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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2023-04-02
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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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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:

Dr. Dean Kopan – Debbie Morris – Pete Papadimos – Steve Papadimos 

THIS WEEK’S MEMORIALS ARE FOR:  Elizabeth Papps – 1 year     John Veronie – 3 years

TRISAGION PRAYERS FOR:  Odysseas Georgaki – 10 years    George Georgaki – 25 years

May Their Memory Be Eternal

PROSFORA OFFERED BY: The families of John Veronie & Elizabeth Papps and Dawn Anagnos

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: The Veronie Family in loving memory of John.   May His Memory Be Eternal

THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE:   English:  George Veronie Greek: Pete Kanios

THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED BY:  The Family of John Veronie. Please join them for coffee, refreshments and fellowship after church in the Veronie Community Hall. 

IN THE HOSPITAL THIS PAST WEEK:  Nancy Rodgers (St. Anne), Tom Ross (UTMC), and Ann Mulopulos (Toledo) Perastika and a Speedy Recovery

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:

Sunday, April 2nd:  Pan Orthodox Vespers St. George Monroe 6 pm

Monday, April 3rd:  Great Compline 6 pm, Parish Council 7 pm

Tuesday, April 4th:  Lenten Study with Father Seraphim Dedes 10 am

Wednesday, April 5th: Presanctified Liturgy 6 pm, Lenten Study with Father Seraphim Dedes and Pot-Luck to follow

Saturday, April 8th: Saturday of Lazarus 9 am Orthros 10 am Divine Liturgy.  Clean up of the Cathedral after Liturgy.

Update on Father Angelo and how you can help:  As many of you know Father Angelo was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.  He continues to receive treatments.  We have been informed that a savings account has been setup for him and his family.  If you are interested in donating please make checks payable to National Financial Services.  Please note: Fr. Angelo or Artemas in the Memo.  Please mail your donation to Pinnacle Financial 570 Lake Cook Road, Suite #128 Deerfield IL 60015.  Please keep Father and family and in your prayers. 

Today is the last day to order for Greek Kitchen and Daughters Bake Sale

STEWARDSHIP:  The first quarter of our 2023 Stewardship Campaign is over and we still are missing a lot of pledges.  To all of you who have submitted your commitment card, we thank you.  To those of you who haven’t, please do so.   We need everyone’s support to reach our goal of $275,000.  Let’s make this the best campaign ever!

The Raftopoulos Scholarship is now available.  Please call the Church to receive your application.   Deadline is May1st.

Pan-Orthodox Vespers:  The next Sunday vespers will be hosted today at by St. George in Monroe. 

PHILOPTOCHOS SCHOLARSHIP IS NOW AVAILABLE – If you’re interested in applying, please contact Phyllis Manton at 419-290-2527 or the Church Office for an application.  The deadline is April 30th, 2023. 

Warm Hands to Warm Hearts We want to Thank everyone who went with us to Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing Home, to deliver more than 70 Lap Blankets.  It was a blessing to see their faces when they received the Blankets made with love. Thank You, to everyone who donated yarn, who made pieces or finished Lap Blankets.  

Our Next meeting is April 25, 2023 at 1:00 pm. in the Veronie Hall. Everyone is welcome to join us. We accomplish so much and enjoy fellowship that warm our hearts.  Some volunteers organize rectangles into piles by color and design.  Others arrange pieces into beautiful patterns that will be sewn together.  A few ladies organize donated yarn while others crochet, knit and practice new stitches.  In addition, several fold finished lap blankets and a few baby blankets to add to our growing collection. We put together many blankets. It truly was all warm hands-on deck!   Everyone is welcome to come or help by making, 7 in by 9-inch pieces.  We also need yarn donations. We want to Thank Everyone who is helping with this Ministry. For Questions, contact Dorothy Yakumithis 419-867-0734, Maria Petros 419-473-2387 or Elena Perry 419-265-6275

*New Pantry Update! Hello Holy Trinity Parishioners.  As we continue through our Lenten journey, please consider donating nonperishable food items or monetary donations to our Pantry. (We are happy to do the shopping for you.)  At this time, our most needed items are: Canned chili soup, Hearty canned soup like Campbell's Chunky soup, and boxes of cereal. We truly appreciate all of your donations!  Thank you.

Update: The local, District and National scholarships are now available for submission.  The local AHEPA/Daughters scholarships use the same application to determine recipients.  The application can be found at www.toledo.buckeyedistrict11.org.  Due date is April 19, 2023.  The District scholarship application is available online at www.bsf.buckeyedistrict11.org and is due March 31, 2023.  As a reminder, the District scholarship does not have a minimum GPA requirement.  Please refer to www.ahepa.org for details on the National scholarship.

MDSC Staff Application Now Open! For those interested in serving our camp please visit https://gomdsc.org/staff-opportunities/ for more information.

Daughters of Penelope Walk with NAMI in 2023:  NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. NAMI Walks promotes awareness of mental health, raises funds for NAMI’s free, top-rated programs, and builds community by letting people know they are not alone.  Please JOIN OUR TEAM OR MAKE A DONATION. Donating to NAMI through our team page is easy, fast and secure.  Please go to https://namitoledo.org to make a donation.

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 April and May.  Please call Connie Mynihan at 419-250-4899 or email at cmynihan5@gmail.com

ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR November 5th & 12th 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:  April 30th – Richard & Barbara Hartford – 1 year; Pauline Photos Kambour – 3 years; Konstantinos Tsapranis – 3 years (Trisagion); May 7th Jane (Papahages) Titer – 40 days

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    Nami Walk 2023

    Nami Walk 2023

    The daughters of Penelope are supporting Nami of Toledo. Please see the flyer to learn more.

    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 for Sun. of St. Mary of Egypt in the Plagal Fourth Mode

In thee the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother; for taking up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thy deeds thou didst teach us to overlook the flesh, for it passeth away, but to attend to the soul since it is immortal. Wherefore, O righteous Mary, thy spirit rejoiceth with the Angels.

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

Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.

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 Hebrews 9:11-14.

BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45

At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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Saints and Feasts

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April 02

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.

Allsaint
April 02

Titus the Wonderworker

Little is known of this Saint except that he took up the monastic life from his youth, became the abbot of a monastery, and reposed in peace.

Allsaint
April 02

Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine

Allsaint
April 02

Amphianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Before He humbled Himself, only the angels knew him. After He humbled Himself, all human nature knew Him. You see how His humbling of Himself did not make Him have less but produced countless benefits, countless deeds of virtue, and made His glory shine forth with greater brightness? God wants for nothing and has need of nothing. Yet, when He humbled Himself, He produced such great good, increased His household, and extended His kingdom. Why, then, are you afraid that you will become less if you humble yourself?
St. John Chrysostom
On the Incomprehensible Nature of God. 8.46-47. Taken from: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Vol: Mark. Intervarsity Press, 2005, p. 143.

But let no man be troubled at the apostles being in such an imperfect state. For not yet was the cross accomplished, not yet the grace of the Spirit given. But if thou wouldest learn their virtue, notice them after these things, and thou wilt see them superior to every passion.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 65 on Matthew 20, 2,3,4,6. B#54, pp.399-401,403., 4th Century

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