April 12th, 2020
Stuff from the Priest: “Holy Week at Home, Part 1.” Click here for the Article.
If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/palmsunday.pdf
Requires Adobe Acrobat reader (which is free to download):
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy:
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_lent5_t1.htm
You can find propers for other upcoming Liturgies by clicking here, and upcoming Rubrics for services by clicking here.
Schedule of Service for the Coming Week:
| Sunday, April 12th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy for Palm Sunday
12:30 p.m. Vespers and Bridegroom Matins for Holy Monday |
| Monday, April 13th | 6:30 p.m. Bridegroom Matins |
| Tuesday, April 14th | 6:30 p.m. Bridegroom Matins |
| Wednesday, April 15th | 6:30 p.m. Matins for Holy Thursday |
| Thursday, April 16th | 9:00 a.m. Hours followed by the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of
St. Basil 6:00 p.m. Service of the 12 Passion Gospels |
| Friday, April 17th | 9:00 a.m. Royal Hours of Holy Friday
3:00 p.m. Vespers 6:00 p.m. Matins of Holy Saturday |
| Saturday, April 18th | 9:00 a.m. Hours, followed by the Vesperal Liturgy of
Holy Saturday 11:30 p.m. The Midnight office. |
| Sunday, April 19th | 12:00 a.m. Matins of Pascha, followed by the Paschal Liturgy.
9:00 a.m. Second Paschal Liturgy |
Announcements
We will not be able to have public services per the directive of our Archbishop, out of safety concerns for the Coronavirus, and so unless you have been asked to be at the services, we must ask that you not enter the Church building. We are limited to have no more than 10 people per service, and not even all of the clergy can be at every service. Pray that this problem will soon be resolved so that we can return to normal services.
Please contact Fr. John Whiteford or Fr. David Companik if you would like to receive communion at home.
I know that many families are in uncertain financial circumstances, and so not everyone is in a position to help right now, but if you are, we would appreciate it if you could continue to send in your donations, either electronically though either PayPal or Tithely, or by regular mail:
St. Jonah Orthodox Church
P.O. Box 1427
Spring, Texas 77383
You can watch our services during this time on Facebook, by liking our page, and clicking the notification bell:
https://www.facebook.com/saintjonah/
You may also be interested in watching the services at Holy Cross Monastery via YouTube. They do daily services, and the quality of their videos is generally better than we are able to do right no. Just subscribe to their channel, and hit the notification bell:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-sqeQbmgzrL0t8uFJm4Ew
You will find texts for services that you can do at home this week, beginning with Lazarus Saturday through Holy Friday evening, here:
https://fatherjohn.blogspot.com/2020/04/holy-week-at-home-part-1.html
I will post a similar article each week until this crisis is over.
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru 31 February 2020):
Tithes: $18,952
Building Fund: $2,699
For February 2020:
Tithes: $8,732
Building Fund: $673
Average Monthly Expenses $11,205.00
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can take a virtual tour of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, here:
https://orthochristian.com/130149.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can also listen to the sermon “Bread Alone – St. Mary of Egypt Sunday,” by Fr. Josiah Trenham, here:
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/thearena/bread_alone_st_mary_of_egypt_sunday
Rotations
Trapeza:
Cancelled until further notice
Cleaning Teams:
We are having specific people clean the Church as necessary, until regular services are again open to the public
Vigil Reader:
Until Normal Services resume, the readers will be one of the appointed servers, or members of the choir.
Liturgy Reader:
Until Normal Services resume, the readers will be one of the appointed servers, or members of the choir.
Commemorations from the past week:
Zachary: Williams’ Name day & Marina Watson’s Birthday – Monday, April 6th.
Tikhon Pino & Olivia Maria Lickwar’s Name day – Tuesday, April 7th.
Larisa Williams & Fernando (Gabriel) Maldonado’s Name day – Wednesday, April 8th.
Robert Carlisle and Robert Carlisle Jr’s Name day; Svetlana Cherskaya & Barrett Nathaniel Mahand’s birthday – Thursday, April 9th.
Shane Martin & Ivan Mahecha’s birthday – Friday, April 10th.
If you have corrections or additions, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Archimandrite Ioann (Magram), Archpriest Andre Papkov, Archpriest Geoffrey Korz, Archpriest Emil Hutnyan, Archpriest Anthony Nelson, Archpriest George Brooks, Archpriest John Maxwell, Matushka Debra Maxwell; Damon Sams, Matushka Parasceva Brooks, Matushka Olympia Sibley, Matushka Margarita Pardo, Thekla Podrasky, Ann (Eleanor) Wandke, Ann (Sonia) Shepherd, Elizabeth (Lori) Hritz, Zoe Wren, Denise (Leslie) Barnett, Vera Zegarac, Kathryn, Sophia, Marina Watson, Billy (Jean) Holloway, Demetra Durham, Sarah (Anna) Herzog, Cassie Hunt, Joseph Reynolds, Mike (Apollos) McBride, Yelena Yegorova, Galina Lay, Sophia (Cynthia) Hirsch, Demetra; Panagyiota; Georgia; Nathaniel Barrett Mahand; Elizabeth Kowasic; Joan Marie Pennings; Robert Carlisle; James Marsh; Anna; Oleg; Larissa; Evdokia; George; Nectarius; Joshua Gonzales; Mary Saad; Katherine Garbett Casanova; Ivan Tschebotarjew; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; Isaac Swett; John Nicholas Ostis; Merilee (Mary) Eidson; Georgy; Valentina Kramareva; Anna (Oksana Mahecha’s sister); Evgeny (Fr. Sergei Baranov’s father-in-law); Viacheslav Chebotko; and Child Irene Harrington, who are ill.
For Nicholas.
For Nikolai, who is struggling.
For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Alexei, Maria, Ivan, and Artem.
For the newly reposed Bishop Milutin (Knezevic); Deacon Alexander Gussev, and the Orthodox who have been slain in the violence in Syria, Lebanon, Ukraine, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Daria Pino, and Juliana Wilkinson.
Non-Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Aiden, Ann Kellis; Shawna Hiu; Misty; Harold Wren; Bethany; Shiela; Cecilia Beck; Rohayu; Infant Jared; Laura Odom, Leslie Swain (Ben Bryant’s mother); Melissa Munster (Moses Munster’s mother); Heather Tolliver (Melissa Holloway’s daughter); Pam Morris (Eleanor’s niece); Keaton Munster, Jeff Perkins, John Williams, William Allen (Eleanor’s adopted brother), John Ward (Rdr Demitri Likomitros’ Uncle), King Kotchavar, Debbie, Carol Schwendeman, Sergei Savitski, Donna Beauchamp, Nicoline and Kent, John Lay, Mark Reynolds, Margaret, Angelica, and Luna, who are ill.
For Aki and family; and Johnnie.
The Captive Gregorios.
For the safety and salvation of those in Kiev: Lubov.
For the Reposed: Shawna; James; Michael Word; Rev. Mario Tamez; Margaret Pennings (Steve Pennings’ mother).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
Cancelled until further notice.
The Schedule for Holy Week 2020:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/holyweek2020.htm
The Schedule for the remainder of April through July 2020:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/april-july2020.htm
You can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:
https://saintjonah.org/calendar/
Fasting in the Coming week:
Monday, April 13th; Tuesday, April 14th; and Wednesday, April 15th are normal fast days. On Thursday, April 16th, wine and oil is permitted. Friday, April 17th is a strict fast day. On Saturday, April 18th, wine without oil is permitted. On Sunday, April 19th, we break the fast.
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St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
