October 5th, 2025
Stump the Priest: Question: “In Matthew 16:13-19, is Jesus referring to Simon Peter being the rock upon which He will build His church, or is He referring to Himself in Simon Peter’s revelation of who Jesus is? And did Jesus give all of the disciples the power to bind and loose, or just Simon Peter?” 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: Censer.
Saints of the Day for Sunday and the coming week, and other edifying reading:
https://www.saintjonah.org/bltn/pent17.pdf
Propers for the Sunday Liturgy (Sunday, October 5th):
https://www.saintjonah.org/lit/lit_september22.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:
| Saturday, October 11th | 2:30 p.m. Baptism
5:00 p.m. Vigil |
| Sunday, October 12th | 9:00 a.m. Hours and Liturgy |
Announcements
Our next Bible Study will be held on Thursday, October 9th at 7:00 p.m. We will be continuing with our study of the Book of Leviticus, beginning with Leviticus 6:31 [7:1 in the KJV], through Chapter 8. You can catch up on previous sessions by clicking here. This Bible Study will be held only via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/tuy-qjkc-jax
We will be taking a special collection to help the suffering people of the Canonical Church in Ukraine this Sunday (and on the first Sunday of each month). If you write a check, or send in a payment electronically, please put “Ukraine” in the memo line. We will send the money to Metropolitan Onuphry.
We will have a Capital Campaign Meeting on Friday, October 10th at 7:00 p.m. via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/sat-mbxq-ouj
The Next Slavonic Liturgy we be on Saturday, November 1st, at 9:00 a.m.
The next Parish Council Meeting will be on Wednesday, October 29th, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be held via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/mow-drjs-xsr
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 Wednesday, October 8th, at 7:00 p.m., via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/qjo-fdzp-yqz
To sign-up to be a presenter, click here: https://forms.gle/zKZeN8iQAk8Jbzdz6
Sisterhood News: The Sisterhood Council’s Next Meeting will be on Friday, October 24th, at 7:00 p.m. via Google Meets: https://meet.google.com/nfh-rsck-zvh
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 August 2025):
Tithes: $188,455.30
Building Fund: $36,105.62
For August 2025:
Tithes: $35,195.88
Building Fund: $10,443.99
Average Monthly Expenses $19,840
Recommended Reading for the week:
You can read “Gogol as a Religious Personality: Part Two,” by Ivan Andreev, here:
https://orthodoxlife.org/in-memoriam/gogol-as-a-religious-personality-part-two/
Recommended Listening for the week:
You can listen to the sermon “The Arena of the Family,” by Fr. John Whiteford, here:
https://saintjonah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/thearena.mp3
Rotations
Trapeza:
This Sunday: 10/5/25 (No fast): The Daniel, Mullins, and Chong families.
Next Sunday: 10/12/25 (No fast): The Jabbour, Jackson, and De Carion families.
Cleaning Teams:
Currently: (Ending on): 10/12/25 – Team Eugenia.
Next (Ending on): 10/26/25 – Team Nation.
Vigil Readers:
This Saturday: 10/4/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Saturday: 10/11/25: Rdr. James Hall & Michael Mahoney.
Liturgy Readers:
This Sunday: 10/5/25: Rdr. Moses Munster & Daniel Gonzalez.
Next Sunday: 10/12/25: Rdr. James Hall & Michael Mahoney.
Servers (Not including Adult Servers):
This Sunday: 10/5/25: Team A: Jonah Companik, Daniel Companik, Jens Yates, John Turner, and Levi (Nicholas) Moreno.
Next Sunday: 10/12/25: Team B: Alex Kettner, Andrew Kettner, Ivan Kuzmin, Ezra Wilkinson, John West.
Commemorations from the past week:
Edith Munster, Lyudmyla Solovey’s Name Day; Joshua Herghelegiu, Gabriel (Torin) Daniel and Eric Thomas Lickwar’s Birthday – Monday, September 29th.
Hope Vilcu-Craig, Vera Nation, Sophie Koulikova, Sophia Cynthia Hirsch, Sophie Bottiglieri, Vera & Sophia Yate’s Name day – Tuesday, September 30th.
Konstantin Nicholas Galitzine Sierra’s Birthday / Fernando (Gabriel) & Julie (Julie-Ann) Maldonado’s Wedding Anniversary – Thursday, October 2nd.
Gregory Carrow and Garrett (Maximus) Eidson’s Birthday – Friday, October 3rd.
Joseph and Laura Sanchez Ibañez’s Wedding Anniversary; John Owen West, Jared (Alexis) Hirsch’s Birthday; Dmitri Galitzine & Rdr. Kodratus Bornejko’s Name day – Saturday, October 4th.
Kyle (Kirill) and Maria Silva’s Wedding Anniversary – Saturday, October 5th.
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, soldier Aleksandr, Nathaniel Bhatti, Anna, Cynthia (Melangell) Rausch, Rdr. James Lardas, Kristina Crain, James Powell, Cristin, Daniel Gonzalez, 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: Monk Simeon (Veselinovic); Elena, Katherine Vincent, and those slain in the fighting in Ukraine, Russia, Syria, and the Holy Land.
Expectant Mothers:
Olga Carrow, Matushka Ruth McPherson, Catherine (Katie) Powell, Elizabeth de Carion, Anna Levy, Monica (Avie) Walling, Sophia Scott, Katherine Huss, Lydia Martin, and Rachel Sisco.
Catechumens:
Howard Segal, Deborah and Alexander Gessell, Savita Bhatti; Jessica Palmer; Thomas Maroney, Nolan (Silouan) Boe, Nicholas Bruschi; Kristofer Sean Hutter; John Ryan Levy; Benjamin Grosvenor; James, Diana, Caspian (Cassian), and Beauregard Bartholomew Shepard; Richard and Dora Risner; William and Magdalena (Mattie) Gore; Hunter Jones; Andres Lynch; Cameron Winters; Gregory (Tyler) Pemberton; Moses (Grayson) Culton; Caleb Greene; Daniel and Faith Simmons, Photina (Ebony) Jenkins; Matthew, Veronica, Addison, Sebastian, and Christian Callis; Noah Plasek; Brody Buechner; and Jeremy Figaro.
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, Ana Maria, Sean, Audrey, Bob Richardson, Dylan DeRosia, Phillip Rice, Tony Beavers, Steven Jimenez, Kara Mahand, Carlos Rogerio Garcia, and the children Evan-Marie, 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.
The newly departed: Carola (Michelle Jimenez’s step mother).
If you have prayer requests you would like announced, please e-mail frjohnwhiteford@gmail.com
Sunday School:
Children, Ages 3-4: Taught by Matushka Genevieve and Elizabeth De’Carion.
Children, Ages 5-6: Taught by Iryna Chebotko and Monica Moreno.
Children, Ages 7-9: Taught by Mat. Sara Shephard and Angela Daniel.
Children, Ages 10-12: Taught by Agustin Rafaelano.
Teens and Adults: Taught by Fr. John Whiteford.
Schedule of Services for August through October 2025:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/aug-oct2025.htm
Schedule of Services for November 2025 through January 2026:
https://saintjonah.org/bltn/november25-january26.htm
You can also see our online parish calendar of events and services here:
https://saintjonah.org/calendar/
Fasting in the Coming week: On Wednesday, October 8th, fish, wine, and oil are permitted. On Friday, October 10th, wine, and oil are permitted. All other days are fast free.
Click here for Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
St. Jonah Orthodox Church
2910 Spring Cypress Rd, Spring, TX 77388
www.saintjonah.org
281-467-0264
