EXCITING ANNOUNCMENT AND MESSAGES FROM...

FR. GABRIEL SOUZA
NEW PASTOR FOR ST. NICHOLAS ORTHODOX CHURCH

• Dear Faithful of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church,
  
  Glory to Jesus Christ!
  
  I write to you with great joy and gratitude as I prepare to join you as your new pastor on November 1, 2025. It is both humbling and exciting to be entrusted with the care of this beloved parish, and I look forward to walking with you in faith, prayer, and love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
  
  As we begin this new chapter together, I am eager to come to know you personally, to hear your stories, and to share in the life of the Church as one family in Christ. My deepest hope is that together we will continue to build up the parish of St. Nicholas in strength, unity, and holiness.
  
  Allow me to share a brief introduction:
  
  I am a convert to Orthodoxy. I was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Eminence Metropolitan HILARION of blessed memory on February 26, 2021.
  
  My education and priestly formation prepared me to serve in various positions as a parish priest,  educator, director of religious education and faith formation for youth and young adults, and pastoral counselor. It is through teaching and preaching and serving others that my love for Christ truly comes alive.
  
  I was born and raised in Philadelphia. I treasure my roots and am very close to my family who still resides there. My Mom and other members of my family are looking forward to visiting our parish.
  
  Reading, traveling, learning about the great treasures of Orthodoxy, meeting people, and experiencing different cultures are also among my great joys.
  
  Beloved brothers and sisters, please know that I come to you with a heart open to serve, to listen, and to grow with you in the life of Christ. I ask your prayers for me as I begin this ministry among you, and I assure you of my prayers for each of you daily. May the Lord bless our parish richly in the months and years ahead.
  
  With love in Christ,
  Your servant and pastor,
  Fr. Gabriel Souza
   

Sunday, 28th of September Church Service
Liturgical Color: Green

Sacred Adoration
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM

Prepare your heart and mind for worship during this half hour of tranquility, meditation and reflection upon our Lord's infinite bounty and His presence in the Eucharist.

St. Wenceslaus, Martyr  
READ MORE HERE
 

ENGLISH OFFICE MATINS
Fifteenth Sunday in Trinity Season
10:00 AM to 10:45 AM
 

Join Us for Coffee Hour and Fellowship After Services (about 10:45 AM)
 

• 🎙️ Tune in daily to The Fathers Speak, a podcast from the Orthodox West. Join Our Priest-in-Charge, Father John Fenton, as he reads selections from the Church Fathers, aligned with the Western Orthodox liturgical calendar.

28th September - 4th October A.D. 2025
Scripture Readings for the Week:

28th | SUNDAY
St. Wenceslaus, Martyr 
XVI Sunday After Pentecost (XV Trinity)

• Matins: 1st Kings 3: 5 to end;
  Matthew 10: 2- 16;
  Vespers:  Job 38; 
  Hebrews 1: 13 - 2: 10
   

29th |  MONDAY - St. Michael

• Matins:   
  Con 32: 24 - 30;
  Acts 12: 1 - 17;
  Vespers:  
   Deuteronomy 13; 
   Revelation 14: 1 - 13

PLACE HOLDE

30th | TUESDAY  

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 9; 
  Luke 14: 25 to end;
  Vespers:  
  Deuteronomy 14: 22 to end; 
  Romans 12

1st |  WEDNESDAY

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 10 
  Luke 15; 1 - 10;
  Vespers: 
  Deuteronomy 15: 1 - 15;
  Romans 13

2nd | THURSDAY

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 11: 14 to end;
  Luke 15: 61 to end;
  Vespers:  
  Wisdom of Sirach 38: 1 - 14;
  Acts 15: 36 16: 15

3rd | FRIDAY 

• Matins:  
  Ezra 1: 1 - 14;
  Luke 1: 1 - 4;
  Vespers: 
  Ezra 47: 1 - 12; 
  Colossians 4: 2 to end

4th | SATURDAY 

• Matins:  
  2nd Samuel 13: 23 to end; 
  Luke 16 : 19 to end
  Vespers: 
  Deuteronomy 17: 8 to end;
   Romans 16: 1- 15, 17 to end

Oblates* Prayer and Discipleship Sessions
(All are Welcome)

The Benedict Option Meetings:

• When: Wednesday October 8th
  • Time: 6 PM
  • Where: St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
    1325 E. Queen Ave., Spokane, WA 99207
  • Remote Access also available. Click Here

The Rule of Benedict Meetings:

• When: TBD
  (Click Here to view the online calendar)
  • Time: 11:45 AM
  • Where: St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
    1325 E. Queen Ave., Spokane, WA 99207

*To be an oblate is a “vocation,” a response to a call from God. It is a means of living a life of
reciprocal prayer and blessings, between a person in the world and the monastic who “left the world.”

Please Remember to Pray for...

• Your Parish, Diocese, Archdiocese, Jerri Cox, Tina Greer, Fr. David, Kh. Mona, Kh. Karen Kinnick, Barbara Myers, Gary Gillmore, Art Sill, Charlie and Alida Roth
  
  "O Lord Almighty, the Healer of our souls and bodies, You Who put down and raise up, Who chastise and heal also; do You now, in Your great mercy, visit our brothers and sisters who are sick."

For a Priest

• 
  Jesus, eternal Priest, keep this thy Priest, now unknown to our parish family, within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart, where none may touch him. Keep unstained his anointed hands, which daily touch Thy Sacred Body; keep unsullied his lips, purpled with Thy precious Blood; keep pure and unearthly his heart, sealed with sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood. Let Thy holy love surround him, and keep him ever spotless from the world. Bless his labours with abundant fruit, and may they to whom he has ministered be here below with joy and consolation, and in heaven his beautiful and everlasting crown. Amen.

For the Increase of Priests

• 
  O Almighty God, look mercifully upon Thy Church, and incline the hearts of many of her sons to offer themselves for the work of the sacred ministry; so that by their labors, Thy Light may shine in the darkness of the world, and the coming of Thy kingdom may be hastened by the perfecting of Thine elect.  Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

• Reminder
  
  There is a list left in the Narthex for parishioners to remember those who need our on-going intercessions to God. The list is picked up after the Office by one of the Acolytes so they can be remembered. Customarily their names are mentioned in the Mass. However, remembrances and intercessions now are moved to the announcements in our Communion Service.