This Sunday's Memorials
Elias Kiriazi - 40 days
James Zathas - 1 year
Jerry Felactu - 1 year
Odessa Felactu - 7 years
Pauline (Panayiota) Kallas - 17 years
Elizabeth Felactu - 27 years
John Felactu - 47 years
A Request From Our Metropolitan Gerasimos for HC/HC
Please take the time to read our Metropolitan's request in the "Insert and Fliers" section below and to respond accordingly this Sunday.
Please see "inserts & fliers" for more information
Missing Icons
Please check to see if you inadvertently took an icon home form the church during the Sunday School procession for the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The church (Temple) is mssing two icons that were not returned. Thank you.
Month of April Lenten Service Schedule
The Third Salutations to the holy Theotokos - Friday evening, March 29th - 7:00pm
The PreSanctified Gifts - Wednesday morning, April 3rd - 10:00am
The Fourth Salutations to the holy Theotokos - Friday evening, April 5th - 7:00pm
The PreSanctified Gifts - Wednesday evening, April 10th - 6:00pm
The Hymn Without Sitting/Akathistos Hymnos - Friday evening, April 12th - 6:30pm
This Sunday's Altar Servers
St. Basil: Captain: Dimitri Gilpin, Manolis Andronikos, George Burrell, James Burrell, John Burrell, George Dougenis, Jack Dougenis, Andrew Kaitson
Greek Festival 2019 Cooking & Baking Schedule
Sunday, April 7th - Prep for Galaktoboureko; Monday, April 8th at 9 am - Assemble Galaktoboureko; Monday, May 13th at 9 am - Koulourakia & Paximadia; Monday, May 20th at 9 am - Kourambiethes & Melomakarona; Tuesday, May 28th at 9 am - Baklava; Wednesday, June 5th at 9 am - Melomata (syrup); Wednesday, June 5th at 9am - Packaging.
Come join in the fun as we prepare the delicious food and pastries that our church festival is famous for. Lunch will be provided, along with opportunity to participate in drawings for prizes! Questions? Contact Gina Balourdas 858-204-1016 or Christine Tradas 619-253-4153.
Festival Volunteer Sign-ups
Sign-up to work your favorite booth: sdgreekfestival.com/volunteer. Questions? Contact Greg Balourdas at greg@thehanddoctor.com.
Festival Meeting
The next Festival meeting will be Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00 pm. The Steering Committee will meet a half hour before at 6:30 pm.
Help Celebrate 50 Years of Greek Festival Tradition!!!
We are looking for photos, articles, from ANY of our past Festivals, so please look through your boxes and family albums and share them with the community! Contact Stella Weil at (858) 694-0570 or 4weils@sbcglobal.net for more info. (All photos will be scanned and returned ASAP). Thanks for your help.
Philoptochos and Fellowship
We hope you continue to enjoy the long standing tradition of fellowship throughout the year. Philoptochos is thankful for the continued support from all the families and organizations that offer every week. We kindly ask that you consider offering at least once per year, so think of name days, celebrations, memorials, fundraisers, etc. Offering fellowship should be kept simple (bagels, cream cheese, fruit and cookies) as it is a light snack to enjoy with family and friends following the Divine Liturgy. Therefore, the cost of fellowship should be approximately $100-$150 . You are also more than welcome to share your fellowship hour with another family or friend. If a ministry from the church offers fellowship then they can keep the donations for their group. Lastly, the donations collected from the coffee hour support our many ministries so please consider this when offering your donation.
To see which dates are available and sign up online visit our SignUp Genius page. To sign up over the phone, by email, or in person, contact Christina Vassos at cmvassos@gmail.com or 619-818-6882. Available dates can also be viewed using the fellowship calendar on the Philoptochos table in the hall. Thank you!
Philoptochos
Your continued support of our Chapter has kept the mission of Philoptochos alive in San Diego for over 80 years. We invite you to become a new or renewed member for 2019. Anything over $30 is kept in our chapter to help us continue to do good work with our parish.
Bookstore
Great Lent book, by Alexander Schmemann, offers a scholarly introduction to the major themes, services and texts of Lent. Come get your copy in the bookstore! Also, check out our Paschal display table for wonderful children’s books.
Philoptochos Tsoureki Fundraiser
It’s time to order your paschal bread (Tsoureki)! Made by the loving hands of the Ladies of Philoptochos, these delicious breads will be available for pickup on Palm Sunday. Please see Irene Veca and Sofia Samouris following this Sunday's Divine Liturgy to place your Pre-Paid orders (breads are $15 each). All proceeds to benefit our Philoptochos Chapter and the Kids ’n’ Cancer ministry. Thank you for your support!
Please see the "Inserts & Fliers" section below for more information
Agape Meals
Philoptochos has started a new outreach program and is looking for parishioners who are able to either cook or deliver (or both) a meal to fellow parishioners who are facing a difficult or stressful time in their life (illness, new baby, etc). If you would like more information on how you can participate, please contact Stella Weil at (858)694-0570 or 4weils@sbcglobal.net. Please join us as we come together as a community to help one another. Thank you.
Ancient Wisdom & Modern Coffee
Sunday School class for adults (taught by Dn. Michael Kallas, MA, MDiv). Please join us as we follow the bible readings from Pascha to Pentecost to study the gospel according to St. John on Sundays, April 7th & 14th, and May 19th. We meet in the lounge following the Divine Liturgy. Please bring your bible.
Attention Military Veterans!
One of our parishioners will be hand-stitching a new military service banner for Post-WWII veterans. If you, or a loved one, would like to be included, please submit your full name, branch of service, and phone number or email address to Soula De La Riva at (760) 521-0471 or soula.delariva@cox.net - The deadline to be included is March 31, 2019.
Please see "inserts & fliers" for more information
Dance & Choral
Please support Dance & Choral’s Spring Fundraiser. Get your See’s Candies for Pascha! We will be pre-selling assorted candies and chocolates after church March 11 - April 5. For more information, please contact Kathy Meck via email at sprnodiva@aol.com.
Please see "inserts & fliers" for more information
Seniors Gathering
Seniors please join us for a Lenten potluck on Tuesday, April 9 at 11:00 am in the church hall.
Since it is a Lenten potluck, you don’t need to call.
GOYA Palm Sunday Luncheon
Join us on Sunday, April 21st in the Church Hall following the Divine Liturgy. Tickets are $25 for Adults and $10 for children under 12. Tickets will NOT be sold at the door. Payments received by April 16th will be entered in an opportunity drawing. Please see any GOYA member in the Church hall to purchase tickets on Sunday. For more information please contact Bill Navrides at 619-992-6775 or bill.navrides@sharp.com. Thank you for always supporting the GOYA ministry at St. Spyridon GOC!
Decorated Feast Day Icons
Philoptochos invites you and your family to commemorate a special Feast Day by offering a donation towards the cost of a beautifully decorated icon which will be displayed in the church Narthex for all to venerate. This is a perfect way to honor both your family member(s) as well as an important day in the life of the Church. A suggested donation of $75 is much appreciated.
Please contact Stella Weil at 4weils@sbcglobal.net or (858)694-0570 to reserve your icon/date or if you have any questions. Thank you.
The following Saints and Feast Days will be celebrated during April, and May and have icons that can be displayed:
4/7 SUNDAY OF ST. JOHN CLIMACUS
4/10 ST. MILTIADIES
4/14 ST. MARY OF EGYPT
4/20 SATURDAY OF LAZARUS
4/21 PALM SUNDAY
4/21-4/23 ICON OF THE BRIDEGROOM
4/24 MYSTICAL SUPPER
4/25 THE CRUCIFIXION
4/26 DESCENT FROM THE CROSS
4/27-4/28 GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA/RESURRECTION
BRIGHT WEEK ST. GEORGE AND/OR THEOTOKOS OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPRING
4/30 ST. MARK THE APOSTLE
5/5 SUNDAY OF THOMAS
5/5 ST. IRENE OF THESE
5/9 THE HOLY MARTYR CHRISTOPHOROS
5/12 SUNDAY OF THE MYRRH-BEARING WOMEN
5/21 STS. CONSTANTINE AND HELEN
ATTENTION PARENTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS!
We are happy to report that Philoptochos’ College Connection ministry is in full swing, make sure your children don’t miss out!! Philoptochos will reach out to our college students a couple of times per year to let our students know that we are cheering them on from home. If your son or daughter is attending college, either in San Diego or away, including community college, undergraduate or graduate school, we want to reach out to them with some love from their St. Spyridon Philoptochos family. Please send your students postal mailing address and email address while they are in college, as well as the name of the school they are attending to Michelle Defelippi at mdefelippi@san.rr.com. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle at the above email or (858) 695-9772.
Your Legacy and Your Church
...to whom much is given; from them much more is required (Luke 12:48).
Please remember to include your Saint Spyridon parish in your estate plan and bequest.
Receive Back 0.5% From “Amazon Smile” Foundation
We are pleased to announce that St. Spyridon GOCnow participates in AmazonSmile. When you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church. That’s right, every eligible purchase you or someone else makes at AmazonSmile 0.5% will be donated back to our parish!!!
Register by visiting AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com) and select “St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church” before you make your first purchase (be sure to select St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church - San Diego, California).
For more information about AmazonSmile, go to http://smile.amazon.com/about
We hope you’ll consider this easy way to support your beloved parish. Everyone is eligible to participate so tell your friends and relatives and spread the word about this wonderful program.
Live Stream Broadcast
If you know someone who may be in the hospital or home bound or for whatever reason just cannot get to church, don’t forget about the Live Stream Broadcast of our Divine Services. You can watch our Live Broadcast by going to our parish website and clicking on the “Live Broadcast” tab on the top tool bar. Remember, our Live Stream Broadcast is for those who absolutely cannot physically make the divine services of the church and is not a substitute for being present. Also, please be aware that conversations, crying babies, etc. can be heard on the broadcast. We have a wonderful cry room facility, which is located off the Narthex behind the candle stand, and is comfortable and provided for your convenience.
The Live Stream divine services of Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church of San Diego, CA may not be recorded, retransmitted or reproduced without the express written consent of the Parish Council of Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church of San Diego, CA. Thank you for your consideration.
Donations toward the digital ministries of the parish are warmly welcomed. If you would like to help support the ministries of Saint Spyridon please contact the church office. Again, thank you.