Weekly Update - March 4

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PEACE AND GRACE!

St. Kyrillos VI, commemorated on 30 Meshir/9 March

St. Kyrillos VI, commemorated on 30 Meshir/9 March

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"When fasting, you should fast both in body and heart; abstaining from
meat, gossip and slander...The fasting tongue is better than the
fasting stomach, and when the heart abstains from wrath, that is
better than both."

— St. Kyrillos VI

 

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

"Fasting" by St. Kyrillos VI

 

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday: FOCUS: 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (come any time!)

Saturday:  Children's Hymns Class (5 years old - Jr. High): 5:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Vespers and Tasbeha: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (with HE Serapion)

Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers: 6:00 p.m. at St. Gregory of Nyssa Greek Orthodox Church

 

GREAT LENT

As we continue in the Holy and Great Fast, it is important that each of us receives spiritual guidance with regards to how to fast. Abouna Antony has emailed a recommended program for the fast; please ensure you receive guidance from your own spiritual father. Lent is a time of asceticism and self-control; a time for modesty in all that we do. We prepare for the most holy time of the year, where we remember our Lord's agony, death, and far more importantly: resurrection. The life of the Church is is important, we want to live in and with Christ, and this fast helps us bring our whole spiritual life under review.

 

VISIT FROM THE METROPOLITAN

We are blessed to have His Eminence Serapion joining us for Liturgy this Sunday! Please join us for Liturgy and the agape meal following so we can all take the blessing of praying and fellowshipping together with him!

 

FOCUS SAN DIEGO

Join volunteers from Orthodox parishes in San Diego every Wednesday to serve with FOCUS to help provide meals for the hungry at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Help is needed with cooking, serving, and clean up from 3:00 p.m. onwards. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS, VISITATIONS & CONFESSIONS

Please let us know if you have any upcoming important events for us to share with our fellow congregants. Special events are best shared amongst our family, and we encourage you to share your special news with us. In addition, if you would like to schedule a time for a visit or confession with Father Antony Paul, please email him or approach him after the Liturgy on Sunday.

 

FOOD & CLEAN-UP

To sign up to bring food for the agape meal on Sundays, please fill in the weekly spreadsheet available HERE. 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.