Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church, Boulder, CO PUBLISH DATE: January 3, 2010

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 4:5-8

TIMOTHY, my son, always be steady, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Mark 1:1-8
Sunday before Epiphany

The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the ...Read Full Text >

Malachi the Prophet
January 3 ...Read Full Text >

Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles
January 4 ...Read Full Text >

Martyrs Theopemptos and Theonas
January 5 ...Read Full Text >

The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
January 6 ...Read Full Text >

Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet, Baptist, & Forerunner
January 7 ...Read Full Text >

Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople
January 8 ...Read Full Text >

Polyeuctos the Martyr of Meletine in Armenia
January 9 ...Read Full Text >
Resurrectional Apolytikion Plagal of the First Tone
Eternal with the Father and the Spirit is the Word, Who of a Virgin was begotten for our salvation. As the faithful we both praise and worship Him, for in the flesh did He consent to ascend unto the Cross, and death did He endure and He raised unto life the dead through His all glorious resurrection.

Apolytikion for Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Be thou ready, Zabulon; prepare thyself, O Nephthalim. River Jordan, stay thy course and skip for gladness to receive the Sovereign Master, Who cometh now to be baptized. O Adam, be thou glad with our first mother, Eve; hide not as ye did of old in Paradise. Seeing you naked, He hath appeared now to clothe you in the first robe again. Christ hath appeared, for He truly willeth to renew all creation.

Apolytikion of the Church
O leaders of the Apostles and teachers of the world, intercede with the Master of all that He may grant peace unto the world and to our souls His great mercy.

Kontakion
In the running waters of the Jordan River, on this day the Lord of all crieth to John: Be not afraid and hesitate not to baptize Me, for I am come to save Adam, the first-formed man.
For in a contest there is much labor needed--and after the contest victory falls to some, to others disgrace. Is  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Ambrose of Milan, Chapter 15, Three Books on the Duties of the Clergy, 4th century

Vespers
5:00pm Saturday

Matins
9:00am Sunday

Liturgy
10:00am Sunday

Parish Information
Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church
5640 Jay Road
Boulder, CO 80301

Phone: 303-581-1434
Website: www.stspeterandpaulboulder.org
Email: parishcouncil@stspeterandpaulboulder.org

Proistamenos: Reverend Father George Dokos, Proistamenos
Email: FatherGeorge@stspeterandpaulboulder.org

 
December 30, 2009
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of Saint Basil and the New Year
Protocol 01/10

January 1, 2010
Feast of Saint Basil and New Year
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SCHEDULE
TUESDAY
EVE OF HOLY THEOPHANY
STRICT FAST ALL DAY
9:00am Royal Hours
6:00pm Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil & Blessing of the Waters
WEDNESDAY
HOLY THEOPHANY
FAST FREE
9:00am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy & Blessing of the ...Read Full Text >

STEWARDSHIP 2010
Thank you to all our stewards who have returned their stewardship cards so far. Please collect your stewardship package from the stewardship table at the front of the fellowship hall. If they are not collected, to save money, we will start to recycle them!
If you haven't yet returned your ...Read Full Text >

THEOPHANY HOUSE BLESSINGS
If you would like to have your house blessed by Fr. George following Theophany, please return one of the house blessing forms available in the Narthex of the Church. The form (& some general guidelines for house blessings) is also available in the January edition of the Petra News.

SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS
Dena Tinsley will no longer be able to teach the new toddler's Sunday School class. We thank her for her initiative in starting the class and are now looking for a teacher, or maybe two, to take over teaching her class. If you enjoy working with young children, please consider this opportunity to help them ...Read Full Text >

WINTER DINNER DANCE
Save The Date for the annual philoptochos fundraiser: The Winter Dinner Dance! February 6th, 2010. Hotel Boulderado, Boulder. More Information to Follow! Questions? See Amanda or Keity Elias.
To download a packet of information, click on the Winter Dinner Dance link on our  ...Read Full Text >

ORTHODOX OBSERVER
The December 2009 issue of the Orthodox Observer is now available online at the Archdiocese's website (http://goarch.org/news/observer).

OLD CHICAGO PIZZA PALZ
Old Chicago Pizza Palz are back! Purchase a gift certificate for $11 from the Philoptochos and receive a Large pizza of your choice at Old Chicago (up to $22 value). See Fran Gonis today to make your purchase!

BOOKSTORE
We now have more bibles for little children, stop by and look and shop at what we now have in stock. February book club will be reading Ascending the Heights, by Father John Mack. Kiki will be ordering soon, stop by and let her know if you need to order a book.

GROCERY CARDS
Philoptochos is selling grocery gift cards in $25, $50, & $100 denominations for Safeway & King Soopers.  The cards are used like cash when groceries are purchased. Philoptochos makes money from the sale of the cards which is used for national, metropolis and local (church & Boulder County) philanthropic ...Read Full Text >

WEBSITE UPDATE
As there are many new items being added to our website, we've added a What’s New? section to the lower left-hand side (beneath links to the Parish Calendar, etc.) and an option to  ...Read Full Text >

FELLOWSHIP HOSTS
January 3: Open
January 10: Open
January 17: Open
January 24: Open
January 31: Open

MYRRHBEARERS
January 3: Hannah Sophie Evie Elizabeth
January 10: Anna Marianna Melina Sophie
January 17: Annalisa Evie Elizabeth Marianna
January 24: Brianna Melina Sophie Evie
January 31: Demetra Elizabeth Marianna Melina

USHERS
If you are unable to usher on your assigned day, please try to swap with someone else or arrange alternate cover. Recently there have been several occasions where no-one has been here to greet our visitors. Thank you!

January 3: Chris & Nancy Artemis
January 10: Tony & Rimona Azar ...Read Full Text >

TO OUR VISITORS
Thank you for visiting! Please come to greet the priest and receive a piece of blessed bread (called Antidoron – meaning "in place of the gifts" in Greek) at the end of the service. You are welcome to worship with us this morning, but please be aware that unless you are a baptized and chrismated ...Read Full Text >
Previous Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church Bulletins
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Publish Date:December 20, 2009
Publish Date:December 13, 2009
Publish Date:December 6, 2009
Publish Date:November 29, 2009
Publish Date:November 22, 2009
Publish Date:November 15, 2009
Publish Date:November 14, 2009
 
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