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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2024-03-03
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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:

Gene Haberman – Dr. Dean Kopan – Debbie Morris – Pete Papadimos

THIS WEEK’S TRISAGION PRAYERS ARE FOR:  James Veronie – 2 years Alfreda Morris – 2 years    Pete Morris – 6 years   

May Their Memory Be Eternal

THIS WEEK’S EPISTLE READERS ARE:  In Greek: Basil Apostolou    English: Soteria Houlles 

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

THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED BY: The families of James Veronie, and Alfreda and Pete Morris.  May Their Memory Be Eternal.   Please enjoy coffee, refreshments, and fellowship after Divine Liturgy in the Veronie Community Hall.

The Prosfora, the Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of all the worshipping faithful was offered this week by Kristine Reder for the Veronie and Morris families.  Thank You and God Bless You

 Condolences to the family of Faye Grevis whose funeral is tomorrow here at Holy Trinity at 10 am.

May Her Memory Be Eternal

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:    

Tuesday, March 5th:  Bible Study 10 am, Parish Council 6 pm

Wednesday, March 6th: Bible Study 7 pm

Thursday, March 7th:  AHEPA Meeting, Daughters Meeting

Saturday, March 9th:  1st Saturday of the Souls Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am

Byzantine Music Fellowship is returning! Save the Date -- rehearsals will begin Monday March 18, 7-8pm. We will be re/learning the Paraklesis service to the Theotokos. All are welcome -- new members and old! More details to follow.

Apokriatiko Luncheon – The AHEPA and Daughters chapters of Toledo are sponsoring the annual Apokriatiko Luncheon on March 10 following the Divine Liturgy.  The menu includes kokkinisto beef and makaronatha, salad and dessert.  Beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase.  Tables will be decorated in a festive atmosphere and DJ Dimitri will be spinning Greek tunes to enjoy or dance to.  Tickets are available after church and takeout will also be available.  Join your friends and family for pre-Lenten fellowship.

THE RAFTOPOULOS SCHOLARSHIP is now available.  If you would like an application form, please contact the Church office.   Deadline is May 1, 2024.

AHEPA/Daughters Scholarships - 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, 2024.  The District scholarship application is available online at www.bsf.buckeyedistrict11.org and will be due March 31, 2024.  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. A special note to the young men who are applying for the local and/or District scholarships.  Special consideration is given to applicants who are members of either the AHEPA or the Sons of Pericles.  If you are not a member please contact Tony Capranica – 419-540-1150 – about becoming a member of either Order.

YAH has a trip to The Ark Encounter planned for Monday, Oct. 14th - Thursday, Oct.17th.  Cost is $560 per person, double occupancy.  A $75 deposit is due no later than May 15th unless we book up before then.  Final deposit will be due no later than August 1, 2024. Only 46 seats available, so get your deposit in as soon as possible. Please, see Faye Haberman or Kris Reder if interested.  No credit cards- checks are to be payable to Young at Heart. Hope to travel with you & make some great memories!

PANTRY UPDATE: Holy Trinity Pantry is now reaching people that live outside of our neighborhood and are in need. We are now on the United Way's list of Pantries!  In one hour on January 30th, we served 64 households! In addition, each month we serve about 15 more households at the Pantry door.  Please consider monetary or food and hygiene donations. Needed Items this month are: Jelly, PB, canned chicken, pasta sauce, Hamburger Helper, and Chili Soup. Thank you, Holy Trinity Parishioners for all of your generous donations!

Attention: Warm Hands to Warm Hearts (WHWM): Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 in the Veronie Community Hall. Please join us; all are welcome. Many thanks to those of you who participated in our first lap blanket donation of 2024. We delivered over 80 blankets to residents of Advanced Healthcare Center of Toledo. What a heartwarming experience for all involved! Please read about our delivery in the March Echo. We appreciate your yarn donations; we are always in need. Thank you. For more information or questions, contact Elena Perry (419-265-6275) or Maria Petros (419-473-2387).

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

ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR June 30,2024 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.

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    Apokriatiko 2024

    Apokriatiko 2024

    Apokriatiko is coming soon! Please see the flyer for more details.

    Project Mexico 2023

    Project Mexico 2023

    We are going back to Mexico! Please see the flyer for more details about this wonderfully mission.

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.

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 Third Mode

O Father, foolishly I ran away from Your glory, and in sin, squandered the riches You gave me. Wherefore, I cry out to You with the voice of the Prodigal, "I have sinned before You Compassionate Father. Receive me in repentance and take me as one of Your hired servants."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Sixth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:36-53

At that time, having risen from the dead, Jesus went up and stood among His disciples and said to them, "Peace be with 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 My 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 had 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 some honeycomb], 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 in 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 returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the Temple blessing God.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:12-20.

Brethren, "all things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" -- and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I therefore take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two shall become one flesh." But he who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body and in your spirit which belong to God.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Prodigal Son
The Reading is from Luke 15:11-32

The Lord said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the property that falls to me.' And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living. And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his belly with the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants.' And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make merry. Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what this meant. And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.' But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, 'Lo, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!' And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"

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Saints and Feasts

Prodson
March 03

Sunday of the Prodigal Son

Through the parable of today's Gospel, our Saviour has set forth three things for us: the condition of the sinner, the rule of repentance, and the greatness of God's compassion. The divine Fathers have put this reading the week after the parable of the Publican and Pharisee so that, seeing in the person of the Prodigal Son our own wretched condition -- inasmuch as we are sunken in sin, far from God and His Mysteries -- we might at last come to our senses and make haste to return to Him by repentance during these holy days of the Fast.

Furthermore, those who have wrought many great iniquities, and have persisted in them for a long time, oftentimes fall into despair, thinking that there can no longer be any forgiveness for them; and so being without hope, they fall every day into the same and even worse iniquities. Therefore, the divine Fathers, that they might root out the passion of despair from the hearts of such people, and rouse them to the deeds of virtue, have set the present parable at the forecourts of the Fast, to show them the surpassing goodness of God's compassion, and to teach them that there is no sin -- no matter how great it may be -- that can overcome at any time His love for man.

Allsaint
March 03

Eutropios, Kleonikos, Vasiliskos, Zenos, & Zoilis the Martyrs

The Martyrs, who were from Amasia, were fellow soldiers and kinsmen of Saint Theodore the Tyro (see Feb. 17). They were betrayed to the Governor Asclepiodotus as Christians, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). After many torments, Eutropius and Cleonicus were crucified; Basiliscus was not slain together with them, but was shut up in prison, in the hope that with time he might change his mind and sacrifice to the idols. He was beheaded on May 22; see also the account on that day.

Allsaint
March 03

Theodoretos the Holy Martyr of Antioch

Allsaint
March 03

Nonnita, mother of Saint David

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Thank God every day with your whole heart for having given to you life according to His image and likeness - an intelligently free and immortal life...Thank Him also for again daily bestowing life upon you, who have fallen an innumerable multitude of times, by your own free will, through sins, from life unto death, and that He does so as soon as you only say from your whole heart: 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before Thee!' (Luke 15:18).
St. John of Kronstadt
My Life in Christ: Part 1; Holy Trinity Monastery pgs. 104-105, 19th century

But if he had despaired of his life, and, ... had remained in the foreign land, he would not have obtained what he did obtain, but would have been consumed with hunger, and so have undergone the most pitiable death: ...
St. John Chrysostom
AN EXHORTATION TO THEODORE AFTER HIS FALL, 4th Century

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