Volume 25 Issue 3
May/June 2016
A Bi-Monthly Publication of St. Andrew Orthodox Church
4700 Canyon Crest Drive, Riverside, California 92507
Dear Parishioners,
Christ is risen! Blessings and best wishes for a radiant celebration of the 40 days of Holy Pascha.
Holy Week and Pascha is certainly the most glorious period of each year at St. Andrew Church. This is
probably true for every Orthodox parish in the world since there is nothing more significant and salvific
for the human race than the sacred Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ and His Third-Day Resurrection.
Yet I also am so thankful to God for the devotion shown by our parishioners during these Holiest of Holy
Days. The zealous attendance, the unquenchable thirst to be with Christ, and nearer to Him than we have
ever been, the quiet, the prayerfulness, the flowers, the tears, the hope. It is really too much.
One time Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou) of the Holy Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Essex,
England, was visiting our parish and giving some lectures and he said to me, "There is enough grace in
Holy Week and Pascha to sustain the Christian for the entire year."
That is certainly our experience I believe. It is like a deep, deep watering that a tree receives and from
which it is able to pull nutrients and sustenance through many a dry and desert-hot day. The taste of Holy
Week and Pascha - so full for 40 days - stays with us all year, and escorts us to the Kingdom of God. Our
deep watering with grace in these Holy Days nourishes us through those portions of the Wilderness we
will wander through this year. May the Precious and Life-Giving Cross and the Holy Resurrection on the
Third Day be fixed in our hearts and minds all day, every day, forever.
Glory to His Third-Day Resurrection!
Fr Josiah
V. Rev. Josiah Trenham, Pastor
Church Phone (951) 369-0309 ● Fax (951) 369-6609
For information and schedule of services, go to www.Saintandrew.net
To submit articles contact Lucy Hanna, editor, at lucy.hanna@sbcglobal.net
Volume 25 Issue 3
Page 2
Volume 25 Issue 3
Page 3
Many Years to the
Antiochian Women of St. Andrew Church,
The “Myrrhbearers”.
“A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE TO YOU,
THAT YOU LOVE EACH OTHER JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU’
This Sunday, the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, our own Antiochian Women’s group, “The Myrrhbearers”
celebrate their Patronal Feast. I would like to take this opportunity to write about the many ways our ladies
show their love to their families and their brothers and sisters in Christ, their “Church Family”.
Christ has commanded us to love one another. Women in general, and women of our parish in particular,
show their love to all of you, our brothers and sisters, in their own unique ways. Hospitality and Food are
among those ways.
In the Old Testament we read many stories of hospitality. In Genesis 18 we read about the hospitality of
Abraham. He showed his love to the Lord through hospitality and the Lord rewarded him by promising him
a child in his old age. We also read about the widow who baked a cake for Elijah with the last handful of
flour she had and she was rewarded.
Here at St. Andrew, hospitality is a great strength of our ladies. They are ever so willing to feed the parish
whether after Liturgy or other services - always willing to make a meal for someone who is sick or just had
a baby; cook for the homeless, mercy meals following funerals, or provide meals for the monkiconographers during the times they were here painting the beautiful icons in our new temple. They showed
their love to His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, the clergy and guests, when our parish hosted them for
Liturgical Seminars; the annual catechumens’ dinner, the Palm Sunday Fish Fry to benefit the NAB project,
and many, many more occasions when the women show hospitality through the aroma of cooking with
love. The women don’t just prepare food, it is the entire atmosphere of family togetherness and fellowship
they create that nourishes the whole parish. They also always try to cook good and healthy food and are
happiest when they see their families eat and enjoy it.
I cannot emphasize enough how important it is for the parish family to eat together every Sunday after
Liturgy and after other services throughout the year. When we break the fast together for example after the
Advent Fast or the Fast of Great Lent when we proclaim “Christ is Risen”, crack the eggs and eat the lamb!
It is these gatherings that create the family atmosphere.
What about when they have guests in their homes? Their hospitality includes having a clean and
comfortable home for their guests and they spend time making the best meal they know their guests would
like. The best compliment to the hostess is when her guests enjoy and finish it all. I know this is how I feel
and I am sure most women here feel the same way.
Please join me this Sunday in
thanking all the women of our
parish for their love and hospitality.
May God grant them many years.
On behalf of all the women in the
parish, I want you all to know that
we love you.
Christ is Risen!
Lucy Hanna
Page 4
Volume 25 Issue 3
Photos from 2016 Holy Week and Pascha
The children and teen choirs sang the responses for the whole Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy
Palm Sunday
and
Holy Friday
Page 5
Volume 25 Issue 3
Group photo of the newly-illumined & their sponsors following Holy Saturday Liturgy
Congratulations to the newly-illumined members of St. Andrew Church.
God grant you many years!
Holy Pascha
These two amazing photos were taken
by our own photographer Nicolaus
Mueller. In the one below, he captured
the Paschal procession as it was going
around the back of the church temple,
with the lights from the candles forming
one continuous ribbon of light.
In the one above
captures the faithful
as they arrive to the
front of the church,
led by the clergy, the
altar servers and the
choir. Absolutely
stunning. Thank you
Nicolaus.
Rachel Bordeaux
Jonathan Chinn
Lindsey Chinn
Daniel Clark
Randy Clegg
Sarah Conrad
Anthony Cruz
Carol Cruz
Ethan Cruz
Jon Cruz
Juan Gomez
Paul Haugen
Cory Hurley
Adit Josan
Jennifer Kelley
Ryan Kelley
Priya Lingam
Camille Lira
Dena Lira
Robert Lira
Christine Lorenz
Larisa Martinez
Nikolai Martinez
Brittany Piscatella
Cody Porcu
Daniel Thornburg
Volume 25 Issue 3
Page 6
Can you spot where you are in this picture? There were too many to get everyone in the same picture.
Our clergy
proclaiming
Christ
is
Risen!
Page 7
Volume 25 Issue 3
ST. ANDREW COMMUNITY NEWS…
Please pray for Fr. Josiah as he travels to
TIBILISI, GEORGIA
With the blessing of Metropolitan JOSEPH, Fr. Josiah
will be flying this Friday more than halfway around the
world to Tibilisi, Georgia to give a lecture at the World
Congress of Families X being held for the first time in an
Orthodox Christian country.
Patriarch Catholicos Ilia II will be hosting the thousands
of attendees, and will open the Congress with an address.
MOVING AWAY: On Sunday of the
Holy Cross, our dear Zana Devitto
received a blessing from Father Josiah aa
she prepared to move cross country to
Charlotte, North Carolina, where she is
embarking on a new adventure which
includes a new job and a new beau. She
writes: “God has truly blessed me by
allowing me a few years at St. Andrew
Church to grow and learn. I am forever
changed and truly grateful to everyone
there. My home is open for any visitors
from St. Andrew”.
If anyone would like Zana’s new address,
please see or email Lucy Hanna.
Congratulations to the newly-engaged couple
Congratulations and many years
to Caitlin Davis and John
Veneklasen on their engagement.
On April 17, 2016, the couple
received a blessing on this
occasion from Fr. Josiah.
The couple plan to wed on July
31st. 2016. May God bless them
and grant them many happy
years.
St. Andrew Orthodox Church
4700 Canyon Crest Drive
Riverside, CA 92507
St. Andrew Orthodox Church of Riverside is a parish of the Self-ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America,
Diocese of Los Angeles and the West, the See of the Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH