Welcome

St. Simeon Orthodox Church welcomes everyone to our special community. For those who are of the Orthodox Christian Faith, we are a parish of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America under....

Sunday School

A major emphasis of St. Simeon Church is on the spiritual formation of our youth.  Our Sunday School program is designed for children from nursery school age to young adults.

Inquirers

Want to know more about the Orthodox faith?  Catechism and Inquirers Class by appointment. Please contact Fr. George Ajalat to make an appointment at gajalat@gmail.com.

The Holy Mysteries

"Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. (1Co 4:1 NKJ)

URGENT MESSAGE

In accordance with the directive of Metropolitan JOSEPH and adhering to the advice of public health officials, we reluctantly and with great pain of heart announce that many of our services and all meetings have been cancelled until further notice. 

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So that prayer will continue at St. Simeon, we will be celebrating the Friday Akathist service and Sunday Orthros and Divine Liturgy. ONLY SELECTED CLERGY, SERVERS, AND CHANTERS SHOULD ATTEND IN PERSON (limited to 10 in number and each will be notified by email or text to serve). BELOVED PARISHIONERS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE FROM HOME BY TUNING IN TO THE LIVE-STREAMED BROADCAST ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

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PLEASE DO NOT COME TO THE CHURCH IN PERSON FOR A SERVICE UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED TO CHANT OR SERVE AT THE SERVICE.

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Beginning this Sunday, March 22, we will begin live streaming the Friday and Sunday services on our Facebook page (St. Simeon Orthodox Christian Church). You can also log-in from this website by clicking on the Facebook icon(    ) top right above . The livestream will begin at 8:30 AM this Sunday and every Sunday; and 6:30 P.M. on Fridays.  

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We will do our best to keep you all connected to St. Simeon including on-line Sunday School lessons for our children, video messages from Fr. George, live video conferencing for our catechumens, and other communications that we are working on.

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We pray to our gracious Lord that all of  these temporary measures will soon be unnecessary and that we can return to our normal schedule very soon! In the meantime we absolutely remain one body in Spirit.  Let us pray fervently for the time when we can again gather physically together as the fullness of that same body.  

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Fr. George can be reached by phone at (626) 664-8274 or by email at gajalat@gmail.com.

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Below is the letter from Metropolitan JOSEPH to the faithful of the Archdiocese.

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Thought for the Week

4 5 2020 THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

… For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God”
My beloved in our Lord Jesus Christ, 
     As we enter the 5th week of this holy season of preparation and struggle, we now hear that our ultimate goal, our aim in life as Christians is to serve the living God.  But what does it mean to serve God?  We must understand that it is intimately tied to worship.  In the Old Testament the sacrifices on the altar of goats and calves were considered service to God.  This worship required ritual purity.  They had to keep their bodies pure, if they were to enter into the presence of God.  They had to abstain from immoral behavior, as well from touching dead bodies, eating certain foods,  keep the Sabbath, etc.  And indeed St. Paul tells us that their bodies were sanctified or made holy by these actions.  They were purified on one level.
      Before we criticize this form of religion, let us ask ourselves- how many in our day are seeking to keep their bodies pure?  Do we understand that what happens to our bodies penetrates deep into our souls and affects the very core of our being.  We must take care of our bodies for they are also the image of God.  We cannot defile our bodies with immoral behavior, with destructive behaviors such as smoking or overindulging in rich foods, or in violence toward others. We must not defile our tongues with gossip, with foul language, or lies.  

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