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Upcoming Class - An Introduction to Orthodox Christianity
Class to be offered by St. Andrew Parish beginning Saturday, Sept. 6th, at 4pm. The class will run for 5 weeks. It is designed to be an outreach to the local community- this is a great class to invite neighbors, co-workers, and friends who may be interested in discovering the history of the Orthodox Church.

Watch Father's video commercial here (be sure your speakers are on), or click here to go to our YouTube channel to watch more!

Download the flyer here to share with others.

 


Daily Services (most weeks)
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

Current Church News (as of Aug 20)

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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.


  • Defend Traditional Marriage!
    Defend Traditional Marriage
    Fr Josiah hosted at St. Andrew Church a group of Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant pastors for a statewide PASTORS' CONFERENCE CALL on June 25th sponsored by ProtectMarriage.com. Thousands of California pastors gathered at more than 100 churches throughout the state to hear from the likes of Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family , Mr. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, and various Christian legal societies and counsel about the implications of the recent Ca. State Supreme Court decision (May 15th, 2008) legalizing homosexual marriage in California, and concerning how to promote a state constitutional amendment on the ballot this November that would overturn this immoral high court decision and re-establish traditional marriage in its rightful place, where it has been placed by every civilization and religion in the world's history.
  • Lord have mercy upon us and upon our state!






  • 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!


  • October 5 - Blood Drive
    Our next St. Andrew blood drive will be held on Sunday October 5 from noon to 4 pm. If you are able to donate blood, please mark your calendar so that you may participate in this almsgiving.

  • October 10-12 - Diocesan Fall Gathering
    ST. ANDREW HOSTING THE DIOCESAN FALL GATHERING. This October our St. Andrew Parish will host the annual Diocesan “Fall Gathering” (the former “delegates meeting”). Each year in each diocese of our Archdiocese there are two gatherings to facilitate the on-going work of our various ministries and to gather around our bishop. A different parish hosts this each year. The summer meeting (usually over the 4th of July (Wed-Sun) is the Parish Life Conference. It is usually attended by about 1000 persons. The second gathering is in October and is on a much smaller scale and is called the “Fall Gathering.” Representatives from each of the 55 parishes of our Diocese of Los Angeles and the West attend, and we are hosting this October 10-12. Meetings of the Antiochian Women, the Fellowship of St. John the Divine, and Teen SOYO take place. His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH, addresses each group, and addresses the assembly. We at St. Andrew will be responsible for the arrangements, meals and socials.
    Click here to learn more and sign up. To view the schedule, click here.

  • October 12 - New Church Temple Groundbreaking!
    Groundbreaking is set to take place following the Hierarchical Liturgy on the concluding day of the Fall Gathering.

  • October 12 - Rachmaninoff’s St. John Chrysostom Liturgy
    The Los Angeles Master Chorale will perform Rachmaninoff’s St. John Chrysostom Liturgy on Sunday evening, Oct. 12. The cheapest group ticket price we can get is $35 per seat (for 8 or more). The performance is at the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Our group tickets must be reserved before Sept. 1. Anyone interested should contact our choir director, Mrs. Teri Stevens.
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  • Contact Kentigern Sammons for the latest information and bug him to put it on the website!
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Church Building News (as of July 11)

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On Thursday, July 3rd, St. Andrew Church went before the Riverside Planning Commission. The Commission voted unanimously to endorse our conditional use permit revision and to approve the height variance for our domes. St. Andrew parishioners packed the chambers at City Hall and witnessed a wonderful meeting. Our next steps are:

  1. Submit our detailed building/structural documents to the City Building Department for plan check. This process takes several months.
  2. Send out our plans to 5 General Contractors for bids.
  3. Solidify our financing.
  4. Break ground on Sunday, October 13th, with His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH. His Grace will preside over a hierarchical liturgy that day at St. Andrew, and, God willing, following the Holy Liturgy bless our new property and turn the first dirt.

We call upon all St. Andrew parishioners to continue to faithfully pray for the success of our noble endeavor to build a holy temple for the glory of the Holy Trinity.

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.”

Saint Andrew Newsletters

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You can keep up to date with Saint Andrew Orthodox Church by downloading our newsletters right here!

Newsletters At A Glance
  2007 2008
January - January 2008
February - February 2008
March - March 2008
April - April 2008
May - May 2008
June - June 2008
July - July / August 2008 (latest copy)
August - -
September - -
October October 2007 -
November November 2007 -
December December 2007 -

These files are in Adobe PDF format and require a "reader" program to view them. If you do not have such a program, you either the download Adobe PDF Reader here or you can download a smaller, lightweight alternative here. Both will do the same thing.

 

 

 

Recent Homilies

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A Mystic Metamorphosis: The Transfiguration and Our Salvation Aug 10, 2008
Exploding with Hope Aug 3, 2008
Spiritual Antibiotics: Living in Peace in an Age of Acute Anxiety July 6, 2008
Click here for more podcasts and a listing of Father Josiah's works online...


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There is a wealth of information on the Web regarding Orthodoxy. To get you started, we've provided some helpful links...

 

General Information about Orthodoxy

Abba Moses
If you are interested in researching the lives of Saints in detail, this is a good place to start. "Saint of the Day" podcast is also available.

Ancient Faith Radio
Ancient Faith Radio is an Orthodox Christian media ministry, offering two 24-hour internet radio stations and a wide variety of on-demand podcasts, music and audio specials including Fr Josiah's interview on the Illumined Heart!

Orthodox Christian Information Center
A collection of articles written for Orthodox, Inquirers and non-Orthodox about many facets of the Faith. Includes articles about introductory information, inquirer information, Orthodox mindset, Orthodox lifestyle, death and life.

Orthodox Christian Network
Orthodox Christian Network (OCN), an agency of SCOBA, has been established to create a national, sustainable and effective media witness for the Orthodox Christian Church in North America. OCN produces high-quality programs and media tools for local parishes that reach people for Christ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Includes The Ark (A 24/7 Internet radio station with contemporary Orthodox music and teaching programs with some of the best Orthodox speakers in North America), The Rudder (A 24/7 Internet radio station with traditional Orthodox chant from around the world and the same teaching programs and special features as the Ark.)
First Visit to an Orthodox Church: 12 Things I Wish I'd Known
A required and humorous reading for anyone considering attending an Orthodox church for the first time.
 
Various Orthodox Churches

"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