Saturdays: Great Vespers 6PM
Sundays and Weekday Services: Orthros (Matins): 8:45 AM | Divine Liturgy: 10:00 AM
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Third Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:9-20
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. After this He appeared to the eleven themselves as they sat at table and He upbraided them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw Him after He had risen. And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover."
So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it. Amen.
Prokeimenon. Third Tone. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10.
Brethren, working together with him, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
16th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 25:14-30
The Lord said this parable: "A man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, 'Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.' He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to every one who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." As he said these things he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Saint Blaise was Bishop of Sebastia. Divine grace, through which he healed the diseases of men and beasts, and especially of infants, made his name famous. He contested for the Faith under Licinius in the year 316. Saint Blaise is invoked for the healing of throat ailments.
AILING: Thecla Maria, Anthoula Epthimiatos, Kate Cushing, Madelyn, and all victims of war and violence, natural disasters, and epidemics.
REPOSED: Evan Dentes, All victims of war and violence, natural disasters, and epidemics.
IN NEED: Mavis Marquez, Genevieve Castillo, Gerard Castillo
Today
8:45am Orthros
10:00am Divine Liturgy
Saturday February17, 2024
NO Choir Practice
6:00pm Great Vespers & Confessions
Calendars: The February parish calendar is available on the handout table and on the website. Take one to stay informed of parish services and events.
Stewardship:All are encouraged to make a stewardship pledge for 2024. Forms are available in the narthex and can be submitted to the church office. Thank you to all who have supported our parish with their time, talent, and treasure.
Weather Cancellations: Notification of cancellation of parish services and events due to inclement weather will be sent out via the parish email list. The church main phone line message will also be updated. If you are not on our email list and want to be, please send your email address to the church office.
Choir: Practices are now held on Saturdays at 5:00pm. All are welcomed to join. See our Choir Director, Steve Hoskins, for information.
Votive Candles: Our new votive candles are $10 each and have a glass outer shell with a plastic inner shell. Please do not remove the glass shells from the church as we will reuse them.
Sunday School: Children are to go to class in the upstairs classroom after Holy Communion. Please see Emeline Mandeville for information.
Fundraising Committee: New members are welcome to join the Fundraising Committee and help our parish with new ideas to support our ministries. If interested, please contact Steve Hoskins.
Coffee Hour: All are welcome to have refreshments and fellowship in the hall following services. Please help by signing up on the board in the hall to host a coffee hour. We thank Philoptochos for organizing our fellowships.
Livestream: Watch our Sunday services on our YouTube channel "Saint Catherine GOC Ithaca" if you cannot make it in person. Past services are also available to watch. Our direct link is:
https://www.youtube.com/@saintcatherinegocithaca222/streams
Prayer Lists: Please let us know if there is anyone you would like us to pray for as a community. Names can be submitted to Fr. Stephen.
Philoptochos:
“ I will show you my faith by my works.”
James 2:18
Philoptochos Membership drive is underway!
HELP US TO GROW! Help us achieve our mission is to
"help the poor, the destitute, the hungry, the aged, the sick, the unemployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned, the widowed, those with disabilities, and the victims of disasters.”
We do so locally giving to 21 local agencies,
throughout Tompkins and Cortland counties. We also give to National and International relief and disaster thru our Fund Raising efforts.
HOW DO YOU JOIN? Please contact Sophia Georgiou King and
Angela Teeter for membership details.
Call or email:
(607) 3396107 sophia.georgiou47@gmail.com
(315) 406-1521 angelah@ymail.com
Suggested donation to join is $25
COMING JANUARY 30,2024-MARCH 5,2024
PHILOPTOCHOS CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP
FOR ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CAREGIVERS NATIONWIDE
Six consecutive Tuesday evenings:
Dates: Tuesday, January 30, 2024-Tuesday,March 5, 2024
7:00 pm. EST. - 8pm EST
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED- go to:
* For more information email us at: supportgroup@philoptochos.org
Details are listed in flyer
Operation Classroom Initiative:
As a National Initiative forms for submission. All outreach documents must be documented ,andsubmitted, from
January. - April 2024, with hopes that our St. Catherine Philoptochos has a project to share with our National Philoptochos. Please be a volunteer in this initiative !
Contact Sophia Georgiou King
Philoptochos President at Sophia.georgiou47@ gmail.com with questions and concerns and thank you.
*Flyers will be available at front table.
GREAT LENT 2024
Philoptochos will be collecting, each Sunday of Lent, certain non perishable food items and toiletries, to help those in need, in our parish and through the local Salvation Army Food Pantry.
Our Parish hopes to collect 20-50 items each Sunday. More information will follow.
This effort is directly connected the Gospel commandments feed the hungry and help the poor.The items we collect are important, but the love we show to in giving is equally important.
The drive will start on the 1st Sunday - March 24th
Individual are asked on the !st Sunday to bring a can of soup and a can of tunafish, or more.
A designated box to drop off items will be in the church hall.
Thank you for joining our effort to collect food, household and personal items for those in need. A blessed Great Lent to all!