Keaton’s Child Cancer Alliance -- St. Baldrick’s – Annual Head Shaving Event at the Westfield

It’s that time of the year again…for the Bald and Beautiful team to shave our heads at the upcoming Annual St. Baldrick’s event on Saturday, March 3rd at the Westfield Galleria at Roseville, 12 noon - 4 PM @ Center Court.  

For many years, members of our community have been so generous in supporting the Bald and Beautiful Team, including Fr. Christopher (it's his fifth year shaving his head) --especially last year when we were the area’s top fundraising team with $18,540 raised —donating funds to help cure childhood cancer.

This will be our 16th year of shaving at the annual St. Baldrick’s event.  We have a great group of shavees again this year including a new team member -- Roseville City Councilmember John Allard!  Our entire team is:

Kyle Raphael

Dr. Tim Herman

John Allard

David Boesch

Father Christopher Flesoras

Father Cliff Haggenjos

Mike Isom

Sean Bigley

Mark Riffey and his son Evan

Jeremiah Smith and his son Brady

Ryan Haney

Guy Gibson

Rob Romero

Todd Lindstrom

 Support Fr. Christopher or Bald and Beautiful Team and keep these precious children who battle cancer, together with their families, in your prayers.

Download Free Kindle Versions of Two Lenten/Paschal Children's Books

Free Kindle versions of Pascha at the Duck Pond and The Three-Day Pascha are available via Amazon through February 17.  The Three-Day Pascha uses simple verse to engage children in the story of our Lord’s crucifixion, entombment, and Resurrection.  In Pascha at the Duck Pond, as the animals at the Duck Pond journey through Great Lent towards Pascha (Easter), they learn that Lent is not about the rules, but allowing God to change our hearts through love and repentance.  

The Ordinations of the Servant of God Jason Ivey to the Holy Diaconate & Holy Priesthood

By the Grace of God and in accordance with the Apostolic Tradition of the Holy Orthodox Church, our pastoral assistant, Jason Ivey, will be ordained to the Holy Diaconate and the Holy Priesthood through the laying on of hands and invocation of the Holy Spirit by His Eminence Metropolitan GERASIMOS of San Francisco on Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15.  Axios! Worthy!

Please keep Jason, his wife Renee, and their families in your prayers as he prepares for ordination.  May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, through the intercessions of his patron saint, Seraphim of Sarov, grant him every good gift to strengthen, inspire, guide and bless his ministry.  

Formal invitations to, more information about and ways you can offer your assistance in preparation for his ordinations is forthcoming.  Again, "worthy!  

Kids n' Cancer Bake Sale Sunday, February 11

Three Hierarchs Academic Lecture (Video)

Three Hierarchs Lecture 2018 - Deliver us from Danger and Distress: Praying the Scriptures in the Early Church from St. Anna Parish on Vimeo.

“Deliver us from Danger and Distress:” Praying the Scriptures in the Early Church.

Assistant Professor of New Testament at Holy Cross and Director of the Religious Studies program at Hellenic College, Dr. Beck also has served since 2003 as the Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute at the school. His area of specialization is the study of the New Testament and its interpretation within the Church. He has studied at the Hebrew University, the University of Georgia, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Harvard Divinity School, where he received both received both his MDiv and ThD.  Proficient is Greek (Homeric, Classical, koine/Biblical, Patristic), Hebrew (biblical and modern), Syriac, biblical Aramaic, Latin, French, and German, he draws from a wide range of sources in the interpretation of the New Testament, including the Greek Old Testament, the Orthodox lectionary, liturgical hymns, iconography, patristic writings, and academic scholarship.  He has taught at Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, contributed chapters in edited volumes as well as papers for academic and parochial publications, offered lectures, interviews, and retreats throughout the world and worked in Academia for over 20 years.  

The title of his presentation is “Deliver us from Danger and Distress:” Praying the Scriptures in the Early Church. “Deliver us from Danger and Distress” focuses on how the biblical figures serve as models for our prayers in the liturgy and feasts – how we are so connected with God’s saving activity in our past – including the prophets, patriarchs, and the saints – and ultimately how we are rooted in faithfulness of God to the Fathers and Mothers of the Christian faith – how we are constantly having recourse to these models of faith – which we see time and again in our prayers.  This presentation will also address practical ways by which we can use this to our advantage – by pointing to ways that Christians can pray the Scriptures today.

Dr. Beck is currently writing a book about the role of the prophets and other biblical saints in the early Church as models of prayer. His recent publications include “Testing God: Echoes of Exodus in the Gospels;” “Intertextuality and Reception History in the story of Jonah and Elijah in the Lives of the Prophets: The Tradition of Jonah as the Widow’s Son” (with Christos Arabatzis), “Learn from me”: Embodied Knowledge through Imitation in Early Christian Pedagogy;” “The Aesthetic of Typology: The Prophet Jonah in the Church’s Liturgical Hymns;” and “‘Out of the Mouth of Babes’: Prophetic Children of Palm Sunday in Patristic Liturgical Tradition.” 

Visit https://www.saintanna.org/study/# for a list of past speakers and topics.

A Journey into Eastern Orthodox Monasticism

Saint Anna Parish App for Apple & Android Phones/Tablets

Go to: http://www.planetorthodox.org on your mobile device.

To install on your phone/tablet homescreen:
- Apple: Open in Safari and just follow the instructions once the app comes up.
- Android: Open using the chrome browser and follow the instructions once the app comes up.
- Windows: Open in Internet Explorer and just follow the instructions once the app comes up.

And now you just click on the icon to view the Saint Anna App. It will be viewable anytime with a network connection.

Dr. Bruce Beck to speak at the 2018 Three Hierarchs Academic Lecture

It is a joy to announce that Dr. Bruce Beck, Ph.D., will offer the 2018 Three Hierarchs Academic Lecture, scheduled for Saturday, February 3 at 6PM. Dr. Beck is the Assistant Professor of New Testament at Holy Cross and Director of the Religious Studies program at Hellenic College. He also has served since 2003 as the Director of the Pappas Patristic Institute at the school. His area of specialization is the study of the New Testament and its interpretation within the Church.

Dr. Beck has studied at the Hebrew University, the University of Georgia, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Harvard Divinity School, where he received both received both his MDiv and ThD.  Proficient is Greek (Homeric, Classical, koine/Biblical, Patristic), Hebrew (biblical and modern), Syriac, biblical Aramaic, Latin, French, and German, he draws from a wide range of sources in the interpretation of the New Testament, including the Greek Old Testament, the Orthodox lectionary, liturgical hymns, iconography, patristic writings, and academic scholarship.  He has taught at Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, contributed chapters in edited volumes as well as papers for academic and parochial publications, offered lectures, interviews, and retreats throughout the world and worked in Academia for over 20 years.  

The title of his presentation is “Deliver us from Danger and Distress:” Praying the Scriptures in the Early Church. “Deliver us from Danger and Distress” will focus be on how the biblical figures serve as models for our prayers in the liturgy and feasts – how we are so connected with God’s saving activity in our past – including the prophets, patriarchs, and the saints – and ultimately how we are rooted in faithfulness of God to the Fathers and Mothers of the Christian faith – how we are constantly having recourse to these models of faith – which we see time and again in our prayers.  This presentation will also address practical ways by which we can use this to our advantage – by pointing to ways that Christians can pray the Scriptures today.

Dr. Beck is currently writing a book about the role of the prophets and other biblical saints in the early Church as models of prayer. His recent publications include “Testing God: Echoes of Exodus in the Gospels;” “Intertextuality and Reception History in the story of Jonah and Elijah in the Lives of the Prophets: The Tradition of Jonah as the Widow’s Son” (with Christos Arabatzis), “Learn from me”: Embodied Knowledge through Imitation in Early Christian Pedagogy;” “The Aesthetic of Typology: The Prophet Jonah in the Church’s Liturgical Hymns;” and “‘Out of the Mouth of Babes’: Prophetic Children of Palm Sunday in Patristic Liturgical Tradition.” 

Visit https://www.saintanna.org/study/# for a list of past speakers and topics.

New Social Services Program of the Philoptochos: Telephone Cancer Support Group

Christmas at Project Mexico, 2017

Christmas at Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage