Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world.

Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον· Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Apolytikion of Sun. of St. John Climacus in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone

With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O John, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls.

Ταίς τών δακρύων σου ροαίς, τής ερήμου τό άγονον εγεώργησας, καί τοίς εκ βάθους στεναγμοίς, εις εκατόν τούς πόνους εκαρποφόρησας, καί γέγονας φωστήρ, τή οικουμένη λάμπων τοίς θαύμασι, Ιωάννη Πατήρ ημών, Όσιε, Πρέσβευε Χριστώ τώ Θεώ, σωθήναι τάς ψυχάς ημών.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Tone

To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender, having been delivered from peril, I, your city, dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might, keep me safe from all trials, that I may call out to you: "Hail, unwedded bride!"

Τὴ ὑπερμάχω στρατηγῶ τὰ νικητήρια, ὡς λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν εὐχαριστήρια, ἀναγράφω σοὶ ἡ Πόλις σου Θεοτόκε, Ἀλλ' ὡς ἔχουσα τὸ κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐκ παντοίων μὲ κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον, ἵνα κράζω σοί, Χαῖρε νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.

Prayer List

Please pray for our brothers and sisters: James, Elizabeth, Tom, Kostas, William, Alexandra, Rita, John, Mikaela, Connor, James, Bobbie, Peter, Vasili, Sophia, Rachel, Nicole, Christine, Michael, Irina, Abigail, Shirley, Bridie, Christopher, Malina, Andrew, Vera, Erin, Paula, Milton, Galini, Yevgeniy, Alexey, Nadia, Vasiliki, Diane, Deborah, Phillip, Jim, Konstantinos, Jave, Demetrios, George, Kathy, Elaina, Panagiota, Conan, Hosea, John, Jo Anne, Bill, James, Colleen, Barbara, Theophana, Paul, Tasso, Roula, Florence, Thomas, Vivian, Jim.

If you or a loved one is going through a difficult time and would like the community to pray for you, please call the office and request to be added on the prayer list. We will list the first names only in the weekly bulletin for six months, or until you ask to be removed from the list. I will also make a special mention of the Orthodox names at the Proskomede.

Saints and Feasts

April 07

Martyrs Calliopius and Akylina

The holy Martyr Calliopius was from Perga in Pamphylia, brought up in piety by his godly mother Theocleia. When the persecution of Maximian broke out, Saint Calliopius presented himself of his own accord before the Governor Maximus in Pompeiopolis of Galatia. After he had suffered many torments, his mother visited him in prison and encouraged him in his martyrdom. After this, his thrice-blessed mother, upon learning that he was to be crucified on Holy and Great Thursday, bribed the tyrants to defer it one day, that he might imitate the Lord's Crucifixion on the same day that He suffered it. The holy Martyr Calliopius received the crown of martyrdom on Holy and Great Friday in the year 304, being crucified upside down.

April 07

Savas the New

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. 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 Hebrews 6:13-20.

BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Προκείμενον. Fourth Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 103.24,1.
Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε, πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας.
Στίχ. Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 6:13-20.

Ἀδελφοί, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατʼ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, λέγων, Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε. Καὶ οὕτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος. Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ, ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος· ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος· ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from Mark 9:17-31

At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

Sunday of St. John Climacus
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 9:17-31

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγων, διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρός σε, ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον. καὶ ὅπου ἂν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφρίζει καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξηραίνεται· καὶ εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσι, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με. καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν εὐθέως τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· παιδιόθεν. καὶ πολλάκις αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς πῦρ ἔβαλε καὶ εἰς ὕδατα, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾿ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι. καὶ εὐθέως κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγε· πιστεύω, κύριε· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος, ἐπετίμησε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφόν, ἐγώ σοι ἐπιτάσσω, ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς κρατήσας αὐτὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἰσελθόντα αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνῷ· ἐδίδασκε γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶς τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται.

General Announcements

Reminder: Red's Shoe Barn is hosting their annual 5K this Sunday (April 7). Back Parking lot will be full early. It is expected to start emptying out by 10am.

Memorial and Coffee Hour: There will be a 40 day memorial in memory of Christos Zavas. May his memory be eternal! The Zavas Family will host coffee hour. Everyone is invited to attend!

Welcome to Our Visitors: Today we have the great pleasure of welcoming a visiting group, the confirmation class from Lee Congregational Church in Durham. They will be joining us for the Divine Liturgy and Fellowship Hour, as they have done every year for several years now.

Church Services this Week:

Wednesday, April 10th at 6pm Presanctified Liturgy 6pm followed by Lenten meal hosted by the choir.
Friday, April 12th at 7pm Akathist Hymn

Parish Council Meeting: Tuesday, April 9th at 6:30 pm.

Stewardship Sunday: next week Sunday, April 14th will be Stewardship Sunday. If you have not done so already, please return your completed stewardship form. There will be a stewardship luncheon after Divine Liturgy. Everyone is invited!

Choir rehearsal: at 10 am on Saturday April 13th to go over music for Good Friday evening. This rehearsal is open to anyone in the community who would like to become more familiar with the Lamentations. Please see Elene Boudreau with any questions .

Orthodox Life & Bible Study: Will NOT be meeting until after lent.

ALKISTIS SCHOLARSHIP: Attention high school seniors who are continuing their education: Applications for the 2019 Alkistis Scholarship will be available at the church starting April 1st. Completed applications must be received no later than May 1st.

Digital Chant Stand: For those of you that would like to follow service digitally, or would like to print out service prior to coming to church go to web site and select:

agesinitiatives.com

Digital Chant Stand

Date

Service

GR-EN PDF/PRINT

2019 Offering Book: The offering book of envelopes for weekly giving are in the narthex. Please help yourself.

Kouvouklion Decorating: Will take place on Holy Friday, April 26th at 9am. If you can help, please call Vula Lalas 603-512-4828 to let her know.

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Stewardship Sunday

Next Week

April 14, 2019

Please join the Stewardship committee for a

Lenten luncheon and to hear about all the

ministries of our church.

If you have not returned your yellow stewardship form,

Please try to remember to bring it in to church with you!

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Holy Friday Retreat

GOYA will be meeting at 9am

To help decorate the Kouvouklion

Sunday School Retreat 11am

Lunch will be served

Parents & children to attend unnailing service at 3pm

Please call church office to sign up your child for the Retreat 603-742-7667

Calendar

Church Calendar

April 7 to May 5, 2019

Sunday, April 7

Christos Zavas 40 day memorial

10:00AM Lee Congregational Visit

Tuesday, April 9

6:30PM Parish Council Mtg.

Wednesday, April 10

Choir Lenten Dinner

6:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

Friday, April 12

7:00PM Akathist Hymn

Saturday, April 13

10:00AM Choir Practice

Sunday, April 14

Stewardship Sunday

Tuesday, April 16

5:30PM Baklava Assembly

Wednesday, April 17

Pot luck Lenten Dinner

6:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

Thursday, April 18

7:00PM Festival Meeting

Friday, April 19

4:00PM Pastry Sale Drop off

Saturday, April 20

Alkistis Bake Sale

9:30AM Saturday of Lazarus

10:30AM Palm Weaving

Sunday, April 21

Orthodox Palm Sunday

Sophia Abbott 40 day baby blessing

Palm Sunday Luncheon

7:00PM Bridegroom Matins

Monday, April 22

Holy Monday

7:00PM Bridegroom Matins

Tuesday, April 23

Holy Tuesday

7:00PM Bridegroom Matins

Wednesday, April 24

Holy Wednesday

3:30PM Holy Unction

7:00PM Bridegroom Matins

Thursday, April 25

Holy Thursday

9:30AM Divine Liturgy

7:00PM 12 Gospels

Friday, April 26

Holy Friday

9:00AM Great Hours

11:00AM Holy Friday Retreat Sunday School

3:00PM Vespers of Unnailing

7:00PM Lamentations

Saturday, April 27

Holy Saturday

9:30AM Divine Liturgy

11:30PM Canon of the Resurrection

Sunday, April 28

Orthodox Easter

12:00AM Anastasis

12:30AM Divine Liturgy

11:00AM Agape Vespers

Monday, April 29

Bright Monday! Office Closed

Tuesday, April 30

Clergy Paschal Luncheon

Thursday, May 2

7:00PM Festival Meeting

Saturday, May 4

10:30AM Bridal Shower Mitropoulos

Sunday, May 5

Louise Benaris Craig 40 day trisagion

Daughters of Penelope Coffee Hour

Flyers

John Rouman Classical Lecture Series

Friday, April 5th 4:00-6:30pm Huddleston Ballroom @ UNH

Alkistis Greek Pastry Sale

Saturday, April 20, 2019

2019 Lenten and Easter Donations

Charcoal :$50 (1 Donated by Fr. and Pres. Arthur Athans)

Incense: $50 (1 Donated by Fr. and Pres. Arthur Athans)

Communion wine: $100 (1 Donated in memory of Dr. James Faskianos)

Candle cartridges (yearly supply): 2 x $75 (2 Donated in memory of Dr. James Faskianos)

Candle liquid (yearly supply): $75 (Donated by Paul & Paula Maskwa)

8 icon decorations: $40 each

3 for Salutations (1Donated by Zach Des Roches)

2 Bridegroom (2 Donated by Richard Clairmont)

Anastasis: 2 @ $40 each (1 Donated by Periklis & Abby Karoutas)

1 Mystical Supper

2 for Annunciation: $50 each

Daffodils for the Cross: $40each (1 Donated by Diane Wozmak)

(1 Donated by James & Rosanne O’Hearne)

(1 Donated by Richard Clairmont))

For Holy Week /Easter

Palms for Palm Sunday: $125 (1 Donated In memory of Dr. James Demopoulos)

(1 Donated by Roula & Kathy Kottaridis)

Oil for Holy Unction: $15 (1 Donated by Toby Weir)

Rose petal and laurel leaves: $40 (Donated In Honor of Roula Kottaridis)(1 Donated by Richard Clairmont)

Paschal Candle: $50 (1 Donated In memory of Sylvia Polychronopoulos), (1 Donted by Yota Scontras)

Pedestal arrangements for Anastasis (2): $50 each (2 Donated by George & Althea Coussoule)(4 Donated by John Rouman)

Flowers for two blue vases: each $30 (2 Donated by Nick & Penny Demopoulos & Family)

Candles for the 12 Gospels: 12 candles@$10 each (6 Donated by Kostas & Evangelia Demopoulos, in memory of Konstantinos & Pareskevi, Nikolaos & Aristea)(6 Donated by Anthi Delintsiotis)

Large lily plants for icons: each $20 (4 Donated In memory of Dr. James Demopoulos) , (5 Donated by Annette Roylos) , (1 Donated by Kostas & Evangelia Demopoulos) (4 Donated by Dr. & Mrs. James Frangos)(1Donated in memory of Susan Smith)(1 Donated in memory of the Lazarus Family)(1 Donated in memory of the Flint Family)

Candles for the Kouvouklion: @ $10 each(4 Donated by the Katralis Family)(4 Donated by Claire Delintsiotis)

2 Wreaths for Good Friday: $50 each (2 Donated by Anette Roylos)

Lilies for steps: 6 @ $15 each (4 Donated by James & Rosanne O'Hearne)

Kouvouklion (Epitaphion) flowers: $50 x 20 (3 Donated by Dr. & Mrs. John Athans), (2 Donated in memory of George Savramis)(4 Donated by Barbara & Les Hoogeveen)(1 Donated in memory of Mary Strangas)(1Donated in memory of John & Keka Tsitsos)(1 Donated in memory of John and Anna Vomvoris)

Please understand that when duplicate donations are made, we use the donation to defray the cost of unclaimed items.

Thank you for your generous donations!

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