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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2022-06-26
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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
Archdiocese News
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:

Kristin Zink – Kathy Chaka – Gene Haberman 

THIS WEEK’S MEMORIAL IS FOR:  Richard Hartford – 40 days   May His Memory Be Eternal 

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY:  Ms. Maritherese Tokles in loving memory of Patricia Tokles    

May Her Memory Be Eternal

THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE:   English: Janis Plomaritis   Greek: Bill Plomaritis 

THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED BY:  The family of Richard Hartford.  Please join them for coffee, refreshments, and fellowship after Church today in our Community Center.

The Prosfora, the Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of the worshipping faithful was offered today by the family of Richard Hartford

 IN THE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK:  Jack Adams (Mercy St. Vincent) Bill Tzanakis (Toledo)

Perastika and a Speedy Recovery

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:          

Sunday, June 26th:  Tiropita Workshop after Church

Monday, June 27th:  9 am Tiropita Workshop, Summer of the arts 6 pm

Tuesday, June 28th:  9 am Tiropita Workshop (If needed), Warm Hands to Warm Hearts 1pm

Wednesday, June 29th:  9 am Orthros 10 am Divine Liturgy Ss. Peter and Paul

Warm Hands to Warm Hearts will meet, in the Ahepa Room, Tuesday, June 28th, at 1 pm.  We still need yarn and continue to Knit and Crochet 7x9 inch rectangles.

YAH trips are back!  Our first trip will be to Lancaster, PA to see the 'David' show at the Sight & Sound Millenium Theatre.  If you are interested, please, see Faye or Gene Haberman after Church.  Seating is limited and a deposit of $75 is due by Sunday, June 26th.

Terry Timmons:  As we know Terry had surgery on his shoulder.  We are asking that everyone please do their part in make sure that all items are cleaned up and put in the trash after coffee hour and events.  It is imperative that we all will pitch in. 

Ypsilanti 118 Memorial Golf Outing – Save the Date – This year’s Ypsilanti 118 Memorial Golf Outing will be Saturday September 24 at Heather Downs Country Club honoring Andy Dionyssiou.  This will be a four-man scramble with a shotgun start at 1:30. Cost is $90.00 per person for golf and dinner or $35.00 for dinner only.  Dinner is chicken and ribs.  For complete details and to register or sponsor please visit www.ypsigolfmemorial.com.

NEW Holy Trinity Pantry update!  Here is the new list of needed items for our church pantry:

Canned chicken, canned tuna, vienna sausages, hearty soups and chili, canned meals (beefaroni, spagettios), saltine crackers, breakfast bars, pop tarts, cereal, body wash. We have parishioners that continue to support this wonderful neighborhood mission, and we are truly grateful. Thank you!

Philoptochos News:  Philoptochos is continuing to strive for all women of our parish to join this dynamic group that supports all the needs of our beloved Holy Trinity. Participation in our activities is flexible and accommodates women’s varying availability and time commitment. Stewardship is being accepted for continuing and new members for 2022. The amount of your stewardship to this organization is your choice, with the average membership steward giving $50.  We are obligated to the first $21 to our National and Metropolis Philoptochos, and the remainder of your donation stays here at our parish and supports our projects in our local community. Payment can be forwarded to Maria Kopan, Membership, and can also be made through PayPal at ToledoPhiloptochos@gmail.com   

2022 Stewardship Campaign is well underway.  Have you submitted your pledge card?  If not please do so.  We want to  include everyone in the Stewardship listing in the Echo.  Thank you to all of you who have submitted.

Sunday Coffee Hours –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.

ATTENTION PROSFORA BAKERS: ***PROSFORA NEEDED FOR THE MONTHS OF July and August.  Please call Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email at cmynihan5@gmail.com

ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR:  December 4th and 11th 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 MEMORIALS:  July 3rd – Roula Manton – 40 days-Marie Andros (trisagion) – 9 years; George Andros (trisagion) 10 years; July 24th Sophie Paterakis (Trisagion) 6 months

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    Festival Workshop Schedule 2022

    Festival Workshop Schedule 2022

    Holy Trinity we need your help getting ready for the Greek Festival! Please see this year's Festival workshop schedule.

    50th Festival T-Shirt Contest

    50th Festival T-Shirt Contest

    The Greek Festival is back! This year we are celebrating our 50th and we would love your participation. Please see the flyer with more details about the T-Shirt contest.

    Summer of the Arts 2022

    Summer of the Arts 2022

    Summer of the Arts 2022 is here! Please see the Flyer for more details

    Ukraine Relief Fund

    Ukraine Relief Fund

    Together, the Archdiocese and IOCC aim to raise $1 million for both immediate and long-term support of the Ukrainian people. Please click on the flyer for more information.

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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
June 26

2nd Sunday of Matthew

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June 26

David the Righteous of Thessalonika

Saint David, who was from Thessalonica, lived a most holy and ascetical life. For some years, he took up his dwelling in the branches of an almond tree, exposed to all the elements and extremes of the weather. He reposed in peace during the reign of Saint Justinian the Great, in the sixth century.

Tikhvin
June 26

Appearance of the Icon of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos of Tikhvin

According to one tradition, this icon was painted by Saint Luke the Evangelist. It was formerly situated in the famous Church of Blachernae in Constantinople. In 1383, it appeared upon the waters of Lake Ladoga, whence it travelled miraculously through the air to the city of Tikhvin; there, it remained by the River Tikhvinka, and a monastery was built to shelter the icon. In 1613-14 this monastery miraculously withstood the many attacks of the Swedish invaders. In the early twentieth century it was brought to America and was returned to Russia in 2004. The holy icon is renowned for a great many miracles wrought through it by the all-holy Mother of God, especially for the healing of children.

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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

The 36th Annual Metropolis of Boston Ministry Awards Celebration

06/16/2022

Over 700 clergy and laity gathered at the Metropolis of Boston 36th Annual Ministry Awards Celebration on Sunday, June 12th, 2022 at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA. The Master of Ceremony for the evening was Peter Eliopoulos, an Emmy Award winning reporter for WCVB- NewsCenter5.
https://www.goarch.org/-/metropolis-boston-ministry-awards-celebration

Communique of the Holy Eparchial Synod

06/15/2022

Today, June 15, 2022, upon the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened via videoconference in order to review current matters concerning the life of the Church.
https://www.goarch.org/-/communique-holy-eparchial-synod-june-15-2022

Feast Day Celebrations at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity

06/15/2022

Smiths Creek, Michigan — The feast day of the Holy Trinity was celebrated at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity. Representing Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos presided over Divine Liturgy for Holy Pentecost and an All-Night Vigil for Holy Trinity, and celebrated with the Abbott, Elder Joseph, and the pious brotherhood.
https://www.goarch.org/-/feast-day-celebrations-holy-trinity-monastery
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