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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2021-03-14
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Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
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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

Harry D. Proestos – Frank Reder

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED ANONYMOUSLY

THIS WEEK'S PROSFORA IS OFFERED TODAY BY: Despina Apostolou.  Thank you and God Bless you.

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY All meetings are On line:

Sunday, March 14th-Forgiveness Vespers 6 pm

Monday, March 15th- Great Compline 6pm

Tuesday, March 16th- Evening Bible Study 7 pm

Wedneday, March 17th- 10 am Morning Bible Study, Adult Greek School 6pm-8pm, Pre Sanctified Liturgy 6pm

Friday, March 19th-Confession 6 pm Salutations 7 pm

Saturday, March 20th- Third Saturday of the Souls 9 am Orthros 10 am Divine Liturgy, Children’s Greek School 9:20am-12:20 pm

Loukoumades:  Today is Loukoumades Sunday!  Please make sure you go next door after Liturgy and support our wonderful Philoptochos.  This year's Loukomades are carry out only.  Proceeds are going toward this year’s Lenten project.

Warm Hands to Warm Hearts will be putting together Lap Blankets. If you have any Knit or Crocheted pieces, to be included, please take them to the church, by March 21st. Thank You, Dorothy Yakumithis & Phyllis MantonDaughters of Penelope 

Philoptochos Scholarship available--- Qualifying high school seniors can apply for a Service scholarship. If interested, please email Stephanie Berardinelli at mrs.berardinelli0728@gmail.com. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 30th. 

The Metropolis of Detroit Philoptochos Board is proud to once again offer the Florence G. Stefanou Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is to provide financial assistance to qualifying high school seniors, or undergraduate college students (Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior) attending an accredited college, university, or trade school. Applicants must be related to a Philoptochos member.

AHEPA/Daughters Scholarships… The local, District and National scholarships are now available for submission. The local AHEPA/Daughters scholarships use the same application to determine recipients. The application can be found at www.toledo.buckeyedistrict11.org. The application can be downloaded and filled out on the computer. Typed application is preferable to handwritten, but not required. Due date is April 19, 2021.

The District scholarship application is available online at www.bsf.buckeyedistrict11.org and will be due March 31, 2021. This application can only be filled out online. Download is not available. As a reminder, the District scholarship does not have a minimum GPA requirement.

Please refer to www.ahepa.org for details on the various National scholarships.

Philoptochos is now collecting 2021 Stewardship. Please make your check

payable to Philoptochos and mail to:

Presvytera Ann Hadgigeorge

Philoptochos Assist. Treasurer

7234 Wembley Terrace W

Toledo, OH 43617

Your stewardship supports our many charitable ministries. Thank you for your

support!

Have you turned in your 2021 Stewardship Card? If you haven’t please do so.  We need everyone’s participation to make this year’s campaign a success.  Thank you!

HOLY TRINITY PANTRY UPDATE Pantry inventory was completed on March 3rd, and at this time, the following items are most needed:

Laundry soap, toilet paper, deodorant, shampoo, body wash, canned tuna, canned chicken, and jelly.  We appreciate all of your donations!  Thank you.

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 NEEDED FOR THE MONTHS OF March & April 2021. Please call Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email at cmynihan5@gmail.com

ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR: October 31st & November 14th . 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:    March 21st – Crystal Rogers – 40 days; March 28th - George & Haralambia Georghaki & Themistocles & Asimina Anagnostopoulou  April 11th – John Veronie – 1 year;  April 18th – Pauline Kambour – 1 year; Konstantinos Tsapranis – 1 year    May Their Memory Be Eternal

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode

Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode

O Master, Prudence, Guide of Wisdom, Instruction to the foolish and Defender of the poor, strengthen my heart and grant it discernment. Give me words, Word of the Father, for behold, I shall not keep my lips from crying out to You, "O Merciful One, have mercy on me who has fallen."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Seventh Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:1-10

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Epistle Reading

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
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."

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Saints and Feasts

Eden
March 14

Forgiveness Sunday

The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. For the first commandment that God gave to man was that of fasting, which the first-fashioned received but did not keep; and not only did they not become gods, as they had imagined, but they lost even that blessed life which they had, and they fell into corruption and death, and transmitted these and innumerable other evils to all of mankind. The God-bearing Fathers set these things before us today, that by bringing to mind what we have fallen from, and what we have suffered because of the insatiety and disobedience of the first-fashioned, we might be diligent to return again to that ancient bliss and glory by means of fasting and obedience to all the divine commands. Taking occasion from today's Gospel (Matt. 6:14-21) to begin the Fast unencumbered by enmity, we also ask forgiveness this day, first from God, then from one another and all creation.

Benedict
March 14

Benedict the Righteous of Nursia

This Saint, whose name means "blessed," was born in 480 in Nursia, a small town about seventy miles northeast of Rome. He struggled in asceticism from his youth in deserted regions, where his example drew many who desired to emulate him. Hence, he ascended Mount Cassino in Campania and built a monastery there. The Rule that he gave his monks, which was inspired by the writings of Saint John Cassian, Saint Basil the Great, and other Fathers, became a pattern for monasticism in the West; because of this, he is often called the first teacher of monks in the West. He reposed in 547.

Allsaint
March 14

Euschemon the Confessor, Bishop of Lampasakos

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Here it were well to sigh aloud, and to wail bitterly: for not only do we imitate the hypocrites, but we have even surpassed them.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 20 on Matthew 6, 4th Century

For I know, yea I know many, not merely fasting and making a display of it, but neglecting to fast, and yet wearing the masks of them that fast, and cloaking themselves with an excuse worse than their sin.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 20 on Matthew 6, 4th Century

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Archdiocese News

Family Matters Podcast

03/12/2021

Fr Alex Goussetis interviews Paulette Geanacopoulos, licensed social worker and Director of Social Services for National Philoptochos Society, on the warning signs and resources available for victims of domestic violence.
https://www.goarch.org/-/family-matters-podcast-1

Time Out for Marriage: Elder Care Pt. 2

03/12/2021

In this episode of "Time Out for Marriage" from the GOA Center for Family Care, Pres. Kerry Pappas continues with her discussion of elder care and the surprising blessings that can come with it.
https://www.goarch.org/-/elder-care-pt-2

Very Reverend Archimandrite Constantine S. Bebis Obituary

03/12/2021

It is with great sorrow to announce the passing of The Very Reverend Archimandrite Constantine Spyridon Bebis, on March 9, 2021 due to natural causes. Fr. Bebis was the beloved pastor of Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was 94.
https://www.goarch.org/-/bebis-obituary

Comfort Food for Families Lenten Series

03/09/2021

Comfort Food for Families from the GOA Center for Family Care is back for Lent! In our first episode, Fr. Alex lays out our Lenten map and previews all of the trail markers we will need on our pilgrimage to Pascha.
https://www.goarch.org/-/comfort-food-series-2021

Preparing for Great Lent | Presented by DRE, Family Care, and Y2AM

03/09/2021

The Department of Religious Education, Center for Family Care, and Y2AM are teaming up for two webinars to help you prepare for Great Lent and the Journey to Pascha.
https://www.goarch.org/-/preparing-for-lent-webinars

Maximize: Working Toward Tithing - Our Journey in Carmel, Indiana

03/09/2021

How Holy Trinity Cathedral in Carmel (Indianapolis), IN applied the "Maximize" plan for percentage giving by Nelson Searcy and made it their own.
https://www.goarch.org/-/maximize-stewardship-profile

Be the Bee #168​ | Sharing the Space of Salvation (Forgiveness/Cheesefare Sunday)

03/09/2021

Watch Be the Bee #168​ | Sharing the Space of Salvation (Forgiveness/Cheesefare Sunday), the latest episode from Y2AM - Orthodox Christian Youth and Young Adult Ministries!!
https://www.goarch.org/-/btb-168

Wandering the Desert Podcast

03/09/2021

People are lonely, and they often tend to feel adrift in the spiritual life. As such, it’s really easy to get discouraged and feel like no one else is in the trenches with you, struggling with the same things as a normal part of the spiritual life. This podcast from Y2AM - Orthodox Christian Youth and Young Adult Ministries and Ancient Faith Radio aims to normalize the struggles and the difficulties of the spiritual life without relying on sagacious advice or strategies.
https://www.goarch.org/-/wandering-the-desert

For the Life of the World: A Lenten Study Guide for Parishes

03/08/2021

As Great Lent approaches, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce a Lenten study guide for parishes to navigate For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church.
https://www.goarch.org/-/social-ethos

Live with the Louhs: Coping With Anger

03/08/2021

On this week's episode of "Live with the Louhs," a radio ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, hosts Fr. Nicholas and his wife, Dr. Roxanne, a Clinical Psychologist, discuss one of the greatest struggles we all face from time to time, how to cope with anger.
https://www.goarch.org/-/louhs-coping-anger

Efstratios “Yianni” Magoulias Ordination

03/07/2021

Today, His Eminence Metropolitan Tarasios of Rhodopolis ordained Efstratios “Yianni” Magoulias to the Holy Diaconate. AXIOS!
https://www.goarch.org/-/yianni-magulias-ordination
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