saint james orthodox , modesto, california ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ACCESS AND LISTEN TO LIVE STREAMING OF SERVICES: We are pleased to be able to provide live broadcasting of our services over the internet through our Saint James website. These services will be streamed live with both audio and visual.To easily access the services, please click on the following link: https://tiny.cc/stjameslive. Your computer or cell phone can be used. Announcements: • After Liturgy—Fellowship lunch in the Fellowship Hall will be sponsored by the Younathan family. • After Liturgy and lunch—Catechism Class #1, in the Fireside Room. • After Liturgy and lunch—Catechism Class #2, in the sanctuary. • Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 AM—First Hour Prayers and Fellowship Breakfast at Casa Cielo. • Saturday, October 2 at 6:00 PM—Great . SAINT JAMES SUNDAY SCHOOL: • St. Kyriacos—Preschool, ages 3 to kindergarten • St. Demetrios—Elementary School, 1st grade to 6th grade • St. John SOYO—Middle and High School Preschool to 6th grade (St. Kyriacos and St. Demetrios)—Parents, please have your children come forward for com- munion before the rest of the congregation. After they will proceed immediately to classes to maximize teaching time. Parents will be required to pick up their children after the final prayers for Liturgy are completed. At that time, please feel free to come into the rooms to meet your teachers and ask any questions you may have. Middle School and High School Students (St. John SOYO)—After communion, students and teachers will meet in the Narthex, then walk over together to Casa Cielo for classes. After class, children will join in for lunch in the Fellowship Hall. 2021 FALL GATHERING AT ST. JOHN CHURCH IN ORINDA (OCTOBER 8 TO 10) Please see Sh.Yolanda Elizabeth or Khouria Carla if you are interested in carpooling to the Fall Gathering this year. It is a wonderful opportunity for our Orthodox teens, women, young adults and to engage in fellowship outside of our local church community, and this year Sayidna Joseph will be present to speak with each group. : Today—Nicholas Wright Sunday, October 3—Sh. Yolanda Diaz PILGRIMAGE THROUGH THE PROJECT: Use readings for week 3 on the master schedule (see pages 4 and 5). BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, AND FEAST DAYS: September 29 [Julian date]—Mila Karepina’s feast day (St. Ludmilla) September 30 [Julian date]—Liuba Jacobs and Nadia Mayer’s feast day (St. Sophia and her daughers Faith, Hope & Love— Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov in Russian) September 30—Fr. Thomas Zell’s birthday October 3—Heather & Everett Reed’s first anniversary October 4—Galina Golovina’s birthday October 7—Sargon Younathan’s feast day (St. Sergius) October 7—Emery Peterson’s birthday October 9—Yana Malygina’s birthday October 12—Matthew (Shlemoun) Hauel’s birthday October 15—Noah & Kendra Takahashi AND Edgar & Noelle Aviles’ anniversaries October 16—James Swehla’s birthday October 17—Victoria Panarina’s feast day (St. Virineya, Julian date) October 18—Paul’s Roe’s birthday October 18—Luke Hartley’s feast day (St. Luke) October 19—Rachel Lovelace and Darlene Fox’s birthdays October 19—Joel Swehla’s feast day (the Prophet Joel) 1 continued SYNAXARION FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 Repose of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian

On September 26 in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate the Translation of the holy and glorious Apostle and Evangelist, Bosom-friend, Virgin and Beloved John the Theologian. Verses Thou standest before the beloved Word of the Father, Thou who art beloved above all the disciples. On the twenty-sixth the Son of Thunder passed unto God. John was the son of Zebedee the fisherman and Salome the daughter of Joseph, the betrothed of the Holy . Called by the Lord Jesus, John immediately left his father and his fishermen’s nets and, with his brother James, followed Christ. From then on, he was not separated from his Lord until the end. With Peter and James, he was present at the raising of Jairus’ daughter and the Transfiguration of the Lord. At the Last Supper, he inclined his head on Jesus’ breast. When all the other apostles had abandoned the crucified Lord, John and the Holy Mother of God remained beneath the Cross. In obedience to the Lord, he was as a son to the Holy Virgin Mary, and carefully served and watched over her until her Dormition. John then lived and labored mostly in Ephesus. By his inspired preaching and miracles, he converted many to and shook paganism to its foundation. The embittered pagans bound him and sent him to Rome, to face Emperor Dometian, who had him tortured and flogged, which did him no harm. This terrified the emperor and, thinking him immortal, Dometian sent him into exile to the island of Patmos. There John converted many to Christianity by words and miracles, and confirmed well the Church of God. He also wrote his Gospel and Revelation on Patmos. He was over one hundred years old when he went to the Lord, and we celebrate the anniversary of his repose today. Through his intercessions, O Christ God, have mercy upon us. Amen.

TODAY’S VARIABLE : RESURRECTIONAL (TONE 5) Let us believers praise and worship the Word; coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation. For, He took pleasure in ascending the Cross in the flesh to suffer death; and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection APOLYTIKION OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST (TONE 2) O Apostle John, beloved of Christ our God, hasten to deliver a defenseless people. He that allowed thee to recline on His breast receiveth thee bowing in intercession. Implore Him, O Theologian, to dispel the persistent cloud of the heathen, and ask for us His peace and Great Mercy.

TROPARION FOR SAINT JAMES As a disciple of the Lord, righteous James, thou didst receive the Gospel; and as a martyr thou art never turned turned away; as the brother of God thou hast boldness; and as a hiearch thou dost always intercede. Entreat Christ God, that He save our souls.

KONTAKION FOR ORDINARY SUNDAYS (TONE 2) O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the Creator most constant, O despise not the sup- pliant voices of those who have sinned; but be thou quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession, and speed thou to make supplication, thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee. THE PROKEIMENON His voice has gone out into all the earth. The heavens declare the glory of God. THE READING FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN (4:12-19) Brethren, no one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen, and do testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love which God has for us. God is love; and he who abides continued in love abides in God, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, even so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has torment; but he who fears is not perfected in love. We love God, because He first loved us. THE GOSPEL THE READING FROM THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (19:25-27; 21:24-25) At that time, standing by the Cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, He said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your Son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things, which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

COMMUNION FOR ST. JOHN (TONE 8) His sound hath gone forth into all the earth; and his words to the ends of the world. Alleluia.

3 continued Notes about the Pilgrimage through the Psalms Project.

To read the same Psalms together with the rest of our parish, please follow the following schedule:

Sunday, September 12 through Saturday, September 18, use the readings for Week One. Sunday, September 19 through Saturday, September 25, use the readings for Week Two. Sunday, September 26 through Saturday, October 2, use the readings for Week Three. Sunday, October 3 through Saturday, October 9, use the readings for Week Four. Sunday, October 10 through Saturday, October 16, use the readings for Week Five. Sunday, October 17 through Saturday, October 23, use the readings for Week Six. Sunday, October 24 through Saturday, October 30 use the readings for Week Seven. Sunday, October 31 through Saturday, November 6, use the readings for Week Eight. Sunday, November 7 through Saturday, November 13, use the readings for Week Nine.

If you are reading from an Eastern Orthodox or Greek translation of the Psalms, such as The Orthodox Study Bible, The According to the Seventy (published by Holy Transfiguration ) orThe Ancient Faith Psalter (published by Ancient Faith Publishing), use the following numbering.

Pilgrimage Through The Psalms

LXX/ Week 1* Week 2* Week 3* Week 4* Week 5* Week 6* Week 7** Week 8** Unit 9**

Septuagint Stasis 1 Stasis 2 Stasis 3 Stasis 1 Stasis 2 Stasis 3 Stasis 1 Stasis 2 Stasis 3

Sunday 9-10 11-13 14-16 17 18-20 21-23 2 Kathisma 2 Kathisma 2 Kathisma 3 Kathisma 3 Kathisma 3

Monday 24-26 27-29 30-31 32-33 34-35 36 37-39 40-42 43-45 Kathisma 4 Kathisma 4 Kathisma 4 Kathisma 5 Kathisma 5 Kathisma 5 Kathisma 6 Kathisma 6 Kathisma 6

Tuesday 46-48 49-50 51-54 55-57 58-60 61-63 64-66 67 68-69 Kathisma 7 Kathisma 7 Kathisma 7 Kathisma 8 Kathisma 8 Kathisma 8 Kathisma 9 Kathisma 9 Kathisma 9

Wednesday 70-71 72-73 74-76 77 78-80 81-84 85-87 88 89-90 Kathisma 10 Kathisma 10 Kathisma 10 Kathisma 11 Kathisma 11 Kathisma 11 Kathisma 12 Kathisma 12 Kathisma 12

Thursday 91-93 94-96 97-100 101-102 103 104 105 106 107-108 Kathisma 13 Kathisma 13 Kathisma 13 Kathisma 14 Kathisma 14 Kathisma 14 Kathisma 15 Kathisma 15 Kathisma 15

Friday 134-136 137-139 140-142 143-144 145-147 148-150 119-123 125-128 129-133 Kathisma 19 Kathisma 19 Kathisma 19 Kathisma 20 Kathisma 20 Kathisma 20 Kathisma 18 Kathisma 18 Kathisma 18

Saturday 109-11 112-114 115-117 118:1-72 118:73-131 118:132-176 1-3 4-6 7-8 Kathisma 16 Kathisma 16 Kathisma 16 Kathisma 17 Kathisma 17 Kathisma 17 Kathisma 1 Kathisma 1 Kathisma 1

*Liturgically at /. **Liturgically at Vespers. Note: If you wish to pray the full cycle of the Psalms as done in then read all of the “weeks” (1-6 for Morning, 7-9 for evening) for the given day.

4 If you are reading from the Masoretic or Hebrew translation of the Psalms, such as the (KJV), the New International Version (NIV), or the Revised Standard Version (RSV), use Masoretic / Western numbering.

Pilgrimage Through The Psalms

Hebrew/ Week 1* Week 2* Week 3* Week 4* Week 5* Week 6* Week 7** Week 8** Unit 9**

Masoretic Stasis 1 Stasis 2 Stasis 3 Stasis 1 Stasis 2 Stasis 3 Stasis 1 Stasis 2 Stasis 3

Sunday 9-11 12-14 15-17 18 19-21 22-24

Monday 25-27 28-30 31-32 33-34 35-36 37 38-40 41-43 44-46

Tuesday 47-49 50-51 52-55 56-58 59-61 62-64 65-67 68 69-70

Wednesday 71-72 73-74 75-77 78 79-81 82-85 86-88 89 90-91

Thursday 92-94 95-97 98-101 102-103 104 105 106 107 108-109

Friday 135-137 138-140 141-143 144-145 146-147 148-150 120-124 125-129 130-134

Saturday 110-112 113-116:9 116:10-118 119:1-72 119:73-131 119:132-176 1-3 4-6 7-8

*Liturgically at Matins/Orthros. **Liturgically at Vespers. Note: If you wish to pray the full cycle of the Psalms as done in monasteries then read all of the “weeks” (1-6 for Morning, 7-9 for evening) for the given day.

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