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Welcome to Saint Andrew Orthodox Christian Church of Riverside, Ca!

St Andrew Parish

The Church exists to worship the Holy Trinity, to preach the Gospel to our community, and to transfigure the lives of her children into the likeness of Jesus Christ. This website is designed to further these goals:

  • Connecting friends and members of our parish to the liturgical life of the church,
  • Providing directions to our church campus, and,
  • Announcing the weekly liturgical cycles as well as providing some basic introduction to our services in words, sounds and pictures

 

Additionally, we intend that our site provide links to valuable internet resources in Orthodox theology and practice, as well as make our pastor's homilies and studies accessible in print and podcast. Thank you for visiting our website. We would be honored if you would visit St. Andrew Church. Come worship with us.

 

Daily Service and Readings

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Daily Services (most weeks, it is best to check the calendar for a specific date)

  • Sunday mornings: Orthros at 9am and Liturgy at 10am
  • Wednesdays: Paraklesis to the Theotokos at 6pm and Family Night (pot-luck and Bible Study) at 7pm
  • Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Vespers at 5pm
  • Saturdays: Great Vespers at 5:30pm


 

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Current Church News (out of date as of July, 2009)

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Please send an email to Beth Krammes at indeedandintruth@yahoo.com in order to facilitate having in the Church's weekly information updated here.

  • Wednesdays - There are NO Family Nights during July, 2009

  • Teen SOYO Summer Beach Trip to Santa Cruz Island is June 28th – July 2nd
  • The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America 2009 Archdiocesan Convention
    July 19 - 26. Hosted by St. Michael Antiochian Orthodox Church (Van Nuys, CA). Go to the convention website for more information.



  • St. Andrew Monthly Newsletter
    If you are not currently receiving the St. Andrew monthly newsletter via email please give your email address to Lucy Hanna. teta.of.9@sbcglobal.net

  • Teen SOYO Calendar for July 2009
    Click here to download the Teen SOYO calendar for this month.

  • Orthodox Christians for Life
    Great news! The proposed Parents' Right to Know law that would make it mandatory for family to be notified if a young woman < 18 requests an abortion collected far more than the required 1.2 million signatures. We will know soon if the proposition will be on the November 2008 ballot.

  • Keep Your Information Up To Date
    Please help keep the church databases updated by notifying us of new e-mail addresses. Many people’s e-mail addresses are NOT part of the database or are outdated. Just send a quick e-mail to SaintAndrewDesk AT aol DOT com Be sure to give your name in the e-mail.
    Thank you!

  • Homeless Ministry
    St. Andrew ministries are encouraged to volunteer!! If you would like to help out in any way, please visit our table during coffee hour. There are many ways to serve and utilize your specific talent to help our homeless brothers & sisters.

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Church Building News (as of October)

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Building Prayer for Church Temple
"O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who art the true God and the Brightness and Image of the unoriginate Father, and the Life Everlasting; and art the Cornerstone hewn without the aid of seed of man from the Virgin Mountain; as also the Foundation immovable of Thy Church; Who also, through the shedding of Thy precious blood, hast founded Thy Church, and hast raised it up by Thy death, and perfected it by Thy Resurrection and blessed it by Thine Ascension, and hast sanctified and enlarged it by the descent of Thy Holy Spirit: Unto Thee do we now humbly pray: Send down the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, and bless all aspects of our labor to erect a holy temple to the glory of Thine all-holy Name and in honor and memory of Thy holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostle Andrew, the First-called. Preserve this parish in Thy peace, which is beyond human comprehension. Be Thou, who art the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, Who from eternity hast created all things, the Beginning, the Increase, and the Completion of our work; bless our congregation, parish council and building committee, architects, engineers, contractors, laborers, artisans and all who work for the establishment of Thy temple and the furtherance of Holy Orthodoxy in our community. Prosper Thou the work of their hands, and by Thy divine providence abundantly multiply all things necessary for the building and completion of Thy holy temple: that it may be perfect and filled with Thy glory, and that in it may be glorified Thy great and all-holy Name, together with that of Thy Father and Thine all-holy Spirit, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.”

 

 

Recent Homilies

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"The Glory of Fatherhood" June 21, 2009
"A Question and A Command From The Lord" - 4th Sunday of Pascha May 10, 2009
"The Resurrection Changes Lives" - 3rd Sunday of Pascha May 03, 2009
Click here for more podcasts and a listing of Father Josiah's works online...

"Thou shalt not murder"
Christ cradles in His left hand the soul of an aborted child, while He points with His right to that child's lifeless body. Click here to read the Service Of Supplication for the Sanctity of Life