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St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Christian Church
Publish Date: 2022-10-09
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St. Spyridon Parish News, Events, Activities and Announcements
Inserts and Fliers
Archdiocese News
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Hymns of the Day
Wisdom of the Fathers
Saints and Feasts
Jamesalphaeus
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St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Christian Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (619) 297-4165
  • Fax:
  • (619) 297-4181
  • Street Address:

  • 3655 Park Boulevard

  • San Diego, CA 92103

Contact Information

Parish Priest Fr. Andrew S.

frandrew@stspyridon.org | 619-297-4165

Parish Office For General Office Information

office@stspyridon.org | 619-297-4165

Services Schedule

Sunday Services

Orthros/Matins: 8:30am

Divine Liturgy: 10:00am

Past Bulletins


St. Spyridon Parish News, Events, Activities and Announcements

Dance Practice Started Last Sunday

Dance Practices started last Sunday, but there is still time to register from our  St. Spyridon website, www.stspyridon.org. It is going to be a fun year to join our Dance and Choral School! 

We need more teachers! If you are interested in teaching Greek dance to our youth, please  email youthministries@stspyridon.org 

Practice Schedule Times and Groups - 

Primary Group (Kinder - 3rd grade) - 12:30 – 1:00 pm 

Junior Group (4th - 5th grade) - 1:00 – 1:30 pm 

Middle School (6th - 8th) and High School (9th-12th) Groups - 1:00 – 2:00 pm 

See the attached flyer in the Inserts & Fliers section below.

San Diego Loyal Greek Night Soccer Game is Today at 3:00 PM

Please join the Dance and Choral School for Greek Night on October 9th at 3:00 PM with the San Diego Loyal Soccer Team VS. New Mexico United. Buy your tickets here: https://sdloyal.spinzo.com/san-diego-loyal-vs-new-mexico-united-2022-10-09-GPXVX?group=greek-night-stspyridon-7b67

For questions, contact Kathy Meck at: 760-390-0101 or sprndiva@aol.com.

See the attached flyer in the Inserts & Fliers section below.

October 2022 Shepherd Newsletter Online Edition

https://www.theshepherdnews.com/

November Newsletter Deadline:  This Monday, October 10th

HOPE and JOY - Pizza at the Park

Join other families for a time of fun, food, and fellowship! Pizza at the Park on Saturday, October 15th, 5:00 pm at Tecolote Shores Park in Mission Bay! Kids in TK-6th grades and their families are welcome. Pizza and S'mores will be provided! Bring a kite if you have one! For questions, call/email 619-940-5167, youthministries@stspyridon.org

See the attached flyer in the Inserts & Fliers section below.

GOYA Service Project

We will be doing a Service Project for the Salvation Army on Saturday, October 22, 2 pm - 4 pm, at the St. Spyridon Youth/GOYA Room. Join us for a chance to serve others, while having fun with the other GOYANs! For questions, call/email 619-940-5167, youthministries@stspyridon.org

See the attached flyer in the Inserts & Fliers section below.

Philoptochos Decorated Feast Day Icons

Philoptochos invites you and your family to commemorate a special Feast Day by offering a donation towards a beautifully decorated icon which will be displayed in the Narthex for all to venerate. A suggested donation of $75 payable to the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society is much appreciated.

To reserve your date, contact the office: (619) 297-4165, office@stspyridon.org.

Icons Currently Available for the Month of October:

October 18th - St. Luke the Evangelist

October 23rd - St. James the Apostle

Icons Available for the Month of November:

November 1st - Sts. Cosmas & Damianos

November 8th - The Synaxis of the Archangels  

November 9th - St. Nektarios the Wonderworker

November 13th - St. John Chrysostom

November 21st - The Entrance of the Theotokos

November 30th - Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle

Upcoming Memorials for October

Sunday, October 16th - Katina Gatzolis - 6 months

Sunday, October 16th - Leila Valentine Pappas - 7 years

Sunday, October 23rd - Georgia Afendoules - 1 year

Sunday, October 30th - Georgos Gelastopoulos - 5 years

Sunday, October 30th - Chrisoula Gelastopoulos - 40 years

OXI Dinner Dance - Reserve Now!

4th Annual OXI Day Dinner Dance on October 29, 2022.  AHEPA Chapter 223 San Diego is sponsoring an evening of live music, taverna-style mezedes, dinner and dancing, at the Church Hall beginning at 6:00 pm.  Benefitting our Greek Language School. Tickets are $65/person.  For reservations contact Christoforos Savvides at 619-709-6067 or sdgreekevents@yahoo.com.  Sold out last year. Reserve now.

See the attached flyer in the Inserts & Fliers section below.

Ancient Wisdom & Modern Coffee

Join us for our Adult Sunday School class (taught by Dn. Michael Kallas, MA, MDiv). We will be studying the Sunday Gospel Readings to learn how to hear scripture. Classes are scheduled on Sundays - October 16th and October 30th. We meet downstairs in the lower Education Building.

Join Team Anthousa on November 6th - Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk

 As a member of Team Anthousa, we are each playing a part in helping Susan G. Komen® in their ONE mission to end breast cancer forever. The money raised will fund research to discover more effective treatments, as well as vital patient support to help connect people with things like breast cancer screenings, diagnostics, treatment assistance and so much more.

We're stronger together.  United as ONE, we can support those who need help today, while fearlessly searching for tomorrow's cures.

Please join Team Anthousa on November 6th as we honor our community members who have survived and those we have lost in this fight!  Join here:  https://secure.info-komen.org/site/TRR/RacefortheCure/SAN_SanDiegoAffiliate?pg=tfind&fr_id=9199

Questions? - Contact Sofia Samouris ssamouris22@gmail.com 

Sunday Fellowship Sponsors are Needed

Many of the Sundays in October and November are available. Please consider sponsoring with your friends and family.  Let's keep it simple by providing cookies or donuts, fruit, and juice. To reserve your date contact Anne Zouvas at (619) 248-6644. Thank you for supporting this long-standing tradition of our church! 

The Metropolis of San Francisco Stewardship Ministry Continues the Series - “Equipping and Enriching Parish Life”

Please join us on any or all of the Monday evenings: October 17th,  November 21st, and December 19th at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, for a special presentation on “Revitalizing Parish Health & Achieving Operational Excellence: Examining Six Critical Areas of Parish Life.”

Over the past two years, our world has shifted. And while our Orthodox theology, worship, and ethos remain intact, many parishes have struggled to adopt – or define - the “new normal” for parish life and ministry involvement. To assist our parishes in their journeys, during this segment, our speakers will:

• Explore the new context and shifting landscape facing our parishes in the post-pandemic world (and “carry-over” opportunities that our parishes were already encountering).

• Identify the six most critical areas of parish life which are vital to revitalizing Parish Health and optimizing Operational Effectiveness.

• Share new tools and an emerging Orthodox ministry dedicated to helping parishes achieve transformational change.

For more information, please email metropolis@sanfran.goarch.org or call 415-753-3075.

See the attached flyer in the Inserts & Fliers section below.

Kids' Corner for Children Under Age 3 

Located in the Education Building downstairs. Every Sunday after receiving Holy Communion, kids (age 3 and under) and parents can come and play, meet new friends and hang out with old friends! Toys for kids and coffee for parents are provided! 

Give Back 0.5% From the “Amazon Smile” Foundation

We remind you to please participate in the AmazonSmile program.  When you shop on Amazon, the AmazonSmile Foundation will give back 0.5% of your purchase price to St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church.  That’s right, every eligible/registered purchase you or someone else makes at AmazonSmile 0.5% will be donated back to your parish!!!

It's quick and easy to 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 opportunity. 

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. 

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Inserts and Fliers

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Archdiocese News

Passing of Metropolitan Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion

10/07/2022

t is with deep sorrow and every hope in the Lord’s resurrection that His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announces the sudden passing of Metropolitan Ilia (Katre) of Philomelion of the Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America.
https://www.goarch.org/-/passing-of-metropolitan-ilia-philomelion

Pacific Northwest Archons Host Seattle Luncheon

10/06/2022

The Archons of the Pacific Northwest in the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco hosted His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on his first trip to the area, along with His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco and His Grace Bishop Ioannis of Phocaea (Metropolis Chancellor), at a luncheon on Saturday, September 24, 2022. The hierarchs were visiting to help celebrate the 100th Anniversary of St. Demetrios Church in Seattle, WA.
https://www.goarch.org/-/pacific-northwest-archons-host-seattle-luncheon

Remarks By His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America At the Doxology on the Occasion of the Visit to The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America By His Beatitude Theodoros II

10/06/2022

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Your Beatitude – we all welcome You with much enthusiasm and great joy to the Sacred Archdiocese of America, and we give glory to God for Your extraordinary ministry on the Continent of Africa.
https://www.goarch.org/-/remarks-doxology-archdiocese-archbishop-elpidophoros-to-his-beatitude-theodoros

Statement of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Hurricane Ian

09/28/2022

Statement of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Hurricane Ian
https://www.goarch.org/-/statement-archbishop-elpidophoros-hurricane-ian
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Sixth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:36-53

At that time, having risen from the dead, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, He said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave Him a piece of broiled fish [and some honeycomb], and He took it and ate before them. Then He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." Then He opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name in all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of My Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." Then He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them. While He blessed them, He parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the Temple blessing God.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. 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 Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18; 7:1.

Brethren, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Gospel Reading

3rd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 7:11-16

At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

You descended from on high, O merciful Lord, and accepted the three-day burial in order to free us from our passions. Glory to you, O Lord, our life and our resurrection.

Apolytikion for Apostle James, Son of Alphaeus in the Third Mode

O Holy Apostle James, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, please reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you.
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Wisdom of the Fathers

That dead man was being buried, and many friends were conducting him to his tomb. But there meets him Christ, the Life and Resurrection, for He is the destroyer of death and of corruption; He it is "in Whom we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28); He it is Who has restored the nature of man to that which it originally was; and has set free our death-fraught flesh from the bonds of death.
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke, Homily 36.42, p. 153., 5th Century

The virgin's son met the widow's son. He became like a sponge for her tears and as life for the death of her son. Death turned about in its den and turned its back on the victorious one.
St. Ephrem the Syrian
Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron, 6.23. (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. vol. 3: Luke, Intervarsity Press)

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Saints and Feasts

Jamesalphaeus
October 09

James the Apostle, son of Alphaeus

The holy Apostle James was one of the Twelve, and preached Christ to many nations, and finally suffered death by crucifixion.

Allsaint
October 10

Eulampios & Eulampia the Martyrs

The Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia were from Nicomedia, and contested for Christ during the reign of Maximian, in the year 296.

Philipap
October 11

Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the 7 Deacons

Saint Philip, who had four daughters that prophesied, was from Caesarea of Palestine. He preached throughout Samaria; it was he also who met the eunuch of Candace, the Queen of the Ethiopians, as the eunuch was reading the Prophet Esaias, and he instructed and baptized him (Acts 8:26-39). He reposed in Tralles of Asia Minor while preaching the Gospel.

Symeonnewspious
October 12

Symeon the New Theologian

Saint Symeon became a monk of the Studite Monastery as a young man, under the guidance of the elder Symeon the Pious. Afterwards he struggled at the Monastery of Saint Mamas in Constantinople, of which he became abbot. After enduring many trials and afflictions in his life of piety, he reposed in 1022. Marvelling at the heights of prayer and holiness to which he attained, and the loftiness of the teachings of his life and writings, the church calls him "the New Theologian." Only to two others, John the Evangelist and Gregory, Patriarch of Constantinople, has the church given the name "Theologian." Saint Symeon reposed on March 12, but since this always falls in the Great Fast, his feast is kept today.

Allsaint
October 13

Carpos, Papylos

Saint Carpus was Bishop of the Church of Thyatira in Asia Minor and Papylus was his deacon, whom he had ordained. Seized as Christians and tormented in Thyatira, they were taken to Sardis, whither Agathodorus, their servant, followed them, and also confessed Christ, and was tormented with them. Together with Agathonica, the sister of Saint Papylus. they were all beheaded during the reign of Decius, in the year 250.

Allsaint
October 14

Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, & Celsus

The holy Martyrs all contested for piety's sake in Milan; after the passage of much time their holy relics were discovered and given honourable burial by Saint Ambrose.

Allsaint
October 15

Loukianos the Martyr of Antioch

This Saint was from Samosata, the son of pious parents. He established a catechetical school in Antioch, and taught the correct doctrines of the Faith and made clear the parts of the divine Scriptures that were difficult to understand. He edited the Old Testament translation from the Hebrew tongue, and published it in an excellent edition, free from every heretical corruption and interpolation. He travelled to Nicomedia to strengthen the faithful there in their contests for Christ, and was accused before Maximinus, with whom he conversed openly. When he had made a defence of the Christian Faith, he was condemned to imprisonment where, in 311, he died of hunger and thirst.

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