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Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2021-09-26
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Holy Trinity Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (724) 266-5336
  • Fax:
  • (724) 266-2220
  • Street Address:

  • 2930 Beaver Road

  • Ambridge, PA 15003
  • Mailing Address:

  • 2930 Beaver Road

  • Ambridge, PA 15003


Contact Information




Services Schedule

Sundays: 8:30am Orthros, 9:30 am Divine Liturgy

Weekdays: 9am Orthros & Liturgy


Past Bulletins


Worship

Worship

Join us for in-person Church. 

 

A change will be coming to our live-stream of our regularly scheduled services, hopefully it will not cause an issue.  Please check via our public facebook page at www.facebook.com/HTAmbridge at the times listed below.   

 

Upcoming Services:

Sunday Hours - 8:30am Orthros, 9:30am Divine Liturgy




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Church News

Philoptochos Board & Officers Elected:

We congratulate and thank the following ladies for their leadership in our Philoptochos Chapter, as voted at the meeting this past week and awaiting ratification:

President - Paula Yakoumas

Vice-President - Jaimie Economos

Secretary - Joanne Cottage

Treasurer - Paulette Wilson

Advisor - Kathy Stern

Additional Board members - Elizabeth Gensante, Argie Neforos, and Harriet Sickles

 

FR. ANASTASIOS VACATION & RETREAT: Fr. Anastasios will be away from the parish from the night of October 3rd through October 16th to have a family vacation and to attend the National Clergy Retreat.  Fr. John Chakos will be substituting on October 10th for Orthros & Liturgy and for emergencies, please contact Fr. Michael Kochis of St. Vladimir in Ambridge at 412-992-0320.

 

OFFICE POSITION(S): Please contact Fr. Anastasios in writing/email (asathanasiou@gmail.com) if you would like to apply to help work in the Church Office.  We are looking for part-time work or a team of part-time workers to help accomplish the work of the Church Office either on a temporary basis or longer with the following job description:

We have a unique and exciting opportunity for the right person/people to join us and grow with our vibrant church family. We are looking for energetic, self-starting individuals who exemplify a strong work ethic.  We are looking for flexible personnel with the ability to work with minimal supervision and well as collaborate with others. The position will report to the Presiding Priest and Parish Council President. Total work hours will be approximately 20 hours per week or 20 hours split between multiple chosen candidates.

Scope of Duties & Responsibilities

  • Experience with office technology, in particular, the Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Coordinate and work with Fr. Anastasios, other parish personnel, parish council members, ministry leaders, and parish volunteers.
  • Responsible to help with parish communications, including but not limited to our Voice newsletter, weekly bulletin, and maintaining digital parishioner database.  Any experience in PDS Church Office database software would be a plus, but not required.  Basic training can be provided by Fr. Anastasios and ongoing training may be available through the software provider.
  • Help coordinate and manage events.
  • Responsible for bulk mailings, mail processing, answering phones, church correspondence, and parish records.
  • Work with Fr. Anastasios and Parish Council to maintain and manage parish master calendar and coordinate ministry schedule.
  • Have strong interpersonal skills.  Receive visitors to the office and respond to their needs in a welcoming and comforting manner, to help express the ethos of the Church.
  • Ability to adapt and a willingness to learn new skills.
  • Potential to serve as a backup for the Office Bookkeeper if needed. Knowledge of QuickBooks would be helpful.
  • Create, maintain, and document parish office practices and procedures.
  • Ability to help support and update our website platform would be a plus.
  • At all times must maintain appropriate confidentiality in all church matters.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical skills.  Exceptional interpersonal, communication (written and verbal), organizational, and administrative skills. Self-starter with a strong work ethic. Social media savvy would be a plus. Flexible to assume duties as assigned and grow with our parish community.  Greek-speaking/writing is a plus, but not required.

 

GOYA MUM SALE - Pre-ordered mums are available for pickup in the hall today.  If you haven't paid already, please bring payment with you.  A few mums were not sold and are available for purchase today.  Thank you for all the support of this wonderful Youth Ministry.

 

2021 Stewardship Drive Is Coming to a Close: Part of being a member in good standing is having a pledge card submitted, please make sure you have a pledge card submitted for upcoming general assemblies and elections.  2022 Drive will start later this Fall.  We have 133 members in 2021 but we still have time to reach our goal of 200 Stewards!

 

UPCOMING MINISTRIES:

  • The only Catechism Class of 2021-22 year will be starting in October after Fr. Anastasios returns from vacation.  If you have any interest in becoming Orthodox or relearning the basics, please sign up for this class.
  • Look out for a Men's Ministry starting this fall as well. 

 

PRAYER CHAIN - Members of Holy Trinity are being brought together in efforts to pray for those in need of prayers.  Please contact Joanie Ondrako, Fr. Anastasios, or the Office to join the prayer team, a group of people who will pray for the names given each day.

Prayer requests can be submitted anonymously and will be on the prayer list as long as your request is wanted, even up to a year.  To request a prayer, click here.

 

ONLINE GIVING & STEWARDSHIPIs OPEN! Online giving can be found by clicking here!  Please consider your continued support of our church through becoming one of our online giving families.  You can make general contributions and stewardship contributions.

 

REGULAR GIVING: The church is still accepting donations in normal ways through the mail and drop off.  Thank you to all of those who have continued to contribute in these challenging times.

 

Live-Stream: If you don't have a Facebook account, don't worry! You can still access our services right on our website (HTGOC.ORG) or a larger video directly on Facebook, learn more by watching the following video: https://youtu.be/QJPpkshi2d4

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Our Calendar

  • Next Two Weeks

    September 26 to October 11, 2021

    Sunday, September 26

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    Saturday, October 2

    9:00AM Viewing - Mary Bungas

    11:00AM Funeral - Mary Bungas

    11:30AM Icon Procession - Station Square

    3:30PM Wedding

    Sunday, October 3

    Acolyte Meeting

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    Monday, October 4

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Tuesday, October 5

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Wednesday, October 6

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Thursday, October 7

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Friday, October 8

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Saturday, October 9

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Sunday, October 10

    1yr Memorial - Goldie Anderson

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

    Fr. John Chakos Substituting

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    1:00PM GOYA Bowling at Fair Oaks Lanes

    Monday, October 11

    Fr. Anastasios Vacation

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal 1st Mode

Let us worship the Word who is unoriginate * with the Father and the Spirit, and from a Virgin was born * for our salvation, O believers, and let us sing His praise. * For in His goodness He was pleased * to ascend the Cross in the flesh, and to undergo death, * and to raise up those who had died, * by His glorious Resurrection.
Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν, ὅτι ηὐδόκησε σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ Ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.

Apolytikion for Translation of John the Theologian in the 2nd Mode

O Apostle, the beloved of Christ God, hasten to deliver us, a people that has no excuse. He accepts you supplicating Him, for He condescended at the Supper to let you lean on Him. Entreat Him, O Theologian, that He scatter the persistent cloud of hostile nations, and pray for us, for peace and great mercy.
Ἀπόστολε Χριστῷ τῶ Θεῷ ἠγαπηπημένε, ἐπιτάχυνον, ῥύσαι λαὸν ἀναπολόγητον, δέχεταί σε προσπίπτοντα, ὁ ἐπιπεσόντα τῶ στήθει καταδεξάμενος, ὃν ἱκέτευε, Θεολόγε, καὶ ἐπίμονον νέφος ἐθνῶν διασκεδάσαι, αἰτούμενος ἡμῖν εἰρήνην, καὶ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Seasonal Kontakion in the 2nd Mode

A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, please reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you.
Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal 4th Mode. Psalm 18.4,1.
Their voice has gone out into all the earth.
Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God.

The reading is from St. John's First Universal Letter 4:12-19.

No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because he first loved us.

Προκείμενον. Plagal 4th Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 18.4,1.
Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτῶν.
Στίχ. Οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν Θεοῦ.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Ἰωάννου α' 4:12-19.

θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐστιν ἐν ἡμῖν. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν. Καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν υἱὸν σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου. Ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ θεῷ. Καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐγνώκαμεν καὶ πεπιστεύκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν. Ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν, καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, ἐν τῷ θεῷ μένει, καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει. Ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη μεθʼ ἡμῶν, ἵνα παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως, ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ. Φόβος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, ἀλλʼ ἡ τελεία ἀγάπη ἔξω βάλλει τὸν φόβον, ὅτι ὁ φόβος κόλασιν ἔχει· ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ. Ἡμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς.


Gospel Reading

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
The Reading is from John 19:25-27; 21:24-25

At that time, standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 19:25-27, 21:24-25

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἱστήκεισαν δὲ παρὰ τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἀδελφὴ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ, Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καὶ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή. ᾿Ιησοῦς οὖν ἰδὼν τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὸν μαθητὴν παρεστῶτα ὃν ἠγάπα, λέγει τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· γύναι, ἴδε ὁ υἱός σου. εἶτα λέγει τῷ μαθητῇ· ἰδοὺ ἡ μήτηρ σου. καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἐκείνης τῆς ὥρας ἔλαβεν ὁ μαθητὴς αὐτὴν εἰς τὰ ἴδια. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ μαθητὴς ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ τούτων καὶ γράψας ταῦτα, καὶ οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία αὐτοῦ. ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, ἅτινα ἐὰν γράφηται καθ᾽ ἕν, οὐδὲ αὐτὸν οἶμαι τὸν κόσμον χωρῆσαι τὰ γραφόμενα βιβλία. ἀμήν.


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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
September 26

Removal of the Honorable Head of Apostle Andrew the First-Called


Johntheo
September 26

The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian

This Apostle was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the beloved Disciple of Christ. Only he of all the Disciples followed Him even to the Cross, and was entrusted with the care of our Saviour's Mother, as it were another son to her, and a brother of Christ the Teacher. After this, he preached throughout Asia Minor, especially in Ephesus. When the second persecution against the Christians began in the year 96 during the reign of Domitian, he was taken in bonds to Rome, and there was cast into a vat filled to the brim with boiling oil. Coming forth therefrom unharmed, he was exiled to the island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Returning again to Ephesus after the death of the tyrant, he wrote his Gospel (after the other Evangelists had already written theirs) and his three Catholic Epistles. In all, he lived ninety-five years and fell asleep in the Lord during the reign of Trajan in the year 100. He was called Theologian because he loftily expounded in his Gospel the theology of the inexpressible and eternal birth of the Son and Word of God the Father. It is for this cause that an eagle-a symbol of the Holy Spirit, as Saint Irenaeus says-is depicted in his icon, for this was one of the four symbolic living creatures that the Prophet Ezekiel saw (Ezek. 1:10).


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Wisdom of the Fathers

The sign that thou lovest God, is this, that thou lovest thy fellow; and if thou hatest thy fellow, thy hatred is towards God. For it is blasphemy if thou prayest before God while thou art wroth. For thy heart also convicts thee, that in vain thou multipliest words: thy conscience rightly judges that in thy prayers thou profitest nought.
St. Ephraim the Syrian
ON ADMONITION AND REPENTANCE.

'God is love', and he who seeks to establish its bounds is like a blind man attempting to count the grains of sand in the deeps of the sea. In quality, love is the likeness of God, as far as this is possible to mortals; in action, it is intoxication of the soul; in its properties, it is the source of faith, the abyss of long-suffering, the sea of humility. Love is real renunciation of every contrary thought, for it 'thinketh no evil' (I Cor. 13:5). Love, passionlessness and sonship differ only in name. As light, fire and flame are combined in one single action, so it is with these three.
Monks Callistus and Ignatius
Directions to Hesychasts no. 90, Writings from the Philokalia on Prayer of the Heart; Faber and Faber pg. 257

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros Offers Agiasmo at Greek-American Institute

09/17/2021

Archbishop Elpidophoros offers Agiasmo for the Greek-American Institue of Zoodohos Peghe Church in the Bronx for the beginning of the school year.

Communique of the Holy Eparchial Synod

09/17/2021

On Thursday, September 16, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened a regular meeting of the Holy Eparchial Synod via video conference, in order to deliberate on significant matters that affect the Archdiocese of America.

“How-to” Green Your Parish, Episode 22: Greening your Parish – Getting Started

09/16/2021

The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation care and sustainability in your parish and home.

Fr. Nicholas Triantafilou Elevated to Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne

09/16/2021

On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, Rev. Protopresbyter Nicholas Triantafilou was elevated to Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne by the recommendation of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and with the blessing of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Exceeds One Million Dollars Donated for Greece Fires Relief

09/15/2021

In just one month’s time, the faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America have responded to the call of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, raising over 1 million dollars in order to provide support to those who have been impacted by the devastating fires in Greece this summer.

Center for Family Care Webinar

09/14/2021

https://bit.ly/freedom-from-fear

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Receives Dn. George Hazlaris

09/13/2021

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received at the Archdiocese the newly ordained Rev. Dn. George Hazlaris to receive a blessing following his ordination and assignment to the Greek Orthodox Church of our Saviour in Rye, NY.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Meets with Newly Appointed Consul of the Hellenic Republic to New York

09/13/2021

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received the newly appointed Consul of the Hellenic Republic to New York, Dimitrios Papageorgiou, along with the Consul General, Dr. Konstantinos Koutras.

Faith Matters Newsletter - September/October 2021

09/13/2021

Dear Friends, As we shift together from summer to fall, we welcome a new season of growth for the Department. We are pleased to introduce both Niki Devaris Morgulis, our new Coordinator of Programs & Special Assistant to the Director, and Ana Eveleigh, our new intern. Please be confident in our prayers for your health and safety in a continuously difficult year.

Bishop Athenagoras Ordains Deacon George Hazlaris

09/13/2021

On September 11, 2021, George Hazlaris was ordained to the Holy Diaconate by His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos at the Greek Orthodox Church of Our Savior in Rye, NY. AXIOS!!!

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets With New Consul General of Cyprus in NY

09/13/2021

On September 10, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received Mr. Michalis Firillas, the new Consul General of Cyprus in New York.

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Meets with AHEPA Supreme President

09/17/2021

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets with New AHEPA Supreme President Mr. Jimmy Kokotas and the Executive Director of AHEPA Mr. Basil Mossaidis at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York City.

Holy Trinity Church in New Rochelle Holds Festival

09/24/2021

There was no need to travel all the way to the Aegean this past weekend to experience Greek hospitality, culture, and food. Locals only had to attend the long-awaited return of the annual Greek Festival hosted by the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of New Rochelle.

“Faith in Freedom” Video Series: Episode 7 featuring Homi D Gandhi

09/24/2021

In honor of the 200th year anniversary of Greek independence, the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations, will release a video the 25th of each month as part of the “Faith in Freedom” series. This series features the voices of various religious leaders speaking about the meaning of freedom in their faith tradition.

“How-to” Green Your Parish, Episode 23: Greening your Parish – Creating a Parish Guide

09/24/2021

This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Franchescha Duval “Greening your Parish – Creating a Parish Guide”:

Teaching Children About 1821 Using New Technologies: “Learning, Creating and playing in the digital world"

09/21/2021

The Department of Greek Education will be offering a webinar Saturday September 25, 2021 1:00 pm EST. The webinar is presented by, The Museum of School Life and Education (Μουσείο Σχολικής Ζωής και Εκπαίδευσης)

District Greek Language Programs Receive New Tech Devices and Software from the Office of Greek Education

09/21/2021

The Office of Greek Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with the generosity of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, was able to purchase Chromebooks, projectors, and Interactive Panels for the District Language programs.
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