+ 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 Julia Bergbauer & 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; Ron (Isidore of Pelusium) & Lisa (Dymphna) Abbott; Erin (Mary Alexandra) Hollingsworth & Winslow; and, Marie (Sophia of Thrace) Inquirers: Michelle & her children; Damian; Aaron; Winslow; Patrick; Michael; Mark; and, Danielle & Dalton Newly Departed: Boris (9/13); Abp. Nikon (of Boston and New England, and the Albanian Archdiocese; 9/1)

Memorial: 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 29, 2019

15th Sunday after Pentecost, Tone 6, (2nd of Luke) Venerable Kyriakos the Hermit of Palestine (556 AD)

Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 4:6-15; St. Luke 6:31-36

Handmaidens Schedule for Sept./October

Today, Sept. 29, Juliana & Katherine Gaines October 6, Nika & Sophia Bergbauer October 13, Sophie & Abigail Reynolds October 20, Katherine P. & Kyriana K. October 27, Juliana & Katherine Gaines

Greeters Schedule for Sept./October

Today, September 29, Jeny Hardin October 6, Christine &/or Garry Baker October 13, Julia Urdenis October 20, Dorothy Zang &/or Olga Thomas October 27, Kevin &/or Kitty Donahue

+ This Week +

Wednesday, Oct. 2, 10 am & 6:30 pm, Book Study: “Mystical Marriage” (resume…)

Thursday, October 3, 6:30 pm, Intro. to the Orthodox Church/Faith

Saturday, October 5, 6:00 pm, Great Vespers followed by Confession

+ Today + September 29, 2019

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

Patron Saints:

Birthdays:

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

Coffee Hour

Church School

+ This Week +

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”]

Holy Protection [pokrov] of the Mother of God (10/1)

“According to Eastern Orthodox Sacred Tradition, the apparition of Mary the Theotokos occurred during the 10

th C. at the Blachernae church in Constantinople

(modern-day Istanbul) where several of her relics (her robe, veil, and part of her belt) were kept. On Sunday, Oct. 1

st at ~4 am, St. Andrew the Blessed Fool-for-Christ,

who was a Slav by birth, saw the dome of the church open and the Virgin Mary enter, moving in the air above him, glowing & surrounded by Angels & Saints. She knelt and prayed with tears for all faithful Christians in the world. The Virgin Mary asked her Son, Jesus Christ, to accept the prayers of all the people entreating Him & looking for Her holy protection [“Pokrov”]. Once her prayer was completed, she walked to the Altar and continued her prayer. Afterwards, she spread her veil over all the people in the church as a protection.”

“Hide me, [my children & grandchildren], beneath thy veil!”

+ Synaxarion +

Our Holy Father Kyriakos the Solitary. Born in Corinth of parents named John (a priest) & Eudoxia, he was a kinsman of the local bishop, Peter. He was made reader in the cathedral by the bishop while still a young man. Reading the Holy Scriptures, the young Kyriakos marveled at God's Providence, how it glorified every true servant of the living God and ordered the salvation of the human race. At the age of 18, his desire for the spiritual life led him to Jerusalem. There, he entered the monastery of a godly man called Eustorgios, who grounded him in the monastic life. He then went off to St. Euthymius, who discerned in him future spiritual greatness, clothed him in the Great Habit and sent him to the Jordan, to St. Gerasim, where Kyriakos spent nine years. After Gerasim's death, he returned to St. Euthymius' monastery where he remained in silence for 10 years. After this he moved from place to place, fleeing the praise of men. He lived in ascetic labor also in the community of St. Chariton, where he finished his earthly course, having lived for 109 years. A glorious ascetic and wonderworker, St. Kyriakos was massive and strong of body, and stayed thus in great old age, despite strict fasts and vigils. In the desert, he sometimes lived for years only on raw vegetables. He was very zealous for the Orthodox Faith, denouncing heresies, especially the heresy of Origen. Of himself, he said that while he was a monk, the sun never saw him eat or be angry with any man. According to the rule of St. Chariton, the monks ate only once a day, after sunset. Kyriakos was a great light, a pillar of Orthodoxy, the boast of monks, a mighty healer of the sick, and a gentle comforter of the sorrowful. Living long in asceticism and giving aid to many, he entered into the eternal joy of his Lord in 556 AD.

The Holy Martyrs Dada and Gobdelas. Dada was a Persian noble and a kinsman of King Sapor, and Gobdelas was the son of the same king. When St. Dada openly confessed his faith in Christ, King Sapor ordered that he be harshly tortured. During these tortures, Dada worked great miracles in Christ's Name, which made such an impression on Gobdelas that he also embraced the Christian faith. The pagan king did not spare his son, but gave him over to harsh torture. Both Dada and Gobdelas glorified God in their patient endurance and many miracles, and gave their souls to God under the tortures. They suffered in the 4th C. With them there suffered — for they had also come to faith in Christ — Gobdelas' sister, Kasdoa, and Gargal, the chief of the pagan priests.

The Monk Theophanes. He was an inhabitant of the Syrian city of Gaza, very kind and merciful. He took in vagrants, he helped the poor and the sick, and he spent all his substance on help for the needy, while he himself remained in want. St. Theophanes grieved not at all over the loss of his property, but a still greater ordeal awaited him: he lost his health, and sickness caused him great suffering. His body began to swell up, to rot, and to give off a stench. But this ordeal the monk also endured in good spirit, in everything giving thanks to God. A fiercesome storm raged while he was dying, and his wife grieved that she would not be able to give him proper burial. The Saint comforted her: "Weep not, woman, for up to now the trial has lasted, but here comes help from the Merciful God, since in the hour of my death will stop the storm, by the will of God." Thus, it occurred: just as he gave up his soul to God, calmness prevailed. After death, the body of St. Theophanes became completely cleansed of wounds and decay and became fragrant, giving forth abundant curative myrrh.

St. Mary of Palestine. She was at first a reader of the Psalter in the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem, but, being beautiful, she was a source of scandal to the sinful-minded. In order not to be a cause of sin in others, Mary withdrew to the wilderness of Souka with a basket of beans and a flask of water. She spent 18 years in the desert and, by God's power, never lacked either beans nor water. Disciples of St. Kyriakos found her during her lifetime, and later buried her.