Saturday, Feb. 21 – Commemoration of the Miracle of the Great-Martyr Theodore
5:00 PM Misson Divine Liturgy at St. Raphael’s
Sunday, Feb. 22 – 1st Sunday of the Great Fast
8:00 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
Monday, Feb. 23 – Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
Tuesday, Feb. 24 – First & Second Findings of the Head of John the Baptist
6:30 PM Akathist* for Addictions and Mental Illness
Wednesday, Feb. 25 – Tarasius, Patriarch
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:30 PM Presanctified Divine Liturgy +Julio from Elena Roche
7:30 PM Firepit Social
Friday, Feb. 27 – Procopius, Venerable Confessor
6:00 PM Mission Presanctified Divine Liturgy at St. Raphael’s
6:30 PM Community Sewing Class
Saturday, Feb. 28 – 2nd All Souls Saturday
9:30 AM All-Soul’s Divine Liturgy
5:00 PM Misson Divine Liturgy at St. Raphael’s
Sunday, March. 1 – 2nd Sunday of the Great Fast
8:00 AM Matins
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy
12:00 PM Chant Class
*Add first names to this prayer service by emailing niemirick@gmail.com
St. Mary’s: Sundays 8:45 AM or by appointment
Santa Paula: Saturdays 4:15 PM or by appointment
(Please resubmit or submit names to admin@ByzantineLA.com)
The Carlin Family, Michael Hefferon, Shirley Kunze, Diana Mina, Michael Mina, Peter Mina, Fr. John Mina, Lana Zimmerman, Patrick Zimmerman, Shannon O’Neill, Fern Bonowicz, Stephen Petach, Jenny Roman, Nicolese Salazar, and All the sick and suffering of St. Mary’s
Collection: $2,237.00; Online: $966.00; Santa Paula: $1,410.08; Gift Shop: $45.00; Candles: $34.50; Big Hall Building Fund: $1,115.00; Parish Social: $45.00; Bishop’s Appeal: $1,000.00
Total: $6,852.58/ Attendance – PSM: 79 SRM: 56
St. John of Damascus (c. 675-749) was a theologian and hymnographer. He was one of the great defenders of the holy icons against the iconoclasts. The following are excerpts from his first treatise “against those who attack the holy images: “Of old, God the incorporeal and formless was never depicted, but now that God has been seen in the flesh and has associated with human kind, I depict what I have seen of God. I do not venerate matter, I venerate the fashioner of matter, who became matter for my sake and accepted to dwell in matter and through matter worked my salvation… Do not abuse matter; for it is not dishonorable, this is the view of the Manichees. The only thing that is dishonorable is something that does not have its origin from God.” (Treatise 1.16)
(Read more at svots.edu)
During the Great Fast and Paschal Season, we will be reading “Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives” by Elder Thaddeus.
Feel free to purchase the book yourself, or we have some copies available in the gift shop.
There are also ebook and audio (free on the Athonite Audio podcast from March 27, 2024) versions online.
We will discuss the book on Sundays during Adult Ed (following the Sunday Social). You do not need to read the book to participate.
March 1: PART 1- The Life of March 22: Chapters 5,6 April 12: Chapters 9,10 May 3: Chapters 15, 16
March 8: Part 11, Chapters 1,2 March 29: Chapters 7,8 April 19: Chapters 11,12
March 15: Chapters 3,4 Pascha: No Class April 26: Chapters 13,14
This year’s Bishop’s Appeal runs through May 2026.
The community goal for St. Mary’s is $24,500.
We’ve donated $1,558.60 to this goal. Thank you!
You should have received a letter from Bishop Artur with a greeting, donation allocation and payment information. You can also give to the appeal by going to the “Donation” page at www.ephx.org. Please make sure you identify the parish or the mission as the recipient of your generosity.
Thank you to the following parishioners who have given this year: Alig, O’Loughlin, Reichert, Zimmerman
This weekend we have a special collection to support the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. See the weekly email for links and more information.
“We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law and also the prophets.” Finding our Savior during this Great Lent, we see that our “soiled image was restored to its original form, commingled with divine beauty.” God may be helping you find that a vocation to monasticism or holy orders is the beauty meant for you. To learn more, contact the Vocations Office at 602-861-9778 or email: vocations@ephx.org
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