Many thanks to our parishioner, Virginia Voinea, for her time and talent devoted to completing the beautiful Holy Table covering to be used for many years. Amin!Read More
A peek at preparations for installing the fresco of Saint George. All iconography will be ready on June 12, 2022 for the Great Blessing of ALL the Frescos. Join us!Read More
On June 5, 2022, the Sunday before Pentecost and the Sunday of the First Ecumenical Council, Rev. Father Florin Lapustea celebrated Divine services at Prophet Elias. He serves at Holy Cross Church (OCA-Romanian Episcopate) in San Jose. His spouse Madalina also attended. Father Florin’s message inspired us to think differently about happiness versus joy. Joy...Read More
Hierarchical Liturgy with the Great Blessing of the Frescos Sunday of the Pentecost June 12, 2022 Luncheon to Follow Orthros 9:00 am Divine Liturgy 10:00 am at the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church 223 Church Street • 831-429-6500Read More
On Sunday, May 29, 2022, our Parish Council president celebrated a milestone birthday. Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Tim with our best voices for him to have many more years! Amin!Read More
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
