December 28
St. Spyridon Church
Publish Date: 2019-12-28
Bulletin Contents
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Saint Spyridon Calendar
Coming Events
Wisdom of the Fathers
St. Spyridon Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (708)385-2311
- Fax:
- (708) 385-0166
- Email:
- office@saint-spyridon.org
- Street Address:
- 12307 S. Ridgeland
- Palos Heights, IL 60463
- Mailing Address:
- 12307 S. Ridgeland
- Palos Heights, IL 60463
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Orthros - 8:00 a.m. followed by the Divine Liturgy
Saturday Vespers - 6:00 p.m.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2019-12-27
- Publish Date:
- 2019-12-25
- Publish Date:
- 2019-12-14
- Publish Date:
- 2019-12-03
- Publish Date:
- 2019-11-22
- Publish Date:
- 2019-11-21
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 44.17,10.
They shall make mention of your name from generation to generation.
Verse: Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 6:11-16.
Timothy, my son, aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the presence of God who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only Sovereign, and King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
Gospel Reading
Saturday after Nativity
The Reading is from Matthew 12:15-21
At that time, many followed Jesus, and he healed them all, and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not wrangle or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets; he will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick, till he brings justice to victory; and in his name will the Gentiles hope."
Hymns of the Day
Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Nativity in the Fourth Mode
Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, hath shined the light of knowledge upon the world; for thereby they that worshipped the stars were instructed by a star to worship Thee, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know Thee, the Dayspring from on high. O Lord, glory be to Thee.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion for 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia in the Second Mode
Blessed is the earth that drank your blood, O prizewinners of the Lord, and holy are the tabernacles that received your spirit; for in the stadium ye triumphed over the enemy, and ye proclaimed Christ with boldness. Beseech Him, we pray, since He is good, to save our souls.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion of St. Spyridon in the First Mode
O Father, God-bearer, Spyridon, you were proven a champion and Wonder Worker of the First Ecumenical Council. You spoke to the girl in the grave and turned the serpent to gold. And, when chanting your prayers, most sacred One, angels ministered with you. Glory to Him who glorified you; glory to Him who crowned you; glory to Him who, through you, works healing for all.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Mode
On this day the Virgin beareth the Transcendent in essence; * to the Unapproachable, * the earth doth offer a small cave; * Angels join in choir with shepherds * in giving glory; * with a star the Magi travel upon their journey; * for our sakes is born a young Child, * He that existed * before the ages as God.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Saints and Feasts
December 28
Afterfeast of the Nativity
December 28
Simon the Myrrhbearer, Founder of Simonopetra, Monastery of Mount Athos
Saint Spyridon Calendar
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Saint Spyridon Calendar
December 28, 2019 to January 12, 2020
DECEMBER
Saturday, December 2820,000 Martyrs burned in Nicomedia
1:30PM wedding
Sunday, December 2914,000 infants (Holy Innocents) slain by Herod in Bethlehem
8:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:30AM Psaltes
12:30PM Philoptochos Christmas Party
Monday, December 30Anysia the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki
Tuesday, December 31Melania the Younger, Nun of Rome
JANUARY
Wednesday, January 1Fasting Day
Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
9:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
Thursday, January 2Sylvester, Pope of Rome
Friday, January 3Malachi the Prophet
Fasting Day
8:00AM Great & Royal Hours
Saturday, January 4Synaxis of the 70 Holy Apostles
6:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, January 5The Holy Martyrs Theopemptus and Theonas
8:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:30AM Psaltes
Monday, January 6THEOPHANY
8:00AM THEOPHANY - Orthros, Liturgy, Agiasmos
9:00AM Archangels Academy
4:30PM Plutarchos Academy
7:00PM Vespers at St. John's Des Plaines
Tuesday, January 7St. John the Baptist
8:00AM St. John, Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00AM Archangels Academy
7:00PM Parish Council
Wednesday, January 8Saint George the Chozebite
Fasting Day
9:00AM Archangels Academy
6:00PM Iconography
7:00PM Floga Practice
8:00PM Goya
Thursday, January 9Martyr Polyeuctus of Melitene, in Armenia
9:00AM Archangels Academy
7:00PM Philoptochos Meeting
Friday, January 10Gregory of Nyssa
Fasting Day
8:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00AM Archangels Academy
4:30PM Plutarchos Academy
Saturday, January 11Our Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch
11:00AM Byzantine Music
6:00PM Great Vespers
Sunday, January 12Tatiana the Martyr of Rome
Wisdom of the Fathers
We see many men who are moved by the desire of transitory things to endure many toils and labors. They will travel great distance and even disregard wife and children and every other glory and enjoyment, and prefer nothing to their purpose in order that they may secure the attainment of their goal. If, then, there are some who make every effort to attain transitory and temporal ends even to the point of laying down their very lives, shall we not deliver our souls and bodies to death for the sake of the King of kings and Lord of lords (I Tim 6:15), the Creator and Sovereign of all things?
Discourses: II The Beatitudes no. 3; Paulist Press pg. 49, 11th century