Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 1205 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Phone: (805) 683-4492 † Fax: (805) 964-2774
www.saintbarbara.net † [email protected]
July 3rd, 2016 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We welcome you to Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church and are
blessed that you have come to our worship service. We hope that this
worship experience is both enlightening and inspirational. Each Sunday is
the day in which we commemorate the Resurrection of our Lord, God and
Savior Jesus Christ. The Christian Orthodox Church is the Church of the
Resurrection and we rejoice in the Lord’s triumph over death.
If you are a visitor to our Parish we encourage you to follow the Divine
Liturgy book to assist you in following the Liturgy. While we are joyful
that you have come to join us in worship, we must let you know that the
sacraments are reserved for those who are Baptized and Chrismated in the
Orthodox Faith. Though we may share a common belief in the Holy
Trinity, not all churches are one in faith and practice. We believe that
Holy Communion is not the means to Christian unity but it is in fact the
fullest expression of that unity. We fervently pray for this unity in every
divine service of the Orthodox Church. While visitors from other faiths
are not able to receive Holy Communion today, we welcome all to receive
the blessed bread that is distributed by the Priest at the end of the service.
Feel free to contact Fr. Haralambos, if you desire to learn more about the
Orthodox Church, the Church of the New Testament.
We would like to remind all Orthodox Christians to be spiritually prepared
and in proper canonical standing with the Church in order to partake of the
Holy Eucharist.
FEASTS CELEBRATED TODAY
On this, the 3rd day of July, we commemorate:
2nd Sunday of Matthew
Hyacinth the Martyr of Caesarea & Theodotos and Theodota the
Martyrs
Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople
Gerasimos the Holy Martyr of Karenesi
Translation of the Holy Relics of our Father Among the Saints
Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow
By their holy intercessions, Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen.
Sunday, June 26th, 2016 The Sunday of All Saints
Hymn for the Resurrection (First Tone)
Savior, Your tomb was sealed by the Jews with a stone. Soldiers kept
watch over Your sacred body. Yet, You rose on the third day, giving life to
the world. Wherefore the powers of heaven cried out to You, O Giver of
Life, "Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ; glory to Your Kingdom, glory
to Your dispensation who alone are the Loving One."
Hymn for Saint Barbara (Fourth Tone)
Let us honor Saint Barbara; for the all-modest one prevailed over the snares
of the enemy, and was freed from them as a sparrow, with the Cross as aid
and weapon.
Seasonal Kontakion (Second Tone)
Champion of Christians not put to shame, advocate before the Maker al-
ways steadfast, do not spurn sinners’ voices raised in prayer. In your good-
ness respond to bring help to us who devoutly petition you. Hasten your
intercession and urgently make entreaty; for you unfailingly defend, The-
otokos, those who honor you.
This Week’s Servers Epistle Readers: Greek: George Papazacharioudakis
English: Theophilos Lasswell
Acolytes: Connor Blake, Theophanis Fox, Cainan Iorio,
Jacob Kaminsky, Alex Nikolov, Zachary Nikolov
Prosfora: Angelique Chuchas
Ushers: William Poulis, Brian Iorio
Memorials
Alex Bulboaca—father to Iuliana Earl—5 years
May His Memory Be Eternal
Epistle Reading – St. Paul's Letter to the
Romans 2:10-16
Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the
Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have
sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who
have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the
hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the
law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by
nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though
they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is
written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and
their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day
when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ
Jesus
At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the
sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I
will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and
followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers,
James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee
their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they
left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went about all
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the
kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the
people.
Melomakarona The Greek Festival is coming up in just over a month, so we need to make more delicious pastries! Join us on Saturday, July 9th at 8:00 am for a workshop where we will explore the intricacies of preparing Melomakarona.
Summer Hours Summer hours have begun! As of last week,
Orthros starts at 8:30 on Sundays followed by
Liturgy at 9:30. Remember to set your alarms!
Out of Off ice Fr. Bob and Ernest will be representing our
parish at the National Clergy-Laity convention
in Nashville July 3-8. Please contact St.
Athanasius at (805) 685-5400 for any pastoral
emergencies! Fr. Bob will be back for the
Sunday service on July 10. Otherwise, Cynthia
will be in the office from July 5-8.
Have a Safe and happy
independence day!
This Week’s Schedule Sunday, July 3rd - 2nd Sunday of Matthew Orthros, 8:30 am; Divine Liturgy, 9:30 am Sunday, July 10 - 3rd Sunday of Matthew Orthros, 8:30 am; Divine Liturgy, 9:30 am
Announcements Our monthly bulletin, The Epistle, is available on the parish website and via email. Visit our website www.saintbarbara.net and sign up, if you would like to keep up to date with what is happening in our Parish.
Parish Ministries All of our parish ministries are taking a break for the summer.
Ministry leaders, we will see you at our parish-wide calendar meeting
on August 13th! Make sure that you are putting together dates for all of
your activities so we can co-ordinate. We wish you all a wonderful
summer!
Festival Pastries We have three more festival pastry workshops before the festival itself arrives. The next one, centering on Melomakarona, will be on Saturday, June 9th at 8 am, followed by Yogurt Cake or Yaourtopita on July 22nd beginning at 1 pm.
Office Hours The Church Office Hours are:
10 to 2, Monday-Friday
Cynthia Anderson is assisting with
office clerical work during these hours for the summer.
Festival Meetings Thank you to everyone who came to the last two festival meetings. The next one is scheduled for July 19th, but keep an eye out for any developments and look for an opportunity to volunteer!
Summer Camp The first week of summer camp is almost here! Starting on
July 10th, Fr. Bob will be accompanying the students on the
first week of summer camp and will be out of the office
until July 16th.
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