Sunday, September 17 St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church A OF THE OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA—EASTERN AMERICAN DIOCESE Great Vespers & Confessions each Saturday at 6 pm – Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 pm – each Sunday at 10 am 60 Clifton Chapel Lane, Stafford, Virginia 22555 – Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1295, Stafford, VA 22555 – Website: www.sthermanorthodox.org Liturgical Services/Activities:

Sun. Sept. 17/Aug. 4 15th Sunday after Pentecost. 9:15 a.m. Choir Practice 9:30 a.m. Reading of the Hours 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Jonah 11:50 a.m. Fellowship Hour Wed. Sept. 20/Sept. 7 16th Week after Pentecost. 7:00 p.m. Adult Group Studing Thurs. 21 Sept./8 Sept. 16th Week after Pentecost. Nativity of the Theotokos. 9:30 a.m. Reading of the Hours 10:00 a.m. Festal Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Jonah Sat. Sept. 23/Sept. 10 16th Week after Pentecost. 6:00 p.m. Great Vespers & Holy Confessions (with Metropolitan Jonah serving) Sun. Sept. 24/Sept. 11 16th Sunday after Pentecost. 8:15 a.m. Choir Practice 9:00 a.m. Theophilos Milligan's 9:30 a.m. Reading of the Hours 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Jonah 11:50 a.m. Fellowship Hour

Attendance Great Vespers 09/09 - 19 Liturgy 09/10 - 51 2017 Finances The Parish needs $1588.81 /week to meet budget Week Amount Received Difference from amount needed

Year-to-date $59,152.77 + $366.80 September 3 $1,641.00 + $52.19 September 10 $922.00 - $666.81

Honor the Lord from your righteous labors and offer Him the from the fruits of righteousness, that your storehouses may be filled with an abundance of grain and your wine presses may gush with wine. Intercessory PrayerList

LIVING: Rebecca Laymon, Judith (Maria) Cook, Anna Rosado-Nazario, Ann Yuschak, Sarah Heitke, Dsa. Monica Pappas, Paisley Joanna Milligan, Charles Jordan, Matushka Kathleen Webster, Emma Nicole Parkinson, Veronica Sirko, Kristin Milligan, Donna Colaianni, Archpriest Michael Sekela, Patricia Connerley, Martha Connerley, Kathy Sekela, Mark Laymon, Kristin Blaylock, Janis Sergeant, Millicent Novic, Ray Liddick, Leonidas Stylianopoulos, Sophia Stylianopoulos, Chad Gallagher, Matushka Cindy Joanna Mitchell, Presvytera Flora Chioros, Father Stanley Voyiazakis, Presvytera Katherine Baker, Anthony (West Virginia), Archpriest George Larin, Matushka Masha Potapov, Matushka Sophia Doubleday, Evdokiya Bykov, Kevin McCarthy, James Dunham, 2LT Benjamin Stracquatanio USA (Korea), David Jones (Peace Corps, Ghana), James Puckett, Nora Milligan, Archpriest Victor Potapov, Archpriest John Nehrebecki, Archpriest Theodore Shomsky, Iov (Holy Trinity Monastery), JoAnn Swift, Archpriest George Rados, Makaria, James and Bryce Wilt, Ryan Wilt, Logan Peters, Sandra Brown, Glenn A. Cooper, Kiernan Green, Nicholas Lukianov, Matushka Nadejda Revitsky, John Hershey, Archpriest George Johnson, Lisa King Buka, Richard Buka Sr., Gene King, Howard J. Stickley, Larry Terrell, Matushka Raisa Hutnyan, Jackie Leopold, Ellaine Baron, Protodeacon Pavel Wolkow, Mother Theodora, Jerry Laxson, Archpriest Alexander Veronis, James Jushiner, Michael Gann, James Scott Jr., Anders Bjorklund, Maria Papademetriou, Peter and Laura Roshak and baby Mark, Protopresbyter ValeryLukianov, Archpriest George Kallaur, Archpriest Paul Ivanov, Christina Spannic, Ksenia Resnifoff, Maximos Andreas Winans, Michelle Duckett, Nicholas Pappas, Kevin McDonald, Elizabeth Orlowsky, Conley Rohall, Jean Manco, Katherine Katsiakas, the captive Orthodox from Aleppo, Syria: Archpriest John Vass, His Eminence Boulos (Yazigi) and Mar Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim, Michael Kyle.

Memory Eternal: Catherine Perme, Rose Marie Webster, Archpriest Mark Gomez, Dimitria Manuel. *****Biography on Metropolitan Jonah ***** Metropolitan Jonah was born James Paffhausen in Chicago, in a German American family in the Episcopal Church. The family lived in Chicago, two years in Los Angeles, and then finally settled in San Diego. Met. Jonah went to La Jolla High, then University of California San Diego; then finished his BA in Anthropology at UC Santa Cruz. During his second year of university, he found the Russian Orthodox Church and was received at age 19, in 1978. After college, he entered St Vladimir’s Seminary, finishing two degrees, a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology in Dogmatics. After working in real estate finance for a few years, and for the OCA Diocese of the West, he resumed studies toward a doctorate in Theology in Berkeley. He was choir director then deacon at St Nicholas, Saratoga, CA. He interrupted studies and went to Russia for most of 1993, living in Moscow first, and then becoming a at Valaam Monastery. He returned to the US at the end of the year, and was subsequently ordained hierodeacon in February and hieromonk in October, 1994, and was assigned to St Mary Magdalene Mission, in Merced, California. He also served as a circuit riding mission , working to establish several missions. In 1996, he received the blessing to start a monastery, and founded the Monastery of St John of San Francisco in Pt Reyes Station, Marin County, CA. In 2006 the Monastery moved to Manton on Mt Lassen, CA. In 2008 he was elected auxiliary to the Archbishop of Dallas, Dmitri, but was quickly (10 days) elected Metropolitan of the OCA. He served in that position for 4 years, and stepped down in July, 2012. Since that time, he has served at St John the Baptist , and officially was received into ROCOR in June, 2015.He also serves the Holy Archangels Orthodox Foundation, with a home chapel and weekly Liturgies. Class on Acts Starting on Wednesday evening, September 13, we will begin a new Bible Study class on the Book of Acts. We will focus on the life of the early Church, and augment the text with readings from contemporary writers and early Church Fathers, as well as historical work from modern scholarship. Everyone is welcome! No prerequisites! This should be a great way both to study the Scriptures, as well as build community. Catechumens and inquirers are very welcome. Invitation to John Theophilos Milligan's Baptism The Milligan family would like to invite the parish to attend the baptism of their son John next week, Sunday, September 24, at 9 a.m. Announcements The meeting of the Sisterhood of Myrrhbearing Women has been rescheduled from Sunday, September 17 to Sunday, September 24. This will be a short meeting to talk about our plans for the Aquia Festival and planning for projects for next year. Every woman in the congregation is a Sisterhood member, so we look forward to seeing all of you on September 24.

Sisterhood meeting: September 24th . Our current teams are as follows: Please e-mail Nancy at 1st Sunday: [email protected] if you have any concerns or Team 1: Mat. Kathleen, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Beth and topics that you wish to bring up for discussion. Dues are Melissa. $25.00 for the year. All parish women are welcome to 2nd Sunday: attend the meeting but only paid members are allowed to vote on issues. Team 2: Gina(?), Sarah(?), Palmer and the Milligan’s. 3rd Sunday: Coffee Hour: We need volunteers to help with our Coffee and Fellowship time and anyone is welcome to help. Team 3: Nancy, Stella, Caitlin and Dena. 4th Sunday: Team 2 needs at least one more member, preferably two, Team 4: Mat. Joanna, Judith, Veronica and Lori. for September 10 and the following months. 5th Sunday: Potluck

Coffee Hours needs Critical need: Because the church does not have trash pickup we always need volunteers who will take a bag or two of trash with them after fellowship time. ***********ALSO********* Some cans of coffee will be greatly appreciated to continue with our wonderful after-service tradition!