Orthros at 8:15 am & Divine Liturgy at 9:30am
Weekday Orthros and Liturgies begin at 8am
Saint Andrew Hellenic Afternoon School: uoip6We proudly continue to celebrate OXI Day! The Students of our Hellenic Afternoon School will present a short program in the church after liturgy commemorating OXI DAY - Please join us in our support for the Students of the Greek School program as they demonstrate their pride in our culture and faith
Wedding:On Sunday October 31st at 1:00pm Sam Delis will wed Jayelyn Marie Alvarado.
Monday 11/1+Cosmas & Damianos +Orthros @8am Divine Liturgy of SJC @9am
Sunday 11/7 The 7th Sunday of Luke +Orthros @8:15am & Divine Liturgy SJC @9:30am
ATTENDING SERVICES AT SAINT ANDREW
No reservations are required to attend church services
NO Masks required for people to attend services (you may wear a mask if you choose to)
A section in the church with Social distance seating is available for people who choose this for themselves or their family.
Participation in services is also available via livestream - go to: Home | St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church (orthodoxws.com) and choose LIVESTREAM on the Menu bar
Prayers/Liturgy can always be found at: https://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html
Online Giving System: Website: https://www.standrewgonj.org/ and choose PayPal / online WeShare
Hellenic Book Fair : Sunday, November 14 in the Saint Andrew Social Hall |This event is sponsored by the Saint Andrew PTA and the Hellenic Book Club of New York City and will take place during the PTA coffee hour.
Religious Education: Sunday school (children please sit with your family during service) after Holy Communion students please go to your respective classes … after class… students please meet your family at coffee Hour in the Social Hall.
OPEN HOUSE is on Sunday, November 21st : You are invited to visit your child’s classroom after Liturgy to meet their teacher and find out about this year’s curriculum.
Join us for Little Angels Playgroup LAP! Calling all Little Angels ages 0-4! For basic introduction to Greek nursery rhymes and religion. This is an open playgroup so feel free to bring toys, snacks, and a caretaker must be present.
Dates (when there is a service in church we will pray and then we will play) , 11/1 Monday, 11/8 Monday, 11/19 Friday, 11/22 Monday, 12/3 Friday, 12/6 Monday, 12/17 Friday, 12/22 Monday.
If you have questions or plan on attending, please contact Athina Vella at amv1823@gmail.com or call/text 973-879-7095.
Knitting and Pillow Ministries : Please join us on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month at 10am for knitting and or sewing. We need you to help us provide blankets, scarves, and pillows to the different organizations we are helping. Feel free to drop in for a cup of coffee … we usually have little lunch a lot of laughs. Dates in 2021: 11/3, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15 | Dates in 2022: 1/5, 1/19
Hellenic Afternoon School
Mondays at 4:30pm for Jr.PK, PK, K, Levels 1 & 2.
Thursdays at 4:30pm for Levels 3,4,5 and 6
Greek Dance Class
Thursdays for Group 1 at 5:45pm & for Group 2 and 6:30pm
GOYA GREEK DANCE
Thursdays at 7:30pm
HOPE & JOY! Kick off meeting Sunday November 14th
HOPE Hellenic Orthodox Primary Education - Grades K through 2 | JOY Junior Orthodox Youth - Grades 3 through 6
FIRES IN GREECE RELIEF FUND please help those in Greece due to the devastating fires that are raving throughout the country. Checks received and online donations (select one-time donation) to our church will also be sent for this relief fund. Below are links directly to the GOARCH or GoFundMe donation pages (links below). We thank you for your donations and support and pray for everyone's safety..
GOARCH donation page: https://www.goarch.org/greecefiresdonate
GoFundMe donation page: https://gofund.me/291b0813
Youtube video: https://youtu.be/MlN-5lmFJK0
GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA ARCHIEPISCOPAL ENCYCLICAL
Prot. No. 250/2021
Archiepiscopal Encyclical for the Commemoration of OXI Day
October 28, 2021
Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese of America.
With hardship we endured misery; we were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Alleluia.
(Doxology for October 28th, the Feast of Victory)
My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Today, we celebrate OXI DAY – when the People of Greece echoed a resounding “No!” to fascism and tyranny, and an unmistakable “Yes!” to freedom. It was a decision that cost Hellas dearly, as the Occupation of Greece (Κατοχή) by the Nazi forces was brutal for all Greeks. Many fought back and died in the struggle for their homeland. Many starved on the streets of our cities, as a result of the awful oppression. The Jewish population of Greece was decimated. The land was ravaged by war. But in the midst of this life and death contest, the Greek People never lost their nerve. Their “No!” to oppression turned into an adamantine affirmation of democracy, liberty, and self determination.
There are still some alive in our communities who remember this time. They are fading with the years, so we must do all that we can to honor them, their heroism, and their sacrifice. That is why we commemorate OXI Day throughout our sacred Archdiocese, and we ask for our communities to celebrate the Doxology for the Day. Our collective act of memory is what connects us to this “greatest generation,” and reminds us of the price of freedom.
This year, while we are celebrating OXI Day, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is with us in the United States. His voice reminds us, as the Scripture says, that “in Christ all the promises of God are ‘Yes’” (II Corinthians 1:20). Those who said “No” to oppression, said “Yes” to liberty, and the greatest freedom that any human being can know is the liberty of the Spirit of Christ.
My beloved Christians, in this Bicentennial Year of the Greek War for Independence, let us honor the heroes of OXI day and all of Greece, for their heroism and sacrifice. May we always be blessed to realize such courage in our daily lives, and say “Yes” to our liberty in Christ Jesus.
With paternal love in our Lord Jesus Christ,
† ELPIDOPHOROS
Archbishop of America
Coffee Hour
will be held in the Social Hall and hosted by Bakaliko
Bagels are donated by Jimmy Psaras of ALFA BAGELS on Route 10 in Randolph, NJ
Coffee is donated by William Callas of COFFEE ASSOCIATES in Edgewater, NJ
HOSTING ON: 11/7 Philoptochos, 11/14 PTA, 11/28 GOYA*, 12/5 Philoptochos*, 12/15 PTA*, 12/19 DOP*, 12/26 GOYA, (*Please bring Lenten options for coffee hour)
Monday 11/1 +Cosmas & Damian +Orthros and Divine Liturgy SJC at 8am
@9:30a-11:30am Little Angels Playgroup (LAP) meet in Church then in Social Hall
@4:30 HAS LEVELS: JPK, PK, K, L1, L2
@7pm Stewardship Virtual Meeting note change of date
Tuesday 11/2
@8am-4pm Lifeline Screening | Social Hall
@7pm GOYA Volleyball Practice/gym
Wednesday 11/3
@10am Pillow & Knitting Ministries Meet 1st & 3rd Wednesday
@6 pm GOYA JR Basketball & 7:30pm GOYA SR Basketball will Practice/gym
@7:30pm AHEPA Meeting 1st Wednesday
Thursday 11/4
@4:30 HAS LEVELS: L3, L4, L5, L6
@5:45 Greek Dance Class Group 1 | @6:30pm Greek Dance Class Group 2
@7:30pm GOYA GREEK Dance Practice
Friday 11/5
Saturday 11/6
Sunday 11/7 The 7th Sunday of Luke +Orthros @8:45am & Divine Liturgy SJC @9:30am
Artoclasia Service: Paxos Family |Memorial Service: + Stephanos Velios
Monday 11/ 8 +Holy Archangels +Orthros and Divine Liturgy SJC at 8am
@9:30a-11:30am Little Angels Playgroup (LAP) meet in Church then in Social Hall
@4:30 HAS LEVELS: JPK, PK, K, L1, L2
Tuesday 11/9 +Saint Nekatrios +Orthros and Divine Liturgy SJC at 8am
@7pm GOYA Volleyball Practice/gym
Wednesday 11/10
@6 pm GOYA JR Basketball & 7:30pm GOYA SR Basketball will Practice/gym
Thursday 11/11 Veterans Day
@4:30 HAS LEVELS: L3, L4, L5, L6
@5:45 Greek Dance Class Group 1 |@6:30pm Greek Dance Class Group 2
@ 7:30pm GOYA GREEK Dance Practice
2021 Pledge Form
Family & Youth Info /Registration 2021-2022 | HAS, Religious Ed, Greek Dance.....
GOYA is for all children ages 12-18 in grades 7th -12th. Please complete: On line registration for GOYA Membership | Family & Youth Form for GOYA GREEK DANCE & Religious Education Classes.
Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive . Please bring to church no later than November 11, 2021. Food Drive is to benefit the Inter-Faith Food Pantry of Morris County and other area food pantries
Student Safety Pledge FORM
Thursdays at @ 7:30pm GOYA GREEK Dance Practice | GOYA is for all youth ages 12-18 in grades 7th -12th. Please complete: On line registration for GOYA Membership | Family & Student Form for GOYA GREEK DANCE & Religious Education Classes.
collecting NEW unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots Foundation. Please drop off your donations at Saint Andrew Church before December 10th
OXI DAY -October 28 - Greek
GOOD SAMARITAN SUNDAY IS PHILOPTOCHOS SUNDAY November 14, 2021
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
Please keep these names in your prayers
Christina, Michael, Adrianne, Konstantinos, George, Anastasia, Nicholas, Michael, Alexandra, Sofia, Joseph, Vasilios, Robert,, Megan, Chrisopigi, Guadalupe, Barbara, Ioannis, Nicholas, Margaret, Ava, Venessa, Chris, Dominic, Ralph, Ralph L, Elenitsa,, Sophia, Doreen, Lori, Robert, Constantine, Panagiota, Michael Scott, Christine, Millie, Joe, Anastasios, Herb, Sangita, Elizabeth, Mary, Niki, Phillip, Pagona, Eleftheria, Argiroula, Angeliki, John, Helen, Athena, Jeremiah, Joseph, Elias, Joanna, Ellen, Demetra, Kenneth, Artemis, Vasileke, John, Mike, Maria, Mary, Haroula, Ioannis, Irene, Christos, Evangelia, Alice, Larry, Maria, Catherine, Mark, Vasiliki-Christina, Christina, Prz._Eleni, Fr._Konstantine, Prz._Spiridoula, Nikolaos, Kyriacos,
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.
Eighth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:11-18
At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that He had said these things to her.
Eighth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:11-18
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, Μαρία δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ κλαίουσα ἔξω. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν, ὅπου ἔκειτο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ. καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῇ ἐκεῖνοι· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὅτι ἦραν τὸν Κύριόν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. καὶ ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν ἑστῶτα, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐστι. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητεῖς; ἐκείνη δοκοῦσα ὅτι ὁ κηπουρός ἐστι, λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· Μαρία. στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββουνί, ὃ λέγεται, διδάσκαλε. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς· ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ.
Prokeimenon. Second Mode. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 11:31-33; 12:1-9.
Brethren, the God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for ever, knows that I do not lie. At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me, but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped his hands.
I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven -- whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise --whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows -- and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses. Though if I wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I besought the Lord about this, that it should leave me; but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Προκείμενον. Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 117.14,18.
Ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὁ Κύριος.
Στίχ. Παιδεύων ἐπαίδευσέ με ὁ Κύριος.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους β' 11:31-33, 12:1-9.
Ἀδελφοί, Ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ οἶδεν, ὁ ὢν εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι. Ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν, πιάσαι με θέλων· καὶ διὰ θυρίδος ἐν σαργάνῃ ἐχαλάσθην διὰ τοῦ τείχους καὶ ἐξέφυγον τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ. Καυχᾶσθαι δὴ οὐ συμφέρει μοι· ἐλεύσομαι γὰρ εἰς ὀπτασίας καὶ ἀποκαλύψεις κυρίου. Οἶδα ἄνθρωπον ἐν Χριστῷ πρὸ ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων - εἴτε ἐν σώματι οὐκ οἶδα· εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ οἶδα· ὁ θεὸς οἶδεν - ἁρπαγέντα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἕως τρίτου οὐρανοῦ. Καὶ οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον - εἴτε ἐν σώματι, εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος, οὐκ οἶδα· ὁ θεὸς οἶδεν - ὅτι ἡρπάγη εἰς τὸν παράδεισον, καὶ ἤκουσεν ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι. Ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου καυχήσομαι· ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ καυχήσομαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις μου· ἐὰν γὰρ θελήσω καυχήσασθαι, οὐκ ἔσομαι ἄφρων· ἀλήθειαν γὰρ ἐρῶ· φείδομαι δέ, μή τις εἰς ἐμὲ λογίσηται ὑπὲρ ὃ βλέπει με, ἢ ἀκούει τι ἐξ ἐμοῦ. Καὶ τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρωμαι, ἐδόθη μοι σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί, ἄγγελος Σατᾶν, ἵνα με κολαφίζῃ, ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρωμαι. Ὑπὲρ τούτου τρὶς τὸν κύριον παρεκάλεσα ἵνα ἀποστῇ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. Καὶ εἴρηκέν μοι, Ἀρκεῖ σοι ἡ χάρις μου· ἡ γὰρ δύναμίς μου ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελειοῦται. Ἥδιστα οὖν μᾶλλον καυχήσομαι ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις μου, ἵνα ἐπισκηνώσῃ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἡ δύναμις τοῦ Χριστοῦ.
5th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 16:19-31
The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"
5th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 16:19-31
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· ῎Ανθρωπος δέ τις ἦν πλούσιος, καὶ ἐνεδιδύσκετο πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον εὐφραινόμενος καθ᾿ ἡμέραν λαμπρῶς. πτωχὸς δέ τις ἦν ὀνόματι Λάζαρος, ὃς ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ ἡλκωμένος καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἀπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ. ἐγένετο δὲ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸν κόλπον ᾿Αβραάμ· ἀπέθανε δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος καὶ ἐτάφη. καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ τὸν ᾿Αβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ. καὶ αὐτὸς φωνήσας εἶπε· πάτερ ᾿Αβραάμ, ἐλέησόν με καὶ πέμψον Λάζαρον ἵνα βάψῃ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ ὕδατος καὶ καταψύξῃ τὴν γλῶσσάν μου, ὅτι ὀδυνῶμαι ἐν τῇ φλογὶ ταύτῃ. εἶπε δὲ ᾿Αβραάμ· τέκνον, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἀπέλαβες σὺ τὰ ἀγαθά σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου, καὶ Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά· νῦν δὲ ὧδε παρακαλεῖται, σὺ δὲ ὀδυνᾶσαι· καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται, ὅπως οἱ θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἔνθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μὴ δύνωνται, μηδὲ οἱ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερῶσιν. εἶπε δέ· ἐρωτῶ οὖν σε, πάτερ, ἵνα πέμψῃς αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου· ἔχω γὰρ πέντε ἀδελφούς· ὅπως διαμαρτύρηται αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλθωσιν εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου. λέγει αὐτῷ ᾿Αβραάμ· ἔχουσι Μωϋσέα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας· ἀκουσάτωσαν αὐτῶν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· οὐχί, πάτερ ᾿Αβραάμ, ἀλλ᾿ ἐάν τις ἀπὸ νεκρῶν πορευθῇ πρὸς αὐτούς, μετανοήσουσιν. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· εἰ Μωϋσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἀκούουσιν, οὐδὲ ἐάν τις ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ πεισθήσονται.
Of these holy Apostles, Stachys became the first Bishop of Byzantium, consecrated by the Apostle Andrew. Having shepherded his people for sixteen years, he reposed in the Lord. As for the others, each one shone forth in the episcopal see appointed to him: Apelles, Bishop of Heraclea; Amplias, Bishop of Odyssopolis; Urban, Bishop of Macedonia; Narcissus, Bishop of Athens; and Aristobulus, Bishop of Britain.
These Saints were from Asia (that is, Asia Minor). After the death of their father, their Christ-loving mother Theodota reared them in piety and in all manner of virtue, and had them instructed in every science, especially that of medicine. This became their vocation, and they went about healing every illness and malady, bestowing healing freely on both men and beasts alike; because of this, they are called "Unmercenaries." And thus, having completed the course of their life, they reposed in peace.
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