Twenty-Ninth Sunday after Pentecost and Feast of the Maternity of Holy Anna 8 December 2024 WEEKLY SCHEDULE Saturday, Dec. 7 – Andrew, Apostle 5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy Sunday, Dec. 8 – 28th Sunday after Pentecost 8:00 AM Matins 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy 11:30 AM […]
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Dec. 12 Our Venerable Father Spiridon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus; Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our venerable father Spiridon the Wonderworker was a shepherd who had a wife and children. He used all his substance for the needs of his neighbors and the homeless, for which the Lord rewarded him with the gift of wonderworking. He healed those who were incurably sick, and cast out demons. After the death of […]
Dec. 11 Our Venerable Father Daniel the Stylite
Our venerable father Daniel the Stylite was born in the village of Bethara, near the city of Samosata in Mesopotamia. His mother Martha was childless for a long while and in her prayers she vowed that if she had a child, she would dedicate him to the Lord. Her prayers were heard, and Martha soon […]
Dec. 10 The Holy Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus
The holy martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus: Menas and Hermogenes were born in Athens and moved to Constantinople in the 4th century. Both were pagans. Menas was sent by Emperor Maximian to calm the strife between pagans and Christians in Alexandria. While there, he became a Christian. The emperor sent Hermogenes to Alexandria to punish […]
Dec. 9 Our Venerable Father Patapius
Our venerable father Patapius was born at Thebes into a pious Christian family. Reaching the age of maturity, he scorned the vanities of the world and so went into the Egyptian desert where he became known for his ascetic deeds. Though he wished to dwell in silence, people began to come to him for advice. […]
Dec. 8 The Feast of the Maternity of Anna
The Feast of the Maternity of the Holy Anna, mother of Our Blessed Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary: According to tradition, Joachim and Anna were childless for fifty years of their married life. In their old age, they were promised that a daughter would be born to them. After nine months, St. […]
Dec. 7 Our Father among the saints Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Our holy father Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, who on April 4th, on the holy day of Pascha, fell asleep in the Lord in 397. His memory is celebrated today on which, while still a catechumen, he undertook ruling the famous See of Milan in 373, while he was exercising the office of prefect of the […]
Dec. 6 Our Father Among the Saints Nicholas the Wonder-worker Archbishop of Myra
Our Holy father Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonder-Worker. A native of Lycia, he lived in the time of Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. After having led the monastic life for a while, he was promoted to the episcopal dignity for his exceptional and eminent virtue. Because he defended the interests of Christians and […]
Dec. 5 Our Venerable and God-bearing Father Sabbas the Sanctified
Our venerable father Sabbas the Consecrated was born in Cappadocia. He arrived at the desert of Judea and instituted a new sort of eremetical life in seven monasteries, which were called “laurae.” He gathered solitaries under one overseer (hegumen). In the great laura, which afterward was adorned with his name, he dwelt for many years, […]
Dec. 4 The Holy Great Martyr Barbara; Our Venerable Father John of Damascus
The holy great martyr Barbara was raised by her pagan father who shut her away from the world because of her great beauty. Barbara came to realize that the soulless idols her father worshiped could not be responsible for the inexpressible beauty of the world outside her window. She decided to live her life as […]