(Updated April 27th - New Week)
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
A Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community
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
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Mission Church
A Tri-Cities Christian Orthodox Community
627 West Bonneville St., Pasco, WA 99301
All are welcome at St. Nectarios!
CHRIST is RISEN!
This Week
Saturday Evening April 29. 5 PM Vespers Service - Online, St Nectarios, Tri-Cities WA
Sunday Morning April 30th. 10 AM In-church, Greek Orthodox Typica Service followed by a Fellowship Time.
NEXT MONTH:
Saturday May 13th. A Christian Orthodox Greek Divine Liturgy Service will be celebrated with Fr. Daniel Triant. The Service will start at 10AM. A fellowship time will be held after the Service. You may bring food items to share during this fellowship time - or just come and enjoy!
Sunday May 21st. 9 AM to 11 AM, In-church Orthodox Coptic Morning Services. A fellowship time and Childrens Christian Study Class will follow the Services. For more information please contact Nader Samaan (nader.samaan@yahoo.com).
Bottles of blessed holy water and 2023 Ecumenical Calendars are still available at the Church
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 Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship
5:00PM Vespers Service - Online, St Nectarios, Tri-Cities WA
10:00AM Typica (in church) Reader Service + Fellowship
About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils, that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas; Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke 8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).
Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Saviour, Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite, a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the Pharisees, learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John 19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and noble man, and one of the counsellors who were in Jerusalem. He went boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60).
James was one of the Twelve, like his brother John (celebrated on Sept. 26), whom the Lord called "Sons of Thunder," because they became great preachers and because of their profound theology. It was the Saint's boldness in preaching the Gospel that Herod Agrippa, the son of Aristobulus and grandson of Herod the Great, could not endure, and so he took him into custody during the days of the Passover, and slew him with the sword (Acts 12: 1-2); and thus he drank the cup of which the Saviour had spoken to him prophetically (Matt. 20:23). As for Herod, the following year he went down to Caesarea, and, as the Acts of the Apostles records: "Upon a set day, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration" to the elders of Tyre and Sidon; and the flatterers that surrounded him "gave a shout, saying, 'it is the voice of a god, and not of a man.' And immediately an Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory; and like his grandfather (see Dec. 29) "he was eaten of worms and gave up the spirit" (Acts 12:21-23)
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Prokeimenon. Second Tone. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7.
In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
The Reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
IN-CHURCH:
Sunday in-church Services. Most Sundays will have a Greek Orthodox Typica Reader Service starting at 10AM. However, some Sundays will have a celebration of a Divine Liturgy Service. A Christian Sunday Divine Liturgy Service may be either Greek Orthodox or Coptic Orthodox depending on the availability of a Priest to officiate. All are welcome to come and celebrate these Divine Liturgy Service.
Saturday Greek Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Each month, there is normally at least one Saturday Greek Othodox Divine Liturgy Service with a visiting Priest.
Christian education classes for the youth are held after in-church Divine Liturgy Services
ONLINE:
Vespers and Other Special Services are normally celebrated online with Father John in Seattle.
The link for joining Zoom on-line Services is
https://goarch.zoom.us/j/98009355049?pwd=UmttUUN2aG4raUc4WS9Zelo1REYxdz09
Most Services will be streamed live to Facebook Group: 'Saint Nectarios - Pasco'
LATEST INFOMATION: The latest updates to the schedule of Services at St. Nectarios may be viewed in the St Nectarios Bulletin using the following link: The Bulletin is updated whenever changes occur and is, as a result is the best source for most recent Service schedules.
http://bulletinbuilder.org/stnectariospasco/
FACEBOOK GROUP - Saint Nectarios - Pasco. 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 Facebook link: