2010 |
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Jan. 6 |
Northwest Clergy Family Vasilopita Dinner |
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Jan. 9 |
Southwest Clergy Family Vasilopita Dinner |
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Jan. 14-18 |
34th Annual Folk Dance and Choral Festival |
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Jan. 15-18 |
Winter Family Camp |
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Jan. 16 |
Metropolis Philoptochos Board Meeting |
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Jan. 16 |
Metropolis Church Music Federation Winter Business Meeting |
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Jan. 27 |
Northern California Clergy Family Vasilopita Dinner |
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Jan. 29 |
Third Annual Celebration of the Family Golf Tournament |
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Jan. 29-31 |
Metropolis Presvyteres Retreat |
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Feb. 7-8 |
Metropolis Council Meeting |
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Feb. 8-9 |
Metropolis Clergy Laity Assembly |
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Feb. 12-15 |
Young Adult Ski Retreat |
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Feb. 13 |
Webinar: “The Theology of the Twelve Great Feasts through our Hymns and Icons” |
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Feb. – Mar. TBD |
GOYA Amazing Race Lenten Retreat |
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Apr. 10 |
Greek Cultural Parade |
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May 28-31 |
Spring Family Camp |
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Apr. 10 |
Greek Cultural Parade |
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May 28-31 |
Spring Family Camp |
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June 12-19 |
Greek Language "Immersion" Camp |
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July TBD |
Summer Camp |
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Oct. TBD |
Fall Family Camp |
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Oct. TBD |
Online Book Study |
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Nov. 6 |
Religious Educator’s Workshop |
We are a vibrant and dynamic region serving the Greek Orthodox faithful in the western United States. I encourage you to visit our website regularly for the latest information on our many programs and ministries. May you be blessed with "every good and perfect gift from above" (James 1:17), and may all our work in the vineyard of the Lord glorify His name!
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco is pleased to announce its first annual Greek Immersion Camp, "The Greek Village", which will be held June 12 - 19, 2010 at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA. This program is open to all youth ages 6 - 11. Activities will be divided based on age-appropriateness to facilitate learning and enhance their educational experience. Read more...
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco is pleased to announce the launch of the Spring Session of the new Online Book Study Club. Beginning March 1, 2010 and continuing until Pascha, this session's book is: Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemman. Read more...
His Eminence's schedule from February 14 to March 25, including numerous engagements in California, Washington, and Arizona. Read more...
“But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting" (Matthew 6:17). These words of our Lord, as written in the Gospel of Saint Matthew, are addressed to each one of us personally. They underscore the centrality of fasting in the process of our salvation, as well as the vital need for fasting. Read more...
Brothers and Sisters in the Lord: Welcome to our annual Clergy Laity Assembly. Thank you for taking a few days out of your busy schedules to travel to our beloved St. Nicholas Ranch for this important gathering. Your presence for this important gathering of our Metropolis is a great blessing. Let me begin by asking everyone to thank those who organized the Assembly for us, especially Fanis Economidis, the Metropolis Staff, the Ranch Staff and our guest presenters who have all sacrificed of their time for the planning and implementation of this Assembly. Read more...
During the coming weeks, His Eminence will be traveling in Hawaii and California. Read more...
As a spiritual family, we have been joined in prayer throughout these recent days, praying for our Lord’s mercy to be upon all those traumatized by the recent earthquake in Haiti. I implore you to maintain consistent prayers as a first step towards healing for the millions affected, either directly or indirectly, by this tragedy. As responsible stewards of the grace that God has entrusted to us, I call upon each parish community of the Metropolis of San Francisco to cultivate this prayerful response into a response of tangible action. Read more...
His Eminence's schedule for the first half of January, 2010. Read more...
The third annual Celebration of the Family Golf Tournament benefiting the Metropolis of San Francisco Family Wellness Ministry will be held on Friday, January 29, 2010 at Talega Golf Club in San Clemente, California. This tournament will feature LPGA tour professional and winner Nicole Dalkas Castrale. When not on tour, Nicole is an active member of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Palm Desert, California. Also participating in this event is her brother, Peter Dalkas, whose career has extended from playing professional golf, to a career in golf course management, golf course acquisitions and instruction programs for corporate golf outings. The Dalkas family, including parents, Tony and Pat, are committed to the Family Wellness Ministry of the Metropolis and are proud to offer their support for this event. Read more...
Over 100 priests and deacons joined four hierarchs for the first-ever west coast Pan-Orthodox Clergy Retreat on December 1 - 3, 2009 at St. Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA. The groundbreaking gathering, which generated emails from as far away as Greece congratulating the effort, was the result of the united vision of the canonical spiritual leaders of the west. Read more...
Dearly Beloved in the Lord, I greet you with the joy and anticipation of our Lord's Nativity! Read more...
During this Holy Season of Our Lord's Incarnation we are invited to join the Magi on their journey to Bethlehem of Judea where we will find the King of Heaven and Earth. These three Wise Men traveled with the guidance of one star from the heavens which illumined their road to the place where the Christ was born: "and lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the Christ was" (Matthew 2:8-9). Read more...
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 3/11/2010
