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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2019-10-13
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Hymns of the Day
Parish News
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Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
Allsaint
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Holy Trinity Cathedral

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (419) 243-9189
  • Fax:
  • (419) 243-3799
  • Street Address:

  • 740 Superior Street

  • Toledo, OH 43604
  • Mailing Address:

  • 740 Superior Street

  • Toledo, OH 43604

Contact Information

Priest Father Larry Legakis

priestholytrinity@gmail.com | 419-243-9189

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


Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

From on high didst Thou descend, O Compassionate One; to burial of three days hast Thou submitted that Thou mightest free us from our passions. O our Life and Resurrection, Lord, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion of the Church in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who made fisherman all-wise, by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them, drawing all the world into Your net. O Loving One, glory be to You.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
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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

Harry D. Proestos – Frank Reder – George Sares – Paul Sieben  

Welcome Metropolitan Nicholas and attendees of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit

Hellenic Folk Dance Festival

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY:  Andy & Maria Petros in honor of their son Peter’s birthday which is today.  May God Continue to Bless Him Always

THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE:   In English: Marianna Temple    In Greek:  Basil Apostolou  

The Prosfora, the Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of all the worshipping faithful was offered this week by Mary Dedes and Connie Mynihan.  Also, thank you to Sue Sares for offering bread for last Sunday.  Thank You and God Bless You

IN THE HOSPITAL THIS PAST WEEK:  Helen Dunlap (Toledo) Perastika and a Speedy Recovery  

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY: 

Monday, October 14th      -Philoptochos Board meeting 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 15th      -Cooking Class 6:00 p.m.

                                            -Orthodoxy 101 6:00 p.m.   

                                           -Byzantine Music Fellowship 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.                                                   

Wednesday, October 16th –Bible Study 10:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

                                           -Greek School Youth – 4-6pm Adults 6-9pm

Thursday, October 17th   -Young at Heart Dinner & meeting 6:00 p.m. Halloween theme…  

                                              Come dressed up! Prizes  

November Hellenic Orthodox Echo articles are due this Tuesday, October 15th

TRUNK OR TREAT IS NEXT SUNDAY!.. If you’re interested in decorating the trunk of your car and handing out candy – please see Presbytera Jenny.

Pastichio and Moussaka for sale after Church!  $25 per pan

GYRO to GO… AHEPA and Daughters are having a fundraiser to benefit our respective scholarship funds.  We will be selling gyros, fries and water for $10.00 on Sunday October 20th right after church.  Come enjoy gyros and fries prepared by our World Famous cooks and help our youth with scholarships.

FESTIVAL WRAP-UP MEETING – Thursday, October 24th 6:00 p.m.

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral Presents: A Screening of the documentary Border Souls on Friday, October 25th 7 pm.  Please see Monny for details.  

Prosfora bakers! It is scheduling time for October, November & December   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).

We’re entering the last quarter of this year…. Are you current on your Stewardship commitment?... Ifyou haven’t pledged or paid please do so..  if you have..  Thank you so much!  We appreciate it!

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 Sundays: December 22nd    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!

OUR BOOKSTORE IS OPEN – If you would like to browse in the Bookstore please see Presbytera Jenny or Dr. Susan Sieben while Marlene Thomas is re-cooperating.  The holidays are coming and there are beautiful religious and specialty items, jewelry and books. 

ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR January 12 & 19th.    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.

UP-COMING MEMORIALS:  October  20th  Thomas Pelphrey – 20 years; October 27th  Ilias Bekos  - 6 months   November 17th – John Chrysochoos – 3 years   May Their Memory Be Eternal   

Offerings Report: Sunday, October 6th Trays: $175   Candles: $348  Stewardship: $1,925  Thank you!

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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
October 13

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we chant the Service to the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which gathered in Nicaea in 787 under the holy Patriarch Tarasius and during the reign of the Empress Irene and her son, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, to refute the Iconoclast heresy, which had received imperial support beginning with the Edict issued in 726 by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. Many of the holy Fathers who condemned Iconoclasm at this holy Council later died as Confessors and Martyrs for the holy Icons during the second assult of Iconoclasm in the ninth century, especially during the reigns of Leo the Armenian and Theophilus.

Allsaint
October 13

Carpus, Papylus, Agathodorus, & Agathonica, the Martyrs of Pergamus

Saint Carpus was Bishop of the Church of Thyatira in Asia Minor and Papylus was his deacon, whom he had ordained. Seized as Christians and tormented in Thyatira, they were taken to Sardis, whither Agathodorus, their servant, followed them, and also confessed Christ, and was tormented with them. Together with Agathonica, the sister of Saint Papylus. they were all beheaded during the reign of Decius, in the year 250.

Chryse
October 13

Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece

Allsaint
October 13

Benjamin the Deacon

Allsaint
October 13

Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki

Allsaint
October 13

Meletios of Pegas, Patriarch of Alexandria

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Sixth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:36-53

At that time, Jesus, having risen from the dead, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, "Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them.

Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high."

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Luke 8:5-15

The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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Wisdom of the Fathers

For by seed here He means His doctrine, and by land, the souls of men, and by the sower, Himself .... For as the sower makes no distinction in the land submitted to him, but simply and indifferently casts his seed; so He Himself too makes no distinction of rich and poor, of wise and unwise, of slothful or diligent, of brave or cowardly; but He discourses unto all, fulfilling His part, although foreknowing the results.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 44 on Matthew 12, 4th Century

When you see life's pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death's snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his hook, the enemy uses the delusion of sensuality to arouse desire, that he might thereby catch men's souls and subject them to himself. A soul which has been caught to serve the enemy's will then serves as a snare for other souls, for it conceals the grief of sin with its apparent delight.
St. Ephraim the Syrian
A Spiritual Psalter no 43, pg. 74, 4th century

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros To Lead Delegation to Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas

10/10/2019

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will arrive in the Bahamas on October 13 for a pastoral visit to areas recently affected by Hurricane Dorian. Leading a delegation from the Archdiocese, His Eminence is scheduled to celebrate a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at the parish of the Annunciation of the Mother of God in Nassau.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-leads-delegation-to-hurricane-ravaged-bahamas

Archbishop Elpidophoros Visits Saint Basil Academy

10/09/2019

On October 3, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was joyously welcomed by Saint Basil Academy’s administrators, children and staff. The Archbishop began with a Trisagion service at the gravesite of Archbishop Michael of blessed memory.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-visits-saint-basil-academy

Assembly of Bishops of the USA and the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches Revive the Joint Commission of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches

10/08/2019

NEW YORK – Representatives of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christian churches met today at the Armenian Cathedral of St. Vartan for the first meeting of the joint commission in nearly a decade. The meeting began with a common prayer service followed by open discussions.
https://www.goarch.org/-/2019-10-08-assembly-scooch-meeting
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