November 24
St. Anthony Church
Publish Date: 2019-11-24
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
News and Information
Weekly Schedule
Serving Today
In Our Prayers
Bulletin Inserts
St. Anthony Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (775) 825-5365
- Fax:
- (775)825-2442
- Street Address:
- 4795 Lakeside Drive
- Reno, NV 89509
- Mailing Address:
- 4795 Lakeside Drive
- Reno, NV 89509
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Saturday Vespers, 6pm
Sunday Morning Orthros, 8:45am
Sunday Divine Liturgy, 10am
Wednesday Evening Prayer & Healing (Paraklesis), 6pm
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2019-11-17
- Publish Date:
- 2019-11-10
- Publish Date:
- 2019-11-03
- Publish Date:
- 2019-10-27
- Publish Date:
- 2019-10-20
- Publish Date:
- 2019-10-13
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode
When the angelic powers appeared at Your grave, the soldiers guarding it feared and became as dead. And standing by the sepulcher was Mary who was seeking Your immaculate body. You devastated Hades, not afflicted by it. You went to meet the virgin, and granted eternal life. You resurrected from the dead. O Lord, glory to You.
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.
Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Entry of the Theotokos in the Fourth Mode
Today is the prelude of God's good
pleasure, and the proclamation of humanity's
salvation. In the temple of God, the Virgin
is presented openly, and in herself she
announces Christ to all. Let us, then, with a
great voice cry aloud to her: "Rejoice, you are
the fulfillment of the Creator's dispensation."
Σήμερον τής ευδοκίας Θεού τό προοίμιον, καί τής τών ανθρώπων σωτηρίας η προκήρυξις, Εν Ναώ τού Θεού τρανώς η Παρθένος δείκνυται, καί τόν Χριστόν τοίς πάσι προκαταγγέλλεται, Αυτή καί ημείς μεγαλοφώνως βοήσωμεν, Χαίρε τής οικονομίας τού Κτίστου η εκπλήρωσις.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode
The Savior's most pure and immaculate
temple, the very precious bridal chamber and
Virgin, who is the sacred treasure of the glory
of God, on this day is introduced into the
House of the Lord, and with herself she brings
the grace in the divine Spirit. She is extolled
by the Angels of God. A heavenly tabernacle
is she.
Ο καθαρώτατος ναός τού Σωτήρος, η πολυτίμητος παστάς καί Παρθένος, τό Ιερόν θησαύρισμα τής δόξης τού Θεού, σήμερον εισάγεται, εν τώ οίκω Κυρίου, τήν χάριν συνεισάγουσα, τήν εν Πνευματι θείω, ήν ανυμνούσιν Άγγελοι Θεού, Αύτη υπάρχει σκηνή επουράνιος.
Saints and Feasts
November 24
Our Holy Father Clement, Pope of Rome
Saint Clement was instructed in the Faith of Christ by the Apostle Peter. He became Bishop of Rome in the year 91, the third after the death of the Apostles. He died as a martyr about the year 100 during the reign of Trajan.
November 24
Philoumenos and Christopher the Martyrs
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Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria
Saint Peter illustriously occupied the throne of Alexandria for twelve years, and, as Eusebius says, "was a divine example of a bishop on account of the excellence of his life and his study of the sacred Scriptures" (see Eusebius, Eccl. Hist., Book VII, 3 2; Book VIII 11, 13; and Book IX, 6). He excommunicated Arius for his sympathy with the Meletian schism. When Arius learned that Saint Peter had been imprisoned, he sent many priests and deacons to him, asking that he receive him back into the communion of the Church before his martyrdom. When the ambassadors of Arius, who had not, like Saint Peter, perceived the ruin he would engender, were astonished at the vehemence with which Saint Peter refused to receive Arius again, he revealed to them a dread vision he had seen, in which the Master Christ had appeared to him as a child wearing a garment torn from head to foot. When Saint Peter asked the Lord who rent His garment, the Lord answered that it was Arius, and that he must not be received back into communion. The holy hieromartyr Peter was beheaded during the reign of Maximinus in the year 312; he is called the "Seal of the Martyrs," because he was the last Bishop of Alexandria to suffer martyrdom under the pagan Emperors. His successors to the throne of Alexandria, Saints Alexander and Athanasius the Great, brought to final victory the battle against Arius' heresy which Saint Peter had begun.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Matins Gospel Reading
First Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Matthew 28:16-20
At that time, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age. Amen."
First Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 28:16-20
Οἱ δὲ ἕνδεκα μαθηταὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν, εἰς τὸ ὄρος οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς. καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ, οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν. καὶ προσελθὼν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς λέγων· ἐδόθη μοι πᾶσα ἐξουσία ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς. πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ῾Αγίου Πνεύματος, διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος. ἀμήν.
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 Ephesians 2:4-10.
Brethren, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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 Ἐφεσίους 2:4-10.
Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεός, πλούσιος ὢν ἐν ἐλέει, διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ἀγάπην αὐτοῦ ἣν ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ὄντας ἡμᾶς νεκροὺς τοῖς παραπτώμασιν συνεζωοποίησεν τῷ Χριστῷ - χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι - καὶ συνήγειρεν, καὶ συνεκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· ἵνα ἐνδείξηται ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσιν τοῖς ἐπερχομένοις τὸν ὑπερβάλλοντα πλοῦτον τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἐν χρηστότητι ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν· θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον· οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, ἵνα μή τις καυχήσηται. Αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα, κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεός, ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.
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.
News and Information
If you are interested in serving the church as a member of the Saint Anthony Parish Council, please contact one of the following individuals who comprise the election committee: Maria Hatjopoulos (mariahatjopoulos@gmail.com), Despina Hatjopoulos (dhat@charter.net), or Denise LoGiurato (deniselogi@live.com).
The Parish Council Seminar has had one more date added for the convenience of those unable to attend yesterday’s meeting. Tuesday, December 3rd at 7p in the Small Hall will be the final chance for those interested. In order to be placed on the ballot, one must complete the Application for Candidacy form and return it to the Parish Office before Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.
2020 Stewardship Cards are available in the Small Hall. A new card needs to be submitted to the church office EACH year. Thank you!
The 40-day Nativity Fast continues and lasts to December 25th. Please note the following guidelines for fasting: On most days of the Fast we abstain from Meat & Meat Products, as well as Dairy Products. There’s no abstinence of Fish, Shellfish, Vegetables & Vegetable Products, Olive Oil, Fruit & Wine. On Wednesdays & Fridays during the Fast, we abstain from Meat & Meat Products, Dairy Products, Fish, Olive Oil & Wine. There’s no abstinence of Shellfish, Vegetables, Vegetable Products, & Fruit.
Special Olive Wood Gifts from Jerusalem available in the Large Hall for the next few weeks. These gifts have a special blessing from the Holy Land, and purchases will help Palestinian Christians. Great Christmas gift ideas!
Parish Christmas Card Forms are available in the Narthex. Deadline to submit names is December 1st!
Sunday School is for kids grades K-8. Children will worship during Liturgy with their family, then following Holy Communion meet in the Small Hall.
Job Opportunity Saint Nicholas Orthodox Academy is looking to hire a part time childcare worker, M-F 12-3p. Contact Janet L. Cummings at Barbara@orthodoxschoolreno.com or 775-848-3677 for more details.
Parish Christmas Party will be held on Sunday, December 22nd after Liturgy. Parents: Remember to bring a wrapped gift for your child(ren) and include their name on it. Gifts can secretly be dropped off at the church office before liturgy.
Join us on an Orthodox Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This is a unique opportunity and a trip of a lifetime. Come and visit the land where God walked, and the holy places sanctified by 2ooo yrs. of Christianity. This journey will give you the chance to connect with the roots of your faith. The dates will be April 28 thru May 7 of 2020. Information flyer and reservation forms are available. Although deposits were due by the end of October, it’s still not too late to sign up!
Adult Education (held in Small Hall)
- Greek Language Class: Mondays at 6p
- Book Club: Tuesdays at 5:15p
- Bible Study: Thursdays at 11a
Ride Ministry If anyone from the Reno or Carson areas are willing and able to give people rides to/from church, please contact the office.
Are you willing to help in the bookstore on Sunday’s until 12:30p? Or in the Narthex to greet people? If so, please contact the church office.
Keep in Mind that both the Small and Big Halls are available to rent!
Archangel Michael’s Food Barrel is in the Small Hall year-round. Thank you for your donations! Please show your love and compassion for those in our community who are less fortunate.
Important Dates to Remember: Dec 6th: St. Nicholas; Dec 25th: Holy Nativity.
Weekly Schedule
Sunday, November 24th 13th Sunday of Luke Orthros 8:45a; Divine Liturgy 10a; Parish Family Potluck
Monday, November 25th Greek Class 6p
Tuesday, November 26th Book Club 5:15p
Wednesday, November 27th No Paraklesis Tonight
Thursday, November 28th Have a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving! Office Closed
Friday, November 29th Office Closed
Saturday, November 30th No Vespers Tonight
Sunday, December 1st 14th Sunday of Luke Orthros 8:45a; Divine Liturgy 10a
Serving Today
Welcome Team: Kiki Virden, John Lagios, Nancy Surina
Prosphora (Bread for Liturgy): Astrid Sady
Hospitality: Parish Family Potluck
Altar Flowers: Anna Mkrtchyan
Please contact the church office if you would like to provide fresh flowers.
In Our Prayers
Katerini, Scott, Jim, Tyler, Luke, James, Chrisoula, Elaine, Bernice, Dave, Katherene, Jeff, Nick, Christine, Frank, Danka, Slobo, Terri, Johanne, Lois, Donna, Marlys, Imad, Thomas, Seraphim, Dorothy, Cat, Sherry, Chuck, Sharon, Maddi, Franscesca, Paraskevia, Florin, Dina, Nicholas, Gregory, Irene.
Please contact the Church office to have added to our prayer list the name of a person in need of prayer. Thank you!
