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Sts. Constantine and Helen Church
Publish Date: 2020-09-20
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Sts. Constantine and Helen Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (414) 778-1555
  • Street Address:

  • 2160 N. Wauwatosa Avenue

  • Wauwatosa, WI 53213


Contact Information






Services Schedule

SUNDAY MATINS/DIVINE LITURGY, 8:15 am


Past Bulletins


Notes

Our church has been approved for Phase 3

A few things to be aware of when you are attending services during the "Level Three" phase:

  1. First of all, if you feel sick, please stay home (we can reschedule you for a different Sunday);
  2. Please only come on Sundays you have pre-registered for;
  3. All attendees must wear a mask during their time in the church;
  4. The Metropolis has asked that we keep track of those in attendance.  To do this, one of our parish council members will be marking those present.  Please give your name if asked;
  5. Please follow the directions of the parish council members while in the church;
  6. Please maintain a 6-foot ddistance between those around you;
  7. Holy Communion will be distributed as normal - again, please follow the directions of the parish council as you come forward to receive;
  8. After church has ended, please follow the directions of the parish council in exiting the church - and we ask that you do not linger outside around the church.

 

Our church will continue to provide online live streaming of church services through Facebook Live on our Facebook page.  We are currently facing some technical difficulties and cannot stream on YouTube Live.  Fr. Panteleimon and the Parish Council are working to resolve this as soon as possible. 

Plus, now you can "Light a Candle - Say a Prayer".  Just visit https://onrealm.org/StsCnH/-/give/candles to make your donation online and send us an email (father.pgd@gmail.com and church@stsconstantinehelenwi.org) with the number and type of candles along with who/what you would like us to pray for and will do so at our next church service.

New Procedure for Church Attendance Signup!

In order to better track attendance and seating availability on a weekly basis, we are making changes to the signing up process for church attendance.

Everyone will have to sign up for each specific Sunday that they would like to attend church services.  Registration events have been setup in Realm for the all August Sundays; you may have received the relevant automatic notifications already.  If you have family that do not have internet access, you can add them to your registration as a guest.  Otherwise, please let them know that they can call me (414.778.1555) during office hours and I will register them. 

Moving forward, since life happens, if you have signed up for a service but cannot attend, please cancel your reservation so that someone else can attend.  If you need help, please contact me.

If you have not joined Realm, our online community, yet, please send me an email requesting an invitation.  In Realm, go to Events, choose the "Sunday Matins/Divine Lit..." for the Sunday you would like to register, and click on the "Register by date" to register.

As always, please contact me if I can be of assistance,

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Wauwatosa Avenue Has Reopened!

Learn about upcoming closures on Swan Blvd. and Ludington Ave. related to this construction project
Post Date: 09/03/2020 2:52 PM

Wauwatosa Avenue (between Milwaukee Avenue and Garfield Avenue) is scheduled to reopen to traffic tomorrow evening September 4. The contractor is finishing pavement markings, signage, landscaping, and other punch list items. On this project, we replaced aged water and sewer infrastructure and resurfaced the street due to its condition.

This is an important milestone on this construction project, and there is other work related to this contract still happening:

  1. Work on Melrose and Rogers Avenues continues, and these roads will be paved in the coming weeks.
  2. Starting September 8, the contractor will be closing Swan Blvd between Stickney Avenue and Menomonee River Parkway. They are scheduled to mill and pave and replace curb on Swan Blvd. There will be road closures to traffic on this section of Swan Blvd.
  3. Also starting September 8, another crew will be closing the street to work on Ludington Avenue between North Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue. Our contractors will be spot repairing various utilities under the street and replacing curb and sidewalk at intersections on Ludington Avenue. The street will be reopened prior to winter, but there may be additional work in 2021 that will need to be completed.

Community

Realm (onrealm.org) & it's app, Connect, is not for one-way communication, from our church leaders to you.  It can (& should) be used for the communiation between the members of each Group.  JOY is the first ministry that has adopted Realm as their communication tool.  Ask them. 

By the way, would anyone like to lead a Group? What if we created  a Group where the members could help each other out during this pandemic?  If someone is immunocompromised, for instance, or has young children, and can't go to the grocery store, they could ask if anyone else is going and if they are willing to pick up whatever they need (or, pick up their prescription, or a 10,000 piece puzzle for the kids...)  and deliver to their house... Email the church (church@stsconstantinehelenwi.org) your ideas but keep in mind, that no Groups can be created/activated until someone steps up to lead them.  (Hint: It's not hard... just accepting requests to join the Group and keeping the conversation going).

Want to test it out?  You can join our Prayer Requests Group (In Groups, search in Community for Prayer Requests).

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This Sunday

SUNDAY, September 20th, 2020—Sunday after Holy Cross

EPISTLE: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20 

HOLY GOSPEL: Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 

For more information on an event in the following calendar, please visit:  http://www.stsconstantinehelenwi.org/parish-calendar/

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Calendar

  • Online Calendar

    September 20 to October 4, 2020

    Sunday, September 20

    8:15AM +Matins

    9:15AM +Divine Liturgy

    Tuesday, September 22

    7:00PM GOYA zoom meetings

    Friday, September 25

    10:30AM Bible Studies on Zoom.us

    Saturday, September 26

    8:00AM DIVINE LITURGY FOR FALLING ASLEEP OF ST. JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN

    Sunday, September 27

    8:15AM +Matins

    9:15AM +Divine Liturgy

    Tuesday, September 29

    5:30PM JOY Zoom Session with Fr. Panteleimon

    6:00PM Greek School (Online), Level 2A

    6:00PM Greek School (Online), Level 1A

    Wednesday, September 30

    Happy Birthday, Fr. Panteleimon!

    8:00AM +Matins/Divine Liturgy

    6:00PM Greek School (Online), Level 1B

    Thursday, October 1

    6:00PM Greek School (Online), Level 2A

    Friday, October 2

    10:30AM Bible Studies on Zoom.us

    4:00PM CANCELLED!!! Fish Fry

    6:00PM Greek School (Online), Level 1A

    Saturday, October 3

    1:00PM Chrismation for Nicki Komondoros

    6:00PM GOYA Bonfire

    Sunday, October 4

    +Memorial: 40-days Magdalini Skoufis

    +Memorial: 40-Days Wayne Manyen

    8:15AM +Matins

    9:15AM +Divine Liturgy

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Our News and Interests

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YouTube link to last Sunday's Liturgy

I've uploaded last Sunday's church services on YouTube:

Sunday (9/13) services: https://youtu.be/VHpDucIOVt0

Nikki


Sts Constantine & Helen Greek School of Wauwatosa.

The Greek Language Program will run virtually on Saturdays 10-12 until Christmas and is planning for in-person classes after for the second half of the school year.

Classes begin Saturday, October 3, 2020.

For more info please email: greekschoolemail@gmail.com or call the church office


Bible Studies

During the Fall and Winter season the Bible Study will meet each Friday at 10:30 a. m. on Zoom.us (until further notice.)

 We are studying The Psalms. Each week, we try to prayerfully and reverently read each word to find another drop of eternal truth and all the words together make up the boundless ocean of Eternal Truth God has so graciously given us. Reading the Bible is more than reading a book, it truly gives us life.

 Please come and join us in this new Church Year 2020-2021.

 If anyone has any questions, please give Janet Christopulos a call. 414-446-5916.


Metropolis of Chicago Family Synaxis

Christ is in our midst!
 
Our homes have become our office, our school, our entertainment–even our church. We are "doing life" together with our families in ways we would never have imagined a year ago.
 
We are also being inundated with information and suggestions from so many different sources on how to adapt, and how to navigate our new lives.
 
How do we order our home so we can keep our faith when we can't be in church?
 
Let's go back to the timeless wisdom of St. John Chrysostom for what our souls need most right now.
 
"...for indeed the household is a little Church," he says.
 
We need now more than ever, to lean-in to faith and make our home a little church, for the sake of our children and for ourselves!
 
But—HOW do we do this with all the demands on our time and energy? Can we possibly replace our parish life with home life?
 
Join His Eminence Metropolitan Nathaneal and parents from around the Metropolis for a discussion about these important and challenging questions.
 
 
This is what our hearts—and our children's hearts—need more than anything right now.
 
Join our Family Synaxis community to listen, learn, and ask questions with His Eminence Friday, September 18 from 7-8:15. Click here to register.
 
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Find information about this and other events at www.gocfamilysynaxis.org. Also be sure to "like" us on Facebook!
 

St. Iakovos Retreat Center Event

 

To reserve your spot, visit: http://www.gosirc.org/shop/drive-in-movie-night


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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

List of Clergy Candidates for Election to the Episcopacy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

09/18/2020

In accordance with Article 14 of the Charter of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the pertinent Regulations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Archdiocese publishes a list of candidates eligible for election to the Office of Metropolitan or Auxiliary Bishop.

Archbishop Elpidophoros Announces New Appointments

09/16/2020

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced four new appointments and assignments at the Archdiocese to coincide with the commencement of the new Ecclesiastical year.

Office of Ionian Village Hosts Decades Meeting for Alumni

09/15/2020

Although the Ionian Village Summer Program was cancelled due to COVID-19, many former participants (campers, staff members, former administration, medical volunteers and clergy) were given the opportunity to gather online. Weekly “virtual” reunions were held from mid-July through mid-August. These reunions were organized into decades (1970’s, 80’s,90’s, 2000’s, 2010’s) and were hosted by Fr. Gary Kyriacou, the current Director of Ionian Village.

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Celebrates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

09/15/2020

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA.

45th Clergy Laity Congress – First-Ever Virtual - Concludes

09/11/2020

The 45th Clergy Laity Congress, a first-ever virtual event concluded today after a successful Plenary Session. All necessary resolutions for the proper operation and administration of the Archdiocese were effected in an atmosphere of professionalism and Christian brotherhood.
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Metropolis of Chicago News

New Ministry to Support Food and Housing Needs of Chicago Area Residents

09/16/2020

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced the launch of a new ministry designed to address food security and stable housing for families and individuals living in the Chicago area. Called Project HOPE (Humanitarian Outreach and Philanthropic Engagement), the new ministry is operating and already has distributed more than five tons of food and more than 2,000 meals to people in need.

Metropolis of Chicago Begins Search for New Foundation Board of Directors

09/15/2020

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced it has begun a nationwide search for qualified candidates for appointment to the initial Board of Directors of a not-for-profit entity to be formed and known as the “Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago Foundation.”
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    Children's Word

    Children's Word

    OCN's weekly bulletin for children (young and old!)


    Those judgey Christians! -Y2AM

    Those judgey Christians! -Y2AM

    Christians don’t have the best reputation... We’re not known for our generosity or piety. We’re not known for being peaceful or merciful. In most circles, we’re known for one thing: Being judgmental. As one of my friends once told me: “People don’t like Christians because you spend all your time focused on what others are doing wrong.” But this isn’t the way of Jesus! In Sunday’s Gospel reading, the Lord reminds us of His mission. “For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him." (John 3:17) And, just like Jesus, our job isn’t to condemn. So how did Christians get a reputation for being judgmental? Well, the good news is that this is nothing new. St. Paul even touches on this in Sunday’s Epistle reading... He describes those who don’t keep the law themselves, yet impose it on others. People who spend more time focusing on what others do wrong, rather than what they can do right... But again, this isn’t the way of Jesus. So how do we get back on track? I’m glad you asked! Because the newest episode of “Be the Bee” explores why we tend to be so judgmental. And the video offers you strategies on how you can focus on your own sins rather than on the shortcomings of others. Plus, we made another workbook to help you apply what you learned in the video. Let’s change our reputation. Let’s become people who are known for our courage and kindness, not our judgment. Who knows? Maybe we’ll give people a good reason to be Christians themselves. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) Peace, Steve


    JOY Fall Schedule of Events

    JOY Fall Schedule of Events

    JOY's schedule of events for this fall!


    GOYA 's Fall Calendar of Events

    GOYA 's Fall Calendar of Events

    Here is GOYA's full list of scheduled events. For more information, please contact Christos Gorgolis gorgolisc@yahoo.com


    Live well, virtually! - The start date is delayed due to low enrollment.

    Live well, virtually! - The start date is delayed due to low enrollment.

    This is a FREE online workshop! Want relief from aches, pains or fatigue? The Wauwatosa Health Department in partnership with Milwaukee County Disability Resource Center are offering a six-week online workshop that helps participants gain control of their lives through manageable action plans and support from peers. Topics include: · Dealing with frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation · Exercise for maintaining strength, flexibility and endurance · Appropriate use of medications · Communicating effectively with family, friends and health professionals · Evaluating new treatment options · Healthy Eating Tuesdays, October 6 – November 10 This workshop does not meet in person, but will be held online using Zoom 12:30pm-3:30pm To register call Carmen at 414-479-8947 or email cpangilinan@wauwatosa.net


    Greece 1821-2021: 200 year celebrations

    Greece 1821-2021: 200 year celebrations

    Εκ μέρους του Γενικού Γραμματέα Απόδημου Ελληνισμού, Ομότ. Καθ. Ιωάννη Χρυσουλάκη, σας αποστέλλουμε τη συνημμένη επιστολή του Υφυπουργού Εξωτερικών αρμόδιου για θέματα Απόδημου Ελληνισμού, κ. Κων/νου Βλάση, και της Προέδρου της Επιτροπής "Ελλάδα 2021", κας Γιάννας Αγγελοπούλου, σχετικά με τις επετειακές εκδηλώσεις του επόμενου έτους για τα 200 χρόνια από την έναρξη της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης. Γενική Γραμματεία Απόδημου Ελληνισμού Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών


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Saints and Feasts

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September 20

Hilarion the New Martyr of Crete


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September 20

John the Foreigner


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fourth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.

Fourth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 24:1-12

Καὶ τὸ μὲν σάββατον ἡσύχασαν κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν, Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέος ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα φέρουσαι ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα, καί τινες σὺν αὐταῖς. εὗρον δὲ τὸν λίθον ἀποκεκυλισμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι οὐχ εὗρον τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθήσεσιν ἀστραπτούσαις. ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων αὐτῶν καὶ κλινουσῶν τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τὴν γῆν εἶπον πρὸς αὐτάς· τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν; οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλ᾿ ἠγέρθη· μνήσθητε ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὑμῖν ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, λέγων ὅτι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθῆναι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σταυρωθῆναι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆναι. καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς λοιποῖς. ἦσαν δὲ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία καὶ ᾿Ιωάννα καὶ Μαρία ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ οἱ λοιπαὶ σὺν αὐταῖς, αἳ ἔλεγον πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ταῦτα. καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς. ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἀναστὰς ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ παρακύψας βλέπει τὰ ὀθόνια κείμενα μόνα, καὶ ἀπῆλθε πρὸς ἑαυτόν, θαυμάζων τὸ γεγονός.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.

Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Προκείμενον. Plagal Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.9,1.
Σῶσον, Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ, Κύριε, κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Γαλάτας 2:16-20.

Ἀδελφοί, εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου· διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου πᾶσα σάρξ. Εἰ δέ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι. Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι· ζῶ δέ, οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός· ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ.


Gospel Reading

Sunday after Holy Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1

The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Sunday after Holy Cross
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 8:34-38, 9:1

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, καὶ ζημιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

And see how He also makes His discourse unexceptionable: not saying at all, "whether you will, or no, you must suffer this," but how? "If any man will come after me."
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 55 on Matthew 16, 1. B#54, p.339., 4th Century

"I force not, I compel not, but each one I make lord of his own choice; wherefore also I say, 'If any man will.' For to good things do I call you, not to things evil, or burdensome; not to punishment and vengeance, that I should have to compel.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 55 on Matthew 16, 1. B#54, p.339., 4th Century

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.
Ἀγγελικαὶ Δυνάμεις ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμά σου, καὶ οἱ φυλάσσοντες ἀπενεκρώθησαν, καὶ ἵστατο Μαρία ἐν τῷ τάφῳ, ζητοῦσα τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα. Ἐσκύλευσας τὸν ᾍδην, μὴ πειρασθεὶς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, ὑπήντησας τῇ Παρθένῳ, δωρούμενος τὴν ζωήν, ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ των νεκρῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Holy Cross in the First Mode

Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; grant Thou unto the faithful victory over adversaries. And by the power of Thy Cross do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth.
Σώσον Κύριε τόν λαόν σου καί ευλόγησον τήν κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοίς Βασιλεύσι κατά βαρβάρων δωρούμενος καί τό σόν φυλάττων διά τού Σταυρού σου πολίτευμα.

Apolytikion for Martyr Eustathius and His Companions in the Fourth Mode

Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Οι Μάρτυρές σου, Κύριε, εν τή αθλήσει αυτών, στεφάνους εκομίσαντο τής αφθαρσίας, εκ σού τού Θεού ημών, σχόντες γάρ τήν ισχύν σου, τούς τυράννους καθείλον, έθραυσαν καί δαιμόνων, τά ανίσχυρα θράση. Αυτών ταίς ικεσίαις, Χριστέ ο Θεός, σώσον τάς ψυχάς ημών.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

Lifted up on the Cross by Your free will, Christ God, grant mercies to the new commonwealth that bears Your name. Gladden our faithful rulers by Your power, giving them victories over their adversaries. May Your alliance be for them a weapon for peace, an invincible standard.
Ο υψωθείς εν τώ Σταυρώ εκουσίως, τή επωνύμω σου καινή πολιτεία, τούς οικτιρμούς σου δώρησαι, Χριστέ ο Θεός, Εύφρανον εν τή δυνάμει σου, τούς πιστούς Βασιλείς ημών, νίκας χορηγών αυτοίς, κατά τών πολεμίων, τήν συμμαχίαν έχοιεν τήν σήν, όπλον ειρήνης, αήττητον τρόπαιον.
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