THE DORMITION FAST
Please join us throughout the first 15 days of August in celebrating our most Holy Lady, the Theotokos. Paraklesis will be offered on August 3, 7, 10 and 12 at 6pm in the Chapel and Divine Liturgy for the Dormition on Saturday, August 15th in the Church.
The service of Paraklesis is a Supplicatory Canon sung for the welfare and health of the living. It is addressed directly to the Most Holy Theotokos who we ask to intercede and come to us for deliverance of troubles, sickness and pain. The hymnography is incredibly poetic and beautiful Please join us for this special service.
PARAKLESIS, AUGUST 3RD
SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR YOUTH!
Please join us for our first Paraklesis this coming Monday, August 3rd at 6 pm in the chapel.
All are welcome to attend, but we especially welcome all of our youth, GOYA and Church School, to sit together in the front right pews.
We will have the Paraklesis books so we can chant together.
DRIVERS NEEDED
We are currently looking for a few parishioners to donate their time and drive some of our parishioners in need to medical appointments. If you are interested and able to help, please call Cathy in the church office (781-237-5561) to coordinate.
WWW.GOARCH.ORG
The webpage of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has a great amount of resources for anyone looking to learn more about the faith. You can find the daily readings of the church, information about saints, what we believe, and prayers for any occasion. Additionally, you can stay up to date with news that affects us as Christians. Be sure to check www.goarch.org regularly!
SUMMER HOURS
Beginning on June 22 and lasting throughout the summer, the Church Office hours will be from 9 am till 3 pm. Sunday Orthros and Divine Liturgy will remain at the same time: Orthros 8:30 am Divine Liturgy 9:30 am with the hope that all will be complete by 11 am.
We look forward to your continued participation throughout the summer!
Have a blessed and relaxing summer!
SUMMER THOUGHTS
As summer finally arrives with longer and warmer days, our schedules and pace also change. Hopefully you will take time for family, fun and time to count your blessings. Slowing down, reading a good (spiritual) book and making time for the things that matter and have often been neglected is a good start. Please remember to include your Church in your plans as well as God’s plan for you and your loved ones. If He is the way, the truth and the light, how can we not desire to include Him?
Make time to seek Him for His desire is to be with us always.
PHILOXENIA HOUSE
Located near HCHC in Brookline, the Philoxenia House offers a home and hospitality to patients and those who accompany them while they are undergoing treatment in the Boston area. For several years a few of us visit the home twice a year to try to brighten their lives by planting flowers. This is a joy for us. For more information regarding this ministry please contact Betty Titus, 781.237.4748, or Eleanor Spiliakos, 978.443.3746.
WHAT IS THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Being asked this during our festival a number of times — we as Orthodox Christians ought to respond:
“The Orthodox Christian Church is a worldwide body of believers who confess and worship Jesus Christ as the Son of God, as Lord and Messiah. This body has a tangible and continuous history of Christian faith and practice from the time of Christ’s Apostles. The use of the adjective ‘orthodox’ to describe the Church dates back to the earliest centuries and was applied to those Christians who maintained the tradition transmitted by Christ’s Apostles (1 Thess 2:15)”
FR. MANIKAS LIBRARY
Come and visit the Fr. Manikas Library and check out one of our many books on a variety of different topics. After Divine Liturgy, please stop by the library and see what we have to offer. See Cindi Dabrowski in the library for assistance on picking out a selection to take home and further your knowledge of our faith.
DAILY READINGS APP
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has developed and released a Daily Readings App for iOS and Android. It offers the daily Epistle and Gospel readings of the day as well as the saints that are commemorated on that day. Furthermore, it offers prayers, dates of future Feast Days and fasting guidelines.
It’s a great resource that is offered by our Archdiocese. Sign into your app store and download it today!
BE THE BEE WEBSERIES
The National Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries offers a weekly web video series on YouTube called “Be the Bee” each week a question or theme about our faith is answered in just 5 minutes! Check out this new and interesting approach to learning about our faith! Go to: www.youtube.com/user/y2am to see the entire series!