Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
St. Nectarios Greek
Orthodox Mission Church
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301
All are welcome at St. Nectarios!
Online DIVINE LITURGY - 10:00am
or
In-church TYPICA Reader Service - 10:00am
St. Nectarios Greek
Orthodox Mission Church
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301
All are welcome at St. Nectarios!
Saturday October 29th.
5PM: Online Vespers Service
Sunday October 30th.
10AM: In church Typica (Reader) Liturgy Service
Service Change - As indicated below an in church Typica Reader Service will be celebrated on Sunday October 30th at 10PM. All are invited to come and particpate in this Christain Orthodox Service - and enjoy the Fellowship time afterwards.
Online Services will be streamed to Facebook. If you wish to participate directly in any of our Online Services, please send a request to tricityorthodox@aol.com.
To view online Saint Nectarios Services on Facebook (Group “Saint Nectarios – Pasco”) use the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
10:00AM Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship
7:00PM Online Akathist to St. Nectarios, St. Nectarios, Tricites WA (Zoom)
5:00PM Vespers Service -Online, St Nectarios, Tri-Cities WA
10:00AM Online Divine Liturgy
7:00PM St Nectarios Feast Day Celebration - All are welcome!
5:00PM Vespers Service -Online, St Nectarios, Tri-Cities WA
10:00AM Online Divine Liturgy
10:00AM Divine Liturgy (In Church) with Fr. Seraphim Majmudar
5:00PM Vespers Service -Online, St Nectarios, Tri-Cities WA
10:00AM Online Divine Liturgy
5:00PM Vespers Service -Online, St Nectarios, Tri-Cities WA
10:00AM Typica Reader Service + Fellowship (in church)
DO WE HAVE A “LAZARUS” AND A “RICH MAN” AROUND US?
Our Lord Jesus Christ told us this parable to wake us up to the fact that our actions and reactions in life have eternal consequences.
Not many of us will become very rich or very poor. But all of us would have to give an account to God, of how we used our riches and how we bore our poverty in our ephemeral life. And God will judge us accordingly.
The rich man in the parable used his riches to enjoy himself, to have a “good time” as the common expression goes. Lazarus, on the other hand, bore his poverty, sickness and isolation patiently, without complaining.
This ephemeral life, however, comes to an end, sooner or later. But it leads to eternal life. God is exclusively in charge of eternal life. We will have to give an account to him of how we played the game of our life; of how we used his gifts to us, our talents and resources, we inherited or accumulated. Did we use them for our needs, for the common good? How did we respond to the needs of our fellow man?
The rich man received and F for his way of life on earth; and he was severely punished for his egocentric use of his riches, talents and resources which God had entrusted to him.
Lazarus, on the other hand, passed God’s test. He did not complain to God for his predicament. He bore his sickness, his poverty and isolation patiently, knowing that they would come to an end one day. He did not curse the rich man and his friends. He left the judgment to God. Lazarus was approved and rewarded by God for his magnanimity and patience. He went to paradise, while the hard-hearted, egocentric Rich man went to Hades.
Jesus told this Parable for his contemporaries, but also for all of us. We are stewards of our gifts and resources. When we close our eyes on our planet earth and join eternity all of us would have to give an account to God of how we used our resources. Let us use them properly, according to the teachings of God. If we have failed in the past, let us repent for it and change course and use them properly for ourselves and our fellowman, in order to receive the approval of God, as the wise steward of the other Parable.
With love,
Fr. John P. Angelis
These Saints were from Aegae in Cilicia, brought up in piety by their parents. Zenobius was a physician, and healed many freely by the power of God; because of his virtue he was consecrated Bishop of Aegae. With his sister he was taken by Lysias the Governor, and after many tortures they were beheaded, about the year 290, during the reign of Diocletian.
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Prokeimenon. Third Tone. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19.
Brethren, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 16:19-31
The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"
The faithful may view/participate in the online Services on the Saint Nectarios-Pasco Group on Facebook. Online Services will be streamed and posted after they are complete. For many of the Services, the text is included to help the faithful follow the Service. To view Saint Nectarios Services, pictures, and other postings on Facebook Group “Saint Nectarios – Pasco” use the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334558973222227/
St Nectarios has a mixture of in church and on-line Services. Each month, there are usually two in-Church Services: a Saturday Divine Liturgy and a Sunday Typica Service. The celebration of most on-line Services is conducted by Fr. John Angelis (in Seattle, WA) and the St. Nectarios Choir/Readers/Volunteers (in the Tri-Cities, WA).