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.
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
Emmanuel T. Yakumithis – Manuel Yakumithis – Kathy Chaka
THIS WEEK’S MEMORIALS ARE FOR: Georgia Karahalios – 1 year
TRISAGION PRAYERS FOR: Costas Christides – 2 years May Their Memory Be Eternal
THIS WEEK'S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: Mrs. Melody Tsapranis in loving memory of all deceased members of the Tsapranis family. May Their Memory Be Eternal
THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED BY: Presvytera Ann Hadgigeorge and Pattie Senerius in honor of Michael & Hillary Senerius’ wedding. May God Continue to Bless Them Always.
PROSFORA OFFFERED TODAY BY: The family of Georgia Karahalios, Maroulla Kamilaris, and the Christides Family
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:
Monday, June 14th- Tiropita workshop 9 am please bring a pan & brush, Taste of Greece Chairperson Meeting 7 pm
Tuesday, June 15th-Tiropita workshop 9 am please bring a pan & brush bring a pan & brush, Summer of the Arts
Thursday, June 17th-Young at Heart Picnic 5 pm
Friday, June 18th-Paraklesis 7 pm
Saturday, June 19th-Saturday of the Souls Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am
YOUNG AT HEART Annual Summer Picnic: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 5:00 pm At the Educational Building. Menu The main meal of Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Condiments are Provided by Young at Heart.
Side Dishes to be brought by Last Names beginning with A-H
Desserts to be brought by Last Names beginning with I-M
Fruits provided by Last Names beginning with N-Z
Beverages will be available
Please make your reservations by Monday June 14, 2021 by calling Helen Matthews at 419 – 472 – 1705
Anyone who would like to come and socialize with us is heartily welcomed! It is a great opportunity to meet and get to know our organization! All who like to play “Left, Right, Center” Should bring plenty of Quarters, or see Dorothy Yakumithis to get some.
Sunday Coffee Hours – As we begin to open, we are once again allowed to have Coffee hour. 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. Please let Carole know which Sunday you would like to offer Coffee Hour.
Thank you to all our parishioners who shop at Kroger and have chosen Holy Trinity as their designated charity. The funds collected from the Kroger Rewards Program over the past few years helped fund the purchase of our new Allen organ for our cathedral. If you haven’t joined the Kroger Rewards Program, please consider doing so and designate Holy Trinity Cathedral as your designated charity.
Great news from the Cookbook Committee: We are running a spring sale on our Community cookbook “Olives, Feta, Phyllo & More!”. For a limited time we will be offering the cookbook for $20 and the “Olives, Feta, Phyllo & More!” aprons are selling for $10. They will be available in person at the time of the Greek Kitchen’s pick-up and also at The Daughter’s Palm Sunday Pastry sale. They will also be available on line through our church website. The books make a wonderful Easter gift, they are a nice hostess gift, and can be a great addition to wedding shower gift basket. This is the perfect time to buy a couple of books and save them to give to family or friends later. We appreciate your support.
Warm Hand to Warm Hearts, Please keep Knitting & Crocheting thru the Spring and Summer. We are also looking for donations of yarn. If you see any, at yard or garage sales, we sure could put it to good use. Thank You.
Holy Trinity Pantry Update: The monthly inventory was completed on June 4th, and we are WIPED OUT! On one hand that is a good thing because we know how needed this neighborhood ministry really is. Please consider donating food and hygiene items or making a monetary donation, and we can do the shopping for you. Our most needed items are: canned meats (chicken, ham, tuna, and Spam), canned meals like Beefaroni and Spaghettios, Hearty soups with meat, Boxed dinners like Hamburger Helper, Mac n Cheese, Ramen noodles, boxed cereals, breakfast bars, shelf-stable milk, packs of individual applesauce cups, Jelly, boxes of crackers, liquid hand soap, bar soap or body wash, shampoo, and laundry detergent. We gratefully accept all donations. Thank you.
ATTENTION PROSFORA BAKERS: ***PROSFORA NEEDED FOR THE MONTHS OF June, July & August. Please call Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email at cmynihan5@gmail.com
ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR: February 27 2022. 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- June 27th – Michael Yakumithis – 40 Days; Maria Marinou – 40 Days May their Memories Be Eternal
Once again, it is that time of the year to get ready for Workshops. We all need to work together to make Taste of Greece a huge success.
Please read the latest update for Covid 19 Protocols
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.
Tenth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 21:1-14
At that time, being raised from the dead, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.
When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
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 Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36.
IN THOSE DAYS, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Fathers of the 1st Council
The Reading is from John 17:1-13
At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now, Father, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.
"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are mine; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."
This Martyr contested in Byblos of Syria during the reign of Diocletian, in 289. Because she taught other young maidens to turn from the idols to Christ, she was brought before the governor. Her ears were pierced with heated spits until blood ran from her nostrils; finally she was beheaded, at the age of ten or twelve.
The heresiarch Arius was a Libyan by race and a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria. In 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son and Word of God, saying that He is not true God, consubstantial with the Father, but is rather a work and creation, alien to the essence and glory of the Father, and that there was a time when He was not. This frightful blasphemy shook the faithful of Alexandria. Alexander, his Archbishop, after trying in vain to correct him through admonitions, cut him off from communion and finally in a local council deposed him in the year 321. Yet neither did the blasphemer wish to be corrected, nor did he cease sowing the deadly tares of his heretical teachings; but writing to the bishops of other cities, Arius and his followers requested that his doctrine be examined, and if it were unsound, that the correct teaching be declared to him. By this means, his heresy became universally known and won many supporters, so that the whole Church was soon in an uproar.
Therefore, moved by divine zeal, the first Christian Sovereign, Saint Constantine the Great, the equal to the Apostles, summoned the renowned First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was there that the shepherds and teachers of the Church of Christ gathered from all regions in the year 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God, and they composed the holy Symbol of Faith up to the seventh article (since the remainder, beginning with "And in the Holy Spirit," was completed by the Second Ecumenical Council). Thus they anathematized the impious Arius of evil belief and those of like mind with him, and cut them off as rotten members from the whole body of the faithful.
Therefore, recognizing the divine Fathers as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honour, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith.
In an ecumenical gesture worthy of the occasion, I have the special honor to preside over the Divine Service for the Patronal Feast of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, and Spiritual Father of Orthodox Christianity. This magnificent church dedicated to Saint Bartholomew is truly a precious architectural gem and artistic jewel of both Manhattan and the entire country.
The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation care and sustainability in your parish and home. Ranging from practical to theological, each three-minute video offers a unique perspective on environmental stewardship through the knowledge and expertise of Orthodox Christians across the United States.
On Saturday October 30, 2021, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will present the Athenagoras Human Rights Award to three scientists: Dr. Albert Bourla, DVM, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer; Dr. Ugur Sahin, M.D., Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BioNTech; and Dr. George D. Yancopoulos, MD, Ph.D., Founding Scientist, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. They are being honored for their organizations’ efforts in developing Covid-19 vaccines with extraordinary efficiency and rapidity.
Within the past months, much work has been undertaken by our Department and its partners to create spaces for and lend our own voices to instruction and dialogue. Notably, the “How-to” Green Your Parish video series, now available on YouTube, has so far been a great success in providing a diversity of thoughts from a plethora of authorities on creation care within the Orthodox Church.
Fr Alex Goussetis speaks with Dr Vasilia Vamvakis on the challenges and opportunities of balancing the demands of family and career.
The St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, located in Saint Augustine, Florida is delighted to present its second annual webinar, a presentation by Dr. John Fotopoulos entitled “Let Us Exercise In the Field of Scripture: The Correspondence between Augustine and Jerome for Orthodox Biblical Scholarship,” on Tuesday, June 15, the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM EST.
Leadership Moment on "Living and Leading According to What We Believe" from Episode 1 of the Parish Leadership Series featuring Fr. Theodore Dorrance, Director of Parish Health and Church Growth, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver. About the Parish Leadership Series at HCHC A series of 1-hour presentations on various aspects of parish leadership.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received the Very Rev. Archimandrite Anastasios Garaboa for an audience at the Archdiocese in order to congratulate him on the occasion of his new parish assignment at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Demetrios in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
In the most significant ecclesiastical matter of recent decades, the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP) established the fifteenth Orthodox independent Church by granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church. In response, however, the Russian Church (ROC) has refused to recognize the new Autocephalous Church of Ukraine and has terminated commemoration of and communion with all other Orthodox Churches that do recognize it, including numerous Greek Metropolises.
We often talk about faith and career in terms of balance. As if you can "have it all." In this talk, Steve offers a different way to confront this important life question. Because, as he learned from an Athonite monk and Wall Street attorney, faith and career isn't about balance. It's about putting first things first.
Following today’s Ordination, there was a reception at the Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross. Present at the reception were His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the newly elevated Bishop Athenagoras Ziliaskopoulos as well as George Cantonis, President of Hellenic College Holy Cross.