Spiritual Pastoral/Consolation Appointments with the Fathers are available by telephone from Monday through Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm.  Please call the Fathers directly or the Church Office, at 408-246-2770 or email churchoffice@saintnicholas.org, for an appointment at least one day in advance.

Fixin’ for fantastic food?  Need a graduation gift? Thinking about an estate plan, a realtor, or an office solution? Support Our Saint Nicholas Businesses which remain operational!  We can support those businesses who have unwaveringly supported us throughout the years.  Link to our business directory: https://saintnicholas.org/virtual-community/2020/4/3/st-nicholas-business-directory

We cordially invite you to our next priest hangout on Saturday, May 23rd: 

K-5 will be at 4:00-4:30

6th-12th will be 4:30-5:00

Please email Fr. Nebojsa directly at frnebojsa@gmail.com by Friday evening at 7:00, and he will add you to the video conference invite.  For those of you that have asked to be permanently on this list, please know you will be added.

Tune in! We will be recognizing the 2020 graduates this coming Sunday after the Liturgy service.

Monday nights following the Paraklisis, Fr. Nebojsa will be offering a look at the scripture passages of the 11 Eothinon Gospels. Please contact him directly at frnebojsa@gmail.com or 707-315-7823 to receive video conference invitations for this online class.   

Monday May 25th 6:10 pm

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ!  The next Golden Years Virtual meeting will be on Thursday, May 28th at 12:00 noon.  Please contact Marina Moustakas if interested in participating in this event.

The next virtual Choir meeting will be on Thursday, May 28th at 6pm.  Video conference invitations will go out on Monday.  If you do not receive an invitation and would like to participate, please call Fr. Nebojsa at 707-315-7823.

The Metropolis of San Francisco provides resources and support to parishes during the Coronavirus pandemic.  Please click here to view the resource page:

 https://sanfran.goarch.org/pages/coronavirus-resource-page

St. Anna Philoptochos is deeply appreciative to those who have donated to the Philoptochos Covid-19 Relief Fund for our parishioners of St. Nicholas.  Through your assistance, we have been able to assist some of our parishioners during this very difficult time due to their furlough or loss of employment.  If anyone is in need of financial assistance, please contact our clergy first, and they then inform our Social Services Committee regarding the request for assistance.  St. Anna plans to keep this fund available for at least a year as we do not know what the future will bring to our parishioners during this unprecedented time. 

Although we have had to suspend our normal programs due to the strict shelter-in-place mandate, St. Anna Philoptochos has been able to send all of its commitments to date either to National or the Metropolis as required, including money to Holy Cross/Hellenic College and to the much needed Social Services commitments to assist those within our Metropolis.  We also sent our Paschal gift of $250 to for our adopted seminarian Kyle Sterner who is studying in Jerusalem.  

To all those graduating this year from high school or college, Congratulations and St. Anna wishes you the very best in your future endeavors.  The St. Anna Philoptochos scholarship application is available on-line, with the last day of receipt of the applications is July 31, 2020.

We are offering vigil candle(s) to be lit by Father Demosthenes and Father Nebojsa along with an opportunity to submit names to be prayed for at the Prothesis (Preparation) and at the Paraklesis services scheduled for the week.  When lit, the vigil candles last for one week.  Please see the online form on our website:

LIGHT A CANDLE: https://saintnicholas.org/virtual-chapel/light-a-candle

If you would prefer to mail in your request, please write the name(s) for whom the candle(s) will be lit and send to Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Attention: Light a Candle, 986 Chapman Street, San Jose, CA 9126.  For more information, please call the church office.

We really want to offer you high quality and reliable video streaming so that you can watch our beautiful services.  YouTube has some restrictions on the equipment that we can use to live-stream our services since our channel has fewer than 1000 subscribers.  We have a little over 700 subscribers today, and if you help us reach 1000, we will all enjoy much higher quality video streaming without interruptions and with much less cost.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Please ask ALL THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY, including your spouse, children, and parents, to subscribe to our YouTube channel.  Find our channel on YouTube by searching “Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church San Jose” or just follow the link  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1x-nHP063YTTMrevkzL21w and hit the subscribe button.

So if each of us brings one or more additional subscribers this week, we will start enjoying much higher live-streaming quality this coming Sunday.

Let's do it together!

Your Digital Media Ministry

Please join us online on Saturday, May 23 at 12:30 p.m. PST from the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Belmont, California, as His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos leads a Trisagion Service for the eternal memory and repose of those who have passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

https://sanfran.goarch.org/news/metropolitan-gerasimos-to-offer-a-trisagion-for-covid-19-victims

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco wants to honor high school graduates by compiling a montage of senior portraits. A simple online form is available to submit the requested information no later than May 27, 2020 so that we can share this video across our Metropolis on Sunday, June 7, 2020.  https://sanfran.goarch.org/news/hats-off-to-our-high-school-graduates

Saturday of the Souls (Psychosavato) will be livestreamed on Saturday, June 6, 2020 and will begin with Orthros at 8:30am followed by the Liturgy and Trisagion.  Please email at churchoffice@saintnicholas.org or mail in the names of deceased family members, relatives and friends to be commemorated.

Christos Anesti!  “The gospel is addressed to all people, and, therefore, the work of the Church is incomplete as long as it is restricted to certain geographical areas or social classes” - Archbishop Anastasios of Albania.

If you have not had a chance to view the video of the Easter services at the Theotokos Girls Orphanage in India, that Sister Nektaria so kindly shared with us, please follow the link below.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1YjufFE4P0&feature=youtu.be

The Orphanage has been hit hard from the COVID-19 Pandemic.  If you have the ability, please consider supporting this cause. Your help is greatly needed and always appreciated. Online donations can be made at: https://www.facebook.com/SaintNicholasOrgSPPMM/  or https://www.fili-inc.com/donate/

At our parish we use an online tool for all of our Liturgical services called Ages Initiatives. Please know that we always encourage participation through the praying of the services, and this online resource is the primary resource we use at the chant stand and the Altar.  To access services please check out the daily calendar available on Ages: 

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

Also, there is an Application that you can use and download on the Apple platform:  

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/digital-chant-stand/id891132857

Please also note that you can use this resource for ALL of the services we have in our church, and that we will be using this resource as well. This is also a great resource that falls within the new guidelines of our Archdiocese with regards to Covid-19 Corona Virus. 

In empathy and love, St Anna's Philoptochos has been serving the people in our community for over 75 years.  In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis, this site allows  you to donate for those in need, through our Social Services Committee.  If you wish to mail a contribution, please mail to:   

St. Anna’s Philoptochos
COVID-19 – CRISIS
986 Chapman Street
San Jose, CA 95126

Until further notice, all donations are restricted to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis Support Fund. Monies will be disbursed to those who are in need of financial support as a result of the Pandemic. After this challenging time has passed, all remaining money shall be dedicated to our ongoing Philanthropic efforts.

In order to provide ongoing support, National Philoptochos has gathered resources to help cope with the anxiety  brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic. These can be  found at: www.philoptochos.org/whats-happening/.  

We encourage everyone to stay connected during this difficult time! Maintaining connections with friends and family via phone calls, texts, and video meetings during this period of sheltering in place, will help reduce anxiety.

Faith in our mission unites and empowers us to make a difference. Working together, with the love and blessings of God, we will continue our work to lessen the pain, loss and suffering of the most fragile in our society. May God bless you and your loved ones.

These last few weeks have been a new experience for all of us.  We have also been blessed with the opportunity to reflect upon our lives, our families, and our friends like never before.  Have you taken a family walk? Did you cook something new?  Did you make a phone call when you would have sent a text?  Did you say one more prayer?  Just because we are at home does not mean we are not Together.  

Share what you and your loved ones are doing while sheltering in place! Send photos, videos, stories to: 75ypc@saintnicholas.org, to be shared on our SNC website & media sites. St Nicholas Sheltering in Place to Stay Healthy & Safe!  To see photos already submitted on our website, click on:  https://saintnicholas.org/virtual-community/2020/3/27/together-at-home 

Saint Nicholas is happy to present another option for our parishioners to contribute to Saint Nicholas through our Fidelity brokerage account.  If there are stocks, bonds or funds you wish to contribute, please use the following  information:

Account #: Z40-125155

DTC #: 0226

As stewards of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, God has gifted us with the honor of being the caretakers of our Orthodox faith.   As caretakers, we are responsible for ensuring that there is a safe and welcoming spiritual home in which to come together to worship for the glory of God. 

Your continuing support spiritually, socially and financially are vital to the well being of our parish.  We humbly request if you have not had an opportunity to complete your 2020 stewardship pledge, use the following link to do so online.  When completing this, we ask that you make time to pray and reflect on the many gifts that the Church has given you.  Increasing your stewardship contribution will assist in growing our parish and provide an environment in which our community will flourish.

Stewardship Links:

https://saintnicholas.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/36/responses/new    OR

https://saintnicholas.org/donate

Father Demosthenes and the Stewardship Committee: Mary Ann Devetzis, Jeff Contos, and Peter Panayotopoulos

We are a registered non-profit on Facebook and you can donate any time (without any fees for the church) by pressing the donate button in this link:

https://www.facebook.com/SaintNicholasOrg/

The scholarship forms for the St. Anna Philoptochos Scholarship can be obtained through the St. Nicholas website.  Once the mandate to "shelter in place" is withdrawn, applications will also be available in the Church Office and Church School Office.  The scholarship recognizes academic achievement, encourages participation in higher education (whether technical or professional), and acknowledges the volunteer/community service work at the parish and in the community at large.  The applicants must be graduating seniors during Mary/June 2020, attending the Church School of St. Nicholas, and whose families are stewards of the parish. 

Due to the uncertainty of when the school offices will be opened during the pandemic, the due dates for the scholarship applications to both the St. Nicholas Scholarship and St. Anna Philoptochos Scholarships have been extended to Friday, July 31, 2020.  We want to give the opportunity to all eligible seniors of our parish to apply.

The Saint Nicholas Scholarship Program is available and encouraging all seniors to apply.  Applications can be obtained online at www.saintnicholas.org by sending an email to SaintNicholasSundaySchool@gmail.com. 

Due to the uncertainty of when the school offices will be opened during the pandemic, the due dates for the scholarship applications to both the St. Nicholas Scholarship and St. Anna Philoptochos Scholarships have been extended to Friday, July 31, 2020 at 5:00pm.  We want to give the opportunity to all eligible seniors of our parish to apply.  Completed applications need to be submitted to SaintNicholasSundaySchool@gmail.com.  

Parishioners who would like to donate towards the scholarship program are welcomed.  We want to continue to support our long term education for all of our youth who are furthering their education and/or work experience.  If you are interested in donating, please contact Vicki Ryan at SaintNicholasSundaySchool@gmail.com.

We want to Support Our Saint Nicholas Businesses which remain operational during the response to combat the spread of COVID-19.  A Saint Nicholas Business Directory is established on our Saint Nicholas website to feature and allow us to support those businesses who have unwaveringly supported us throughout the years.  To see our local businesses already listed: https://saintnicholas.org/virtual-community/2020/4/3/st-nicholas-business-directory

Let Us Spread the Love!

Please send the following information to:  75ypc@saintnicholas.org.

• Name of Business
• Type of Business
• Location (Address)
• Contact Information (phone # & email Address)
• Business Hours
• Link if Available

Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) is the official collegiate campus ministry program under the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America.  If you are a college student and interested in their programs, please learn more at their website: http://www.ocf.net/ and their virtual programs at www.ocf.net/ocf-at-home.

New York - The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America launched an updated, online COVID-19 Resource Center which can be accessed at www.goarch.org/covid19.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America led the first in a series of daily prayers for those faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America who have either passed away or are suffering from complications related to the coronavirus COVID19. Please click on the link for information and to submit names of the afflicted or departed: https://www.goarch.org/-/daily-prayer-service-archbishop-elpidophoros-04-08-2020

Update from Walk for Life West Coast:

https://mailchi.mp/8f602cd95242/spring-update-check-out-whats-new-from-orthodox-christians-for-life-san-francisco-bay-area?e=24d31d1890

Due to the (Coronavirus) Covid-19 outbreak in the Bay Area and for everyone's continued safety, please do not visit the Church Office in person.  If you have needs or questions, please call the office at 408-246-2770 or email at churchoffice@saintnicholas.org.  You can also contact Father Demosthenes at 408-784-9364, email: frdemosthenes@aol.com or Father Nebojsa at 707-315-7823, email frnebojsa@gmail.com.  Thank you for your understanding.

Until further notice, the Canon of Faith will be published 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 Tuesday at 5pm.  

In addition, all ongoing (same message) bulletin entries will be in for four weeks, four times a year.  Please review these entries and plan accordingly.

Please note that all information in the weekly bulletin is subject to change.