Sunday Summer Hours - from first Sunday after Memorial Day
Orthros 8:30 am
Divine L:iturgy 9:30 am
Sunday Winter Hours - from first Sunday after Labor Day
Orthros 9:00 am
Divine Liturgy 10:00 am
Blessed are You, O Christ our God; Who has shone forth the fishermen to be all wise, by sending upon them the Holy Spirit and through them, You gathered the whole world in Your net, O lover of Mankind, glory to You.
Prokeimenon. Grave Tone. Psalm 149.5,1.
The saints shall rejoice in glory.
Verse: Sing to the Lord a new song.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 4:6-15.
Brethren, it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
12th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 17:12-19
At that time, as Jesus entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then said Jesus: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."
Today we celebrate a 3-Year Memorial for the repose of the soul of Demetrios Papanikolaou, as well as Panagiota Papanikolaou, parents of Kathy Spiropoulos. May their memory be eternal.
Next Sunday we will celebrate the 1-Year Memorial for Irene Economos.
The 2018 Parish Council will be sworn in today following the Divine Liturgy. Immediately following, they will convene to elect officers. The new Parish Council is Dr. Alex Vasilakis, Theo Yakoumas, Angelo Pournaras, Alex Barlamas, Connie Barlamas, John Katras, Zach Economos, Louis Peronis, James Gregorakis, Raina Kanakis, Joanne Cottage, George Portoulas, John Neforos and Thaddeus Skeriotis. Thank you for your commitment to leadership!
Today the children celebrate Jesus' Birthday with cake! We’ll talk about the Epiphany icon and there are other activities too! Come and celebrate!
All ministry advisors are required to attend the Organizational Meeting this Thursday evening at 7pm, January 25, to set the Calendar of Activities. Advisors must be prepared to present their group’s activities.
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is a vibrant Pan-Orthodox ministry which is BIG all around the globe. We need someone here at Holy Trinity who will coordinate our involvement with this ministry. For example, coming up on Saturday, February 3, all Orthodox Youth Groups are asked to participate in a Health-Kit Assembly Project at Holy Cross in Mt. Lebanon. Cash donations are needed to buy supplies in bulk. Please donate at the Donut Table at Coffee Hour. Anyone interested in being our ministry head here at Holy Trinity please talk to Fr. Emmanuel.
House Blessings will hopefully continue this week. Presbytera will call you with an approximate day and time. Please do not feed the priest!
Morning and Online Bible Study and Orthodoxy 101 will be suspended during the House Blessing Season.
Congratulations to our Goyans! Last weekend, they played in their first basketball tournament of the year as members of the Holy Saints Team. Our Juniors Boys came in second place, Our Junior Girls and Senior Boys receives consultation, and our Senior Girls will be playing for 3rd place in the upcoming weeks!
Don’t forget: -Our next tournament is next weekend, January 26-28.
-Our Goya Gyro Sale is Sunday, February 4
-Last basketball tournament for the year is the weekend of Feb. 9-11
There will be a general meeting for the Ladies Philoptochos next Sunday, January 28, during Coffee Hour. 2018 Stewardship of at least $25 are due by February first. Please give your money to Faith Dickinson.
On Sundays, January 28 and February 4, Sunday School will collect donations for IOCC's Souper Bowl of Caring, aimed to reduce hunger in the world. Add your donation to the Soup Cans at the Pangari! Thank you!
Sunday, February 4, is Super because it's Godparent Sunday! Tell your Nouno and Nouna to receive Communion with you, or your Godchild to receive with you! Then buy some gyros for lunch!!
Sunday, February 4, is Super Bowl Sunday and you know what that means!! The GOYAns will have GYROS for sale during Coffee Hour for your party needs! Be sure to put in your order and take them home after Church on the 4th!
ONGOING: St. Nicholas Stocking Collection for FOCUS West Central
Food Items for Center for Hope Pantry and FOCUS West Central
Collecting Aluminum Cans for FOCUS West Central
Thursday, January 25 - Divine Liturgy at 9am for St. Gregory the Theologian
Organizational Meeting at 7pm
Friday-Sunday, January 26-28 - GOYA Basketball Tournament
Sunday, January 28 - Start of the Triodion
Souper Bowl Sunday I
Philoptochos General Meeting during Coffee Hour
Sunday, February 4 - Godparent Sunday
Gyro Sale for Super Bowl
Souper Bowl Sunday II
Saturday, February 17 - Metropolis Priest-President-Treasurer Meeting in Monessen
This Saint, who was from Melitene in Armenia, was the son of pious parents named Paul and Dionysia. He was born about 377. Since his mother had been barren, he was named Euthymius-which means "good cheer" or "joy"-for this is what his parents experienced at his birth. He studied under Eutroius, the Bishop of Melitene, by whom he was ordained and entrusted with the care of the monasteries of Melitene. Then, after he had come to Palestine about the year 406, he became the leader of a multitude of monks. Through him, a great tribe of Arabs was turned to piety, when he healed the ailing son of their leader Aspebetos. Aspebetos was baptized with all his people; he took the Christian name of Peter, and was later consecrated Bishop for his tribe, being called "Bishop of the Tents." Saint Euthymius also fought against the Nestorians, Eutychians, and Manichaeans. When Eudocia, the widow of Saint Theodosius the Younger, had made her dwelling in Palestine, and had fallen into the heresy of the Monophysites which was championed in Palestine by a certain Theodosius, she sent envoys to Saint Symeon the Stylite in Syria (see Sept. 1), asking him his opinion of Eutyches and the Council of Chalcedon which had condemned him; Saint Symeon, praising the holiness and Orthodoxy of Saint Euthymius near whom she dwelt, sent her to him to be delivered from her error (the holy Empress Eudocia is commemorated Aug. 13). He became the divine oracle of the Church, or rather, "the vessel of divine utterance," as a certain historian writes. He was the instructor and elder of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified. Having lived for ninety-six years, he reposed in 473, on January 20.
The divine Maximus, who was from Constantinople, sprang from an illustrious family. He was a lover of wisdom and an eminent theologian. At first, he was the chief private secretary of the Emperor Heraclius and his grandson Constans. When the Monothelite heresy became predominant in the royal court, out of hatred for this error the Saint departed for the Monastery at Chrysopolis (Scutari), of which he later became the abbot. When Constans tried to constrain him either to accept the Monothelite teaching, or to stop speaking and writing against it - neither of which the Saint accepted to do - his tongue was uprooted and his right hand was cut off, and he was sent into exile where he reposed in 662. At the time only he and his few disciples were Orthodox in the East (See also August 13).
The Martyr Neophytos, who was from Nicea in Bithynia, was the son of pious parents, Theodore and Florence. Led by grace from his childhood, he took up his dwelling in a cave upon Mount Olympus at the age of nine and lived there in asceticism and prayer. At the age of fifteen, during the reign of Diocletian about the year 290, he presented himself to the local Governor named Decius. Roused to fury by his unexpected boldness, Decius had him scourged, then laid out on a bed of fire. When he had been preserved by grace through these torments, he gave him up to wild beasts. But since the Saint remained unharmed, a certain pagan fell on him with a sword and slew him.
The Apostle Timothy, who was from Lystra of Lycaonia, was born of a Greek (that is, pagan) father and a Jewish mother. His mother's name was Eunice, and his grandmother's name was Lois (II Tim. 1:5). He became the disciple of the Apostle Paul when the latter first preached there, and he followed St. Paul during the whole period of the Apostle's preaching. Afterwards, Timothy was consecrated by him as first Bishop of the church in Ephesus. Under the supervision of John the Evangelist, who governed all the churches in Asia, he completed his life as a martyr in the year 97. He was stoned to death by the heathens, because, as some surmise, he opposed the festival held in honor of Artemis (Diana). The Apostle Paul's First and Second Epistles to Timothy were written to him.
Saint Anastasius was a Persian by race, the son of a Magus, and a soldier in the Persian army in the days of Chosroes II, King of Persia, and Heraclius, Emperor of New Rome. The Saint's Persian name was Magundat.
When Chosroes captured Jerusalem in the year 614 and took the Precious Cross away captive, Magundat heard the report of the miracles that came to pass through the Cross of our salvation. Being of a prudent mind, perplexed that an instrument of torture should be so highly honored by the Christians, yet seized with longing to learn their Faith, he diligently sought out instruction in the whole divine dispensation of Christ: His Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection. When he learned what he sought to know, his soul was filled with wonder and joy. Withdrawing to the Holy City, he was baptized by Saint Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, and became a monk, receiving the new name of Anastasius.
As he read the lives of the Saints and the accounts of the holy Martyrs, his heart was kindled with love for them to such a degree that he prayed to be counted worthy of a martyr's end like unto theirs. Finally, unable to contain his longing, he left his monastery. Encountering certain Persian Magi at Caesarea, he rebuked them for their delusion. Since Palestine was still held in the captivity of the Persians, he was taken before the Persian ruler, questioned, beaten, and imprisoned. He was then taken with other captives to Persia, where, after many tortures, refusing to espouse again the error of his fathers, he was hanged up by one hand, strangled with a noose, and beheaded. The translation of his holy relics is celebrated on the 24th of this month.