January 15
St. Andrew Church
Publish Date: 2023-01-15
Bulletin Contents
Services at St. Andrew
Announcements
Fr. John's Message
Daily Calendar
News - Flyers - Registrations - Other
Prayer List
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Wisdom of the Fathers
St. Andrew Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (973) 584-0388
- Fax:
- (973) 584-3573
- Email:
- info@standrewgonj.org
- Street Address:
- 1447 Sussex Turnpike
- Randolph, NJ 07869-1830
- Mailing Address:
- 1447 Sussex Turnpike
- Randolph, NJ 07869-1830
Contact Information
Services Schedule
On Sunday we celebrate
Orthros at 8:15 am & Divine Liturgy at 9:30am
Weekday Orthros and Liturgies begin at 8am
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2023-01-08
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- 2023-01-01
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- 2022-12-25
- Publish Date:
- 2022-12-18
- Publish Date:
- 2022-12-11
- Publish Date:
- 2022-12-04
Services at St. Andrew
Sunday 1/15 @ 8:15 am:
+12TH Sunday OF LUKE - Orthros @8:15am & Divine Liturgy @9:30am
Memorial Services
A SIX MONTH Memorial service will be held for the repose of the soul of + Michael Μιχαήλ Protopapas, beloved husband of Alexandra, father of Nicholas and brother of Penelope Logothetou.
A ONE YEAR Memorial service will be held for the repose of the soul of +Nikolaos Νικολάου Kritharis, beloved of Athanasios (Effie) and Konstantinos (Maria) Kritharis.
Friends and relatives are invited to join the families for refreshments downstairs in honor of their father’s blessed memory.
A ONE YEAR Memorial service will be held for the repose of the soul +Aphrodite Αφροδίτης (Freda) Sakas, beloved mother of Chris Sakas, Alexandra “Sandy” (John) Hefferon, and Pamela Kelly.
Friends of the family are invited to join them downstairs for refreshments in honor of Freda’s blessed memory.
A TEN-YEAR Memorial service will be held for the repose of the soul +Aliki Αλίκης Zezas, beloved mother of Andrew Zezas.
A TRISAGION Service will be held for the repose for the repose of the souls of: +Konstantinos Κωνσταντίνου, +Eleni Ελένης and +Kyriakos Κυριάκου Perchm beloved family of Mary Close.
May their Memory be eternal. Αιωνίαημνήμηαυτών.
Parish Council Oath of Office in church: We want to thank the members of the parish council for their dedication to Saint Andrew
Tuesday, 1/17 + Anthony the Great - Orthros @8am & Divine Liturgy @9am
Wednesday, 1/18 + Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria -Orthros @8am & Divine Liturgy @9am
Friday, 1/20 +Righteous Euthymius the Great -Orthros @8am & Divine Liturgy @9am
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 | Consider making your donations using our New Abundant App
Announcements
Parish Council -Oath of Office : On Sunday January 15th each member-elect of the Parish Council will be taking a pledge to….”uphold the dogma, teaching, traditions, holy canons, worship and moral principles of the Greek Orthodox Church, as well as the constitutional charter, discipline and regulations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, and that I will faithfully and sincerely the duties and obligation required of a member of the Parish Council. So help me God.”
Saint Andrew Ministry Leaders’ Meeting: We are meeting to continue discussions on our vision and mission for our church (started before COVID). We would like to get together and get this project back on track. Please join us on Sunday January 15th following church services. We urge you to attend this meeting and if you cannot, please ask a representative of your respective ministry to attend in your place. We need every ministry represented. The Meeting will be to the point without a lot of added talk. Thank you and God Bless!
SUNDAY COFFEE Hour ON 1/8/23 is hosted by PTA
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 is hosted by: 1/22 DOP, 1/29 GOYA, 2/5 Philoptochos, 2/12 PTA, 2/19 DOP, 2/26 GOYA , 3/5 Philoptochos, 3/12 PTA, 3/19 DOP, 3/26 Bakaliko…
Godparents Sunday: Sunday February 5th | Come with your godchild (ren) to Divine Liturgy
Greek Cypriot community: A Cypriot American graduate student at Seton Hall University is working on her thesis proposal. She is interested in putting together an oral history of the Greek Cypriot community in the United States, specifically of those who immigrated in the late 70s/early 80s after the Turkish occupation of 1974. She is looking to connect with Greek Cypriots in the U.S. and was hoping our parish may be able to provide her with some leads of individuals who would be willing to share their immigration stories. Please contact Diana at Diana.Minakakis@shu.edu
Fr. John's Message
LORD’S VOICE
JANUARY 15 2023
"CHRIST, OUR LIFE"
In today's Epistle passage, the Apostle Paul emphatically proclaims the Church's belief that Christ is our life. Not only the guide, the cause and purpose of life, but life par excellence, our very life, in its fullness. The Lord assured us that He came into the world "that we might have life and have it abundantly" (John 10:10) and that He is the resurrection and the life, the way, and the truth (Jn. 11:25; 14:6). And the Evangelist John epigrammatically points out that God gave us eternal life and this life exists in His Son. Whoever has the Son, has life (1 Jn. 5:11-12).
The completely new thing that Christ gives with His life to man is, that he no longer remains alone and cut off from the life of God. Because man’s acceptance of the communion and love of God means the transformation of individual self-sufficiency, in relationship and union with God. Then his delusion that he can derive the possibility of life exclusively from his "autonomous" and mortal nature, ceases.
The believer foretastes in his heart the presence of the Kingdom of God, whose conquest has not yet been accomplished. And this is because the world still lies "in wickedness" and opposes the predominance of the life of Christ in the hearts of people. The believer foretastes in his heart the presence of the Kingdom of God, whose conquest has not yet been accomplished. And this is because the world still lies "in wickedness" and opposes the predominance of the life of Christ in the hearts of people.
Children of God
The Apostle, as the "mouth of Christ", according to Saint Chrysostom, informs us that when Christ is revealed, then we believers with Him, will also appear glorified. That is, the moment of our entrance and full participation in the divine life is the manifestation of Christ, His second and glorious Coming. Paul speaks very naturally about the end times, given that the longer one lives in the atmosphere of the Spirit, so much he transcends time limits and lives the unbroken continuation of time.
The Evangelist John quotes an amazing passage that helps us understand Paul's words. "Beloved, now we are children of God... but we know that, when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He really is" (1 Jn. 3:2).
Therefore, when Christ appears, the faithful, as glorified members of His Body, will see Him as Light, they will share in the ineffable goods of His Kingdom, they will become viewers of the indescribable beauty of His face, and like Him; saints, by the grace of God, eternal, immortal, incorrupt, Christ-like, filled with the Holy Spirit.
Let us overcome sin
With this phrase, Paul recommends that a person transcend the destructive course that sin brings about in his life. Speaking of "the members on earth" he means the mental and physical powers of man with which he can commit sin. This negatively affects the entire psychosomatic dimension of man and leads the being to separation from God. Paul calls everyone to repentance and spiritual vigilance, as he does not separate theory from practice, doctrine from life, faith from ethics.
But Christ is everything and in everything
Our passage concludes with Paul's reference to a new situation; that of the reborn man, where there are no racial, ethnic, religious and social distinctions, but: "Christ is everything for us always, both office and genus and you all became one in Christ, being his body”, as Chrysostom says. Certainly, this new situation is God's greatest gift, at the same time, it is a great responsibility for Christians of every age. We must work and pray for the reduction of various differences and divisions; for Christ to prevail as a unifying power, love and righteousness, since all things belong to Him, and He pervades them. I wonder, do we seek to live and walk with this truth?
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Daily Calendar
House Blessings in Randolph Jan 10, 12, 13. & 17 Please look for post card w Date in the Mail
Monday 1/16
Tuesday 1/17 +Orthros @8am & Divine Liturgy @9am
Wednesday 1/18 +Orthros @8am & Divine Liturgy @9am
Thursday 1/19
House Blessings in Mendham Jan 19 11am-5pm
@4:30pm Hellenic Afternoon School Classes
Greek Dance ●Group 1 @6:30pm ●Group 2 @7:15pm ● GROUP 3 /GOYA @8:00pm
@ 7PM Bible Study in Fr John’s Office on Thursdays in January and February 2023
Friday 1/20 +Orthros @8am & Divine Liturgy @9am
@7pm Movie Night at Saint Andrew see promo
Saturday 1/21
Greek Letters & Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs at St Nichols in Roseland @5pm
Sunday 1/22
+15th Sunday of Luke+Orthros @8:15am & Divine Liturgy @9:30am
Monday 1/23
NNJYC Meeting in Westfield NJ @7:30pm
Tuesday 1/24
@7 pm Philoptochos Meeting
Wednesday 1/25
@11am Knitting & Pillow Ministries will meet
Thursday 1/26
@4:30pm Hellenic Afternoon School Classes
Greek Dance ●Group 1 @6:30pm ●Group 2 @7:15pm ● GROUP 3 /GOYA @8:00pm
@6:30pm GPOYA Meeting
@ 7PM Bible Study in Fr John’s Office on Thursdays in January and February 2023
News - Flyers - Registrations - Other
Lord's Voice
FONI KYRIOU in Greek
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.
Stewardship
Christian Stewardship is about becoming good caretakers ...
LIVING AN ORTHODOX LIFE
HOLY WATER - House Blessings
Wine & Cheese
at Saint Andrew Church Social Hall Friday, Jan 13, 2023, at 7pm
Movie Night
Families Of Saint Andrew Join us for a MOVIE NIGHT FRIDAY, JANUARY 2O, 7pm
Greek Letters Day
Northern New Jersey Region Greek Letters Celebration - Saturday, January 21, 2023, at SS. Nicholas, Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Roseland, NJ at 5:00pm
Super Bowl TAKE OUT
GYRO & SOUVLAKI | FEB 11TH SATURDAY 11AM - 6PM
Godparent's Sunday
February 5th
Taste of North Jersey
Saturday, February 11, 2023 Vespers: 6:00 pm | Wine & Hors d’oeuvres: 7:00 pm at SS Nicholas, Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church | to benefit IOCC
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
Sarah, Vasilios, Alexandros, Nikolaos, Kyriaki, James, Panagiotis, Florence, Konstantinos, Ekaterini, Antonia, Georgia, Olga, Angeliki, Vasilis, Hariklia, Alex, Peter, Alexandra, Dimitra, Kenneth, Andy, Dutch, Danny, Irene, Pamela, Anita, Maria, Sophia, Ioannis, Maurice, Pat, Bonita, Maria, Deryl, Mary, Elena, Konstantinos, Zenovia, Joanne, Anna, Panayiota, Thomas, Robert, Eleni, Leslie, Martin, 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
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.
Ninth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:19-31
Οὔσης ὀψίας τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων, καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων ὅπου ἦσαν οἱ μαθηταὶ συνηγμένοι διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἦλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἔδειξεν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ· ἐχάρησαν οὖν οἱ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες τὸν Κύριον. Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάλιν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν, καθὼς ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ πατήρ, κᾀγὼ πέμπω ὑμᾶς. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐνεφύσησε καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Λάβετε Πνεῦμα Ἅγιον. Ἄν τινων ἀφῆτε τὰς ἁμαρτίας, ἀφιένται αὐτοῖς, ἄν τινων κρατῆτε, κεκράτηνται. Θωμᾶς δέ, εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα, ὁ λεγόμενος Δίδυμος, οὐκ ἦν μετʼ αὐτῶν ὅτε ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς· ἔλεγον οὖν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄλλοι μαθηταί· Ἑωράκαμεν τὸν Κύριον. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἐὰν μὴ ἴδω ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὸν δάκτυλόν μου εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων, καὶ βάλω τὴν χεῖρά μου εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ πιστεύσω. Καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέρας ὀκτὼ πάλιν ἦσαν ἔσω οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Θωμᾶς μετʼ αὐτῶν. Ἔρχεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, καὶ ἔστη εἰς τὸ μέσον καὶ εἶπεν· Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν. Εἶτα λέγει τῷ Θωμᾶ· φέρε τὸν δάκτυλόν σου ᾧδε, καὶ ἴδε τὰς χεῖράς μου. καὶ φέρε τὴν χεῖρά σου καὶ βάλε εἰς τὴν πλευράν μου, καὶ μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος ἀλλὰ πιστός. Καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Θωμᾶς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ὁ Κύριός μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου. Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ὅτι ἑώρακάς με πεπίστευκας, μακάριοι οἱ μὴ ἰδόντες, καὶ πιστεύσαντες. Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἄλλα σημεῖα ἐποίησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ἃ οὐκ ἔστιν γεγραμμένα ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ· ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα πιστεύσητε ὅτι ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες, ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.
Epistle Reading
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.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.9,1.
Σῶσον, Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ, Κύριε, κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς 3:4-11.
Ἀδελφοί, ὅταν ὁ Χριστὸς φανερωθῇ, ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν, τότε καὶ ὑμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φανερωθήσεσθε ἐν δόξῃ. Νεκρώσατε οὖν τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν κακήν, καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν, ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρεία, διʼ ἃ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας· Ἐν οἷς καὶ ὑμεῖς περιεπατήσατέ ποτε, ὅτε ἐζῆτε ἐν αὐτοῖς. Νυνὶ δὲ ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν, θυμόν, κακίαν, βλασφημίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν· μὴ ψεύδεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν νέον, τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατʼ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν· ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος· ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός.
Gospel Reading
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."
12th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 17:12-19
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἰσερχομένου αὐτοῦ εἴς τινα κώμην ἀπήντησαν αὐτῷ δέκα λεπροὶ ἄνδρες, οἳ ἔστησαν πόρρωθεν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἦραν φωνὴν λέγοντες· ᾿Ιησοῦ ἐπιστάτα, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. καὶ ἰδὼν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· πορευθέντες ἐπιδείξατε ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς ἱερεῦσι. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὑπάγειν αὐτοὺς ἐκαθαρίσθησαν. εἷς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἰδὼν ὅτι ἰάθη, ὑπέστρεψε μετὰ φωνῆς μεγάλης δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αὐτῷ· καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν Σαμαρείτης. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν· οὐχὶ οἱ δέκα ἐκαθαρίσθησαν; οἱ δὲ ἐννέα ποῦ; οὐχ εὑρέθησαν ὑποστρέψαντες δοῦναι δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς οὗτος; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀναστὰς πορεύου· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε.
Saints and Feasts
January 15
Paul of Thebes
Saint Paul, first among hermits, was born about 227 in the Thebaid of Egypt. In 250 he fled into the wilderness because of the persecution raging at that time under Decius. Having lived a solitary life in a certain cave for ninety-one years, he reposed in 341, at the age of 114, and was buried by Anthony the Great, who had been directed thither by God several days before the Saint's repose.
January 15
John the Hut-Dweller
Saint John, who was from Constantinople, was the son of illustrious parents -- Eutropius the Senator and Theodora. At twelve years of age he departed secretly from his home and went to the Monastery of the Unsleeping (see Dec. 29). Aflame with longing for his parents, he returned after six years to his father's home in the guise of a pauper and beggar. Living in a small hut at the gates of his parents' house (wherefrom he is called "hut-dweller"), he remained unknown therein for many years, and suffered mockery at the hands of those who had been his own servants. Foreknowing his death, he revealed himself to his parents, and within a few moments reposed, about the year 450.
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode
Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Ἀγγελικαὶ Δυνάμεις ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμά σου, καὶ οἱ φυλάσσοντες ἀπενεκρώθησαν, καὶ ἵστατο Μαρία ἐν τῷ τάφῳ, ζητοῦσα τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα. Ἐσκύλευσας τὸν ᾍδην, μὴ πειρασθεὶς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, ὑπήντησας τῇ Παρθένῳ, δωρούμενος τὴν ζωήν, ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ των νεκρῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Greek Standard Text
Apolytikion for John the Hut-Dweller in the Fourth Mode
Since thou hadst with fervour longed after the Lord from thy youth, * thou leftest the world with its delights and nobly didst strive in valiant ascetic deeds. * Thou didst pitch thy hut before the gates of thy parents; * thou didst break the demons' snares, O all-blessed Father. * And therefore, as is meet, hath Christ God glorified thee, O John.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Ἐκ βρέφους τὸν Κύριον, ἐπιποθήσας θερμῶς, τὸν κόσμον κατέλιπες, καὶ τὰ ἐν κόσμῳ τερπνά, καὶ ἤσκησας ἄριστα, ἔπηξας τὴν καλύβην, πρὸ πυλῶν σῶν γονέων, ἔθραυσας τῶν δαιμόνων, τὰς ἐνέδρας Παμμάκαρ, διὸ σε Ἰωάννη Χριστός, ἀξίως ἐδόξασεν.
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Greek Standard Text
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 First Mode
Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
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Ὁ μήτραν παρθενικὴν ἁγιάσας τῶ τόκω σου, καὶ χείρας τοῦ Συμεὼν εὐλογήσας ὡς ἔπρεπε, προφθάσας καὶ νὺν ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός. Ἀλλ' εἰρήνευσον ἐν πολέμοις τὸ πολίτευμα, καὶ κραταίωσον Βασιλεῖς οὓς ἠγάπησας, ὁ μόνος φιλάνθρωπος.
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Wisdom of the Fathers
Having met the Savior, therefore, the lepers earnestly besought Him to free them from their misery, and called Him Master, that is. Teacher. No one pitied them when suffering this malady, but He Who had appeared on earth for this very reason, and had become man that He might show pity to all, He was moved with compassion for them, and had mercy on them.
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke, Homilies 113-116. B#42, pp. 465-466, 4th Century
And why did He not rather say, I will, be you cleansed; as He did in the case of another leper, but commanded them rather to show themselves to the priests? It was because the law gave directions to this effect to those who were delivered from leprosy (Lev. 14-2); for it commanded them to show themselves to the priests, and to offer a sacrifice for their cleansing.
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke, Homilies 113-116. B#42, pp. 465-466, 4th Century