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3 THE SHEPHERD • SEPTEMBER 2024 • SAINT SPYRIDON GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO WEDDINGS JUL 27: Angeliki Hitchcock & Nathan Power Koumbares: Katerina Cortez Vasiliki Hitchcock JUL 30: Maria Gkeltsidou & Charalampos Fotiadis Koumbaroi: Haralambos & Christina Terpo DIVINE SERVICES NEWS LOFT FROM THE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1: Ecclesiastical New Year Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : I Timothy 2:1-7 ✟ Gospel : Luke 4:16-22 SUNDAY, SEPT. 8: The Nativity of the Holy Theotokos Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Galatians 6:11-18 ✟ Gospel : John 3:13-17 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11: Paraklesis 5:00 PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: Vespers 6:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14: The Elevation of the Life-Giving Cross Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : I Corinthians 1:18-24 Gospel : John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15: Sunday after Holy Cross Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Galatians 2:16-20 ✟ Gospel : Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18: Paraklesis 5:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: 1st Sunday of Luke Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : I Corinthians 16:13-24 ✟ Gospel : Luke 5:1-11 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: Paraklesis 5:00 PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: 2nd Sunday of Luke Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : II Corinthians 1:21-24; 2:1-4 ✟ Gospel : Luke 6:31-36 Greetings Friends of the Choir, Hap- py Ecclesiastical New Year! New Year, new adventures within our church life. The choir wishes to extend very huge congratulations to our Mr. and Mrs. Orlando (Spiro) Lamce who were married on July 28th in Boston. We are so very happy for you. Να ζήσετε! A very Happy Birthday to Mark Ara- postathis and Kaylin Marino. May God bless you over 100 years. Youth choir is resuming and begin- ning to prepare for FDF. Please bring your children to choir on Sunday mornings to learn the Divine Litur- gy and rehearsal right after Sunday School. I look forward to working with our children once again. Hugs and kisses go out to Marina Pegas, Daralyne and George Bad- dour, Greg and Dorothy Kostas, Di- ane Leffas-Lopes, Pat Spire, and Col- lette Pepelis! We wish you tons and hope that you are doing well. “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” -Nathaniel Hawthorne See you all at church! Singing His Praises, Katherine Loukatos Meck, Choir Master First Rehearsal: Sunday, September 8th after Sunday School DEATHS JUL 24: George Petrou 91 years old MEMORIALS AUG 25: Nicholas Busarelos 1 year SEP 1: Arigroula (Tula) Cavadias 5 years SEP 15: Christiana Harrison 4 years BOOKSTORE The Church has always celebrated the beginning of the New Year on September 1st. This pious tradition the Church holds because this was the day that Jesus of Nazareth began preach- ing the good news of His mission. The bookstore would like to send warm greetings to all our parishioners for the begin- ning of the Ecclesiastical New Year. With the beginning of the New Year, it is our hope that many more of us will be mo- tivated to broaden our understanding of the fullness of the Orthodox Christian faith. New Rome Press has published a new twelve volume book series titled Friends of Christ. Each volume is beautifully illustrated and contains the lives of Saints commemorated each month. The books are created to be utilized by both children and adults. Real events of history inspire everyone to love the Lord and His wondrous deeds in these books. The September volume includes the lives of: St. Mamas, Venerable Efrosynos the Cook, St. Cornelios the Centurion, St. Efymia the Great Martyr, and Sts. Efstathios and his family. Why not start off the Ecclesiastical New Year with this September volume? It is a great time to introduce your child to more Saints of the Church! As St. Seraphim of Sobolev reminds us: “Do not adapt your faith to your life, but your life to the faith.” We look forward to seeing you in the bookstore! Stephanie Mourafetis, Mary Mastorakos, Pat Tsopanoglou, and Francesca Captain