The Joy of the Resurrection
The joy of Christ's Resurrection, so eloquently captured in this Holy Saturday photograph, is central to the Orthodox faith. Every Sunday the Divine Liturgy offers us a foretaste of the Kingdom of Heaven here on earth, as we celebrate the Paschal joy once again. Come and see!
Our Patron: Saint Anthony the Great
I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility." Our venerable and God-bearing Father Saint Anthony the Great was born in to a wealthy family in upper Egypt about 254 AD. Also known as Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, and Anthony the Anchorite, he was a leader among the Desert Fathers, who were Christian monks in the Egyptian desert in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. The Orthodox Church celebrates his feast on January ...
A Church that is Ancient, Hierarchical, and Liturgical
We are a parish of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West, which is a part of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. This is the largest archdiocese in the ancient Patriarchate of Antioch and all the East, originally established by Sts. Peter and Paul, and where “the Disciples were first called Christians.”
Children’s Christmas Pageant
Our wonderful Christmas Pageant will be held just after Liturgy on Sunday, December 20th. All children are welcome to participate. If your child would like a speaking part, please contact Paula Hamma at 619-322-4156 or phamma@cox.net. Also, if Paula has already contacted you to ask specifically what role your child wishes to take, please respond to her quickly so that she can finalize main speaking parts in the cast within the next few days. [caption id="attachment_1039" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Christams Pageant 2008"][/caption] We have speaking parts in the play, narrators of the play, non-speaking parts, and an angel dance. Those children participating in ...
Charities Team Serves Meal to the Homeless
Every month members of St. Anthony's Charities Team serve dinners to the homeless at the Salvation Army in Downtown San Diego. Other charitable events in which St. Anthony's participates include: volunteering time at the San Diego food bank; assembling back packs with school supplies for needy grade school children; delivering Thanksgiving meals to needy families; the Adopt-a-family for Christmas drive, and work trips to Project Mexico's St. Innocent Orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico.
Parish Retreat 2009
Our Parish Retreat 2009 was held at Forest Home in beautiful Forest Falls California. It was a wonderful occasion for parish members to pray and play together, and to get to know one another in an informal atmosphere. Our chairpersons, Paul and Patty Diaz, are in the early planning stages for the 2010 Annual Parish Family Retreat. It will probably be held on the last weekend (or Saturday) of May. We are hoping to find an affordable camp or retreat center in the local mountains for an overnight retreat (as we have held for the past five years), but we ...
Different, But Not New
WHAT IS ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY? The Christian Church was founded in 33 A.D. in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. Virtually all Christians believe that. But what may come as a surprise, is that this original Church has continued throughout history until today. There is one body in Christendom which has kept intact the faith as revealed in the New Testament. That body is the Orthodox Christian Church, the second largest Christian Church in the world (approximately 250 million people). IF ORTHODOXY IS THE SECOND LARGEST CHRISTIAN GROUP IN THE WORLD, WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE ALL THE ORTHODOX? The Church founded by ...
Word from Fr. John
Why Do We Light Candles in the Orthodox Church?One of the most distinctive actions we do as Orthodox is to light candles as part of our prayerful entrance when we physically enter our Church. Aside from making the sign of the cross and saying an entrance prayer like “I will come into Thy house in the multitude of Thy mercy: and in Thy fear I will worship toward Thy holy temple…,”... [Read more]
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Reflections On Christian StewardshipA few Personal Reflections on how I can be a better Orthodox Christian Steward in...
Feast of St. Nicholas Video
On Saturday December 5, 2009, the Orthodox community of San Diego gathered on the...
January Asset Management Meeting
Below are the details for the January meeting of the Asset Management Committee: Date:...
New Photographs in Gallery
We have posted many new photographs, among them Valerie Yova’s last Sunday...
Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Christ is Born! Glorify Him! This is the...
“Adopt” a Family for Christmas
As we have done for several years, the St. Anthony Charity Team has “adopted”...
Asset Management Committee Formed
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