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St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
Publish Date: 2024-04-07
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Holy Bread Offering:
Announcements
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Calendar
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Weekly Bulletin Inserts
service schedule
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St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (316) 264-1576
  • Street Address:

  • 344 S Martinson St.

  • Wichita, KS 67213-4044

Contact Information

Parish Priest: Fr Aaron Warwick


fraaron@stmarywichita.org

Fr. John Baize, Attached



Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America His Eminence Metropolitan Saba



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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Tone

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad; for the Lord hath done a mighty act with his own arm. He hath trampled down death and become the First-born from the dead. He hath delivered us from the depth of hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the Holy Cross in the First Tone

O Lord, save thy people and bless thine inheritance, granting to Thy people victory over all their enemies, and by the power of thy Cross preserving thy kingdom.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Eighth Tone

To thee the champion leader, I thy servant offer thanks for victory, O Theotokos, thou who hast delivered me from terror. And as thou hast that power invincible, from all dangers thou alone can set me free, that I may cry unto thee: Hail, O bride without bridegroom.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Sixth Tone. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:1-6.

BRETHREN, since we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"; as he says also in another place, "Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek."

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Holy Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1

The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

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Holy Bread Offering:

HOLY BREAD

Holy Bread (Prosphora) and Coffee Hour are offered by: Rick and Tanya Husselman

Orthodox servants of God, that they may have mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and visitation: Rick, Tanya, James, Jeffery, and Corissa, Sarah, Ronan & family, Adalynne & family

The Orthodox servants of God departed this life in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal:  Nikki, Richard,and Chuck, Dorothy, Stan, Val, Lawrence, Anna, Charles, Susan, Vera, Albert, Doris, Donna, Van, Roland, Ida, Margaret, Marissa, Chance, Trent, Janice

Your prayers are requested:  Nadia Abdelmaseh, Joan Aboud, George Augst, Cindy Baize, Dawneen Banks, Karl Beal, Dn. Stephen Beasley, Jim Buckler, Teresa C., Roy Clark, George Cochran, Elisabeth Esquivel, Nathan Frison, Sr., Maria Greene, Weine Habtemariam, Jacqueline Howk, Edwin Kerley & family, Mary Ann Khoury, Michael Khoury, Marlo, Robin, & Sue Kinsey, Sean and Valerie Lehl & family, Linda Love, Donna Namee, Robbie Namee, Barbara, Debra, and Yvonne Nassif, Annalise Shearer, Bonita Somerhalder, Jacob Taylor, Corina, Cristian, and Iulian Todorache, Autumn and Kim Volhein, Cheyenne Waller, Jadallah Wolf, Kouri Wolf, Elena Zamfir, Aidan, Anthony, Briana, Carlynne, Emily, Luciana, Samantha, Valerica, Xenia

May God remember all of them and us in His Kingdom.


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Announcements

TEXT MESSAGE UPDATES/REMINDERS

If you would like to join the St Mary text message group to receive important updates/reminders, you may do so at any time by texting @stmaryict to 81010. Please note you must include the @ sign to be able to join the group. No one in the group will see your phone number or be able to send you a message except through the parish office. You also will not be able to text others in the group, but will receive messages from the office and can respond to the office.


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Birthdays and Anniversaries

Celebrations this week

John Abdayem (4/9), Leslie Namee (4/9), Grace Namee Abou-Faissal (4/11), William Hernandez (4/12), Valerie Debolt (4/13).  May God grant them many years!


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Calendar

  • St. Mary Parish Calendar

    April 7 to April 21, 2024

    Sunday, April 7

    9:00AM Church School

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Potluck Coffee Hour

    Monday, April 8

    6:00PM Great Compline

    Wednesday, April 10

    6:00PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy w/Potluck Following

    Friday, April 12

    Lenten Retreat w/Fr Stephen Freeman

    5:00PM Little Compline w/Akathist Hymn

    5:45PM Lenten Meal

    6:30PM Retreat Session One

    Saturday, April 13

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:00AM Continental Breakfast

    10:30AM Retreat Session Two

    4:00PM Men's Prayer Group

    4:30PM Confession

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, April 14

    9:00AM Church School

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:30AM Catechism Class

    11:30AM Teen SOYO Pancake Breakfast

    Monday, April 15

    6:00PM Great Compline

    Wednesday, April 17

    6:00PM Little Compline w/Canon of Repentance & Life of St Mary

    Thursday, April 18

    6:00PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy w/Potluck Following

    Friday, April 19

    6:00PM Little Compline w/Akathist Hymn

    Saturday, April 20

    Scroll Deadline

    4:30PM Confession

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, April 21

    9:00AM Church School

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    5:30PM Lord's Diner

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Saints and Feasts

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April 07

Sunday of the Holy Cross

With the help of God, we have almost reached the middle of the course of the Fast, where our strength has been worn down through abstinence, and the full difficulty of the labour set before us becomes apparent. Therefore our holy Mother, the Church of Christ, now brings to our help the all-holy Cross, the joy of the world, the strength of the faithful, the staff of the just, and the hope of sinners, so that by venerating it reverently, we might receive strength and grace to complete the divine struggle of the Fast.

Allsaint
April 07

Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America

Born in 1865 in the region of Pskov, our Father among the Saints Tikhon was tonsured a monk in 1891 and ordained to the priesthood in the same year. In 1897 he was consecrated Bishop of Lublin, and a year later appointed Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, with his see extending to all of North America from 1900 onwards. He did much to unite the Orthodox Christians of a great many ethnic backgrounds in North America, so that there was indeed one flock under one shepherd. In 1907 he was made Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov, and in 1913, Archbishop of Lithuania.

In 1917, when he was Metropolitan of Moscow, he was elected to be the first Patriarch of Russia in over 200 years, in times that could not have been more difficult. After the Revolution of 1917, the persecution of the Russian Church by the atheist government grew more bold and more fierce with every year. By nature a meek and peace-loving man, Tikhon sought to determine, while giving only to God that which is God's, what could be given to Caesar to preserve peace and avoid the shedding of blood. At his departure on the feast of the Annunciation in 1925, Saint Tikhon made the sign of the Cross thrice, pronouncing the words, "Glory to Thee, O God!" Because of the many unspeakable sufferings he endures as Patriarch, he is honoured as a Confessor.

Note: St. Tikhon's repose was on the Feast of the Annunciation according to the Old Calendar (March 25), but on the New Calendar his repose falls on April 7.

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Weekly Bulletin Inserts

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