Glory be to God! With God’s help and mercy, the OCF was able to set up a booth at this year’s Cornucopia event at UCSC. People from varying backgrounds came by and spoke with our OCF spiritual advisor, Father Ion Coman. Most of the people who showed interest in joining OCF for their first meeting...Read More
On Wednesday evening, June 29, 2022, Father John Takahashi greeted a group of students led by our seminarian Ioan Gheorghiu from Holy Cross/Hellenic College in Brookline, MA. They requested a tour of Prophet Elias while they were in Santa Cruz. The students are attending the CrossRoad Summer Institute in San Francisco. They venerated all the...Read More
On Sunday, June 12, 2022, two young guests celebrated the Divine services with us. Paul Zerebinski (left), a former OCF member at Prophet Elias who served as an acolyte, and Mikael Habrezion (right) from Annunciation in Sacramento, CA, added depth and beauty to the chanting of the hymns. Many thanks to these young men who...Read More
On Sunday, May 29, 2002, His Grace Bishop Ioannis celebrated the Divine services at Prophet Elias. He also blessed the future endeavours of our college grads. From left to right: Nicole Bishara (BA-Computer Science, Habib Maksoud (BS-Neuroscience), Theophanis Fox (MS-Computer Science & Engineering), His Grace, Andrew Angeles (PhD-Linguistics), Monika Mikhail (PhD-Anthropology), and advisor Marc Emile...Read More
Our OCF had an introductory meeting with Father Ion Coman, who graciously agreed to be the spiritual advisor until a new Proistamenos comes to Prophet Elias. It was a wonderful first meeting. Amin! Read More
On Saturday, April 30, 2022, our Parish Council vice president, Bob Roberts, led a crew of our Orthodox Christian Fellowship members to begin the preparations to complete our courtyard. The team included Greg, Alexander, Russ, Theophanis, and Marc, This first activity is to fill, compact, and level the hole that once existed under the now-gone,...Read More
Our Stewardship Ministry is active and has set our 2024 goal. Every parishioner is invited to become a Steward, offering time, talent, and treasure for the benefit of our church home. Kostas Amberiadis continues to chair the ministry and urges everyone to do their best to participate generously. AminsRead More
On Sunday, January 23, 2022, Father Milutin celebrated the Divine Liturgy then the blessing of our traditional church Vasilopita that was baked by Maureen Heliotis. He started with Christ and continued cutting pieces for every ministry in the church, all hoping to get the coin. The blade found its mark for our young acolyte, Noel...Read More
January launches our Stewardship campaign for 2017. Stewardship Commitment Cards were mailed to 153 individuals in our Parish. Now is the time to reflect and make your commitment. We are a family and must work together to keep and preserve our Church.Read More
Our call was made for someone to build an icon stand like this one to be placed outside our Church. The craftsman for our first such stand is Tihomir Georgiev. We saw his “work-in-progress” during Fellowship and soon it will be weatherproofed to live outdoors in the salt air. Many thanks to Tihomir for using...Read More
