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Publish Date: 2019-08-25
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Holy Trinity Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (207) 783-6795
  • Fax:
  • (207) 783-6795
  • Street Address:

  • 155 Hogan Rd.

  • Lewiston, ME 04240
  • Mailing Address:

  • PO Box 1344

  • Lewiston, ME 04243-1344


Contact Information





Services Schedule

Sunday Services

Orthros 9:00 AM

Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM

Weekday Services

       please check Parish Calendar for scheduled Holy Day Services

 

 

 


Past Bulletins


Holy Trinity News

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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Titus the Apostle of the 70

Τίτος εκ των 70

Orthos 9:00AM followed by the Divine Liturgy 10:00AM

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Announcements for Week of August 25:

Commemorated today:  

Souvlaki making after coffee hour

Thursday, August 29:  8:00 AM Pastry making at Bates College | 9:30 continuing at Holy Trinity

Tuesday, August 27:  Feast of St. Phanourios Orthos 9:00AM | Divine Liturgy 10:00!M

Thursday, August 29:  Beheading of St. John the Baptist 9:00AM | Divine Liturgy 10:00AM

Holy Days this Week:

  • Monday, August 26:  Sts. Adrianos and Natalia
  • Tuesday, August 27:  The Great Martyr Phanourios
  • Wednesday, August 28:  Moses the Ethiopian
  • Thursday, August 29:  Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  • Friday, August 30:  Sts. Alexander, John, & Paul Patriarchs of Constantinople
  • Saturday, August 31:  Placing Sash of Most Holy Theotokos

Upcoming Events & Services:

Sunday, September 1:  Ecclesiastical New Year & Indiction

September 5, 6, & 7:  Lewiston-Auburn Greek Festival

Saturday, September 7:  Great Vespers with Artoklasia for the Nativity of the Theotokos

Sunday, September 8:  The Nativity of the Theotokos

Saturday, September 13:  Great Vespers with Artoklasia for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

 

Stewardship & Donations can now be made online.  The link for secure payments is on our web pageHoly Trinity Greek Orthodox Church  or by clicking here support Holy Trinity

 

Please consider sponsoring the coffee hours.  Click on the link to sign up Holy Trinity Fellowship/Memorial Sign-up Sheet  This link will bring you to the sign up page.  Please allow about 5 minutes for your changes to be saved and viewed on the view page.

 

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Stewardship 2019

    2019 Stewardship Form

    2019 Stewardship Form

    It takes approximately $3000 per week to operate our church. Stewardship is the primary means where the church supports itself and continues it's ministries. Completed Stewardship Form may be emailed to holytrinitymaine@gmail.com


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Message from Fr. Jon

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Pastoral Message

08/03/2019

Dear Faithful,

Please see the message below from His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston.

Love always,

Fr. Jon

 
To the Reverend Clergy and Faithful Stewards of the Metropolis of Boston
 
Our Nation mourns once again at the tragic loss of 34 people and dozens more seriously injured by 3 gunman in the bloody rampages this past weekend in El Paso, Texas (22 Dead, 24 Injured); Dayton, Ohio (9 Dead, dozens Injured); and last week at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California (3 Dead, 11 Injured). 
 

I have attached a sermon on this grave tragedy given by Fr. Luke Veronis this past Sunday morning.  Please share this sermon with your family and friends.

 

We embrace the family, friends and neighbors of these innocent victims in prayer and love during the painful hours and days that follow these senseless acts of violence.  As we struggle to comfort those around us, and answer the many questions that this tragedy will spark with our children, we attach a short article from the National Association of School Psychologists which offers tips to parents on "Talking To Children About Violence". 

 

I ask that all of our Churches offer memorial prayers this coming Sunday, August 11, for those who tragically lost their lives.  May the Lord rest their souls in His Heavenly Kingdom where there is no pain, no sorrow and no suffering, but life everlasting.  May their memory be eternal!

 

Let us also pray for comfort, strength, and peace for the parents, families and friends of the victims.  

Let us pray, especially during the Paraklesis Services during this holy period, for the healing of all those who were injured.  

 

With Archpastoral Love,

 

+ Metropolitan Methodios

 


Catechism Class - Summer Schedule 2019

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Catechism Class – Summer Schedule 2019

Prerequisites: Love for God and a desire to learn

Provided: An Orthodox Study Bible (Note: You can purchase one at cost ($27) while they last.)

Day & Time: Mondays at 6:30-7:30pm

 

Dates and Themes

June 24 – What is Orthodoxy and the Orthodox Study Bible?

July 1 – The Nativity of Jesus

July 8 - The Baptism of Jesus the Christ

July 15 – No class.  (Summer Camp in New Hampshire.)

July 22 – You are chosen!

July 29 – The ministry of Christ Jesus and our ministry

August 5 – Great Vespers for Transfiguration – join us!

August 12 – Teachings of Jesus, can we apply these?

August 19 – Miracles, how and why do they happen?

August 26 – Who do you Love?  agape, philos, eros

September 2 – No Class.  (Labor Day)

September 9 – No Class (A moment to breathe after the festival.)

September 16 – No class

September 23 – Orthodoxy in its fullness!

Fall Schedule to be announced.


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Other News

Lewiston-Auburn Greek Festival 2019

Aaron and Melissa Landry will be the chairs.  Feel free to call with questions or concerns at (207) 576-5925 or email melissa.simones@gmail.com or skyhuntergsp@live.com

https://lagreekfestival.com/

Festival Video

  • If you have not already signed up to volunteer, please consider doing so by either writing your name on the bulletin board list or contacting Christine Sirois at (207) 576-4914 or csipswich@gmail.com .  If you are not able to volunteer, please consider helping by underwriting some of the costs associated from the festival.  There is a list of items located in the church hall. 
  • Pastry making will commence at Bates College at 8 am and continue at church at 9:30 am on Thursday, August 29th.
  • The cupping of pastry will take place, Sunday September 1st after the Memorial Dinner.
  • We need volunteers to put up signs

2019 Coffee Hour Sponsors

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FELLOWSHIP SPONSOR

MEMORIAL

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August 25

 

 

 

September 1

 Karagiannis Family

Christos Karagiannis 40 Day Memorial

 

September 8

 

 No Memorial

 

September 15

 

 

 

September 22

 

 

 

September 29

 

 

 

October 6

 

 

 

October 13

 

 

 

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October 27

 

 

 

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November 24

 

 

 

December 1

 

 

 

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Please sign up to sponsor the coffee hour Holy Trinity Fellowship Sign-up Sheet


2019 Parish Council

John Carson, President

Stella Gamatoni

Melissa Landry, Vice President

John Kroeger

Peter Vayanos Secretary

 

Mike Pelletier, Treasurer

 

Dina Medouris

Roger Park

John Kesaris

Jaye Goulet

Peter Mars

 

 


Paideia of Maine Competitive Scholarships

 

Paideia of Maine

Invites you to compete for 

Competitive Scholarships

Paideia of Maine is sponsoring two academic scholarships through an Essay contest and an athletic scholarship through a Sportspersonship Achievement contest.

Each scholarship has a $500 value.

The Essay contest will have two separate essay topics. One for a junior age group of 12-15 year-old contestants and a senior age group of 16-24 year-old contestants.

Entries for any of the contests are accepted only through regular mail, post-marked no later than August 30th ,2019

Details and the governing rules for both contests are going to be available to all those that will express interest by emailing at the following address: cv-dds@otenet.gr

The winners will be notified of their accomplishment by October 1st , 2019

ΚΑΛΗ ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ ΣΕ ΟΛΟΥΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ

GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONTESTANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paideia of Maine

 

 Is a non- profit organization dedicated to promoting Hellenism; including but not limited to Greek language, culture, education, and religion.  It is also committed to assisting anyone, individual or organized group, with research and guidance related to the foregoing.

 
 

 

 

 


2020 Parish Ecclesiastical Calendars Offered - Online Ordering Now Available

08/23/2019

Orders are now being taken for the 2020 Parish Ecclesiastical Calendars, an annual resource published by the Department of Communications of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The Calendar features full-color icons, the names of Saints in Greek and English, a fasting guide, and daily Scripture readings and commemorations following the liturgical protocol of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

The stone that had been sealed before Your tomb by the Jews and the soldiers guarding did watch over Your pure and sacred body. O Savior the third day You arose, and unto all the world did You give life. Where by all the heavenly powers did proclaim that You are the giver of life. Glory unto our resurrected Christ. Glory unto Your Kingdom. Glory to Your dispensation O You alone who loves all.
Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα· Δόξα τῇ ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ Βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.

Apolytikion for Apostle Bartholomew in the Third Mode

O Holy Apostles, intercede with the merciful God that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.
Απόστολοι Άγιοι, πρεσβεύσατε τώ ελεήμονι Θεώ ίνα πταισμάτων άφεσιν, παράσχη ταίς ψυχάς ημών.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life."
Ιωακείμ καί Άννα όνειδισμού ατεκνίας, καί Αδάμ καί Εύα, εκ τής φθοράς τού θανάτου, ηλευθερώθησαν, Άχραντε, εν τή αγία γεννήσει σου, αυτήν εορτάζει καί ο λαός σου, ενοχής τών πταισμάτων, λυτρωθείς εν τώ κράζειν σοι, Η στείρα τίκτει τήν Θεοτόκον, καί τροφόν τής ζωής ημών.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Tenth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 21:1-14

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐφανέρωσεν ἑαυτὸν πάλιν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Τιβεριάδος· ἐφανέρωσε δὲ οὕτως. ἦσαν ὁμοῦ Σίμων Πέτρος, καὶ Θωμᾶς ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος, καὶ Ναθαναὴλ ὁ ἀπὸ Κανᾶ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οἱ τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου, καὶ ἄλλοι ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ δύο. λέγει αὐτοῖς Σίμων Πέτρος· ὑπάγω ἁλιεύειν. λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· ἐρχόμεθα καὶ ἡμεῖς σὺν σοί. ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἐνέβησαν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον εὐθύς, καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ νυκτὶ ἐπίασαν οὐδέν. πρωΐας δὲ ἤδη γενομένης ἔστη ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἰς τὸν αἰγιαλόν· οὐ μέντοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὅτι ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐστι. λέγει οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· παιδία, μή τι προσφάγιον ἔχετε; ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ· οὔ. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· βάλετε εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ μέρη τοῦ πλοίου τὸ δίκτυον, καὶ εὑρήσετε. ἔβαλον οὖν, καὶ οὐκέτι αὐτὸ ἑλκύσαι ἴσχυσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους τῶν ἰχθύων. λέγει οὖν ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος, ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, τῷ Πέτρῳ· ὁ Κύριός ἐστι. Σίμων οὖν Πέτρος ἀκούσας ὅτι ὁ Κύριός ἐστι, τὸν ἐπενδύτην διεζώσατο· ἦν γὰρ γυμνός· καὶ ἔβαλεν ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι μαθηταὶ τῷ πλοιαρίῳ ἦλθον· οὐ γὰρ ἦσαν μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων, σύροντες τὸ δίκτυον τῶν ἰχθύων. ὡς οὖν ἀπέβησαν εἰς τὴν γῆν, βλέπουσιν ἀνθρακιὰν κειμένην καὶ ὀψάριον ἐπικείμενον καὶ ἄρτον. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· ἐνέγκατε ἀπὸ τῶν ὀψαρίων ὧν ἐπιάσατε νῦν. ἀνέβη Σίμων Πέτρος καὶ εἵλκυσε τὸ δίκτυον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μεστὸν ἰχθύων μεγάλων ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα τριῶν· καὶ τοσούτων ὄντων οὐκ ἐσχίσθη τὸ δίκτυον. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· δεῦτε ἀριστήσατε. οὐδεὶς δὲ ἐτόλμα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐξετάσαι αὐτὸν σὺ τίς εἶ, εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ Κύριός ἐστιν. ἔρχεται οὖν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ λαμβάνει τὸν ἄρτον καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ ὀψάριον ὁμοίως. Τοῦτο ἤδη τρίτον ἐφανερώθη ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν.

Tenth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 21:1-14

At that time, being raised from the dead, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.


Epistle Reading

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

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 4:9-16.

Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους· ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἀνθρώποις. Ἡμεῖς μωροὶ διὰ Χριστόν, ὑμεῖς δὲ φρόνιμοι ἐν Χριστῷ· ἡμεῖς ἀσθενεῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰσχυροί· ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄτιμοι. Ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν, καὶ διψῶμεν, καὶ γυμνητεύομεν, καὶ κολαφιζόμεθα, καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν, καὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν· διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα· βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι. Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλʼ ὡς τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ νουθετῶ. Ἐὰν γὰρ μυρίους παιδαγωγοὺς ἔχητε ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀλλʼ οὐ πολλοὺς πατέρας· ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα. Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.

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 First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16.

Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.


Gospel Reading

10th Sunday of Matthew
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 17:14-23

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν ὄχλον προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος γονυπετῶν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· Κύριε, ἐλέησόν μου τὸν υἱόν, ὅτι σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς πάσχει· πολλάκις γὰρ πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ καὶ πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ. καὶ προσήνεγκα αὐτὸν τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν αὐτὸν θεραπεῦσαι. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη! ἕως πότε ἔσομαι μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετέ μοι αὐτὸν ὧδε. καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ ἐθεραπεύθη ὁ παῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης. Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ κατ᾿ ἰδίαν εἶπον· διατί ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό; ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· διὰ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὑμῶν. ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, μετάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ ἐκπορεύεται εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. ᾿Αναστρεφομένων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μέλλει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται. καὶ ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα.

10th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 17:14-23

At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day."


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Holy Trinity Calendar

  • Holy Trinity Calendar

    August 25 to September 8, 2019

    Sunday, August 25

    9:00AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Monday, August 26

    6:30PM Catechism -

    Tuesday, August 27

    St. Phanourios the Great Martyr

    9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy

    Thursday, August 29

    Beheading of St. John the Forerunner

    9:00AM Orthros/Divine Liturgy

    Sunday, September 1

    6:00AM Ecclesiastical New Year

    9:00AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Memorial

    Friday, September 6

    10:00AM Blessing of Waters

    Saturday, September 7

    6:00PM Great Vespers - Nativity of the Theotokos

    Sunday, September 8

    Nativity of the Theotokos

    9:00AM Orthros

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

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Saints and Feasts

Healdemonicboy
August 25

10th Sunday of Matthew


Philbartbarnabas
August 25

Return of the Body of Bartholomew the Glorious Apostle

Concerning the Apostle Bartholomew, see June 11


Allsaint
August 25

Titus the Apostle of the 70

Saint Titus was a Greek by race, and an idolater. But having believed in Christ through the Apostle Paul, he became Paul's disciple and follower and labored with him greatly in the preaching of the Gospel. When Paul ordained him Bishop of Crete, he later wrote to him the Epistle which bears his name. Having shepherded in an apostolic manner the flock that had been entrusted to him, and being full of days, he reposed in peace, some ninety-four years of age.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

Yet if his unbelief was the cause ... why does He blame the disciples? Signifying, that even without persons to bring the sick in faith, they might in many instances work a cure.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 57 on Matthew 17, 4th Century

For as the faith of the person presenting oftentimes availed for receiving the cure, even from inferior ministers; so the power of the doers oftentimes sufficed, even without belief in those who came to work the miracle.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 57 on Matthew 17, 4th Century

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