The Prophet Elias Church

Address: 223 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Phone: (831) 429-6500 Web: http://www.propheteliassc.org Email: [email protected] Shirley Manis Parish Administrator Phone: (831) 429-6500 Email: [email protected] Father Milutin Janjic Proistamenos Phone: (831) 429-6500 Email: [email protected]

Services Schedule

WEEKLY SCHEDULE Due to COVID-19, location of services will be noted and follow county health officials' protocols Parish Calendar of Services https://www.propheteliassc.org/parish-calendar YouTube & Livestream Recordings https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4fwJ3LuBSdgrgMEPyHU0mw 9:00 AM Sunday Orthros (Outdoor) 9:00 AM Weekday Orthros (Indoor & Livestream) 10:00 AM Sunday Divine Liturgy (Outdoor by reservation) 10:00 AM Weekday and Saturday Divine Liturgy (Indoor or Outdoor no reservation) 11:00 AM Sunday School (In-person 2nd and 4th Sundays) 12:00 PM Sunday, Zoom Fellowship (Consult this bulletin for link) 7:00 PM Wednesday, Paraklesis (Indoor & Livestream) 7:00 PM Saturday, Vespers (Indoor & Livestream)

Weekly Bulletin for Sunday, May 30, 2021 Divine Service Schedule

Even though the CDC removed the mask mandate, our still requires us to remain masked until further notice,

which is also expected to be lifted soon.

ALL ATTENDEES AT EVERY SERVICE MUST

WEAR A MASK & SOCIALLY DISTANCE

ONLY SUNDAY OUTDOOR SERVICES REQUIRE A RESERVATON ~~ WEEKDAY SERVICES ARE INDOOR & LIVESTREAM

Livestream on YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4fwJ3LuBSdgrgMEPyHU0mw

Website Parish Calendar: https://www.propheteliassc.org/parish-calendar

Saturday, May 29: INDOOR LIVESTREAM 7:00pm Vespers

Sunday, May 30: OUTDOOR 9:00am Orthros, 10:00am Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

Monday, May 31: INDOOR LIVESTREAM 7:00pm Paraklesis to St. Nikiforos

Wednesday, June 2: INDOOR LIVESTREAM 7:00pm Paraklesis to Theotokos

Saturday, June 5: INDOOR LIVESTREAM 7:00pm Vespers

Viewers at home may wish to access a streaming link for the Divine Liturgy with a different Orthodox church.

Select from: https://www.goarch.org/live-broadcasts

Access to the text for services-of-the-day at: http://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html

GUIDELINES CONTINUE TO BE OBSERVED - INDOORS OR OUTDOORS

PLEASE EXIT THE COURTYARD THROUGH THE CENTER STREET GATE.

Please continue to email or call the church office to request a Sunday Divine Liturgy reservation by Friday at 5PM and expect a return confirmation. Viewers at home may wish to access a streaming link for the Divine Liturgy with a different Orthodox church. Select from:

https://www.goarch.org/live-broadcasts

Face masks are compulsory for the duration of the outdoor liturgy and must cover both the mouth and the nose. The only time to remove the mask is when taking Holy Communion then it must be put back on. No exceptions.

~~ QUICK THINGS TO KNOW ~~

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED BY FRIDAY AT 5:00PM. Please call the church (831) 429-6500. Or email the church at: [email protected] with the following information for confirmation:

1) Your name

2) Names of additional attendees with you

3) Your phone number for confirmation or contact tracing.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation to keep ourselves and others safe.

God is with us! News & Zooms

ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT - WALK UPs WELCOMED!

LET THERE BE GYRO EVENT

May 29, 2021 - Noon - 7PM

We will be hosting a gyro-to-go event beginning at noon until 7:00 p.m. in the backyard of our church.

The gyros will be cooked onsite and ready to be enjoyed by all. Several socially-distanced tables will be available if you choose to enjoy them onsite. You can stop by and buy your gyros that day.

www.LiveLikeAGreek.com

https://www.livelikeagreek.com/events/let-there-be-gyro

or www.propheteliassc.org

https://www.propheteliassc.org/news-and-events/let-there-be-gyro

We will also have several items available including: feta, olives, dolmathes, spanakopita, baklava, Greek beer and Greek soda.

This event is planned observing the existing safety and health guidelines as we begin to transition back to our accustomed way of life. We will be hosting more events this summer and will be sending information as it becomes available.

We appreciate your continuous support and look forward to seeing you soon!

HIS GRACE BISHOP JOHN OF His Grace celebrated a hierarchical Divine Liturgy with us on Sunday of the Paralytic. His first visit to our parish was a joyous event and we were happy to receive His message and blessings! Amin! https://www.propheteliassc.org/news-events/his-grace-bishop-john-visits

MAN OF GOD - the movie

The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival - LAGFF - a festival showcasing films from Greece, Cyprus, and filmmakers of Greek heritage from around the world, will be online and on- demand this year taking place from May 10 - 30, 2021. The 15th LAGFF will proudly present, the exclusive Official Premiere screening of Man of God, a film depicting the trials and tribulations of Greek Orthodox Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of people while preaching the Word of God.

Details for tickets at this link: https://www.goarch.org/-/man-of-god-movie

SANTA CRUZ FREE CLINIC A UCSC student project Prophet Elias supports! On June 12, 2021 from 2:00-4:00PM, under the supervision of Father Milutin, the Santa Cruz Free Clinic will offer a free haircutting service for men and women in the homeless community in Santa Cruz. The homeless community has been dehumanized for numerous reasons; one being their appearance. This dehumanization deteriorates the mental health of the homeless community and perpetuates the cycle of homelessness. Providing this healthcare service is the first step in aiding their mental health and lowering barriers in connecting the homeless community with society. The project sets up in the Cruzio side driveway and also provides pre-packaged food/water for those who are helped. Students are very responsible and ensure our driveway is cleared after the 2-hour event. It should be noted that of all the many churches in the County...only Prophet Elias reached out to offer these students a location to do their good work. Amin!

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Message from Marc Emile Johnston - OCF advisor Christ is Risen!

I pray you all are well this week. Join us on Saturday at noon! We'll be meeting for lunch at Let There Be Gyro at Prophet Elias on Saturday, May 29th. Some of us will volunteer and serve afterward. Come and say hi! For anyone who hasn't joined, stay in touch on Discord!

SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS

Message from Angela Santiago - Sunday school teacher

Christ Is Risen! I hope you are doing well and having a great start to your week. This Sunday May 30th will be our last Sunday school lesson for the Church school year. Our lesson will be on Holy Pentecost. We will recite the Holy Spirit prayer, reenact the story of Pentecost using paper puppets and complete a worksheet .

It has been such a blessing to be your child's Sunday school teacher and watch them grow and blossom in their understanding and love for the Church and Jesus Christ. I want to sincerely thank you all for your support, encouragement and flexibility this Church school year. We will resume Sunday school in the Fall. An email with more details will come in August.

Please remember to make your reservations for Sunday at: [email protected] . It is important to make those reservations by 5pm on Friday. I use the reservation list to prepare the necessary amount of copies and materials needed for the Sunday school lesson.

MUSTARD SEED BIBLE STUDY

Message from Janine Economides - Bible Study leader

Χριστός ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen!

Our next meeting of the Mustard Seed Bible Study will take place on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at 5:30 PM.

This will be a special meeting, as it is our last before the summer break. Please prepare by reading Luke 22 from verse 24, and also Luke chapters 23 & 24. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you.

Join us on Zoom! https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93251737142

ST. PHOTIOS NATIONAL SHRINE Commemorates the Fall of Constantinople

Featuring international recording artist Glykeria

Saint Augustine, FL: On Saturday, May 29, 2021, the Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine will livestream its second annual Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople, “The City Lives,” online at St. Photios National Shrine Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SaintPhotios. The event will feature musical performances by the famous Greek recording artist Glykeria.

The online version of this event is presented for all the faithful in place of an event at the Saint Photios Shrine in light of the current pandemic. The broadcast will by simulcast at the channels of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and The Pappas Post.

The program will be hosted by Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, the Hierarchal Proistamenos of the Shrine, and is entitled The City Lives (Η ΠΟΛΗ ΖΕΙ). In addition to the musical performance of folk and contemporary songs about Constantinople, the submissions and award of the first drawing contest for children of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America will be featured, focusing on the historic Church of the Holy Wisdom (Haghia Sophia).

The annual commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople is not only a remembrance of the fall of the capital of the on May 29, 1453 by the Ottomans who finally took the “Queen of Cities” established by Saint Constantine the Great some eleven centuries earlier. It is also a celebration of Byzantine culture and the modern Hellenic culture that sprang from this pivotal event in world history.

Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos was appointed Hierarch Proistamenos of the Saint Photios Shrine in 2019. The live event and segments were produced in conjunction with Archon Nicholas Furris of Spectrum Films, The Pappas Post, and the generosity of Archon Carl Hollester and his wife Cynthia.

COFFEE HOUR FELLOWSHIP Time: 12:00pm - This is a recurring Sunday morning meeting. Use this link every week: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8314212845?pwd=TThrZ3dxcHk2V1VZNmtSL3J1dnY5Zz09

AMAZON SMILE - There's an App for that!

Want to help make a difference while you shop in the Amazon app, at no extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select "Prophet Elias of Santa Cruz" as your charity and activate AmazonSmile in the app, they'll donate a portion of your eligible mobile app purchases to us.

How it works: 1. Open the Amazon app on your phone 2. Select the main menu (=) & tap on "AmazonSmile" within Programs & Features 3. Select "Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church of Santa Cruz" as your charity 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate AmazonSmile in the mobile app

BOOK BEGINNINGS ABOUT FR. JOHN KARASTAMATIS

Message from Maria Karastamatis Kosmides:

We would like to announce that we have started a book. We are looking for personal experiences from different people, any miracles, or any accounts about Father John Karastamatis. If you knew Father John and had any experiences with him, please send the information to me at [email protected]. Thank you and God bless. St Katherine's Corner

Hello everyone,

Thank you to all who were able to make our last meeting. We enjoyed the company of our students from Holy Cross and hearing their plans for summer and future at the school. They are very devoted to their studies and the Orthodox faith.

Please save the date, Sunday, June 27, 2021. This will be our annual fundraiser for our chapter. This year's program will support Camp Agape at Dunlap, CA. We will have an exciting raffle and send an email with all the details in the near future.

Please keep in mind that our Great Lent almsgiving for the Hopes Closet Children's Clothing bank has been completed. If you still have items you want to donate, please contact them directly and deliver your items. We are no longer collecting items at the church. Thank you all again for your kind generosity.

Hope Closet Donation Center Open Mondays and Wednesdays 10M-5PM and Saturday 11AM-5PM

2555-2557 Soquel Drive

Santa Cruz, CA 95065

Shop (831) 462-6700 and Services (831) 566-1731 [email protected]

Keep on recycling over the summer. We now only take pre-washed cans and bottles, please. We no longer are taking cardboard.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

Maria Thomas Stewardship

2021 Stewardship Goal

$110,000.00

As Stewards, we affirm that every aspect of our lives comes as a gift from Him.

Stewardship calls on the faithful to cheerfully offer back to God a portion of the gifts with which they have been blessed.

God bless our Stewards! Prayers for Those in Need PRAYERS FOR OUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Doctors: Dr. Anthony, Dr. Stephen, Dr. David, Dr. Erik, Dr. Jelena, Dr. Stamenko, Dr. Matthew, Dr. Alexandra, Dr. Brendan, Dr Matthew, Dr. Mona

Pharmacist: Lisa, Ivana

Nurses: Dawn, Aphrodite, Viara, Lauretta, Erin, Samantha, Stella, Nina, Sanya, Stella, Cici, Jen, Marina, Sondra

Email the church office if you want to be listed or know of someone who should be listed: [email protected]

~~~ Keep All in Your Prayers ~~~

Father Tom Paris, Presbytera Vaso Paris, Very Rev. Father Mark Vinas, Elias Peterson, Des Arvelas, Karen Krilanovich, Maria Tomaras, Matty Manzo, Dena Mitropoulos, Eleftheria Pappas, Vlad Voinea, Fotini Ballas, Dawn Sculley, Noni Shultz's mother Peggy, Johnna Krilanovich, Irina Sanchez, Sam Khalil, Daniela Hurezanu, Eleftheria Gill, Jim Petroutsas, Tony Lekas, Nick Maniotes, Valerie Maniotes, Harris, Bob & Elizabeth Rible, Catalina Gomes, Evangelia Vassil, Vasili Karagiannopoulos, Marion Lafkas, Annie Gouskos, Catherine Doyle, Panayioti, Dr. Louis Dimas, Jim Irving, Maye Emley, Sister Nektaria and the School for Girls in Kolkata, India, Innocentia, , Deacon Edward, David, Maria, Ellen, Nicoletta, Marina, Robert Isambert, Connie Mellis, Anastasia Vasquez, Peter Betsekas, Aphrodite Roberts, Eleftheria Gill

DAILY READINGS APP - https://www.goarch.org/-/daily-reading-app

The Daily Readings App on your mobile device is the easiest way to access the day's Bible readings prescribed by the Lectionary of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Daily Readings App also lets you read the lives of the saints or lookup fasting guidelines for each day right on your device. Gospel and Epistle Readings Matins Gospel Reading

Seventh Orthros Gospel The Reading is from John 20:1-10

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. 4th Mode. Psalm 103.24,1. O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom. Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30.

In those days, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and , speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea, and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman The Reading is from John 4:5-42

At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."

Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.

Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."

Hymns of the Day Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal 1st Mode

Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 4th Mode Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Mid-Pentecost in the Plagal 4th Mode

At Mid-feast give Thou my thirsty soul to drink of the waters of piety; for Thou, O Saviour, didst cry out to all: Whosoever is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Wherefore, O Well- spring of life, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.

Hymn to Prophet Elias in the 1st Mode

The incarnate messenger and cornerstone of the Prophets. The second forerunner of the second coming of Christ. Elias the Glorious! He sent down upon Elisha the gift from above. He drives away diseases and cleanses lepers. Wherefore he is the source of healing to those who honor him.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal 4th Mode

Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.