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Third Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:9-20
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."
So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
Prokeimenon. 3rd Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10.
Brethren, working together with him, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
16th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 25:14-30
The Lord said this parable: "A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Saint Blaise was Bishop of Sebastia. Divine grace, through which he healed the diseases of men and beasts, and especially of infants, made his name famous. He contested for the Faith under Licinius in the year 316. Saint Blaise is invoked for the healing of throat ailments.
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Teams |
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Team A |
Team B |
Mateo Pesaros (Cpt) | Stavros Fekaris (Cpt) |
James Drake | Louis Foster |
Cristo Stilianos | Nikolas Greulich |
Stelios Stilianos | Stephen Mihos |
Panagiotis Stilianos | Nikolas Thanos |
Schedule |
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Team B |
2023 |
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SEP 17 | SEP 24 |
OCT 1, 15, 29 | OCT 8, 22 |
NOV 12, 26 | NOV 5, 19 |
DEC 10, 24* | DEC 3, 17, 31* |
2024 |
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JAN 7, 21 | JAN 14, 28 |
FEB 4, 18 | FEB 11, 25 |
MAR 3, 17, 31 | MAR 10, 24 |
APR 14, 28 | APR 7, 21 |
MAY 12, 26 | MAY 5*, 19 |
JUN 9, 23 | JUN 2, 16 |
* all teams can serve
OUR THANKS
To those who in lieu of flowers gave monetary
contributions to Holy Cross Church in memory of :
MARION GINOPOLIS
Angela Cosma
James Heos
M/M George Liadis
M/M Ed Power
Anastasia Spanos
M/M Evans Lucas
M/M Peter Angelas
JOHN IOANOU
M/M Anthony Barr
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Susan Armstrong
M/M James Heller
M/M Ed Power
The Kukunas Family
The Makricostas Family
M/M George Liadis
M/M Andrew Bittinger
M/M Gus Zervos
M/M Tom Casoglos
Elaine Ioanou
James Portman
M/M Doug Garber
M/M Steve Fekaris
Anna Zervos
M/M George Katsias
Patty Spanos
George Matheos
M/M Todd Barnaby
Anastasia Spanos
Bonnie Sitaras
Maria Faskianos
M/M Van Kyriakopoulos
Dr./M Marcus Zervos
Margarita Shukla
M/M Anthony Barr
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M/M Tom Casoglos
M/M Steve Fekaris
Penny Gehan
M/M Gonzales
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Julie Hiotaky
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M/M George Katsias
Denise Liberty
M/M Evans Lucas
The Voutsinas Family
Dr./M Marcus Zervos
M/M Todd Barnaby
M/M Michael Blough
Hountalas Family
M/M Ed Power
Anastasia Spanos
Aspacia Spanos
Bonnie Sitaras
M/M McDonald
The Theodore Family
M/M Dr. Angelo Zervos
M/M Peter Angelas
M/M Lou Chalogianis
M/M Bill Williams
M/M Doug Garber
The Holy Cross Philoptochos
Margarita Shukla
M/M Van Kyriakopoulos
Penny Gehan
M/M Anthony Barr
IRENE ZERVOS
Dr/M Marcus Zervos
M/M George Katsias
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