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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2021-07-04
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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
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Callapostles
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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

George Sares   Paul Sieben   Matt Simko

 THIS WEEK'S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED:   Anonymously

THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED:  Anonymously

PROSFORA OFFFERED TODAY BY:  Connie Mynihan

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:

Monday, July 5th:  Office Closed

Wednesday, July 7th:  10 am Bible Study, 7:00 pm Bible Study

 A blessed 4th of July!  May our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ bless the United States of America.

Choir will sing on July 11th!  We are pleased to announce that our Choir will sing on July 11th using the recently donated Organ!  We are thank Philoptochos for their generosity.  Welcome back Choir!

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.

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 MONTH OF September. 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- July 11th – Tulla Mihas – 6 months; George Arvanitis – 1 year; George Spillson- 13 years  July 25th – Bessie Bellas – 6 months; George Bellas – 12 years; Gus Bellas – 13 years; Akrie Bellas – 16 years May their Memories Be Eternal 

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    Letter From Archbishop

    Letter From Archbishop

    His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America sent a letter addressed to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral parish council president. We would like to share this letter with the parish.

    2021 Taste of Greece Workshop

    2021 Taste of Greece Workshop

    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.

    Covid Update

    Covid Update

    Please read the latest update for Covid 19 Protocols

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

Although the stone was sealed by the Jews, and the soldiers guarded Your most pure body, You arose on the third day, O Savior, giving life to the world. For this reason, the heavenly powers cried out to you, O Giver of Life: Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Your kingdom! Glory to Your dispensation, only Lover of Mankind!

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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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Second Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back, for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. First Mode. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16.

Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

Gospel Reading

2nd Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 4:18-23

At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.

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Saints and Feasts

Callapostles
July 04

2nd Sunday of Matthew

Andrewhymn
July 04

Andrew of Crete Author of the Great Canon

Saint Andrew was from Damascus; his parents' names were George and Gregoria. He became a cleric and secretary of Theodore and Patriarch of Jerusalem; from this, he is called "the Jerusalemite." He was present at the Sixth Ecumenical Council in Constantinople, which was convoked in 680 during the reign of Emperor Constantine IV (668-685). He became deacon of the Great church in Constantinople, that is, the Church of the Holy Wisdom of God, then Archbishop of Crete. He reposed in 720 or 723. Beside his other sacred writings, he also composed various hymns, among which is the famous Great Canon, which is chanted during Great Lent (see the Thursday of the Fifth Week of the Fast).

Royalfamily
July 04

Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia

Tsar Nicholas II was the son of Alexander III, who had reposed in the arms of Saint John of Kronstadt. Having been raised in piety, Tsar Nicholas ever sought to rule in a spirit consonant with the precepts of Orthodoxy and the best traditions of his nation. Tsaritsa Alexandra, a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of England, and a convert from Lutheranism, was noted for her piety and compassion for the poor and suffering. Their five children were beloved of all for their kindness, modesty, and guilelessness.

Amidst the political turmoil of 1917, Tsar Nicholas selflessly abdicated the throne for what he believed was the good of his country. Although he had abdicated willingly, the revolutionaries put him and his family under house arrest, then sent them under guard to Tobolsk and finally Ekaterinburg. A letter written from Tobolsk by Grand Duchess Olga, the eldest of the children, shows their nobility of soul. She writes, "My father asks that I convey to all those who have remained devoted to him ... that they should not take vengeance on his account, because he has forgiven everyone and prays for them all. Nor should they avenge themselves. Rather, they should bear in mind that this evil which is now present in the world will become yet stronger, but that evil will not conquer evil, but only love shall do so."

After enduring sixteen months of imprisonment, deprivation, and humiliation with a Christian patience which moved even their captors, they and those who were with them gained their crowns of martyrdom when they were shot and stabbed to death in the cellar of the Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg in 1918.

Together with them are also commemorated those who faithfully served them, and were either slain with them, or on their account: General Elias Tatishchev; Prince Basil Dolgorukov; the physician Eugene Dotkin; the lady-in-waiting Countess Anastasia Hendrikova; the serving-maid Anna Demidova; the cook John Kharitonov; and the sailors Clement Nagorny and John Sednev.

Allsaint
July 04

Asclepias the Wonderworker

Allsaint
July 04

Martha, mother of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger

Allsaint
July 04

Michael Choniates, Metropolitan of Athens

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Wisdom of the Fathers

But mark both their faith, and their obedience. For though they were in the midst of their work (and you know how greedy a thing fishing is), when they heard His command, they delayed not, ... but "they forsook all and followed," ... Because such is the obedience which Christ seeks of us, as that we delay not even a moment of time.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century

Prayer, fasting, vigil and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, do not constitute the aim of our Christian life, although they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end. The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.
St. Seraphim of Sarov
The Acquisition of the Holy Spirit: Chapter 3, The Little Russian Philokalia Vol. 1; Saint Herman of Alaska Brotherhood pg. 79, 19th century

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Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros Traveling to Germany

07/02/2021

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is traveling to Germany to take part in the ordination of Bishop-elect Ambrosios of Argyroupolis on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at the Church of St. Andrew the Apostle in Düsseldorf.
https://www.goarch.org/-/ambrosios-argyroupolis-germany

Release of a New Greening the Parish Resource Page

07/01/2021

The Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations is pleased to announce a new and simplified Greening the Parish Resource page. The page offers all the how-to videos in place, in addition to the Greening the Parish four-part webinar series, the history and work of the Green Patriarch, an Orthodox Creation Care toolkit, and further Orthodox and ecumenical resources.
https://www.goarch.org/-/greening-resource-page

Synaxis of the 12 Apostles

07/01/2021

On June 30, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America prayerfully attended the Divine Liturgy in Paramus, New Jersey for the Synaxis of the 12 Apostles. His Eminence, along with His Grace Bishop Athenagoras, wished His Grace Bishop Apostolos many years on the occasion of his nameday.
https://www.goarch.org/-/synaxis-12

“How-to” Green Your Parish, Episode 11: Reducing Waste at Home #1

07/01/2021

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.
https://www.goarch.org/-/greening-parish-11

Memory Eternal Rev. George Livanos

07/01/2021

This morning, Rev. George Livanos, Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, peacefully passed away surrounded by his family.
https://www.goarch.org/-/livanos-memory-eternal

Archiepiscopal Encyclical on the Apostolic Visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMEW to the United States

06/30/2021

With unsurpassed joy, we announce on the Feast of the Glorious Twelve, the Apostolic Visit of His All Holiness BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch to the United States, October 23 – November 3, 2021.
https://www.goarch.org/-/patriarch-visit

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Appoints New Director of the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music

06/29/2021

On Saturday, June 26, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America elevated Mr. Georgios Theodoridis, Master Chanter of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Washington, DC, to the rank of Archon Mousikodidaskalos (Music Instructor) of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in recognition of his efforts and contributions toward the teaching and promotion of Byzantine Music in Washington, DC, over the past decade. Together with this special honor, His Eminence appointed Archon Georgios Theodoridis as the new Director of the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music, which he previously served in the capacity of music instructor.
https://www.goarch.org/-/georgios-theodoridis-director-music

Soak Up the Son - Go Forth: Week 3

06/28/2021

This week we learn about our lifeguards, Saints Cosmas and Damian, the unmercenary physicians! To download the full family activity guide visit: https://www.goarch.org/-/soak-up-the-son-go-forth.
https://www.goarch.org/-/soak-up-the-sun-3

Fr. Patrick Viscuso Elevated to Protopresbyter

06/27/2021

On Sunday, June 27, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America elevated Fr. Patrick Viscuso to the rank of Protopresbyter. Father Patrick celebrates 30 years of priestly service this year. AXIOS!
https://www.goarch.org/-/viscuso-elevated

Dn. Thomas Manuel Ordained to the Holy Priesthood

06/27/2021

On June 27, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America ordained Dn. Thomas Manuel to the Holy Priesthood at St. George in Bethesda, Maryland. AXIOS!
https://www.goarch.org/-/manuel-ordination-1

Rev. Michael Diamond Ordained to the Holy Priesthood

06/26/2021

On June 26, 2021, Rev. Michael Diamond was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia. AXIOS!
https://www.goarch.org/-/diamond-ordination

Nicholas Lionas Ordained to the Holy Diaconate

06/26/2021

On Saturday, June 26, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit ordained Nicholas Lionas to the Holy Diaconate at St. John’s Church in Sterling Heights, MI. Deacon Nicholas serves as Assistant to the Metropolitan. AXIOS!
https://www.goarch.org/-/lionas-ordination

Rev. Dimitrios Lee Installed as Proistamenos

06/26/2021

On June 26, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America installed Rev. Dimitrios Lee as the Proistamenos of Saints Constantine and Helen in Silver Spring, Maryland. In addition, His Eminence elevated Rev. Dimitrios to the rank of Economos. AXIOS!
https://www.goarch.org/-/lee-installed

Rev. Panayiotis Steele Ordained to the Holy Priesthood

06/26/2021

On June 26, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America ordained Rev. Panayiotis Steele to the Holy Priesthood at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Washington, DC. AXIOS!!!
https://www.goarch.org/-/steele-ordination-2
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