:00AM Matins and Liturgy for the GREAT FEAST of our Lady
3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry
4:30PM San Diego Youth Beach Retreat through the Summer
5:00PM Great Vespers
Panagia's Picnic
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:00PM Panagia's Picnic