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St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2020-05-03
Bulletin Contents
Rev. Fr. Sasa Turkic
APRIL CHURCH SERVICES
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Hymns of the Day
Special Events
Monthly Calendar
Maura
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St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (251) 967-2020
  • Fax:
  • (251) 471-8015
  • Street Address:

  • 220 East 20th Avenue

  • Gulf Shores, AL 36542
  • Mailing Address:

  • P. O. Box 3668

  • Gulf Shores, AL 36547-3668

Contact Information

Admin George Catranis

Gcatranis@aol.com | 251-471-8000

Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Sasa Turkic

frsasa@stathanasios.al.goarch.org | 251-233-3128

Services Schedule

Orthros Matins Sundays 9:00 A.M.

Divine Liturgy Sundays 10:00 A.M.

 

 

Past Bulletins


Rev. Fr. Sasa Turkic

CHRIST IS RISEN! Χριστός Ανέστη! Христосъ воскресе! Hristos a înviat! 

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest event in our human history, our Divine-human eternity. It is the day which delivers us out of all the worldly days and nights of this life, and brings us into the day without evening, the eternal day of God's Kingdom. "Pascha is the Feast of all feasts and Celebration of all celebrations, which surpasses all other feasts and celebrations just as the sun surpasses the stars" (St. Gregory the Theologian).

In the light of the Resurrection we comprehend our entire life and rejoice in it. The day of the Resurrection is a day to rejoice in life and Life Eternal. We must witness to this world and to this time the joy which the Resurrection of Christ brings us, for this is a Joy which no one else can ever give us, and which cannot be taken away.

In one of His messages regarding Covid-19, His All Holines Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomew said that: "Our faith is firmly established in the roots of our culture. Our faith is a living faith, and there is no exceptional circumstance that can limit or suppress it. What must be limited and suppressed in these extraordinary circumstances are gatherings and large congregations of people. Let us remain in our homes. Let us be careful and protect those around us. And there, from our homes, strengthened by the power of our spiritual unity, let each and every one of us pray for all humankind. We will pass through this period like a journey through the desert to reach the Promised Land, where science, by the grace of God, will overcome this virus. We are certain that, through our prayers as well, science will indeed prevail. So it is good for us to remain united in spirit, as we continue the struggle of repentance and holiness.'

Let us heed these wise words of our Patriarch Bartolomew and pray together for our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger and distress, and from the peril of the coronavirus against us, let us pray for our brethren, those who lead the fight against the coronavirus, the doctors, the medical workers and the scientists. Lord have mercy!

We know that Christ will penetrate this darkness with the light of His Resurrection. Christ is the Conqueror of darkness, He inspires us to strive for the true Light, so that our souls might blossom with a fragrant flower, the flower of the true beauty of holiness, the seed of which was planted in us from conception, in our mother’s womb. 

May the the light of the Resurrection of Christ who gives us the power not to die (Jn 11:26) and abundant gratitude toward our God Who is worshipped in Trinity, be with you and with all of yours.

CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED!

 

Your Intercessor before the Resurrected Christ,

Rev. Father Sasa Turkic

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APRIL CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

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The Holy Week Services

Lazarus Saturday, April 11 Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

Palm Sunday, April 12
Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m. Bridegroom Service 6 p.m.

Holy Monday - April 13
Bridegroom Service 6 p.m.

Holy Tuesday - April 14
Bridegrom Service & Hymn of Kassiane 6 p.m.

Holy Wednesday - April 15
The Sacrament of the Holy Unction 6:00 p.m.

Holy Thursday - April 16
The Vespers, and the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 9:00 a.m.
The Service of the Holy Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ - The reading of the 12 Gospel Excerpts 6:00 p.m.

Holy Friday - April 17
Royal Hours 9:00 a.m. The Apokathelosis & Lamentations 6:00 p.m.

Holy Saturday - April 18
Vesperal Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.

Great and Holy Pascha - April 19
Orthros 8 a.m.
Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m
10:30 a.m. Agape Vespers

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Divine Liturgy 6 p.m.

George the Martyr and Triumphant

 

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.

Thomas Sunday

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Saints and Feasts

Maura
May 03

The Holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura

The holy Martyrs Timothy and Maura were husband and wife. Timothy was from Penapeis in the Thebaid, a reader in the Church, and had been married to Maura only twenty days when he was betrayed to Arian, the Governor of the Thebaid, as a teacher of the Christians. Arian commanded Timothy to surrender his sacred books, which he refused to do, comparing it to a father's giving up his children to death. For this answer, heated iron spits were thrust through his ears. As he was being put to other tortures, Arian summoned Maura, hoping that she would persuade her husband to worship the idols, but she confessed herself a Christian. The hair of her head was pulled out, her fingers were cut off, then she was lowered into a cauldron of boiling water, but remained unharmed. Finally husband and wife were crucified facing each other, and after nine days, received their martyric end, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).

Allsaint
May 03

Peter the Wonderworker

Allsaint
May 03

Xenia of Kalamata the Great Martyr

Allsaint
May 03

Father Theodosius, Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra

Our righteous Father Theodosius was born in 1009, not far from Kiev, and brought up in Kursk. From early childhood he showed the wisdom of an elder, avoiding childish games and refusing to wear anything but the poorest of clothing. When he was about thirteen years old, and his father died, he began to humble himself even more, going out to work with the serfs in the field. His mother went so far as to beat him in her attempts to make him behave more respectably. Hearing of the labours of Saint Anthony of Kiev, he fled to him secretly and was accepted by him as his disciple. He was tonsured at the age of twenty-four by Saint Anthony's disciple Nicon, and was elected Abbot of the Caves Monastery in 1057, since Saint Anthony refused this out of humility, and lived his whole life as a hermit. It was Saint Theodosius who introduced in Russia the cenobitic rule of the Monastery of Studium in Constantinople, and under his guidance many monks attained to great holiness, and the monastic life spread. When Prince Svyatoslav drove out his elder brother the pious Prince Isyaslav, and ascended to the throne of Chernigov in his place, Saint Theodosius courageously rebuked him, and continued reproving him even when threatened with exile. At the request of Prince Shimon, the son of a Varangian (Viking) prince, the Saint wrote a prayer for the nobleman's forgiveness of sins, and, at his behest, had it placed in his coffin, whence arose this custom in Russia. He reposed on May 3, 1074, being sixty-five years of age.

Allsaint
May 03

Ahmet the Calligrapher & Martyr

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

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 Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7.

In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
The Reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8

At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 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; for 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.

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode

Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America


Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode

When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery


Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode

The noble Joseph, taking Thine immaculate Body down from the Tree, and having wrapped It in pure linen and spices, laid It for burial in a new tomb. But on the third day Thou didst arise, O Lord, granting great mercy to the world.

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Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode

Unto the myrrh-bearing women did the Angel cry out as he stood by the grave: Myrrh oils are meet for the dead, but Christ hath proved to be a stranger to corruption. But cry out: The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

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Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.

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Special Events

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