Services at St. Andrew

Saturday 3/9
First Saturday of Souls Orthros at 8am, Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysotom approximately at 9am

Baptism: On Saturday March 9th at 12:00pm the children of Andrew & Kelly (Loughlin) Gramatikos will be received into the Greek Orthodox Chruch by the Holy Sacrament of Baptism. We wish them all the blessings.

Sunday 3/10
Judgement Sunday (Meatfare Sunday) +Orthros @8:15 & Divine Liturgy SJC @9:30am

Memorial Service

A One Year Memorial Service will be prayed for the repose of the soul of +Panagiotis (TAKIS) Seretis beloved husband of Soultana; father of Nick (Sophia) and Jimmy (Debbie); grandfather of: Nina, Panagiotis, Nicoletta, Giorgio, Sophia, and Demetri; uncle of many in both the US and Australia

An Annual Memorial Service will be prayed for the repose of the soul of : +Vasiliki and +Demetrios Grapsas, +Aphrodite and +Demetrios, +Sultana and +Georgios, beloved family of Sultana Seretis ….

Friends and relatives are invited to join the family for refreshments downstairs in honor of their loved ones blessed memory.

May their memory be eternal. Αιωνία η μνήμη αυτών.

CHRISMATION On Sunday at 11:45am Christopher Brayden Gornall will be received into the Greek Orthodox Chruch by the Holy Sacrament of Chrismation. Congratulations and welcome to the faith.

2^nd Saturday of Souls 3-16
Orthros at 8am, Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom at 9am
The names offered during the “Saturdays of the Souls” (March 9^th, 16^th & 23^rd at the beginning of the Lenten season will be commemorated. May Their Memory Be Eternal

Baptism: On Saturday at 2:00pm the children of Tristan & Alexandria (Dermatis) Moore will be received into the Greek Orthodox Chruch by the Holy Sacrament of Baptism. We wish them all the blessings.

Sunday 3/17
Forgiveness Sunday+Orthros @8:15 & Divine Liturgy SJC @9:30am

Forgiveness Vespers Presided by His Eminence MetropolitanApostolos @6:00pm at St George Greek Orthodox Church, Piscataway, reception to follow.

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

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Announcements

Sunday School CLASSES after Holy Communion

COFFEE HOUR: hosted by PTA today

HOSTS ON: 3/17 DOP , 3/24 GOYA, 3/31 Bakaliko, 4/7 Philoptochos, 4/14 PTA , 4/21 DOP, 4/28 All Ministries 5/5 Pascha- no coffee hour, 5/12 Parish Council , 5/19 DO , 5/26 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

Saturdays of Souls + March 9, 16 & 23

Orthros at 8am, Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom approximately at 9am

During memorial services, we commemorate the souls of all Orthodox Christians who have gone before us into eternal rest. In praying for those who have “fallen asleep in the Lord,” we continue to ask that God may have mercy on them in His divine judgment so they may gain the inheritance of the Kingdom of Heaven.

The names offered during the “Saturdays of the Souls” (March 9^th, 16^th & 23^rd at the beginning of the Lenten season will be commemorated. Also remember your loved ones by not only submitting their names, but by attending the holy services to offer your own prayers for their eternal rest.

Anyone wishing to do so may also bring or order a dish of memorial wheat (“kollyva”) for use during the service. Please, bring your list of names to the service, or if not able to attend, call the Church Office 973-584-0388 ahead of time or send it by email to info@standrewgonj.org May their memory be eternal

GOYA SIGHTS & SOUNDS REPLAY Sunday March 10th
All are invited during coffee hour to see our talented GOYAns perform their “sounds”. Their art work will be displayed that was entered at the Sights & Sounds Festival held at Holy Trinity in Westfield on Saturday March 2^nd.

MINISTRY FAIR SUNDAY “Well Done Good & Faithful Servant.” Sunday March 17th
Saint Andrew parishioners and visitors to our parish, will celebrate our first Ministry Fair! We will come together for this event to share and build our ministries, and to respond to God’s call to each one of us to be good stewards of all God’s gifts. Our ministry leaders welcome you.

Hellenic Afternoon School Sunday March 24TH
The 25^th of March Greek Independence Day Program will be held in the gym on March 24TH (note date change from 3/17/24) . Please join the students and their families as we commemorate 25^th of March.

HOPE & JOY is a Youth Group

for children in K-6th grades. We offer one activity per month after church and one “fun day” activity, sometimes at church and sometimes out at a location. We look forward to your participation! See our website for event info https://sites.google.com/view/hopejoystandrew/home
Any questions contact: Jenny Manis 732-547-4790 manisjenny@gmail.com

Stewardship 2024 Update 3-6-2024

We would like to thank everyone who brought in and or mailed their 2024 Stewardship Pledge. We have received 123 totaling a commitment of $167,696 for the coming year. If you were not able to bring your card to church, we ask you to prayerfully consider your blessings as you make your 2024 commitment to Saint Andrew. We are moving toward becoming a percentage giving community. Find out more about our "Rounding Up" approach to Stewardship giving at https://standrewgonj.org/stewardship/#round-up

House Blessings AGIASMO
Fr. John has begun the House Blessings in our community. The Saint Andrew Parishioners will be notified of his pending visit. Please look for an “Email” or “Post Card” indicating date and time.

If you do not receive notification when your town is listed in the weekly bulletin, please contact the office ASAP to make arrangements for «Agiasmo» in your home.

If you are not able to receive Fr John on this day, contact the church office 973-584-0388 to reschedule for «Agiasmo» for your home.

Please try to accommodate this date as rescheduling of missed appointments are difficult and may be after Pascha

House Blessings AGIASMO
Monday 3/11 Budd Lake

Thursday3/14 Long Valley, Califon

Friday3/15 Hackettstown

In an effort to improve the way we communicate with you, please take a moment to fill out this quick survey. All responses will be kept confidential. Thank you from your 2024 Stewardship Ministry Improved Communication Survey

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Fr. John's Message

 THE "MYSTERY OF THE BROTHER"

The Gospel passage of Meatfare Sunday refers more than any other, to an image of judgment. Despite all this, it tells us something substantial; not about death, damnation, or salvation, but about life. God does not ask either the sinners or the righteous anything about their convictions or their worship habits; what the Lord measures is the degree their humaneness; "I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you quenched me, I was a stranger, and you gathered me up, naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison, and you came to me". The parable of the judgment makes it very clear that we will be judged for our “lifestyle", that is, how we lived among our brothers.

Who is the neighbor?

In the Gospel passage of the Gospel according to Matthew, the well-known New Testament social category of the neighbor is developed. Within the Church, this concept knows no barriers or limits. Each person is a neighbor. It expresses the universal fellowship in Christ. In our fellow man we distinguish Christ himself. In loving our neighbor, we love Christ, of Whom every person is an image. Inside the Church, the neighbor gives us the possibility to unfold ourselves and go out of ourselves, to be active in love and to overcome fear, which has hell within it, and then to pass into the realm of the paradisal society. In the person of the other, the Christian does not see evil and the demonic thing that turns life and the world into death, but in the person of the neighbor and indeed of the "least brother" he sees true life, Christ and the Resurrection.

Love

In this concept of neighbor, the deepest meaning of Christian love also lies. We don't love out of duty, as we usually say. Love is the breath of Christianity, the natural way of its existence. Love gives the true knowledge of God, it is the loving power of the soul, it is the main power for the knowledge of God. Love comes from God, "because God is love" (1 John. 4:8). God has no limits, that is why love is infinite and does not know a measure. Love is the fulfillment of all the law (St. Diadochos of Photike).

Love today

The alienation that takes place today in all forms of life is indicative of the world to come. But also revealing of the identity of the man of tomorrow, who from today creates a self-awareness without God, without love and against every concept of community and the communion of persons.

The only way out is church life and action, the sacramental life of the Church of Christ. Because our life in the Orthodox area is an extension of worship. It is the "liturgy after the Liturgy". If our life is not directly and organically connected with worship, if it is not a thanksgiving and praise, it cannot be called

an Orthodox life. Then it proves that our social life is nothing but an external convention, formal and meaningless, which leads "to shame and condemnation and not to salvation."

In an ancient ecclesiastical text, we read that "he who snatches a soul from need and suffering, deprivation and hardships, in which he is in, predestines great joy for himself. As also, on the contrary, he who knows the calamity of a person who is in every kind of need, and does not snatch him away from this situation, commits a great sin and becomes guilty of his perdition. A denial or postponement of this attitude of ours, that is, in doing good to our brothers, results in us staying out of the Kingdom".

May the Grace of God captivate our minds "unto the love of God" and may the All Holy Spirit grant us and teach us true love.

Archim. E. L

Daily Calendar

Monday 3/11

@4:30-9pm GYM RENTAL

@7:30pm Parish Council Meeting

Tuesday 3/12

@4:30-9pm GYM RENTAL

Wednesday 3/13

@4:30-9pm GYM RENTAL

Thursday 3/14

@11:30am Agape Luncheon

@ 4:30pm Hellenic Afternoon School All Grades

GREEK DANCE 1^st Session: Group 1 @ 6:30pm | Group 2 @7:15 pm | GOYA @8:00pm

@6:30pm GYM GOYA SPORTS (until 4/18/24)

Saturday 3/16

2^nd Saturday of Souls +Orthros Divine Liturgy SJC @8am {+St Theodore commemorated)

Baptism @2pm Moore_Dermatis

Sunday 3/17

Forgiveness Sunday+Orthros @8:15 & Divine Liturgy SJC @9:30am

MEMORILA SERVICE: +Michael Evangelis, +Konstandinos Nikolaou and +Polytimi Nikolaou, +Christos Tsapatoris, +Don LaMoreaux and +Hazel LaMoreaux ,+Patrikios,+Michael Dontas

Ministry FAIR SUNDAY in GYM – come meet our Ministry Leaders

Forgiveness Vespers Presided by His Eminence MetropolitanApostolos @6:00pm at St George Greek Orthodox Church, Piscataway, reception to follow.

Monday 3/18

Lent Begins (KATHARI DEFTERA)

@4:30-9pm GYM RENTAL

@6pm Office of the Great Compline

Wednesday 3/20

@11am Knitting Crocheting & Pillow Ministries

@6pm Presanctified Gifts Liturgy

Thursday 3/21

@ 4:30pm Hellenic Afternoon School All Grades

GREEK DANCE 1^st Session: Group 1 @ 6:30pm | Group 2 @7:15 pm | GOYA @8:00pm

@6:30pm GYM GOYA SPORTS (until 4/18/24)

Friday 3/22

@6pm Salutations

Saturday 3/23

3^rd Saturday of Souls +Orthros Divine Liturgy SJC @8am

FAITH KITCHEN GOYA hosting

Sunday 3/24

Sunday of Orthodoxy +Orthros @8:15 & Divine Liturgy SJC @9:30am
Icon Procession (Bring your favorite ICON to church)

HAS 25^TH OF MARCH CELEBRATION in Gym

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Stewardship

As we move toward becoming a percentage giving community, we are adopting a rounding up approach to giving... To learn more about what this means, click on https://standrewgonj.org/stewardship/#round-up

Saturday of Souls

March 9, 16, 23

PTA - HOPE - JOY MOVIE NIGHT

Saturday, March 9th - 6-9pm

Walking with CHRIST

First Seminarian Benefit Luncheon Saturday March 16 @11am St Luke GOC 35 N Malin Rd, Broomall, PA

Marriage Enrichment Retreat

Sacred Image, Sacred Marriage - March 16th 9am 2pm St. George Antiochian Church Hall Little Falls, NJ Guest Speaker: Presbytera Kerry Pappas, LMFT Donation: $20 Single - $35 Couple

FORGIVENESS VESPERS - March 17th

Forgiveness Vespers - March 17th @6pm St. George Greek Orthodox Church Piscataway, NJ

Philoptochos

Scholarship Applications are due May 3rd 2024

Triodion

The Triodion begins with Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee and lasts until Holy Saturday. | 1- The Prelenten period, 2– The Great Lent of forty days 3- Holy Week. |It is a time of self-purification when we cry: "O God have mercy on me, a sinner."

Lord's Voice

FONI KYRIOU IN GREEK 3-10-24

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

Ioannis, Stanley, Maria, Samuel, Peter, Vasilios, Evmorfia, Demetrios, Despina, Natalia, Lori, Klaus, Eleni, Demetrios, Roye, Elias, Eleana, Ellen, Andrew, Eleni, Denise, Eleni, Robert, Maria, Michael, Pamela, Angeliki, Theodoros, Constantinos, Andrew, Chari, Penelope, Evmorfia, Antonia, Kathleen, Michael, Jeffrey, Kleio, Maria, Irene, Mimika, Stacey, Bonnie, Melissa, Stanley, Anastasia, John, Barbara, Gladys, Nico, Spyridonas, Magdaleine, Eleni, Mary, Herbert, Paraskevi, George, James, Andrew, Andrew, Brandon, Michelle, Kevin, Vivian, Elaine, Anna, Vasilios, Maryanne, Joseph, Angeliki, Alexandra, Taxiarchis, Pres Spyridoula, Eleni, Stephanie, Theoseva, Costantinos, Eleni, Ioannis, Terry Ann, George, Elias, Eleni, Robert, John, Christina, Helen, Haroula Vasileke, John, Efrosini…

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 three months. Please resubmit Names if needed. Fr. John will pray for the Names above during the PROSKOMIDI “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

Seventh Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:1-10

On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Seventh Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:1-10

Τῇ μιᾷ τῶν Σαββάτων Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἔρχεται πρωῒ σκοτίας ἔτι οὔσης, εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον· καὶ βλέπει τὸν λίθον ἠρμένον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου. Τρέχει οὖν, καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς Σίμωνα Πέτρον, καὶ πρὸς τὸν ἄλλον μαθητήν, ὃν ἐφίλει ὁ Ἰησοῦς, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· ᾞραν τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου, καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. Ἐξῆλθεν οὖν ὁ Πέτρος καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητής, καὶ ἤρχοντο εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον. Ἔτρεχον δὲ οἱ δύο ὁμοῦ· καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς προέδραμε τάχιον τοῦ Πέτρου, καὶ ἦλθε πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ παρακύψας, βλέπει κείμενα τὰ ὀθόνια· οὐ μέντοι εἰσῆλθεν. Ἔρχεται οὖν Σίμων Πέτρος ἀκολουθῶν αὐτῷ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὰ ὀθόνια κείμενα· καὶ τὸ σουδάριον, ὃ ἦν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, οὐ μετὰ τῶν ὀθονίων κείμενον, ἀλλὰ χωρὶς ἐντετυλιγμένον εἰς ἕνα τόπον. Τότε οὖν εἰσῆλθε καὶ ὁ ἄλλος μαθητὴς ὁ ἐλθὼν πρῶτος εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ εἶδε, καὶ ἐπίστευσεν. Οὐδέπω γὰρ ᾔδεισαν τὴν Γραφήν, ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῆναι. Ἀπῆλθον οὖν πάλιν πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς οἱ μαθηταί.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 146.5;134.3.
Great is our Lord, and great is his power.
Verse: Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 8:8-13; 9:1-2.

Brethren, food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. Only take care lest this liberty of yours somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if any one sees you, a man of knowledge, at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge this weak man is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Therefore, if food is a cause of my brother's falling, I will never eat meat, lest I cause my brother to fall.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

Προκείμενον. Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 146.5;134.3.
Μέγας ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν, καὶ μεγάλη ἡ ἰσχὺς ἀὐτοῦ.
Στίχ. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον, ὅτι ἀγαθός.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 8:8-13, 9:1-2.

Ἀδελφοί, βρῶμα ἡμᾶς οὐ παρίστησιν τῷ θεῷ· οὔτε γὰρ ἐὰν φάγωμεν περισσεύομεν, οὔτε ἐὰν μὴ φάγωμεν ὑστερούμεθα. Βλέπετε δὲ μήπως ἡ ἐξουσία ὑμῶν αὕτη πρόσκομμα γένηται τοῖς ἀσθενοῦσιν. Ἐὰν γάρ τις ἴδῃ σε τὸν ἔχοντα γνῶσιν ἐν εἰδωλείῳ κατακείμενον, οὐχὶ ἡ συνείδησις αὐτοῦ ἀσθενοῦς ὄντος οἰκοδομηθήσεται εἰς τὸ τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα ἐσθίειν; Καὶ ἀπολεῖται ὁ ἀσθενῶν ἀδελφὸς ἐπὶ τῇ σῇ γνώσει, διʼ ὃν Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν; Οὕτως δὲ ἁμαρτάνοντες εἰς τοὺς ἀδελφούς, καὶ τύπτοντες αὐτῶν τὴν συνείδησιν ἀσθενοῦσαν, εἰς Χριστὸν ἁμαρτάνετε. Διόπερ εἰ βρῶμα σκανδαλίζει τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, οὐ μὴ φάγω κρέα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, ἵνα μὴ τὸν ἀδελφόν μου σκανδαλίσω. Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος; Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐλεύθερος; Οὐχὶ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ἑώρακα; Οὐ τὸ ἔργον μου ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν κυρίῳ; Εἰ ἄλλοις οὐκ εἰμὶ ἀπόστολος, ἀλλά γε ὑμῖν εἰμι· ἡ γὰρ σφραγὶς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀποστολῆς ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἐν κυρίῳ.

Gospel Reading

Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)
The Reading is from Matthew 25:31-46

The Lord said, "When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.' Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then he will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.' And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 25:31-46

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι ἄγγελοι μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, τότε καθίσει ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καὶ συναχθήσεται ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ ἀφοριεῖ αὐτοὺς ἀπ᾿ ἀλλήλων ὥσπερ ὁ ποιμὴν ἀφορίζει τὰ πρόβατα ἀπὸ τῶν ἐρίφων, καὶ στήσει τὰ μὲν πρόβατα ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ, τὰ δὲ ἐρίφια ἐξ εὐωνύμων. τότε ἐρεῖ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ· δεῦτε οἱ εὐλογημένοι τοῦ πατρός μου, κληρονομήσατε τὴν ἡτοιμασμένην ὑμῖν βασιλείαν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου. ἐπείνασα γάρ, καὶ ἐδώκατέ μοι φαγεῖν, ἐδίψησα, καὶ ἐποτίσατέ με, ξένος ἤμην, καὶ συνηγάγετέ με, γυμνός, καὶ περιεβάλετέ με, ἠσθένησα, καὶ ἐπεσκέψασθέ με, ἐν φυλακῇ ἤμην, καὶ ἤλθετε πρός με. τότε ἀποκριθήσονται αὐτῷ οἱ δίκαιοι λέγοντες· κύριε, πότε σε εἴδομεν πεινῶντα καὶ ἐθρέψαμεν, ἢ διψῶντα καὶ ἐποτίσαμεν; πότε δέ σε εἴδομεν ξένον καὶ συνηγάγομεν, ἢ γυμνὸν καὶ περιεβάλομεν; πότε δέ σε εἴδομεν ἀσθενῆ ἢ ἐν φυλακῇ, καὶ ἤλθομεν πρός σε; καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐρεῖ αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐφ᾿ ὅσον ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου τῶν ἐλαχίστων, ἐμοὶ ἐποιήσατε. τότε ἐρεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἐξ εὐωνύμων· πορεύεσθε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ οἱ κατηραμένοι εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ αἰώνιον τὸ ἡτοιμασμένον τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ. ἐπείνασα γάρ, καὶ οὐκ ἐδώκατέ μοι φαγεῖν, ἐδίψησα, καὶ οὐκ ἐποτίσατέ με, ξένος ἤμην, καὶ οὐ συνηγάγετέ με, γυμνός, καὶ οὐ περιεβάλετέ με, ἀσθενὴς καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπεσκέψασθέ με. τότε ἀποκριθήσονται αὐτῷ καὶ αὐτοὶ λέγοντες· κύριε, πότε σε εἴδομεν πεινῶντα ἢ διψῶντα ἢ ξένον ἢ γυμνὸν ἢ ἀσθενῆ ἢ ἐν φυλακῇ, καὶ οὐ διηκονήσαμέν σοι; τότε ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτοῖς λέγων· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐφ᾿ ὅσον οὐκ ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων, οὐδὲ ἐμοὶ ἐποιήσατε. καὶ ἀπελεύσονται οὗτοι εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον, οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Saints and Feasts

March 10

Judgment Sunday (Meatfare Sunday)

The foregoing two parables -- especially that of the Prodigal Son -- have presented to us God's extreme goodness and love for man. But lest certain persons, putting their confidence in this alone, live carelessly, squandering upon sin the time given them to work out their salvation, and death suddenly snatch them away, the most divine Fathers have appointed this day's feast commemorating Christ's impartial Second Coming, through which we bring to mind that God is not only the Friend of man, but also the most righteous Judge, Who recompenses to each according to his deeds.

It is the aim of the holy Fathers, through bringing to mind that fearful day, to rouse us from the slumber of carelessness unto the work of virtue, and to move us to love and compassion for our brethren. Besides this, even as on the coming Sunday of Cheese-fare we commemorate Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight -- which exile is the beginning of life as we know it now -- it is clear that today's is reckoned the last of all feasts, because on the last day of judgment, truly, everything of this world will come to an end.

All foods, except meat and meat products, are allowed during the week that follows this Sunday.

March 10

Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions

These Martyrs contested for piety's sake in Corinth during the reign of the Emperor Valerian (253-260).

March 10

Anastasia of Alexandria

March 16

Cheesefare Saturday

The God-bearing Fathers, after preparing us through the preceding feasts for the stadium of spiritual struggles, now set before us the men and women who have passed their lives in a manner pleasing to God, so that by their example they might make us more eager in the work of virtue and more courageous against the passions. And as experienced generals, when they prepare their soldiers for battle, urge their soldiers on by recalling for them the heroic exploits of excellent men, so that the soldiers take courage and charge wholeheartedly against the enemy; even so the God-bearing Fathers do for our sakes now, by appointing this day as a common memorial and feast of all those Saints who by many labours overcame the passions and became well-pleasing to God; so that we too, looking to the life of the righteous, might imitate them as far as possible in contending courageously against the passions and accomplishing the virtues, having it always in mind that the Saints were of the same nature and of like passions with us.

March 17

Forgiveness Sunday

The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. For the first commandment that God gave to man was that of fasting, which the first-fashioned received but did not keep; and not only did they not become gods, as they had imagined, but they lost even that blessed life which they had, and they fell into corruption and death, and transmitted these and innumerable other evils to all of mankind. The God-bearing Fathers set these things before us today, that by bringing to mind what we have fallen from, and what we have suffered because of the insatiety and disobedience of the first-fashioned, we might be diligent to return again to that ancient bliss and glory by means of fasting and obedience to all the divine commands. Taking occasion from today's Gospel (Matt. 6:14-21) to begin the Fast unencumbered by enmity, we also ask forgiveness this day, first from God, then from one another and all creation.

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 the Church in the First Mode

Hymn of the Apostle Saint Andrew: As first called of the Apostles and brother of Peter the Preeminent, O Andrew, intercede with the Master of all to grant peace to the whole world, and great mercy to our souls.

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

O God, when You come upon the earth in glory, the whole world will tremble. A river of fire will bring all before Your Judgment Seat and the books will be opened, and everything in secret will become public. At that time, deliver me from the fire which never dies, and enable me to stand by Your right hand, O Judge most just.

Ὅταν ἔλθῃς ὁ Θεός, ἐπὶ γῆς μετὰ δόξης, καὶ τρέμωσι τὰ σύμπαντα, ποταμὸς δὲ τοῦ πυρὸς πρὸ τοῦ Βήματος ἕλκῃ, καὶ βίβλοι ἀνοίγωνται, καὶ τὰ κρυπτὰ δημοσιεύωνται, τότε ῥῦσαί με, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ ἀσβέστου, καὶ ἀξίωσον, ἐκ δεξιῶν σου μὲ στῆναι, Κριτὰ δικαιότατε.

Wisdom of the Fathers

"Christian love is the 'possible impossibility' to see Christ in another man, whoever he is..."

Alexander Schmemann

Great Lent, 20th Century

So great was the honour and providential care which God bestowed upon man that He brought the entire sensible world into being before him and for his sake. The kingdom of heaven was prepared for him from the foundation of the world (cf. Matt. 25:34); God first took counsel concerning him, and then he was fashioned by God's hand and according to the image of God (cf. Gen. 1:26-27). God did not form the whole man from matter and from the elements of this sensible world, as He did the other animals. He formed only man's body from these materials; but man's soul He took from things supercelestial or, rather, it came from God Himself when mysteriously He breathed life into man (cf. Gen. 2:7).

St. Gregory Palamas

Topics of Natural and Theological Science no. 24, The Philokalia Vol. 4 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pg. 356, 14th century

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