+ 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
[email protected]
Rev. Fr. Deacon John Manutes [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 Theodelphia Fr. Lawrence
& Matushka Sophia Matushka Lauren Higgins Peter Anderson
Benjamin, Justus, Debra, Kalena, AJ & Anthony Kathryn
Birmingham Jeanie (Mary) Cooper Agnes Craig Kafa Dalal Michael
& Dagmar Drakulich Adam Goodman Lauren Hansen Gary Jollie
Ronald Maue & Rhonda Grace Joshua & Shannon Joyce Mikita
Shaun & Cheryl; Charles & Patrick Matthew, Oleg, &
James Barbara Murray John & Michael Palmer Clergy and
Parishioners of our Mission parishes:
of St. Anthony, St. Elijah, St. Sophia, and St. Tikhon Jonathan
Paul Barbara Payne Natalia Perrin Jack & Glenda Pyle and family
Martha Rapso Irina Reynolds Leo (Dimitri) & Sheila John Russell
John Salmon Sona Sarkissian, Mardig, and Seta Esther Schafer
Kathleen Smith Lyall Spargo Christopher Sprecher Mary Streech Dana
Such Muriel Weisman; & Viivi Jack Whitaker Natalia
Zolotoochin
Missionaries & Ministries: OCMC: Michael, Lisa & Liam
Colburn; Fr. David Rucker & family; James Hargrave &
family; OCPM: Fr. Stephen Powley; Dipes & Wipes
Catechumens: Troy Nunley (Vladimir)
Newly Departed:
Memorial: Julia Flynn (10/3); Mark Eckert (10/6)
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 the following: Confession;
Hospital Visits / Holy Unction; Memorial Services; Slavas;
Moliebens; or, just to talk... You can call me at: 720-971-5931, or
email me at: [email protected]
Saint Herman Orthodox Church
October 1, 2017
17th Sunday after Pentecost (2nd of St. Luke), Tone 8 The
Protection (Pokrov) of Our Most-holy Lady Theotokos &
Ever-virgin Mary
Holy Scriptures: 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1; Hebrews 9:1-7
(Theotokos); St. Luke 6:31-36; St. Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
(Theotokos)
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Handmaidens Schedule for October
Today, October 1, Tori & Katherine Pyle October 8, Elizabeth
& Juliana Gaines October 15, Nika & Sophia Bergbauer
October 22, Sophi & Abigail Reynolds
Greeters Schedule for October
Today, October 1, Olga Thomas October 8, Christine Baker October
15, Dorothy Zang October 22, Julia Urdenis
+ Today + October 1, 2017
Welcome to St. Herman Orthodox Church! Were glad you came to
worship with us!
Patron Saints:
Anniversaries: Rich & Debbie Safonovs (10/4)
Birthdays: Ashley (Sofia) Young (10/2);
Greg Streech (10/8)
Preserve them, O Lord, for many years!
Please join us for Coffee Hour after Liturgy
Church School
+ Looking Ahead +
Tuesday Thursday, October 10 12, 2017 Diocesan Assembly in
Portland, Oregon
Sun., Nov. 19, 2017: 46th Annual Parish Meeting
Thursday, November 23, 9:30 am, Liturgy (Eucharist) for
Thanksgiving Day
Tuesday Thursday, December 26 28, 2017 Winter High School Teen
Retreat, on the back (west) slope of Pikes Peak. More info to
come...
+ This Week +
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 10 am & 6:30 pm, The Life and Selected
Writings of St. Maximus the Confessor: On Love
Friday, September 29, 6:30 pm, Intro. to Orthodoxy Class. All
are welcome!
Saturday, September 30, 6:00 pm, Great Vespers &
Confession
Thou wast adorned from childhood with the godly virtues of the
Spirit; thou wast a precious adornment of the Church of Christ, O
all-wise Romanos, for thou didst make it lovely with beautiful
hymnody. Therefore, we entreat thee, grant thy divine gift to those
who desire it, that we may cry out to thee: Rejoice, all-blessed
Father, beauty of the Church!
(Kontakion to St. Romanos Oct. 1) Today the Virgin stands in the
midst of the Church and with choirs of Saints she invisibly prays
unto God for us. Angels and bishops worship, Apostles and Prophets
rejoice together, since for our sake she prays to the pre-eternal
God.
(Kontakion for the Holy Protection, Oct. 1) Today the Virgin
gives birth to the Transcendent One! And the earth offers a cave to
the Unapproachable One! Angels with shepherds glorify Him! The wise
men journey with the Star! Since for our sake the Eternal God was
born as a little child! (1st Kontakion by St. Romanos for the
Nativity of , ca. 518, Patron Saint of Church Singers)
+ Synaxarion +
The Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God. The Church
has always glorified the Most-holy Mother of God as the Protectress
and Defender of the Christian people, entreating, by her
intercession, God's loving-kindness towards us sinners. The Mother
of God's aid has been clearly shown times without number, both to
individuals and to peoples, both in peace and in war, both in
monastic deserts and in crowded cities. The event that the Church
commemorates and celebrates today proves this constant protection
of the Christian people by the Mother of God. On October 1, 911, in
the time of the Emperor Leo the Wise (or the Philosopher), there
was an all-night vigil at the Blachernae church of the Mother of
God in Constantinople. The church was crowded. St. Andrew the Fool
for Christ was standing at the back of the church with his disciple
Epiphanius. At 4 o'clock in the morning, the Most-holy Mother of
God appeared above the people with a veil spread over her
outstretched hands, as though to protect them with this covering.
She was clad in gold-encrusted purple and shone with an unspeakable
radiance, surrounded by Apostles, Saints, Martyrs and Virgins.
Seeing this vision, St. Andrew gestured towards it and asked
Epiphanius: 'Do you see how the Queen and Lady of all is praying
for the whole world?' Epiphanius replied: 'Yes, Father; I see it
and stand in dread. As a result, this commemoration was instituted
to remind us both of this event and of the Mother of God's constant
protection whenever we prayerfully seek that protection, that
shelter, in distress. The Holy Apostle Ananias. One of the 70, he
was bishop in Damascus. In response to a vision from God, he
baptized Saul, the future Apostle Paul (Acts 9), and courageously
preached the Gospel in the face of all persecution, for which he
was stoned to death in the city of Eleutheropolis. His holy relics
were taken to Damascus, and later to Constantinople. Our Holy
Father Romanus the Melodist. Born in the Syrian town of Emesa, he
served as a verger first in Beirut and then in Constantinople at
the cathedral, in the time of Patriarch Euphemius (490-96).
Illiterate and with no musical training, he was despised by certain
educated clergy. St. Romanus prayed weeping to the Mother of God,
and she appeared to him in a dream, held a piece of paper out to
him and told him to swallow it. The following day was Christmas
Day, and Romanus went up to the amvon and, with an angelic voice,
sang: 'Today the Virgin, which has come down to us as the Kontakion
of the Feast. All marveled at the words of the hymn and at the
singer's voice. Receiving thus the gift of song from the Mother of
God, Romanus composed more than a 1000 kontakia. He died as a
deacon of the Great Church in Constantinople in 530, and went to
join the angelic choir. Our Holy Father John Kukuzelis. A Slav from
Dyrrachium, he was taken as a young man to the School of Music in
Constantinople, where he became a popular singer at the imperial
court. Fearing the flattery and praise of men, he fled to the Holy
Mountain and presented himself at the Great Lavra as a shepherd. As
shepherd and monk, he lived in rare asceticism, and the Mother of
God appeared to him twice. He entered into rest in the 12th
century. Our Holy Father Gregory. A monk of the Great Lavra in the
14th century.
