Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Church, San Marcos, CA

Update on the church building Unfortunately we will pull out from buying the building in Vista city Last Sunday September 27th, 2020. Holy Cross Church congregation voted to pull out of Vista building... We are not buying Vista building Main reasons are: Unable to fully obtain the permit before contingencies sign off Unable to secure Bank Loan before contingencies sign off Increased Homeless population around the building We will continue looking for another building in San Marcos or Vista cities We pray The Lord may guide us to find the suitable building for Holy Cross Church in San Diego County : Homeless

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Neh. 2:18 - Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding With the grace of God the seller agreed to extend the close of Escrow to give us a chance to collect the downpayment. Your help will be greatly appreciated .... ( 2: 18) : . . . See more

Tomorrow is the First Day of the Blessed Month of Tute Feast of El-Nayrouz (Beginning of the Blessed Coptic Year) Tomorrow is the beginning of the blessed Coptic year. It is necessary to keep it a holy day with full purity and chastity. Let us start a new demeanor as St.Paul the Apostle says, "Therefeore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; Behold, all things become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself b...y Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation." (2 Cor. 5:17-18) And Isaiah the Prophet says, "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." (Isaiah 61:1-2) And David the Prophet says, "Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness." (Psalms 65:11) We ask our God to keep us without sin and help us to act according to His will with the intercessions of the pure Saint Mary and all the Martyrs and Saints. Amen. The Coptic Egyptian Church celebrates the Coptic New Year (Anno Martyrus), or year of the martyrs on 11th of September. The Coptic calendar is the ancient Egyptian one of twelve 30-day months plus a "small" five-day monthsix-day in a leap year. The months retain their ancient Egyptian names which denote the gods and godesses of the Egyptians, and the year’s three seasons, the inundation, cultivation, and harvest, are related to the Nile and the annual agricultural cycle. But the Copts chose the year 284AD to mark the beginning of the calendar, since this year saw the seating of Diocletian as Rome’s emperor and the consequent martyrdom of thousands upon thousands of Egypt’s Christians. Apart from the Church’s celebration, Copts celebrate the New Year by eating red dates, which are now in season, believing the red symbolises the martyrs’ blood and the white date heart the martyrs’ pure hearts. ( https://st-takla.org) Happy Feast of El-Nayrouz from Holy cross Coptic Orthodox Church, CA. #holycrosscoc

Wednesday 26 August 2020 pm.. 20 Masri 1736 Today the beloved Father Luke Sidaros reposed in the Lord. Our deepest condolences to H.E Metropolitan Serapion, Bishop Anba Suriel, Bishop Abraham, Bishop Kirelous, all the family & all his children. May God repose his soul in the paradise of joy.