Sunday Orthros - 8:00 a.m. followed by the Divine Liturgy
Saturday Vespers - 6:00 p.m.
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.
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 Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11.
Brethren, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.
12th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 17:12-19
At that time, as Jesus entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then said Jesus: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And he said to him: "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."
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Saint Macarius the Great was from the Thebaid of Egypt, a disciple, as some say, of Saint Anthony the Great. He was born about 331 and struggled in asceticism in the desert at Scete. Although young, he was called "the child elder" because of his great wisdom and austere manner of life. He was ordained presbyter and reposed in 391, at the age of sixty. There are fifty homilies ascribed to him.
It is said of Saint Macarius that he became as a God upon earth, for even as God protects the whole world, so did he cover the faults he saw as if he did not see them. Once he came back to his cell to find a thief taking his things and loading them on a camel. Macarius' non-possessiveness was so great that he helped the thief load the camel. When the camel refused to rise, Macarius returned to his cell and brought a small hoe, said that the camel wanted the hoe also, loaded it on, and kicked the camel telling it to get up. The camel obeyed Macarius' command, but soon lay down again, and would not move until everything had been returned to Macarius. His contemporary, Saint Macarius of Alexandria, was so called because he came from Alexandria and was therefore of that Greek-speaking colony; while Saint Macarius the Great is also called "of Egypt," that is, he belonged to the ancient race native to Egypt, the Copts.
Mark, Bishop of Ephesus
8:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:30AM Choir
11:00AM Sunday School
1:00PM baptism
Righteous Euthymius the Great
8:00AM St. Efthymios, Orthros & Divine Liturgy
10:00AM Greek Bible Study
4:30PM Plutarchos Academy
7:00PM Bible Study
Maximus the Confessor
9:00AM Archangels Academy
Fasting Day
The Righteous Martyr Anastasius of Persia
9:00AM Archangels Academy
6:00PM Iconography
7:00PM Floga Practice
8:00PM Goya
The Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra
9:00AM Archangels Academy
Fasting Day
Xenia, Deaconess of Rome
9:00AM Archangels Academy
4:30PM Plutarchos Academy
Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople
8:00AM St. Gregory, Orthros & Liturgy
11:00AM Byzantine Music
2:00PM Baptism
6:00PM Great Vespers
NO SACRAMENTS
Xenophon & his Companions
8:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:30AM Jr. Choir
11:00AM Sunday School
Removal of the Relics of John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
9:00AM Archangels Academy
10:00AM Greek Bible Study
4:30PM Plutarchos Academy
7:00PM Bible Study
Venerable Ephraim the Syrian
9:00AM Archangels Academy
Fasting Day
Removal of the Relics of Ignatius the God-bearer
9:00AM Archangels Academy
6:00PM Iconography
7:00PM Goya
Synaxis of The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, & John Chrysostom
8:00AM Three Hierarchs, Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00AM Archangels Academy
7:00PM Paradosis Dance Practice
Fasting Day
Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries
9:00AM Archangels Academy
4:30PM Plutarchos Academy
8:00PM Greek Night at Milwaukee Bucks
NO SACRAMENTS
Trypho the Martyr
7:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Byzantine Music
6:00PM Great Vespers
The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
8:00AM Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:30AM Psaltes
11:00AM Sunday School
The Synaxis of the Holy and Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy Prophetess Anna
“A Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven” The Stewardship of Time Dear Faithful of Saint Spyridon, The Stewardship forms for the New Year may be found at: http://www.saint-spyridon.org/stewardship.html Your stewardship donation is most meaningful when accompanied by your presence, by your willingness to serve, by your prayers, and by your commitment. We are grateful for your kind generosity and assistance to our parish family and we kindly ask that you continue to support our efforts. I offer you my thanks for your dedication to our parish and your participation in Christ’s work of salvation. Wishing all of you a blessed and joyous New Year 2020! Rev. Fr. Tilemahos Alikakos
Metropolis of Chicago Servant Leadership Awards The Metropolis will host its inaugural Servant Leadership Awards Dinner on Friday, May 1, 2020 at the Cotillion Banquets in Palatine, Illinois. On that date, the Metropolis will gather as one to recognize laypersons from our parishes who have distinguished themselves for their acts of service, leadership and innovation on behalf of our Holy Church. His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael wishes to use this occasion to formally acknowledge and reward the hard work and achievements of the lay servant leaders in our parishes, and hopes that by highlighting their efforts, others will be inspired to get involved in the life of the Church. Tickets to the Servant Leadership Awards Dinner will go on sale in March.
Our Saint Spyridon Philoptochos is having a winter fundraiser lunch package “Winter warm-up, Greek style” where you can pre-order avgolemono soup, lagana (bread) and rice pudding/karithopita. This lunch pick up will be after church on Sunday January 26th. Once again, half of the proceeds from this fundraiser will be donated to a not for profit. Please pre-order to ensure that we are able to meet everyone’s needs. There will be pre-order forms available every Sunday during the coffee social.
Come celebrate the 15th Anniversary of our Archangels Academy of Sunday, February 9th, 2020.