General Information
- Phone:
- (919) 781-4548
- Fax:
- (919) 781-4568
- Email:
- htraleighfr@gmail.com
- Street Address:
- 5000 Lead Mine Road
- Raleigh, NC 27612
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Orthros/ Matins: Sunday: 8:30 a.m.
Liturgy: Sunday: 10:00 a.m. ; Weekday: Please see Parish Newsletter.
Vespers: See Parish Bulletin.
Bible Study: Please see Sunday Bulletin for details.
Other Parish Info: Book Club, please see Sunday Bulletin for details.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2019-03-03
- Publish Date:
- 2019-02-24
- Publish Date:
- 2019-02-17
- Publish Date:
- 2019-02-10
- Publish Date:
- 2019-02-03
- Publish Date:
- 2019-01-27
Parish News & Events
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Forgiveness Sunday
March 10, 2019
Councilors: Harry Kaffenes*, Jim Riley, Jim Klemes, Marina Avramidis
Altar Group: St. Gregory the Theologian
Ambassadors: Lisa Klemes, Zeina Hanna
Sunday School in Session
New members or visitors, please stop by the Welcome Table across from the candlestand.
Orthros and The Divine Liturgy are broadcast live online each week
Lenten Lecture Series Begins this Wednesday, March 13
We are excited to kickoff the 2019 Lenten Lecture Series this Wednesday (see Lenten Trifold insert). Our first guest speaker will be Fr. Michael Platanis of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, SC. Fr. Michael will speak on the 'Mystery of Confession.' The program begins with the Presanctified Liturgy at 6pm. Our Ladies Philoptochos will be providing the Lenten meal. Hope to see many of you there.
Holy Trinity Bookstore
If you pre-ordered Blueprint for the Little Church, they have arrived at the bookstore. There are a few additional copies available for purchase. Also, some parishioners have expressed a desire for the new liturgy books. They are available at the bookstore .
KITCHEN ITEMS
In an effort to keep our kitchen free of clutter, there will be a table setup in the fellowship hall that will contain kitchen items. If you recognize them, please take them home. We will be donating whatever remains to the Raleigh Rescue Mission.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
Holy Trinity is volunteering March 16th for the Orthodox build for Habitat.
Lunch will be provided on March 16th. Signup here to reserve a spot! http://vhub.at/orthodox
GREEK FESTIVAL SURVEY!
Earlier this year, the Church Council asked a small number of individuals to do a deep analysis of the Raleigh Greek Festival and make recommendations for the long-term future of the event. The group is busy studying all aspects of the event including collecting what our community thinks and feels about the festival. While they are using multiple ways to collect information, one critical way will be gaining input from our community using an anonymous survey. Our hope is that everyone will complete the survey. You can access the survey online at: https://goo.gl/forms/yj1VzKCUmauYX9j13 The survey will also be available at the coffee hour after church in both paper and computer versions. Please make a sincere effort to complete this survey as soon as possible. We hope to begin analysis of the survey by March 20th but would prefer to have the survey completed sooner if possible. Thank you for giving time to this important task
COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications for college and graduate school scholarships are available in the church lobby and will be available on the church website. The application is due Friday, April 5th. There are many scholarships available based on a variety of criteria. If you have questions or require additional information contact Stephanie Lyford or Penny Gallins.
LENTEN RETREAT
Saturday April 6th 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM - Guest Speaker Presvytera Mary Christy - Blueprints for the Little Church by Elissa Bjeletich & Caleb Shoemaker - Lenten refreshments provided as well as childcare. All members of the Community are welcome. Sponsored by the MOLO Ministry. Please RSVP by March 31st with the number of attendees to holytrinitymolos@gmail.com and if childcare is needed, let us know how many children and their ages.
GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY
Dear Holy Trinity Community, Greek Independence Day, March 25th is fast approaching. AHEPA will be celebrating this day on Sunday, March 24th after Church. In remembrance of this day, AHEPA will have a short program with poems presented by our Greek School and young members from our Hellenic dance group will entertain us with a couple of traditional dances. In addition, we will be serving a Lenten luncheon. The adult lunch will include; the main course of shrimp, pasta, Greek-style green beans, a salad, rolls,
a dessert, and coffee/tea/water. The advance adult ticket’s purchase {3/03 through 3/17} will be $15.00 each {$18.00 for day of the event}. The kid’s lunch will have fish sticks, fries, a salad, rolls, a dessert, and coffee/tea/water. The advanced kid’s ticket {17 and under} will be $6.00 each {$8.00 for day of the event}. PLEASE help us out and purchase your tickets early. We need to estimate how many meals to prepare. In advance of your support, AHEPA wants to say “Thank You” for helping us in honoring our Greek heritage.
2019 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN UPDATE
A huge thank you to those of you who have turned in your stewardship forms over the last week. The strong momentum continues – we appreciate your continued support!
Please remember there are several options for turning in your forms:
Website / Online Giving: http://www.holytrinityraleigh.org/ministries/stewardship-ministry/online-giving.
Place stewardship form in the Narthex Stewardship Form Drop Box
Give stewardship form to a Parish Council Member
Take stewardship form to the Church Front Office
Mail stewardship form to the Church:
5000 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh, NC 27612 (Attn: Church Office)
If you have any questions, please contact Stewardship Co-Chairs:
Angela Georgallis (acgeorgallis@gmail.com / 919-339-3169)
George Georgallis (ggeorgallis@hotmail.com / 773-251-8127)
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS
We are collecting summer clothing and shoes for men, women and children to send to Venezuela. Elham Flaherty has a co-worker whose family needs these items. The collection boxes are in the Fellowship Hall at the St. John’s table. We will be shipping the packages on March 27th.
Philoptochos is sponsoring our Lenten meal on Wednesday, March 13th. Please bring a covered dish and serving utensil in your own dish in order to make clean up easier for our ladies.
Our Rise Against Hunger will take place on Saturday, March 30th. We are hosting this event with AHEPA and we need 50 people to sign up to package over 10,000 meals for people in need. We only have a few more spaces to fill.
We will be offering Tsoureki (Easter Bread) for sale. The braided loaves are $15 each and are prepared by Julie Theocles and her crew.
Our next meeting is March 17th after the Divine Liturgy.
This Week at Holy Trinity
SUN MAR 10TH
FORGIVENESS SUNDAY - CHEESEFARE
8:30AM: ORTHROS
10:00AM: LITURGY
MEMORIAL: MIA PAPPAS (40DY)
11:30AM: PARISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
12:00PM: GREEK SCHOOL
6:00PM: FORGIVENESS VESPERS - LENT BEGINS AT SUNDOWN
MON MAR 11TH
GREAT LENT BEGINS
6:00PM: PHILOPTOCHOS BOARD MEETING
WED MAR 13TH
5:15PM: AHEPA GOYA AT MEN’S SHELTER
6:00PM: PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY
7:00PM: LENTEN LECTURE SERIES
THURS MAR 14TH
7:00AM: MEN’S GROUP
9:15AM: WOMEN’S GROUP
FRI MAR 15TH
12:30PM: CHURCH TOUR
6:30PM: SALUTATION TO THE VIRGIN MARY
SAT MAR 16TH
HABITAT FOR HUIMANITY BUILD
3RD SATURDAY OF SOULS
9:00AM: LITURGY (NO ORTHROS)
1:30PM: ST. ANTHONY’S GROUP
SUN MAR 17TH
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY
8:30AM: ORTHROS
10:00AM: LITURGY
MEMORIAL:
JEANIE GLIARMIS (40DY)
ANN ATHANAS (3YR)
NICHOLAS TEREZIS (4YR)
11:30AM: LOCAL ORATORICAL FESTIVAL
12:00PM: GREEK SCHOOL
12:30PM: PHILOPTOCHOS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1:00PM: HELLENIC DANCE (FH)
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Matins Gospel Reading
Eighth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:11-18
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, Μαρία δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ κλαίουσα ἔξω. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν, ὅπου ἔκειτο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ. καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῇ ἐκεῖνοι· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὅτι ἦραν τὸν Κύριόν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. καὶ ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν ἑστῶτα, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐστι. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητεῖς; ἐκείνη δοκοῦσα ὅτι ὁ κηπουρός ἐστι, λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· Μαρία. στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββουνί, ὃ λέγεται, διδάσκαλε. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς· ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ.
Eighth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:11-18
At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that He had said these things to her.
Epistle Reading
Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς ῾Ρωμαίους 13:11-14, 14:1-4.
Ἀδελφοί, νῦν ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν. Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν· ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, καί ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός. Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ. Ἀλλʼ ἐνδύσασθε τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε, εἰς ἐπιθυμίας. Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν. Ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει. Ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω· ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο. Σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; Τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει. Σταθήσεται δέ· δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς στῆσαι αὐτόν.
Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.
Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.
Gospel Reading
Forgiveness Sunday
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 6:14-21
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· ᾿Εὰν γὰρ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. ῞Οταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί· ἀφανίζουσι γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀπέχουσι τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ. Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι καὶ κλέπτουσι· θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν· ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν.
Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21
The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode
Hymn of our Holy Trinity Church Community in the First Mode
O blessed are You, O Christ our God. Who by sending down the Holy Spirit upon them, made the fisherman wise and through them illumined the world. And to you the Universe was ever drawn, all glory to You, O Lord.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode
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