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:
Kristin Zink – Kathy Chaka – Gene Haberman – Dr. Dean Kopan
THIS WEEK’S TRISAGION PRAYERS ARE FOR: Sophie Paterakis – 6 months, John Paterakis – 23 years. May Their Memory Be Eternal
40-DAY BLESSING FOR: Tinsley Sophia Buldas born June 19th to parents John and Abby Buldas.
May God Continue to Bless Her Always.
THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED ANONYMOUSLY
THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE: English: Marianna Temple Greek: Basil Apostolou
The Prosfora, the Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of the worshipping faithful was offered today by the family of Sophie and John Paterakis & Dawn Anagnos.
THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED BY The family of Sophie & John Paterakis. May Their Memory Be Eternal. Please join them for coffee, refreshments, and fellowship after Church today in our Community Center.
Welcome Father Peter and Presbytera Peggy Bistolarides!
We thank Father for serving Liturgy today.
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:
Sunday, July 24th: Finikia Workshop
Monday, July 25th: Finikia Workshop 9 am. Hellenic Dance Company practice: 6:00-6:30 p.m.-Ellinopedia (approximate ages 18 month to 7),6:30-7:00 p.m.-Asteria (approximate age 7-10), 7:00-8:00 p.m.-Olympians (approximate age 10-12), 8:00-9:30 p.m.-Hellenic Dancers (approximate age 13 +)
Tuesday, July 26th: Warm Hands to Warm Hears 1 PM, at Charlie’s Restaurant, on Dussel Drive
Welcome to Father Jerry and Presbytera Helene Hall who are visiting their children in Toledo. We thank them for worshiping with us.
Ypsilanti 118 Memorial Golf Outing hole sponsoring. If you are interested in sponsoring a hole for this year’s Golf Outing please see the attached form.
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.
50th ANNUAL GREEK AMERICAN FESTIVAL is just 6 weeks away!... If you haven’t already done so.. please go online and sign up to volunteer at www.holytoledotrinity.com We need everyone’s support more than ever to make this year’s 50th festival a success.. It can’t be done without all of you. Thank you!
WE ARE HALF WAY THROUGH OUR 2022 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN. During vacation season we tend to forget our obligation... As a reminder...Have you submitted your pledge card? Are you current with your payments? Thank you!
NEW Holy Trinity Pantry needed items: Saltine crackers, Shelf-stable milk, canned tuna, canned chicken, shampoo, body wash, vegetable oil. Our pantry accepts all nonperishable food and hygiene items. We also gratefully accept money donations, and we can do the shopping for you! Thank you to all parishioners who support this church ministry!
Warm Hands to Warm Hearts Attention all Knitter’s & Crocheter’s, we would like everyone who is working on this project to come to a Get Together Luncheon, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at 1 PM, at the Charlie’s Restaurant, on Dussel Drive, (1631 Tollgate Rd, Maumee, Ohio 43537, on the North side of the road just west of Reynolds Road). We would like to just get together and discuss what we have done so far. Spouses are welcome to come. For questions contact Dorothy Yakumithis 419-867-0734, or Maria Petros at 419-473-2387.We still need yarn so keep looking at garage sales and rummage sales. Any kind of yarn and any color. If you don’t knit or crochet and would like to donate some, we sure would appreciate it. Just drop it off at church.
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 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: August 7 –Jack Adams - 40 days -Nick Karas (trisagion) 19 years; August 28 – George Dedes – 1 year
Holy Trinity we need your help getting ready for the Greek Festival! Please see this year's Festival workshop schedule.
If you are interested in sponsoring a hole for this year's Golf Outing please see the attached flyer!
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.
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.
Sixth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:36-53
At that time, Jesus, having risen from the dead, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, "Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them.
Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high."
Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.
Prokeimenon. Plagal First Mode. Psalm 11.7,1.
You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 12:6-14.
Brethren, having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
6th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 9:1-8
At that time, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven." And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic -- "Rise, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Saint Christina was from Tyre in Syria, the daughter of a pagan named Urban. Enlightened in her heart to believe in Christ, she broke her father's idols, made of gold and silver, and distributed the pieces to the poor. When her father learned this, he punished her ruthlessly, then cast her into prison. The rulers subjected her to imprisonments, hunger, torments, the cutting off of her breasts and tongue, and finally impalement, in the year 200, during the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus.
The holy Passion-bearers Boris and Gleb, named Romanus and David in sacred Baptism, were the pious sons of the holy Great Prince Vladimir. In 1015 they were slain at the command of their brother Svyatopolk-Saint Boris, on July 24 on the Alta River, near Pereyaslavl, and Saint Gleb, on September 5 on the bank of the Smyadinya River, near Smolensk. Although both had understood their brother's designs against them, they refused to take up arms against him and bring civil war upon their land, preferring to fulfill the commandment, "Resist not evil" (Matt. 5:39). The holy relics of Saint Boris were then buried in Vyshgorod, to which the holy relics of his brother were transferred five years later. Miracles were worked through the holy relics of the meek and guileless brothers during the consecration in Vyshgorod of a church in their honor on this day in 1021.