April 6th, 2025
Stump the Priest: Question: “In the Holy Friday Matins service [the service of the 12 Passion Gospels], there seems to be several hymns that come across as Jew-bashing. Doesn’t this contradict Christ’s prayer from the Cross: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do”?” Click here for the Answer.
If you have a question you would like to ask, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
The Orthodox Term of the Week: Theotokos.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/lent5.pdf
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, April 6th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_lent5_ff_ann.htm
Propers for the Vesperal Liturgy of Annunciation (Monday, April 7th):
https://saintjonah.org/lit/lit_annunciation_monwk6.doc
Propers for Lazarus Saturday (Saturday, April 12th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_lazarus.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:
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| Sunday, April 6th 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy
| 1:000 p.m. Vigil for the Annunciation
| Monday, April 7th 9:00 a.m. Hours and Vesperal Liturgy for Annunciation
| Friday, April 11th 6:30 p.m. Matins for Lazarus Saturday
| Saturday, April 12th 9:00 a.m. Liturgy for Lazarus Saturday
| 5:00 p.m. Vigil for Palm Sunday
| Sunday, April 13th 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy for Palm Sunday
| 1:000 p.m. Bridegroom Matins for Holy Monday
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Announcements
Our next Bible Study will be held on Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. We will be studying the Epistle to the Romans, Chapters 13 and 14, beginning with Romans 13:1. To catch up on past sessions, click here. This Bible Study will be held only via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/ofb-vuds-quh
Event Planning Committee: We will need to begin working on plans for the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Jonah. If you would like to participate, please email Fr. John Whiteford.
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, April 26th, at 9:00 a.m.
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Thursday, April 24th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/cfx-ceyy-vuy
We need volunteers to work on a capital campaign for the construction of the new Church.
Family Camping Trip at Lake Somerville: Join other Orthodox families for an outdoor adventure at Lake Somerville hosted by the St. Jonah Homeschool Co-op! Thursday, May 15th thru Saturday, May 17th. Details and RSVP: https://evite.me/4zPNYWVy1a
Summer Camp: The registration for DCMA St. Jonah Summer Camp is now open! It will be held in Camp Copass (Denton, TX) from June 9th-14th. The ages for campers are -11-18. You can find all the details about the summer camp 2025 on our website: https://stjonahcamp.org/teen-camp/
Early Bird registration: $475 (closes on April 9th)
Regular registration: $550 (April 10th and after)
Referral bonus – if an old camper refer a new camper to attend the camp, he/she will receive $20 cashback each time a new camper signs up (The cashback can be sent by zelle or given in cash at the end of the camp week).
New camper discount: $40 off registration fee.
Catechumens: If you are a catechumen, or are not a catechumen, but would like to participate in classes for Catechumens, be sure to join the Catechumen io group online.
You can also join the St. Jonah Catechumen group on Telegram.
Our next Catechumen Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 8th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/rmc-twvb-des
To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/BE5pWuSAezurtJ1i8
Sisterhood News: Fund raiser: The Sisterhood is selling lenten pierogies for $5.00 per bag to raise money for the catastrophic fund.
The Sisterhood Council’s Next Meeting will be on Friday, April 25th, at 7:00 p.m. via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/wxh-dmtp-fsb
You can become a Sisterhood member by filling out membership forms online, the paper forms located in the trapeza hall bulletin board. Make sure to join Sisterhood io group online to be up-to-date with all Sisterhood news and announcements.
Brotherhood News: You can join the Brotherhood io group online to keep up with all Brotherhood news and announcements, or follow their Telegram channel.
Parish Finances:
Calendar year to date total (01 January thru February 2025):
Tithes: $41,666.46
Building Fund: $6,368.98
For February 2025:
Tithes: $18,308.97
Building Fund: $1,421.99
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read the homily, “Let Us Imitate the Humility of the Mother of God,” by St. Seraphim (Sobolev), here:
https://orthochristian.com/152941.html
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to the sermon “Jacob comes to Peniel (Genesis 32),” here:
https://www.saintjonah.org/podcasts/sermons/peniel.mp3
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 4/6/25 (Fast: wine and oil permitted): The Mahecha, Kravtsov, and Kuzmin families.
Next Sunday: 4/13/25 (Fast: fish, wine and oil permitted): Parish Potluck.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 4/13/25 – Team Kara.
Next (Ending on): 4/27/25 – Team Eugenia.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 4/5/25: John Mullins & Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko.
Next Saturday: 4/12/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 4/6/25: John Mullins & Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko.
Next Sunday: 4/13/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 4/6/25: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Padraig McIsaac, Ezra Wilkinson, John West.
Next Sunday: 4/13/25: Team C: Mathieu Powell, Seraphim Powell, Constantine Powell, William De Carion, Luka Chrisanthus, Michael Chrisanthus.
Commemorations from the past week:
The Newly Illumined Sergei Craig, and Nathan Brueckner, and their sponsors Levi and Monica Walling, and Michael Theodoraneu.
Edward Marushkin’s Name Day; Sarah Carlisle’s Birthday – Monday, March 31st.
Dariya Kuzmin’s Name Day – Tuesday, April 1st.
Anna Peña and Elizabeth McIsaac’s Birthday; Svetlana Cherskaya’s Name Day – Wednesday, April 2nd.
Ksenia Nation’s Birthday & Romanos and Zoe Wren’s wedding Anniversary – Thursday, April 3rd.
Lydia West’s Name Day; Paul Jackson’s Birthday – Saturday, April 5th.
Maria Koulikova, Maria Silva, Mary (Melissa) Holloway & Mary Kuykendall’s names’day & Ella (Elizabeth) West’s Birthday – Sunday, April 6th.
If you have corrections or additions, e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Archimandrite Benedict (Nelson); Archpriest Andre Papkov; Priest Benigno Pardo; Deacon Vladimir Trussin; Deacon Jorge Luque-Martin; Presbytera Sarah Trembley; Thekla Podrasky; Ann (Sonia) Shepherd; Subdeacon Romanos and Zoe Wren; Denise (Leslie) Barnett; Marina Watson; Demetra Durham; Sophia (Cynthia) Hirsch; Joan Marie Pennings; Katherine Garbett Casanova; Renee (Ann) Nahlous; Maximus (Garrett) and Merilee (Mary) Eidson; Rozanne (Anne) and Jerry (John Herman) Spires; Michael Murphy; Aleksandra Murphy; Valentin, Rada and Florentina, Olga, Nathaniel (Barrett) Mahand, Eliasious, Rdr. John Economou, Robert McIsaac, Galina Lay, Lisa (Euphemia) Bornejko, Cosmas (Spencer) Burton, Jeffery Gallagher, Savva (Tyler) Barrett, Dennis Tilley, Rdr. Gabriel Peña, Nun Barbara (Watts), John Watts, John Lickwar, Sophia Drobot, Mikhaela (Jennifer) Diaz, Svetlana, Gerald Campbell, Elizabeth De Carion, Daniel McLellan, Lydia Chernousova, Stephanos Rosseau, Josiah Plumley, Christopher Gulden, Aleksander, Karen Vincent, soldier Aleksandr, Nathaniel Bhatti, Anna, Cynthia (Melangell) Rausch, and the children Caison Elisabeth Kellam and Anna Krutova, who are ill.
For Nikolai, who is struggling.
For Justin and Nadezhda who are suffering persecution.
For the safety and salvation of those in Ukraine: Vladimir, Yelena, Tatiana, Denis, Sophia, Maria, Ivan, and Artem; and Dimitriy.
For newly reposed servants of God: Augustine and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Filofteia Fraczek, Caitlin Zelesnik, Adriane, Elizaveta Dydyshka Wood, Laura Ibañez, Amanda Gulden, and Lydia West.
Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; John Nowak, Anne Nowak; Thomas Maroney, Nolan (Silouan) Boe, Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter; John Ryan Levy; Mark and Brianna Ivanyo; Benjamin Grosvenor; James, Diana, Caspian (Cassian), and Beauregard Bartholomew Shepard; Aaron Lockhart; David Tyler Sprencel, Richard and Dora Risner; William and Magdalena (Mattie) Gore; Kristina & Kennedy Crain; Hunter Jones; and Christopher Holmes.
Non-Orthodox:
For the Servants of God, Aiden, Shawna Hiu; Misty; Harold Wren; Melissa Munster (Moses Munster’s mother); Heather Tolliver (Melissa Holloway’s daughter); Gene and Beth Beggs, Scott and Carol Phillips, Ana Crespo, Liza, Aida Diaz, Antonio, John Lay, Jennie Mobley, Kathleen Sorrentino, Andrea Engelke, Robin Nicole Thomson McMillin, Julie Nelson, Charlotte LeBlanc, Kent and Nicoline, Lara Regis, Piotr Fraczek, Ana Maria, Sean, Audrey, Bob Richardson, and the children Ava and Evelyn, who are ill.
For the Bruto da Costa family, Ken, Christina, Aki and family; and Johnnie, Damon and Elisabeth Myers, and their child, Dorothy, James Franklin and his family, Marcie Dark, Tim, Karen, Taylor, Lindsay, Jon, Alex, and Andrew Burns, Audrey and Michael Morgan, Michelle Brazzil, Robbin Russell, Naseem Bhatti, and Hurucaan Valerio.
For the repose of Leslie Yvonne (Rosa Mahand’s sister).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
No Sunday School due to Annunciation Vigil.
Schedule of Services for February 2025 through the end of Lent 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/lent2025.htm
Schedule of Services for Holy Week 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/holyweek2025.htm
You can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:
https://saintjonah.org/calendar/
Fasting in the Coming week: On Monday, April 7th; and Sunday, April 13th, fish, wine, and oil are permitted. On Tuesday, April 8th; Wednesday, April 9th; Thursday, April 10th; Saturday, April 12th, wine and oil are permitted. Friday, April 11th is a normal fast day.
Click here for Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
