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Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2019-01-06
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Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (732) 255-5525
  • Fax:
  • (732) 255-8180
  • 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


Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion for Holy Epiphany in the First Mode

At Your Baptism in the Jordan, O Lord, * worship of the Trinity was revealed, * for the Father's voice bore witness to You, * calling You His 'beloved Son,' * and the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the truth of these words. * O Christ God, Who appeared and enlightened the world, glory to You!
At Your baptism in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest for the Father's voice bore You witness by calling You his beloved Son, and the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the truth of the Father's Word. O Christ our God, You have appeared to us and enlightened the world. Glory to You.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

You have revealed Yourself to the world today, and Your light shines forth on us, who sing Your praise with full knowledge: You have come to us, O Lord; You are made manifest, O inaccessible Light.
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Saints and Feasts

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January 06

The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

About the beginning of our Lord's thirtieth year, John the Forerunner, who was some six months older than Our Saviour according to the flesh, and had lived in the wilderness since his childhood, received a command from God and came into the parts of the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins. Then our Saviour also came from Galilee to the Jordan, and sought and received baptism though He was the Master and John was but a servant. Whereupon, there came to pass those marvellous deeds, great and beyond nature: the Heavens were opened, the Spirit descended in the form of a dove upon Him that was being baptized and the voice was heard from the Heavens hearing witness that this was the beloved Son of God, now baptized as a man (Matt. 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:1-22). From these events the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the great mystery of the Trinity were demonstrated. It is also from this that the present feast is called "Theophany," that is, the divine manifestation, God's appearance among men. On this venerable day the sacred mystery of Christian baptism was inaugurated; henceforth also began the saving preaching of the Kingdom of the Heavens.


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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.

 

 Saint Barbara Parish Athletic Center

Billboard Advertising

see flyer for details 

  

Come Out & Support Your Teams!!

GOYA Playoffs:  Jan. 12th & 13th, 2019

Senior Playoffs @ Saint Barbara

 

AHEPA Breakfast Fundraiser

Sunday, January 20, 2019

see flyer for details

Apokriato Glendi

Saturday, February 16, 2019

see flyer for details

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                           

 

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!

 

Jan. 12th-13th:           GOYA Basketball/Volleyball Playoffs

Jan. 20th:                   AHEPA Breakfast Fundraiser

Jan. 27th:                   Greek Letter Day Program

Jan. 30th:                   The Three Hierachs

Feb.  1st:                    F/H/J Cupcake/Lego Contest

Feb.  1st:                    Oratorical Festival

Feb. 15th:                   GOYA Valentine Dance, Piscataway

Feb. 16th:                   Apokriato Glendi

Feb. 24th:                  Sights & Sounds Luncheon

 

 

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 117.26,1.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Verse: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7.

TITUS, my son, the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.


Gospel Reading

The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
The Reading is from Matthew 3:13-17

At that time, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."


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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                          12~30~2018                             YTD     

Candlles                                                                                  $      61,637.00

Church Tray                                                                           $     57,384.00

  

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Watch yourselves - your passions especially - in your home life, where they appear freely, like moles in a safe place
St. John of Kronstadt
My Life in Christ, Part 1; Holy Trinity Monastery pg. 33, 19th century

Why were the heavens opened? To inform you that at your baptism also this is done, God calling thee to your country on high.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 12 on Matthew 3, 4th Century

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Weekly Calendar

 

Sunday, January 6th

Coffee Hour is hosted by Philoptochos

Saint Basil Tray

Oath & Obligation of 2019 Parish Council

Vasilopita Sunday

 

  Monday, January 7th

Synaxis of Saint  John the Baptist

Orthros:  8:00 am   Liturgy:  9:00 am

Youth Dance:  Beg:  6:00 pm   Int:  7:00 pm

 GOYA Dance:  7:00 pm

 

  Tuesday, January 8th

Greek School Resumes:  4:30 pm

Fr. Paul's 7th Grade Class:  6:00 pm

 

 Wednesday, January 9th

 Kali Parea:  11 am

    Greek School:  4:30 pm

  

Saturday, January 12th

GOYA Senior Playoffs @ Saint Barbara 

 

  

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Weekly Bulletin Flyer Inserts

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