Orthos
Sunday & Weekdays: 9:00 a.m.
Divine Liturgy
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. Weekdays: 10:00 a.m.
Vespers
None
March 6, 2022 - FORGIVENESS SUNDAY
Memorials:
SOPHIE ETHANS – 1 Year (Coffee Hour Sponsor)
MARTHA CAMPBELL – 21 Years
FRANK YENKO - 25 Years
DONALD FRANK YENKO – 35 Years
May their memory be eternal!
SERVICES THIS WEEK:
We strongly encourage those who will not be attending church to participate in services through our website at https://www.stcons.org/video-streaming If you wish to follow along with the text, please use the link listed below: https://dcs.goarch.org/
Sunday, March 6 – VESPERS OF FORGIVENESS, 7:00pm Nativity Church, Plymouth
Monday, March 7 – GREAT COMPLINE SERVICE, 10:00 am
Wednesday, March 9 – PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY, 6:30 pm; (Service will be followed by a discussion of the significance of the Iconostasis, Icons of Christ and the Theotokos)
Friday, March 11 – SALUTATIONS TO THE THEOTOKOS, 6:00 pm
Saturday, March 12 – 3RD SATURDAY OF SOULS Orthros, 8:45; Divine Liturgy 10:00am
Saints Constantine and Helen Church, Westland
LIGHT A CANDLE AND SAY A PRAYER: When you are not able to attend church, you can purchase a candle from our church website (home page or video-streaming page), which be lit before the following service or a service that you specify. Please give specific names, living or deceased, that you would like Father to remember in prayer. Father will light candles one hour before each service. For Sunday services, please place candle orders prior to 8:00 am Sunday morning.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR:
Gloria, Evans, Nick, Vicki, Phyllis, Christina, Cynthia, Marti, Marty, Janet, Patricia, Juliana, John, Paul, Zacharias, Connie, Vanessa (Vasiliki), Jake, Maegan, Irene, Lisa, Pat, Jonathan, Alexandra, Tracy, Dianna, Lazarus, Betty, Catherine, Susan, Evelyn, Gregg, Peter, Ann Marie, Vasilios, Carol, George, Demetri, Steve, Molly, Maria, Elizabeth, Evans, Katherine, Mary, Margaret, Angela, Connie, Bill, Carrie, Vito, Pete, Amalia, Stephanie, Lisa, Anastasia, Rima, Kylie, Effie, Nicholas, and Maria.
Names may be added to the prayer list by request. If you would like to add or remove someone to the prayer list, please contact the church office at stcons2@gmail.com
Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. 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 Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.
Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.
Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς ῾Ρωμαίους 13:11-14, 14:1-4.
Ἀδελφοί, νῦν ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν. Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν· ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, καί ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός. Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ. Ἀλλʼ ἐνδύσασθε τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε, εἰς ἐπιθυμίας. Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν. Ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει. Ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω· ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο. Σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; Τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει. Σταθήσεται δέ· δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς στῆσαι αὐτόν.
Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21
The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Forgiveness Sunday
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 6:14-21
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· ᾿Εὰν γὰρ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. ῞Οταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί· ἀφανίζουσι γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀπέχουσι τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ. Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι καὶ κλέπτουσι· θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν· ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν.
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
MEN’S CLUB MEETING: Will be held TODAY, March 6th, following the Divine Liturgy in the Board Room. Please plan to grab a cup of coffee and stay for the meeting.
KOULOUMA LENTEN LUNCHEON: The St. Helen Philoptochos will host their annual Koulouma Lenten luncheon TOMORROW, Monday, March 7th, immediately following the 10:00 am Great Compline Service for the first day of Lent. In addition to the delicious luncheon, there will be a variety of Lenten foods prepared by our Philoptochos members for sale to take home. Tickets will be on sale by Philoptochos members after church today and are available at the door. For more information, 248.471.4369.
SATURDAY OF SOULS: Saturday, March 12th is the final designated Saturday of Souls, where we commemorate our deceased family members Please attend and bring koliva if you are able. If you cannot come and would like the name of your departed to be commemorated, fill the sheet at the Pangari and give it to Father or leave it in the church office. If you have already submitted names, you do not need to resubmit for this week.
LENTEN SEAFOOD BUFFET: Each Friday evening, from March 4th through April 15th, the Hellenic Cultural Center will be serving a delicious Lenten Seafood Buffet Supper from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. They will also offer carry out fish and chips dinners for those who would prefer not to dine in. Please invite your friends and neighbors to join you for supper on Friday nights, no reservations are required.
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY: Next Sunday, March 13 is the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Please bring your icons to hold during the procession of icons. All children should also bring an icon from home and will participate in the procession of the icons during the service. On that same day, and throughout Lent, our Sunday School will be collecting icons in the narthex from parishioners to be sent to the Orthodox Public Action Committee to be distributed to those Orthodox Christians facing religious persecution in the Middle East and South Africa.
ORATORICAL FESTIVAL: Our parish Oratorical Festival will be held on Sunday, March 20th, immediately following the Divine Liturgy service. Young people grades 7 – 12, are invited to participate in the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival, write a paper and give a speech about our faith. Competition finalists receive cash prizes. For more information about participation, contact Angie Colovas at 734.207.3980 or angiecolovas@yahoo.com.
PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY/ICONOGRAPHY LECTURES: Each Wednesday evening during Lent, following the 6:00 pm Presanctified Liturgy service, Father Teodor will discuss our new iconography and it’s symbolism. The schedule is as follows:
Both the service and the lecture will be available via live video feed on the parish website, stcons.org, if you are unable to attend in person.
VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL: SAVE THE DATES! As you are planning your summer vacations and summer camp schedules, be sure to save these dates - Our Vacation Church school will be held the week of August 8th – 12th. If you have a young person between the ages of 4 and 12, save this week for learning about our faith, making new friends, and big fun! Teens ages 13 – 18 are needed to work as volunteers, teacher’s aids, etc. We also need adult help that week with teaching, crafts, and outside play. If you can help, contact Frances Marinos at fmarinos@comcast.net or the church office.
NEWS AND NOTICES:
COLLEGE CONNECTION: Our Mom’s Group will be sending out “College Connection” care packages on March 20 to all of our college students, undergraduate or graduate, living home or away. Please submit names, current addresses, email addresses to Cathy Brylinski at cbrylins@gmail.com. If your young person has graduated or is no longer attending college, or would prefer not to receive a package, please let us know so we can remove them from the list.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We need volunteers to take money at the door for our Friday evening Seafood Buffet Suppers during Lent, and for the Hellenic Cultural Center St. Patrick’s Day party. If you can help out, please contact Annette in the church office.
ST. CONS SPIRITWEAR: Our GOYA is holding a spirit wear fundraiser for our church through March 13th. There are several items to choose from for the whole family – t-shirts, sweatshirts, golf shirts, hats and beanies! You can place an order after church today, or email Maria Haviland- mariahaviland@gmail.com
MDSC CAMP REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Please do not delay in registering your children for the Metropolis of Detroit Summer Camp in Rose City! Spots fill fast, so sign up for the week of your choice at gomdsc.org
MEMORIAL SERVICES: Koliva that has been prepared for memorial services can now be distributed to parishioners at the end of service. Requested Coffee Hour sponsorship donation is $150, and the HCC will set up a table with cloth and coffee, etc. for your family. Paximadia and koulourakia may also be distributed at the coffee hour. Please call the church office to schedule memorials and coffee hour sponsorships in a timely manner so we can include the information in the bulletin. On the day of the service, please bring a list of family names you would like Father to remember in prayer.
SERVICES AND SACRAMENTS:
Baptisms:
3/6/22 - DIMITRIOS MELISTAS, Parents: Christos and Anastasia Melistas
Godparent: Zisis Stylianos
3/6/22 - SINDY MARINA MECO, Parents: Aldi and Irida Meco
Godparents Kreuza and Julian Tane
Congratulations!
Non-Orthodox Visitors Please Note: Holy Communion is offered to Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared themselves. Visitors are welcome to receive the Antidoron (Blessed Bread), which is distributed at the end of the Divine Liturgy.