Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana

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1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana MARCH 9, 2014 SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY Sunday, March 9 ~ 8:45 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy with Father Dean Gigicos Parish Council on Duty Petros Christakis, Panagiotis Patselikos, and Steven Psarellis NO SUNDAY SCHOOL OR YOUTH HYMNOLOGY Teachers and students will meet in Hellenic Cultural Center after Holy Communion to prepare for Procession Sunday of Orthodoxy Procession in Cathedral after Divine Liturgy 12:00 pm ~ Kids Café in Foyer 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Meeting in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Youth Greek School 1:30 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium Monday, March 10 ~ 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Adult Intermediate Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Education, Cultural, and Youth Ministries Meeting in Boardroom Tuesday, March 11 ~ 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 6:00 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium 7:00 pm ~ Parish Council Meeting in Boardroom Wednesday, March 12 ~ 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm ~ Adult Beginner Greek School in Room 210 Thursday, March 13 ~ 6:00 pm Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium Friday, March 14 ~ 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm HTC Youth Soccer Practice 7:00 pm ~ 2 nd Salutations to the Theotokos Saturday, March 15 ~ 10:00 am Youth Greek School in Room 210 Sunday, March 16 ~ 8:45 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy with Father Dean Gigicos Parish Council on Duty Petros Christakis, Panagiotis Patselikos, and Steven Psarellis STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY ADOPT-A-DAY CAMPAIGN Sunday School following Holy Communion Youth Hymnology in Room 210 First DIMITRIOS SPETSIOTIS 1-YEAR MEMORIAL PAGONA SPETSIOTIS 14-YEARS MEMORIAL 12:00 pm ~ Kids Café in Foyer 12:00 pm ~ Daughters Meeting in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Youth Greek School 1:30 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY Please note that the Parish Council has designated next Sunday, March 16, 2014, as Stewardship Sunday. For 2014 Commitment Cards, contact the Cathedral office. DONATIONS NEEDED FOR GREAT LENT SERVICES The floral decorations that adorned the Panagia icon during the first Salutations to the Theotokos this past Friday were generously donated by Eleni and George Kampitsis. The Cathedral family sincerely thanks them for their consideration and prays to the Panagia for their well being. Please consider contributing icon flowers for the remaining Salutation services scheduled March 14, March 21, and March 28. Other items required for Great Lent Services include the following: 300 Carnations for the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross March 23 You may also donate a portion of this amount. Incense and charcoals are always needed. Contributions for these items are most welcomed. You may contact the Cathedral office at to make your donation. YOUTH HYMNOLOGY PROGRAM During March, Sunday School students will learn the Easter hymn "Christos Anesti - Christ is Risen!" Parents and grandparents are asked to reinforce at home the learning of this very important hymn. Hymnology instruction for all Sunday School students begins immediately after Holy Communion in the upstairs classroom area. Please contact Viki Moustoukas (vmoustouka@aol.com) with any questions about this program. Please note that there is NO YOUTH HYMNOLOGY today, Sunday, March 9, in observance of the Sunday of Orthodoxy CHILDREN S WORLD S FAIR The Community of Holy Trinity Cathedral was invited to participate in the 16 th annual Children s World s Fair at the Louisiana Children s Museum on Saturday, March 22, Plans to showcase Hellenic culture, cuisine, history, and traditions, particularly at a time when the parish is celebrating its 150 th anniversary, are underway. Encompassing the sesquicentennial celebration, Holy Trinity Cathedral children will share with the New Orleans community their heritage through skits, exhibits, dances, and crafts. What better way to celebrate the past than to feature the ambassadors of the future, our children. The Education, Cultural, and Youth Ministries Committee encourages the entire Holy Trinity Cathedral family to support this endeavor. Vouchers, required for attendance, will be available through the Cathedral office for members of Holy Trinity Cathedral. Also, a school bus will transport children from the community center. For more information, contact Steve Psarellis at

2 AHEPA A regular AHEPA meeting is scheduled next Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at 7:30 pm in the Coffee Room. If you would like to become a new AHEPA member or desire to reactivate your membership, please your full name, address, telephone number, and address to Socrates Toras at socrates905@yahoo.com or Manoli Ioannidis at manoli923@gmail.com. Membership will allow you to partake in the activities slated during the national AHEPA convention this summer. Take the first vital steps to continuing the New Orleans AHEPA chapter by immediately submitting your current contact information and by attending the meeting next week. 150 TH CELEBRATION Thank you to all parishioners for supporting the 150 th Anniversary Kick Off Epiphany Celebration in January. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral 150 th Anniversary Celebration continues with activities planned throughout the year. Mark your calendars for the celebratory weekend events to be held on October 10 12, In addition, the history of our Church will be showcased at the Louisiana Children s Museum Children s World s Fair on Saturday, March 22; the Greek Festival in May; community programs; historical exhibits; and other planned events. Sponsorships and participation opportunities for this important milestone in the history of our Church are available, and additional information will be included in future church bulletins and mailings. Those with questions, interest in participating, or seeking additional information are asked to please contact 150 th Anniversary Co-Chairpersons Constandinos Vennis or Barbara Stavis Wolf or the Cathedral office. DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE Daughters planning to attend Daughters Afternoon Out with lunch at Antoine s historic Restaurant (713 St. Louis Street in the French Quarter) on Saturday, March 15 at 12:00 pm are reminded to RSVP to Barbara Stavis Wolf. The cost per member is $20.14, plus beverage costs, plus tax and gratuity, payable at the restaurant. The Daughters contributed this year to Penelope House Family Violence Center and University of Miami Sylvester Papanicolaou Cancer Research Center as part of their Headquarters Charity Project Donations. Members are reminded to submit 2014 dues of $40 to help our chapter meet the Headquarters Dues Challenge of submitting all members dues by March 31. The Daughters regular monthly meeting will be next Sunday, March 16, at 12;00 pm in the Hellenic Center with hostesses Mary Ellen Grace, Deborah MacInnes, Vange Malachias and Barbara Stavis Wolf. Visit to view the weekly and monthly bulletins online. CALLING ALL HERB GARDENERS! This spring the Greek Festival Committee is asking all herb gardeners to include extra plantings of thyme, basil, rosemary, and oregano, which later can be sold at the Festival. These herbs are most welcome additions in the Greek Grocery. If you have any questions regarding this project, please contact Stacy Rico at FESTIVAL PASTRY WORKSHOPS Pastry preparations for the 2014 Greek Festival will continue this Tuesday, March 11, and Wednesday, March 12, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Lunch will be provided. Workshops will be every Tuesday and Wednesday, except Holy Week. The Pastry Committee Chairpersons invite all ladies and gentlemen to assist in the preparation of the pastries. HELLENIC DANCERS The Hellenic Dancers practices are underway in preparation for the upcoming annual Greek Festival. If you are interested in participating, please contact Co-Directors Vivi Demarinis Haik at phaik@ochsner.org, Maria Patselikos at mpatseli@tulane.edu, or Manoli Ioannidis at manoli923@gmail.com. Become a part of this dynamic group! PHILOPTOCHOS MEMBERSHIP Many ladies have already joined Philoptochos during our annual Philoptochos Membership Campaign, which has been in full swing since January 1. As members of the philanthropic arm of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Ladies of Philoptochos give their time, talents, and treasures in an effort to creatively fulfill the charitable goals and commitments of our community, our Church, and the National Philoptochos. Through our established Standing and Special Committees, we hope to efficiently meet the needs of all those in need. Have a charity in mind that you would like us to consider supporting? Have suggestions on providing services to our community? Would you like some hands on participation while enjoying the benefits of fellowship? Become a Philoptochos member! Join Philoptochos today! We welcome you to our meeting today, Sunday, March 9, at 12:00 pm in the Coffee Room. Ionian Village summer camping programs are open to teenagers, who have completed grades 8 through 12. The sessions allow campers to experience life in a fully Orthodox environment as they travel to historic churches and religious sites across Greece. The Orthodox Faith is at the heart of the Ionian Village program. Session 1: June 23 - July 12, 2014 Session 2: July 20 - August 8, 2014

3 HOLY TRINITY YOUTH SOCCER The first spring Holy Trinity Youth Soccer session will be this Friday, March 14, at 6:00 pm. All are welcome to participate. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact Katerina Sutton COFFEE HOUR SPONSOR The Holy Trinity Cathedral Family sincerely thanks the Spetsiotis Family for sponsoring the Coffee Hour during the month of March. If you also wish to be a sponsor, please call the Cathedral office at Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA PHONE: (504) FAX: (504)

4 9η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΣ 2014 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ Τῶν Ἁγίων Τεσσαράκοντα Μαρτύρων τῶν ἐν Σεβαστείᾳ Ἑωθινόν Δ 9 th MARCH 2014 SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia Eothion 4 Ἀπουτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος δ 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, ἡγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἐορτής Ἦχος β Τὴν ἄχραντον Εἰκόνα σου προσκυνοῦμεν Ἀγαθέ, αἰτούμενοι συγχώρησιν τῶν πταισμάτων ἡμῶν, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, βουλήσει γὰρ ηὐδόκησας σαρκὶ ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ Σταυρῶ, ἵνα ῥύσῃ οὓς ἔπλασας ἐκ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ ἐχθροῦ, ὅθεν εὐχαρίστως βοώμέν σοί, Χαρὰς ἐπλήρωσας τὰ πάντα, ὁ Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, παραγενόμενος εἰς τὸ σῶσαι τὸν Κόσμον. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῶν Ἁγίων 40 Μαρτύρων Ἦχος α Τὰς ἀλγηδόνας τῶν Ἁγίων, ἃς ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἔπαθον, δυσωπήθητι, Κύριε, καὶ πάσας ἡμῶν τὰς ὀδύνας, ἴασαι φιλάνθρωπε, δεόμεθα. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδας Ἦχος πλ δ Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ πανσόφους τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἀναδείξας, καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην σαγηνεύσας, φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοί. Κοντάκιον Ἦχος πλ δ Τὴ ὑπερμάχω στρατηγῶ τὰ νικητήρια, ὡς λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν, εὐχαριστήρια, ἀναγράφω σοὶ ἡ Πόλις σου, Θεοτόκε, ἀλλ' ὦς ἔχουσα τὸ κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐκ παντοίων μὲ κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον ἵνα κράζω σοί, Χαῖρε, Νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε. Resurrection Apolytikion Tone 4 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. Apolytikion of the Feast Tone 2 We worship Your immaculate Image, O Good One, and ask forgiveness of our sins, O Christ God; for of Your own will You were pleased to go up on the Cross in the flesh, to deliver from slavery to the enemy those whom You have created. Therefore we thankfully cry to You: With joy You have filled all things, O our Saviour, by coming to save the world. Apolytikion of the 40 Martyrs Tone 1 Be entreated, O Lord, by the sufferings endured for You by the Saints, and we pray You, heal all our pain. Apolytikion of the Holy Trinity Plagal Tone 4 Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who made fishermen all-wise, sending upon them the Holy Spirit and, through them, netting the world. O Loving One, glory to You. Kontakion Plagal Tone 4 To you, the Champion Leader, we your servants dedicate hymns of victory and thanksgiving as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos. Since you are invincible in power, deliver us from all dangers, so that we may cry to you: Rejoice, O Unwedded Bride. The Sunday of Orthodoxy is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent and commemorates the victory of the iconodules (those who venerated icons) over the iconoclasts (those who wanted icons abolished) by the decision of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. Therefore, the service is to commemorate the restoration of icons for use in services and private devotional life of Christians. Services often include the clergy or the faithful triumphantly processing around the church, holding icons of their patron or parish saints. In areas where multiple jurisdictions exist, Pan-Orthodox Vespers are also usually celebrated in the evening.

5 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Ἑβραίους ιβ 1-10 Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν. Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν. Ἀδελφοί, τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἁμαρτίαν, διʼ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα, ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸν καὶ τελειωτὴν Ἰησοῦν, ὃς, ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς, ὑπέμεινεν σταυρόν, αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας, ἐν δεξιᾷ τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ κεκάθικεν. Ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰς ἀυτὸν ἀντιλογίαν, ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκλυόμενοι. Οὔπω μέχρι αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι καὶ ἐκλέλησθε τῆς παρακλήσεως, ἥτις ὑμῖν ὡς υἱοῖς διαλέγεται, Υἱέ μου, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας κυρίου, μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται. Εἰς παιδείαν ὑπομένετε, ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ θεός τίς γὰρ ἐστιν υἱὸς ὃν οὐ παιδεύει πατήρ; Εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας, ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι ἐστε καὶ οὐχ υἱοί. Εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἴχομεν παιδευτὰς, καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα οὐ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων, καὶ ζήσομεν; Οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον, εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἁγιότητος αὐτοῦ. THE EPISTLE St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 12:1-10 Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers. Verse: For you are just in all you have done. BRETHREN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father. ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ἰωάννην α Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀκολούθει μοι ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ανδρέου καὶ Πέτρου.εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε εἶδεν ὁ Ιησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι. λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι, ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ισραήλ ἀπεκρίθη Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς, πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. THE GOSPEL John 1:44-52 At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."