May 12
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-05-12
Bulletin Contents
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (904)-829-0504
- Fax:
- (904)829-0504
- Email:
- HOLY3GOC@gmail.com
- Street Address:
- 2940 CR-214
- St. Augustine, FL 32084-2718
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Divine Liturgy 10:00am V. Rev. Father Maximos Politis, Priest
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Parish News
PRAYER REQUEST:
"I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people…. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:1-4)
We pray for mercy, life, peace, and healing of all parishioners.
Prayers for the family and friends of: Mikae Gaetanos, Kostas Lantzounis, Chresanthe Lemieux, Nicolaos Pramagioulis, Susana G. Kugeares, Leonardos Daniels, Maryann Bolt and Tommy Stewart. May their memory be eternal!
Prayers for Taki Andriotis, Angelique Dalarides Kelley, Michael Colburn, Chris Bersu, Michael and Ingrid Fotianos, Ruza Basimamovic, Zoe Kauttu (daughter of Melissa Sarris Kauttu), James Day, Margaret, James, Kyriake, Joseph, Alex Aclim, Jane Anderson, Gwen H.
A WORD FROM:
V. Rev Fr. Maximos Politis, HTGOC Parrish Priest
(347) 500-8176 Fathermaximusa7@gmail.com
Ο Θωμάς απιστεί, ο Κύριος συγκαταβαίνει
Πόσοι άνθρωποι σήμερα σκέφτονται όπως ο Θωμάς! Εάν δεν δω με τα μάτια μου, εάν δεν το καταλάβω, εάν δεν γίνει μπροστά μου ένα θαύμα, δεν θα πιστέψω. Ο Κύριος συγκαταβαίνει στον Θωμά και εμφανίζεται. Συχνά, δείχνει την ίδια συγκατάβαση και σε εμάς. Ο Θωμάς, μετά από την εμφάνιση του Κυρίου πιστεύει με όλη του την ψυχή. Γίνεται Απόστολος του Χριστού και κήρυκας του Ευαγγελίου στις Ινδίες όπου θανατώνεται. Ποιοι άραγε από εμάς έχουν αυτή την αλλαγή; Αναρωτηθήκαμε ποτέ μήπως ο λόγος που ο Κύριος δεν μας κάνει την χάρη που έκανε στον Θωμά είναι γιατί γνωρίζει ότι η ανταπόκρισή μας δεν θα είναι παρόμοια με αυτή του Αποστόλου;
Παρόλα αυτά ο Κύριος τον ελέγχει: “Πίστεψες επειδή με είδες; Είναι μακάριοι και ευτυχείς αυτοί που χωρίς να δουν, πιστεύουν.” Πραγματικά είναι μακάριοι. Πόσο χρόνο θα χάσει και πόσο θα κουραστεί ο άνθρωπος που πριν διασχίσει μια γέφυρα θα προσπαθήσει να βεβαιωθεί ότι είναι ασφαλής να την διασχίσει! Αντίθετα, αυτός που πιστεύει ότι η γέφυρα είναι χτισμένη σύμφωνα με τους κανονισμούς, θα τη διασχίσει χωρίς καθόλου να καθυστερεί. Η πίστη, δηλαδή η εμπιστοσύνη στον Θεό, κάνει τον άνθρωπο να συγκαταλέγεται στους αγαπητούς Του. Ισως, ανθρωπίνως, να έχουν πολλά προβλήματα, για τον Θεό όμως είναι “μακάριοι και ευτυχείς”.
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Thomas disbelieves, the Lord condescends
How many people today think like Thomas! Unless I see with my own eyes, unless I understand, unless a miracle happens before me, I will not believe. The Lord condescends to Thomas and appears. He often shows the same condescension to us. Thomas, after the appearance of the Lord, believes with all his soul. He becomes an Apostle of Christ and a preacher of the Gospel in India where he is killed. Who among us has this change? Have we ever wondered if the reason the Lord is not doing us the favor He did to Thomas is because He knows that our response will not be similar to that of the Apostle?
Nevertheless, the Lord rebukes him: "Did you believe because you saw me? Blessed and happy are those who, without seeing, believe." They are truly blessed. How much time will be wasted and how tired will be the man who, before crossing a bridge, tries to make sure that it is safe to cross it! On the contrary, he who believes that the bridge is built according to the regulations, will cross it without any delay. Faith, i.e. trust in God, makes man count among His loved ones. Perhaps, humanly, they have many problems, but for God they are "blessed and happy".
Announcements:
Greek Summer Night
St. Augustine’s Greek Summer Night is Saturday, June 8, 2024. Tickets on sale now! $40 per person; children, $20. Join us for a night filled with Greek food, music & dance. Come for the fun, fellowship & family. Support our beloved Holy Trinity Church. For tickets, contact Andy 904-823-8882, ajlekos@att.net. Opa!
Koliva
Kolivawill be provided this Sunday, May 12 – Mother’s Day, by Gary and Faye Peterson, in memory of all mothers who have fallen asleep unto the Lord.”
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Hymns of the Day
1 in the 1st Tone
The tomb being sealed, You rose from the sepulcher, O Christ God, the Life. And the doors being shut, You came to the disciples, O resurrection of all. Through them You renew a right spirit within us, according to Your great mercy
Ἐσφραγισμένου τοῦ μνήματος, ἡ ζωὴ ἐκ τάφου ἀνέτειλας Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός· καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, τοῖς Μαθηταῖς ἐπέστης, ἡ πάντων ἀνάστασις· Πνεῦμα εὐθὲς διʼ αὐτῶν ἐγκαινίζων ἡμῖν, κατὰ τὸ μέγα σου ἔλεος.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal 4th Tone
Though You went down into the tomb, O Immortal One, yet You brought down the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the victor, O Christ our God; and You called out “Rejoice” to the Myrrh-bearing women, and gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection.
Εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες Ἀθάνατε, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ᾅδου καθεῖλες τὴν δύναμιν· καὶ ἀνέστης ὡς νικητής, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, γυναιξὶ Μυροφόροις φθεγξάμενος, Χαίρετε, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις εἰρήνην δωρούμενος, ὁ τοῖς πεσοῦσι παρέχων ἀνάστασιν.
Saints and Feasts
May 12
Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus
Saint Epiphanius was born about 310 in Besanduc, a village of Palestine, of Jewish parents who were poor and tillers of the soil. In his youth he came to faith in Christ and was baptized with his sister, after which he distributed all he had to the poor and became a monk, being a younger contemporary of Saint Hilarion the Great (see Oct. 21), whom he knew. He also visited the renowned monks of Egypt to learn their ways. Because the fame of his virtue had spread, many in Egypt desired to make him a bishop; when he learned of this, he fled, returning to Palestine. But after a time he learned that the bishops there also intended to consecrate him to a widowed bishopric, and he fled to Cyprus. In Paphos he met Saint Hilarion, who told him to go to Constantia, a city of Cyprus also called Salamis. Epiphanius answered that he preferred to take ship for Gaza, which, despite Saint Hilarion's admonitions, he did. But a contrary wind brought the ship to Constantia where, by the providence of God, Epiphanius fell into the hands of bishops who had come together to elect a successor to the newly-departed Bishop of Constantia, and the venerable Epiphanius was at last constrained to be consecrated, about the year 367. He was fluent in Hebrew, Egyptian, Syriac, Greek, and Latin, and because of this he was called "Five-tongued." He had the gift of working miracles, and was held in such reverence by all, that although he was a known enemy of heresy, he was well nigh the only eminent bishop that the Arians did not dare to drive into exile when the Emperor Valens persecuted the Orthodox about the year 371. Having tended his flock in a manner pleasing to God, and guarded it undefiled from every heresy, he reposed about the year 403, having lived for ninety-three years. Among his sacred writings, the one that is held in special esteem is the Panarion (from the Latin Panarium, that is, "Bread-box,") containing the proofs of the truth of the Faith, and an examination of eighty heresies.
May 12
Germanos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Germanos, who was from Constantinople, was born to an illustrious family, the son of Justinian the Patrician. First he became Metropolitan of Cyzicus; in 715 he was elevated to the throne of Constantinople; but because of his courageous resistance to Leo the Isaurian's impious decree which inaugurated the war upon the holy icons, he was exiled from his throne in 715. He lived the rest of his life in privacy, and reposed about 740, full of days. The fore-most of his writings is that which deals with the Six Ecumenical Councils. He wrote many hymns also, as is apparent from the titles of many stichera and idiomela, among which are those for the Feast of the Meeting in the Temple.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. 4th Tone. Psalm 146.5;134.3.
Great is our Lord, and great is his power.
Verse: Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good.
The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 5:12-20.
In those days, many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them. The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."
Gospel Reading
Thomas Sunday
The Reading is from John 20:19-31
On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.