St. Jonah the Wonderworker Orthodox Christian Church

06/05/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/05/101610-hieromartyr-dorotheus-bishop-of-tyre
June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
Scripture readings:
Rom. 2:14-29
Matt. 5:33-41
June 6, Saturday, Baptism of baby Julia Patrick 8:00 am,
9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal.

The Hieromartyr Dorotheus was bishop of the Phoenician city of Tyre, during the time of the persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). Heeding the words of the Gospel (Mt.10:23), the saint withdrew from Tyre and hid from the persecutors. He returned to Tyre during the…

06/04/2026

June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 6, Saturday, Baptism of baby Julia Patrick 8:00 am,
9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal.

06/04/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/04/101534-surety-of-sinners-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-of-korets
June 4 - Scripture readings
Rom. 1:28 - 2:9
Matt. 5:27-32
June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 6, Saturday, Baptism of baby Julia Patrick 8:00 am,
9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal.

This ancient icon of the Mother of God

06/04/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/04/101609-saint-metrophanes-first-patriarch-of-constantinople
Commemorated June 4

Saint Metrophanes, Patriarch of Constantinople, was a contemporary of Saint Constantine the Great (306-337). His father, Dometius, was a brother of the Roman emperor Probus (276-282). Seeing the falseness of the pagan religion, Dometius came to believe in Christ. During a time of terrible…

06/03/2026

June 3, Wednesday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
Scripture readings:
Rom. 1:18-27
Matt. 5:20-26
June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 6, Saturday, Baptism of baby Julia Patrick 8:00 am,
9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal.

06/03/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/03/101571-martyr-lucillian-and-those-who-suffered-with-him-at-byzantium
June 3, Wednesday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
Scripture readings:
Rom. 1:18-27
Matt. 5:20-26
June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 6, Saturday, Baptism of baby Julia Patrick at 8:00 am, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal.

Saint Lucillian was a pagan priest during the reign of the Roman emperor Aurelian (270-275). In his old age he became persuaded of the falseness of the pagan religion, and with all his heart he turned to the faith in Christ the Savior, and was baptized. Under the influence of his preaching many…

06/02/2026

06/02/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/02/47-postfeast-of-pentecost-3rd-day-of-the-trinity
June 2 - Scripture readings
Rom. 1:1-7, 13-17
Matt. 4:25 - 5:13
June 3, Wednesday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 6, Saturday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. See less

Many of the hymns of Pentecost are repeated in the postfestal services of this week, and references to the Holy Spirit, and to fire, abound. In particular, we are reminded of the Unburnt Bush (Exodus 3:2), the zealous Prophet Elias who ascended to Heaven in a chariot of fire, the three youths in…

06/02/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/02/101581-saint-nikephoros-the-confessor-patriarch-of-constantinople
Commemorated June 2

Saint Nikephoros (Nikēphóros) was a dignitary at the court of the Empress Irene (797-802). After embracing monasticism, he became widely known for his piety. He assumed the Patriarchal Throne of Constantinople in 806 and became a zealous defender of the holy Icons. In 815, the Iconoclast Emperor.....

06/01/2026

https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2026/06/01/46-postfeast-of-pentecost-day-of-the-holy-spirit
June 1 - Scripture readings
Eph. 5:9-19
Matt. 18:10-20
June 3, Wednesday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 5, Friday, 6:00 pm - Great Vespers
June 6, Saturday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour and potluck meal. Please join us. All are welcome! 6:00 pm - Readers Vespers
June 7, Sunday, 9:40 am - Hours, 10:00 am - Typika followed by coffee hour and potluck meal.

On the day after every Great Feast, the Orthodox Church honors the one through whom the Feast is made possible. On the day following the Nativity of the Lord, for example, we celebrate the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos (December 26). On the day after Theophany, we commemorate Saint John the…