On Sunday, August 21, 2022, Father Aris Metrakos celebrated services with us. We welcomed guest chanter Modofar (Constantine) Mqatash, who is a pharmacist from Fairfield, CA. His mother, Maisoun AL-Hijazeen, who is an agricultural engineer, also joined us. They came to the USA from Jordan three years ago. Constantine chanted in Arabic with a clear,...Read More
On Sunday, August 14, 2022, Father Aris Metrakos of Holy Trinity in San Francisco celebrated services with us. His message after the reading of the Holy Gospel told the story of Peter, of little faith, who wanted to walk on water toward Jesus. Rescued from sinking by our Lord, Peter said, “Truly you are the...Read More
On Sunday, July 10, 2022, Father Takahashi administered the Oath of Office to our new Parish Council Member, Bill Thanos. With the unanimous approval of the entire Council, Bill will complete the remaining months of the term created by the resignation of our dear Council member Maria Thomas. We welcome Bill to the worthy ministry...Read More
On Wednesday evening, June 29, 2022, Father John Takahashi greeted a group of students led by our seminarian Ioan Gheorghiu from Holy Cross/Hellenic College in Brookline, MA. They requested a tour of Prophet Elias while they were in Santa Cruz. The students are attending the CrossRoad Summer Institute in San Francisco. They venerated all the...Read More
On Tuesday evening, June 21, 2022, Father Milutin officiated the Sacrament of Marriage with the blessing Metropolitan Gerasimos for Shelly Vomvolakis and Michael Pappas. In attendance were Koubara Shirley Manis, Michael’s father George Pappas, and their niece Nicole Pappas. [Note: Michael suffered a leg injury requiring stitches, so his attire accommodated his healing.] Father Milutin...Read More
On Sunday, June 12, 2022, Metropolitan Gerasimos blessed the frescos in the Nave of Prophet Elias. Many thanks to Jim (Elias) Peterson for his leadership and guidance for the project, and to Economos Father Milutin for encouraging our generous Fresco Donors to make a commitments for the project or their special Saint. The frescos, the...Read More
On Sunday, June 12, 2002, we celebrated the exquisite iconography of Dmitry Shkolnik. He was joined by his wife Inna and daughter Daria. Our Nave is now covered from top to bottom with his beautiful artistic renderings of many Saints, all thoroughly researched for authentic clothing and features. Dmitry and his assistants, Aleko and John,...Read More
On Sunday, June 12, 2022, two young guests celebrated the Divine services with us. Paul Zerebinski (left), a former OCF member at Prophet Elias who served as an acolyte, and Mikael Habrezion (right) from Annunciation in Sacramento, CA, added depth and beauty to the chanting of the hymns. Many thanks to these young men who...Read More
