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St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2021-01-24
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Gospel and Epistle Readings
News This Week at St.Catherines
Saints and Feasts
Allsaint
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St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (607)273-2767
  • Fax:
  • (607)273-6733
  • Street Address:

  • 120 West Seneca Street

  • Ithaca, NY 14850

Services Schedule

Saturdays: Great Vespers 6PM

Sundays and Weekday Services: Orthros (Matins): 8:45 AM | Divine Liturgy: 10:00 AM

Past Bulletins


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Eleventh Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 21:14-25

At that time, Jesus revealed himself to his disciples after he was raised from the dead, and he said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." (This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him, "Follow me."

Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had lain close to his breast at the supper and had said, "Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?" When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?" Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!" So, the word went out among the brethren that this disciple would not die; but Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?" This is the disciple who is bearing witness to these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 1:15-17.

Timothy, my son, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners; but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory to the ages of ages. Amen.

Gospel Reading

14th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 18:35-43

At that time, as Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging; and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped, and commanded him to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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News This Week at St.Catherines

Prayer List

01/24/2021

AILING: Konstandinos Lambrou; Maria Chacona, John Mavros, Alex Avramis, Athena Kalandros, Dottie Christopher, all suffering from war, epidemics, violence, natural disasters, and especially those suffering the Coronavirus pandemic.

REPOSED: Konstantinos Kalantzi, Eleni Tselekis, Tony Souzas, Richard Deeb, Peter Zaharis, All victims of war, epidemics, vio- lence, natural disasters, and especially those suffering the Coron- avirus pandemic.

IN NEED: Pablo J. Canales; Donna Poole; Angela Tomp- kins; Kaiden Wentworth; Thorsten and Kim Rogall; Cheryl, Rob, Adam and Jacob Troska; Kaethe Pfeiffer, Klaus; Helen and Eliza- beth Talty; Kevin; John Ligas; Rev. Dn. Tewolde Yohannes, his wife Hirut and their family; Sue Miller; Mary McKelvey; Heinz Neveling; Jerry Hoffman; Barbara Hoskins; John Van Markwyk; and all vic- tims or survivors of war, epidemics, violence, natural disasters, and especially those suffering the Coronavirus pandemic.

 


Announcements

01/24/2021

 

Mailing: Our 2021 parish calendars were mailed out. We have limited supplies, but if someone needs one they are available in the narthex.

Parishioner Info: We are in the process of updating our parish lists and creating a database of helpful parishioner information in order to better

communicate with parishioners and develop ministries. A Parishioner Information Form was mailed out and is also available in the narthex. Please

submit competed forms to the church office. The information will be used only for parish purposes and not given to outside sources. Information is

voluntary and questions are optional, but we hope you will fill out the form completely so we can best serve you. Please help us out by taking the

form to someone you know who is not on our mailing or email lists.Contact Fr. Stephen if you have any questions.

Sunday School: Our Sunday School classes will resume next weekend. As our classes are being held virtually through zoom, we ask families with

children to provide the teachers with emails in order to send the children invites to the class. Sofia Kalantzi will be teaching children up to age 12

and Presvytera Athena will be teaching ages 13-18. Thank you.

House Blessings: Due to COVID restrictions, Fr. Stephen will not be offering the traditional house blessings after Epiphany, but may

do so later in the year as conditions may change. Holy Water bottles are available to take home for your blessings.

Stewardship: We thank all who gave stewardship to our parish in 2020. Many increased their giving to cover our shortfall of not ha- ving our usual fundraisers. As we begin the new year, please continue to support the ministries of our parish with your new ste- wardship pledge. Stewardship forms are available in the narthex.

Snow Plan: When services or activities are cancelled due to inclement weather, the voicemail greeting on the church line, 607-273-2767, will be updated. An email will also go out to those on our email list. Submit your email to the church office if you wish to be on our email list.

Philoptochos: The Zoom Philoptochos meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled. The next meeting is Sunday, February 28 at 1 pm via Zoom.
Our Philoptochos membership drive kicks off this month, so if you'd like to join, or renew, just send a check to Philoptochos, 120 W. Seneca St Ithaca, NY 14850 with "membership" on the memo line. As you decide on an amount to give, please keep in mind the first $21 of your Philoptochos ste- wardship goes to National and Metropolis offices to continue their good works.

Livestream: We are broadcasting our services on YouTube for those who are staying home and for those who would like to join us

from afar. Our channel is "Saint Catherine GOC Ithaca" or you can use the link https://youtube.com/channel/UC5ZR00FiDn92tsdQIip-

J5zA. Past services are also available to watch.

Coffee Hour: There will be no coffee hour or socializing following services until further notice. The church hall is closed. Please exit the church following the dismissal of service.

Tray: No tray will be passed after services. Please leave any donations in a basket in the narthex, mail them to the church, or use our

website with PayPal, a credit or debit card. Thank you for your support.

 

 

 


Weekly Events

01/24/2021

 

Today
Orthros 8:45am
Divine Liturgy 10:00am
CANCELLED Philoptochos General Meeting

Saturday January 30
The Three Hierarchs
8:45am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
6:00pm Great Vespers & Confessions

 


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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
January 24

Philo the Wonderworker, Bishop of Karpasia in Cyprus

Blindboy
January 24

14th Sunday of Luke

Xeniarome
January 24

Xenia, Deaconess of Rome

Our righteous Mother Xenia of Rome was of a distinguished family. While her parents were preparing to wed her, she stole away secretly, taking two handmaids with her, and departed for Mylasa of Karia in Asia Minor, and there she completed her life in asceticism. She was ordained deaconess by Paul, her spiritual father, who became Bishop of Mylasa. Although she was originally named Eusebia, to conceal her identity, she took the name Xenia - which means "stranger" in Greek - because of her estrangement from her country.

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