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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2023-04-09
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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:

All Parish Council Members Ushering Today    

 THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: Catherine Chengges and Gregory and Christopher Cleveland in honor of Michael and Linda Cleveland’s 25th wedding anniversary.  May God Continue to Bless Them Always.

PROSFORA OFFERED BY: Susan Sieben and Connie Mynihan

 THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE:   English: Marianna Temple     Greek: Christina Temple

IN THE HOSPITAL THIS PAST WEEK:  Ann Mulopulos (Toledo) Perastika and a Speedy Recovery

Welcome to Zach Heller!  We would like to welcome our new ministry coordinator Zach Heller to our parish family.

DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE BAKE SALE TODAY!  Please join them after Church today in our Veronie Community Hall and get a sweet treat!

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:

Sunday, April 9th:  Bridegroom 7pm

Monday, April 10th: Holy Monday Bridegroom 7pm

Tuesday, April 11th: Holy Tuesday Bridegroom 7pm

Wednesday, April 12th: Holy Wednesday 9:00am Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Unction Service 3pm and Unction Service 7pm

Thursday, April 13th: Holy Thursday Vesperal Divine Liturgy 8 am, Service of the Twelve Gospels 7:00pm

Friday, April 14th: Holy Friday Service of the Royal Hours 9am

Service of the Un-nailing from the Cross 3pm, Hope and Joy Holy Friday retreat, Lamentations Service 7:00 pm

Saturday, April 15th: Holy Saturday Vesperal Divine Liturgy 9:30am, Orthros of Easter and Divine Liturgy 11:30 pm

Sunday, April 16th: Holy Pascha Agape Vespers Noon at the Cathedral

Holy Trinity Bookstore - If you haven't checked out our Bookstore lately, please do!  Shop around for last minute Easter gifts. We have icons, children's books, bracelets, religious items, and red egg dye!

Food Pantry:  Our Pantry ministry has been a great success thanks to the generous donations from our parishioners. The Pantry is now doing distributions three out of the four weeks each month,  We really need your donations.  Please consider supporting this greatly-needed community ministry. This month, our most needed items are: canned chicken and tuna, pancake syrup and canned fruit. As always we gratefully accept monetary donations.  Thank you!

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. 

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.

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

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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    Chili Cook-Off

    Chili Cook-Off

    The daughters of Penelope are holding a chili cook-off! Please see the flyer for details!

    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

Apolytikion for Palm Sunday in the First Mode

In confirming the common Resurrection, O Christ God, Thou didst raise up Lazarus from the dead before Thy Passion. Wherefore, we also, like the children, bearing the symbols of victory, cry to Thee, the Vanquisher of death: Hosanna in the highest; blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

Apolytikion for Palm Sunday in the Fourth Mode

As by baptism we were buried with Thee, O Christ our God, so by Thy Resurrection we were deemed worthy of immortal life; and praising Thee, we cry: Hosanna in the highest; blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode

In Heaven, He is seated upon a Throne and on earth He rides upon a foal. O Christ our God, accept the praise of the Angels and the hymn of the Children who cry out to You, "Blessed are You who comes to recall Adam."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Palm Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 21:1-11; 15-17

At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, he sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If any one says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and he will send them immediately." This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

"Tell the daughter of Zion,
Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."

The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their garments on them, and he sat thereon. Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?" And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee." But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant; and they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read,

'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings,
you have brought perfect praise'?"

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 117.26,1.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Verse: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:4-9.

BRETHREN, rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you.

Gospel Reading

Palm Sunday
The Reading is from John 12:1-18

Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazaros was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazaros was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him), said "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said, "Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me."

When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazaros, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazaros also to death, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it; as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him. The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazaros out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign.

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Saints and Feasts

Palmsunday
April 09

Palm Sunday

On Sunday, five days before the Passover of the Law, the Lord came from Bethany to Jerusalem. Sending two of His disciples to bring Him a foal of an ass, He sat thereon and entered into the city. When the multitude there heard that Jesus was coming, they straightway took up the branches of palm trees in their hands, and went forth to meet Him. Others spread their garments on the ground, and yet others cut branches from the trees and strewed them in the way that Jesus was to pass; and all of them together, especially the children, went before and after Him, crying out: "Hosanna: Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord, the King of Israel" (John 12:13). This is the radiant and glorious festival of our Lord's entry into Jerusalem that we celebrate today.

The branches of the palm trees symbolize Christ's victory over the devil and death. The word Hosanna means "Save, I pray," or "Save, now." The foal of an ass, and Jesus' sitting thereon, and the fact that this animal was untamed and considered unclean according to the Law, signified the former uncleanness and wildness of the nations, and their subjection thereafter to the holy Law of the Gospel.

Allsaint
April 09

The Holy Martyr Eupsychius of Caesarea

This holy Martyr was from the parts of Cappadocia, and lived a blameless life with his wife. During the reign of Julian the Apostate, this blessed one was filled with divine zeal and, with other Christians, destroyed the pagan temple dedicated to Fortune. Because of this he received the crown of martyrdom by beheading in the year 362.

Raphnicholasirene
April 09

Rafael, Nicholas, Irene, & Olympias of Mytilene

For more on these saints, see Renewal (Bright) Tuesday.

Allsaint
April 09

Vadin the Righteous of Persia

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Wisdom of the Fathers

But observe the wisdom of the Evangelist, how he is not ashamed to parade their former ignorance. That it was written they knew, that it was written of Him they knew not. For it would have offended them if He being a King were about to suffer such things, and be so betrayed.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 66 on John 12, 2. B#58, p.245., 4th Century

Besides, they could not at once have taken in the knowledge of the Kingdom of which He spake; for another Evangelist saith, that they thought the words were spoken of a kingdom of this world. (Matt. xx. 21.)
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 66 on John 12, 2. B#58, p.245., 4th Century

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