The Service of the Making of the Catechumens Will Be Held Today in Preparation for Holy Chrismation at Pascha! This year’s catechumens are: Jo-Helen Argos, Hugo Aviles, Paul Barnard, Dorothy Bright, Myrlee Cuiching, Jeff Duggan, Stephanie Hoyle, Thomas Lanham, Laura Leventis, Andrea Lynch, Sheryl Martello, Deborah McWilliams, Michelle Mylonas, Yoshinori Otomo & Bill Reed. Pray for them!

Service of Forgiveness, Sunday, March 13th! Immediately after Divine Liturgy, we will do an abbreviated form of the Vespers of Forgiveness so that we too may begin the Lenten season with mutual forgiveness and reconciliation. Lent is not just about a change of diet, but a change of attitude – it is forgiveness that stands at the center of Christian faith and life – Christianity is above all else, the religion of forgiveness.

Special Services During Lent Beginning March 14th! Mondays, Great Compline at 6:30 pm; Wednesdays, Pre-Sanctified Liturgy at 6 pm; & Fridays, Salutations to the Virgin Mary at 7 pm. Please join us in worship & faith!

Metropolitan-Elect Gerasimos Will Be Enthroned Saturday, April 2nd! Metropolitan-Elect Gerasimos will be Enthroned in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“In the Footsteps of St. Paul: A Pilgrimage” If you are interested in taking a pilgrimage to walk in the footsteps of the Apostle Paul for 16 days, from May 29th – June 13th, 2005, please contact the Church Office. We will be visiting Athens, where St. Paul preached on the Areopagus (Acts 17:16-23); Corinth, where St. Paul decided to begin his missionary work among the Gentiles (Acts 18:6); Thessaloniki, where St. Paul preached in the winter of 49-50AD; and Rome, where he was eventually executed for the faith and is now buried under the altar of St. Paul’s-outside-the-Walls, a Roman Catholic church. We will venerate the relics of St. Demetrios in Thessaloniki, spend a day sailing around Mt. Athos, the 1,000 year old monastic republic, visit the monasteries of Meteora, as well as visit the Vatican Museums, St. Peter’s Basilica and the Sistine Chapel in Rome and much more.


GOYA Lunch & A Movie at the Les Home, Sunday, Mar. 6th at 12:30 pm! Join us for fun and fellowship at the Les home in Costa Mesa. Contact Fr. Simon to RSVP or for more info.

College & Careers Meeting at the Louis Home, Today, Mar. 6th at 5 pm! Join us for dinner, a discussion and fellowship. See Fr. Simon for more info.

Adult Greek Folk Dance Tuesday, March 8th at 7 pm! Please contact Marie Callas for info marie@dancegypsies.com

Adult Study Fellowship Book Club Meeting Tuesday, Mar. 8th at 7 pm! We will be studying “The Monks of Mt. Athos” by M. Basil Pennington, OCSO. Please join us for a discussion on this interesting book!

St. Paul's Dinner at Mimi's at 5:45 pm and/or "Tchaikovsky Gala with Jessye Norman, Yo-Yo Ma & Itzhak Perlman" at 7:30 pm on Friday, March 11th! Please come to either or both! Sign-ups next door.

St. Paul's Lunch at Irvine Olive Garden and/or Trip to Popa's Violin Studio Winter Recital at 2 pm on Sunday, March 13th! Recital at Irvine Presbyterian at 4445 Alton Pkwy, near St. Paul's. Sign-ups next door.

St. Paul’s “Pure Monday” Retreat Monday, Mar. 14th at 10 am! Join us for prayer and a presentation by Dr. Valerie Karras on “Fasting as a Counter-cultural Act.” Lenten lunch to follow.

St. Paul’s to Host Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers on March 20th at 6 pm! Presiding and preaching will be the Right Reverend Benjamin, Bishop of Berkeley, Diocese of the West, OCA. Reception to follow.