Thank you for your prayers and generous contributions to the plea for assistance to help those affected by the devastating fires in Greece.   Our St. Nicholas Parish raised close to $5000 for the Attica Fires Relief Fund.  The funds were received by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco and will provide direct aid to the victims.

Join us for dinner, discussion and fun for the whole family the first Friday of every month. Discussions will be geared toward children ages 0-12, but families with children of all ages are welcome. The next meeting will be on Friday, September 7th, 6pm-7:30pm in the Community Center. If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Panayotopoulos annapanayotopoulos@hotmail.com.

Join us for the first meeting of the new ecclesiastical year!  Meeting is on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 in School Room 3;  social gathering at 7:00 p.m., with meeting to follow at 7:30 p.m.  The meeting is open to all, and we encourage new ideas in our philanthropic work of the church.

Greek School classes for the new year 2018-2019 will begin on Tuesday, September 11th and Sunday School will begin Sunday, September 16th.  The Agiasmo for all youth will be on Sunday, September 16th in church before Holy Communion.

Reservations are now open for the Saint Nikitas Day luncheon celebration scheduled for Sunday, September 16, 2018, following the liturgy at our Saint Nicholas  Community Center. Event price: $55.00 made out to Saint Nicholas Church. Please contact Roula Demertzis at (408)564-2387 or at rdemertzis@sbcglobal.net

Knowing the love and appreciation His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas has for culture, the Greek Rebetiko Trio (Taso Comanescu and Company) will join us for our entertainment. 

Mark your calendars,  our parish will start the two liturgy schedule starting on Sunday, September 16th.  The Orthros and first Liturgy will start at 7:15am and the second Liturgy will start at 10:00am.  We look forward to seeing you!

Father Berris Golf Classsic, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization benefiting seminarians from our Diocese enrolled in the Masters of Divinity Program at Holy Cross Seminary and the St. Nicholas Building Fund, in memory of Fr. John Berris.  Over the last 29 years $209,000 has been awarded in scholarships to seminarians and over $129,000 to the St. Nicholas Building Fund, all thanks to our sponsors, donors, golfers and volunteers.  The 30^th annual Fr. Berris Golf Classic will be held Monday, September 17^th at Silver Creek Valley Country Club in San Jose.  Please join us for a fun day of golf and fellowship and/or consider being a sponsor, gift donor or volunteer at the tournament.  For more information visit www.FrBerrisGolf.org or call Jim Chiochios at 408.741.5534 or email FrBerrisGolf@comcast.net.  Thank you for your support!

We hope you all had a great summer. We wish you a wonderful new ecclesiastic year and we invite you all to participate in our 2018-19 program.  Our first meeting will take place on:  Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 – 11am in the Small Hall. For more information call mina at: 408 515-8301

Date:  Sunday, September 30, 2018

Time:  12:3O p.m., after the second liturgy

Place:  St. Nicholas Community Center

Please RSVP if attending by Sunday, September 23, 2018 to

Stacy at stacypanayotopoulos@yahoo.com, 408-295-0387 or

Janie at tswenor@eesd.org, 408-504-6974

Presvytera is registered with Amazon, Target, and Crate & Barrel (under the name of Magda Paraskevaidis)

On Sunday, September 30th, our church, in partnership with Walgreens Drug Store (Foxworthy location) will be hosting, at no charge, their annual Flu Shot Clinic as a service to our community.  The clinic will be held from 9:00am to 1:00pm in the Golden Years Room in the small hall.  The clinic is available to everyone seven years old and up (with parent or guardian if 18 and under).  The Senior Vaccine, as well as the Pneumonia Vaccine, will be available for those over 65 years of age with a valid Medicare Card.  Please direct any questions to Dori Panopulos at 408-723-9905.

Sunday Coffee Hour Team: Galatia Bakas, Sofia Papanicolaou, Maria Perakis, and Marika Sarigiannides.

For more information and joining the coffee hour teams, please contact Marcella Fotis at 408-723-4124.  

We welcome parishioners interested in joining the 2019 Parish Council.  Applications for the upcoming election are available in the Narthex and the Church Office or by emailing the Church Office at churchoffice@saintnicholas.org.  The completed applications should be submitted to the Church Office by Friday, October 26, 2018.  Please note that to be eligible to hold office,  a candidate must be a steward in good standing. 

The schedule for Volleyball practices in the Community Center for current stewards of St. Nicholas is as follows:

Jr. High level players practice on Tuesday evenings from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

High School level players practice on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00pm.

Adults practice on Thursdays and Sundays with an open gym from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

If you have any further questions, please call Elias Papadokonstadakis, Head Volleyball Coach and Coordinator, at 408-497-4522 or email at eliaspapas@sbcglobal.net.

Each year as our high school seniors graduate and move away to college or if you have a loved one already currently in college, the Metropolis Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministries would like to help connect them to an Orthodox parish near their school.  To help make this easy, there is both an online form (click the link below) or a paper form (see bulletin board in Small Hall) that can be filled out.  The Metropolis will share the student's information with the Parish Priest nearest their college campus so that the parish is aware that they now live in the area, and can properly welcome them to the community.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu_3rYormSMeLrGrObkCJvPA1U3LhFce4TyZMqorNTR0V3AQ/viewform

The Church Office will be closed on Monday, September 3rd, for the Archdiocesan observance of Labor Day.  

There are still frozen, uncooked legs of lamb available. If interested, please call the church office at 408-246-2770.  

If any parishioner has a contact of a responsible and trustworthy person to become a part-time or full-time employee to regularly clean and maintain our grounds, do janitorial work, and maintain our facilities, please contact the Church Office at 408-246-2770.  

Do you have a calling to serve in a mission?  Go to these websites and check what is available to you.  www.ocmc.org to become an Orthodox missionary.  www.iocc.org under the "take action" tab. 

To support the Theotokos Girls Orphanage please go to Fili, Inc.  www.fili-inc.com  or make a check payable to Fili Inc and mail to Fili, 6430 Bose Lane, San Jose, CA 95120.   We are grateful for your continued support over the last 10 years. The Orphanage is on the path to becoming self-sustaining.  See pictures on the Fili Inc. or our Saints Peter and Paul Missions Ministry Facebook page. We have a new Go Fund Me link.....https://www.gofundme.com/ekota

In the month of July, two new car seats were donated to RealOptions Pregnancy Center located on the Alameda. Thank you for your generous and loving donations.  These items are a great blessing to the moms in need that are facing a crisis pregnancy.  Our collection bins will continue to be in the church book store.  God Bless you, thank you!

For any questions, please call Ruth Duterte @ 408-483-3009 or ruthrad1@aol.com.

Confessions with Father Demosthenes are available weekday evenings during the Paraklesis Services on Wednesday evenings or during Vespers Service on Saturday evenings. If another day or time is needed, please call the church office at 408-246-2770.

For those parishioners who would like the text to church services and hymns, the following is a link by day.  There are options for Greek and English.

http://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/servicesindex.html

Paper and wood icons will continue being collected in a clearly marked bin right outside the bookstore in the small hall. Any questions, please contact Ruth Duterte @ 408 483-3009

The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Carmel invites you to attend the 32nd Monterey Bay Greek Festival on September 1, 2, and 3, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm and Monday 11am-4pm. The Custom House Plaza is located by the Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey.

The Belmont Greek Festival will be held Labor Day Weekend, Sept 1-3 at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas (corner of Ralston Ave), Belmont.  For information, call 650-591-4447 or visit www.belmontgreekfestival.com.

The 37th annual Santa Cruz Greek Festival will be held Friday, September 7th from 5pm -  10pm, Saturday, September 8th from 11am - 10pm, and Sunday, September 9th from noon - 7pm at Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church, 223 Church Street at Center Street in downtown Santa Cruz.  For more information, call 831-429-6500 or visit http://www.livelikeagreek.com/events/sc-greek-festival.

St. James Food Festival will be held on September 14 – 16th, 195 North Main Street, Milpitas, Ca 95035 - 408-934-1794.

Adult Resort Camp is at St. Nicholas Ranch, Dunlap, from Monday, September 17 - 21st.  Lodging and meals is included in the cost. For more information, call Fr. Jim Pappas at 559-233-0397.

Join us for a day of good food, fellowship, and live music at the annual Cypriot picnic on Sunday, September 23rd, 11:00am - 7:00pm at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, Area "A", Pleasanton.  Adult dinner $20 (bbq chicken), children under 12 - $8 , raffle, free entrance. Sponsored by the United Greek Cypriots of Northern California.

Saturday, October 13, 4pm - 9:pm.

His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas and the Board of Trustees are inviting you to an evening of a self-guided tour, reception and dinner at Filoli’s ballroom. Seating is limited.

Please reserve your seat ($250) by contacting Roula Demertzis at (408)564-2387 or Shanyn Bateh at (303)709-7775

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and the St. Dionysios Building Committee invite you to attend "A Harvest Dinner Dance" on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at the Contra Costa Country Club, 801 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, 94523. For more information, please call 925-676-6967.

If you wish to order kollyva, paximadia, koulourakia or other Greek pastries, or artoklasia, please see below.  Payment is arranged with the makers and not the church.  If there is anyone who wants to be added to the makers list, please call the church office.

For kollyva:

Marcella Fotis 408-723-4124

Maria Anagnostou 408-316-6609

For paximadia, koulourakia, and other Greek pastries (get ready for the holidays!):

Maria Tsaboukos 408-723-5175

Marcella Fotis 408-723-4124

Antonia Komianos 408-472-3888

For artoklasia:

Marcella Fotis 408-723-4124

Despina Anagnostou 408-316-6609

If you have lost a belonging during one of our church events, please check in with the church office at 408-246-2770.

Help us pave the way to success by purchasing a donor brick, customized with your message and to be laid in the existing area near the office/community center.  With the purchase of a brick, you may pay tribute to someone special, honor the memory of a loved one, or have your family name or ministry group forever recognized on one or more bricks.

All profits of this fundraiser go towards the Building Fund at St. Nicholas, supporting the future growth of our parish.  

Bricks are being offered for a donation of $1,000 each. Don’t miss out on this beautiful opportunity.

Please contact the office at churchoffice@saintnicholas.org or 408-246-2770 for more information.

The monthly Canon is issued electronically. If you have a special need and would like to receive a hard copy, please contact the office at 408-246-2770 or churchoffice@saintnicholas.org .  

Please note that the July and August issues will be issued electronically only.

To avoid any confusion on our part as we compose and print the Sunday bulletin, we ask that anyone who wishes to include a notice in the Sunday bulletin submit the notice in writing to the office BY THURSDAY NOON!  Please don't wait until the last minute or send a note into the altar on a Sunday morning while the liturgy is in progress.

Please check with Father Demosthenes in the office before posting anything on the bulletin board in the Small Hall.  Notices, announcements, advertisements, etc. that have not been approved will be removed.  Thank you for your kind cooperation.