April 07
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2019-04-07
Bulletin Contents
Holy Trinity Cathedral
General Information
- Phone:
- (419) 243-9189
- Fax:
- (419) 243-3799
- Email:
- priestholytrinity@gmail.com
- Street Address:
- 740 Superior Street
- Toledo, OH 43604
- Mailing Address:
- 740 Superior Street
- Toledo, OH 43604
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Services Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Church School Following Holy Communion Week Day Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy 10:15 AM Evening Vesperal Divine Liturgy 6:00 PM Consult Echo Calendar or Weekly Bulletin for times.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2019-04-14
- Publish Date:
- 2019-03-31
- Publish Date:
- 2019-03-24
- Publish Date:
- 2019-03-17
- Publish Date:
- 2019-03-10
- Publish Date:
- 2019-03-03
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode
Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.
Apolytikion of Sun. of St. John Climacus in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
With the streams of thy tears, thou didst cultivate the barrenness of the desert; and by thy sighings from the depths,thou didst bear fruit a hundredfold in labours; and thou becamest a luminary, shining with miracles upon the world, O John our righteous Father. Intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode
To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender, having been delivered from peril, I, your city, dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might, keep me safe from all trials, that I may call out to you: "Hail, unwedded bride!"
Parish News
Holy Trinity’s Mission Statement: To worship and glorify God, by promoting the teachings, of the Greek Orthodox Faith. To encourage all members' participation through our Greek culture, educational programs, community outreach and fundraising activities while serving God, our community and humanity
Parish Council Members Ushering Today
Kypros Proestos – Maria Tzanakis – Emmanuel T. Yakumithis – Manuel K. Yakumithis
THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: Mrs. Margarita Nicolaou in loving memory of her husband Andreas. May His Memory Be Eternal
THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE: In English: Joyce Anagnos In Greek: Dawn Anagnos
PHILOPTOCHOS Loukoumathes Sale today after Church Sunday, April 7th benefitting scholarships and Kroger Rewards sign-up and Raffle.
KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Today there will be a drawing for Kroger Rewards participants. Have your Kroger receipt handy indicating Philoptochos as your selection to the Kroger Community Rewards Program. You will then complete one ballot, which will be placed in a box for the prize drawing.
LENTEN VESPERS: Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers tonight hosted by St. George Cathedral Rossford
6:00 p.m. Lenten Pot Luck to follow. Please make every effort to attend.
Greek School today after Sunday school
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:
Monday, April 8th -Great Compline 6:00 p.m.
-Philoptochos Board meeting 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 10th -Bible Study 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
-Greek School Children 4-6pm Adults 6-9 a.m.
-Pre-Sanctified Divine Liturgy 6:00 p.m.
Friday, April 12th -Akathist Hymn 7:00 p.m. (Holy Confession 6:00 p.m.)
HOLY TRINITY OPINION-SURVEY – The Parishioner Opinion Survey seeks to gather your candid personal opinions on a variety of topics by April 28th. Each and every adult parishioner over the age of 18 years is asked to complete a separate survey: husbands and wives must each complete separate surveys; adult children in a household, whether at home or away at school should complete a separate survey. The Parishioner Opinion survey is available in both a hard copy, paper format and also electronically. It can be completed online from any computer or hand-held device and takes 2 minutes to complete at:
holytrinitytoledo.com/opinion-survey
The 18th Annual Detroit Greek Independence Day Parade will once again be held on Monroe Street in Historic Greek town Detroit! The parade date is Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. If you’re interested in going please call Father Larry. For more information please go to www.detroit.greekparades.com
Holy Trinity Book Club: The book club is scheduled to meet next Saturday April 13th at 6pm at the Legakis home. Our book is called 'Becoming a Healing Presence' by Albert Rossi. It is a small book so you can do it! If you have not picked up the book it is available in the bookstore. It is also available in Kindle/Audible form as well as other online vendors. Please let us know if you will be able to join us. We will have a Lenten meal to share.
DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE will sell phyllo dough after church today for $2.50 each.
Prosfora bakers! It is scheduling time for April, May and June. Check your schedules and please be generous with your time. Contact Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email: cmynihan5@gmail.comand sign up for your Sunday(s).
Philoptochos is offering a Service scholarship to graduating Seniors. If interested, please email Stephanie Berardinelli at mrs.berardinelli0728@gmail.com. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, April 30th. Philoptochos Service Scholarship correspondence is all through email.
Metropolis of Detroit Philoptochos Scholarship available - The Florence Stefanou Memorial Scholarship. Application is on the Metropolis of Detroit Philoptochos website (https://www.detroit.goarch.org/philoptochos.html) Deadline is April 30th.
Attention Students! AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope Scholarship are now available. For Toledo, Ohio Graduating High School Seniors, visit www.toledo.buckeyedistrict11.org --Daughters
-- Daughters Scholarships and Awards Deadline for this scholarship is April 19. For College undergrads whose parents or applicants are members of AHEPA or Daughters of Penelope: Deadline March 31, 2019 Visit: AHEPA.org/Education for AHEPA Scholarships Visit: DaughtersOfPenelope.org --Forms --Resources and Applications. For College undergrads whose parents or applicants are members of Buckeye District 11 (this includes Toledo Chapters) Visit: www.bsf.buckeyedistrct11.org Deadline is March 31, 2019
The Dion Raftopoulos Scholarship Award is now available. Please call the Church office for an application.
May 1st is the deadline.
AHEPA Memorial Golf Outing – Ypsilanti #118 is hosting a memorial golf outing on Saturday June 22 at Heatherdowns Country Club. This year we will be honoring Chris Theodorou with all the proceeds going to the Leukemia Society and the Holy Trinity Cathedral. Information on golfer and non-golfer registrations and sponsorships can be found at www.ypsigolfmemorial.com, or contact Tony Capranica – 419-540-1150, Chadd Schwartz – 440-669-6882 or George Arvanitis – 419-340-3487.
Sunday Coffee Hours - There are many Sundays available and it is a great way for your family, or a few families together, to offer fellowship and refreshments to our community. Open Sunday: May 5th. In the event that no one signs up for a Sunday to host a coffee hour, only coffee will be available at the Community Center. So come one, come all and sign up today to host a "Holy Trinity Coffee Hour Please call the Church office today and offer to sign up for a Sunday to host a coffee hour!
ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR June 30th. The cost is $50 for 2 beautiful vases. It’s a great way to show your support in honor or memory of someone and beautify our altar too! Call the Church office if you’re interested.
Offerings Report: Sunday, March 31st Candles: $255 Trays: $115 Stewardship: $3,962 Thank you!
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Matins Gospel Reading
First Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Matthew 28:16-20
At that time, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age. Amen."
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20.
BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Gospel Reading
Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from Mark 9:17-31
At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."
Wisdom of the Fathers
Seest thou how He now proceeds to lay beforehand in them the foundation of His doctrine about fasting? ... See, at any rate, how many blessings spring from them both. For he that is praying as he ought, and fasting, hath not many wants, and he that hath not many wants, cannot be covetous; ...
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century
... he that is not covetous, will be also more disposed for almsgiving. He that fasts is light, and winged, and prays with wakefulness, and quenches his wicked lusts, and propitiates God, and humbles his soul when lifted up. Therefore even the apostles were almost always fasting.
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century
He that prays with fasting hath his wings double, and lighter than the very winds. ... For nothing is mightier than a man who prays sincerely. ... But if thy body be too weak to fast continually, still it is not too weak for prayer, nor without vigor for contempt of the belly. For although thou canst not fast, yet canst thou avoid luxurious living.
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century