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St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2018-12-02
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St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (440) 237-8998
  • Fax:
  • (440) 237-4386
  • Street Address:

  • 4548 Wallings Road

  • North Royalton, OH 44133-3121


Contact Information




Services Schedule

WEEKDAY SERVICES

   8:30 AM   Orthros
   9:30 AM   Liturgy

 

SUNDAY SERVICES

   8:15 AM   Orthros
   9:30 AM   Liturgy

Sunday School begins immediately following Holy Communion September through May


Past Bulletins


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Second Mode. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 6:10-17.

Brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand, therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.


Gospel Reading

14th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 18:35-43

At that time, as Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging; and hearing a multitude going by, he inquired what this meant. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." And he cried, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stopped, and commanded him to be brought to him; and when he came near, he asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, let me receive my sight." And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Mode

Ότε κατήλθες πρός τόν θάνατον, η ζωή η αθάνατος, τότε τόν Άδην ενέκρωσας, τή αστραπή τής Θεότητος· ότε δέ καί τούς τεθνεώτας, εκ τών καταχθονίων ανέστησας, πάσαι αι Δυνάμεις τών επουρανίων εκραύγαζον· Ζωοδότα Χριστέ ο Θεός ημών δόξα Σοι.
Όte katilthes pros ton thanaton, I zoe athanatos, tote ton Adin enekrosas, ti astrapi tis Theotitos. Ote de ke tous tethneotas ek ton katakthonion anestisas, pase e Dinamis ton epuranion ekravgazon. Zoodota Christe o Theos imon doxa Si.
Όte katilthes pros ton thanaton, I zoe athanatos, tote ton Adin enekrosas, ti astrapi tis Theotitos. Ote de ke tous tethneotas ek ton katakthonion anestisas, pase e Dinamis ton epuranion ekravgazon. Zoodota Christe o Theos imon doxa Si.
When You descended to the realm of death You as life immortal rendered to Hades a mortal blow by Your all radiant divinity. And when You from infernal depths and the darkness below did raise the dead all the hosts of heaven’s powers did proclaim and cry out O life giving Christ and our God we give glory.

Hymn of Church in the First Mode

Ethnon se kirika ke fostira trismegiston, / Athineon didaskalon ekoumenis aglaisma, / efrosinos gereromen / tous agonas timomen ke tas vasanous thia Christon, / to septon sou martirion, / Agie Pavle Apostole, / presveve Christo to Theo, / sothine tas psichas imon.
O preacher to the gentiles and thrice grandest shining star, / the Athenians’ teacher and the universe’s ornament, / we joyously honor you. / We pay homage to the struggles that you had/for the sake of Christ, / and your dignified martyrdom, / Holy and glorious Apostle Paul, / intercede with Christ our God, / entreating Him to save our souls.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Mode

On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to / God the Word ineffably, / Who was before all the ages. / Dance for joy, / O earth, on hearing / the gladsome tidings; / with the angels and the shepherds now glorify Him / Who is willing to be gazed on / as a young Child Who / before the ages is God.
H Parthenos symeron,/ ton proeonion Logon,/ en spileo erhete,/ apotekin aporitos./ Horeve/ i ikoumeni/ akoutisthisa/ doxason/ meta Agelon ke ton Pimenon/ voulithenta apofthine/ Pedion neon/ o pro eonon Theon.
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Saints and Feasts

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December 02

14th Sunday of Luke


Habbakuk
December 02

Habakkuk the Prophet

This Prophet, whose name means "loving embrace," is eighth in order of the minor Prophets. His homeland and tribe are not recorded in the Divine Scriptures; according to some, he was of the tribe of Symeon. He prophesied in the years of Joachim, who is also called Jechonias, before the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish People, which took place 599 years before Christ. When Nabuchodonosor came to take the Israelites captive, Habakkuk fled to Ostrakine, and after Jerusalem was destroyed and the Chaldeans departed, Habakkuk returned and cultivated his field. Once he made some pottage and was about to take it to the reapers in the field. An Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and carried him with the pottage to Babylon to feed Daniel in the lions' den, then brought him back to Judea (Bel and the Dragon, 33-39): His book of prophecy is divided into three chapters; the third chapter is also used as the Fourth Ode of the Psalter. His holy relics were found in Palestine during the reign of Emperor Theodosius the Great, through a revelation to Zebennus, Bishop of Eleutheropolis (Sozomen, Eccl. Hist., Book VII, 29).


Allsaint
December 02

Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia

Saint Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) was born in 1907 with the name Evangelos in Evoia, Greece, in the small village of Agios Ioannis (Saint John). As a child he tended to the sheep in the hills, and it is there that he first read the life of Saint John the Hut-Dweller (Commemorated January 15th) which planted the desire of monasticism in his heart. The spark lit by Saint John was fanned when at the age of seven he overheard a conversation about the divine beauty of the Holy Mountain. Eventually he stowed away on a boat to Thessalonica, hoping from there to reach Mount Athos.

On the evening after his arrival, a group of monks gathered at the harbor to take the boat to Mount Athos. One of them noticed the young Porphyrios and asked him where he was going. Porphyrios told the monk that he was going to the Holy Mountain, but lied about the reason as to why. The monk, seeing through this, told Porphyrios to tell any inquirers that he was his nephew and that his mother had passed away, for otherwise he would not be allowed on the mountain since he was still a child.

The monk, whose name was Panteleimon, became his spiritual father and brought him to Kavsokalyvia, a small skete where Panteleimon lived with his brother, the Priest Ioannikos, as fellow monastics. The young Porphyrios loved to carry out the virtue of obedience to his elders, at times being tested by them without even knowing it. When he was fourteen, his elder asked Porphyrios what he was planning to do with his life. The young man told him that he wished to stay on the Mountain. Two or three years later, Porphyrios was tonsured with the name Nikitas.

Once, being obedient to one of his elders against the wishes of the other, Porphyrios went out on a rainy day to collect snails. After hours of filling his sack, and burdened by the wind and cold, Porphyrios found himself suddenly caught in a rockslide and was buried up to his knees. Crying out to the Theotokos he was miraculously delivered, but having suffered badly he developed pleurisy and had to leave Mount Athos to seek medical treatment. The elder who told him to collect the snails profusely apologized, and personally saw Porphyrios off of Mount Athos, kissing him on the forehead in tears.

Porphyrios returned to the village of Agios Ioannis in Evoia where he reunited with his family. He stayed at the monastery of Saint Haralambos, which was near the village Avlonari, until he recovered. his good reputation as a faithful and obedient monk quickly spread and thus caught the attention of the Bishop Fostinis of Kymi. He began to visit Porphyrios frequently, and with the aid of Archbishop Porphyrios III of Sinai (from whom Porphyrios was given his final name), ordained the young monk a deacon and then a priest. Two years later he was made a confessor and would at times hear confessions for multiple days at a time without sleep or food.

His next major ministry was serving as the Chaplain at the Polyclinic Hospital in Athens for roughly 33 years (1940-1973). It was through the well-known Professor of Canon Law, Amilkas Alivizatos, that Porphyrios was assigned to the Church of Saint Gerasimos which was associated with the hospital. During this time he helped many patients spiritually by acting as their father confessor. In addition to his hospital duties, he helped to renew the Church of Saint Nicholas in Kallisia, often having recourse to it during the night to pray by himself or with family.

However, Porphyrios had still been unable to fulfill another dream he shared with his family: founding a monastery. After years of searching, he bought some land upon the top of a hill in Milesi where he later founded The Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration. He remained there for many years before returning to his old cell on Mount Athos where he spent his last years. He departed this life on December 2nd, 1991. Porphyrios was declared a saint by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 27th, 2013.


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Welcome

This Weeks Announcements

  • We extend greetings and a warm welcome to all visitors worshipping with us today. Please fill out a“visitor information card” located in the narthex and hand to one of the greeters. Following the Liturgy, please join us in our social hall for the coffee social.

  • Holy Communion in our Church is offered only to Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves through the disciplines of our faith. Speak to Fr. Costas for further details.

We kindly ask everyone to Please silence cell phones and pagers while in Church

  1. Today ~ MNYMOSINO:  40 days for Peter Economou; 1 year for Louis Konstan; TRISAGIA: for Gene, Joanne, and Julie Powers; for Frances Hykel; for Vasiliki Nichols; for Alice Lamakos; for Steve Paros.
  2. Today ~ Stewardship Sunday. Your commitment card for 2019 will be collected at the end of the service in a special collection.
  3. Today ~ Coffee & Conversation with Jonathan and Kristina Tartara following Holy Communion.
  4. Today ~ St. Nicholas Gift Giving ~ children are asked to bring a wrapped gift for a needy child their own age labeled boy/girl/age.  Gifts are to be placed by the baptismal font.  Breakfast with St. Nicholas sponsored by Philoptochos following Liturgy. Some tickets still available. Christmas Bake Sale sponsored by Philoptochos.
  5. Today ~ last chance to include your household name in the Community Christmas card for $15.  See one of the GOYAns during coffee social or submit through our website.
  6. Monday ~ 5:30 p.m. Greek School.
  7. Tuesday ~ 6:30 p.m. GOYA basketball practice at St. Michael’s on Mill Road.
  8. Tuesday ~ 7:00 p.m. Home Committee meeting.
  9. Thursday ~ feast of St. Nicholas; 8:30 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m. Liturgy.
  10. Thursday ~ 7:00 p.m. Bible Study with Frank Chirakos. Everyone welcome!
  11. Friday ~ 5:00 p.m. GOYAns offer to babysit so parents can have a night out.  Test to RSVP: Christina Psellas 440.465.2313 or Anthea Lindeman 440.822.5923. Free Will donations welcome.
  12. Saturday ~ 6:30 p.m. GOYA basketball practice at St. Michael’s on Mill Road.
  13. You have all received in the mail the package of information for the Final Phase, of the PAVE THE WAY. Please review and respond generously to this project. We thank you for your generosity!

Upcoming Events in Our Parish – Respond Early

  1. Next Sunday ~ Epistle Reading, Galatians 4:22-27; Gospel, Luke 13:10-17.
  2. Next Sunday ~ MNYMOSINO: 1 year for Niko Kokkas; 5 years for Annie Gianakis; TRISAGIA: for Constantine and Mary Vourliotis.
  3. Next Sunday ~ Election of Parish Council members during coffee social. To be eligible to vote, you must have paid your 2017 pledge in full and completed a pledge card for 2018.
  4. Next Sunday ~ Loukoumades sale sponsored by Greek School.
  5. Next Sunday ~ 4:00 p.m. Pan-Orthodox Nativity Concert hosted by our parish.
  6. December 11 ~ 6:00 p.m. Philoptochos Christmas Dinner.
  7. December 12 ~ feast of St. Spyridon; 8:30 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m. Liturgy.
  8. December 13 ~ 6:30 p.m. Parish Council monthly meeting and Christmas celebration.
  9. December 16 ~ Christmas programs offered by Sunday School and Greek School following Liturgy.
  10. December 24 ~ Christmas Eve; 10:00 a.m. Royal Hours of Christmas; 5:00 p.m. Vesperal Liturgy; Office closed.
  11. December 25 ~ Holy Nativity; 8:15 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m. Liturgy; Office closed.
  12. May 4 – 15, 2019 ~ Father Costas leads Pilgrimage to Italy. Contact him for more information. Deadline to sign up extended to the end of November.

Events in the Greater Cleveland Area and Beyond…

  1. Wednesday ~ feast of St. Savas the Sanctified. We wish many years to our Metropolitan SAVAS.
  2. Wednesday ~ 7:00 p.m. Great Vespers for St. Nicholas at St. Nicholas in Lorain.
  3. Saturday ~ 10:00 a.m. Eastern Orthodox Women’s Guild with Fr. Emilian Hutnyan at St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Maple Heights.
  4. Saturday ~ 1:30 p.m. Blessing and Open House for ZOE Women’s Center at 5454 State Road in Parma.  Kindly respond to 440.893.9990.
  5. Saturday ~ 6:00 p.m. Annual St. Nicholas Day Dance at St. Nicholas Lorain.
  6. December 29 ~ 7:00 p.m. HPS Ball at Lago, East Bank on W10th St in Cleveland. Contact Linda Glynias at 216.469.2663 for more information and tickets.
  7. December 31 ~ 8:30 p.m. Laugh in 2019 with Basile! New Year’s Eve Show at St. Nicholas in Lorain. For reservations or additional information, email hilariousgreek@gmail.com.
  8. January 3 – 6 ~ Pancretan Youth Conference hosted by the Cretan youth of Akron and Cleveland. Contact Michael Zanoudakis for more information at 440.785.6198.
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Flyers

    2019 Stewardship Card

    2019 Stewardship Card

    Take a moment to complete your Stewardship card online...


    December 2, 2018

    December 2, 2018

    Place your name in the GOYA Community Christmas card that is mailed to the parishioners of our parish. See GOYAns during coffee social, print form and submit, or submit name through our website. THIS IS THE LAST SUNDAY TO SUBMIT YOUR NAME.


    December 2, 2018

    December 2, 2018

    Breakfast with St Nicholas ~ make your reservation early!


    December 2 - 9, 2018

    December 2 - 9, 2018

    Philoptochos Christmas Bake Sale


    December 7, 2018

    December 7, 2018

    GOYAns provide babysitting for parents to get some Christmas shopping done or just to enjoy a night out. Please RSVP.


    December 9, 2018

    December 9, 2018

    Loukoumades sale sponosored by Greek School


    December 9, 2018

    December 9, 2018

    Bring gently used/new coats (any size) to keep those in need warm this winter.


    December 9, 2018

    December 9, 2018

    Pan-Orthodox Nativity Concerted hosted by our Parish


    December 11, 2018

    December 11, 2018

    Philoptochos Christmas Dinner


    2019 GOYA Tournament

    2019 GOYA Tournament

    Place a personal ad to cheer on our GOYAns or a business sponsorship in our Tournament Ad book


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