On Sunday, March 31, 2024, His Grace Bishop Ioannis celebrated Orthros and Divine Liturgy at Prophet Elias. His message emphasised the teachings of St. Gregory Palamas – his feast day. We were encouraged to learn that His Grace is earnestly searching for a priest to assign to Prophet Elias. Our prayers are to continue since...Read More
On Friday, March 29, 2024, Salutations to the Theotokos were chanted at Prophet Elias. Many thanks to St. Katherine Philoptochos member Alexa Bolas for adorning the icon of the Theotokos for the prayer service. Amin!Read More
On Sunday, March 24, 2024, Father John Takahashi led the community in the continued celebration of icons in the Orthodox Church. All who attended carried an icon in the procession around our church to commemorate the event from long ago. Amin! Read More
On Friday, March 22, 2024, the first week of Great and Holy Lent and the next five Fridays, are dedicated to Salutations to the Theotokos. Our St. Katherine Philoptochos member Joanna Stebbins and chanter Maia Tamanakis decorated the icon for the evening of solemn and prayerful verses. Salutations begin at 6:00pm…all are welcome to attend....Read More
On Sunday, February 11, 2024, Archpriests Peter Sonntag (left) and John Takahashi (right) celebrated divine services with us. Father Peter and his Matushka Anastasia Sonntag were visiting from Germany and being hosted at the home of Father John Takahashi and his Matushka Robin Takahashi. Father Peter and Father John have been friends for many years....Read More
On Sunday, January 28, 2024, we celebrated the blessing and cutting of our parish Vasilopita with Father John Takahashi. All the many loaves were auctioned during Fellowship. New Parish Council member Jose Mendoza was the auctioneer and made the morning so joyful. We shouted our bids which finally totalled more than our donations from last...Read More
On Sunday, January 28, 2024, the newly-elected Parish Council took the Oath of Office administered by Father John Takahashi. The election of officers will occur at their first scheduled meeting. Pictured from left to right: Petka Hernandez, Georgia Chronopoulos, Robin Sirakides, Tim Sculley, Father John Takahashi, Connie Mellis, Anna Petroutsas, William Thanos, Angelo Karampelas, Jose...Read More
On Sunday, January 7, 2024, Father John Takahashi blessed the water in our church in celebration of Holy Epiphany. The water is available to all to take home and the water will be used in services throughout the year. Amin! Read More
On Epiphany, January 6, 2024, our Philoptochos sisters gathered for our first meeting of the new year. We planned our upcoming Vasilopita event discussed our philanthropic giving for the next month, and set our next meeting for February 11, 2024. Our goal this year is to increase our membership. After the meeting, we shared a...Read More
