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Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2022-09-18
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Schedule of Services
News & Events
Assembly of Bishops News
Stewardship News
Prayer Requests
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Exaltation
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Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • 408.605.0621
  • Street Address:

  • 9th and Lincoln

  • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
  • Mailing Address:

  • PO Box 5808

  • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921

Contact Information

Priest: Father Ion Coman


fatherion@gmail.com | 408.605.0621

Services Schedule

 

Weekend services: the weekend schedule is fixed for most of the year. The services take place in Carmel-by-the-Sea, at All Saints Church, lower level, 9th and Lincoln.

Saturdays: 5:00pm Vespers

Sundays:   8:30am Matins

                   9:45am Liturgy

Week-day services: during the week we may celebrate the major feast days of the Church either in Carmel or in Salinas. Please check the calendar! The schedule pattern is:

Wednesdays:  6:00pm Paraklesis

Eve of feasts: 6:00pm Vespers

Feast days:    8:30am Matins

                       9:45am Liturgy

Past Bulletins


Schedule of Services

Note: our services are posted on Zoom unless specified otherwise.    

Saturday, September 17
    9:00am  Young Adult Hike
    5:00pm  Vespers
Sunday, September 18
    8:30am  Matins
    9:45am  Liturgy, Lunch, Fellowship
    12:00pm  Catechism Class
Monday, September 19
    9:00am  ONLINE: Church University - Prayer, Bible, Reflections
Tuesday, September 20
    9:00am  ONLINE: Church University - Prayer, Bible, Reflections
    8:00pm  Orthodoxy 101: Journey to Fullness
Wednesday, September 21
    9:00am  ONLINE: Church University - Prayer, Bible, Reflections
    6:00pm  Paraklesis to the Theotokos
    8:00pm  Book Forum: The Archbishop
Thursday, September 22
    9:00am  ONLINE: Church University - Prayer, Bible, Reflections
    6:00pm  Vespers
Friday, September 23   Greek Festival /  Conception of Saint John the Baptist
    8:30am  Orthros + Liturgy IN SALINAS
Saturday, September 24   Greek Festival
    5:00pm  Vespers - CANCELLED
Sunday, September 25   Greek Festival
    8:00am  Matins
    9:00am  Liturgy - Lunch/ Fellowship at the festival site

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News & Events

SAINT JOHN'S FESTIVAL

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2022 GREEK FESTIVAL

A ministry lead by Thimi Saites

Volunteers still needed. SIGN UP HERE!

This is a BIG community effort for our church. We need EVERYONE participating in this festival more than ever before!! Our fellowship and focus are strengthened over these 3 days working together. 

  • Set up during the day on Friday means laying tarps down for the booths (as required by State Parks), setting out tables and chairs, adding booth signs, covering tables, and showing our vendors where to set up. Helpers keep the job easier and faster.
  • Taverna Night on Friday evening, 5pm to 9pm: Invite as many as you can to an evening with drinks, small bites, music and dancing.
  • Saturday, 24th The full festival will begins at 11 am and runs until 7pm. The official Opening Ceremony will be at 1 pm with the raising of the Greek flag by our Greek Officers in uniform. The day continues until 7pm when we say good night and invite our guests back the next day.
  • Sunday, 25th: The final day of the festival begins at 11am and runs until 4 pm. By 4 pm, booths will be packing up supplies and clearing the booth area.
  • Clean Up: The State Parks requires us out of the plaza by the end of the day, Sunday. So booths will be broken down, everything boxed up and hauled out, all garbage removed. 

We need you to help lighten the effort, participate, spread the word, and get as many people visiting the festival as possible. You can make a difference on the success and enjoyment our guest will experience. 

There is still one opening: Soda. Please call if you are able to take this booth. 

Volunteers are still needed. SIGN UP HERE!!! 

We are excited to get started, working with you again and to continue the great success of our past festivals.

Community


YOUNG ADULT HIKE

A Ministry led by Father Ion
 
Young Adults: Garland Ranch Hike on Saturday, September 17 from 9am.

This is a hike for all. We will select the trail according to the hiker's preferences. Bring hiking boots, water and sun screen. Hopefully, it will not be too hot that day...

Read the details and SIGNUP HERE.

 

Community


CATECHISM CLASS THIS SUNDAY

A Ministry led by Father Ion

There will be no class this Sunday. We will regroup on the Sunday after Labor Day.

The Catechism Class is invites you will join our catechumens after lunch/fellowship:

  • Topic: The Heart
  • Presenter: Father Ion
  • Location: Saint Nektarios Chapel
  • Resources (text and audio): https://www.stjohn-monterey.org/adult-education/2.-the-heart

Please pray for our catechumens.

Education


EVENING BOOK FORUM

A Ministry led by Kathy Shaw

The Archbishop: A Novel (Treasures of Orthodoxy Book 1) by [Hieromonk Tihon, Savatie Bastovoi]Join the Book Forum at a new date and time: We next meet on 
Wednesday evening, September 21 at 8:00pm.  
Please prepare with Ch. 7-9.

We continue reading The Archbishop, A Novel , by  by Hieromonk Tihon (Savatie Bastovoi). Please order your copy as soon as possible. Click here for Amazon orders.

ABOUT THIS BOOK: A Christian Orthodox Classic.
If God exists, then why does He allow such endlessly mundane earthly suffering?
   Set in Imperial Russia, 1900: Resigned, hopeless, and fighting a Church he no longer believes in, Father Paul’s crisis of faith and despair in the seeming futility of his chosen vocation opens up the  powerful and emotionally engaging story of The Archbishop. Rather than abandoning his parish in search of the truth, Father Paul’s quest is a simple one: to find the true essence of Christianity.

 Adult Education, Community


ORTHODOXY 101: A JOURNEY TO FULLNESS

A ministry led by Angela Wagoner

JOURNEY TO FULLNESS: An Introduction to the Fullness of the Original Christian Faith

The Journey to Fullness presentations and small groups discussions will meet via Zoom this Tuesday from 8:00pm.

Education


CHURCH UNIVERSITY

A ministry led by Father Ion

The Church University has gone through some changes. We now gather Monday-Friday from 9am for PRAYER, BIBLE AND REFLECTIONS. This is also an opportunity to connect, to embrace and to be embraced. Check the online schedule.

My the Lord bless our readers who lead us in prayer:

  • Monday - Thimi
  • Tuesday - Mikael
  • Wednesday - Kathy
  • Thursday - Mary
  • Friday - Christina and Socrates

Worship and Education


EPISTLE READERS

A ministry lead by Matt Taylor

We thank God for those who take the opportunity to serve Him. Among them are our readers - as noticed during our last few Sunday services. Here they are:

Matt,   Oleg,    Nate,    Hussam,   Jacob

Please contact Matt directly if you would like to serve in this ministry.

Worship


SERVING THESE SUNDAYS and more

A ministry led by Angelina Taylor 

 Thank you for your effort and participation in bringing a dish to share for our fellowship coffee hour. In addition to Father's great homilies, our fellowship hour is special, unique and provides an opportunity for us to come together to enjoy each other's company, with as little stress as possible, in the preparation process. As always if you cannot participate when it is your week, kindly let Angelina know so she can make other 

September 18
   Parish Council: David Zajicek
   Fellowship Gratitude Meal: PINK TEAM - Thank you to Rania, Mark, Nadia, Mary, and Presbytera Ana

September 25
   Parish Council: Euthimios Saites
   Greeter: 4th Sunday – Mary Kanalakis
   Fellowship Gratitude Meal: ORANGE TEAM - Thank you to Vanta, Mimi M., Tana, and Aileen

Community


FOOD BANK SERVICE

A Ministry Lead by Despina Hatton

Join us on the second Tuesday of each month, 9:00 -10:30am. Our next turn is on

October 11

Location: St Francis Xavier Catholic Church
1475 La Salle Ave, Seaside, CA 93955

Sign up HERE

Community

Sign Up!


ONLINE RESOURCES

Most of our services and some ministry meetings are available online.
Witness remotely:
  1. Zoom with video here.
  2. By phone dial - add the following string to your address book: 16699006833,,9475885646#,,,,*871732#
Liturgical texts at Ages Initiatives here. Select the date and the service of interest. Then, choose pdf if you want to print, or DCS for viewing on the screen (which also has a night mode).
Lighting Candles remotely is possible through our Light a Candle website. Click this link: Light a Candle


OUR AUDIO AND VIDEO ARCHIVES

The Audio/Video Ministry is led by Hussam Ibrahim

  • Daily services, reflections and homilies video.
  • Sunday homilies video and archives prior to June 1, 2020 audio.
  • Sunday homilies audio.

Organization and Leadership 


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Stewardship News

SAVE THE DATE! STEWARDSHIP APPRECIATION DINNER

Save the Date!!

Stewardship Appreciation Dinner

Saturday, October 29, 2022
for the entire family. 

Our annual event has become very popular. It is a time to celebrate our many blessings, recognize parishioners that have inspired us in being good stewards of our time, talent and treasure, and enjoy a special time of fellowship. 

More details to be provided. Just reserve this date on your calendar. you won't want to miss it. 


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Prayer Requests

Lord, Bless, strengthen, and guard, by Your grace, all those who, with love for humankind and a spirit of sacrifice, care for the sick in their homes or in hospitals.

We pray for the servants of God:

"Lord Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on your servant (first name)."

   The Anton family, Paul Pronoites, Ed Phong and Connie Stauffer - after losing their beloved mother and spouses.

   Oleg Golovan, his family in Ukraine and all those suffering there.

   Tom Maheras - for good health.

   Olga Drumev - for health, recovery, and endurance. 

   Sophie Britton - for strength and recovery.

   Eleni Saites - for patience and endurance.

For those who are in prisons: Constantine and Sergei.

In case of emergency, Father Ion is available for home visits. Please call him directly at 408.605.0621 if you would like to schedule one.

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Saints and Feasts

Exaltation
September 18

Sunday after Holy Cross

Jonah2
September 21

Jonah the Prophet

The Prophet Jonah, the son of Amathi, of the town of Geth-hopher (IV Kings 14:25), was of the tribe of Zabulon; he prophesied during the years 838-810 before Christ. God commanded him to go to Nineveh, the great city of the Assyrians, and to proclaim that its destruction was nigh at hand because of the sins of its people. But he, as a Prophet who knew the great compassion of God, feared that at his preaching the Ninevites would repent; that God, accepting their repentance in His love for man, would not fulfill Jonah' threats; and that he would be branded a false prophet. So he disobeyed the divine command, and boarded a ship and departed elsewhere. Yet, the sudden and fearful sea-storm and the revelation of Jonah' disbedience caused the sailors to cast him into the sea. A great sea-monster appeared straightway by divine providence, and swallowed him up. For three days and nights he was found in its belly and he prayed, saying the words, "I cried aloud in my affliction unto the Lord my God..." (Jonah 2:3, the Sixth ode of the Holy Psalter). The sea-monster then vomited him up on dry land and he again heard God's command. Wherefore, he went and preached, saying, "In three days, Nineveh shall be destroyed." The people became terrified and all repented. The great, the small, babes at the breast, and even the irrational beasts themselves fasted, and thus, having found mercy from God, they were spared His wrath. Jonah' book of prophecy is divided into four chapters, and is placed fifth in order among the twelve minor Prophets. His three-day sojourn in the sea-monster's belly is an image of our Saviour's three-day burial and His life-bringing Resurrection (Matt. 12:39-40). His name means "dove."

Nativitybaptist
September 23

The Conception of St. John the Baptist

This came to pass fifteen months before the birth of Christ, after the vision of the Angel that Zacharias, the father of the Forerunner, saw in the Temple while he executed the priest's office in the order of his course during the feast of the Tabernacles, as tradition bears witness. In this vision, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias and said to him, "Thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John" (Luke 1:13). Knowing that Elizabeth was barren, and that both he and she were elderly, Zacharias did not believe what the Angel told him, although he had before him the example of Abraham and Sarah, of Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel, and of other barren women in Israel who gave birth by the power of God. Hence, he was condemned by the Archangel to remain speechless until the fulfilment of these words in their season, which also came to pass (Luke 1:7-24).

Silouanathos
September 24

Silouan of Athos

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Third Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:9-20

When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.

After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."

So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal 1st Mode. Psalm 11.7,1.
You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.

Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Gospel Reading

Sunday after Holy Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1

The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

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