Weekly Update - Nov 13

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Peace and Grace, parishioners!

The Assembly of the Ecumenical Council at Nicea - commemorated 18 November/ 9 Hathor

Quote of the Week

“The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a display the thing would have been just to appear and dazzle the beholders. But for Him Who came to heal and to teach the way was not merely to dwell here, but to put Himself at the disposal of those who needed Him, and to be manifested according as they could bear it, not vitiating the value of the Divine appearing by exceeding their capacity to receive it.” 
+St. Athanasius

For Your Edification

 "In the Presence of Holiness" by Fr. Antony Paul

Fr. Kyrillos Visiting This Weekend

We are blessed to have Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim praying with us this weekend. He will be available for confessions Saturday evening during Tasbeha. For parishioners who are married, his visit is a good opportunity to seek advice and receive guidance. God willing, Fr. Kyrillos will be visiting us every so often to pray with us and hear confessions.

Services & Events This Week

Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime!)

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: St. Katherine's Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

 

FOCUS San Diego

Each Wednesday, volunteers from all of the Orthodox parishes in San Diego county work together through FOCUS at God's Extended Hand to help provide meals for the hungry. God's Extended Hand has been providing food and shelter to people in downtown San Diego since 1924 at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Teenagers and young adults from all parishes are asked to volunteer the 1st Wednesday of every month, and all the congregants of St. Basil's are asked to serve on the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month; for months that have a 5th Wednesday, FOCUS asks all parishes to volunteer on that day. Help is needed with preparing and cooking the food from 3:00-6:00pm and serving the food and cleaning up from 6:20-7:00pm. Children are welcome to help their parents serve. Please stop by for any amount of time you can serve each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

San Diego Coptic Club

The San Diego Coptic Club is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The meetings take place every week on Thursday evenings at 7 pm, alternating between spiritual meetings at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla and social events which are held at a variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

Website & Hymns

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Nov 6

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PEACE AND GRACE, PARISHIONERS!

St. Demetrius of Thessalonica, commemorated 8 November/29 Paope

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Once, the holy Fathers of the Egyptian Scetis were talking prophetically about the last generation.
“What have we done?” they said.
One of them, the great Abba Ischyrion, replied, “We have carried out the commandments of God.”
They asked him, “What will those who come after us do?”
Abba replied, “They will do half as much as we have done.”
Again they asked him, “And what will those who come after them do?”
Abba Ischyrion replied, “They will not have any monastic activity whatever, but they will be permitted to have troubles and afflictions, and those who persevere will be superior to us and our fathers.”

+St. Ignatius - The Arena: Guidelines for Spiritual and Monastic Life

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

To prepare for Saturday's class, please read Chapter 4, "Discipline of Memory and Imagination," of Practical Spirituality.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ABOUNA ANDREW & TASONI MONICA!

On October 30th, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion ordained Deacon Andrew Iskander as a presbyter! After returning from his 40 Days at St. Bishoy Monastery in Egypt, Fr. Andrew will spend one year serving alongside Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim at St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church. After his one year of service at St. Paul's, he will receive a permanent assignment at one of the churches in the Diocese. Congratulations to Abouna Andrew and his wife Tasoni Monica. May God bless them abundantly in their service! You can watch the ordination here!

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: Divine Liturgy: 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

St. Basil Fellowship: 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Practical Spirituality, Chapter 4)

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

 

SAN DIEGO COPTIC CLUB

The San Diego Coptic Club is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The meetings take place every week on Thursday evenings at 7 pm, alternating between spiritual meetings at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla and social events which are held at a variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

ALL SAINTS' NIGHT PHOTOS

It was was a joy to share an evening with our youth where they could learn about and "meet" a number of saints and decorate icons together! Our sincere thanks to all those who worked to make the event possible. You can find photos here!

Nativity Feast Church Dinner

God willing, on Sunday, January 8th, St. Basil's will be hosting a dinner and celebration of the Feast of the Nativity. We would like our youth to have the opportunity to share their gifts and talents with their church family, so all youth are invited to participate and share their musical, artistic, or other gifts. If you're interested in participating, or willing to help us plan the event, please contact Fr. Antony.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - October 30

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Peace and grace, parishioners!

Quote of the Week

"Humility and the fear of God are above all virtues."

+St. John the Short

For Your Edification

Halloween: Hallowed or Harmful? by His Grace Bishop Suriel

Congratulations to Abouna Andrew and Tasoni Monica!

His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion has ordained Deacon Andrew Iskander as a presbyter! After returning from his 40 Days at St. Bishoy Monastery in Egypt, Fr. Andrew will spend one year serving alongside Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim at St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church. After his one year of service at St. Paul's, he will receive a permanent assignment at one of the churches in the Diocese. Congratulations to Abouna Andrew and his wife Tasoni Monica. May God bless them abundantly in their service!

All Saints' Night

We are excited to host a fun filled evening for our children on Monday October 31st, 2016. “All Saints Night” is scheduled to start at 5PM-8:30PM in light of it being a school night. Join us for a “meet & greet” with some of our church saints, games, crafts and fellowship. Pizza, salad, and drinks will provided. While we will not be providing candy, you're welcome to bring some for your children if desired. Suggested donation: $5-$10 per child. If you like to contribute by providing food/games/crafts, please contact Engy.

Ask Abouna! Q&A

As it's the first Saturday of the month, our Saturday evening class will be a Q&A with Fr. Antony. Please come prepared with questions. You're welcome to email him your questions ahead of time. 

Services & Events This Week

Monday: All Saints' Celebration: 5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime!)

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: Divine Liturgy: 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

St. Basil Fellowship: 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 

Friday: St. Katherine's Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Divine Liturgy: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Ask Abouna! Q&A - bring questions!)

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

 

FOCUS San Diego

Each Wednesday, volunteers from all of the Orthodox parishes in San Diego county work together through FOCUS at God's Extended Hand to help provide meals for the hungry. God's Extended Hand has been providing food and shelter to people in downtown San Diego since 1924 at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Teenagers and young adults from all parishes are asked to volunteer the 1st Wednesday of every month, and all the congregants of St. Basil's are asked to serve on the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month; for months that have a 5th Wednesday, FOCUS asks all parishes to volunteer on that day. Help is needed with preparing and cooking the food from 3:00-6:00pm and serving the food and cleaning up from 6:20-7:00pm. Children are welcome to help their parents serve. Please stop by for any amount of time you can serve each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

UCSD Coptic Club

The Coptic Club at UCSD is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The spiritual meetings take place every other week at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla on Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Social events are held at a wide variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

Website & Hymns

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Oct 23

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Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!

 

St. Philip the Deacon, commemorated on the 14th of Paope/24th of October

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

The brothers asked an elder, “How is it that God in the Scriptures promises good things to the soul, and yet the soul does not desire them, but instead turn aside to impurity?” And he answered and said to them, “It is my opinion that it is because that soul has not yet tasted the good things which are above, and therefore the good things which are here [on earth] are dear to it.”

Budge, E. A. W. (Ed.). (1907). The Paradise or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Vol. 2, p. 166). London: Chatto & Windus.

 

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Please proceed with Chapter 2 of Practical Spirituality so that you're ready for Saturday night's meeting!

Brand new parishioner!

+ Congratulations to Michael and Mira on the birth of Chloe Mousa! Chloe was born last Wednesday and we look forward to receiving her in the Church with her parents!

Ordination of Deacon Andrew to the rank of Presbyter!

God-willing, this Sunday, October 30th, Deacon Andrew will receive the laying of hands by His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion and the two auxiliary bishops of our diocese. Matins will begin at St. Paul's American Coptic Orthodox Church at 8:00 am. You are very highly encouraged to go and attend this event. Unless coverage can be found for Abouna Antony, Liturgy at St. Basil's will commence at 7:00 am instead of 8, so that we can go participate at St. Paul's immediately after. A special announcement on this issue will follow.

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime!)

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (at Get Air Poway)

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ("Discipline of the Will")

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

All Saints' Night

We are excited to host a fun filled evening for our children on Monday October 31st, 2016. “All Saints Night” is scheduled to start at 5PM-8:30PM in light of it being a school night. Join us for a “meet & greet” with some of our church saints, games, crafts and fellowship. Pizza, salad, and drinks will provided. While we will not be providing candy, you're welcome to bring some for your children if desired. Suggested donation: $5-$10 per child. If you like to contribute by providing food/games/crafts, please contact Engy.

FOCUS San Diego

Each Wednesday, volunteers from all of the Orthodox parishes in San Diego county work together through FOCUS at God's Extended Hand to help provide meals for the hungry. God's Extended Hand has been providing food and shelter to people in downtown San Diego since 1924 at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Teenagers and young adults from all parishes are asked to volunteer the 1st Wednesday of every month, and all the congregants of St. Basil's are asked to serve on the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month; for months that have a 5th Wednesday, FOCUS asks all parishes to volunteer on that day. Help is needed with preparing and cooking the food from 3:00-6:00pm and serving the food and cleaning up from 6:20-7:00pm. Children are welcome to help their parents serve. Please stop by for any amount of time you can serve each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

UCSD Coptic Club

The Coptic Club at UCSD is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The spiritual meetings take place every other week at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla on Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Social events are held at a wide variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Oct 16

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Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!

Blessed week to you all!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"As thou takest thy seat at table, pray. As thou liftest the loaf, offer thanks to the Giver. When thou sustainest thy bodily weakness with wine, remember Him Who supplies thee with this gift, to make thy heart glad and to comfort thy infirmity. Has thy need for taking food passed away? Let not the thought of thy Benefactor pass away too. As thou art putting on thy tunic, thank the Giver of it. As thou wrappest thy cloak about thee, feel yet greater love to God, Who alike in summer and in winter has given us coverings convenient for us, at once to preserve our life, and to cover what is unseemly. Is the day done? Give thanks to Him Who has given us the sun for our daily work, and has provided for us a fire to light up the night, and to serve the rest of the needs of life. Let night give the other occasion of prayer. When thou lookest up to heaven and gazest at the beauty of the stars, pray to the Lord of the visible world; pray to God the Arch-artificer of the universe, Who in wisdom hath made them all. ”

St. Basil the Great, Prolegomena

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Please read the document we are studying on Saturday nights. This week we are reading chapter one of this book, "Practical Spirituality" by Hegomen Father Athanasius Iskander.

Important Congregation Meeting and picnic!

Please make plans this Sunday to remain after Liturgy for an important congregational meeting. Fr. Antony would like to address the congregation with a few issues, one of which is the future location and size of our church. It is important that all are there to voice their opinions and to be made abreast of the ideas concerning the growth and future of our parish. After the meeting, God-willing, we will all head to a park for food, games and spiritual fellowship with one another! 

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime!)

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 06:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (on UCSD campus - meet at Price Center Bus Loop, heading to Pelly's Mini Golf from there)

Friday: Divine Liturgy: 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Friday: St. Katherine Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Meet at La Jolla Shores for a bonfire)

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

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

Sunday: Parish meeting: 12:30 pm, followed by outing with details to be shared via Facebook

FOCUS San Diego

Each Wednesday, volunteers from all of the Orthodox parishes in San Diego county work together through FOCUS at God's Extended Hand to help provide meals for the hungry. God's Extended Hand has been providing food and shelter to people in downtown San Diego since 1924 at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Teenagers and young adults from all parishes are asked to volunteer the 1st Wednesday of every month, and all the congregants of St. Basil's are asked to serve on the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month; for months that have a 5th Wednesday, FOCUS asks all parishes to volunteer on that day. Help is needed with preparing and cooking the food from 3:00-6:00pm and serving the food and cleaning up from 6:20-7:00pm. Children are welcome to help their parents serve. Please stop by for any amount of time you can serve each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

UCSD Coptic Club

The Coptic Club at UCSD is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The spiritual meetings take place every other week at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla on Thursday evenings. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

This week, we will be meeting at 6:45PM at the Price Center Bus Loop, from where we will go to Pelly's Mini Golf.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Oct 9

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Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!

Blessed week to all!

St. Athanasius of Alexandria, 20th Pope

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Athanasius, the whole world is against you!"
Then Athanasius is against the world...

- St. Athanasius the Apostolic

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Read the story of the miracle that God worked to preserve St. Athanasius' life here.

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (K1 Speed - meet at Price Center Loop)

Friday: Divine Liturgy: 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Adult Education Class: 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Continuing our series on Spirituality)

Sunday: Divine Liturgy: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (HE Metropolitan Serapion will preside)

Congratulations to Deacon Andrew!

The parish congratulates Deacon Andrew and his wife, Monica Iskander, for his elevation to the diaconate! God-willing, Deacon Andrew will be ordained a presbyter on October 30th, at St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church. Axios!

 

Practical spirituality

We will be using this book for the Saturday series. Please find the PDF at this link.

GYP CONVENTION

The Graduates and Young Professionals (GYP) committee invites you to the 12th Annual GYP Convention on October 13–16, 2016.  This year we are blessed to have His Grace Bishop Kyrillos (formerly Fr. John Paul of the Saint Paul Brotherhood) who will lead spiritual and introspective discussion as our speaker.  Click here for more info and to register.

The GYP committee has also indicated the following:

Due to an unprecedented amount of requests from San Diego locals for a non-hotel option, we have created a registration option that will only be extended to San Diego residents. The regular registration price, for everything, excluding the hotel stay, is $125. The price will be $150 for the late registration. The regular registration deadline is September 25th. 

In order to register as an SD resident, you register for the quad option and input the coupon code: SDLOCAL2016. Please note that all attendees must register in advance in accordance with the registration deadlines. Please let us know should you have any questions. 

UCSD Coptic Club

The Coptic Club at UCSD is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The spiritual meetings take place every other week at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla on Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Social events are held at a wide variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Oct 2

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Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!

Blessed week to all!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"We confess God the Father, Creator of all mankind. We have seen our comrades slain, and we rejoice with heart and mind. We will not worship idols, nor resist dying for Him. We would rather die innocent than live in shame and sin."

- Doxology of Saint Maurice

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

The story of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion - Coptic martyrs who shed their blood for Christ in Switzerland.

 

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday: FOCUS service: 3:00 p.m. - 8 p.m. (come anytime! See description below.)

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (See description below.)

Friday: St. Katherine Fellowship: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ("Evolution")

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praises: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Adult Education Class: 6:45 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. ("Back to Basics: What is spirituality?")

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

 

GYP CONVENTION

The Graduates and Young Professionals (GYP) committee invites you to the 12th Annual GYP Convention on October 13–16, 2016.  This year we are blessed to have His Grace Bishop Kyrillos (formerly Fr. John Paul of the Saint Paul Brotherhood) who will lead spiritual and introspective discussion as our speaker.  Click here for more info and to register.

The GYP committee has also indicated the following:

Due to an unprecedented amount of requests from San Diego locals for a non-hotel option, we have created a registration option that will only be extended to San Diego residents. The regular registration price, for everything, excluding the hotel stay, is $125. The price will be $150 for the late registration. The regular registration deadline is September 25th. 

In order to register as an SD resident, you register for the quad option and input the coupon code: SDLOCAL2016. Please note that all attendees must register in advance in accordance with the registration deadlines. Please let us know should you have any questions. 

 

FOCUS San Diego

Each Wednesday, volunteers from all of the Orthodox parishes in San Diego county work together through FOCUS at God's Extended Hand to help provide meals for the hungry. God's Extended Hand has been providing food and shelter to people in downtown San Diego since 1924 at 1625 Island Ave., San Diego, CA 92101. Teenagers and young adults from all parishes are asked to volunteer the 1st Wednesday of every month, and all the congregants of St. Basil's are asked to serve on the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month; for months that have a 5th Wednesday, FOCUS asks all parishes to volunteer on that day. Help is needed with preparing and cooking the food from 3:00-6:00pm and serving the food and cleaning up from 6:20-7:00pm. Children are welcome to help their parents serve. Please stop by for any amount of time you can serve each week! If you have any questions, please contact Mary Jensen.

UCSD Coptic Club

The Coptic Club at UCSD is a fellowship for the college-aged youth of San Diego and hosts weekly spiritual meetings and social events. The spiritual meetings take place every other week at the UC San Diego campus in La Jolla on Thursday evenings at 7 pm. Social events are held at a wide variety of places, like the beach, bowling, and many more! Coptic Club provides a fellowship to help youth grow in the love of Christ together and have a bond of unity in His name during a critical time of their lives. If you have questions or to join their mailing list, please reach out to Mariam Guirguis and David Kneiber.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil, which can be found 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Sep 25

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HAIL TO THE CROSS!

Peace and grace, PARISHIONERS!

A blessed Feast of the Cross to you and your family. Christ was Crucified and conquered death!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

For instance, to take the first and most general example, who is thence who has taught us in writing to sign with the sign of the cross those who have trusted in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ?  What writing has taught us to turn to the East at the prayer?  Which of the saints has left us in writing the words of the invocation at the displaying of the bread of the Eucharist and the cup of blessing?  For we are not, as is well known, content with what the apostle or the Gospel has recorded, but both in preface and conclusion we add other words as being of great importance to the validity of the ministry, and these we derive from unwritten teaching.

- St. Basil the Great, On the Spirit, Chapter XXVII

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

"What kind of person should we be?" - By Fr. Peter Farrington

GYP CONVENTION

The Graduates and Young Professionals (GYP) committee invites you to the 12th Annual GYP Convention on October 13–16, 2016.  This year we are blessed to have His Grace Bishop Kyrillos (formerly Fr. John Paul of the Saint Paul Brotherhood) who will lead spiritual and introspective discussion as our speaker.  Click here for more info and to register.

The GYP committee has also indicated the following:

Due to an unprecedented amount of requests from San Diego locals for a non-hotel option, we have created a registration option that will only be extended to San Diego residents. The regular registration price, for everything, excluding the hotel stay, is $125. The price will be $150 for the late registration. The regular registration deadline is September 25th. 

In order to register as an SD resident, you register for the quad option and input the coupon code: SDLOCAL2016. Please note that all attendees must register in advance in accordance with the registration deadlines. Please let us know should you have any questions. 

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

Thursday: UCSD Coptic Club meeting at La Jolla Shores Beach: 7pm

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday: Q&A with Abouna: 7:00pm - 7:30pm

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

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website.

All are also encouraged to listen to the liturgical hymns as they are chanted at St. Basil; 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Sep 14

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St. Dioscorus, Champion of Orthodoxy

Icon from the Monastery of Saint Antony the Great, Red Sea, Egypt

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Peace and grace!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"I know Him, and with faith I transcend. He was born God of the Father, and I know Him to be born man from the Virgin. I see Him walking as a man on earth and behold to heavenly Angels as God. I envisage Him sleeping in the ship as a man and He himself walks on the water as God. As a human He experiences hunger, and as God He feeds. He, as human, was stoned by the Jews and He himself is worshipped by the Angels as God. He was tempted as a human, but expels devils as God....I confess He is one; while He Himself is
God and Savior, he became man because of His goodness..."

- St. Dioscorus of Alexandria, Letter to His Monks

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Because this week is the feast of the Champion of Orthodoxy, St. Dioscorus, we direct you to a paper written by Father Peter Farrington as an Oriental Orthodox response to Chalcedon.

 

VISIT BY HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SERAPION

We are pleased to announce the visit of HE Metropolitan Serapion this Sunday. Matins will begin as usual at 8:00 am. Following the Divine Liturgy, he will have a general meeting with the congregation, followed by an Agape meal and personal meetings with the congregation and Parish Council. Please plan to attend, bring any questions you may have for him, and celebrate with us the visit of our Bishop. 

ORDINATION OF NEW CHANTERS AND ELEVATION OF READERS

God-willing His Eminence will be tonsuring chanters at Holy Cross this Sunday.  Candidates need to be at least six years of age and should have learned some basic Church hymns and liturgical responses.  If you wish for your son to be tonsured, please contact Fr. Antony Paul before Sunday.

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website: www.stbasil.net

All are also encouraged 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Sep 06

 

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Just as a lamp lights up a dark room, so the fear of God when it penetrates the heart of a  man illuminates him, teaching him all the virtues and commandments of God."

+ Abba James, from "The Sayings of the Desert Fathers" +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

The Nature of the Incarnate Logos by the Thrice-Blessed His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of blessed memory.

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Friday: St. Katherine Fellowship with Fr. Kyrillos Ibrahim - 7:00 p.m.

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, September 7th, Holy Cross will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

Weekly Update - Aug 22

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Complete trust 9in God, that is what humility is."

+ St. Porphyrios of Kapsokalivite +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

A Homily on the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God by St. Gregory Palamas

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: No Liturgy

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, 24 August, Holy Cross will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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 Erene Hanna. 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to cle

Weekly Update - Aug 15

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"The Light of the Transfiguration of the Lord is not something that comes to be and then vanishes, nor is it subject to the sensory faculties, although it was contemplated by corporeal eyes for a short while upon an inconsequential mountaintop. But the initiates of the Mystery, (the disciples) of the Lord at this time passed beyond mere flesh into spirit through a transformation of their senses, effectualized within them by the Spirit, and in such a way that they beheld what, and to what extent, the Divine Spirit had wrought blessedness in them to behold the Ineffable Light."

+ St. Gregory Palamas +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Homily on the Transfiguration by St. Cyril of Alexandria

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Friday: Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

Feast of the TRANSFIGURATION

On Friday, 19 August, we celebrate the wonderful Feast of the Transfiguration of our Savior on Mt. Tabor. Matins will begin at 6:30 am followed by the Divine Liturgy of the Eucharist.

FAST FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD

We are now beginning the second week of the fast for the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary. The Feast is on Monday 22 August. May her intercessions be with us all.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to all the Holy Cross YSC particpants. The High Schoolers received a score of "very good" in the competition. We also won 2nd prize for the t-shirt design! Mariam Guirguis won 1st prize for the college writing contest! Isabella Farah won 2nd prize in the photo contest! And Carla Kelliny won 1st prize in the photo contest!

 

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, 17 August, Holy Cross will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - Aug 8

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"We should not pursue a godly and virtuous way of life in order to win human praise, but we should choose it for the sake of our soul's salvation; for death is daily before our eyes, and human affairs are unpredictable."

+ St. Anthony the Great +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

African-American Orthodoxy by Dr. Albert J. Raboteau

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m

Tuesday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Thursday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

FAST FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD

The fast for the Holy Virgin Mary has begun. The Feast is on Monday 22 August. May her intercessions be with us all.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to all the Holy Cross Mahragan al-Keraza participants. The 3rd and 4th graders achieved a "very good" grade, while the 5th and 6th graders achieved an "excellent." We are proud of our wonderful children! May God keep and bless them!

 

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - Aug 1

St. Joseph the Carpenter (commemorated on 2 August)

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."

+ Proverbs 3:5-6 +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Jonathan Jackson speak about his conversion to Orthodoxy and "the mystery of art."

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m

Tuesday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service (for young adults) 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Thursday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m

Friday: St. Katherine Fellowship 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Topic: "Fragmented Selves")

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

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

FAST FOR THE MOTHER OF GOD

The fast for the Holy Virgin Mary begins on Sunday 7 August. The Feast is on Monday 22 August. May her intercessions be with us all.

SUMMER CLUB

Summer Club has begun! The children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - July 25

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"The Father said to the Son, 'Let us make man according to our image and likeness.' And the Second answered, 'We shall make him, O Father, and he will transgress.' And again he said, ‘O my Only-Begotten! O my light! O Son and Word! O my radiant glory! If you consent to our creation, it will befit you to put on rotting man, it will befit you to walk upon the earth, to take flesh, to struggle and to accomplish all.' And the Second answered, 'May your will be done, Father.' And thus Adam was created."

+ Archpriest Avvakum +
 

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

The Authentic Addict, Atheist, and Saint: Moses by Fr. Antony Paul

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 8::00 a.m

Tuesday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Divine Liturgy (with H.G. Bishop Kyrillos) 10:00 a.m. - 12::00 p.m

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Thursday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

SUMMER CLUB

Summer Club has begun! The children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

The St. Athanasius Catechetical School will not be meeting until further notice. Please stay tuned for the next course and meeting. 

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, 27 July, Holy Cross will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - July 18

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"The mouth which is continuously giving thanks receives blessing from God."

+ St. Isaac the Syrian +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Children's Bible Reader

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

NO LITURGIES THIS WEEK (Fr. Pimen is away)

Tuesday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Thursday: Summer Club 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Friday: St. Katherine Young Adult Fellowship

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

SUMMER CLUB

Summer Club has begun! The children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

The St. Athanasius Catechetical School will not be meeting until further notice. Please stay tuned for the next course and meeting. 

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, 20 July, Holy Cross will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - July 11

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul."

+ 1 Peter 2:11 (RSV) +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

Sending the Apostles to Preach by Fr. Antonious Henein (Audio in Arabic)

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Feast of the Holy Apostles Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday: Divine Liturgy 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

APOSTLES' FEAST

The Apostles' Feast will be celebrated on Tuesday 12 July. The services, including Matins, Blessing of the Waters, and Divine Liturgy, will begin at 6:00 a.m. and end at 9:00 a.m.

SUMMER CLUB

Summer Club has begun! The children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

For at least the next two weeks the St. Athanasius Catechetical School will not be meeting. Please stay tuned for the next course and meeting. 

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - July 4

 

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST!

HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"There are two ways, one of life and one of death; and great is the difference between the two ways."

+ The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

July 4: What are we Celebrating? by Fr. Moses Samaan

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday: St. Athanasius Catechetical School 7:00 p.m. (Topic: "Toward a life of righteousness")

Wednesday: Divine Liturgy 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service for Young Adults 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

APOSTLES' FAST

The Apostles' Fast has begun and will continue until 12 July when we celebrate the feast. Everyone is advised to seek spiritual guidance regarding how to fast. Please note that you if you have not been given a blessing to not fast, you may not receive Holy Communion. When our Holy Mother the Church gives us fasting as a medicine for our souls and we refuse to take the medicine we are cutting ourselves off from her, thus voluntarily excommunicating ourselves.

SUMMER CLUB

Summer Club has begun! The children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

Our final lecture on the Sermon not the Mount will be this Tuesday. 5 July, at 7:00 p.m. The lecture titles is: "Toward a life of righteousness."

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, 6 July, the Orthodox Christian Young Adults of San Diego will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - June 27

CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE IS AND EVER SHALL BE!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be thou manful, and let thy heart be strengthened, and wait on the Lord."

+ Psalm 26:15-16 (LXX) +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

The Rabbi & the KKK (audio) — an inspirational story about one man's willingness to love his enemy

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: No Liturgy

Tuesday: St. Athanasius Catechetical School CANCELLED

Wednesday: Divine Liturgy 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Saturday: Divine Liturgy: 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

APOSTLES' FAST

The Apostles' Fast has begun and will continue until 12 July when we celebrate the feast. Everyone is advised to seek spiritual guidance regarding how to fast. Please note that you if you have not been given a blessing to not fast, you may not receive Holy Communion. When our Holy Mother the Church gives us fasting as a medicine for our souls and we refuse to take the medicine we are cutting ourselves off from her, thus voluntarily excommunicating ourselves.

SUMMER CLUB

Summer Club has begun! The children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

CANCELLED this week.

FOCUS — SERVING MEALS TO THE HUNGRY

This Wednesday, 29 June, Orthodox Christians of San Diego will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!

Weekly Update - June 20

Christ is in our midst! He is and ever shall be!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"As bodily food fattens the body, so fasting strengthens the soul; imparting it an easy flight, it makes it able to ascend on high, to contemplate lofty things, and to put the heavenly higher than the pleasant and pleasurable things of life."

+ St. Basil the Great +

FOR YOUR EDIFICATION

On Fasting — Tertullian

SERVICES & EVENTS THIS WEEK

(in Sorrento Valley unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday: Divine Liturgy 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday: St. Athanasius Catechetical School (Topic: "Anxiety") 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday: Divine Liturgy 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday: FOCUS service 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (come any time)

Friday: Divine Liturgy 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

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

Saturday: Vespers & Midnight Praise: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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

APOSTLES' FAST

The Apostles' Fast has begun and will go until 12 July when we celebrate the feast. Everyone is advised to seek spiritual guidance regarding how to fast. Please note that you if you have not been given a blessing to not fast, you may not receive Holy Communion. When our Holy Mother the Church gives us fasting as a medicine for our souls and we refuse to take the medicine we are cutting ourselves off from her, thus voluntarily excommunicating ourselves.

SUMMER CLUB

Beginning on Tuesday 21 June, the children of the parish will be gathering at church every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for prayer, food, play, and studying for the Mahragan al-Keraza and YSC events in late summer.

ST. ATHANASIUS CATECHETICAL SCHOOL

Current course: The Sermon on the Mount

Please click here for the the schedule of lectures.

FOCUS — Serving Meals to the Hungry

This Wednesday, 22 June, Orthodox Christians of San Diego will be serving meals to the hungry at God's Extended Hand. Click here for more information.

WEBSITE & HYMNS

We encourage all congregants to take some time to check out the parish website:

holycross-orthodox.org

All are also encouraged 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.

May God bless and reward all of you who have so diligently offered food and helped to clean!