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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2019-11-10
Bulletin Contents
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
Parish News & Events
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Saints and Feasts
CHRISTMAS EVENTS
Goodsamaritan
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Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (201) 652-4774 for emergencies: 201 870 2676
  • Fax:
  • (201) 652-0789
  • Street Address:

  • 467 Grandview Avenue

  • Wyckoff, NJ 07481

Contact Information

Reverend Basil C. Gikas
Pastor

frbill@stnicholasnj.org | 201 652 4774 ext. 12

Ms. Rula Thasites
Administrator

office@stnicholasnj.org | 201 652 4774 ext. 10

Services Schedule

 

Sundays in the fall, winter & spring:

Matins: 9 a.m. &  Divine Liturgy 10a.m. except during the summer

 

Summer hours for Sundays in July and August:

Matins: 8:30a.m.  & Divine Liturgy 9:30a.m.

Past Bulletins


Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archiepiscopal Encyclical for the Feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Archangels

11/05/2019

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, On this blessed feast of the Holy Archangels, we commemorate the servants and messengers of God who dwell in His presence, know and do His divine will, and worship Him around His glorious throne. We offer our veneration to angels for this divine work they do in holiness and service to the Almighty. We also recognize the witness and power of the angelic nature.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archiepiscopal-encyclical-for-the-feast-of-the-synaxis-of-the-holy-archangels

Archbishop Elpidophoros Visits the center of the Orthodox Church in America

11/05/2019

SYOSSET, NY – Archbishop Elpidophoros visited Metropolitan Tikhon, on Monday Nov. 4, 2019, at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The two hierarchs exchanged formal greetings in the St. Sergius Chapel.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-visits-the-center-of-the-orthodox-church-in-america
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Parish News & Events

WEEKLY BULLETIN

11/10/2019

November 10, 2019                             8th Sunday of Luke

“Go and Do LikeWise”

 

Orthros: 9:00A.M.

Epistle: Galatians: 2:16-20  (pg.1330)

Divine Liturgy: 10:00A.M.

Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 (pg.1216)

 

 

Acolytes: Paul Dobrow, Emmanuel Pittas, Nico Pittas, Alex Peppes, Alexi Argyros, Aidan William Soukas, C J Soukas

Harrison Bouloukos

 

Ushers: Shelley Markoulis, Nick Tselepis,
John Psomas

 

Narthex: Angela Phillips, Paul Savidis,
Liz Koykas

 

Epistle Reading: Sammy Thomas


Greeters: Philoptochos


  Fellowship Hour

Greek School(Parents)

Prosforon: The Kalliotzis Family


Artoclasia (Blessing of the Loaves)

 TheTheodorobeakos Family
     

Memorials: A 40 day memorial for Anastasia Kalliotzis, beloved mother of Michael and his wife Caroline and Diane Swaim and her husband Reon. Beloved grandmother to Alex and Michael.

A 30 year memorial for Gregory Theodorobeakos beloved father to Michael and his wife Grace; Dimitri and his wife Fotini. Adored grandfather to Marina, Isabella, Gregory and Natasha.

May their memory be eternal.

Fellowship hour is sponsored by the Theodorobeakos family.

 

40 day mother and infant blessing: Today we welcome into the church for the traditional motherhood and infant blessing, Elias Constantinou, the son of Minas and Irene (Christodoulakis).

 

Saint John Chrysostom: The Great Hierarchical Vespers in honor of Saint John Chrysostom, the patron saint of our Metropolis, will take place on Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 at 6:30pm and on Wednesday, November 13th, 2019 Orthros and Divine Liturgy will be celebrated starting at 9:00am at the Metropolis of NJ Headquarters at 215 East Grove Street Westfield, New Jersey. We are all invited to attend.  Call 908 301 0500 for more information.

Tray Collection: for Saint John Chrysostom, patron saint of our Metropolis.

 

 

Shut Ins Need Christ too!  If you are aware of people who cannot come to church for worship or to receive the sacraments and/or they  just need a visit from  Fr. Bill or our ladies Philoptochos (or both), please do not wait; contact Fr. Bill ASAP at  frbill@stnicholasnj.org or contact any Ladies Philoptochos member.

 

Stewardship Sunday: Stewardship Sunday will be observed on November 17th. Please bring your completed 2020 Stewardship pledge card on Stewardship Sunday. It will be collected when we pass the tray in church. Thank you.

 

2020 Stewardship Campaign: Our annual stewardship campaign is underway, with Stewardship Sunday planned for November 17th.  As Orthodox Christians, we affirm that every aspect of our lives comes as a gift from God. Stewardship calls on us, the faithful, to cheerfully offer back to Him a portion of the gifts with which we have been blessed.  Our annual pledge is the single largest source of funding for Saint Nicholas, enabling our church to carry out Her mission to bring Christ and Orthodoxy into the lives and hearts of all we serve.  Please consider the limitless generosity of our Lord as you make your 2020 pledge. Remember… God loves a cheerful giver (2nd letter to the Corinthians 9:7)!

 

The Orthodox Christian Network: For inspiration on the internet, start your day at MYOCN.NET

 

 

Philoptochos News: Food Drive: The simple act of giving not only helps others but also helps us in Love and Spirit as a Community. Thanksgiving and Christmas can be hard times for people who are in need of help. We are so blessed as a Saint Nicholas family so please help from Sunday, November 10, 2019 to Thursday, November 21, 2019; we will be colleting non-perishable food items as well all the fixings for the Thasnkgiving and Christmas dinner.

Philoptochos Annual Church Christmas Card: The holiday season will soon be upon us and the time has come for our annual Saint Nicholas Christmas card. All participating families will receive a beautiful Christmas card.  A donation of $25 is requested.  Deadline to reply is Sunday, November 24th. Any questions, please contact Aggie Tsadilas at 201.995.9158 or by email at Aggietsad@gmail.com.

 

 

Saint Nicholas is on Social Media! Like us on Facebook @stnicholasnj and follow us on Instagram @stnicholasgoc. To share your ministry’s events and activities email.

 

Mark Your Calendar for These Important Upcoming Dates

 

    Friday, November 15th    Holy Unction Service for the Nativity Fast at 7:00pm at
                                             the Ascension Greek Orthodox Church in Fairview, NJ.

 

Sunday, November 17th   Stewardship Sunday & Parish General Assembly

Sunday, December 8th      General Elections

 

The Orthodox Ladies Prayer Group:  All ladies are welcome to join our prayer meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday evening of each month at 7:30pm in our Theotokos chapel.  We spend a dedicated time of informal prayer for our nation, church community, families and friends.  Not only are we seeing countless answers to prayers, but this intimate time of fellowship together is encouraging and deepening our own faith. You are welcome to join us anytime.  All prayer requests are kept confidential. Call the parish office or Irene Ayvas 201-803-2307, with any prayer requests you want added to our list or submitted to the “Email Prayer Chain”. “Email Prayer Chain”:  It’s simple and powerful.  If you are interested in being a part of this ministry, email Irene Ayvas at iayvas@yahoo.com with your email contact info or call 201-803-2307.

 

Giving Tree/Mortgage Burning Campaign: byGod’s Graceour parish plans to be mortgage free by 2020- you can help to make it happen! Various giving levels are available: you can leaf your donation, or show your love - donate a dove… be the first on your block to donate a rock…be a hunk and give a tree trunk!   You can memorialize your loved one by donating to the Giving Tree and including a scriptural message. Contact Fr. Bill at 201 652 4774 ext. 12 or frbill@stnicholasnj.org


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode

Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

SAINT NICHOLAS ARCHBISHOP OF MYRA IN LYCIA in the First Mode

 

The truth of things has revealed you to your flock as a rule of faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause, you have achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty.  O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

Today, the most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin, the sacred treasure of God, enters the house of the Lord, bringing the grace of the Divine Spirit. The Angels of God praise her. She is the heavenly tabernacle.

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:

  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Fourth Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Tone © Narthex Press
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    Gospel and Epistle Readings

    Matins Gospel Reading

    Tenth Orthros Gospel
    The Reading is from John 21:1-14

    At that time, being raised from the dead, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

    When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

    Epistle Reading

    Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 103.24,1.
    O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
    Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

    The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.

    Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

    Gospel Reading

    8th Sunday of Luke
    The Reading is from Luke 10:25-37

    At that time, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."

    But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

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    Wisdom of the Fathers

    The example of the good Samaritan shows that we must not abandon those in whom even the faintest amount of faith is still alive.
    St. Ambrose of Milan
    Two Books of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Concerning Repentance, Chapter 11

    But you cannot be a neighbour unless you have compassion on him; for no one can be called a neighbour unless he have healed, not killed, another. But if you wish to be called a neighbour, Christ says to you: "Go and do likewise."
    St. Ambrose of Milan
    Two Books of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Concerning Repentance, Chapter 11

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    Saints and Feasts

    Goodsamaritan
    November 10

    8th Sunday of Luke

    Allsaint
    November 10

    Erastus, Olympas, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertios, Apostles of the 70

    Of these Saints, Olympas and Rodion became disciples of Peter, the chief Apostle, and came to Rome, where they were beheaded by Nero. The others reposed in peace, having become bishops: Sosipater of Iconium, Quartus of Beirut, and Erastus of Paneas, or Paneias (which was also called Caesarea of Philippi); Saint Erastus had been chamberlain of the city of Corinth (Rom.16:23).

    Allsaint
    November 10

    Orestes the Martyr of Cappadocia

    Saint Orestes was from Tyana of Cappadocia. During the persecution of Diocletian, this Martyr's ankles were pierced with long nails; being bound to a wild horse and violently dragged by it, he gave up his spirit in the year 289.

    Arsenioscap
    November 10

    Holy Father Arsenius of Cappadocia

    Allsaint
    November 10

    Our Holy Father Gregory, Bishop of Assa

    Menas
    November 11

    Menas of Egypt

    Saint Menas, who had Egypt as his fatherland, contested in Cotyaeion of Phrygia in 296 during the reign of Diocletian and Maximian. A soldier distinguished for his valour in war, he renounced his rank and withdrew to devote himself to ascetical struggles and prayer in the mountains. Filled with zeal and more than human courage, he presented himself in the midst of a pagan festival in Cotyaeion and declared himself to be a Christian. After terrible torments which he endured with astonishing courage, he was beheaded. His martyrium in Egypt became a place of universal pilgrimage; evidence of ancient journeys to his shrine have been found as far away as Ireland. The glory and refuge of the Christians of Egypt, he has been revealed to be a worker of great miracles and a swift defender for all who call on him with faith; besides all else, he is also invoked for help in finding lost objects.

    Victor
    November 11

    Victor and Stephanie

    Saints Victor and Stephanie contested in Damascus in 160, during the reign of Antoninus Pius. The pagans arrested Saint Victor as a Christian and cut off his fingers, put out his eyes, and beheaded him. As Saint Stephanie, the wife of a certain soldier, and a Christian, saw Victor's nobility in his sufferings, she loudly cried out to call him blessed and to say that she saw two crowns prepared, one for him, and one for herself. She also was taken, and was tied to two palm trees which had been bowed down; when they were released, she was torn asunder.

    Allsaint
    November 11

    Monday of the 9th Week

    Allsaint
    November 11

    Holy Martyr Vincent

    Saint Vincent is the most illustrious of the Martyrs of Spain. Because of his virtue, he was ordained deacon by Valerius, Bishop of Saragossa, who, because of his advanced age and an impediment in his speech, commissioned Vincent to be preacher of the Gospel. In 303, the impious Emperors Diocletian and Maximian sent Dacian to Spain as governor, with an edict to persecute the clergy. Saint Vincent was brought with Bishop Valerius to Valencia; the bishop was sent into exile, but the holy deacon was tortured on a rack, and after suffering other cruel torments, gave up his soul into the hands of God on January 22 in the year 304.

    Allsaint
    November 11

    Theodore the Studite

    Saint Theodore the Studite was born in Constantinople in 759; his pious parents were named Photinus and Theoctiste. He assumed the monastic habit in his youth, at the monastery called Sakkoudion, and became abbot there in 794. About the year 784 he was ordained deacon, and later presbyter by the most holy Patriarch Tarasius. On joining the brotherhood of the Monastery of Studium (which was named after its founder Studius, a Roman consul), the Saint received the surname "Studite." He proved to be a fervent zealot for the traditions of the Fathers and contested even unto death for the sake of his reverence for the holy icons. He endured three exiles because of his pious zeal. During the third one, to which he was condemned by the Iconoclast autocrat, Leo the Armenian, he endured courageously - being beaten and bound and led from one dark dungeon to another - for seven whole years. Finally he was recalled from exile by Michael the Stutterer. Receiving thus a small respite from his labours of long endurance, he reposed in the Lord on November 11, 826, a Sunday, while his disciples, who stood round about him, chanted the 118th Psalm. Some say that after receiving the immaculate Mysteries, he himself began chanting this psalm. And on reaching the verse, ' I will never forget Thy statutes, for in them hast Thou quickened me" (Ps. 118:93), he gave up his spirit, having lived for sixty-seven years. In addition to his other sacred writings, he composed, with the collaboration of his brother Joseph, almost the whole of the compunctionate book of the Triodion (see also July 14).

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    CHRISTMAS EVENTS

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