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 First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24
Brethren, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints; I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos, because they have made up for your absence; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
13th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 21:33-42
The Lord said this parable, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them, saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"
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.
After the death of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia, their Bishop Anthimus fled to a certain village to care for his remaining flock. The Emperor Maximian sent men in search of him. When they found him, he promised to show Anthimus to them, but first took them in as guests, fed them, and only then made himself known to them. Amazed at his kindness, the soldiers promised him to tell Maximian that they had not found him. But Anthimus went willingly with them, and converting them by his admonitions, baptized them on the way. He boldly confessed his Faith before Maximian, and after frightful tortures was beheaded in the year 303 or 304.
Saint Theoctistus, a monk at the Palestinian lavra of Pharan, embraced a more severe life in the wilderness with his friend Saint Euthymius the Great. They founded a monastery, of which Theoctistus was the abbot. He reposed in deep old age in 451.
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9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:30PM Philoptochos Meeting
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
Office Closed
3:00PM St. Gregory's Particular Night God's Extended Hand Ministry
6:30PM Great Festal Vespers for the Nativity of the Theotokos
9:00AM Matins and Liturgy for the Nativity of the Theotokos - Ritsis might be with us
Sts. Constantine and Helen Festival Weekend
5:00PM Great Vespers ST STS. CONSTANTINE and HELEN!
Pan-Arkadians Sunday
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:30PM Willman Baptism
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
Office Closed
6:30PM Great Festal Vespers for the Holy Cross
9:00AM Matins and Liturgy for the Holy Cross
11:00AM Ladies Bible Study/Breakfast after Cross
6:30PM Orthodoxy 101 - Prayer and Bible Study
NO Vespers but do pray for Fr. Simeon, Swimming for Hope!
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:30AM Darla Gliptis 1 year Memorial
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
6:30PM Parish Council Meeting
Office Closed
3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry
6:30PM Orthodoxy 101 - Prayer and Bible Study
6:30PM Vesperal Liturgy for the Conception of St. John the Baptist
4:00PM 9th Hour and Mini-Retreat
5:00PM Great Vespers
6:00PM Soup Supper/Retreat roundup
Sts. Thekla and Silouan
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm
6:30PM Vesperal Liturgy for the Falling Asleep of St. John the Beloved Apostle and Theologian
Office Closed
3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry
10:00AM Ladies Bible Study
6:30PM Orthodoxy 101 - Prayer and Bible Study
4:00PM Great Vespers
6:00PM Destiny of Distinction Pan-Arcadian Dinner at the Cypress Room, St. Spyridon's
9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy