Weekly Update - January 11

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“[The poor] come offering their very heart in exchange for food. And yet not only is your hand not stricken with paralysis for taking profits from such misfortune, but you haggle for even more! … Tears do not move you, groans do not soften your heart, but you remain adamant and unbending” 

 + St. Basil the Great

 

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

St. Paisios the Athonite — a film (with english subtitles)

 

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy (followed by St. Basil Fellowship): 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday: St. Athanasius Catechetical School (Topic: Dying in Christ): 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Friday: Divine Liturgy - Feast of the Circumsicion & of St. Basil the Great (followed by St. Basil Fellowship): 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Friday: St. Katherine Young Adult Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Topic: The Lord's Prayer - part 1)

Friday: Bible Study, Vespers, & Midnight Praise: 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (Oceanside)

Saturday: Divine Liturgy: 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Oceanside)

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

 

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

New Course

This Tuesday, 12 January, we will continue a series of lectures for a new course entitled "The Mystery of Death."

Please click here for the the schedule of lectures.

 

CATECHISM COURSE

The Holy Cross Catechism course has begun and will continue to meet after the agape meal every Sunday. ALL parishioners are encouraged to attend.

Upcoming lecture: An Orthodox Christian Anthropology

 

FEAST OF THEOPHANY

The Feast of the Theophany Service will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday 19 January

 

FEAST POTLUCK

Please consider bringing something to share for the agape meal after the Feast of the Theophany Liturgy.  Please contact Tasoni Maryann for details.

 

HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at Holy Cross please click here.

 

FOOD & CLEAN-UP

To sign up to bring food for the agape meal on Sundays please see the bulletin board at church or contact Tasoni Maryann. We need as many volunteers as possible to keep the church clean on Sundays after the Divine Liturgy. Please consider this important expression of stewardship.