5th Sunday of Luke - YOUTH Sunday, November 4
9:00 AM - Orthros & Divine Liturgy, Artoklasia & Memorial Service; Sunday School; 12:00 PM - OCF in Community Center
Monday, November 5
7:00 PM - Introduction to Orthodoxy
St. Nektarios the Wonderworker, Friday, November 9
9:00 AM - Divine Liturgy
Saturday, November 10
10:00 AM - Fall Bake Sale & Take-Out Dinner (until 7:00 PM)
8th Sunday of Luke, November 11
9:00 AM - Orthros & Divine Liturgy; Sunday School
Fasting This Week
Wednesday & Friday: Strict Fast; All Other Days: No Fasting
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10
Brethren, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 16:19-31
The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"
WELCOME VISITORS — WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US TODAY! The Orthodox Church teaches that Holy Communion is a sign of unity. In order to receive Holy Communion in the Greek Orthodox Church, you must have been baptized or chrismated in the Christian Orthodox Faith. If you are interested in learning more about Christian Orthodoxy, please contact our Parish Priest, Father Andreas. Communicants should prepare themselves through fasting, prayer and confession. All Christians are invited to come forward at the end of Divine Liturgy to receive the Antidoron, holy bread, which is offered to all as a blessing.
This morning's 1-Year Memorial Service is offered for Panagiota Bournia, sister of Vasilios Contis. The Contis family is also offering Artoklasia for their family members and the Ladies Philoptochos Society - Panagia.
We welcome members of Prof. Eva Pascal's Religion class at St. Michael's College to our Divine Liturgy this morning.
Due to a scheduling adjustment, please note that we will only serve Divine Liturgy this week on Friuday morning at 9:00 AM for the Holy Wonderworker Nektarios of Pentapolis.
Today is our monthly Youth Sunday. There will also be a combined meeting for all of Northern Vermont OCF, students from UVM, St. Michaels, Champlain and Middlebury are invited to join our very active group from Norwich.
Our Fall Take-Out Dinner and Bake Sale is next Saturday, from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM (there will be no Bible Study or Great Vespers on that day). There are many opportunities to volunteer and serve our parish , please speak to a member of Parish Council or the Philoptochos Board for details.
Saint Joannicius was born in Bithynia about the year 740. His father was named Myritrikes and his mother Anastaso When he had reached maturity, he excelled in soldiery and was counted worthy of royal honours for his bravery. He had been brought up an iconoclast, but while yet a soldier, he was converted to Orthodoxy by a certain holy elder. He later forsook all things and departed for Mount Olympus, where he spent the remainder of his life in asceticism. Becoming great in virtue, he reposed in the Lord in the year 834, having lived some ninety-four years. To this Saint is ascribed the brief prayer, "My hope is the Father . . . ."
The holy Martyrs Nikandros and Hermias were ordained by the holy Apostle Titus. When they had drawn many to the Faith of Christ, they were accused to Libanius, the Count of the city of Myra, where, after suffering many torments, they were enclosed in a tomb alive, and thus surrendered their spirits into the hands of God.
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