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		<title>Diocese Announces the Opening of St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church, a Missionary Parish in Orange County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Moses Samaan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With great joy, the Diocese announces the opening of a new parish in Orange County: St. Paul American Coptic Orthodox Church.&#160;As the name suggests, this parish is missionary in nature, aiming to reflect the light of Orthodox Christianity to people...]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Services this Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wishing you all a blessed and joyful Great Holy Fast. With God’s grace, our services for the youth this week will include the following: Thursday, February 23 Fr. Moses will speak at the UCSD Coptic Club on “The Orthodox Understanding of Tribulations, Part 2″ from 7:00–7:45p. Afterwards, the youth are invited to dinner with Fr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Announcements for February 19 — 26, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabic Announcements — Fr. Mina Youssef 02-19-2012 — Fr Mina Youssef]]></description>
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		<title>Pastoral Message on the Great Holy Fast 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beloved brethren, as we begin the Great Holy Fast, I would like to emphasize that the Fast is a great and wonderful opportunity. We shouldn’t look at the Fast in a negative sense as though it were some kind of horrible punishment or obligation. Rather, we should look at the Fast as an incredible opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Resources for the Great Holy Fast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of the priests, servants, and all the congregation, we wish you a blessed and fruitful Great Holy Fast this year. To help ensure these holy days are fruitful and beneficial, we offer the following spiritual resources from around the Internet. Articles Great Lent: Our Journey to meet our Heavenly Bridegroom by St. John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Axios! Congratulations to Paul (Khaled) Jajo for His Chrismation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The entire parish community of St. Demiana congratulates Paul (Khaled) Jajo on his Chrismation into the Holy Orthodox Church on Saturday, February 11, 2012 before the Divine Liturgy. Paul has been serving with Fr. Moses and attending St. Demiana’s parish for several months. The parish welcomes him as a member and prays that Christ our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Schedule Updates this Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a reminder, our schedule at St. Demiana will have a few changes this week. We will not celebrate our early morning Tuesday Liturgy from 6:00–8:00 a.m. God willing, this service will resume after the Great Holy Fast. For this week only, there will be no Orthodox Bible Study on Tuesday evening. God willing, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Announcements for February 12 — 19, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.saintdemianachurch.org/2012/02/12/weekly-announcements-for-february-12-19-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabic Announcements — Fr. Mina Youssef 02-12-2012 — Fr Mina Youssef English Announcements — Fr. Moses Samaan 02-12-2012 — Fr Moses Samaan]]></description>
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		<title>Divine Liturgy of St. Basil by Fr. Mina Youssef and Fr. Moses Samaan (presiding) — Sunday, February 5, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lecture 7 Material — Persecution in the Second Century (con.) and the Apologists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Justin Martyr Our best guess is that he was born around 114 in Shechem, which corresponds to Nablus, Palestine. His parents were pagan Greeks. As he grew up, it was clear that St. Justin loved knowledge and constantly searched for the truth. This love led him to the various schools of Greek philosophy, but [...]]]></description>
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