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3 THE SHEPHERD • DECEMBER 2025 • SAINT SPYRIDON GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF SAN DIEGO DIVINE SERVICES SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7: 10th Sunday of Luke Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Ephesians 5:8-19 ✟ Gospel : Luke 13:10-17 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11: Saint Spyridon the Wonder- worker of Trymithous ✟ Great Vespers: 6:00 PM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12: Saint Spyridon the Wonderworker of Trymithous Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Ephesians 5:8-19 ✟ Gospel : John 10:9-16 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14: 11th Sunday of Luke Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Colossians 3:4-11 ✟ Gospel : Luke 14:16-24 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21: Sunday before Nativity Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Hebrews 11:9-10; 32-40 ✟ Gospel : Matthew 1:1-25 WED., DEC. 24: The Eve of the Nativity of Jesus Christ Reading/Chanting of the Royal Hours 10:00 AM Divine Services 7:00 PM Epistle : Hebrews 1:1-12 ✟ Gospel : Luke 2:1-20 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28: Sunday after Nativity Orthros 9:00 AM ✟ Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Epistle : Galatians 1:11-19 ✟ Gospel : Matthew 2:13-23 MEMORIALS NOV 16: Joseph Kuhn – 9 mos Athena Napoli – 1 yr Stavros Livas – 54 yrs Argyrios Livas – 11 yrs Marika Livas – 25 yrs DEC 7: Mary Balourdas – 20 yrs Michael Balourdas 45 yrs DEC 14: Panayiotis Katsigiannis 1 yr Nikolaos Katsigiannis 12 yrs DEC 28: Connie Angelopulos- House – 2 yrs Arthur (Tom) Angelopulos – 12 yrs Heidi Angelopulos 10 yrs James (Demetrios) Mellos – 1 yr Athanasia Rousopoulos 5 yrs CHRISMATIONS OCT 26: Jennie (Theodora) Hinkle Sponsor: Niki Dougenis NOV 23: Arturo (Athanasios) Torres Sponsor: Nicholas Zamonis NOV 23: Juliana Torres Sponsor: Maria Sisco BAPTISMS OCT 25: Niko Da Costa Godmother: Dimitra Triantafilou NOV 8: Mixaela Despina Reizian Godfather: Spyridon Walpert OCT 18: Hazel Grace Dudum Godfather: Ramzi Dudum Godmother: Alia Dudum Dear Friends of the Choir: Our Annual Christmas Concert, The Heart of Christmas: A Journey of Light, Joy, and the Gift of Christ is almost here! Please join us on Sun- day, December 7th at 6:00 p.m. in the Church Community Center. The concert is complimentary, and both our Adult Choir and Youth Choir have been working so hard to pre- pare a beautiful evening of sacred and festive music. Your presence and support mean so much to all of us, so please attend and bring family and friends. A heartfelt thank you to all who have supported our concert with dona- tions and time. We truly could not do this without you. Your generosity helped offset the many costs of pre- senting the concert and allowed us to bring this special event to life with beauty and excellence our parish de- serves. I also want to thank our Youth Choir parents and kids —you are my loves. Your faithfulness, energy, and joy light up every rehearsal and every service. And to my Adult Choir , thank you for being so commit- ted week after week, for working so hard, and for never saying no to me. You are a blessing to our church and to me personally. A very special thank you to Deb- bie Kyriakidis for graciously taking on our dessert reception after the concert, and to all the Philoptochos ladies for their help, time, and cre- ativity. It’s going to look absolutely amazing, and we are so grateful for all you do to make this celebration so special. Wishing everyone a blessed Christ- mas and a happy, healthy New Year. May the joy of Christ’s Nativity fill your hearts and homes with peace, hope, and love. Singing His Praises, Katherine Loukatos Meck Choir Master NEWS LOFT FROM THE