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St. Andrew Church
Publish Date: 2020-09-27
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St. Andrew Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (973) 584-0388
  • Fax:
  • (973) 584-3573
  • Street Address:

  • 1447 Sussex Turnpike

  • Randolph, NJ 07869-1830
  • Mailing Address:

  • 1447 Sussex Turnpike

  • Randolph, NJ 07869-1830


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Services Schedule

On Sunday we celebrate

Orthros at 8:45 am & Divine Liturgy at 10am

Weekday Orthros and Liturgies begin at 8am 

 

 


Past Bulletins


Services at St. Andrew

Attending services at Saint Andrew

Below are the links for upcoming services.

Registration to all services will be open until 5 pm prior to the service

Just Click on the Eventbrite Link and make your Reservation.

If you are having problems with link or do not have access to the internet call the church office 973-584-0388 (leave a message and we’ll get back to you). 

If you attended liturgy last Sunday, we kindly ask that you wait until Friday to reserve again, in order to allow an opportunity for other parishioners to attend a Sunday service.

  

Saturday 9/26

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/118793796443

+Falling Asleep of John the Theologian and Evangelist

@8am Orthros & @9am Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

 

On Saturday September 26th at @3pm Christopher D'Andrea  will wed Kateina Melekos

 

Sunday 9/27

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/118782669161

+1st Sunday of Luke

@8:45am Orthros & @10am Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

A Six-Month Memorial Service will be held on Sunday for the repose of the soul of +Zoe Paleocostas, beloved wife of Vasilios, devoted mother of: Steven and wife, Ashley, Vicky and husband, Billy, Sandy, and Dimitri; daughter of: Spyridoula; grandmother of: Loula, Zoe, Demetra, Alexander, Mila, Christiana and Adriana; sister of: Efthimia and husband Gus; and aunt of: Angie, Billy, and Dimitri. 

A Three Year Memorial Service will held on Sunday 9/27/20 for the repose of the soul of +Michael (Keneth) Fackina , beloved husband of Dorothy (Boyiatgis) Fackina and devoted father to Kenneth (wife Kate), Nicole (fiancé Neil Marshall). 

May their memory be eternal. 

On Sunday September 27th at 3pm George Kritharis will wed Nicole Umina.

 

Saturday 10/3

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/121949188305

Divine Liturgy @ 9-10am Youth & Family Worship

@8am Orthros & @9am Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

 

Sunday 10/4

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/121949188305

+2nd Sunday of Luke+St. Hierotheos of Athens* Relics

@8:45am Orthros & @10am Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

Memorial Service for the repose of the souls of: +George Kavalos, Stilianos (Stanley) Kiriakides, +George Lewis 

Trisagion Service for the repose of the souls of: +Vasilios, +Demetrios, +Fotini 

On Sunday October 4th at 1:30pm Demetri and Angelica (Spiropoulos) Demopoulos will baptize their son.

 

Prayers/Liturgy can  always be found at: https://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html

 

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Announcements

Hellenic Afternoon School

9/21 Monday  at 4:30PM Agiasmosin Church followed by HAS 1st day of classes grades: Jr Pre-K, Pre-K, K, 3 & 4

9/24 Thursda at 4:30PM Agiasmosin Church followed by HAS 1st day of classes: grades: 1, 2, 5, & 6

 

  Saint Andrew Family News September issue is on our web site 

https://www.standrewgonj.org/files/September-2020.pdf

 

 Philoptochos Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive 

Please bring to church no later than November 12, 2020. Food Drive is to benefit the Inter-Faith Food Pantry of Morris County and area food pantries. Items to bring:  Turkey or Ham, Instant mashed potatoes, Brownie Mix, cake mix and icing, Nuts, mini marshmallows, pickles, Stuffing , Gravy, Roll mix or muffin mix, Salad dressing, Canned vegetables (low salt if possible), Canned yams, Hearty soups (low salt if possible), Coffee or tea, Apple, cranberry or other 100% juice, Canned fruit, Jell-O or pudding, Fresh potatoes or yams, Apples and oranges. Thank you for helping ensure families have a Happy Thanksgiving

 

Philoptochos Annual Coat Drive for Market Street Mission

We are asking if you have a gently used winter coat to donate that you bring it to the church by Monday, October 26 so we can donate in time for the coat drive.  The Market Street Mission will hold their Annual Coat Drive  in Novembr datge to be determined.  The mission wants only winter coats and apparel (hats & scarves)  Please NO windbreakers or rain coats (they will not keep our homeless warm)
 

Hellenic Relief

 Hellenic Relief Foundation helps families in Greece to overcome the needs of those facing economic hardship.  We are collecting diapers, new or gently used clothing and sneakers for boys and girls (infants to 14 years of age).  These items will be shipped to Greece by Hellenic Relief.  Please bring these items to church by October 25.  See flyer for more info.

Attending services at Saint Andrew

 • If you cannot attend please cancel your reservation by using your Eventbrite confirmation or calling the church office and leaving a message

• Parishioners must sanitize their hands upon entering the Church.

• Parishioners must wear protective masks throughout the Services.

 • Parishioners must adhere to the social distancing guidelines of keeping a six foot distance from other parishioners at all times in the pews and throughout the Church. The only exception being for families that have quarantined together, as they will be able to sit together in a designated section of the Church.

 • Parishioners are not to wander in the Church, in the Parish facilities, or outside on the parish grounds.

 • Small children shall not be allowed to roam the aisles.

 • Parishioners must leave the Church premises, including the parking lot and exterior grounds, upon conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, all the while maintaining social distancing standards.

 

OPENING THE CHURCH

At this phase, our Church occupancy is limited during the  service and is on a first come, first serve basis and we will adhere to the protocols outlined in our web site. In order to attend a service you MUST pre-register using the link which will become available a few days prior to the service or by calling the church during office hours (If NO Answer: please leave a message and we will return your call). You will then get a confirmation that you may attend the service. Please bring that with you when you come to church. If you are not able to attend, we invite you to participate in the celebration of the Divine Services through live streaming services that are available.

  

Live Stream of Services

From the Church's Facebook Page

From the Church's Website

From the Church's YouTube channel

 

Prayers/Liturgy can always be found at:

https://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html

 

Light a Virtual Candle

We know we can't physically be at church, but if you're following the live video stream of the services and would like to continue to light a candle as you "enter" the church or would like to "drop some money in the basket" please consider a donation by lighting a "virtual candle".

Just go to the church's Facebook page and select "posts". You can light your virtual candle via the Facebook donate button which you should be able to see.

If you don't have Facebook or prefer not to donate through Facebook, you can always go to the Saint Andrew Website and select either PayPal or WeShare from the home page.

 

Father John will pray for the living and the reposed during Liturgy.

Just email him at prayersstandrew@gmail.com  PLEASE indicate Living or Reposed 

 

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Fr. John's Message

Archpastoral Message

By His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas 
of Mesogaia and Lavriotiki

 

The celebration of October 28th, which is known as the Feast of the Holy Protection, is essentially a rearrangement of the feast honored by the Church on October 1st that is now on October 28th. All other non-Greek speaking Churches honor the Feast of the Holy Protection on October 1st.
 
However, since the event of 28 October 1940 is combined, which recently took place in the life of Hellenism, and since the Church through the testimonies of saints and simple people felt that this new page in the history of the glory of Hellenism had as a basis the intervention of the Theotokos, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece asked the then Great Hymnographer Monk Gerasimos Mikragiannanitis to slightly adjust the Service of the Holy Protection, and in 1953 the Feast of the Holy Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos was transferred from October 1st to October 28th, combining the national celebration with the great feast of the Mother of God.
 
 

This feast is referred to in the life of Saint Andrew the Fool for Christ and his disciple Epiphanios. One day they were in Constantinople praying in the Church of the Panagia of Blachernae, and with the crystal clear eyes of their holy souls they saw a vision.
 
The Church honors this vision, not so much as an event in the life of two men, but as a truth that marks the life of every Christian and the entire Church.
 
They saw the Theotokos hovering somewhat over Constantinople, praying to her Son and God, and bowing down she took off her omophorion, the stole she wore over her shoulders, and with this she covered the entire city. The Church perceives this vision as a manifestation and revelation of divine wisdom, as it appears in the life of the Church and it is connected with the all-holy person of the Most Holy Theotokos.
 
The Panagia is our protection, and the protection of the Theotokos for the Church and each of us means four things. The first is that which justifies the transfer of this feast from October 1st to October 28th.
 
She is our covering, our protection from afflictions, dangers, sicknesses and needs. She is the protection we seek in response to our difficulties, to escape the suffocating atmosphere of the daily lives of each of us.
 
We have much to contend against: obstacles arise when we don't expect them, problems mark our biological course in this world, issues complicate our professions, our daily lives, our relationships with others, even our very survival. Then we take recourse to the person of the Theotokos.
 
We do this not because we were taught to do so, but because it was taught to us by the experience of the Church to do so. We chant: "No one is turned away from you, ashamed and empty, who flee unto you, O pure Virgin Theotokos."

There is no request that is made with humility to the person of the Most Holy Theotokos that remains unanswered.
 
She is the consciousness of our nation, as arranged by our benevolent God, and with the intercessions of the Theotokos, where our logic and senses tells us we will be crushed and destroyed, we experience the miracle of our freedom.
 
We thus attribute these things to the protection and covering of the Most Holy Theotokos towards our nation, not as nationalists who set ourselves apart with an unfair mindset of God's favor, but confessing that our Orthodox nation, soaked with the blood of the martyrs, inspired by the prayers of the saints, baptized in the tradition and life of our holy Church, has sent up these prayers and supplications during difficult times, and the Panagia through her Son responded. This is one meaning of her protection.
 
The second refers to the Old Testament; it was the cloud that accompanied and covered the Jews as they wandered in the desert and is linked with the person of the Theotokos. This holy covering offers warmth in the life of every Christian.
 
Scientists tells us that during the cloudless nights of winter, the cold is more bitter. But when there is a cloud, it creates a greenhouse effect and somehow maintains a warmth, a heat.
 
The whole world operates like a greenhouse which allows flowers to bloom, trees to bear fruit, etc.
 
So also the presence of the Theotokos in this world, who even circulates among us, offers this sweetness, this warmth that each of us needs in the winter of our own personal histories.
 
One can neither bear nor can there exist a spiritual life without joy. The source of our joy, warmth and hope, she who gives us a boost in our difficult struggles and courage in our frustrations is the person, as I mentioned, of the Most Holy Theotokos.
 
Our protection, our covering, not only offers warmth, but it does even more; it hides our nakedness. The Panagia, as our protection, hides the fallen nakedness of the human race and like the fig leaf in Paradise she covers our sinful bodies with a most beautiful garment and presents us with a person so that we can stand before God. This is due to her holiness.
 
This is why we call the Panagia "Most Holy Theotokos". The person of the Theotokos is the supreme model of holiness in terms of morals and in terms of spiritual virtues.
 
So the third element that bears the meaning of the protection of the Theotokos, is that she is the garment that hides our nakedness after the sin and fall of the human race. She is the garment that allows human nature to stand before God, a garment that beautifies.
 
There is one last meaning of the protection of the Mother of God. The role played by the person of the Theotokos in the life of the Church is the same role played by the darkness when Moses approached the face of God on Mount Sinai.
 
The first thing Moses did was cover his face. And the second was when he was in the darkness, which was bright but within a cloud, like a fog, in which he could neither see nor hear, where he could receive messages with no direct sensory experience.

This is what the Theotokos does. She hides a little the face of God. Certainly not to prevent us from knowing Him, but so as not to ruin His image within us by our boldness.
 
As our consolation is in the fact that God became man, so also our consolation is the Theotokos, a human being who reached such a height and so close to the attributes of God, that she is enabled to take us to her level, by her example, but especially because of her intercessions.
 
This is why every Christian, every believer, is a member of the Church, to be able to experience the vision of God experienced by Moses, something of the grace of the Theotokos who is full of grace, and through her path to partake of the mystery of God.
 
The Most Holy Theotokos is the one who gathers our prayers, gives us a sense of God, but not the boldness of our acquaintance with Him. 
 
How illuminating how God has arranged things so that we as people can cultivate humility, and in our humbled hearts, prayed for and protected by the grace of the Theotokos to be able to understand, to set our sights on high towards His face!
 
These are the four great blessings that connect the protection of the Theotokos with the life of the Church. The first is the protection and boldness of her prayers. The second is the coziness and warmth of her presence. The third is the covering of our nakedness that was brought by the fall and sin, which is her holiness. And the fourth is the grace, which somehow covers and protects man from a caustic relationship with God.
 
It is a relationship that can burn and destroy us, when we are not dominated by humility, divine fear and contraction, but rather by selfishness and pride.
 
On such a day we are glorifying God for our freedom. We remember our history, our past. At the same time we praise the great fortune given to us by the person of the Most Holy Theotokos.
 
Let us fervently pray that her protection accompanies us in the desert of our lives, that we may be able through her holy person to approach the face of our Lord in this life "as in a mirror dimly", and in eternity to meet Him in His kingdom "face to face". Amen.
 
Source: Translated by John Sanidopoulos

 

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Daily Calendar

we will be live-streaming the services on the church’s Facebook page

Saturday 9/26 +Falling Asleep of John the Theologian and Evangelist

9/26 Sat Faith Kitchen: Parish Council

9/26/20 Sat @3pm wedding Melekos_D'Andrea

SUNDAY 9/27 +1st Sunday of Luke

9/27/20 Sun@3pm Wedding Umina_Kritharis 

9/27/20 Memorial Service:  +Zoe Paleocostas, +Michael (Keneth) Fackina

9/28@7:30pm Parish Council Virtual Meeting 4th Monday

 10/1 @6pm GOYA Prayer in Church and Fellowship TBA

 Saturday 10/3 Divine Liturgy @ 9-10am for Youth & Family Worship

 Sunday 10/4 +2nd Sunday of Luke+St. Hierotheos of Athens* Relics

 Memorial Service:  +George Kavalos, +Stilianos (Stanley) Kyriakides, +George Lewis,

 Trisagion Service: +Vasilios, +Demetrios, +Fotini

Sunday 10/4/20  @1:30 Baptism Demopoulos_Spiropoulos

Tuesday 10/6 +St. Thomas the Apostle

SUNDAY 10/11 +Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council 

Memorial Service: +Kyle Marshal 

Saturday 10/17 Divine Liturgy @ 9:00AM for Youth and Family Worship

SUNDAY 10/18 +St. Luke the Evangelist

Friday 10/23 +St. Iakovos the Brother of the Lord

10/24 Sat Faith Kitchen: GOYA

10/24 at 11am Baptism Bakker_Rotsides

SUNDAY 10/25 +6th Sunday of Luke

10/25 at 4-6 pm TRUNK OR TREAT in Church Parking Lot 

Monday 10/26 St. Demetrios the Myrrh bearer 

Wednesday 10/28 +Holy Protection of the Theotokos| OXI DAY” Greek National Holiday

 

 

 

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News - Flyers - Registrations - Other

    Pastoral Message

    Pastoral Message

    His Eminence, Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey is encouraging the devout faithful to participate in the Divine Services and to support the mission and ministries of the Church through their generosity.


    Youth + Family + Worship

    Youth + Family + Worship

    Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Saturday, September 12, 2020 (9AM) Look for Eventbrite Link to reserve seat.


    Religious Education

    Religious Education

    CHOICE BOARD September-November 2020 Family Goal - Choose and complete 15 boxes per quarter (3 months)


    STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE

    STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE

    STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE: Must have 2020 pledge in order to Register for Greek School


    Coat Drive

    Coat Drive

    collecting gently used coats (men's, women's and children's), hats and scarves for the ANNUAL COAT DRIVE FOR MARKET STREET MISSION. drop off: no later than Monday, October 26.


    FOOD DRIVE

    FOOD DRIVE

    THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE: bring food in by : November 12, 2020 To Benefit the Inter-Faith Food Pantry of Morris County and area food pantries


    HELLENIC RELIEF

    HELLENIC RELIEF

    SAINT ANDREW PHILOPTOCHOS IS COLLECTING DONATIONS OF ITEMS FOR HELLENIC RELIEF FOUNDATION


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Prayer List

If you would like us to remember you or your loved one in our prayers, please contact the office. 973-584-0388 or send us an email to info@standrewgonj.org 

Names will be kept on this list for approximately 3 months. Please resubmit Names if needed.   Fr. John will pray for the Names above during the Proskomide “Offering of gifts” during the first part of the Divine Liturgy when our priest prepares the mystical gifts of bread and wine. Please keep these names in your prayers as well.

Kyriaki, Sergios, Nikoletta, Roger, Constantinos, Ioanna, Alexandra, Dimitri, Maria, Angeliki, Constantinos, Panagiotis, Fevronia, Alexandra, Eleni, Anastasia, George, Mary, Vasiliki, Jeff, Kleio, George, Eugenia, Joanna, Eliana, Constantinos, Elena, Nicholas, Konstantinos, Georgia, Vasileke, Jutta, Irene, George, Eftihia, Athena, Christina, Athanasios,  Anna, John, Rick, Christine, John, Freda, Estelle, Christina, Fotios, Julie, Joanna, Efthymios, Evangelos, John, Joanna, Lisa, Rich, Magdalini, Irini, Christos, Fr. Christos, Nancy, Brian, Thomas, Vasilios,  Evanthia, Stephanie, Athanasios, Angeliki, Christian, Olga,  Demitra, Antonia, , John, Stavroula, Anna Christina, Manny, Mary, George, Susan, Dimitrios, Peter, Michael, Ryan, Ioannis, Monica, Katerina, Tasia, Christina, Andrew, Andrew, Margaret, Eleni, Paraskevi, Panagotis, Maria, Caroline, Demetrios, Konstantinos, Susan, Afrodite, Cassandra, Aristea, Konstantinos, George, Mary, Holly, Gary, Roye, Cristos, Panagiota, Anna, Panagiotis, John, Nicos, Hannah, Christos, Theoseva, George, Genevieve, Christine, Anna, Louis, Marilyn, Suriana, Antonios, John, Maria, Dimitry Elias, Evangelia, George, Kyriaki, John,  Evmorfia, Fr. Konstantine, Fr. Demetri, Prz Spyridoula,

Prayer for a Sick Person:

Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent Your only-begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ to heal every sickness and infirmity, visit and heal (me) Your servant from all physical and spiritual ailments through the grace of Your Christ. Grant (me) patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health.  Lord, You have taught us through Your word to pray for each other that we may be healed.  I pray that You heal (me) as Your servant and grant (me) the gift of complete health. For You are the source of healing and to You I give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen

 

 
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fifth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:13-35

At that time, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, "What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since this happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said; but him they did not see." And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?" And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Fifth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 24:13-35

Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἦσαν πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εἰς κώμην ἀπέχουσαν σταδίους ἑξήκοντα ἀπὸ ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, ᾗ ὄνομα ᾿Εμμαούς. καὶ αὐτοὶ ὡμίλουν πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ πάντων τῶν συμβεβηκότων τούτων. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὁμιλεῖν αὐτοὺς καὶ συζητεῖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐγγίσας συνεπορεύετο αὐτοῖς· οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν ἐκρατοῦντο τοῦ μὴ ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτόν.εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· τίνες οἱ λόγοι οὗτοι οὓς ἀντιβάλλετε πρὸς ἀλλήλους περιπατοῦντες καί ἐστε σκυθρωποί; ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ εἷς, ᾧ ὄνομα Κλεόπας, εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· σὺ μόνος παροικεῖς ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνως τὰ γενόμενα ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ποῖα; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· τὰ περὶ ᾿Ιησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου, ὃς ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ προφήτης δυνατὸς ἐν ἔργῳ καὶ λόγῳ ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, ὅπως τε παρέδωκαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες ἡμῶν εἰς κρῖμα θανάτου καὶ ἐσταύρωσαν αὐτόν. ἡμεῖς δὲ ἠλπίζομεν ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ μέλλων λυτροῦσθαι τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ· ἀλλά γε σὺν πᾶσι τούτοις τρίτην ταύτην ἡμέραν ἄγει σήμερον ἀφ᾿ οὗ ταῦτα ἐγένετο. ἀλλὰ καὶ γυναῖκές τινες ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξέστησαν ἡμᾶς γενόμεναι ὄρθριαι ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσαι τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἦλθον λέγουσαι καὶ ὀπτασίαν ἀγγέλων ἑωρακέναι, οἳ λέγουσιν αὐτὸν ζῆν. καὶ ἀπῆλθόν τινες τῶν σὺν ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ εὗρον οὕτω καθὼς καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες εἶπον, αὐτὸν δὲ οὐκ εἶδον. καὶ αὐτὸς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· ὦ ἀνόητοι καὶ βραδεῖς τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ πιστεύειν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἐλάλησαν οἱ προφῆται! οὐχὶ ταῦτα ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ Μωϋσέως καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν διηρμήνευεν αὐτοῖς ἐν πάσαις ταῖς γραφαῖς τὰ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ. Καὶ ἤγγισαν εἰς τὴν κώμην οὗ ἐπορεύοντο, καὶ αὐτὸς προσεποιεῖτο πορρωτέρω πορεύεσθαι· καὶ παρεβιάσαντο αὐτὸν λέγοντες· μεῖνον μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, ὅτι πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἐστὶ καὶ κέκλικεν ἡ ἡμέρα. καὶ εἰσῆλθε τοῦ μεῖναι σὺν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κατακλιθῆναι αὐτὸν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν λαβὼν τὸν ἄρτον εὐλόγησε, καὶ κλάσας ἐπεδίδου αὐτοῖς. αὐτῶν δὲ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτόν· καὶ αὐτὸς ἄφαντος ἐγένετο ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν. καὶ εἶπον πρὸς ἀλλήλους· οὐχὶ ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν καιομένη ἦν ἐν ἡμῖν, ὡς ἐλάλει ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὡς διήνοιγεν ἡμῖν τὰς γραφάς; Καὶ ἀναστάντες αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ εὗρον συνηθροισμένους τοὺς ἕνδεκα καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὐτοῖς, λέγοντας ὅτι ἠγέρθη ὁ Κύριος ὄντως καὶ ὤφθη Σίμωνι. καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐξηγοῦντο τὰ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ὡς ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10.

Brethren, working together with him, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Προκείμενον. Grave Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 28.11,1.
Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει.
Στίχ. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους β' 6:1-10.

Ἀδελφοί, συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μὴ εἰς κενὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς - λέγει γάρ, Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι· ἰδού, νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἰδού, νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας - μηδεμίαν ἐν μηδενὶ διδόντες προσκοπήν, ἵνα μὴ μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία· ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ συνιστῶντες ἑαυτοὺς ὡς θεοῦ διάκονοι, ἐν ὑπομονῇ πολλῇ, ἐν θλίψεσιν, ἐν ἀνάγκαις, ἐν στενοχωρίαις, ἐν πληγαῖς, ἐν φυλακαῖς, ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις, ἐν κόποις, ἐν ἀγρυπνίαις, ἐν νηστείαις, ἐν ἁγνότητι, ἐν γνώσει, ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ, ἐν χρηστότητι, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἀνυποκρίτῳ, ἐν λόγῳ ἀληθείας, ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ, διὰ τῶν ὅπλων τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἀριστερῶν, διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀτιμίας, διὰ δυσφημίας καὶ εὐφημίας· ὡς πλάνοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς· ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι, καὶ ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι· ὡς ἀποθνῄσκοντες, καὶ ἰδού, ζῶμεν· ὡς παιδευόμενοι, καὶ μὴ θανατούμενοι· ὡς λυπούμενοι, ἀεὶ δὲ χαίροντες· ὡς πτωχοί, πολλοὺς δὲ πλουτίζοντες· ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες.


Gospel Reading

1st Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 5:1-11

At that time, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." For he was astonished, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

1st Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 5:1-11

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἑστὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς παρὰ τὴν λίμνην Γεννησαρέτ, καὶ εἶδε δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα. ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν τοῦ Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον· καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου τοὺς ὄχλους. ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα· ἐπανάγαγε εἰς τὸ βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα ὑμῶν εἰς ἄγραν. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Σίμων εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐπιστάτα, δι᾿ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὸ δίκτυον. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ· διερρήγνυτο δὲ τὸ δίκτυον αὐτῶν. καὶ κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλοίῳ τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀμφότερα τὰ πλοῖα, ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά. ἰδὼν δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος προσέπεσε τοῖς γόνασιν ᾿Ιησοῦ λέγων· ἔξελθε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι, Κύριε· θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ τῶν ἰχθύων ᾗ συνέλαβον, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ᾿Ιάκωβον καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην, υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν. καὶ καταγαγόντες τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀφέντες ἅπαντα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.


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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
September 27

Gideon the Righteous


Callapostles
September 27

1st Sunday of Luke


Allsaint
September 27

Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions

These Martyrs contested for the Faith during the reign of Diocletian, in the year 288. Saint Callistratus was arrested as a Christian, and after being tormented, was enclosed in a sack and cast into the sea. The sack burst, and the Saint came to dry land safe and sound. Forty-nine soldiers, seeing this, also confessed Christ, and with him were cast into prison, then beheaded.


Pokrov
October 01

The Holy Protection of the Theotokos

The Feast of the Protection commemorates the appearance of the most holy Theotokos in the Church of Blachernae in Constantinople in the tenth century, as recorded in the life of Saint Andrew the Fool for Christ's sake. While the multitudes of the faithful were gathered in church, Epiphanius, the friend of Saint Andrew, through the Saint's prayers, beheld the Virgin Mary above the faithful and spreading out her veil over them, signifying her unceasing protection of all Christians. Because of this we keep a yearly feast of gratitude, imploring our Lady never to cease sheltering us in her mighty prayers.

In the Greek tradition, this feast is celebrated on October 28, while in the Slavic tradition, this feast is celebrated on October 1.


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October 03

Dionysios the Areopagite

This Saint was from Athens, a learned man, and a member of the famous judicial court of Mars Hill (in Greek Aeros Pagos, hence the name Areopagite (see Acts 17:19-34). When Saint Paul preached in Athens, he was one of the first there to believe in Christ, and, according to some, became the first bishop of that city. Others say -- and this may be more probable--that he was the second Bishop of Athens, after Saint Hierotheus, whom Dionysios calls his friend and teacher "after Paul" (On the Divine Names, 3:2). With Saint Hierotheus he was also present at the Dormition of the most holy Theotokos; the Doxasticon of the Aposticha for the service of the Dormition is partly taken from a passage in Chapter III of On the Divine Names. According to ancient tradition, he received a martyr's end (according to some, in Athens itself) about the year 96.


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October 04

2nd Sunday of Luke


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode

Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.
Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον, ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Apolytikion for Martyr Callistratus & his Companions in the Fourth Mode

Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Οι Μάρτυρές σου, Κύριε, εν τή αθλήσει αυτών, στεφάνους εκομίσαντο τής αφθαρσίας, εκ σού τού Θεού ημών, σχόντες γάρ τήν ισχύν σου, τούς τυράννους καθείλον, έθραυσαν καί δαιμόνων, τά ανίσχυρα θράση. Αυτών ταίς ικεσίαις, Χριστέ ο Θεός, σώσον τάς ψυχάς ημών.

Apolytikion for the Church in the First Mode

Hymn of the Apostle St. Andrew: As first of the Apostles to receive the call, and very brother of the prince of them, intercede O Andrew, with the Master of all of us, peace to all the world to grant, and to our souls His great mercy.

Απολυτίκιο του Αποστόλου Ανδρέου: Ως των Αποσόλων πρωτόκλητος, και του κορυφαίου αυτάδελφος, τον Δεσπότην των όλων Ανδρέα ικέτευε, ειρήνην τη οικουμένη δωρήσασθαι, και ταις ψυχαίς ημών το μέγα έλεος

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.
Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.
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Wisdom of the Fathers

There is an old saying: 'Excesses meet.' Too much fasting and too much eating come to the same end. Keeping too long a vigil brings the same disastrous cost as ... sluggishness... Too much self-denial brings weakness and induces the same condition as carelessness. Often I have seen men who would not be snared by gluttony fall, nevertheless, through immoderate fasting and tumble in weakness into the very urge which they had overcome. Unmeasured vigils and foolish denial of rest overcame those whom sleep could not overcome. Therefore, 'fortified to right and to left in the armor of justice,' as the apostle says (2 Cor. 6:7), life must be lived with due measure and, with discernment for a guide, the road must be traveled between the two kinds of excess so that in the end we may not allow ourselves to be diverted from the pathway of restraint which has been laid down for us nor fall through dangerous carelessness into the urgings of gluttony and self-indulgence.
St. John Cassian
Conferences, Conference Two: On Discernment no. 16; Paulist Press pg. 76, 5th century

For now they were well instructed beforehand...But mark both their faith and their obedience. For though they were in the midst of their work when they heard His command, they delayed not, they procrastinated not, they said not, "let us return home, and converse with our kinsfolk," but "they forsook all and followed."
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century

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