Services at St. Andrew

Sunday 11/27/22
13th Sunday of Luke +Orthros @8:15am & Divine Liturgy @9:30am

Memorials – Μνημόσυνα

A 40 DAy Memorial Service will be prayed for the repose of the soul of + Gregory Γρηγορίου Pabelis, beloved husband of Georgia father of: Zoes (Melanie) Pavelis, Maria (George) Seretis, grandfather of: Eleni, Vasilios, Remi and Theo, brother of: Paraskevas (Vasiliki) Pavelis, Vasiliki Angelopoulou, Ioanna Lignos, ….

A 40 DAy Memorial Service will be prayed for the repose of the soul of +Evangelia Ευαγγελίας (Lynn) Axiotes, beloved wife of Daniel Beauchamp, devoted mother of: Gabrielle and Alexa, cherished daughter of: Maria (Jeffrey) Yoanides, sister of: Nicholas (Vanessa) Axiotes and Irene Axiotes, niece of Sofia Caruso…

A Two-Year Memorial Service will be held today for the repose of the soul of +Fr. Demetri +π. Δημητρίου TSIGAS, beloved husband of Presvytera Eleni (Zuras), father of Jordan and Jonathan, son of Fr. Konstantine and Presvytera Spiridoula Tsigas, St. Andrew's first parish Priest & Presbytera (1962-2004), brother of Vasiliki (Panayiotis) Fotinis and Katerina (George) Papaioanou.

An Annual Memorial Service will be held for the repose of the soul of +Petroula Πετρούλας Mitrakos, beloved wife of Panayiotis and devoted mother of Steven Mitrakos.

A Ten-Year Memorial Service will be held for the repose of the soul of +Protopresbyter Evangelos +πβ. Ευαγγέλου (ANGELO) GAVALAS beloved priest, servant of God, Youth Director of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North & South America who guided the vibrant Young Adult League (YAL) Movement from its inception in the early 1980’s.

Α 60th Anniversary Commemorative Memorial Service for the first Parish Council President +George Γεωργίου Speal and his beloved wife +Anna Άννας, as well as all the +Founding Fathers & Mothers +Ιδρυτές Πατέρες & Μητέρες of Saint Andrew Greek Orthodox Church.

All are invited to join us and the families for refreshments and fellowship downstairs in the Social Hall in honor of the blessed memories of all our loved ones.

Festivities of our Patron Saint, Andrew the First Called Apostle.

Tuesday 11/29 at 6:00 pm
Great Vespers with Artoclasia | His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia will lead our Celebrations

Reception following the services is hosted by our Saint Andrew Philoptochos

Wednesday, 11/29
+ Saint, Andrew the First Called Apostle at 8:15 am Orthros and at 9:30 am Divine Liturgy with Artoclasia

Luncheon following the services is hosted by our Saint Andrew Philoptochos

Sunday 12/4
10^th Sunday of Luke +Orthros @8:15am & Divine Liturgy of SJC @9:30am

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

Announcements

Annual Christmas Pageant: Students of Religious Education and Hellenic Afternoon Schools will present a Christmas Pageantafter Services on December 11^th | Practice for Christmas Pageant in church ON 12-4-22 | Snow date 12-18-22

TheHellenic Book Fair event will be on Sunday,December 11, 2022 at the Saint Andrew at 4-7pm

Generational Caregiving: Join us at 11:30am after services on Dec 18 for our next session of Generational Caregiving. Our guest speaker is Andi Knoble, who will be talking about recognizing the difference between normal aging and dementia. We will also be answering your questions on how to provide care for people with cognitive impairments and how to know when you can no longer go it alone. We will help you find the resources you need as well.

SUNDAY COFFEE Hour is hosted by the Saint Andrew BAKALIKO

Bagels are donated by Jimmy Psaras of ALFA BAGELS on Route 10 in Randolph, NJ
Coffee is donated by Aristotle Leontopoulos of Coffee Associates in Edgewater, NJ
Coffee Hour ON Sunday: 12/4 Philoptochos, 12/11 PTA, 12/18 DOP, 12/25 Christmas

Knitting & Pillow Ministry: Will meet on the following Wednesdays to knit blankets and scarves as well as sew and stuff pillows. Join us on 12/14 | Let us know if you can join us or just come pick up some yarn to knit at home.

Fr. John's Message

The community of Saint Andrew has been blessed

Beloved in Christ,

The community of Saint Andrew has been blessed and we can see that since God has been with us from the time of our formation as a community, he has blessed its members through it. We feel especially grateful as we consider all of our blessings at this important juncture in the life of our community.

However, the word to be grateful is not a feeling but it is a verb, and a verb is something you do, not something you feel. In other words, the fact that we are grateful means that we should not just respond to our Lord’s blessings with good feelings towards Him, but rather we should show our gratitude to him. But how do we show our gratitude to him? If God is with us, where do we see him to show him our gratitude?

Christ is with us when we see him in the faces of our brothers and sisters who surround us. We see him in the face of the single mother. We see him in the face of the person who is sick. We see him in the faces of the couple who is struggling to save their marriage. We see him wherever there is human suffering or pain.

When Christ was born into the world for us and He was lying in a manger we experience Him as someone who came to us because He loves us. He comes to us because He is Philanthropos a lover of mankind.

When we show mercy and compassion on those who have need or are suffering, we become philanthropists and we continue the work that he started. This is where we begin to show him the love that He first showed us. The community Saint Andrew becomes the presence of God in a hurting and broken world. In other words, we become the Emanuel, that we hear about at Christmastime for a world that is in need.

Think about how many over these many years participated in GOYA here and JOY and HOPE Sunday School and YAL. Think about how many Weddings Baptisms Funerals Hospital visits and shut in visits. Think about how many Blankets and pillows were made and distributed, and how many people attended the divine services of the church. How many were fed at the Faith Kitchen.

How much money has been raised for the education of our children by the PTA and the needy helped in so many ways by the Philoptochos and scholarships given by the AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope.

When we think about the story of Christ coming into the world at Christmas, we need to think about it as a Love Story

A story of God Loving us so much that he was willing to give up His place in Heaven and come here to earth to change our life and bring us salvation. This is what Emanuel means, to have God with us. God has been with us and will be with us as long as we do His work in this world. So, now we have been and will continue to be as a church and as its members the Emanuel, the presence of God, to be the changing force that leads people to salvation.

We not only celebrate this life saving work which has gone on in the past, but we also celebrate this life saving ministry which is to come in the next 60 years and beyond.

God Bless the Community of Saint Andrew and God Bless all of us!

Rev. Fr. John Theodosion

Daily Calendar

Saturday 11/26

Faith Kitchen – Philoptochos hosting

Monday 11/28

@7:00-8:30pm GOYA Basketball /gym

Tuesday 11/29

@6pm Great Vespers & Artoclasia | His Grace Bishop Apostolos presiding |will be followed by reception in our Community Center hosted by Philoptochos

Wednesday 11/30

Saint Andrew Our Patron Saint +Orthros @8:15am Divine Liturgy @9:30am with Artoclasia followed by Luncheon hosted by our Philoptochos

Thursday 12/1

@4:30pm Hellenic Afternoon School Classes

Greek Dance ●Group 1 @6:30pm ●Group 2 @7:15pm ● GROUP 3 /GOYA @8:00pm

Friday 12/ 2

Saturday 12/3

Sunday 12/4

10^th Sunday of Luke +Orthros @8:15am & Divine Liturgy of SJC @9:30am

Memorial Service: +Margaret & +Jeremy Paxos, +Jesse Faunt, +John Livas, John Evangelis

Practice for Christmas Pageant in church (Pageant is on December 11^th )

During coffee hour Biannual Parish General Assembly Meeting

@1:30pm Baptism

Monday 12/5

@7:00-8:30pm GOYA Basketball /gym

Tuesday 12/6

+St Nicholas +Orthros @8am Divine Liturgy @9am

@6pm Stewardship Meeting

@7:30 -9 pm GOYA Volleyball /gym

Wednesday 12/7

@7:00-8:30pm GOYA Basketball /gym

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Saint Andrew Celebrations

Tuesday, November 29th |6:00 pm Great Vespers with Artoclasia | Wednesday, 8:15 am Orthros 9:30 am Divine Liturgy with Artoclasia

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sunday, December 4th, 2022, at 12:00pm. According to the Uniform Parish Regulations of the Archdiocese, all parishioners present, and wishing to participate in the discussions and voting, must be active stewards for 2022. There will be many important topics discussed.

Encyclical

Thanksgiving in English

Encyclical

Thanksgiving in Greek

Christmas Tree Lighting

invitation from His Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros for the Annual Metropolis of New Jersey Christmas Tree Lighting and Open House,...Tuesday, December 20, 2022, from 6:00pm - 9:00pm at the Metropolis Headquarters.

Christmas Dinner

Philoptochos & Daughters of Penelope Annual Christmas Dinner on Tuesday 12-13-22 @6:30pm at Forte's

Philoptochos card

Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.

PLEDGE 2023

When filling out your 2023 PLEDGE, we ask that you prayerfully consider your Christian Stewardship Commitment, commensurate with your resources and your gratitude for the bounties and blessings our Lord has bestowed on you.

Abundant Giving

on-line giving platform, called Abundant Giving, is now LIVE!

YAL BASH

1-6-23 @7:30PM | Liberty House Restaurant and Events, 76 Audrey Zapp Dr, Jersey City, NJ

Prayer List

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

Pamela, Anita, Maria, Sophia, Ioannis, Maurice, Pat, Bonita, Maria, Deryl, Mary, Elena, Konstantinos, Zenovia, Joanne, Anna, Panayiota, Thomas, Robert, Eleni Leslie, Martin, Christos, Paula, Valerie, David, Barbara, Cesar, Angeliki, Maria, Demetri, Karen, Andrew, Stan, Vasiliki, Marios, Theodore, Fr. Konstantine, Mary, Eftihia, Ioannis, David , Andreas, Robert, Antonis, Susan, Alexandros, Gregory, Sophia, Tara, children and families of Ukraine, Ioanna, Landon, Lueda, Christine, Vasiliki, Anastasia, Aikaterini, Cynthia, Demetrios, Robin, Paraskevi, Theodore, Eleni, Athena, Katerina, Sophia, Eleni, Corinne,

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.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Second Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back - it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, He is not here; see the place where they laid Him. But go, tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see Him, as He told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

Second Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 16:1-8

Διαγενομένου τοῦ Σαββάτου, Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου καὶ Σαλώμη ἠγόρασαν ἀρώματα, ἵνα ἐλθοῦσαι ἀλείψωσιν τὸν Ἰησοῦν. Καὶ λίαν πρωῒ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ἔρχονται ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον ἀνατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλίου. Καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸς ἑαυτάς· Τίς ἀποκυλίσει ἡμῖν τὸν λίθον ἐκ τῆς θύρας τοῦ μνημείου; καὶ ἀναβλέψασαι θεωροῦσιν ὅτι ἀποκεκύλισται ὁ λίθος· ἦν γὰρ μέγας σφόδρα. Καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, εἶδον νεανίσκον καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, περιβεβλημένον στολήν λευκήν, καὶ ἐξεθαμβήθησαν· ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐταῖς· Μὴ ἐκθαμβεῖσθε, Ἰησοῦν ζητεῖτε τὸν Ναζαρηνὸν τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, ἠγέρθη, οὐκ ἔστιν ᾧδε· ἴδε, ὁ τόπος ὅπου ἔθηκαν αὐτόν, ἀλλ' ὑπάγετε, εἴπατε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ Πέτρῳ, ὅτι προάγει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν· ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ὄψεσθε, καθὼς εἶπεν ὑμῖν. Καὶ ἐξελθοῦσαι ταχὺ ἔφυγον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου, εἶχε δὲ αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις, καὶ οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον· ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ.

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 Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22.

Brethren, Christ is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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 Ἐφεσίους 2:14-22.

Ἀδελφοί, Χριστός ἐστιν ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν, ὁ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἕν, καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας, τήν ἔχθραν ἐν τῇ σαρκί αὐτοῦ, τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασιν, καταργήσας· ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν ἑαὐτῷ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον, ποιῶν εἰρήνην, καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι τῷ θεῷ διὰ τοῦ σταυροῦ, ἀποκτείνας τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐλθὼν εὐηγγελίσατο εἰρήνην ὑμῖν τοῖς μακρὰν καὶ τοῖς ἐγγύς· ὅτι διʼ αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν οἱ ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα. Ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν κυρίῳ, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς συνοικοδομεῖσθε εἰς κατοικητήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν πνεύματι.

Gospel Reading

13th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 18:18-27

At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."

13th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 18:18-27

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄρχων λέγων· διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός. τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας· μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φονεύσῃς, μὴ κλέψῃς, μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου. ὁ δὲ εἶπε· ταῦτα πάντα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου. ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει· πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι. ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγένετο· ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα. ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον εἶπε· πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ! εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν. εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες· καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἐστιν.

Saints and Feasts

November 27

13th Sunday of Luke

November 27

James the Great Martyr of Persia

This Saint was from the city of Bythlaba and was of noble birth; he was the closest and most honoured friend of Isdiger (or Yazdegerd) I, King of Persia (reigned 399-420). Though a Christian from his youth, James renounced Christ because he was allured by the King's friendship and flatteries. When his mother and his wife learned of this, they declared to him by letter that they would have nothing more to do with him, since he had preferred a glory that is temporal to the love of Christ. Wounded in soul by these words and coming to himself, the Saint wept over his error, and repudiated the worship of the idols. Therefore, becoming exceedingly wroth, the King - this was Bahram (or Varahran) V (reigned 421-438), Isdiger's son and successor - condemned him to a most bitter death, the likes of which not even a brute beast was ever condemned to: that is, his body was dismembered at every joint of his arms and legs. And so, when he had been cut asunder limb by limb to his very hips and shoulders, the courageous Martyr was finally beheaded, in the year 421.

November 27

Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios of Egypt, the Righteous

November 30

Andrew the First- Called Apostle

This Saint was from Bethsaida of Galilee; he was the son of Jonas and the brother of Peter, the chief of the Apostles. He had first been a disciple of John the Baptist; afterwards, on hearing the Baptist's witness concerning Jesus, when he pointed Him out with his finger and said, "Behold the Lamb of God, Which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1.29,36), he straightway followed Christ, and became His first disciple; wherefore he is called the First-called of the Apostles. After the Ascension of the Saviour, he preached in various lands; and having suffered many things for His Name's sake, he died in Patras of Achaia, where he was crucified on a cross in the shape of an "X," the first letter of "Christ" in Greek; this cross is also the symbol of Saint Andrew.

December 04

Barbara the Great Martyr

Saint Barbara was from Heliopolis of Phoenicia and lived during the reign of Maximian.

She was the daughter of a certain idolater named Dioscorus. When Barbara came of age, she was enlightened in her pure heart and secretly believed in the Holy Trinity. About this time Dioscorus began building a bath-house; before it was finished he was required to go away to attend to certain matters, and in his absence Barbara directed the workmen to build a third window in addition to the two her Father had commanded. She also inscribed the sign of the Cross with her finger upon the marble of the bath-house, leaving the saving sign cut as deeply into the marble as if it had been done with an iron tool. (When the Synaxarion of Saint Barbara was written, the marble of the bath-house and the cross inscribed by Saint Barbara were still preserved, and many healings were worked there.) When Dioscorus returned, he asked why the third window had been added; Barbara began to declare to him the mystery of the Trinity. Because she refused to renounce her faith, Dioscorus tortured Barbara inhumanely, and after subjecting her to many sufferings he beheaded her with his own hands, in the year 290.

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 James the Persian in the First Mode

Be Thou entreated for the sake of the sufferings of Thy Saints which they endured for Thee, O Lord, and do Thou heal all our pains, we pray, O Friend of man.

Τὰς ἀλγηδόνας τῶν Ἁγίων, ἃς ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἔπαθον, δυσωπήθητι, Κύριε, καὶ πάσας ἡμῶν τὰς ὀδύνας, ἴασαι φιλάνθρωπε, δεόμεθα.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Mode

On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to * God the Word ineffably, * Who was before all the ages. * Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing * the gladsome tidings; * with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him * Who is willing to be gazed on * as a young Child Who * before the ages is God.

Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον, τὸν Προαιώνιον Λόγον, ἐν Σπηλαίῳ ἔρχεται, ἀποτεκεῖν ἀπορρήτως. Χόρευε ἡ οἰκουμένη ἀκουτισθεῖσα, δόξασον μετὰ Ἀγγέλων καὶ τῶν Ποιμένων, βουληθέντα ἐποφθῆναι, παιδίον νέον, τὸν πρὸ αἰώνων Θεόν.

Wisdom of the Fathers

Spiritual delight is not enjoyment found in things that exists outside the soul.

St. Isaac of Syria

Unknown, 7th century

Love of money is the worship of idols, a daughter of unbelief, an excuse for infirmities, a foreboder of old age, a harbinger of drought, a herald of hunger.

St. John Climacus

The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Step 16:2,7 and Step 17:1, 6th Century

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13th Sunday of Luke

James the Great Martyr of Persia

Nathaniel of Nitria & Pinouphrios of Egypt, the Righteous

Andrew the First- Called Apostle

Barbara the Great Martyr

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode

Apolytikion for Martyr James the Persian in the First Mode

Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Mode

Wisdom of the Fathers