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+ a Parish of the +
Orthodox Church in America www.oca.org
Most Rev. Archbishop Benjamin, Diocese of San Francisco & the West
www.dowoca.org
VRev. Fr. Archpriest John Armstrong [email protected]
+ 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 Priest Jacob and St. Mark parish Matushkas: Sophia, Lauren, Priscilla, Alice, Teresa & Mary Subdeacon Brett (John) Peter & Katherine; Andrew & Rachel Benjamin, Justus, Kalena & Debra Karin Armstrong; Kathryn Birmingham Dale Brinkman; George Eckert; Joyce Mikita Jeanie (Mary) Cooper; Gary (Paul) Jollie Agnes Craig; Kafa Dalal Lee Anthony; Adam Goodman Aaron; Olga; and Natalia Maria Gorsevski; Lauren Hansen Ronald Maue & Rhonda Grace Joshua & Shannon; Shaun & Cheryl Charles; Patrick; and Jonathan Paul Matthew & Chelsea; Oleg; James; and Joshua Barbara Murray; Bill (Peter) Parrish John and Michael Palmer The Clergy & parishioners of our Mission parishes Glenda Pyle and family John & Sophia; Irina Reynolds Martha Rapso; Esther Schafer John Russell; John Salmon Sona, Mardig & Seta Barbara Payne; Kathleen Smith Joel Snyder; Lyall Spargo Christopher Sprecher; Mary Streech Jack Whitaker; Natalia Zolotoochin
Missionaries & Ministries: OCMC: Michael, Lisa & Liam Colburn; James Hargrave & family; OCPM: Fr. Steven Powley; “Dipes & Wipes”: Mary, Herman, Ida & friends
Catechumens: Troy (Vladimir) Nunley
Inquirers: Melanie; Ron, Lisa (& Graham); Michelle & children; Erin; Mark; Aaron; Danielle & Dalton, and Erin.
Newly Departed: Dana Such (12/29); Priest Athanasius Shaw (11/29); Amvrosy (12/?); Fr. Dcn. Paul (1/?)
Memorial: Milo Vuyovich (1/6); Kurt Lucas (1/?); John Telea & Ioan Nica (1/8); Genevieve Andovich (1/10); Raymond “John” Armstrong (1/10)
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 me at: 720-971-5931; and/or email me at: [email protected]
Saint Herman Orthodox Church
January 6, 2019
32nd Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 7 The Baptism of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Holy Theophany)
Today’s Scriptures: Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; St. Matthew 3:13-17
Handmaidens Schedule for January 2019
Today, Jan. 6, Nika & Sophia Bergbauer January 13, Katherine P. & Katherine G. January 20, Abigail & Genevieve Reynolds January 27, Juliana & Katherine Gaines
+ Today + January 6, 2019 “Holy Theophany”
Welcome to St. Herman Orthodox Church! We’re glad you joined us for prayer & worship!
Patron Saints: St. John the Forerunner (1/7)
Birthdays: Lisa Abbott (1/8); Dorothy Zang (1/11)
“Preserve them, O Lord, for many years!”
“The Great Blessing of Water”
Coffee Hour
Greeters Schedule for January 2019
Today, Jan. 6, Julia Urdenis January 13, Jeny Hardin January 20, Dorothy Zang January 27, Olga Thomas
+ This Week +
Wednesday, January 9, 10 am & 6:30 pm, New Book Study: TBD; first class: “Worship in A Secular Age” by Fr. A. Schmemann, Appendix in “For the Life of the World”
Thursday, January 10, 6:30 pm, Intro. to the Orthodox Church/Faith
Saturday, January 12, 6:00 pm, Great Vespers followed by Confession
+ Looking Ahead +
Annual House Blessings Begin Today! (Schedule a time with Fr. John to have your house blessed!)
Sunday, January 13, Induction of PC
Jan. 20, “Sanctity of Life” Sunday Offering
Monday, February 1, 6:30 pm, Great Vespers & Litiya for the Feast
Tuesday, February 2, 9:30 am, Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Meeting
“Let us honor today the Baptism of Χρ and celebrate well, not feasting with the stomach, but rejoicing spiritually. And how shall we feast? ‘Wash, become pure’ (Isa. 1:16). If you are ‘red’ with sin, but less than blood-red, become ‘white as snow’ (Isa. 1:18); but if you are scarlet & complete ‘men of blood’ (Pss. 5:6; 139:19), still, come to be ‘white as wool’ (Isa. 1:18). Be entirely purified and be pure, for nothing gives so much joy to God as the correction and salvation of the human being, for whose sake every discourse and every Mystery exists, so that you may become like ‘stars in the world’ (Php. 2:15), a Life-giving force for other human beings; that as perfect lights standing beside the Great Light, you may be initiated into the illumination hereafter, illumined with greater purity and clarity by the Trinity, from Whom you have now received in measure the one Ray of the one Divinity, in Christ Jesus our Lord, to Whom be glory unto the ages of ages. Amen.” (St. Gregory the Theologian, Oration #39, “On the Baptism of Χρ,” para. 20)
+ Synaxaria +
January 6: “Theophany” (God-the-Trinity manifested): The Baptism of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ
When our Lord reached 30 years from His physical birth, He began His teaching and salvific work. He Himself signified this "beginning of the beginning" by His Baptism in the Jordan River. St. Cyril of Jerusalem says, “The beginning of the world — water; the beginning of the Good News — Jordan.” At the time of the Baptism of the Lord in water, that Mystery was declared to the world: that Mystery which was prophesied in the Old Covenant [Writings]; the Mystery about which in ancient Egypt and India was only fabled (i.e. the Mystery of the Divine Holy Trinity). The Father was revealed to the sense of hearing; the Spirit was revealed to the sense of sight; and in addition to these, the Son was revealed to the sense of touch. The Father uttered His witness about the Son; the Son was baptized in the water, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovered above the water. When John the Baptist witnessed and said about Christ, “Behold, the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world” (St. John 1:29), and when John immersed and baptized the Lord in the Jordan, the Mission of Christ in the world and the path of our salvation was shown. That is to say: The Lord took upon Himself the sins of mankind and died under them [immersion] and became alive again [the coming out of the water]; and we must die as the old sinful man and become alive again as cleansed, renewed and regenerated. This is the Savior and this is the path of salvation. The Feast of Theophany is also called the Feast of Lights. For us, the event in the Jordan River illuminates us, by manifesting to us God as Trinity, “one-in-essence and undivided.” Also, everyone of us through Baptism in water is illumined by this, so that we become adopted by “the Father of Lights” (St. James 1:17), through the righteousness of the Son and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Hymn of Praise to the Holy Trinity “One in essence and undivided”
Holy Lord Holy in creating: All that You create by Your Word, by Your Spirit You consecrate.
Mighty Lord Mighty in suffering: For the world You walk to Your death; for the world, You resurrect.
Immortal Lord In voice, we praise You: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — God, have mercy on us!
The Father, Who appeared over Jordan as a Voice, The Spirit, Who as a White Dove hovered,
The Son, Who by the Prophet John was baptized,
Three divine Rays of uncreated Light, one Light shown, The Holy Trinity, God-manifested [“Theo-phany”], we praise You in voice:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — God, have mercy on us!
[From the Prologue by St. Nikolai Velimirovich, Volume 1]