May 19, 2012

Ordination of the Blessed Servant Paul Samaan as an Archdeacon

Ordination of Archdeacon Moses Samaan

With great joy, we announce and invite you to the ordi­na­tion of the blessed ser­vant Paul Samaan as an Archdea­con on Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 26, at St. Mau­rice Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church in Pomona. The joy­ful day begins at 8:00am with the bap­tism of Samuel Athana­sius Samaan, son of Paul and Carol Samaan. The bap­tism will be […]

On Riches and Discipleship

Christ the Teacher

A rich young man approached our Lord Jesus Christ and asked a ques­tion: what shall I do to have eter­nal life? Our Lord responded to him and listed the com­mand­ments that lead to life: “‘Do not com­mit adul­tery,’ ‘Do not mur­der,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false wit­ness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and your […]

H.G. Bishop Serapion’s Visit to St. Demiana Church

St. Demi­ana Church will be blessed by H.G. Bishop Serapion’s visit this week­end (12/11 – 12/13). His Grace will be at Church on Fri­day evening for the youth meet­ing and on Sat­ur­day for the Holy Liturgy, spir­i­tual day and Ves­pers prayers. His grace will also cel­e­brate the Holy Liturgy with us on Sun­day. We hope […]

Two Ways of Suffering

Peo­ple react quite dif­fer­ently when con­fronting suf­fer­ing. Some cry out in anger; oth­ers rebel in frus­tra­tion. Another might seek scape­goat to vent his frus­tra­tions. A fourth might instead aban­don the way of purity and right­eous­ness, and decide to live a life of plea­sure and lust, feel­ing almost jus­ti­fied to lust for his light afflic­tion. St. Cyril of […]

Carrying our Cross through Love

Carrying the Cross

For the past two Sun­days, the Gospel read­ings have related the Para­ble of the Sower. The Sower is God and the Seed is His Word, Jesus Christ, who has been planted in all of our hearts. The Cop­tic month of Hatour focuses on the com­ing of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, and this […]

Spiritual Day for the Youth, Deacons, and Servants on December 12, 2009

December 12 Spiritual Day

With great joy and enthu­si­asm, the church announces a Spir­i­tual Day for dea­cons, ser­vants, and the youth of the church on Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 12, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This Spir­i­tual Day will be full of ben­e­fi­cial activ­i­ties for all ages. The focus of the Spir­i­tual Day will be devel­op­ing an under­stand­ing of the Divine […]

Community Service Day a Blessed Success

Community Service Day 2009

With God’s grace and through your prayers, a Com­mu­nity Ser­vice Spir­i­tual Day for the col­lege youth on Novem­ber 21, 2009 was a blessed suc­cess. The pur­pose of this day was to help the less for­tu­nate all around us in the form of a spir­i­tual day of ser­vice and fel­low­ship. The youth of the church, includ­ing many stu­dents from […]