On Sunday, May 29, 2002, His Grace Bishop Ioannis celebrated the Divine services at Prophet Elias. He also blessed the future endeavours of our college grads. From left to right: Nicole Bishara (BA-Computer Science, Habib Maksoud (BS-Neuroscience), Theophanis Fox (MS-Computer Science & Engineering), His Grace, Andrew Angeles (PhD-Linguistics), Monika Mikhail (PhD-Anthropology), and advisor Marc Emile...Read More
In lieu of flowers, the Petroutsas family kindly requests memorial donations be made in Dimitris’ name by check to: Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church 223 Church Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 or online at: https://www.propheteliassc.org/ https://www.livelikeagreek.com/ Trisagion: Wednesday, May 25: 7:00pm Divine Liturgy: Thursday: May 26: 9:00am with Father Milutin Funeral: Thursday, May 26: 11:00am with...Read More
On Sunday, May 15, 2022, after the Divine services, we gathered in the hall for a simple lunch prepared by our parishioner Sophie Polyhronakis. His Grace blessed the table then stood near the column for this photo. He joined us for the spicy soup, french bread, and yummy cupcakes and cookies. It has been many...Read More
On Sunday, May 15, 2022, His Grace Bishop Ioannis celebrated the Divine services with us. He proclaimed “Christ is Risen!” many times in English, Greek, Russian, Romanian, and Arabic! The congregation replied loudly, “Truly He is Risen!” in English, Greek, Russian, Romanian, and Arabic! His Grace’s message for the Sunday of the Paralytic was insightful...Read More
Our OCF had an introductory meeting with Father Ion Coman, who graciously agreed to be the spiritual advisor until a new Proistamenos comes to Prophet Elias. It was a wonderful first meeting. Amin! Read More
On Saturday, April 30, 2022, our Parish Council vice president, Bob Roberts, led a crew of our Orthodox Christian Fellowship members to begin the preparations to complete our courtyard. The team included Greg, Alexander, Russ, Theophanis, and Marc, This first activity is to fill, compact, and level the hole that once existed under the now-gone,...Read More
Our Father Milutin celebrated Great and Holy Pascha at a Serbian Orthodox church in Reykjavik, Iceland. It is the northernmost Orthodox church in the world. He sent these photos to share will us his special day. Many blessings to the Orthodox Christians of Iceland! Amin!Read More
On Holy Wednesday, April 20, 2022, His Grace Bishop celebrated the Mystery of Holy Unction with us. The Sacrament of the Orthodox church for the healing of soul and body. Our parishioners came together for an evening of prayer and be anointed with the Holy Oil. The same oil, or Chrism, from Constantinople the we...Read More
On Palm Sunday, Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, April 17-19, 2022, we completed our three Bridegroom evening services of Holy Week. On Holy Tuesday, Dr. Nick Itsines chanted the beautiful hymn of Kassiani. Our new Bridegroom icon was donated to our church by the Mendes family and decorated by Maia Tamanakis for all three Bridegroom...Read More
On Palm Sunday, April 17, 2022, His Grace Bishop Ioannis celebrated at Prophet Elias. He inspired all to prepare for Holy Week and invited us all to attend. Amin!Read More
