May 19, 2012

Car Bomb Kills at Least 21 Outside Alexandria Church

With great sad­ness, news of the most recent sec­tar­ian vio­lence against Cop­tic Chris­tians reached the Dio­cese of Los Ange­les this evening.At least seven peo­ple when a car bomb exploded out­side St. Mark and St. Peter the Seal of Mar­tyrs Cop­tic Churc…

New Year’s Activities and Services

New Year

On behalf of Fr. Mina, Fr. Moses, and all the con­gre­ga­tion, our parish wishes you all a blessed and joy­ful New Year 2011. As we reflect on all of the bless­ings God has bestowed upon us through­out 2010, not only indi­vid­u­ally, but also as a parish com­mu­nity, it is fit­ting that we look for­ward to 2011 with […]

Parishioners Serve the Homeless Before the Holidays

Service at GEH

On Wednes­day, Decem­ber 22, parish­ioners from St. Demi­ana Church took the bless­ing of serv­ing Christ by serv­ing their broth­ers and sis­ters at God’s Extended Hand, a home­less kitchen and shel­ter in down­town San Diego. Under the guid­ance of Fr. Moses Samaan, the parish­ioners worked with mem­bers of St. Anthony Anti­ochian Ortho­dox Church as part of Focus North […]

Congratulations to Fr. Mina Wahba Youssef on 25 Years of Priesthood

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Fr. Moses Samaan and the entire parish com­mu­nity of St. Demi­ana Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church joy­fully con­grat­u­lates our beloved Hegu­men Father Mina Wahba Youssef on the 25th anniver­sary of his ordi­na­tion to the priest­hood. We pray that God may receive his prayers, bless his ser­vice, and grant him many more years of joy­ful ser­vice in our midst. […]

Statement from the Diocese of Los Angeles

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Divine Liturgy — Friday, December 10, 2010

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Service Opportunity for All Parishioners (Wednesday, Dec. 22)

God's Extended Hand

FOCUS (Fel­low­ship of Ortho­dox Chris­tians United to Serve) San Diego teams feed Christ by feed­ing din­ner to our home­less and needy broth­ers and sis­ters at God’s Extended Hand Mis­sion in Down­town San Diego (www.godsextendedhand.com) every Wednes­day and the first Thurs­day of each month. “I was hun­gry and you gave Me food.” In the spirit of this holiday […]

New Publication: Sunday Gospels of Kiahk

With great joy and enthu­si­asm, the St. Paul Broth­er­hood Press announces the release of its lat­est pub­li­ca­tion, The Sun­day Gospels of Kiahk, part of the Trea­sures of the Church series.This book con­tains excerpts from patris­tic writ­ings on the Sunda…

Official Statement from the 12/14 Day of Prayer and Solidarity

We, the Cop­tic Ortho­dox bish­ops in the United States, called for a day of prayer and sol­i­dar­ity with our broth­ers and sis­ters who are suf­fer­ing in Egypt on Tues­day Decem­ber 14th, 2010. The prayer was held in Saint Vartan’s Armen­ian Ortho­dox Cathedral…

Official Statement from the 12/14 Day of Prayer and Solidarity

We, the Cop­tic Ortho­dox bish­ops in the United States, called for a day of prayer and sol­i­dar­ity with our broth­ers and sis­ters who are suf­fer­ing in Egypt on Tues­day Decem­ber 14th, 2010. The prayer was held in Saint Vartan’s Armen­ian Ortho­dox Cathedral…