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St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Church Of Nashville
Publish Date: 2019-01-06
Bulletin Contents
Announcements
Weekly Calendar
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Hymns of the Day
Prayer Request
Saints and Feasts
Message from Archbishop Demetrios
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St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Church Of Nashville

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (615) 957-2975
  • Street Address:

  • 4602 Indiana Avenue

  • Nashville, TN 37209
  • Mailing Address:

  • P.O. Box 90162

  • Nashville, TN 37209

Contact Information

Father Parthenios Turner
Proistamenos

parthenios.turner@gmail.com | (615) 957-2975

Services Schedule

Saturday, Great Vespers 5:30 PM

Sunday Matins/Orthros 8:30 AM

Sunday Divine Liturgy 10 AM

Wednesday Paraklesis, and all weekday evening services, 6 PM

Past Bulletins


Announcements

THIS WEEKEND...

SATURDAY

  • Theophany Great Vespers, 5:30 PM 
  • Confession by appointment before/after Vespers 

SUNDAY

  • Matins, 8:30 AM 
  • The Divine Liturgy, 10 AM 
  • The Great Blessing Of The Waters at the end of the Liturgy 
  • Due to the fact that this Sunday is the Great Feast of Theophany, there will not be Sunday School tomorrow so the children can be part of the Blessing of the water.  Sunday School will resume on the 3rd Sunday of January, the 20th.

Regarding Trapeza

Hello St. John,

Trapeza is going to be done a bit differently this year. We will try this new way for a few months and see if it works well. Please email me any time with ideas, suggestions, complaints, or to volunteer for something specific. 
 
Here is how we will do it: 
1. Every week, every one who is able should bring a little something for trapeza. So we aren't being assigned a week anymore, we just bring food as we are able. If you can't bring food, consider helping set up or clean before or after trapeza.
2. Coffee still needs to be made before church and the modular still needs to be clean before we all leave. There will be laminated checklists that we can check off the needed items as we do them. This will require a bit of first-come-first-serve, taking initiative. For example, if I get to church and see that coffee hasn't been made yet, I will make it. There will be instructions on the checklist when needed. When I am ready to leave after my family has eaten, I will choose to check off one or two of the items on the cleanup checklist before we go. For example, I can have Flannery clean the bathroom while I gather loose plates and load them in the dishwasher. Someone else might wipe off the tables, help put food away, or clean the coffee pot. So things will be more fluid. And things getting done will depend on all of us.
3. We will have a theme for trapeza each week just for fun. Feel free to bring anything you can, the theme is just for inspiration if you need it. Please email me if you have a particular theme you'd like to see. 
4. There will be a Google Sheet link in the bulletin so you can tell others what you are bringing and see what is needed, and what the theme is. You can also volunteer for something on the sheet like "I will set up coffee this week." Here is an example of the sheet, feel free to go in and practice putting in info: 
 
I understand this is all different, and it may take us a while to try it out and get the hang of it. If it doesn't work, we will go back to the old ways! The problem is that the old way seems to bring a lot of stress so we hope things will be more joyful in the future.
 
Cleaning the church... we have enough people to clean the church three times a month. Ideally we'd have enough to clean the church once a month, with nobody having to clean every month. So volunteers are needed! Email me if you can help.
 
Love in Christ,
Naomi Spaulding

TITHES AND STEWARDSHIP

Thank you to each parishioner who has made a financial commitment to Stewardship, or is increasing their offering towards fulll Stewardship.  (*Stewardship is offering a tithe, or a tenth of our income to the Church.)

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house.  Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have enough room for it."  Malachi 3:10


Policy regarding Confession and visitations...

* A Reminder: It has been our long-standing policy and practice that during Confession, House-calls, and Visitations, Father requires that a third adult to be present while still maintaining the appropriate privacy during Confession.  It is also our policy that during Confession we are not asked to reveal details of a personal or private nature.  It is possible to discuss issues that we may be struggling with, but the real intent is to try and identify the motivating factors that cause us to err, and then to seek reconciliation. This may also involve the recomendation to seek appropriate professional help.

If you would simply like to meet with Father for a visit outside of confession, a preffered place would be a local coffee shop :-)

For more information on the Sacrament of Confession, please see:  https://www.goarch.org/-/preparation-for-holy-confession


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Weekly Calendar

  • Parish Calendar

    January 6 to January 20, 2019

    Sunday, January 6

    The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

    8:30AM Matins (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Wednesday, January 9

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Saturday, January 12

    4:00PM Choir (Kliros) Practice

    5:30PM Vespers (Hesperinos)

    Sunday, January 13

    8:30AM Matins (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Wednesday, January 16

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Saturday, January 19

    9:00AM Men’s Breakfast

    4:00PM Choir (Kliros) Practice

    5:30PM Vespers (Hesperinos)

    Sunday, January 20

    8:30AM Matins (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion for Holy Epiphany in the First Tone

When Thou wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest; for the voice of the Father bare witness to Thee, calling Thee His beloved Son. And the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ our God, Who hast appeared and hast enlightened the world, glory be to Thee.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone

You have appeared today to the inhabited earth, * and Your light, O Lord has been marked upon us * who with knowledge sing Your praise. * You have come, You are made manifest, * the Light that no man can approach.

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Apolytikion for Holy Epiphany in the First Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone © ACROD
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    Prayer Request

    Prayers for Health and Salvation

    Ray, Melissa, Sam, and Loa, Katie K., Timothy S., Michael and Nancy Pittman, Debbra Ickes, John and Barbara Kelly, John and Linda Marchetti, Cerrito

    *Please send Father a note with any names that you would like to have included in this prayer list. 

     


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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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