Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2019-03-17
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Holy Trinity Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (740) 282-9835
  • Fax:
  • (740) 282-2091
  • Street Address:

  • 300 South Fourth Street

  • Steubenville, OH 43952
  • Mailing Address:

  • P.O. Box 788

  • Steubenville, OH 43952


Past Bulletins


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40.

Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of Orthodoxy
The Reading is from John 1:43-51

At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."


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Saints and Feasts

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March 17

Sunday of Orthodoxy

For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of Theophilus (829-842). After Theophilus's death, his widow the Empress Theodora (celebrated Feb. 11), together with the Patriarch Methodius (June 14), established Orthodoxy anew. This ever-memorable Queen venerated the icon of the Mother of God in the presence of the Patriarch Methodius and the other confessors and righteous men, and openly cried out these holy words: "If anyone does not offer relative worship to the holy icons, not adoring them as though they were gods, but venerating them out of love as images of the archetype, let him be anathema." Then with common prayer and fasting during the whole first week of the Forty-day Fast, she asked God's forgiveness for her husband. After this, on the first Sunday of the Fast, she and her son, Michael the Emperor, made a procession with all the clergy and people and restored the holy icons, and again adorned the Church of Christ with them. This is the holy deed that all we the Orthodox commemorate today, and we call this radiant and venerable day the Sunday of Orthodoxy, that is, the triumph of true doctrine over heresy.


Allsaint
March 17

Alexis the Man of God

Saint Alexis was born in old Rome of illustrious parents named Euphemianus and Aglais, and at their request was joined to a young woman in marriage. However, he did not remain with her even for one day, but fled to Edessa, where he lived for eighteen years. He returned to Rome in the guise of a beggar and sat at the gates of his father's house, unknown to all and mocked by his own servants. His identity was revealed only after his death by a paper that he had on his person, which he himself had written a little before his repose. The pious Emperor Honorius honoured him with a solemn burial. The title "Man of God" was given to him from heaven in a vision to the Bishop of Rome on the day of the Saint's repose.


Allsaint
March 17

Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

Saint Patrick, the Apostle of the Irish, was seized from his native Britain by Irish marauders when he was sixteen years old. Though the son of a deacon and a grandson of a priest, it was not until his captivity that he sought out the Lord with his whole heart. In his Confession, the testament he wrote towards the end of his life, he says, "After I came to Ireland - every day I had to tend sheep, and many times a day I prayed - the love of God and His fear came to me more and more, and my faith was strengthened. And my spirit was so moved that in a single day I would say as many as a hundred prayers, and almost as many at night, and this even when I was staying in the woods and on the mountain; and I would rise for prayer before daylight, through snow, through frost, through rain, and I felt no harm." After six years of slavery in Ireland, he was guided by God to make his escape, and afterwards struggled in the monastic life at Auxerre in Gaul, under the guidance of the holy Bishop Germanus. Many years later he was ordained bishop and sent to Ireland once again, about the year 432, to convert the Irish to Christ. His arduous labours bore so much fruit that within seven years, three bishops were sent from Gaul to help him shepherd his flock, "my brethren and sons whom I have baptized in the Lord - so many thousands of people," he says in his Confession. His apostolic work was not accomplished without much "weariness and painfulness," long journeys through difficult country, and many perils; he says his very life was in danger twelve times. When he came to Ireland as its enlightener, it was a pagan country; when he ended his earthly life some thirty years later, about 461, the Faith of Christ was established in every corner.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Tone

The stone that had been sealed before your tomb by the Jews and the soldiers guarding did watch over your pure and sacred body. O Savior the third day you arose, and unto all the world did You give life. Where by all the heavenly powers did proclaim that you are the giver of life. Glory unto our resurrected Christ. Glory unto Your Kingdom. Glory to Your dispensation O You alone who loves all.

Apolytikion for the Sunday of Orthodoxy - Second Tone in the Second Tone

We venerate Thy most pure image O Good One, and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ our God. Of Thy good will Thou was pleased to ascend the cross in the flesh and deliver Thy creatures from bondage to the enemy. Therefore with thankfulness we cry out to Thee: Thou hast filled all with joy, O our Savior, for Thou didst come to save the world.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Plagal Fourth Tone

Blessed are You, O Christ our God, Who did show forth the fishermen to be all-wise, by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit.  And through them, You drew the world into Your Net, O Friend of Man, glory to You.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Tone

O Champion General, I your City now ascribe to you * triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, * being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. * Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, * from all kinds of perils free me so that unto you * I may cry aloud: * Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
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Wisdom of the Fathers

Peter, when after so many miracles and such high doctrine he confessed that, "Thou art the Son of God" (Matt. xvi. 16), is called "blessed," as having received the revelation from the Father;
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

... while Nathanael, though he said the very same thing before seeing or hearing either miracles or doctrine, had no such word addressed to him, but as though he had not said so much as he ought to have said, is brought to things greater still.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

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Weekly Calendar

  • Weekly Calendar

    March 17 to March 31, 2019

    Sunday, March 17

    ORTHODOXY SUNDAY

    9:00AM Orthros

    10:00AM Liturgy

    4:00PM Vespers-Whlg WV

    Tuesday, March 19

    METROPOLIS CLERGY FAMILY RETREAT - ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE

    8:00AM Baking Kefdethes Meatballs

    Friday, March 22

    9:00AM Office Hours

    6:00PM 2nd Salutations

    Saturday, March 23

    10:00AM Annual Priests-President, Canonsburg

    Sunday, March 24

    ST. PALAMAS SUNDAY

    9:00AM Orthros

    10:00AM Liturgy

    4:00PM Vespers-Weirton WV

    Wednesday, March 27

    9:00AM Office Hours

    6:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

    7:30PM Theology on Tap

    Thursday, March 28

    11:00AM Confession

    Friday, March 29

    9:00AM Office Hours

    6:00PM 3rd Salutations

    Sunday, March 31

    VEN OF HOLY CROSS

    9:00AM Orthros

    10:00AM Liturgy

    4:00PM Vespers - Barton OH

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News and Events

WEEKLY BULLETIN – March 3, 2019
Judgment Sunday - Meatfare
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS

 

SACRAMENTS
Welcome to all visitors! Everyone is welcome in the Orthodox Church and may receive the blessed bread (antidoron) at the end of the service; but only practicing Orthodox Christians may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion.

KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS
Hunter Adkins, Flora Alexander, Chris Collaros, James Demitras, Sophia Diamond, Georgiann Hart, Alex Kamarados, Marie Kamarados, Nick Kirlangitis, George Maragos, Mary McElhaney, Anna Moten, George & Stella Panagis, George Parikakis, Irene Petrides, Chuck Rangos, Jim Ritter

(If you have names to add or remove from this list, please contact the church office.

GODPARENT/GODCHILD SUNDAY
Today, for Godparent/Godchild Sunday, we will retake our baptismal vows and receive communion together.

FELLOWSHIP HOUR
GOYA will be sponsoring a soup and sub luncheon after Divine Liturgy at the cost of $10.00 per person. Please plan to attend this event and help support our youth.

FAST SCHEDULE
No Meat, Dairy Allowed -  All Week

SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK

Monday         March 4
  5:00 P.M.     Choir Rehearsal

Thursday      March 7
12:00 P.M.     Philoptochos meeting
                    Holy Trinity

Saturday       March 9
                     Saturday of Souls
  8:00 A.M.     Folk Dance Festival
                     Holy Cross, Pittsburgh
  8:30 A.M.     Orthros
  9:30 A.M      Liturgy

NEXT SUNDAY

March 10 – Forgiveness Sunday - Cheesefare
  9:00 A.M.    Orthros
10:00 A.M.    Liturgy
11:00 A.M.    Sunday School
12:00 P.M.    Forgiveness Vespers

Epistle Reader:       Erma Rangos 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THANK YOU
Nick Maragos and his family would like to thank everyone who baked or helped in any way with the memorial for Gerrie. God Bless all of you.

GODPPARENT/GODCHILD SUNDAY
Today we will be celebrating Godparent/Godchild Sunday. You are invited to sit with your godparents in church; and before communion, you will have the opportunity to renew your baptismal vows.  You will then be invited to receive communion with your godparents.

FESTIVAL BAKING
Festival baking is in full swing. Anyone who is able to help would be greatly appreciated.  Please pay attention to the weekly bulletin and the One Call notices for the baking dates. Your help is needed and appreciated for a successful festival.

TAXIMATA
The Taximata are available for the 2019 Lenten, Holy Week and Paschal Season.  Please contact Stacey Kotsanis at 740-632-2792 to reserve your sponsored donation for this year. 

UPCOMING EVENTS

PHILOPTOCHOS MEETING
The Philoptochos Ladies will have their monthly meeting on Thursday, March 7, at 12 noon here at Holy Trinity.  It will be our Annual Festival Shower.  Some of the items needed are dish detergent, paper towels, micro bar towels, scrubbing pads, and Brillo pads (Please no floor cleaners of any kind).  Hope to see all of you there!

FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
Next Sunday, March 10, everyone is invited back into our sanctuary for the Forgiveness Vespers.  Please take this opportunity to start Great Lent off with a clean forgiven slate.

BAKLAVA SUNDAE
Mark your calendars now for March 10. The Icarians will be hosting baklava sundaes following liturgy. Come and enjoy the beginning of the festival treats.

 

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