Our Patrons: Saints Sergius and Bacchus

Saints Sergius (or Serge) and Bacchus were fourth-century Roman Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Their feast day is 7 October.

According to the legend, Sergius and Bacchus were Roman citizens and high-ranking officers of the Roman army, but their conversion to Christianity was discovered when they attempted to avoid accompanying a Roman official into a pagan temple with the rest of his bodyguard. After they persisted in refusing to sacrifice to Jupiter in Galerius’ company, they were publicly humiliated by being chained, dressed in female attire and paraded around town. Galerius then sent them to Barbalissos in Mesopotamia to be tried by Antiochus, the military commander there and an old friend of Sergius. Antiochus could not convince them to give up their faith, however, and Bacchus was beaten to death. The next day Bacchus’ spirit appeared to Sergius and encouraged him to remain strong so they could be together forever. Over the next days, Sergius was also brutally tortured and finally executed at Resafa, where his death was marked by miraculous happenings.

About Our Liturgy

We celebrate the Liturgy according to the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church using the ritual promulgated in 1969 and approved for use in the United States in 1974/5. This was chosen because the language is in colloquial English rather than the Latinized English of the version promulgated in 2002. The readings are from the current lectionary.

The Liturgy is offered at the Saints Sergius and Bacchus private chapel. Sunday Liturgies may be attended in person or via Zoom. Instructions for attendance are available by emailing [email protected]. The Eucharist is celebrated with unleavened bread and alcohol-removed wine.

Our Liturgical Calendar is available on our Calendar page. Where available, scriptural readings and/or Order of Service booklets are available there.

Our celebrant is a retired Roman Catholic priest, ordained in 1976 but independent from the Diocese of San Bernardino.

Order of Service Booklets

Booklets containing the Order of Service for public (Sunday) liturgies are available for download from the Liturgical Calendar. To view/print the booklets, click on the appropriate day. They are available in two styles: one page at a time (Order of Service), or as a booklet for printing (Order of Service Booklet).

Instructions for printing booklets

The Booklet is created for printers that can accommodate two-sided printing:
– on a PC, print on both sides, and flip on the short edge;
– on a Mac, On the File menu, click Print; Click Copies &
Pages, and then click Layout, Click Two-Sided, and then
select Short–Edge binding.
That will create a booklet that you can fold in half to use.

Order of Service Booklets and special notices are emailed weekly to subscribers to our email list. If you wish to join our email list, please email me at: [email protected].

Mass Intentions

Mass intentions (for living or deceased persons) are available for any public or private liturgy on a first-come-first-serve basis. To have your loved one remembered in a liturgy, please email me at:

Order of Service Booklets and special notices are emailed weekly to subscribers to our email list. If you wish to join our email list, please email me at: [email protected] and give me the date, the name of the person(s) and whether they are living or deceased.