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
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
