THIS SUNDAY, February 3, 2019 Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am. The 16th Sunday of Matthew.
THE MEETING OF THE LORD IN THE TEMPLE. The Christmas-Epiphany season comes to an end with this feast on February 2nd, which is 40 days after Christmas. Jesus did everything required in the law of God as given to Moses in order to fulfill it in all its details, thus being able to free us from the curse of the law and to grant light to our souls.
The whole world has received a Savior in the person of the Lord’s Messiah who is the Lord in human flesh. “Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos, full of grace! From you shone the Sun of Righteousness, O Christ our God! Enlightening those who sat in darkness, Rejoice and be glad, O righteous Elder Simeon, You accepted in your arms the Redeemer of our souls, Who grants us the resurrection! (Troparion of the feast of the Meeting of the Lord I the Temple.)
The Philoptochos Collection for Vasilis Ntantanis. Vasilis Ntantanis came to the United States and worked around the church helping in many ways. He was a parishioner for the past few years and recently was getting treatment for cancer at Yale and then returned back to Greece because of health reasons.
He was from the island of LIMNOS, came to the United States, and worked around the church helping in many ways. While here he became seriously ill with Laryngeal Cancer and was hospitalized for a long time at Yale. and needed further operations and chemotherapy. Because he did not have sufficient medical insurance here, he was transferred from Yale back to a hospital in Athens (Attikon) for an operation to remove his vocal cords making him unable to speak, and then received Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. His health has improved now, free of Cancer and back to his island. He will need another operation in the future to make him able to speak. He is married with children and the family is in need of financial help due to Vasilis' health situation. Please support the Philoptochos with your donation to help Vasilis.
There will be a collection in church for two Sundays to assist with his medical bills. Parishioners are asked to help him at the difficult time for him and his family.
You can make your check out to: "St. Basil Philoptochos" and note "Vasilis Ntantanis". You can place it in the tray at church or mail to: Philoptochos, St. Basil G. O. Church, PO Box 9356, New Haven, CT 06533.
GREETER COVERAGE SCHEDULE: February 3 Ross,..... February 10 Spyros,..... February 17 Mike,..... February 24 Greg,..... March 3 Nia.
Email to Fr. Don: FrDonatAugusta@mail.goarch.org.
Email to St. Basil Church: office@stbasil.ct.goarch.org. You can ask to forward your email to the parish priest, the parish council, the Philoptochos, the Greek School, or the New Haven Greek Community for a response. Just indicate where you want your email to be directed..
Visit our St. Basil parish website: www.stbasil.ct.goarch.org. You will find many interesting links. Especially visit the "Orthodox Marketplace" where you will find an excellent selection of icons, books, and gift ideas for birthdays and holidays. Also, you can link to our Parish Facebook page. Thanks to Arven Saunders for managing the parish website.
On Facebook do a search for: "Saint Basil Greek Orthodox Church." You will find lots of information about parish activities, photos, and updates. Thanks to Athena Nomikos for her work posting photos and information on our parish Facebook site.