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Publish Date: 2021-12-26
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Sts. Constantine and Helen Church

General Information

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

  • 2160 N. Wauwatosa Avenue

  • Wauwatosa, WI 53213


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Services Schedule

SUNDAY MATINS/DIVINE LITURGY, 8:15 am


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This Sunday

SUNDAY, December 26th, 2021— Sunday after Nativity  

EPISTLE: Galatians 1:11-19 

HOLY GOSPEL: Matthew 2:13-23 

 

Prosforo Baker: Voula Panagopoulos

Coffee Hour: GOYA

SUNDAY, January 2nd, 2022— Sunday before Epiphany

EPISTLE: II Timothy 4:5-8 

HOLY GOSPEL: Mark 1:1-8 

 

Prosforo Baker: Debbie Koutromanos

Coffee Hour: Parish Council

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

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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
December 26

Constantius the Holy Martyr


Nativity
December 26

Sunday after Nativity

On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the twenty-sixth of this month, we make commemoration of Saints Joseph, the Betrothed of the Virgin; David, the Prophet and King; and James, the Brother of God. When there is no Sunday within this period, we celebrate this commemoration on the 26th.

Saint Joseph (whose name means "one who increases") was the son of Jacob, and the son-in-law - and hence, as it were, the son - of Eli (who was also called Eliakim or Joachim), who was the father of Mary the Virgin (Matt. 1:16; Luke 3:23). He was of the tribe of Judah, of the family of David, an inhabitant of Nazareth, a carpenter by Trade, and advanced in age when, by God's good will, he was betrothed to the Virgin, that he might minister to the great mystery of God's dispensation in the flesh by protecting her, providing for her, and being known as her husband so that she, being a virgin, would not suffer reproach when she was found to be with child. Joseph had been married before his betrothal to our Lady; they who are called Jesus' "brethren and sisters" (Matt. 13:55-56) are the children of Joseph by his first marriage. From Scripture, we know that Saint Joseph lived at least until the Twelfth year after the birth of Christ (Luke 2:41-52); according to the tradition of the Fathers, he reposed before the beginning of the public ministry of Christ.

The child of God and ancestor of God, David, the great Prophet after Moses, sprang from the tribe of Judah. He was the son of Jesse, and was born in Bethlehem (whence it is called the City of David), in the year 1085 before Christ. While yet a youth, at the command of God he was anointed secretly by the Prophet Samuel to be the second King of the Israelites, while Saul - who had already been deprived of divine grace - was yet living. In the thirtieth year of his life, when Saul had been slain in battle, David was raised to the dignity of King, first, by his own tribe, and then by all the Israelite people, and he reigned for forty years. Having lived seventy years, he reposed in 1015 before Christ, having proclaimed beforehand that his son Solomon was to be the successor to the throne.

The sacred history has recorded not only the grace of the Spirit that dwelt in him from his youth, his heroic exploits in war, and his great piety towards God, but also his transgressions and failings as a man. Yet his repentance was greater than his transgresssions, and his love for God fervent and exemplary; so highly did God honour this man, that when his son Solomon sinned, the Lord told him that He would not rend the kingdom in his lifetime "for David thy father's sake" (III Kings 12:12). Of The Kings of Israel, Jesus the Son of Sirach testifies, "All, except David and Hezekias and Josias, were defective" (Ecclus. 49:4). The name David means "beloved."

His melodious Psalter is the foundation of all the services of the Church; there is not one service that is not filled with Psalms and psalmic verses. It was the means whereby old Israel praised God, and was used by the Apostles and the Lord Himself. It is so imbued with the spirit of prayer that the monastic fathers of all ages have used it as their trainer and teacher for their inner life of converse with God. Besides eloquently portraying every state and emotion of the soul before her Maker, the Psalter is filled with prophecies of the coming of Christ. It foretells His Incarnation, "He bowed the heavens and came down" (Psalm 17:9), His Baptism in the Jordan, "The waters saw Thee, O God, The waters saw Thee and were afraid" (76:15), His Crucifixion in its details, "They have pierced My hands and My feet .... They have parted My garments amongst themselves, and for My vesture have they cast lots" (21:16, 18). "For My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink" (68:26), His descent into Hades, "For Thou wilt not abandon My soul in Hades, nor wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption" (15:10) and Resurrection, "Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered" (67:1). His Ascension, "God is gone up in jubilation" (46:5), and so forth.

As for James, the Brother of God, see October 23.


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fifth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:13-35

At that time, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Fifth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 24:13-35

Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εἰς κώμην ἀπέχουσαν σταδίους ἑξήκοντα ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, ᾗ ὄνομα ᾿Εμμαούς. καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡμίλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ πάντων τῶν συμβεβηκότων τούτων. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὁμιλεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ συζητεῖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐγγίσας συνεπορεύετο αὐτοῖς· οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν ἐκρατοῦντο τοῦ μὴ ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτόν.εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους περιπατοῦντες καί ἐστε σκυθρωποί; ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ εἷς, ᾧ ὄνομα Κλεόπας, εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· σὺ μόνος παροικεῖς ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνως τὰ γενόμενα ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ποῖα; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· τὰ περὶ ᾿Ιησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, ὃς ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ προφήτης δυνατὸς ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, ὅπως τε παρέδωκαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν εἰς κρῖμα θανάτου καὶ ἐσταύρωσαν αὐτόν. ἡμεῖς δὲ ἠλπίζομεν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ· ἀλλά γε σὺν πᾶσι τούτοις τρίτην ταύτην ἡμέραν ἄγει σήμερον ἀφ᾿ οὗ ταῦτα ἐγένετο. ἀλλὰ καὶ γυναῖκές τινες ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξέστησαν ἡμᾶς γενόμεναι ὄρθριαι ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν. καὶ ἀπῆλθόν τινες τῶν σὺν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ εὗρον οὕτω καθὼς καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες εἶπον, αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ εἶδον. καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ὦ ἀνόητοι καὶ βραδεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ πιστεύειν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται! οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν διηρμήνευεν αὐτοῖς ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γραφαῖς τὰ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ. Καὶ ἤγγισαν εἰς τὴν κώμην οὗ ἐπορεύοντο, καὶ αὐτὸς προσεποιεῖτο πορρωτέρω πορεύεσθαι· καὶ παρεβιάσαντο αὐτὸν λέγοντες· μεῖνον μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, ὅτι πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐστὶ καὶ κέκλικεν ἡ ἡμέρα. καὶ εἰσῆλθε τοῦ μεῖναι σὺν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κατακλιθῆναι αὐτὸν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν λαβὼν τὸν ἄρτον εὐλόγησε, καὶ κλάσας ἐπεδίδου αὐτοῖς. αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν· καὶ αὐτὸς ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν. καὶ εἶπον πρὸς ἀλλήλους· οὐχὶ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καιομένη ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν, ὡς ἐλάλει ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὡς διήνοιγεν ἡμῖν τὰς γραφάς; Καὶ ἀναστάντες αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ εὗρον συνηθροισμένους τοὺς ἕνδεκα καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὐτοῖς, λέγοντας ὅτι ἠγέρθη ὁ Κύριος ὄντως καὶ ὤφθη Σίμωνι. καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐξηγοῦντο τὰ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὡς ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 67.35,26.
God is wonderful among his saints.
Verse: Bless God in the congregations.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19.

Brethren, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.

Προκείμενον. Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 67.35,26.
Θαυμαστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τοῖς Ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ.
Στίχ. Ἐν Ἐκκλησίαις εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Γαλάτας 1:11-19.

Ἀδελφοί, γνωρίζω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τὸ εὐαγγελισθὲν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐγὼ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου παρέλαβον αὐτό, οὔτε ἐδιδάχθην, ἀλλὰ διʼ ἀποκαλύψεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ἠκούσατε γὰρ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀναστροφήν ποτε ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ, ὅτι καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἐδίωκον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπόρθουν αὐτήν· καὶ προέκοπτον ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ ὑπὲρ πολλοὺς συνηλικιώτας ἐν τῷ γένει μου, περισσοτέρως ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τῶν πατρικῶν μου παραδόσεων. Ὅτε δὲ εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ ἵνα εὐαγγελίζωμαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εὐθέως οὐ προσανεθέμην σαρκὶ καὶ αἵματι· οὐδὲ ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀποστόλους, ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθον εἰς Ἀραβίαν, καὶ πάλιν ὑπέστρεψα εἰς Δαμασκόν. Ἔπειτα μετὰ ἔτη τρία ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἱστορῆσαι Πέτρον, καὶ ἐπέμεινα πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε. Ἕτερον δὲ τῶν ἀποστόλων οὐκ εἶδον, εἰ μὴ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ κυρίου.


Gospel Reading

Sunday after Nativity
The Reading is from Matthew 2:13-23

When the wise men departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they were no more." But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaos reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

Sunday after Nativity
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 2:13-23

᾿Αναχωρησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου φαίνεται κατ᾿ ὄναρ τῷ ᾿Ιωσὴφ λέγων· ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ φεῦγε εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἴσθι ἐκεῖ ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι· μέλλει γὰρ ῾Ηρῴδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό. ῾Ο δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς ῾Ηρῴδου, ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱόν μου. Τότε ῾Ηρῴδης ἰδὼν ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν μάγων, ἐθυμώθη λίαν, καὶ ἀποστείλας ἀνεῖλε πάντας τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐν Βηθλεὲμ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω, κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσε παρὰ τῶν μάγων. τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ ῾Ιερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· φωνὴ ἐν ῾Ραμᾷ ἠκούσθη, θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολύς· ῾Ραχὴλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελε παρακληθῆναι, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσίν. Τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ ῾Ηρῴδου ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος Κυρίου κατ᾿ ὄναρ φαίνεται τῷ ᾿Ιωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳλέγων· ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν ᾿Ισραήλ· τεθνήκασι γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ παιδίου. ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς γῆν ᾿Ισραήλ. ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι ᾿Αρχέλαος βασιλεύει ἐπὶ τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας ἀντὶ ῾Ηρῴδου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἐφοβήθη ἐκεῖ ἀπελθεῖν· χρηματισθεὶς δὲ κατ᾿ ὄναρ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς πόλιν λεγομένην Ναζαρέτ, ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ὅτι Ναζωραῖος κληθήσεται.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Mode

When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.
Ὅτε κατῆλθες πρὸς τὸν θάνατον, ἡ Ζωὴ ἡ ἀθάνατος, τότε τὸν ᾅδην ἐνέκρωσας τῇ ἀστραπῇ τῆς Θεότητος, ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺς τεθνεῶτας ἐκ τῶν καταχθονίων ἀνέστησας, πᾶσαι αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἐκραύγαζον·Ζωοδότα Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Nativity in the Fourth Mode

Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world; for thereby they that worshipped the stars were instructed by a star to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, the Dayspring from on high. O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Ἡ γέννησίς σου Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἀνέτειλε τῶ κόσμω, τὸ φῶς τὸ τῆς γνώσεως, ἐν αὐτῇ γὰρ οἱ τοὶς ἄστροις λατρεύοντες, ὑπὸ ἀστέρος ἐδιδάσκοντο, σὲ προσκυνεῖν, τὸν Ἥλιον τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ σὲ γινώσκειν ἐξ ὕψους ἀνατολήν, Κύριε δόξα σοί.

Apolytikion for Sun. after Nativity in the Second Mode

O Joseph, proclaim the wonders to David, the ancestor of God. Thou hast seen a Virgin great with child; thou hast given glory with the shepherds; thou hast worshipped with the Magi; and thou hast been instructed through an Angel. Entreat Christ God to save our souls.
Εὐαγγελίζου Ἰωσήφ, τῷ Δαυῒδ τὰ θαύματα τῷ Θεοπάτορι· Παρθένον εἶδες κυοφορήσασαν, μετὰ Mάγων προσεκύνησας, μετὰ Ποιμένων ἐδοξολόγησας, δι' Ἀγγέλου χρηματισθείς. Ἱκέτευε Χριστὸν τὸν Θεόν, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Mode

On this day the Virgin beareth the Transcendent in essence; * to the Unapproachable, * the earth doth offer a small cave; * Angels join in choir with shepherds * in giving glory; * with a star the Magi travel upon their journey; * for our sakes is born a young Child, * He that existed * before the ages as God.
Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον, τὸν ὑπερούσιον τίκτει, καὶ ἡ γῆ τὸ Σπήλαιον, τῶ ἀπροσίτω προσάγει. Ἄγγελοι μετὰ Ποιμένων δοξολογοῦσι. Μάγοι δὲ μετὰ ἀστέρος ὁδοιποροῦσι. δι' ἡμᾶς γὰρ ἐγεννήθη, Παιδίον νέον, ὁ πρὸ αἰώνων Θεός.
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Notes

Nikki's Vacation 

Epiphany and the church office will be closed on Friday, December 24th in observance of Christmas.  They will also be closed on Friday, December 31st in observance of New Year's Day.  Additionally, Nikki will be on vacation from Monday, December 27th, 2021 to Friday, January 7th, 2022

You can find next Sunday's readings here: https://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/calendar?month=1&year=2022&viewStyle=GridView&viewType=ViewReadings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Friday Fish Fry

Our Friday Fish Fry season has begun!  

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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Calendar

  • Church Calendar

    December 26, 2021 to January 10, 2022

    DECEMBER

    Sunday, December 26

    7:45AM Prosforo: Voula Panagopoulos

    8:15AM +Matins

    9:15AM +Divine Liturgy

    11:15AM Hospitality: GOYA

    1:00PM Kafkas Baptism

    Monday, December 27

    Nikki's Vacation

    8:00AM Matins and Liturgy - St. Steven Archdeacon and First Martyr

    5:30PM NO Virtual Greek School: Kindergarten

    5:30PM NO Greek School In-person: Preschool - 4th Grade & Adults

    Tuesday, December 28

    Nikki's Vacation

    12:30PM CRY ROOM USED: Greek School

    4:30PM NO Virtual Greek School: 1C, 1A, 2B

    8:10PM NO Virtual Greek School: Adults Advanced level

    Wednesday, December 29

    Nikki's Vacation

    6:00PM Greek School - Teens

    7:00PM CANCELED "Back to the Basics" Orthodox Education Class

    Thursday, December 30

    Nikki's Vacation

    4:30PM NO Virtual Greek School: 1C, 1A, 2B

    6:30PM No Greek School Adult Class

    8:10PM NO Virtual Greek School: Adults Advanced level

    Friday, December 31

    Church Office Closed

    6:30PM Great Vespers for St. Basil the Great

    JANUARY

    Saturday, January 1

    8:30AM +Matins & Divine Liturgy for St. Basil the Great - followed by Doxology for the New Year

    Sunday, January 2

    +Memorial: 40-days Herc A. Paloumpis

    7:30AM Prosforo: Debbie Koutromanos

    8:15AM +Matins

    9:15AM +Divine Liturgy

    11:15AM Hospitality: Parish Council

    Monday, January 3

    Nikki's Vacation

    4:00PM CANCELED - JOY: Christmas Party

    5:30PM Virtual Greek School: Kindergarten

    5:30PM Greek School In-person: Preschool - 4th Grade & Adults

    Tuesday, January 4

    Nikki's Vacation

    12:30PM CRY ROOM USED: Greek School

    4:30PM Virtual Greek School: 1C, 1A, 2B

    8:10PM Virtual Greek School: Adults Advanced level

    Wednesday, January 5

    Nikki's Vacation

    7:30AM Royal Hours for Epiphany followed by Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil followed by Great Agiasmos

    9:00AM Hall Used: Epiphany Mad Scientist

    6:00PM Greek School - Teens

    6:00PM Virtual Greek School: Greek for Teens

    Thursday, January 6

    Nikki's Vacation

    8:15AM Matins and Divine Liturgy for Theophany with blessing of the waters

    4:30PM Virtual Greek School: 1C, 1A, 2B

    5:30PM Greek School Adult Class

    8:10PM Virtual Greek School: Adults Advanced level

    Friday, January 7

    Nikki's Vacation

    8:00AM +Matins & Divine Liturgy - St. John the Baptist

    10:30AM Bible Studies (Conference Rm)

    4:00PM CANCELED - Friday Fish Fry

    Saturday, January 8

    Coming DEADLINE: The Vine announcements

    1:00PM WEDDING FOR NIKO MARLIS AND MARIA DAKOURAS

    Sunday, January 9

    Metropolis' BBall Tournament Deadline: Team Registrations

    7:30AM Prosforo: Theodora Galanis

    8:15AM +Matins

    9:15AM +Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Sunday School

    11:15AM Hospitality: Bible Studies

    Monday, January 10

    Deadline: The Vine Announcements

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Our News and Interests

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Sunday School Snacks

Please sign up to bring treats for our Sunday School kids.  The list is on our Announcement Board.


GOA Center for Family Care - An Iconic Journey to Bethlehem

 Join in on our weekly devotionals as we explore the Nativity Icon and the significance behind all the beautiful images. A new video will premiere every Monday until Christmas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3isqFI5mI


Fanari Camp Alumni

 

As you may be aware, Fanari Camp is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2022. This is a very exciting moment for our Metropolis family!  While we will be officially launching the events and save the dates closer to the new year, we do need your help now in gathering information from our alumni. Here is what we are asking you to do:

Are you a Fanari Camp Alumnus/a?: as Fanari Camp prepares to celebrate 50 years in 2022, it is asking for alumni to complete a short survey to gather information, connect on Social Media, and collect photos from previous years. Please fill use the QR code or visit the website at: www.fanari.camp/alumni


2021/2022 PanHellenic Scholarship Applications are now open!

Do you or an exceptional undergraduate student you know qualify to be a PanHellenic Scholar? The 2021/2022 application is now open and accepting applications!

The Foundation will accept applications from eligible Greek American college students and will distribute $250,000 in scholarship awards to exceptional undergraduates as follows:

 $200,000 (20 Awards) of $10,000 each based on academic merit and financial need. ($20,000 given specifically for students studying music or arts)

  • $50,000 (20 Awards) of $2,500 each based solely on academic merit.

 Undergraduate students of Hellenic descent from all fifty states are encouraged to apply. If a student applied in a prior year, and are still in college, we encourage them to reapply. Applications should be submitted electronically as instructed by January 31, 2022

To be eligible to apply for a scholarship, applicants must:

  • Be US Citizens or US permanent residents.
  • Be of Hellenic descent.
  • Be a full-time undergraduate student at an accredited 4-year university this Fall 2021 (High school students are not eligible to apply).
  • Have a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA.

For inquiries please email vpanos@panhellenicsf.org or call (312) 357-6432.

As of June 2021, the Foundation has awarded $3.75 million+ in scholarships to 600+ Greek American students.

 

St Photios National Shrine: 2021 National Essay Contest

The St. Photios National Shrine is proud to announce the theme for its annual essay contest, reflecting on the welcoming of immigrants to this nation.  The St. Photios National Shrine commemorates the first Hellenic settlers to arrive in the New World, as well as celebrating the many immigrants to the United States and their experience in this nation. 

Many of those immigrants came to America through Ellis Island in New York City and would have viewed the Statue of Liberty upon entering New York Harbor.  There, at the pedestal of Lady Liberty, is memorialized a plaque with the poem “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus, with the most famous line reading, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 Contact:    Polexeni Maouris Hillier

September 28, 2021                             Phone:      904-829-8205

                                                          Email:       phillier@stphotios.com

 

St. Photios National Shrine 2021 National Essay Contest Announced

The St. Photios National Shrine is proud to announce the theme for its annual essay contest, reflecting on the welcoming of immigrants to this nation.  The St. Photios National Shrine commemorates the first Hellenic settlers to arrive in the New World, as well as celebrating the many immigrants to the United States and their experience in this nation. 

Many of those immigrants came to America through Ellis Island in New York City and would have viewed the Statue of Liberty upon entering New York Harbor.  There, at the pedestal of Lady Liberty, is memorialized a plaque with the poem “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus, with the most famous line reading, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”

Essay contest theme

In an essay, please discuss why or why not the lines from of the poem, “The New Colossus,” by Emma Lazarus found at the Statue of Liberty in New York City are still relevant for our nation?

 

“Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

 

Essay contest prize:   $1,000 

The St. Photios National Shrine 2021 Essay Contest

is made possible by the generosity of The Kathie D’Anna Charitable Fund.


AHEPA Scholarship Information

For 2022 High School Graduates

 AHEPA Chapter 43 of Milwaukee will have scholarship applications for the high school graduating class of 2022 available at the church offices of Annunciation and Sts. Constantine and Helen shortly after January 1, 2022.

They will also be available at high school guidance offices in the four county area of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha and also on line at

 WWW.AHEPA43.org

Those who wish to apply fo the apprenticeship awards, please see the information at the above website under the TRADES link.  Be sure to use the appropriate application.

Application deadline is Friday March 4, 2022.

Interviews will be held on Sunday March 20, 2022.

Awards will be presented on Sunday May 1, 2022.

 These two scholarships have different and specific requirements.  Please review the appropriate application.

 If you have other questions, please contact

Dr. Dean Copoulos @ 414-759-3614

or

Dr. Peter Gaveras @ 414-795-7100

For TRADES questions contact

Peter Copoulos via e-mail @ pcopoulos@nvs.us.com


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2022 Oratorical Festival Topic Tips Are Now Available

 For those of you in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Topic Tips are now online!

The Oratorical Festival was created by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Religious Education in 1983 to provide junior and senior high school students an opportunity to research, write, and talk about their faith using one of the predetermined topics. There are parish, district, and Metropolis Festivals, culminating in the Archdiocese Festival. The Archdiocese Festival will be held June 3-5, 2022 at the Holy Trinity church in Dallas, Texas. Finalists will participate in a weekend of activities including delivering their speeches. The Oratorical Festival scholarship fund provides college scholarships to the top speakers.

Visit the Oratorical website for details and helpful resources on the festival.

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Western Region Family Basketball Tournament

For more information:  https://www.greekbball.com/


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    Strengthening Your Marriage

    Strengthening Your Marriage

    January Gathering: Initiating Positive Chan ge on January 21st Please RSVP: https://onrealm.org/StsCnH/PublicRegistrations/Event?linkString=MGE0YjgwMWItMzAyZS00NGU2LWJmNTItYWUwMTAxNmM4ZDA4


    Orthodox Christianity - Back to the Basics

    Orthodox Christianity - Back to the Basics

    UPDATE: Next week's class (December 29th) is being canceled - We will pick up again on January 12th. Fr. Panteleimon will be teaching a 10-part series on Wednesdays, starting October 20th. All are invited to join us!


    2022 Metropolis of Chicago Western Region Family Basketball Tournament

    2022 Metropolis of Chicago Western Region Family Basketball Tournament

    We hope this email finds each of you thriving and ready to suit up for the 2022 Western Region Family Basketball Tournament. We apologize for the delay in sending this out to you. It is that time of year and we hear there are several teams practicing for a wonderful tournament. St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church of Minneapolis will be hosting our annual tournament February 4 - 6, 2022. We have been busy planning a fun weekend and a great tournament where we can all come together for Christian fellowship and competition. Check out our newly designed website, www.greekbball.com! You will find all the information you will need (team registrations, meal packages and a la carte registration, hotel reservations, etc.). Per usual, every player is REQUIRED to purchase a meal package, otherwise, the players are not eligible to play. You will be familiar with the hotel we will be staying at, the Hyatt Regency Bloomington - Minneapolis, which was the hotel that was used for the 2019 Clergy Laity and 2020 Basketball tournament. The room rate is $99/room/night. To book your room, click here. We hope to have the meal & team registrations, and Ad-Book Form live by next week. In the meantime, click here to view the prices. Please be sure to share all of this information with your athletes, as well as their families! Divisions: We have our usual 5 divisions: Women’s, Men’s, Girls GOYA, Boys GOYA, and Co-ed JOY. Boys and Girls must be at least 7 years old and no older than 12 to play on the JOY team by December 31, 2021. Kids who are 12 years old as of December 31, 2021 have the option to play up on the GOYA team or down on the JOY team. They cannot play in both divisions. We will no longer be able to accommodate teams for requesting late games on Friday night. If you don’t have enough players to field a team, please contact us and we will try and form a team, or they can join another team. Deadline for Team Registrations: January 9th Deadline for Meals: January 24 Late entries are only admitted by Tournament Committee approval and gym availability with a $50 late fee attached to the team registration. Finally, be sure to check out the Facebook page for updates as we get closer to the tournament! Looking forward to welcoming you to our city in February! In Christ, St. Mary’s Tournament Host Committee Georgia Andron, Co-Chair Louis Pappas, Co-Chair Jon Klein, Co-Chair


    2022 OCWA Scholarship

    2022 OCWA Scholarship

    Deadline for the materials to be received by mail is February 4th, 2022. The two scholarship recipients need to be present to accept the award at the Presbytera Mary P Hallick Scholarship Dinner on Thursday, February 24th, 2022


    Our 2022 Project Mexico

    Our 2022 Project Mexico

    Join us for our next trip to Project Mexico, July 21- 27, 2022 Contact: Fr. Panteleimon


    Ευχές Γενικού Γραμματέα

    Ευχές Γενικού Γραμματέα

    Ευχές Γενικού Γραμματέα Απόδημου Ελληνισμού και Δημόσιας Διπλωματίας του Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών, κ. Γιάννη Χρυσουλάκη στις 17 Δεκεμβρίου, 2021


    Christmas Encyclical from our Metropolitan

    Christmas Encyclical from our Metropolitan

    For The Nativity Feast


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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Christmas 2021 Message from His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America

12/23/2021

This Christmas, let us celebrate these gifts, together with all of the other spiritual gifts that we receive from our Heavenly Father. He sent His Only-Begotten Son to be with us – beginning in the Cave in Bethlehem, but continuing in the cave of every human heart. And all we need to do is to humbly receive this gift, and then to practice sharing it and giving it away to others freely.

“How-to” Green Your Parish, Episode 35: Greening Your Parish – The Volos Experience

12/22/2021

This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Dr. Nikolaos Asproulis, Deputy Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies and Lecturer at Hellenic Open University, “Greening Your Parish – The Volos Experience”

Department of Religious Education Hosts First Speaker Series

12/22/2021

On Sunday, December 19th, 2021, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Department of Religious Education held its first Speaker Series about no other than the Nativity of Christ.

Registration Open for GOMSF Young Adult Winter Retreat

12/21/2021

Registration is open for the 16th Annual Metropolis of San Francisco Young Adult Winter Retreat in Lake Tahoe, January 14 – 17, 2022. The theme for the retreat is “Citizens of the Desert: Embracing our Role as Christian Witnesses to our World” with guest speaker Thomaida Hudanish.
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Wisdom of the Fathers

Nathanael too enters ... saying, "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" ... Nevertheless, He is not ashamed to be named even from thence, signifying that He needs not ought of the things of men; and His disciples also He chooses out of Galilee.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 9 on Matthew 2, 4th Century

At His birth [He] is laid in a manger, and abides in an inn, and takes a mother of low estate; teaching us to think no such thing a disgrace, and from the first outset trampling under foot the haughtiness of man, and bidding us give ourselves up to virtue only. For why do you pride yourself on your country, when I am commanding thee to be a stranger to the whole world?
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 9 on Matthew 2, 4th Century

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Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago

Patriarch Bartholomew’s Patriarchal Encyclical for Christmas

12/23/2021

With God’s will, during the upcoming Holy and Great Week, we shall hold the service of the Blessing of the Holy Chrism in our venerable Center. We regard it as a uniquely divine gift to our Modesty that we shall be deemed worthy to preside over this festive and moving rite for the fourth time in our humble Patriarchal ministry. Glory to God for all things!

Archiepiscopal Encyclical on the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

12/23/2021

As we gather across our Nation to celebrate Christmas — the quintessential and most sentimental religious holiday of the American People — we Orthodox Christians are called to an experiential participation with the Nativity of our Savior in Bethlehem of Judea. Through the divine services, and most importantly, the Divine Liturgy, we are called to become the Cave where the Child was born in a secret, hidden manner. For each of us possesses a heart-cave in which God yearns to be born, and which He desires to fill with His presence. And each of us can become the place where Divinity takes shape through our actions.

Metropolitan Nathanael’s Archpastoral Christmas Message

12/23/2021

On Christmas Day, love assumes human nature so that it may take hold of our hand. Today, God becomes man so that man can finally love. As we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, I pray that we may be renewed by God’s love and reflect on how it may help shape our relationships with others: with friends and enemies, with peers and colleagues, with parents and siblings, with spouses and children.

Philoptochos Perspective: Fall 2021

12/14/2021

The Philoptochos Perspective: Fall 2021 showcases news and events from the Metropolis of Chicago Philoptochos Society, in addition to Metropolis Chapters.
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