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
Debbie Morris – Steve Papadimos – Harry D. Proestos
THIS WEEK’S MEMORIALS ARE FOR: Akrie Bellas – 16 years Gus Bellas – 13 years
George Bellas – 12 years Bessie Bellas – 6 months
May Their Memory Be Eternal
THIS WEEK'S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: Ourania Bekos and Family in loving memory of Ilias Bekos, Marigo and Christos Bekos. May Their Memory Be Eternal
COFFEE HOUR SPONSORTED BY: Anonymous
PROSFORA OFFFERED TODAY BY: The Bellas family and Ourania Bekos
Thank you and God Bless You.
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:
Tuesday, July 27th: St. Panteleimon Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am, Dance practice begins at 6 pm
Wednesday, July 28th: Morning Bible Study 10 am and evening Bible Study 7 pm
AHEPA Memorial Golf Outing – Ypsilanti #118 is hosting a memorial golf outing on Saturday September 18, 2021 at Legacy by Arthur Hills Golf Club in Ottawa Lake, MI. This year we will be honoring Fr. Chris Hadgigeorge with the proceeds going to Hellenic College Holy Cross and chapter philanthropic funds. Information on golfer and non-golfer registrations and sponsorships can be found at www.ypsigolfmemorial.com, or contact Tony Capranica – 419-540-1150, Chadd Schwartz – 440-669-6882 or Jim Rongakis – 561-856-0885.
ARE YOU CURRENT WITH YOUR STEWARDSHIP OBLIGATION? We hope you're enjoying your summer so far. Due to changes in routine and vacation, we would like to remind you that if you haven't paid or pledged, please do so. We need all your participation to reach our stewardship goal for this year!.. Thank you to everyone who has paid and pledged!
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: Greetings from the Holy Trinity Pantry. Our church Pantry continues to serve our neighbors, and we have established a relationship with a few who use our Pantry on a regular basis. The monthly Pantry inventory was completed on July 2nd. We have received a few very generous monetary donations, as well as food donations. We are very thankful for those parishioners who have donated. Presently, we need a few items: shelf-stable milk, boxed dinners like hamburger helper, canned chicken and tuna, liquid hand soap, and deodorant. As always, all donations are gratefully accepted!
ATTENTION PROSFORA BAKERS: ***PROSFORA NEEDED FOR THE MONTH OF July August & 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- August 1st – Nick Karas 18 years (Trisagion); Zafira Jouras – 40 Days (Trisagion); August 8th – Anthepe Jakubowski – 1 year; Panagiotis C. Bekos – 10 years; Marigo Bekos – 21 years; Christos Bekos – 43 years (Trisagion); August 29th - Andreas Nicolaou – 3 years
Support our Local AHEPA in this year's Golf Outing.
This event is for all members of our community. The gathering is on Friday, August 13, 2021, at 6:00 PM at St. Elias. Come and pray with us that the Theotokos may protect and heal you, your family and your loved ones. Dinner, snacks and refreshments for everyone! Bring a side dish, if you can! An ‘Ask Father’ session will held during the dinner
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
Fifth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:13-35
At that time, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 67.35,26.
God is wonderful among his saints.
Verse: Bless God in the congregations.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:22-27.
Brethren, Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married."
5th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1
At that time, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
According to tradition, Anna, the ancestor of God, lived for sixty-nine years, and her spouse Joachim, for eighty; according to one account, Saint Joachim died two years before Saint Anna. The Theotokos had been orphaned of both her parents already when she was eleven years of age, when she was living in the Temple (see Sept. 8 and Nov. 21). Saint Anna is invoked for conceiving children, and for help in difficult childbirth.