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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2017-05-07
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Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Parish News and Events
Upcoming Events
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Allsaint
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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (914) 235-6100
  • Fax:
  • (914) 235-0708
  • Street Address:

  • 10 Mill Road

  • New Rochelle, NY 10804
  • Mailing Address:

  • 10 Mill Road

  • New Rochelle, NY 10804

Contact Information

Protopresbyter V. Rev. Nicholas G. Anctil

FrAnctil@aol.com | 914-235-6100

Services Schedule

Orthros begins at 9:00am; Divine Liturgy and Sunday School, 10:00am

Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode

Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode

Let the Heavens rejoice; let earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal of the First Tone © Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Third Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone © Narthex Press - Northridge, CA
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    Gospel and Epistle Readings

    Epistle Reading

    Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
    Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
    Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.

    The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 9:32-42.

    IN THOSE DAYS, as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. In those days she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him entreating him, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, rise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

    Gospel Reading

    Sunday of the Paralytic
    The Reading is from John 5:1-15

    At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda which has five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; whoever stepped in first after the troubling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked.

    Now that day was the sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up your pallet, and walk.' "They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

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    Parish News and Events

    Parish News and Events

    04/30/2017

    Sunday of the Paralytic 

    Orthros, 9:00am, Divine Liturgy and Sunday School, 10:00am

    Memorials for Stamatis P. Livanos, Loula Nick,
    and Angeliki Kassomenakis

    Philoptochos will pass a tray for Founders Fund

    Agape in memory of Loula Nick sponsored by her family
    following Church Services

    Baptism ~ Child of Brian & Eugenia Haddad at 12:30pm 

     



    Events for the Week 

    Tuesday, May 9th

    Mommy & Me ~ Classrooms ~ 11:30am-12:15pm 
    Greek School ~ Classrooms ~ 5pm-6:30pm
    Adult Greek School ~ Classrooms ~ 6:45-8:15pm

    Wednesday, May 10th

    Philoptochos Elections & General Meeting ~ Foyer ~ 6pm

    Thursday, May 11th

    		 Cooking for Hope ~ Kitchen ~ 6pm-9pm
    Young Adult Forum ~ Social Hall ~ 7:30pm-9:30pm
    Friday, May 12th

    Greek School  ~ Classrooms ~ 5pm-6:30pm 
    Hope & Joy ~ Classrooms ~ 6:30pm-8pm
    GOYA T-Shirt Factory ~ Outside ~ 7pm-9pm
    Saturday, May 13th

    Advanced Greek Class ~ Library ~ 10am-11:30am
    Greek Regents Class ~ Library ~ 12pm-1:30pm

    Wedding ~ John Livanos & Katrina Gounaris ~ 4:00pm

       

    Ministries of the Parish

    COOKING FOR HOPE  - During the Lenten season, when God asks us to give a little more of ourselves, please join us to cook for the HOPE Soup Kitchen of New Rochelle. HOPE serves dinner three evenings a week 52 weeks a year to our neighbors in need. We will be cooking (in our Church kitchen): May 11th – 6:00pm and June 8th – 6:00pm. If you would like to join us or have any questions please contact Stephanie Madouros (s.madouros@wssworldseas.com) or Linda Kondos (lovelyylinda@aol.com )   

    COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE - An extra special thank you to all our Sunday School students and all those who participated in our annual Lenten Grocery Bag Collection. This year our community collected over 1300 food items…that’s more than last year! Your generous contributions are an enormous help to those families who often go without. As always thank you for your kind support.

    MANHATTAN HOMELESS OUTREACH – We serve homemade food, provide clothing, shoes and toiletries, along with conversation and compassion, to 125 homeless on the sidewalk of 33rd Street in Manhattan once a month during our “soup run”.At this time, we can only accept warm clothing (coats, sweaters, pants), new men’s and women's underwear and toiletry items. Our next soup runs are on  May 25th, June 22nd, July 27th, August 24th, and we meet in the Church kitchen at 6:30 p.m. 
    Contact Despina Kartson (dkartson@gmail.com; 914-779-5543/917-603-7854) or Maria Scaros-Mercado (mscamer@hotmail.com; 203-531-5500/ 203-399-7292) if you would like to join us, have questions or would like to sponsor a soup run for $150. 

    YOUNG AT HEART - promotes a happy and friendly environment for our seniors through monthly meetings and travel trips. Our upcomimg meeting will be on Wednesday, June 7th at 11:00am.

    KNITTING FOR CHARITY- Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, May 31st at 7:30pm in the library. Contact Anthoula DeKnatel with any questions anthoulad@verizon.net or 914-723-6285

    PHILOPTOCHOS BOOK GROUP - The Philoptochos Book Group will meet on Thursday, May 18th at 7:30 pm to discuss Run: A Novel by Ann Patchett.

    HOLY TRINITY DANCE TROUPE -Dancing enthusiasts, Every Sunday at 2pm we meet in the foyer. Join us in gathering together our kindred spirits and sharing the joy of dance!!! If you have any questions please contact Eirini Metaxas at 914.656.1242 or htdancers@icloud.com

    SCOUTING —Studies published both in the U.S. (2015) and the U.K. (2016) are now confirming what Scouters have sensed all along.  Scouting has a measurable, positive impact in the character development of young people and children who participate in Scouting organizations are likely to have better mental health in middle age.  Children demonstrate increased cheerfulness, helpfulness, trustworthiness, hopeful future expectation as well as religious reverence, while learning to be self-reliant.  Join us for a future meeting the 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday of each month.  For more information please contact us at: Kristine Kingsley-Mulder at: ktkingsley@hotmail.com; Dave Kerwick at: djkerwick@aol.com; or Helen Dallaris at: helen@dallaris.com

    YOUNG ADULT FORUM - A casual, conversational gathering of college students and young adults, discussing life, faith, and the world we live in. Next meeting May 11th at 7pm.

     

     

     


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    Upcoming Events

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    Saints and Feasts

    Allsaint
    May 07

    Pachomios the New Martyr of Patmos

    Jcparal1
    May 07

    Sunday of the Paralytic

    Close to the Sheep's Gate in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called the Sheep's Pool. It had round about it five porches, that is, five sets of pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay very many sick people with various maladies, awaiting the moving of the water. The first to step in after the troubling of the water was healed immediately of whatever malady he had.

    It was there that the paralytic of today's Gospel way lying, tormented by his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ beheld him, He asked him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And he answered with a quiet and meek voice, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool." The Lord said unto him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." And straightaway the man was made whole and took up his bed. Walking in the presence of all, he departed rejoicing to his own house. According to the expounders of the Gospels, the Lord Jesus healed this paralytic during the days of the Passover, when He had gone to Jerusalem for the Feast, and dwelt there teaching and working miracles. According to Saint John the Evangelist, this miracle took place on the Sabbath.

    Constantinegreat
    May 07

    Commemoration of the Precious Cross that appeared in the sky over Jerusalem in 351 A.D.

    On this day in the year 351, not long after Cyril had succeeded Maximus as Archbishop of Jerusalem, during the reign of Constantius, the son of Saint Constantine the Great, on the day of Pentecost, the sign of the Cross appeared over Jerusalem. Saint Cyril, in his letter to the Emperor Constantius, says, "At about the third hour of the day, an enormous Cross, formed of light, appeared in the heaven above holy Golgotha and reaching to the holy Mount of Olives, being seen not by one or two only, but manifest with perfect clarity to the whole multitude of the city; not, as one might suppose, rushing swiftly past in fancy, but seen openly above the earth many hours in plain sight, and overcoming the beams of the sun with its dazzling rays" (PG 33:1 16q).

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    Wisdom of the Fathers

    For where tears are-- or rather, where miracles are, there tears ought not to be; not where such a mystery is celebrating. Hear, I beseech you: although somewhat of the like kind does not take place now, yet in the case of our dead likewise, a great mystery is celebrating. Say, if as we sit together, the Emperor were to send and invite some one of us to the palace, would it be right, I ask, to weep and mourn? Angels are present, commissioned from heaven and come from thence, sent from the King Himself to call their fellow servant, and say, dost thou weep? Knowest thou not what a mystery it is that is taking place, how awful, how dread, and worthy indeed of hymns and lauds? Wouldest thou learn, that thou mayest know, that this is no time for tears? For it is a very great mystery of the Wisdom of God. As if leaving her dwelling, the soul goes forth, speeding on her way to her own Lord, and dost thou mourn? Why then, thou shouldst do this on the birth of a child: for this in fact is also a birth, and a better than that.
    St. John Chrysostom
    Homily 21 on Acts 9, 4th Century

    In that case [Matt 9:2] there was remission of sins, (for He said, "Thy sins be forgiven thee,") but in this, warning and threats to strengthen the man for the future; "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto you."
    St. John Chrysostom
    Homily 37 on John 1, 4th Century

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