St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Santa Barbara, CA PUBLISH DATE: March 22, 2008

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 3:12-16

BRETHREN, take care lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Mark 1:35-44
Second Saturday in Lent

At that time, Jesus rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed. And Simon and ...Read Full Text >

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
March 23 ...Read Full Text >

Artemon the Presbyter
March 24 ...Read Full Text >

Annunciation of the Theotokos
March 25 ...Read Full Text >

Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel
March 26 ...Read Full Text >

Matrona of Thessaloniki
March 27 ...Read Full Text >

Hilarion the New
March 28 ...Read Full Text >
Apolytikion for Second Saturday in Lent
O Apostles, martyrs, prophets, hierarchs, righteous, and just ones, who have finished your course well and have kept the Faith: seeing ye have boldness with the Saviour, beseech Him for us, since He is good, that your souls be saved, we pray. - Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery

Apolytikion of the Church
We honor Saint Barbara the holy one since she destroyed the enemy and as a bird she was freed from the trap by the help and protection of the Cross, O most pure one.

Kontakion
The world offers You, the author of all creation, as the first-fruits of nature, the God-bearing martyrs. O most merciful, by their intercessions, through the Theotokos, maintain Your Church in perfect peace. - Translation by Narthex Press
And not at random, but with much earnestness, and at His knees, he beseeches Him, and with the genuine faith and  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 25 on Matthew 7, 4th Century

Vespers
TBA

Matins
Sundays: 9 am
Weekdays (when scheduled): 8 am

Liturgy
Sundays: 10 am
Weekdays (when scheduled): 9 am

Bible Study
TBA

Parish Information
St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church
1205 San Antonio Creek Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93111

Phone: (805) 683-4492
Fax: (805) 964-2774
Website: www.saintbarbara.net/
Email: dennis@saintbarbara.net

Proistamenos: Fr. Simon Thomas
Email: frsimon@saintbarbara.net

 
WELCOME NOTE
We welcome our visitors and newcomers and thank you for worshipping with us. Please join us for Coffee Fellowship in the Orthodox Center after Liturgy. If you are a newcomer, please sign our Guest Registry and introduce yourself to Fr. Simon at the conclusion of the service. Only Orthodox Christians in ...Read Full Text >

This week`s schedule
Sunday, March 23rd
Sunday of Saint Gregory Palamas
Orthros, 9 a.m.;
Divine Liturgy, 10 a.m.
Greek Independence Day Luncheon sponsored by DOP & AHEPA

Monday, March 24th
Great Compline, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 25th
Feast of the Annunciation
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Lenten Services During Great Lent! Mondays-Great Compline, 7 pm; Wednesdays Presanctified Liturgy, 6 pm; Fridays – Salutations to the Virgin Mary, 7 pm.

2. The Hellenic Cultural Museum Will Be Open Today from 12 noon to 1 pm. If you have not seen the museum yet, do so today!

3. Items ...Read Full Text >

This week`s servers
Epistle Readers:
Greek: Tom Pappas
English: George Ioannidis

Acolytes: Nicholas Stathopoulos (Capt.), George & Tasso Ioannidis, Cainan Iorio, Joseph Papador, Dean Papazacharioudakis, Nicholas Petronakis, Dean & Dimitri Richardson, Jackson Rottman

Ushers: Art Markos, Richard ...Read Full Text >

Great Lenten Fast This Week
This week, we continue the fast for Great Lent with a fast from meat, dairy, fish, wine & oil Monday through Friday, with wine & oil permitted Saturday & Sunday. On March 25th, we fast from meat & dairy, with fish, wine & oil permitted in honor of the Annunciation.
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Names Andrew Manatos Chairman of 39th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress

March 20, 2008
Archbishop Demetrios of America has named Andrew Manatos Chairman of the 39th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to be held July 13-18 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC. ...Read Full Text >

Schedule of events of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios for March 20 - April 7, 2008

March 20, 2008
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Orthodox Christians Worldwide to Observe Easter April 27

March 19, 2008
Over 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, including some six million in North America, will observe Easter (Pascha) on April 27, 2008. Pascha is the most sacred and holy day of the Orthodox Church’s ecclesiastical year. ...Read Full Text >
Second Sunday of Lent/Saint Gregory Palamas
Tone 2 - Eothinon 10


On this, the 23rd day of the month of March, we commemorate the 2nd Sunday of Lent; Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonike (14th century); the Holy Martyr Nikon in Sicily, Martyred 199 Disciples of the Martyr Nikon in Sicily (3rd century); the Venerable Nikon the Abbot of the Kiev Far Caves (11th century); the Holy Martyrs Philetus, Lydia, Macedonius, Theoprepius, Cronides the Notary, Amphilochius the Captain in Illyria (2nd century); the Righteous Basil of Mangazea in Siberia (16th century); the Montmartyr Luke of Saint Anne’s Skete on Mount Athos & Odrin; and the Venerable Sergius, the New Confessor of Tver. Through their holy intercessions, Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen!
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