CHRIST IS RISEN! – INDEED HE IS RISEN! Christos Voskrese! –Voistinu Voskrese! Cristo ha resucitado! – En verdad ha resucitado! WEEKLY SCHEDULE Saturday, May 24 – Simeon, Venerable 5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy Sunday, May 25 – Sunday of the Man Born Blind 8:00 […]
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May 24 Our Venerable Father Simeon of the Wondrous Mountain
Our venerable father Simeon, of the Wondrous Mountain in Syria, was a priest and anchorite in the 6th century. He lived in conversation with Christ and the angels atop a column for forty–five years and was granted power over the demons and the powers of nature. He is also known as St. Simeon Stylites the […]
May 23 Our Holy Father and Confessor Michael, Bishop of Synnada
Our holy father Michael the Confessor was a monk in a monastery on the coast of the Black Sea before the Patriarch Tarasius (784-806) consecrated him as Bishop of the city of Synnada. He was present at the Seventh Ecumenical Council at Nicea in 787. St. Michael bravely and openly opposed the iconoclast heresy of […]
May 22 The Holy Martyr Basiliscus
The holy martyr Basiliscus was a soldier and a cousin of St. Theodore the Recruit. Through his preaching and example, St. Basiliscus brought many to the Faith. He suffered greatly for the sake of Christ. His two brothers suffered with him and were crucified before he was sent to Prison in Comana where he met […]
May 21 The Holy Emperor Constantine and His Mother Helen, Equal to the Apostles
The holy Emperor Constantine reigned in ancient Rome and in Byzantium (which became New Rome), and was the first Christian emperor and champion of the Faith. Though he was not baptized until on his deathbed, he considered himself a Christian, and called the First Ecumenical Council at Nicea in 325 to settle the Arian heresy. […]
Sunday Bulletin 5/18/2025
CHRIST IS RISEN! – INDEED HE IS RISEN! Cristo ha resucitado! – En verdad ha resucitado! Christos Voskrese! –Voistinu Voskrese! Sunday of the Samaritan Woman 18 May 2025 WEEKLY SCHEDULE Saturday, May. 17 – Andronicus and Others, Apostles 5:00 PM Santa Paula Outreach Divine Liturgy Sunday, May. 18 – Sunday […]
May 20 The Holy Martyr Thaleleus
The holy martyr Thaleleus at Agea in Cilicia. Born in Lebanon in the third century, St. Thaleleus was an eighteen-year-old fair haired young man, training to be a physician. He courageously confessed Christ as God. After several attempts to execute the martyr, he was finally beheaded. The relics of the holy martyr Thallelaeus are in […]
May 19 The Holy Priest Martyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa
The holy martyr Patrick, Bishop of Prusa, and his companions were martyred during the reign of the emperor Julian the Apostate. Taken to a boiling spring, the governor asked if Christ would save them. Patrick replied, “If he will, he can keep me whole and uninjured, although I would wish, in this water, to be […]
May 18 The Holy Martyr Theodotus of Ancyra and the Seven Holy Virgins
The Holy Martyr Theodotus and the Holy Seven Virgins Tecusa, Phaine, Claudia, Matrona, Julia, Alexandra and Euphrasia lived during the second half of the third century in the city of Ancyra, Galatia, and died as martyrs for Christ at the beginning of the fourth century. Saint Theodotus was an innkeeper and was married. The prefect […]
May 17 The Holy Apostle Andronicus and his Companions
The holy apostle Andronicus was one of the Seventy apostles. He and his companion Junias were kinsmen of St. Paul, as he mentions in Romans 16:17. St. Andronicus was Bishop of Pannonia but still he traveled preaching the gospel with Junias, bringing the word of God to pagans. Many pagans temples were closed and Christian […]