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March 5, 2015
On Our Will to Seek God and God’s Will to Help Us
http://www.patristicnectar.org
Drive: How to Save Your Soul in Traffic Series now available at http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Thursday of the 2nd Week of Great Lent
Dear Ones
Blessings.
On Our Will to Seek God and God’s Will to Help Us
“If you have the will, then he works the willing. Do not be afraid or weary. He gives us both zeal and performance. For when we will, he will henceforth augment our willing.” St. John Chrysostom
March for Marriage in DC April 25th!
Nice Orthodox promotion of the annual March for Marriage with resources – at http://www.crownthem.org
The Selma Commemoration
To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Selma, and to highlight the efforts of His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos of blessed memory to advance the Civil Rights Movement, the Holy Archdiocese has launched a website with a plethora of historical resources and announcements for upcoming events around this most important time in our nation’s history. Please visit: civilrights.goarch.org
Joy: An Exposition of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians
continues on Wed. nights at 8pm following Presanctified Liturgy
Deeply Touching and Inspirational Movie THE DROP BOX to Show 3 Days Only
The following is a review sent by a friend of St. Andrew -
“I did go and see this with my wife, and it was one of the most moving and memorable events of our entire time in California. I have never seen such a powerful affirmation of the great, deep dignity of all human life; together with the beautiful affirmation that no life is meaningless; that God has made us all for himself, and even the most unlikely and weakest and most despised of persons can have a powerful role to play in God’s redeeming work in this world–and that the path of life and love and redemption is a path marked by suffering; and in fact, the *only* way that we can embark on a life of love is to enter through the door of suffering. And this is the mark and the call of all who follow Christ.
The pastor and his wife were there at the event, and two of his adopted children–his first time ever out of S. Korea. He is a man of great humility and wisdom and sacrifice; he asked that everyone pray for the (21-year old!) director of the film, who actually converted to Christianity in the making of the film. The pastor has nearly died in following his vocation, and he may in fact die before long–I don’t think he is 60 years old yet. He has truly poured out his life in service to “the least of these” whom Christ commended to our care.
If you want to encourage your parishioners to see it, it is going to be released soon, but for only three days–March 3, 4, & 5, a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, in 700 theaters nationwide… You have my recommendation that it is something that Christians and unbelievers alike should see; and it has the potential to be quite life-transforming.”
THE DROP BOX IS PLAYING AT TYLER GALLERIA AMC MARCH 3-5 AND ONTARIO MILLS AMC
for more info see http://www.thedropboxfilm.com/?utm_so...
Remaining Services This Week
Thursday 5pm Lenten Vespers and Great Compline
Friday 7pm Akathist to the Theotokos
Saturday 4pm Catechism, 5:30pm Great Vespers
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
February 27, 2015
Remembering the Failure of Adam to Fast and Its Consequences
http://www.patristicnectar.org
Drive: How to Save Your Soul in Traffic Series now available at http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Friday, Feb. 27th, 2015
Friday of Pure Week
Dear Ones
Blessings and this 5th day of the Great Fast.
Remembering the Failure of Adam to Fast and Its Consequences
With great gladness let us accept the proclamation of the Fast: for if Adam our forefather had fasted, we should not have suffered banishment from Eden. The fruit that brought death upon me was pleasant to the eyes and good for food. Then let us not be taken prisoner by our eyes; let not our tongue delight in costly foods, for once they have been eaten they are worthless. Let us shun all greed: then we shall not become slaves to the passions which follow an excess of food and drink. Let us sign ourselves with the blood of Him who for our sakes willingly was led to death, and teh destroying angel will not touch us.”
Orthros for Friday of Pure Week
Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Repose of St. Raphael of Brooklyn, Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep of America
St. Raphael pray for us!
Leter from Archbishop Demetrios and the Assembly of Bishops for Orthodoxy Sunday
Longsuffering Lord, how wonderful are your works! Who will number your love for humankind? Who, when they see your Priests and Ascetics slain for the sake of your Icon, would not reject deceivers? But you, when insulted, endured. (Synodikon of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 9th Ode)
Sunday of Orthodoxy 2015
To the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Members of Philanthropic Organizations, the Youth and Youth Workers, and the entire Orthodox Christian Family in the United States of America
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
At the onset of our journey to Holy Pascha, the Church designates the first Sunday of Holy and Great Lent as the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On this day we celebrate the splendor of the Orthodox Church and her salvific mission in the world, and we call to mind the holy men and women who made great sacrifices in defense of holy icons and the authentic worship of God; we venerate the great champions of Orthodoxy who kept the faith alive.
Their enduring love and commitment to Christ has made it possible for future generations to come to know God. And as we are embraced by Christ and become one with Him, our lives are transformed into living icons of our Lord and of His sacrificial love for the world. The dogmas, teachings and traditions that were defended, therefore, are not antiquated theories, philosophies, or broken rubrics. They are tangible guides and spiritual directives for how we ought to live our lives according to the Holy Gospel.
Beloved brothers and sisters, perhaps now more than ever before, it is important to declare our Orthodox Christian Faith, for the world is suffering and desperately searching for peace and reconciliation. As the world produces distorted images of the truth, we must share the beauty of the Gospel. As the world resorts to violence and hatred, we must respond with love and forgiveness. And as the world falls deeper into despair, let us ask God to grant us courage to endure and to allow us to serve as icons of hope for our neighbor.
Wishing all of you, on behalf of the Hierarchs of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, the abundant blessings of the Lord, I fervently pray that He grant to all of us the courage, the power and the wisdom to proclaim His eternal and saving Orthodox Faith to all people, both those who are far off and those who are near (Eph. 2:17).
+Archbishop Demetrios of America
Chairman
California State Legislature Considering Removing Religious Belief Exemption for Vaccinations
Russel Brand’s Jaw-Dropping Rant on the Evils of Pornography- Powerful
Joy: An Exposition of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians
continues on Wed. nights at 8pm following Presanctified Liturgy
Deeply Touching and Inspirational Movie THE DROP BOX to Show 3 Days Only
The following is a review sent by a friend of St. Andrew -
“I did go and see this with my wife, and it was one of the most moving and memorable events of our entire time in California. I have never seen such a powerful affirmation of the great, deep dignity of all human life; together with the beautiful affirmation that no life is meaningless; that God has made us all for himself, and even the most unlikely and weakest and most despised of persons can have a powerful role to play in God’s redeeming work in this world–and that the path of life and love and redemption is a path marked by suffering; and in fact, the *only* way that we can embark on a life of love is to enter through the door of suffering. And this is the mark and the call of all who follow Christ.
The pastor and his wife were there at the event, and two of his adopted children–his first time ever out of S. Korea. He is a man of great humility and wisdom and sacrifice; he asked that everyone pray for the (21-year old!) director of the film, who actually converted to Christianity in the making of the film. The pastor has nearly died in following his vocation, and he may in fact die before long–I don’t think he is 60 years old yet. He has truly poured out his life in service to “the least of these” whom Christ commended to our care.
If you want to encourage your parishioners to see it, it is going to be released soon, but for only three days–March 3, 4, & 5, a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, in 700 theaters nationwide… You have my recommendation that it is something that Christians and unbelievers alike should see; and it has the potential to be quite life-transforming.”
THE DROP BOX IS PLAYING AT TYLER GALLERIA AMC MARCH 3-5 AND ONTARIO MILLS AMC
for more info see http://www.thedropboxfilm.com/?utm_so...
Remaining Services This Week
Tonight: 630pm Presanctified Liturgy, 8pm Potluck and Lecture #1 Philippians
Thursday 5pm Lenten Vespers and Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew
Friday 7pm Akathist to the Theotokos
Saturday 7:30am Orthros, 8am Liturgy for St. Theodore with Kollyva, 4pm Catechism, 5:30pm Great Vespers
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
February 25, 2015
The Great Fast Shines on Us with Heaven’s Light
http://www.patristicnectar.org
Drive: How to Save Your Soul in Traffic Series now available at http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Wednesday, Feb. 25th, 2015
Wednesday of Pure Week
Dear Ones
Blessings and this 3rd day of the Great Fast.
The Great Fast Shines on Us with Heaven’s Light
The Fast shines upon all of us more brightly than the sun, bringing us the light of grace and proclaiming the good news of the Cross, of the precious Passion and the saving day of Resurrection.
Cast out of old fro Paradise through eating bitter food, let us make haste to enter there once more, abstaining from the passions and crying to our God: Thou hast stretched out Thy hands upon the Cross, drunk vinegar and tasted gall, and patiently Thou hast endured the pain of the nails: uproot all bitter pleasures from our souls, and in Thy tender mercy save Thy servants.
Vespers and Orthros for Wednesday of Pure Week
Joy: An Exposition of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians
begins tonight at 8pm following Presanctified Liturgy
San Francisco Politicians Attack Catholic Archbishop Cordileone for His Pastoring of His Own School System
Haven’t They Ever Heard of the Separation of Church and State!
Archbishop Cordileone’s Cogent Reply to These Arrogant Politicians
With Ab Cordileone at Walk for Life
Deeply Touching and Inspirational Movie THE DROP BOX to Show 3 Days Only
The following is a review sent by a friend of St. Andrew -
“I did go and see this with my wife, and it was one of the most moving and memorable events of our entire time in California. I have never seen such a powerful affirmation of the great, deep dignity of all human life; together with the beautiful affirmation that no life is meaningless; that God has made us all for himself, and even the most unlikely and weakest and most despised of persons can have a powerful role to play in God’s redeeming work in this world–and that the path of life and love and redemption is a path marked by suffering; and in fact, the *only* way that we can embark on a life of love is to enter through the door of suffering. And this is the mark and the call of all who follow Christ.
The pastor and his wife were there at the event, and two of his adopted children–his first time ever out of S. Korea. He is a man of great humility and wisdom and sacrifice; he asked that everyone pray for the (21-year old!) director of the film, who actually converted to Christianity in the making of the film. The pastor has nearly died in following his vocation, and he may in fact die before long–I don’t think he is 60 years old yet. He has truly poured out his life in service to “the least of these” whom Christ commended to our care.
If you want to encourage your parishioners to see it, it is going to be released soon, but for only three days–March 3, 4, & 5, a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, in 700 theaters nationwide… You have my recommendation that it is something that Christians and unbelievers alike should see; and it has the potential to be quite life-transforming.”
THE DROP BOX IS PLAYING AT TYLER GALLERIA AMC MARCH 3-5 AND ONTARIO MILLS AMC
for more info see http://www.thedropboxfilm.com/?utm_so...
Remaining Services This Week
Tonight: 630pm Presanctified Liturgy, 8pm Potluck and Lecture #1 Philippians
Thursday 5pm Lenten Vespers and Great Compline with Canon of St. Andrew
Friday 7pm Akathist to the Theotokos
Saturday 7:30am Orthros, 8am Liturgy for St. Theodore with Kollyva, 4pm Catechism, 5:30pm Great Vespers
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
February 20, 2015
Movieguide Annual Faith and Values Awards – Something to be Encouraged About
http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Friday, Feb. 20th, 2015
Friday of Cheesefare Week
Dear Ones
Blessings! and Greetings on this Friday of Cheesefare Week. This week we abstain from meat and poultry, but all other foods are permitted every day this week (including today).
Movieguide’s 23rd Annual Faith & Values Awards Will Be Broadcast on REELZChannel Tomorrow
In 2014 I was invited to join the organizing committee of the World Congress of Families #9 which is coming to the USA for the first time since its inception in 1997 in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. This major pro-family movement and conference coming to Salt Lake City, UT Oct. 27-30, 2015.This conference will draw national leaders from the political, religious, academic, artistic and business worlds who stand committed to the natural family (husband, wife, children), to traditional marriage, and to inspiring youth to carry the family torch. My job is to be an Orthodox ambassador of WCF-9. In this role I was invited several weeks ago to attend the annual Movieguide Gala in Hollywood, Ca. Movieguide is a non-profit ministry that runs a website, TV program, radio show and internet resources dedicated to redeeming the values of the entertainment industry. The annual awards gala honors family based movies, TV, and music. During the evening there was opportunity to meet public figures, movie directors, religious leaders, writers and actors at the forefront of family friend entertainment. I was greatly encouraged by the emphasis on faith and the positive changing trends in the entertainment industry. The CEO of Movieguide, Dr. Ted Behr produces an extensive annual report, rating every movie produced in Hollywood on 20 different subjects – including morality, faith portrayal, and family friendliness – and documents that the largest grossing movies are those that are family friendly. When Movieguide started in 1985 only 6% of the movies were aimed at families; by 2008, 45% were. Those family films grossed an average of 200% better than movies targeting an adult only audience. In 1985 81% of movies were rated R. Since 2011 less than 40% of the movies have been R. In 2009, only 2 of the top 25 grossing movies were R ( for more on this see – movieguideawards.org). The 23rd annual Movieguide awards gala will be broadcasted on Reelz, Saturday Feb. 21st, 7pm EST. If you watch, look up front at table #11 and you might see me there. Here are a few fun pictures for our young people to laugh about.
Father J with Sadie Robertson and her beau of DUCK DYNASTY FAME
Father J with Connor who played “Colton” in HEAVEN IS FOR REAL
Billy Boyd who played “Meri” in LORD OF THE RINGS
Father J with friends, Mr. Larry Jacobs (Internatinal Director of World Congress of Families, Pastor Greg Johnson – Board of NAE, and Pastor Jim Garlow of Skyline Church- San Diego
Among the Ten Best Movies for Families in 2014 were: “Heaven is for Real” (winner of The Best Movie for Families),
“Son of God,” “God is Not Dead,” and “Dolphin Tale 2.”
“Unbroken” was the Best Movie for Mature audiences.” Others in the top 10 included: “The Giver,” “Divergent,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.”
Other prizes awarded by Movieguide (a World Congress of Families Partner), included: The Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Movies, the Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by First-Time And Beginning Screenwriters, and the Faith & Freedom Award for Television.
Father Josiah Speaks at Conference at FOX Theatre Tomorrow
Please pray for me as I give a 20 min lecture entitled “Pastors and Politics” and share the podium with Governors Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry, as well as other well known speakers. For more information or to register for the conference go to http://www.uniteie.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/91406...
News on Father Gerasim – Symposium Speaker and Homilist @ St. Andrew 2 Weeks Ago Just Nominated for Bishop
http://ocl.org/oca-diocese-of-the-south-nominates-archimandrite-gerasim-for-vacant-dallas-see/
Raymond Ibrahim on the Slaughter of the 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS in Libya
The Muslim murderers need a little history lesson. They call these Coptic Christians “Crusaders”- though they are the natives of Egypt.
A Psychiatrist’s Letter to Young People about Fifty Shades of Grey
Miriam Grossman, MD
this letter has been forwarded to me by Fr. Timothy Pavlatos
There’s nothing grey about Fifty Shades of Grey. It’s all black.
Let me explain.
I help people who are broken inside. Unlike doctors who use x-rays or blood tests to determine why someone’s in pain, the wounds I’m interested in are hidden. I ask questions, and listen carefully to the answers. That’s how I discover why the person in front of me is “bleeding”.
Years of careful listening have taught me a lot. One thing I’ve learned is that young people are utterly confused about love – finding it and keeping it. They make poor choices, and end up in lots of pain.
I don’t want you to suffer like the people I see in my office, so I’m warning you about a new movie called Fifty Shades of Grey. Even if you don’t see the film, its message is seeping into our culture, and could plant some dangerous ideas in your head. Be prepared.
Fifty Shades of Grey is being released for Valentine’s Day, so you’ll think it’s a romance. Don’t fall for it. The movie is actually about a sick, dangerous relationship filled with physical and emotional abuse. It seems glamorous, because the actors are gorgeous, they have expensive cars and private planes, and Beyonce is singing. You might conclude that Christian and Ana are cool, and that even though their relationship is different, it’s acceptable.
Don’t allow yourself to be manipulated by a Hollywood studio. The people there just want your money; they have no concern whatsoever about you and your dreams.
Abuse is not glamorous or cool. IT IS NEVER OK, under any circumstances.
This is what you need to know about Fifty Shades of Grey: as a child, Christian Grey was terribly neglected. He is confused about love because he never experienced the real thing. In his mind, love is tangled up with bad feelings like pain and embarrassment. Christian has pleasure from controlling and hurting women in bizarre ways. Anastasia is an immature girl who falls for Christian’s looks and wealth, and foolishly goes along with his desires.
In the real world, this story would end badly, with Christian in jail, and Ana in a shelter – or morgue. Or maybe Christian would continue beating Ana, and she’d stay and suffer. Either way, their lives would most definitely not be a fairy tale. Trust me on this one.
As a doctor, I’m urging you: do NOT see Fifty Shades of Grey. Get informed, learn the facts, and explain to your friends why they shouldn’t see it either.
Here are a few of the dangerous ideas promoted by Fifty Shades of Grey:
Girls want guys like Christian who order them around and get rough.
No! A psychologically healthy woman avoids pain. She wants to feel safe, respected and cared for by a man she can trust. She dreams about wedding gowns, not handcuffs.
Guys want a girl like Anastasia who is meek and insecure.
Wrong. A psychologically healthy man wants a woman who can stand up for herself. If he is out of line, he wants her to set him straight.
Anastasia exercises free choice when she consents to being hurt, so no one can judge her decision.
Flawed logic. Sure, Anastasia had free choice – and she chose poorly. A self-destructive decision is a bad decision.
Anastasia makes choices about Christian in a thoughtful and detached manner.
I doubt that. Christian constantly supplies Anastasia with alcohol, impairing her judgement. Also, Anastasia becomes sexually active with Christian – her first experience ever – soon after meeting him. Neuroscience suggests their intimacy could jump start her feelings of attachment and trust, before she’s certain he deserved them. Sex is a powerful, intense experience – particularly the first time. Finally, Christian manipulates Anastasia into signing a legal agreement prohibiting her from telling anyone that he is a long time abuser.
Alcohol, sex, manipulation – hardly the ingredients of a thoughtful, detached decision.
Christian’s emotional problems are cured by Anastasia’s love.
Only in a movie. In the real world, Christian wouldn’t change to any significant degree. If Anastasia was fulfilled by helping emotionally disturbed people, she should have become a psychiatrist or social worker.
Bottom line: the power of Fifty Shades of Grey lies in its ability to plant seeds of doubt. There are vast differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships, but the movie blurs those differences, so you begin to wonder: what’s healthy in a relationship? What’s sick? There are so many shades of grey…I’m not sure.
Listen, it’s your safety and future we’re talking about here. There’s no room for doubt; an intimate relationship that includes violence, consensual or not, is unacceptable.
This is black and white. There are no shades of grey here. Not even one.
Summer Camp Updates
For anyone wishing to go to Antiochian Village summer camp the early bird special ends on March 1st.
Concerning camp scholarships- as of today the annual $700 Order of St. Ignatious Camp Scholarship per parish has been fully distributed for our parish – on the first come first serve basis it is always distributed on.
For anyone wishing to attend St. Nicholas summer camp go to: http://www.campstnicholas.com/site/co...
Ladies Retreat in Lent
An Invitation to all ladies of St. Andrew. Mark the dates March 27-29, 2015 for our annual Spring Retreat, returning to Camp St. Nicholas, Frazier Park. Fr. John Finley, attached to St. Athanasius Church and staff in the Dept. of Missions and Evangelism for the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America, is our retreat leader. His topic is Delight Thou in the Robe of my Soul: Entering into Holy Week. The deadline for early bird registration is March 6, 2015 . Online registration is available as well as the printable forms at www.antiochianladiocese.org. For more information see the bulletin board in the hall or ask Elizabeth Krammes or Loni Ounanian.
Significant Lenten Dates Coming Up
February 22nd, 2015
Forgiveness Sunday – Cheesefare, Forgiveness Vespers
February 23rd, 2015
Pure Monday – First Day of the Great Fast
February 24th, 2015
Pure Tuesday – Second Day of the Great Fast
1st and 2nd Discoveries of the Head of the Forerunner
February 27th, 2015
Pure Friday – Fifth Day of the Great Fast
Centenary of the Repose of St Raphael of Brooklyn
March 22nd, 2015
Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast
One Year Anniversary of the Repose of Metropolitan Philip
Trisagion Prayers of Mercy are to be offered in all church temples
March 25th, 2015
Fifth Wednesday of the Great Fast
The Annunciation
April 5th, 2015
Palm Sunday
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
February 16, 2015
Lent as a Tithe of Our Year
http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Monday, Feb. 16th, 2015
Monday of Cheesefare Week (We have kissed flesh meats goodbye until Pascha)
Dear Ones,
Blessings!
Lent as a Tithe of Our Year
The gateway to divine repentance has been opened: let us enter eagerly, purified in our bodies and observing abstinence from food and passions, as obedient servants of Christ who has called the world into the heavenly Kingdom. Let us offer to the King of all a tenth part of the whole year, that we may look with love upon His Resurrection.
Matins for Monday of Cheesfare Weeek (today)
Significant Lenten Dates Coming Up
February 22nd, 2015
Forgiveness Sunday – Cheesefare, Forgiveness Vespers
February 23rd, 2015
Pure Monday – First Day of the Great Fast
February 24th, 2015
Pure Tuesday – Second Day of the Great Fast
1st and 2nd Discoveries of the Head of the Forerunner
February 27th, 2015
Pure Friday – Fifth Day of the Great Fast
Centenary of the Repose of St Raphael of Brooklyn
March 22nd, 2015
Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast
One Year Anniversary of the Repose of Metropolitan Philip
Trisagion Prayers of Mercy are to be offered in all church temples
March 25th, 2015
Fifth Wednesday of the Great Fast
The Annunciation
April 5th, 2015
Palm Sunday
Excellent Petition Urging Merck to Return to Providing Measles Vaccine Not Created from Aborted Babies!
Please sign today!
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
January 28, 2015
Never Pray for Revenge on Your Enemies
http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Wednesday, January 28th, 2015
Ss. Ephraim and Isaac the Syrians
Dear Ones,
Blessings!
Never Pray for Revenge on Your Enemies
“If you pray for revenge on your enemies your prayers are sins…if you pray against your enemies you insult God who told you to pray for them…in the court of the emperor one is not allowed to strike any enemy or in presence of emperor himself or else one is immediately executed…you are worse than the man who was forgiven and choked his friend for 10 pence because you do it in the presence of the king!…remember hell and punishment and vengeance in your prayers and you will not pray against your enemies…we pray against enemies because we scrutinize others sins but not our own when we ought to do the opposite.”
St. John Chrysostom
Lecture #3 “Car Courtesy: How to Love Your Neighbor in the Other Car” will be tonight at 7pm.
Drone Aerial Highlights of the West Coast Walk for Life!
65 St. Andrew folk attended the annual Walk for Life in San Francisco – what a treat!
Symposium of Ss. Cyril and Athanasius Orthodox Institute to be Held @ St. Andrew Church Feb. 7-8
Time to Sign Up!
This year the symposium is entitled, The City a Desert: Living the Life of the Desert in the Midst of the World. St. Athanasius the Great, one of the Institute’s patrons, famously wrote of the young monastic movement: “And the desert became a city, filled with monks.” So great was this avenue of spiritual life that it gave rise to giants of asceticism, hesychasm and prayer that have remained central to the Orthodox Christian life for centuries. But what of Christians who live in that very different sort of “desert”: the city? Is there hope for such spiritual progress for those who live in the midst of the world?
This fourth suite of regional February symposia will address the way that “the city may become a desert” — that is, a fruitful place for life-changing, deep spirituality and the Life in Christ. As always, these symposia bring together leading Orthodox lecturers (see this year’s speakers below), celebration of the Divine Services, panel discussions, opportunities for fellowship and many other dimensions that make these weekends important and prayerful events.
To see symposium schedule and register:
http://www.sforthodoxinstitute.org/conferences/114-riverside-2015/358-riverside-symposium
Service Schedule
Wed. 6pm Paraklesis to the Theotokos, 7pm Lecture
Thurs. 5pm Vigil, 6pm Liturgy for the Three Holy Hierarchs
Fri 11am 6th Hour
Sat. 5:30pm Great Vespers
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
January 14, 2015
On Insurance
http://www.patristicnectar.org
“The present life is a wrestling school, a gymnasium, a battle, a smelting furnace, and a dyer’s house of virtue” – St John Chrysostom
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Leave-Taking of Theophany
Dear Ones,
Blessings!
On Insurance
Nowadays people have all kinds of insurances, but being estranged from Christ, they feel the greatest insecurity of all.
Newly-Glorified Elder Paisios the Athonite
Elder Paisos the Athonite has been Glorified as a Saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Glory to God! His Feast Day is the day of his repose- July 12th. This is the day after the Feast of St. Euphemia who was his close friend and confidante from the next world.
Lecture #2 “Car Vice: The Cardinal Sins of Driving” will be tonight at 7pm.
http://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/west_coast_walk_for_life
This is a 20 minute interview I gave to Ancient Faith radio yesterday about the exciting pro-life activities that Orthodox clergy and laity are planning in the upcoming weeks around the commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Orthodox Clergy and Laity Participating in Pro-Life Walks/Marches Throughout the USA
Forgive me.
Father Josiah
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