CHRIST IS RISEN! – INDEED HE IS RISEN! Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese! WEEKLY SCHEDULE Saturday, Apr. 13 – Artemon, Priest-Martyr 5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy Sunday, Apr. 14 – Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy […]
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Apr. 13 The Holy Priest Martyr Artemon and his Companions
The Hieromartyr Artemon was born of Christian parents in Laodicea, Syria in the first half of the third century. From his youth, he dedicated himself to the service of the Church. The saint served the Church as a Reader for sixteen years. For his zeal in Church services, Artemon was ordained a deacon by Bishop […]
Apr. 12 Our Venerable Father and Confessor Basil, Bishop of Parium
Our venerable father Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium, lived during the eighth century. He was elected as bishop by the inhabitants of Parium, who venerated the saint as a true pastor of the flock of Christ. When the Iconoclast heresy broke out, St. Basil resolutely came out on the side of icon veneration and […]
Apr. 11 The Holy Priest Martyr Antipas, Bishop of Pergamum
The Hieromartyr Antipas, a disciple of the holy Apostle John the Theologian, was bishop of the Church of Pergamum during the reign of the emperor Nero (54-68). During these times, everyone who would not offer sacrifice to the idols lived under threat of either exile or execution by order of the emperor. By his personal […]
Apr. 10 The Holy Martyrs Terence, Pompey, and their Companions
The holy martyrs Terence and his companions suffered under the emperor Decius (249-251). The emperor issued an edict commanding all subjects to offer sacrifices to the pagan idols. When Fortunianus, the governor of Africa, received this edict, he gathered the people in the city square, set out cruel instruments of torture and declared that everyone […]
Apr. 9 The Holy Martyr Eupsychius
The holy martyr Eupsychius was of noble birth and was well instructed in pious beliefs. During the reign of Julian the Apostate, when St. Basil the Great governed the Church of God in Caesarea, Eupsychius entered into marriage with a prominent maiden. But alas, it was not given to him to live even one day […]
Apr. 8 The Holy Apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, and Companions
The holy apostles Herodian, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, and Hermas were among the Seventy Apostles. St. Paul mentions them in his epistles. Herodian was a kinsman of Paul. He helped the Apostle Peter in Rome, and was beheaded along with many other Christians the day that St. Peter was crucified. Agabus had a spirit of […]
Apr. 7 Our Venerable Father George, Bishop of Mitylene
Our venerable father George was chosen and installed as Metropolitan of Mitylene for his great virtues, which he attained through ascetic labors. This saint governed his spiritual flock prudently and zealously to a great old age. When a persecution began under Leo the Armenian, who destroyed the holy icons, this saintly elder was summoned to […]
Sunday Bulletin 4/7/24
CHRIST IS RISEN! – INDEED HE IS RISEN! Christos Voskrese! – Voistinu Voskrese! WEEKLY SCHEDULE Saturday, Apr. 6 – Bright Saturday 5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy 5:30 PM Reader Vespers Sunday, Apr. 7 – Thomas Sunday 8:30 AM Matins 9:30 AM […]
Apr. 6 The Falling Asleep of Our Holy Father Methodius, Bishop and Teacher to the Slavs
After the death of St. Cyril in Rome, our holy father Methodius returned to Moravian and labored there among the Slavs, preaching the Gospel and establishing the Christian faith there. Troparion Send your mercy from heaven, O Christ, to those who keep the feast of your pastor’s death. Through the intercession of your holy disciple […]