July 01
Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2018-07-01
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Announcements
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Stewardship & Donations
Wisdom of the Fathers
Weekly Calendar
Weekly Bulletin Flyer Inserts
Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (732) 255-5525
- Fax:
- (732) 255-8180
- Email:
- saintbarbara@stbarbaranj.org
- Street Address:
- 2200 Church Road
- Toms River, NJ 08753
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Services:
Orthros: 8 am Liturgy: 9:30 am
Weekday Services: (unless otherwise noted)
Orthros: 8 am Liturgy: 9 am
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2018-07-08
- Publish Date:
- 2018-06-24
- Publish Date:
- 2018-06-10
- Publish Date:
- 2018-06-03
- Publish Date:
- 2018-05-27
- Publish Date:
- 2018-05-20
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode
When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world.
Apolytikion for Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian in the Plagal Fourth Mode
Holy Unmercenaries and Wonderworkers, visit our infirmities. Freely you received; freely give to us.
Saint Haralambos in the First Mode
O wise Haralambos, you were proven an unshakable pillar of the Church of Christ; an ever-shining lamp of the universe. You shone in the world by your martyrdom. You deli8vered us from the moonless night of idolatry O blessed one. Wherefore, boldly intercede to Christ that we may be saved.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode
O unfailing protection of Christians, and our faithful advocate before the Creator: though we are sinners, do not ignore our entreaty; but in your goodness, grant your timely help to us who appeal to you in faith. Quickly make intercession; on our behalf make speedy supplication, O Theotokos, for you always protect those who honor you.
Announcements
Internet Broadcasting is available every week to view Liturgy
by logging onto the Church website, Stbarbaranj.org,
and clicking on the Live Services tab at the top of the page.
Please help contribute towards our Live Internet Broadcast. This ministry provides a live broadcast of all Liturgical Services from Saint Barbara. In order to continue the broadcast we must pay our server $1,000 per year. To contribute, please go to our church website,Stbarbaranj.org click on the Live Broadcast tab and follow the donations link.
Your donations are greatly appreciated!
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DONATIONS FOR SAINT BARBARA FOOD PANTRY
can be left on the Pantry Table located in the Office Lobby.
OFFICE SUMMER HOURS
Starting Monday, June 18th
9:00 ~ 2:00 pm
Monday to Friday
Maids of Athena
July 14th ~ Bonfire, Seaside
See a Member for Details
Daughters of Penelope
July 21st "Summer in the Street", Toms River
See a Member for Details
Saint Barbara Annual Greek Festival
Sept. 28th ~ 30th
GOYA ShopRite Gift Card Fundraiser
Purchase Gift Cards & ShopRite will donate 5% to Saint Barbara GOYA
Dollar 4 Dollar ~ Pay $50 get $50 Gift Card; Pay $100 get $100 Gift Card .........
To Place an Order: Call or Text Helen Stavropoulos, 732 278-1168 or
Stop by the GOYA Table on Sunday to Purchase or Pick-Up Order
Metropolis of New Jersey Twitter Accout: #GOMetropolisNJ
FOLLOW THE MATINS (OTHROS) SERVICES Parishioners wishing to follow the Matins (Orthros) service in English and in Greek, please go to the following website and download the service: www.agesinitiatives.com Feel Free to bring them to services with you.
DONATIONS REQUESTED:
ROOF: Thanks to your generosity we have completed the roofing portion over the offices. We kindly ask to continue on raising funds for the Hall roof replacement. Remaining amout to accomplish this is $40,000.00.
Mark Your Calendars!
July 14th: Maids of Athena Bonfire, Seaside
July 21st: DOP "Summer in the Street", Toms River
Sept. 28th-30th: Saint Barbara Annual Festival
Nov. 10th: Parish Council Dinner Dance.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 15.3,8.
Among the saints who are in his land, the Lord has been wondrous.
Verse: I see the Lord before me continually.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31; 13:1-8.
Brethren, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers in various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
Gospel Reading
5th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1
At that time, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
Stewardship & Donations
Stewardship can be paid monthly via PayPal through our church website, www.stbarbaranj.org.
Please return your 2018 pledge cards as soon as possible!
2018 Donations Update
Week Ending 6~24~2018 YTD
Candlles $ 37,725.00
Church Tray $ 31,139.00
Wisdom of the Fathers
Now, should any one say, "And wherefore did Christ fulfill the devils' request, suffering them to depart into the herd of swine?" this would be our reply, that He did so, not as yielding to them, but as providing for many objects thereby.
Homily 28 on Matthew 8, 4th Century
One, to teach them that are delivered from those wicked tyrants, how great the malice of their insidious enemies: another, that all might learn, how not even against swine are they bold, except He allow them; a third, that they would have treated those men more grievously than the swine, unless even in their calamity they had enjoyed much of God's providential care. For that they hate us more than the brutes is surely evident to every man.
Homily 28 on Matthew 8, 4th Century
Weekly Calendar
Sunday, July 1st
Coffee Hour is hosted by PTO
Wednesday, July 4th
Office Closed