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St. Gregory of Nyssa Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2018-08-26
Bulletin Contents
A Warm Welcome to Our Visitors
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Prayer List
Wisdom of the Fathers
Join Us On Facebook
This Week's Schedule
Calendar
Allsaint
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St. Gregory of Nyssa Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • 619-593-0707
  • Street Address:

  • 1454 Jamacha Rd.

  • El Cajon, CA 92019-3752

Contact Information

Parish Priest Father Simeon B. Corona
Presbyter

frsimeonb.corona@yahoo.com | 619-760-6373

Services Schedule

Saturday Vespers

5:00 PM

Sunday Liturgies

9:00AM Orthros

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

 

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A Warm Welcome to Our Visitors

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.

Welcome to our Church Home!  We would like to meet you!  Please join us at Coffee Hour following the service.

                                           IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM OUR PARISH COUNCIL

 It takes $20,000 per month  or about $5,000 a week to pay the bills at church.   As you can see from the funds received in July and August we are very short.   Your sacrificial gift will make a difference..

    July 5 @ $3,178       July 9 @ $3,100     July 17 @ $2,739      July  20 @ $ 909

   Aug. 7 @ $3,074      Aug. 13 @ $1,739   Aug. 19 @ $3,680 + $4,750 pre-paid tithes 5.15.18 

 

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

13th Sunday of Matthew
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.

Gospel Reading

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?'"

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

When the tidings of the resurrection from the glorious angel was proclaimed unto the women disciples and our ancestral sentence also had been abolished to the Apostles with the boasting did they proclaim that death is vanquished ever more and Christ Our God has risen from the dead and granted to the world His great mercy.

Apolytikion for Martyrs Adrian and Natalie in the Third Tone

Thou didst deem that Faith which hath salvation to be riches never lost or plundered. Thou forsookest thy fathers' impiety, and thou didst follow thy Master, becoming rich in His divine gifts, O glorious Adrian. With the godly-minded Natalie, who emboldened thee, entreat Christ God, O Martyr, that our souls be saved.

Kontakion of Martyrs Adrian and Natalie in the Fourth Tone

Having wisely laid to heart all the divine words of thy godly-minded wife, Adrian, Martyr of Christ God, in torments thou strovest ardently, and with thy yoke-mate thou now hast received thy crown.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone

Joachim and Anna were freed from the reproach of childlessness, and Adam and Eve from the corruption of death, O immaculate one, by thy holy Nativity, which thy people, redeemed from the guilt of offences, celebrate by crying to thee: The barren woman giveth birth to the Theotokos, the nourisher of our life!
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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
August 26

Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir

In all probability, the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir was painted in Constantinople. In the twelfth century, Patriarch Luke Chrysoberges sent it to Kiev to Great Prince Yuri Dolgruky. The icon was kept in the convent at Vyshgorod, whence the holy Prince Andrew of Bogoliubovo brought it to Vladimir. The icon is one of the most venerated in Russia, having been carried by princes in military campaigns, prayed before by rulers for the welfare of the people, and flocked to by the faithful of all walks of life. At the election of the metropolitans and patriarchs, the names of the candidates were placed before this holy icon, and after prayer, the lot chosen; Patriarch Tikhon the Confessor was elected this way. The icon is celebrated also on June 23 and May 21, the last feast being established to commemorate the deliverance of Moscow in 1521 from the onslaught of the Tartar Khan Makhmet-Girei.

Natalia
August 26

The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie

The holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie confessed the Christian Faith during the reign of Maximian, in Nicomedia, in the year 298. Adrian was a pagan; witnessing the valor of the Martyrs, and the fervent faith with which they suffered their torments, he also declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned. When this was told to his wife Natalie, who was secretly a believer, she visited him in prison and encouraged him in his sufferings. Saint Adrian's hands and feet were placed on an anvil and broken off with a hammer; he died in his torments. His blessed wife recovered part of his holy relics and took it to Argyropolis near Byzantium, and reposed in peace soon after.

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Prayer List

PRAYER LIST:  HEALTH & WELFARE: Irene Cantos, Elaine Panos, Anastasia and the Kyriakides Family, Aggie Annis, Lydia Chaconas,Ivaan Joseph and Eliana Josephine Sacco, Sarah Cronstedt, Fr. Dimitre Tsigas, Fr. Earl Cantos, Fr. Stephen Karcher, Michael and the Piliaris Family, Nicholas Galaxidas, Michael and Mary Kladouras,Ralph Bradley, Rhonda, Victor, Abram Dominguez. Lisa Kotitsa, Michael Zouris & Family, Gaye & the Howorth Family, Elena & Rita & the Nabhan Family, Ken & the Gilliland/Annas Family, Savannah injured in Las Vegas, Merianne & the Cochran Family,Olympia & the Peters Family, Penny & the Duncan Family, Abducted Metropolitan Paul & Archbishop John, Garland, Pierre, Jethmark, Helen & the Eveland Family, Vernon & Kathern Rogers, Alex, Patty, Lin, Jimmy,  Richie, Margie, Paul Lane, Alexi, Dr. Minerva, Sarah, Michael, Carl Anthony, Stan, James, Dora, Julia, Alexandra, Sebastian, Queentina, Diana, Nico, Janet Burgess, Dionysios, Haralambos, Lillian Ana Grace, George(Marc's Uncle), Samantha(Marc's friend), Sarah-Betsy's mother, MaryAnn, Gabrielle, Kiki, Michael; Father John Pilafas & family,Virginia, Corey & family; Adrienne & Josef in Thessaloniki, George, Maria Hazlaris, Sarah Oftedal & her family, Darin Williams, Marika Stantcheva, James, Dionisios & Eftixia Diakoumeas, Nicky, Michael and Cathy Jean Alexander. DEPARTED: Carol Kinan, Athina Cavelaris, Andrew Kyriakides, George Speros, Nick Kosmas,Catherine Sullivan Gigi Campbell (friend of Fr's), Carl Collard, Jerry (Gerasimos) Filaktu, Doris Holmes, Spyridon, Thomas Munteanu, Sam Mellos,Pete Shenas Sr., Bonnie Corona, Richard Nicholas Nabhan, Jerry Gerasimos Howorth, Helen Gliptis,George Koulaxes, Ruth Gilliland, Bishop Antoun, Eric Cochran, Nick Koucoumaris, Wendell Duncan, Stella Angeles, John Peters, Elizabeth Zogob, Nell Thornblad, Katherine Eveland, Carole, Steve Kosic, Effie Matsolis, George, Arety, Manny, Archimandrite Paul, Eleni (Kyriako's Sister), Gregory Galanis, Deacon Michael; George & Iris Pilafas, Manuel Dragan, Darla Gliptis, George Mastorakos, Fr. Theodore and Pres. Mary Phillips, Sophia Vourexis, Jason Hyde, Peter Kanelos, Mary Giana, Katherine Armatas,Lana Piliaris; William Piliaris, Katherine Kladouras, Heather Grinnell & Danny Ranglos.  FOR OUR CHURCH LEADERS: Patriarch Bartholomew; Archbishop Demetrios; Metropolitan Gerasimos; Bishop Apostolos; Father Simeon Corona, Presbytera Joy & family; Chris Psillas & the members of the Parish Council; Philoptochos, Pete Shenas & our Building Committee; Celeste Shenas & our Stewardship Committee; Chanters & our Sunday School teachers, Mothers Victoria, Melania & the Mothers & Sisters of St. Barbara's & Holy Assumption Monasteries; Frs. Dionisie & Neonil of Holy Resurrection Monastery in Temecula. If you would like our community to pray for you or a loved one or have a name removed, please call the Church office 619-593-0707.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Many things does He intimate by this parable, God's providence, which had been exercised towards them from the first; their murderous disposition from the beginning; that nothing had been omitted of whatever pertained to a heedful care of them;...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century

For nothing was left undone, but all accomplished; ... And "He sent His servants," that is, the prophets, "to receive the fruit;" that is, their obedience, the proof of it by their works.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century

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Calendar

  • Calendar

    August 23 to September 3, 2018

    Thursday, August 23

    Metropolis Church Music Conference

    Sunday, August 26

    9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Monday, August 27

    11:00AM Office Hours 11am-3pm: Includes a 6th Hour Noontime Prayer

    7:00PM Church Musicians' Meeting

    7:00PM Musicians Meeting

    Tuesday, August 28

    Office Closed

    6:30PM Beheading of St. John the Baptist Vespers

    Wednesday, August 29

    9:00AM Beheading of St. John the Baptist Morning Prayers and Liturgy

    3:00PM FOCUS God's Extended Hand Ministry

    Friday, August 31

    6:30PM Great Vespers for the Church New Year

    Saturday, September 1

    Beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year

    9:00AM Morning Prayers and Liturgy for the Church New Year and St. Symeon the Stylite

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, September 2

    9:00AM Morning Prayers (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Monday, September 3

    Labor Day - Office Closed

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