Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

The stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, * and a guard of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. * You rose on the third day, O Lord * and Savior, granting life unto the world. * For this reason were the powers of heaven crying out to You, O Life-giver: * Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ; * glory to Your eternal rule; * glory to Your dispensation, only One who loves mankind.

Apolytikion for Forefeast of the Transfiguration in the Fourth Mode

Let us, O believers, come forth and welcome the Transfiguration of Christ, joyfully celebrating the Preparation of the Feast and declaring aloud, Verily, the day of divine rejoicing hath arrived and shed forth the radiance of his Godhead.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Blessed are You, O Christ our God; you made the fishermen all-wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them you drew the world into your net. O Lover of mankind, glory to You.

Eυλογητός εί, Χριστέ ο Θεός υμών, ο πανσόφους τούς αλιείς αναδείξας, καταπέμψας αύτοις το Πνεύμα το Άγιον, καί δι αυτών την οικουμένην σαγηνεύσας, Φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοι!

Evloyitós i, Hristé o Theós imón; o pansófous tous aliís anadhíxas, katapémpsas aftís to pnévma to áyion, ke dhi aftón tin ikouménin sayinéfsas, Filánthrope, dhóxa si.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

Today doth the whole of human nature glitter in the divine Transfiguration, in a divine manner, shouting with joy, Christ is transfigured, Savior of all.

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Resurrectional Apolytikion in First Tone © Fr. Seraphim Dedes

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Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone © Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

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 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
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."

Weekly Calendar

Holy Trinity Calendar

August 5 to August 12, 2018

Sunday, August 5

8:50AM Matins

10:00AM Divine Liturgy w/ 2nd Tray for Attica Fires Relief Fund

2:00PM Baptism

Monday, August 6

Transfiguration

8:00AM Matins

9:00AM Divine Liturgy

10:00AM Blessing of Grapes

6:00PM Paraklesis

Tuesday, August 7

9:00AM Bible Study

Wednesday, August 8

6:00PM Paraklesis

6:45PM Bible Study

6:45PM Choir Practice

Friday, August 10

6:00PM Paraklesis

Saturday, August 11

8:00AM St. Sampson Clinic

Sunday, August 12

8:50AM Matins

10:00AM Divine Liturgy

Announcements

Parish Council Members on Duty: George Plaster, Bill Phillips, Tim Weeks and James Embrey

Today, August 5^th, we will be passing another special tray to benefit the victims of the tragic fires in Greece through the Attica Fires Relief Fund. Checks should be made out to Holy Trinity with “Fires Relief Fund” in the memo line. Let’s join together to do what we can to offer our support for our brothers and sisters in Greece during this time of crisis!

Choir Practice will resume this coming week on Wednesday, August 8^th at 6:45 pm after Paraklesis.

Festival baking is now complete and the Festival Committee would like to extend a huge thank you to all the individuals who came and helped over the past few months. There will be more opportunities to help as the festival approaches. Please stay tuned for forthcoming information and dates!

SAVE THE DATE!!! Mark your calendars for the 31^st Annual Greek Festival on September 7^th, 8^th, and 9^th, 2018! We are going to need lots of volunteers before, during and after the festival. Sign-up sheets will be coming soon! Please consider giving of your time and talent to help us make this 31^st anniversary of the festival the best one yet!

Advertise your business to thousands of potential customers by placing an advertisement in our Festival program or becoming a sponsor for our Festival! Our 31^st annual Greek Festival will be celebrated on September 7^th – 9^th and is now open to businesses for advertising and corporate sponsorship. Contact the Church office at 615-333-1047 for further details and information on the various options and multiple platforms available to promote your business to the masses.

Ta Pethia (the children) dancers will have Greek dance practice after Church starting today, August 5^th in the Sunday school building with Ms. Athena Phillips and Ms. Desirae Phillips. The practice will last for thirty minutes. Ta Pethia dancers are current first, second, third, and fourth graders. The Ta Pethia dance group will have dance practice on 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, and 9/2 for the 2018 Greek festival. We will also have one dress rehearsal practice on 9/5 at 6:15 under the tent. If you have any questions, please contact Athena at phillips.athena@gmail.com.

5^th – 8^th graders will begin dance practice after Church starting today, August 5^th with Ms. Nickolette Kennedy. If you have a child in 5th - 8th grade who is interested in Greek dancing, please email Nickolette at kennedydn@gmail.com. Practice will start immediately after church and will last approximately 1 hour.

The high-school dancers, Palamakia, will also begin dancing this Sunday with Anna Maria Miller. If you have a child in 9^th -12^th grade that is interested in Greek dancing this year, please contact Anna Maria at amamiller@bellsouth.net.

Philoptochos has soft white wheatberry (for use in making kollyva) for sale. The bags are 2 lbs and are for sale for $3.00. Anyone interested, please see Alexandra Pappas.

If you would like to host a coffee hour, please contact the Church office at (615) 333-1047.

Parish Prayer List

Anatoliy (Tony); Bettye Faye Dykes; Kathy McClintock; Dimitri; Mike & Rosemarie Ragan; Judson Phillips; Joel Rivera; Andy & Anna Sweeney; Malcolm; Evan Parhas; Alyssa; Keith Singley; Evie; Ann; David Ward; Bill (Vasilios) Katsaitis; Fr. George Vaporis; Eleni Taylor; Isabella Marie Fuller; Bryan; Jeff; Gary; Dorothy Nicklas; Mary Beth; Karen Ingraham; Mick Elias Kuttab; Byron Dwight Wallace; Fred Preuss; Michael; Anna; Nicholas; Patrick; Elli; Eleni; Rhea & Juan Carlos; Lazarus; Subdeacon Victor & Robin Poletajev; Rod Caulkins; Christos Tsiodras; Felix Herring; James Vaughn; Marie; George Pierides; Kassiani; George S.; James Embrey, Sr.; Jana; Jim; Evangelia; Christoforos; Ekaterina; Jacob Sotiriadis; Paula; Twila

Saints and Feasts

August 05

Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch

This Martyr was from Antioch, and had been a soldier from the time of the reign of Constantius Chlorus (the father of Saint Constantine the Great) to that of Julian the Apostate. He censured Julian's ungodliness and reminded him that he was the nephew of Saint Constantine the Great, the first Christian Emperor. He reminded him further, that from his tender youth he had been nourished on the milk of piety and instructed in the Faith of Christ, had been a fellow student of Basil the Great and Gregory the Theologian, had been a reader of the Church of Nicomedia, and that he had set all these things at nought and become a transgressor of the promises made in his divine Baptism, and had offered to the idols the adoration that is due to God alone. Reminding the Apostate of all these things and reproving him, he was beheaded in the year 361, having lived altogether 110 years, and been a soldier for more than sixty.

August 05

10th Sunday of Matthew

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