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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2020-10-18
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Parish News
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Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
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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 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Evening Services Consult Echo Calendar or Weekly Bulletin for times.

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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

Kathy Chaka – Greg Cook

TODAY’S MEMORIAL SERVICE IS FOR: Thomas G. Pelphrey – 21 years
May His Memory Be Eternal

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: Mrs. Despina Pelphrey in loving memory of her husband Thomas. May His Memory Be Eternal

The Prosfora, Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of the worshipping faithful, was offered this week by Despina Pelphrey Thank You and God Bless You

IN THE HOSPITAL THIS PAST WEEK: Katherine Resch (Flower)
Perastika and a Speedy Recovery

Condolences to the family of Roger Worley whose funeral was Saturday.
May His Memory Be Eternal

OUTDOOR COFFEE HOUR TODAY (Weather permitting) after Church.

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY All meetings are On line:

Monday, Ocotber 19th-Philoptochos meeting 7 pm Zoom
Wednesday, October 21st- Bible Study 10 am and 7pm, Adult Greek School via Zoom
Friday, October 23rd- James (Iakovos) the Apostle Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am, Gyro To Go, Taverna Talk 7 pm

PARISH ASSEMBLY: Postponed until November 8th

OXI Day Greek School Presentation October 25th: Next Sunday our Greek School will have a presentation in honor of OXI day. Please come and support them.

Trunk or Treat: Trunk or Treat will take place after the OXI day celebration on October 25th. More information will be emailed soon.

UP-COMING OCTOBER WEEKDAYCHURCH SERVICES: St. James - October 23rd 9:00 am; St. Demetrios - October 26th 9:00 am

Greek Kitchen: Greek Kitchen is back! Please see order forms for more information.
The Holy Trinity Pantry Ministry that was initiated last Spring by Daughters of Penelope and Philoptochos is thriving and in need of donations from our parishioners! We will happily accept any nonperishable food items and hygiene items, but at this time, the following items are most needed: shampoo, conditioner, feminine products, canned meals (ravioli, stews, chili), canned meat, and breakfast foods. You may donate in the marked collection bin in the church entrance, or by calling the office ahead and then dropping your donation at the community building. Thank you for making the Pantry a great success!

GYRO to GO… The AHEPA and Daughters are selling gyros to go on Friday October 23, 2020 from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm. Only drive thru is available. Gyro and fries - $12.00, Veggie Pita and fries - $10.00, 2 pieces of baklava - $5.00. Pass it on to your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. If you are available to help out serving please contact Tony Capranica – 419-540-1150 or JoAnn Cook – 419-944-5517.

ARE YOU CURRENT WITH YOUR STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE?... We’re nearing the final quarter of this year’s Stewardship Campaign and if you haven’t paid or pledged – now is the time. Thank you to everyone who has paid their pledge in full and who are current. We appreciate it!

Greek School News: During the restrictions of the current Covid-19 pandemic, classes will begin online via the Zoom platform. Youth Classes will occur Saturdays, beginning September 19, 2020, and Adult Classes will occur Wednesdays, beginning September 16, 2020. All classes conclude by May 12, 2021. Greek School will switch to in-person classes when allowed. For Registration information please go to Holy Trinity Toledo Greek School 2020-2021 Registration – Youth or Holy Trinity Toledo Greek School 2020-2021 Registration - Adult.

New Ministry! Warm Hands to Warm Hearts of Holy Trinity: Open to all members, young, old, male, or female. All you have to do is knit or crochet, any kind of yarn, any size of needle or hook, any color or any pattern, just so it is the size of 7 inches by 9 inches. When you are done drop it in a box in the Narthex and it will be turned into a Scarf, a Baby Blanket or Lap Blanket that can be given by Father Larry to make a shut in feel warm and that they are remembered by our Church. For more details please see the attached description. For questions please call Dorothy Yakumithis (419-867-0734) or Phyllis Manton ( 419-290-2527).

Phase 2: Please remember that we have entered into phase 2 of reopening. Phase 2 means that we are allowed to have more people in Church. The number has increased to 60 people. All of the other restrictions and directives contain to be in use. Please see the revised protocol for more information.

Reminder and Thank you! We would like to thank everyone for your patience as we continue to open up our beloved Cathedral. We thank you for doing your best to follow the rules that we have been asked to put into place. We would also like to remind you to please keep your mask on even after you find your seat. The only time you may take off your mask is when you receive communion.

ATTENTION PROSFORA BAKERS: Prosfora is needed for the months of October and November. Please call Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email at cmynihan5@gmail.com

ALTAR FLOWERSD ARE NEEDED FOR January 24th 2021. 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 MEMORIAL SERVICES: October 25th - Pauline (Photos) Kambour – 6 months Konstantine Tsapranis – 6 months May Their Memory Be Eternal

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Mode

When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Luke the Evangelist in the Third Mode

O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, intercede with the merciful God that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.

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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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

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

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth 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. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18.

Brethren, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, and with him Onesimos, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to you, receive him), and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Luke the Evangelist
The Reading is from Luke 10:16-21

The Lord said to his disciples, "He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."

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Saints and Feasts

Lukeevng
October 18

Luke the Evangelist

This Apostle was an Antiochean, a physician by trade, and a disciple and companion of Paul. He wrote his Gospel in Greek after Matthew and Mark, after which he wrote the Acts of the Apostles, and dedicated both works to Theophilus, who, according to some, was Governor of Achaia. He lived some eighty-six years and died in Achaia, perhaps in Patras, the capital of this district. His emblem is the calf, the third symbolical beast mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), which is a symbol of Christ's sacrificial and priestly office, as Saint Irenaeus says.

Allsaint
October 18

Marinos the Martyr

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Wisdom of the Fathers

As the beloved physician and disciple, O Luke, heal with thy mystical surgery the passions of both my soul and body, and grant that I may enjoy complete health, and may honour thine all-lauded festival with gladness, and may shower thine august and most precious body with a rain of tears instead of myrrh; for like an inscribed monument of life in the wondrous temple of the Apostles, it crieth out unto all, even as thou didst before, when thou didst write the divine Gospel of Christ God.
Oikos for the Feast of St. Luke, October Menaion, p.115
Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets With Metropolitan Evangelos of Sardes

10/14/2020

Today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received Metropolitan Evangelos of Sardes, and congratulated him on his election to this historic Metropolis of the All-Venerable Ecumenical Throne.
https://www.goarch.org/-/evangelos-sardes-2020

Resource Center on Responding to Anti-Semitism

10/14/2020

In October 2020, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America released a resource page in response to anti-Semitism. This page explores the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and Judaism through the centuries and today.
https://www.goarch.org/-/resource-center-on-responding-to-anti-semitism

Metropolis Council Appointments for the Metropolis of New Jersey

10/14/2020

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, in his role as Patriarchal Vicar of the Eparchy of New Jersey, announced the composition of the new Metropolis Council for the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey. Along with the appointment of the V. Rev. Archimandrite Constantine Moralis as Metropolis Chancellor, the members of the Metropolis Council are as follows:
https://www.goarch.org/-/council-appointments-nj

Introducing “Time Out for Marriage" a New Ministry of the GOA Center for Family Care

10/14/2020

The Center for Family Care is pleased to introduce the new video series “Time Out For Marriage”featuring Presvytera Kerry Pappas. Concise 2 to 3 minute messages will offer encouragement for couples drawn from the wisdom of Holy Scripture, saints’ teachings, and contemporary marriage literature. Each “Time Out” will present an exercise or challenge for couples to engage in as they seek to grow in their union with Christ and one another.
https://www.goarch.org/-/time-out-for-marriage

Archdiocese Announces COVID-19 Parish Recovery Initiative

10/13/2020

Following the prolonged COVID-19 shutdown, many parishes of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America have reported declines in weekly giving and long-term stewardship donations, significantly lowered attendance at holy services and ministries, and technological challenges associated with delivering services and ministries virtually.
https://www.goarch.org/-/parish-recovery-initiative

The Mother Church Offers a New Vision to the Archdiocese of America

10/09/2020

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, wanting to strengthen the role of the largest Eparchy of the Mother Church with a new vision and a new Charter suitable for the evolving and changing modern pastoral needs of American society, decided to place the current Charter (2003) of the Holy Archdiocese of America into abeyance.
https://www.goarch.org/-/new-vision-2020

Cassandra Garibaldi Appointed New Director of the Metropolitan’s Office and Religious Education for the Metropolis of Boston

10/08/2020

His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios announced the appointment of Cassandra Garibaldi as the new Director of the Metropolitan’s Office and Religious Education effective October 1.
https://www.goarch.org/-/cassandra-garibaldi-appointed-new-director-of-the-metropolitan-s-office-and-religious-education-for-the-metropolis-of-boston
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