+ A Parish of +

The Orthodox Church in America www.oca.org

Most Rev. Archbishop Benjamin, Diocese of San Francisco and the West

www.dowoca.org

Very Rev. Fr. Archpriest John Armstrong frjohnarm@hotmail.com

+ Worship Services +

Saturdays, 6:00 pm Great Vespers & Confession

(3rd & 6th Hour Prayers, 9:10 am) Sundays, 9:30 am

Divine Liturgy

Feast Days (See Monthly Calendar)

+ Parish Prayer List +

Please pray for and ask the Lord to have mercy on:

Hieroschemamonk Ambrose (Young) Mother Theodelphi Archpriest Michael Oleksa; Archpriest Lawrence Deacon Gregory (Jewett) & his family The Clergy & Parishioners of our Mission Parishes Priest Jacob & the Parishioners of St. Mark’s Matushki: Sophia, Lauren, Priscilla, Alice, Teresa & Mary Graham; LeAnne; Shirley Kathy; Peter & Katherine; Jeny Andrew & Rachel; Benjamin; Justus & Kalena Karin, Yancey & children; Brian & his family Kathryn Birmingham; Dale Brinkman Tom & Jane; Megan Sean (Innocent) Donahue George Eckert; Joyce Mikita Jeanie (Mary) Cooper; Agnes Craig; Kafa Dalal Lee Anthony; Adam Goodman Aaron; Olga; Natalia; Kira; Alice Maria Gorsevski; Lauren Hansen Laura Lemco; Esther Schafer Ronald & Rhonda; Joshua & Shannon Charles; Patrick; Jonathan Oleg; James; Joshua Barbara Murray; John; Michael Glenda & family John & Sophia; Irina; Vitaly Sona, Mardig & Seta Barbara Payne; John Russell John Salmon; Joel Snyder Christopher Sprecher; Barbara Stokilo; Mary Streech Jack Whitaker; Natalia Zolotoochin Darrell

Missionaries & Ministries: OCMC: Michael, Lisa & Liam Colburn; James Hargrave & family. OCPM: Protopresbyter Steven Powley. “Dipes & Wipes”: Mary, Herman, Ida & friends

Catechumens: Troy (Vladimir) Nunley; Melanie (Ruth) Gardner; Ron (Isidore of Pelusium) & Lisa (Dymphna) Abbott; Erin (Mary Magdalene) Hollingsworth; & Marie (Sophia of Thrace)

Inquirers: Michelle & her children; Damian; Aaron; Danielle & Dalton; Mark; Winslow; & Patrick

Newly Departed: Abp. Nikon (of Boston & New England, & the Albanian Archdiocese; 9/1); Archpriests John Matusiak (8/15) & Steven Belonick (8/7); Michael Fedorowicz (8/3)

Memorial: Nanette Philips (9/11); Ilenka Janceva (9/12); Vladimir Wolkodoff (9/13); Joel Perry (9/29)

Saint Herman

Orthodox Church

991 West Prentice Avenue Littleton Colorado 80120 303-798-7306 www.sthermanoca.org

+ Pastoral Ministries +

Please contact Fr. John anytime for any of

the following: Confession; Hospital Visits /

Holy Unction; Memorial Services; Slavas;

Moliebens; or, just to talk… You can call or

txt me at: 720-971-5931; and/or email me at:

frjohnarm@hotmail.com

Saint Herman Orthodox Church September 8, 2019

12th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 3 Nativity of the Theotokos; Sunday Before the Cross

Scriptures: Galatians 6:11-18 (Sun. Before); 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Philippians 2:5-11 (Theotokos); St. John 3:13-17 (Sun. Before); St. Matthew 19:16-26; St. Luke 10:38-42; 11:26-27 (Theotokos)

Handmaidens Schedule for September

Today, Sept. 8, Nika & Sophia Bergbauer September 15, Sophie & Abigail Reynolds September 22, Katherine P. & Kyriana K. September 29, Juliana & Katherine Gaines

Greeters Schedule for September

Today, Sep. 8, Christine &/or Garry Baker September 15, Julia Urdenis September 22, Angelica Zolotoochin September 29, Jeny Hardin

+ This Week +

Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7:00 pm, Parish Council Wednesday, Sept. 11, 10 am & 6:30 pm, Book Study: “Mystical Marriage” (resume…) Thursday, September 12, 6:30 pm, Intro. to the Orthodox Church/Faith Friday, September 13, 6:30 pm, Vigil for the Elevation/Exaltation of the Cross

Saturday, September 14 (Feast; Strict Fast): • 9:30 am, Festal Liturgy for the Feast • 6:00 pm, Great Vespers & Confession

+ Today + September 8, 2019

Welcome to St. Herman Orthodox Church! We’re glad you came to worship with us!

Baptisms: Melanie (Ruth) Gardner (9/8)

Birthdays: Fr. John (9/12); Katherine Pyle (9/13)

“Preserve them, O Lord, for many years!”

Coffee Hour

+ This Week +

Sunday, September 15 (Sunday After): • 9:30 am, Divine Liturgy • 11:30 am, Coffee Hour • 12 pm, Church School Begins

Wednesday — Friday, October 15 — 17: 2019 Diocesan Assembly in CO Springs

Saturday, Oct. 26 (Memorial Saturday): • 9:30 am, Liturgy for St. Demetrius • 6:00 pm, Great Vespers & Confession

Thursday, Nov. 14, 9:30 am, Divine Liturgy for St. Gregory Palamas (20th Anniversary of Ordination to the Holy Priesthood, FJ)

Friday, November 15th, Beginning of the Nativity Fast (in preparation for Christmas)

Sunday, Nov. 17, 48th Annual Parish Meeting

Wed., Nov. 20 / Thu., Nov. 21, Great Vespers w/Litiya / Liturgy for the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple

Thursday, Nov. 28, 9:30 am, Divine Liturgy for “Thanksgiving Day” [“Eucharist”]

“Thy Nativity, O Virgin, has proclaimed joy to the whole universe! The Sun of Righteousness, Χρ our God, has shone from thee, O Theotokos! By annulling the curse, He bestowed a blessing. By destroying death, He has granted us eternal Life!” (Troparion for the Feast) “By thy Nativity, O most-pure Virgin, Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness; Adam and Eve, from the corruption of death. And we, thy people, freed from the guilt of sin, celebrate and sing to thee: The barren woman gives birth to the Nourisher of our Life!” (Kontakion)

+ Synaxarion +

The Nativity of the Mother of God (September 8). The holy Virgin Mary was born of her aged parents,

Joachim & Anna. Her father was of the tribe of David & her mother of the tribe of Aaron, and so

she was of royal blood from her father and priestly blood from her mother. By this, she foreshadowed

Him Who would be born of her as King and High Priest. Her parents were already old and had no children,

and, because of this, were ashamed before men and humble before God. In their humility, they prayed

with tears that God would bring joy to their old age with the gift of a child, as He had once given joy

to the aged Abraham and Sarah, giving them their son Isaac. God, Almighty and All-seeing, gave them

a joy far exceeding all their expectations & their wildest dreams, for He gave them not just a daughter,

but the Mother of God; He illumined them not only with temporal, but with eternal joy. God gave them

just one daughter, who later gave them just one Grandson, but what a daughter and what a Grandson!

“Mariam,” ‘Full-of-Grace’ [‘κεχαριτομενη’, God’s description of Her], ‘blessed among women’,

the Temple of the Holy Spirit, Altar of the living God, Table of living Bread, Ark of God's holy things,

Tree of the most delicious fruits, Glory of the human race, Praise of womanhood, Fount of virginity

and purity — this was the daughter given by God to Joachim and Anna. Born in Nazareth, she was

3 years old when she was taken to the Temple in Jerusalem, whence she returned again to Nazareth

and some years later heard the glad tidings [ευανγγελισμοσ] of the holy Archangel Gabriel concerning

the Birth of the Son of God, the Savior of the world, from her most-pure and virginal body.

The Feast of the Kalishto Icon of the Holy Mother of God. In the monastery of the most-holy

Mother of God near the village of Kalishto, to the west of Struga, the All-holy Mother of God

revealed her power and mercy through numerous miracles. Many of the sick were miraculously healed,

and robbers that intended plundering or desecrating the monastery were fiercely punished by an

unseen power. The miraculous icon of the most-holy Mother of God stands in the church, and nearby

are two healing springs — of St. Peter and St. Ananias. Not far from the main church, in a cave,

stands the chapel of St. Athanasius.

The Feast of the Pochaev Icon of the Holy Mother of God. In the province of Volinsk there stands

the famous monastery of the Mother of God in Pochaev, where she first appeared in about 1340

to two monks who were living the ascetic life in a cave. From that time, the place became an

inexhaustible fount of innumerable miracles.