IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENTS FROM...

Sunday, 12th of October 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.

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

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

ARRIVING SOON

Welcoming Fr. John W. Fenton 
back to St. Nicholas 

• We are blessed to welcome Fr. John W. Fenton back to St. Nicholas Orthodox Church for a week of pastoral care, catechesis, and liturgical celebration. His visit will include daily Mass, catechumen instruction, private confession, and guidance for our incoming pastor, Fr. Gabriel Souza.

Fr. Fenton’s Tentative Schedule:

• Friday, Oct. 24
  • 10 a.m. – Office Hours
  • 5 p.m. – Catechism 
  • 6:30 p.m. – Vespers (St. Raphael)
    (followed by a light meal)
• Saturday, Oct. 25
  • 9 a.m. – Mass (Office of the BVM)
  • 4 p.m. – Private Confession
  • 5 p.m. – Vespers (Christ the King)
• Sunday, Oct. 26
  • 9:30 a.m. – Matins (Christ the King)
  • 10 a.m. – Mass (with Fr. Souza; Enroll Catechumen)
  • Noon – Welcoming Luncheon
  • 2 p.m. – Vespers (Christ the King)
• Mon–Wed, Oct. 27–29
• Daily Mass at 9 a.m.
• Office Hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Anticipating the Arrival of
Our New Pastor, Fr. Gabriel Souza 

• With joy and gratitude, we prepare to welcome Fr. Gabriel Souza as our new parish priest. He will arrive in Spokane on Saturday, October 25, around noon, and will begin his pastoral ministry by serving Mass with Fr. Fenton on Sunday, October 26, the Feast of Christ the King.
  
  During his first days with us, Fr. Souza will serve Matins, Vespers, and Mass alongside Fr. Fenton. While already well-versed in the Western Orthodox liturgy, Fr. Souza will be familiarizing himself with the particular customs and rhythms of our parish. We warmly invite all parishioners to join us in prayer, fellowship, and celebration as we begin this new chapter together.

Special Fellowship Gatherings:

• Friday, Oct. 24 – Light Meal after Catechumen Class
• Saturday, Oct. 25 – Brunch following Mass
• Sunday, Oct. 26 – Welcoming Luncheon after Mass

Please check the online calendar 
for any updates to this schedule, 
and parish events.

• 🎙️ 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.

12th to the 18th of October A.D. 2025
Scripture Readings for the Week:

12th | SUNDAY
XVIII Sunday After Pentecost (XVII Trinity)

• Matins: Daniel 6: 1 - 23;
  Romans 8: 14 - 18, 31 to end;
  Vespers:  Ruth 2; John 8: 1 - 11

13th |  MONDAY

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 17: 1 - 14;
  Luke 19: 1 - 10;
  Vespers:  
   Deuteronomy 29; 
   Ephesians 6:1 to end

PLACE HOLDE

14th | TUESDAY  

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 17: 15 - 23; 
  Luke 19: 11 - 28;
  Vespers:  
  Deuteronomy 30; 
  Colossians One

15th |  WEDNESDAY

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 18: 1 - 17 
  Luke 19: 2 to end;
  Vespers: 
  Deuteronomy 31: 30 - 32: 43;
  Colossians 2

16th | THURSDAY

• Matins:   
  2nd Samuel 18: 19 to end;
  Luke 23: 1 - 19;
  Vespers:  
  Deuteronomy 33;
  Colossians 3: 1 - 4: 1

17th | FRIDAY 

• Matins:  
  2nd Samuel 19: 1- 15;
  Luke 20: 20 - 38;
  Vespers: 
  Wisdom of Sirach 38: 1 - 42; 
  E Acts 15 36- 16: 15

18th | SATURDAY 

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

Oblates* Prayer and Discipleship Sessions
(All are Welcome)

The Benedict Option Meetings:

• When: Wednesday November 12th
  • 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, Dn. Elijah and wife Evelyn, 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 Our New Priest

• 
  Jesus, eternal Priest, keep this thy Priest, Father Gabriel Souza, 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.