Sunday Services: Orthros 9:00am / Divine Liturgy 10:00am
Upcoming Special Feast Days
Monday - August 29
Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist
Thursday - September 1
Beginning of the Church Year
**We will note major Feast and Saint Days but if no service times are listed
then there is no Divine Liturgy that day.**
There will be no Vespers on Saturdays until September 3
Contact for Needs
Until a permanent priest is assigned please contact the church office by email or phone (540-362-3601) for any needs.
Prosphora
Please let Georgia know that you are willing to make bread for the gifts and she will contact you when there is a need for Prosphora.
Attention Parents
Greek Lessons will be starting again this year, on Skype or on Google Meeting, every Saturday morning.
The Blessing of the Church School will occur on September 18th, after the Divine Liturgy and the Exaltation of the Cross, and our first lesson will be on Saturday, September 24th, 2022.
Please contact Georgia at the church office or htrinityroa@verizon.net, if you would like your kids to learn the Greek Language and to register for this school year 2022-2023, or if you have any questions or concerns.
Hellenic Club
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the July Hellenic Club gathering at Jack and Joanne White’s home has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 25 at 3 p.m. Jack and Joanne White have graciously invited us to their home at the lake. Their address is 280 Sterling Circle, Union Hall, VA 24176.
Barbecue and chicken will be ordered based on the number of RSVPs received. The cost of the food will be divided per person by everyone in attendance. It will be greatly appreciated if everyone who attends bring an appetizer, side dish or dessert. Each person is asked to bring their own adult beverage.
Please RSVP your attendance and what you will bring to Frances Simopoulos at contact Frances Simopoulos at 434.851.6830 or francessimopoulos@gmail.com
Welcome to All Visitors!
Please join us for fellowship in the Church Hall immediately following the Divine Liturgy. For those visiting an Orthodox Church for the first time, please be aware that Holy Communion is a sign of unity of faith, which is only offered to Baptized and Chrismated Orthodox Christians. All present are welcomed to come forward and receive the antidoron (or blessed bread) which is distributed at the end of the service. For those interested in learning more about the Orthodox Christian faith, please feel free to speak with the priest after the service.
Prayers and Offerings
Click this link to download the Prayer Card PDF in PDF format, or Prayer Card DOC in Word format. The PDF file may be printed and filled in by hand or the Word file may be edited and kept up-to-date. Use this when offering prosphora, for memorial services, or for prayer requests in general. If you wish to contribute online please use this link
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Prokeimenon. Second Mode. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12.
Brethren, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to our food and drink? Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a wife, as the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk? Do I say this on human authority? Does not the law say the same? For it is written in the law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not speak entirely for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of a share in the crop. If we have sown spiritual good among you, is it too much if we reap your material benefits? If others share this rightful claim upon you, do not we still more? Nevertheless, we have not made use of this right, but we endure anything rather than put an obstacle in the way of the gospel of Christ.
11th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 18:23-35
The Lord said this parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.' And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?' And in anger his lord delivered him to the torturers, till he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ πανσόφους τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἀναδείξας, καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην σαγηνεύσας, φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοι.
Blessed are You, O Christ our God who, by sending down the Holy Spirit upon them, made the fishermen wise and through them, illumined the world, and to You the universe is ever drawn. O Loving God, Glory to You.