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St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2020-04-05
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St. Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (617) 327-1983
  • Fax:
  • (617) 327-9841
  • Street Address:

  • 39 Belgrade Avenue

  • Roslindale, MA 02131


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SAY A PRAYER - LIGHT A CANDLE | KANE MIA EYXH - ΑΝΑΨΕ ΚΕΡΙ

During this most difficult time, please know that Fr. Konstantinos and the parishioners of the St. Nectarios Church are praying for you and your families. If you would like a candle or more lit on your behalf, you may send names and a donation in the following ways: 

Option 1: Fill out this form with names of your loved ones here: Candle Prayer Request Form and follow the link at the end of the form to make your donation! 

Option 2: Send an envelope with a list of the names of your loved ones and a check for a candle donation to the St. Nectarios Church office at 39 Belgrade Avenue, Roslindale, MA 02131.

We pray that the Lord God guide us all to navigate this difficulty peacefully.

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Κατά τη διάρκεια αυτής της πλέον δύσκολης περιόδου, παρακαλούμε να ξέρετε ότι ο  π. Κωνσταντίνος και οι ενορίτες του Αγίου Νεκταρίου προσεύχονται για σάς και τις οικογένειές σας. Αν επιθυμείτε να ανάψουμε ένα ή περισσότερα κεριά για λογαριασμό σας, μπορείτε να στείλετε ονόματα και τη δωρεά σας με έναν από τους εξής τρόπους:

Μέθοδος 1: Συμπληρώστε αυτή τη φόρμα με τα ονόματα των αγαπημένων σας εδώ: Candle Prayer Request Form και κάντε δωρεά μέσω του link που βρίσκετε στο τέλος της φόρμας.

Μέθοδος 2: Στείλτε ένα φάκελο με μια λίστα με τα ονόματα των αγαπημένων σας και ένα τσεκ για δωρεά κεριών στο γραφείο της Εκκλησίας του Αγίου Νεκταρίου: 39 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale, MA 02131. 

 Προσευχόμαστε όπως ο Κύριος ο Θεός μας καθοδηγεί όλους για να ξεπεραστεί η δυσκολία αυτή ειρηνικά. 

SUPPORT YOUR CHURCH - MAKING YOUR SUNDAY OFFERING 

Support your church by making your Sunday Morning offering by following the link: St. Nectarios Online Giving

SCHEDULE OF BROADCAST SERVICES

A kind reminder that for the time being, services will be restricted to the clergy and chanter. We encourage the faithful to prayerfully participate from their homes by viewing the services at the folling link: 

St. Nectarios YouTube Channel

Sunday, April 5th - St. Mary of Egypt - 5th Sunday of Lent

  • Divine Liturgy - 9:30am

Saturday, April 11th - Saturday of Lazarus

  • Divine Liturgy - 9:30am 

MESSAGE FROM THE METROPOLIS OF BOSTON 

To the Faithful Clergy and Laity of the Metropolis of Boston
 
His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios, in reviewing the many creative initiatives that have been launched by parishes throughout New England, has requested our Clergy to share their new ministry initiatives with their brother Priests for the benefit and edification of the faithful. The Metropolis of Boston has created an online platform for the Clergy and Lay Leaders of our parishes to share their best practices and outreach ministries.  
 
  • The electronic Metropolis of Boston COVID-19 Ministry Resource Center has been made available to the Clergy of the Metropolis. This platform encourages the sharing of best practices during this time when physical distancing has forced ministries to take on different models.
  • Live-Streaming of Divine Services With the new reality of offering ministry during this challenging time, several parishes broadcast their liturgical services. In keeping in compliance with directives about group gatherings, His Eminence has given permission for Divine Services to be celebrated by the Clergy with only the chanter and an altar server present. As parishes continue to come online, the live streaming links will be made available on our Metropolis website enabling the faithful to prayerfully participate from the safety of their homes.
  • His Eminence has stressed to the Clergy the importance that every parish assist the efforts of local food banks and shelters. With over 3.5 million citizens now unemployed, added to the countless who already face homelessness and hunger throughout America, the need for basic necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter has never been greater.
  • His Eminence encourages parishes to assist the American Red Cross. Blood is critically needed throughout the United States. The Red Cross is reaching out to eligible and healthy donors, strongly urging them to make an appointment to provide lifesaving blood donations. For more information and to find a donation center in your area, Click Here.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. First Mode. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14.

BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Προκείμενον. First Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1.
Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 9:11-14.

Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι;


Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45

At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 10:32-45

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ ᾿Ιάκωβος καὶ ᾿Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε· τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ᾿ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς· οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν· οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾿ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.


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Saints and Feasts

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April 05

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.


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April 05

Monk-Martyrs Claudius, Diodore, Victor, Victorinus, and those with them

Of these Martyrs, Saint Claudius died when his arms and legs were severed; Saint Diodore was burned alive; Saints Victor, Victorinus, and Nicephorus were crushed to death by a large boulder; Saint Serapion was burned alive; Saint Pappias was cast into the sea. According to some accounts, they contested in Corinth under Decius in 251; according to others, in Diospolis in Egypt under Numerian in 284.


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