Weekly Events

TRISAGION

On Sunday, a Trisagion service will be offered for the repose of the souls of Haralambos Voutsinas & Andreas Stekas.

ΤΡΙΣΑΓΙΑ

Την Κυριακή, θα τελεσθεί Τρισάγιο υπέρ αναπαύσεως των ψυχών του Χαράλαμπου Βουτσινά καί του Ανδρέα Στέκα.

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PHILOPTOCHOS 2ND TRAY & VASILOPITA

On Sunday, there will be a second tray for our St. Catherine’s Philoptochos Society’s Vasilopita Day. All donations will be sent to the National Philoptochos for the fulfillment of the National Philoptochos Society’s Vasilopita - Saint Basil Academy Commitment.

A slice of vasilopita will be distributed in the Church to everyone after the service due to COVID restrictions. The lucky recipient of the coin will receive a prize from St. Catherine’s Philoptochos.

2ος ΔΙΣΚΟΣ & ΒΑΣΙΛΟΠΙΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΤΩΧΟΥ

Την Κυριακή, θα υπάρξει ένας δεύτερος δίσκος για την Ημέρα Βασιλόπιτας της Φιλοπτώχου της Αγίας Αικατερίνης. Όλες οι δωρεές θα σταλούν στην Εθνική Φιλόπτωχο για την εκπλήρωση της δέσμευσης προς την Εθνική Φιλόπτωχο για την Ακαδημία του Αγίου Βασιλείου.

Ένα κομμάτι βασιλόπιτας θα δοθεί στον καθένα στήν εκκλησία μετά την Λειτουργία λόγω των περιορισμών του COVID. Ο τυχερός παραλήπτης του νομίσματος θα λάβει ένα βραβείο από την Φιλόπτωχο της Αγίας Αικατερίνης.

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AFFIRMATION OF OFFICE 2021

On Sunday, Fr. Anthony is pleased to invite the entire Parish Council, including the newly elected Council Members, to receive the Affirmation of Office. The ceremony will take place immediately after the Div. Liturgy.

ΟΡΚΟΜΩΣΙΑ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2021

Τήν Κυριακή, ο π. Αντώνιος με χαρά προσκαλεί τα μέλη του Εκλησιαστικού Συμβουλίου συμπεριλαμβανομένων και εκείνων που εξελέγησαν πρόσφατα, να ορκισθούν επί τη αναλήψει των καθηκόντων τους. Η τελετή της ορκομωσίας θα λάβει χώρα αμέσως μετά την Θεία Λειτουργία.

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Protopresbyter Kyriakos V. Saravelas

(1936-2021)

It is with deep sorrow that I am informing you of the falling asleep in the Lord of our dear brother-in-Christ, Father Kyriakos (Kerry) Saravelas, who passed away this morning from complications while fighting the Coronavirus and pneumonia.

I called this morning and expressed the prayers, support, and love of the Dormition family to Presvytera Sophia with an appreciation for his years of faithful Diakonia to our community as Pastor between 1986- 2002. We will inform you of the funeral details as soon as they are finalized.

May Father Kerry rest in eternal peace! May the Lord embrace his soul into eternal rest, where there is no pain, sorrow, or suffering, but light and life forever! May the Lord grant strength, peace, and comfort to Presvytera Sophia.

May his memory be eternal!

Fr. Kyriakos Saravelas, or Father Kerry as he is known to most, was born on July 8, 1936, in Boston. He received his Bachelor of Arts (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School 1959), an Advanced Certificate in Theology (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki 1960), his Advanced Certificate in Psychotherapy (Institute for Psychoanalysis Chicago 1965), and his Advanced Certificate in Clinical Social Work (American Orthopsychiatry Association 1968). From 1964 – 1982 he worked in seven different executive clinical capacities. Later in life, he returned to Holy Cross and received his Master’s Degree in Theology, May 2016.

After his ordination into the priesthood by His Grace Bishop Anthimos of Boston in May 1982, Fr. Kerry became Pastor at St. Nicholas Church in Lexington, MA. Five years later he and Presvytera Sophia arrived at the Somerville community from the Lexington parish. Fr. Kerry served two separate times at the Dormition Church before being assigned to the St. George Cathedral in Springfield for 10 years. He then pastored the Annunciation Church in Newburyport from 2002 – 2007. His last years Father Kerry spent at Brooksby Village in Peabody, Massachusetts with his beloved Presvytera. Even during his retirement Fr. Kerry brought his service to the church in many ways, including organizing Orthodox liturgical services for the residents at Brooksby Village. He was a good friend and mentor who will be remembered for his joyful heart.

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GOYA FOOD DRIVE

Please help us by donating non-perishable food items for the needy by this Sunday, January 10th, 2021. You may place your donation in the box in the foyer directly outside the church. It will be labeled: GOYA FOOD DRIVE.

All donations will go to the Main Food Pantry in Somerville. We thank you for your help and dedication.

May your holidays be merry and bright!

ΚΙΝΗΣΗ ΤΡΟΦΙΜΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΠΟΡΟΥΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΓΚΟΓΙΑ

Παρακαλούμε βοηθήστε μας δωρίζοντας μη ευπαθή είδη διατροφής για τους άπορους μέχρι αυτή την Κυριακή, 10 Ιανουαρίου 2021. Μπορείτε να τοποθετήσετε τη δωρεά σας στο κουτί στο φουαγιέ ακριβώς έξω από την εκκλησία. H επισήμανση στο κουτί θα είναι: GOYA FOOD DRIVE.

Όλες οι δωρεές θα πάνε στήν Κεντρική Αποθήκη Τροφίμων για τους άπορους στο Σόμερβιλ. Σας ευχαριστούμε για τη βοήθεια και την αφοσίωσή σας.

Είθε οι εορτές σας να είναι εύθυμες και φωτεινές!

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Heifer Farm Christmas Challenge

Father Anthony and Presbytera Kellie have challenged the parish youth to raise $250 for Heifer Farm by the end of the year. They will match your donation and together we will provide sixteen farm animals for families in need that can feed and support them for years to come.

Donations can be sent with your child to Sunday school or by check to the office. Please make sure to include the Children's Christmas Challenge in the memo line. For more information about the important work carried out by Heifer Farm, visit: www.heifer.org

Saints and Feasts

January 10

Gregory of Nyssa

Saint Gregory, the younger brother of Basil the Great, illustrious in speech and a zealot for the Orthodox Faith, was born in 331. His brother Basil was encouraged by their elder sister Macrina to prefer the service of God to a secular career (see July 19); Saint Gregory was moved in a similar way by his godly mother Emily, who, when Gregory was still a young man, implored him to attend a service in honor of the holy Forty Martyrs at her retreat at Annesi on the River Iris. Saint Gregory came at his mother's bidding, but being wearied with the journey, and feeling little zeal, he fell asleep during the service. The Forty Martyrs then appeared to him in a dream, threatening him and reproaching him for his slothfulness. After this he repented and became very diligent in the service of God.

Gregory became bishop in 372, and because of his Orthodoxy he was exiled in 374 by Valens, who was of one mind with the Arians. After the death of Valens in 378, Gregory was recalled to his throne by the Emperor Gratian. He attended the Local Council of Antioch, which sent him to visit the churches of Arabia and Palestine, which had been defiled and ravaged by Arianism. He attended the Second Ecumenical Council, which was assembled in Constantinople in 381. Having lived some sixty years and left behind many remarkable writings, he reposed about the year 395. The acts of the Seventh Ecumenical Council call him 'Father of Fathers."

January 10

Dometian, Bishop of Melitene

Saint Dometian lived in the years of the Emperor Justin II, who reigned from 565 to 578, and the Emperor Maurice, who reigned from 582 to 602. Born of pious parents named Theodore and Eudocia, he received a thorough education in both secular and sacred knowledge. After he had lived in lawful wedlock a short time, his wife died, and he, for his virtue was made Bishop of Melitene in Armenia at the age of thirty. As a kinsman and trusted friend of the Emperor Maurice, he received from him great largesse, which he spent on the building of churches and the help of the poor; he was entrusted with the dealings of Byzantium with Persia. While in Constantinople, he reposed in peace in the year 602.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. First Mode. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:7-13.

BRETHREN, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

Προκείμενον. First Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1.
Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 4:7-13.

Ἀδελφοί, ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Διὸ λέγει, Ἀναβὰς εἰς ὕψος ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν, καὶ ἔδωκεν δόματα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Τὸ δέ, Ἀνέβη, τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη πρῶτον εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς; Ὁ καταβάς, αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα. Καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους, τοὺς δὲ προφήτας, τοὺς δὲ εὐαγγελιστάς, τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους, πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων, εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ· μέχρι καταντήσωμεν οἱ πάντες εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον, εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Gospel Reading

Sunday after Epiphany
The Reading is from Matthew 4:12-17

At that time, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

Sunday after Epiphany
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 4:12-17

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὅτι ᾿Ιωάννης παρεδόθη, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, καὶ καταλιπὼν τὴν Ναζαρὲτ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ τὴν παραθαλασσίαν ἐν ὁρίοις Ζαβουλὼν καὶ Νεφθαλείμ, ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ ῾Ησαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης, πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότειεἶδε φῶς μέγα, καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτουφῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς. ᾿Απὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν· μετανοεῖτε· ἤγγικε γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.

This Sunday is celebrated

Topics for the Sunday sermons in a form of a catechism in question and answer format / Θέματα για τα κηρύγματα της Κυριακής σε μορφή κατήχησης σέ μορφή ερωτήσεων και απαντήσεων

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Last year we established a great custom of “question and answer” in the church held every third Sunday of the month. During the COVID period, we stopped doing it for no good reason. I urge you to send me your questions and we will try to restart this beautiful dialogue.

I offer you aspects of Church life you may consider to ask questions about. The answers will certainly be beneficial for you and the rest of the community.

Αγαπητοί αδελφοί και αδελφές εν Χριστό

Πέρυσι, καθιερώσαμε μια μεγάλη συνήθεια «ερωτήσης και απαντήσης» στην εκκλησία που πραγματοποιήθηκε κάθε τρίτη Κυριακή του μήνα. Κατά τη διάρκεια της περιόδου COVID, σταματήσαμε να το κάνουμε χωρίς καλό λόγο. Σας παρακαλώ να μου στείλετε τις ερωτήσεις σας και θα προσπαθήσουμε να επανεκκινήσουμε αυτόν τον όμορφο διάλογο.

Σας προσφέρω πτυχές της εκκλησιαστικής ζωής για τις οποίες μπορεί να εξετάσετε το ενδεχόμενο να κάνετε ερωτήσεις. Οι απαντήσεις σίγουρα θα είναι επωφελείς για εσάς και την υπόλοιπη κοινότητα.

➢ Leadership in the Church / ➢ Ηγεσία στην Εκκλησία—

Will be presented by Diane Karavitis, this Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021

➢ Membership/Stewardship / ➢ Σύνθεση / Διαχείριση—

Was presented by Angela Sherman, Dec. 6, 2020

➢ The orthodox worship music / ➢ Η μουσική της ορθόδοξης λατρείας—

Was presented by Richard Barrett, Dec. 13, 2020

➢ Reconciliation and Unity / ➢ Συμφιλίωση και Ενότητα—

Was presented by Narge Sparages, Dec. 20, 2020

➢ Finance in the Church / ➢ Οικονομικά στην Εκκλησία—

Was presented by Bill Galatis, On Sunday, Jan. 03, 2021

➢ Communion / ➢ Κοινωνία—Fr.

➢ Repentance / ➢ Μετάνοια—Fr.

➢ Confession / ➢ Εξομολόγηση—Fr.

➢ Forgiveness of sins / ➢ Συγχώρεση αμαρτιών—Fr.

➢ Forgiveness of the others / ➢ Συγχώρεση των άλλων—Fr.

➢ Loving enemies / ➢ Αγαπώντας τους εχθρούς—Fr.

➢ 40-day blessing / ➢ Ευλογία 40 ημερών—Fr.

➢ Blessing houses and other material things / ➢ Ευλογία σπιτιών και άλλων υλικών— Fr.

➢ Trust in God vs. believing in God / ➢ Εμπιστοσύνη στον Θεό έναντι πίστης στον Θεό—Fr.

➢ Introduction to the Bible / ➢ Εισαγωγή στη Βίβλο—Fr.

➢ Introduction to Baptism and it’s parts / ➢ Εισαγωγή στο βάπτισμα και τα μέρη της—Fr.

➢ What is a holy Icon / ➢ Τι είναι μια Iερή Eικόνα - Fr.

➢ The meaning of blood sacrifice in the Old and New Testament / ➢ Η έννοια της θυσίας αίματος στην Παλαιά και την Καινή Διαθήκη—Fr.

➢ Different parts of the Church building / ➢ Διαφορετικά τμήματα του κτηρίου της Εκκλησίας—Fr.

Wisdom of the Fathers

For as persons not even knowing where to put a step forward, so they sat, overtaken by the darkness.

St. John Chrysostom

Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century

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