Sy na x i s o f Joh n t h e Ba p t i s t

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1 Sy na x i s o f Joh n t h e Ba p t i s t Transfiguration of our Lord Greek Orthodox Church 414 St. Stephens School Road Austin, Texas (512) office@transfiguration.org website - Sunday Service Schedule Orthros 8:15am; Divine Liturgy 9:30am Reverend Fr. Vasileios Flegas, Proistamenos

2 Hymn for Theophany Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις, τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοί, ἀγαπητὸν σὲ Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστεράς, ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανεῖς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοί. When Thou wast baptized in the Jordan Oh Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest; calling Thee His beloved Son. And the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ our God, Who hast appeared and enlightened the world, glory be to Thee Hymn Ἀγγελικαὶ Δυνάμεις ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμά σου, καὶ οἱ φυλάσσοντες ἀπενεκρώθησαν, καὶ ἵστατο Μαρία ἐν τῷ τάφῳ, ζητοῦσα τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα. Ἐσκύλευσας τὸν ᾍδην, μὴ πειρασθεὶς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, ὑπήντησας τῇ Παρθένῳ, δωρούμενος τὴν ζωήν, ὁ ἀναστὰς ἐκ των νεκρῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. When the angelic powers appeared at your tomb and those who guarded You became as though dead, and standing by Your sepulcher was Mary seeking Your pure and sacred body. For You did vanquish Hades and uncorrupted by its touch You came unto the virgin woman, bestowing the gift of life O You who rose from the dead. Lord we give glory to You. Hymn for St. John the Forerunner Μνήμη Δικαίου μέτ' ἐγκωμίων, σοὶ δὲ ἀρκέσει ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Κυρίου Πρόδρομε ἀνεδείχθης γὰρ ὄντως καὶ Προφητῶν σεβασμιώτερος, ὅτι καὶ ἐν ῥείθροις βαπτίσαι κατηξιώθης τὸν κηρυττόμενον. Ὅθεν τῆς ἀληθείας ὑπεραθλήσας, χαίρων εὐηγγελίσω καὶ τοῖς ἐν ᾍδῃ, Θεὸν φανερωθέντα ἐν σαρκί, τὸν αἴροντα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ παρέχοντα ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise, but the Lord's testimony is sufficient for thee, O Forerunner; for thou hast proved to be truly even more venerable than the Prophets, since thou wast granted to baptize in the running waters Him Whom they proclaimed. Wherefore, having contested for the truth, thou didst rejoice to announce the good tidings even to those in Hades: that God hath appeared in the flesh, taking away the sin of the world and granting us great mercy. Hymn for the Transfiguration of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Μετεμορφώθης εν τώ όρει Χριστέ ο Θεός, δείξας τοίς Μαθηταίς σου τήν δόξαν σου, καθώς ήδυναντο, Λάμψον καί ημίν τοίς αμαρτωλοίς, τό φώς σου τό αϊδιον, πρεσβείαις τής Θεοτόκου, φωτοδότα δόξα σοι. When O Christ our God Thou wast Transfigured on the mountain Thou didst reveal Thy glory to Thy disciples in proportion as they could bear it. Let Thine everlasting light also enlighten us sinners. Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Thou Bestower of light, glory to Thee Instead of the Trisagion Hymn Όσοι εις Χριστόν εβαπτίσθητε, Χριστόν ενεδύσασθε, Αλληλούια Those who have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ for evermore Alleluia. Kontakion Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, καὶ τὸ φῶς σου Κύριε, ἐσημειώθη ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, ἐν ἐπιγνώσει ὑμνοῦντάς σε. Ἦλθες ἐφάνης τὸ Φῶς τὸ ἀπρόσιτον. On this day Thou has appeared, unto the whole world, and Thy light O Sovereign Lord, is signed on us who sing Thy praise and chant with knowledge: Thou hast now come, Thou hast appeared, O Thou Light unapproachable. Megalinarion Hymn Μεγάλυνον ψυχή μου, τὴν λυτρωσαμένην, ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς κατάρας. Ὢ τῶν ὑπὲρ νοῦν, τοῦ τόκου σου θαυμάτων! Νύμφη πάναγνε, Μῆτερ εὐλογημένη, Δι' ἧς τυχόντες παντελοῦς σωτηρίας, Ἐπάξιον κροτοῦμεν ὡς εὐεργέτῃ, Δῶρον φέροντες ὕμνον εὐχαριστίας. Oh my soul, magnify the ever-virgin Maid who from the curse has redeemed us. O all spotless Bride, surpassing comprehension are the wonders of your childbirth, blessed Mother! Through you obtaining comprehensive salvation, we bring you a gift in striking up this worthy hymn of gratitude to you our Benefactress Communion Hymn Εἰς μνημόσυνον αἰώνιον ἔσται δίκαιος. Ἀλληλούϊα. In everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be Alleluia

3 Epistle - Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8 Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 63.11,1 Προκείμενον. Ήχος βαρύς. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 63.11,1 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord. Verse: Oh God, hear my cry. The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 19:1-8 In those days, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said, "No, we have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism." And Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus." On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve of them in all. And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God. Εὐφρανθήσεται δίκαιος ἐν Κυρίῳ. Στίχ. Εἰσάκουσον, ὁ Θεός, τῆς φωνῆς μου. Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 19:1-8 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα είναι απο Ἐν ταῖς ἡμεραῖς ἐκείναις, ἐγένετο δέ, ἐν τῷ τὸν Ἀπολλὼ εἶναι ἐν Κορίνθῳ, Παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη ἐλθεῖν εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εὑρών τινας μαθητὰς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐλάβετε πιστεύσαντες; Οἱ δὲ εἶπονn πρὸς αὐτόν, Ἀλλʼ οὐδὲn εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιόν ἐστιν, ἠκούσαμεν. Εἶπέν τε πρὸς αὐτούς, Εἰς τί οὖν ἐβαπτίσθητε; Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, Εἰς τὸ Ἰωάννου βάπτισμα. Εἶπεν δὲ Παῦλος, Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν βάπτισμα μετανοίας, τῷ λαῷ λέγων εἰς τὸν ἐρχόμενον μετʼ αὐτὸν ἵνα πιστεύσωσιν, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν. Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἐβαπτίσθησαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ. Καὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ Παύλου τὰς χεῖρας, ἦλθεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπʼ αὐτούς, ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις καὶ προεφήτευον. Ἦσαν δὲ οἱ πάντες ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ δεκαδύο. Εἰσελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐπαρρησιάζετο, ἐπὶ μῆνας τρεῖς διαλεγόμενος καὶ πείθων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ. Thank you to this week s Epistle reader Next week s Epistle reader Konstantinos Christou TBA PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS Happy new year. The breads and baked goods were beautiful as well as plentiful. Thank you all for making the donation to St Basils orphanage so successful and delicious. Please make a stop at the Philoptochos table to get your script cards for this weeks groceries.

4 G o s p e l - Jo h n 1 : A t that time, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.' I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." Τ ῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, βλέπει ὁ Ιωάννης τὸν Ιησοῦν ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει ἴδε ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου. οὗτός ἐστι περὶ οὗ ἐγὼ εἶπον ὀπίσω μου ἔρχεται ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν. κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ ἵνα φανερωθῇ τῷ Ισραήλ, διὰ τοῦτο ἦλθον ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι βαπτίζων. καὶ ἐμαρτύρησεν Ιωάννης λέγων ὅτι τεθέαμαι τὸ Πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον ὡς περιστερὰν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἔμεινεν ἐπ αὐτόν. κἀγὼ οὐκ ᾔδειν αὐτόν, ἀλλ ὁ πέμψας με βαπτίζειν ἐν ὕδατι, ἐκεῖνός μοι εἶπεν ἐφ ὃν ἂν ἴδῃς τὸ Πνεῦμα καταβαῖνον καὶ μένον ἐπ αὐτόν, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ βαπτίζων ἐν Πνεύματι Αγίῳ. κἀγὼ ἑώρακα καὶ μεμαρτύρηκα ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ. Potluck Patristics Our most recently canonized saint, St. Porphyrios, has his words recorded in a beautiful book entitled Wounded by Love. There are copies of the book in the bookstore for you to buy and join our club. POTLUCK PATRISTICS WILL RESUME IN FEBRUARY Bringing Your Brokenness Open to individuals and couples, meetings will be held bi-monthly on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the church. We are studying the book Truly Human: Recovering Your Humanity in a Broken World by Kevin Scherer, which is available in our bookstore. Our goal is to provide a loving Orthodox Christian atmosphere for support, accountability, study, and discussion, with the ultimate goal of restoring our souls and bodies to the image and likeness of God. Our next meeting will be Thursday, January 18. If you have questions please contact Fr. Vasileios, or Brian Holland at brianholland5143@yahoo.com or Susan Holland at misssoup2002@yahoo.com ENCORE Fellowship of Transfiguration Church INVITES YOU TO AN ENCORE MARDI GRAS PARTY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2018 at 4:00 PM AT THE HOME OF JACOB AND DIANA ANGELO, 105 TOP O THE LAKE DRIVE, LAKEWAY TEXAS RSVP To Diana Angelo: OR: sittieangelo@gmail.com (Please let us know what dish you would like to bring)

5 Welcome Visitors! We welcome all new visitors who worshipped with us this morning. We are pleased to have you with us! Please join us next door after service for coffee and fellowship. There is material in the entrance of the church regarding ministries and events of Transfiguration. We hope that you will return often to worship with us and grow in Christ! Receiving Holy Communion The sacrament of Holy Communion is reserved for only baptized and/or Chrismated Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared by fasting, prayer and confession. The Orthodox Church is not in sacramental communion with any other church outside the Orthodox Christian Faith. If you are not Orthodox, you are invited with everyone to receive the Antidoron (blessed bread) at the end of service. If you would like information about the Orthodox Church, please see Fr. Vasileios after services. he is always wrestling in prayer for you (Colossians 4:12) Prayers for those in our Armed Forces SGT Jennifer D. Atkinson, SSG John Atkinson, COL Dave Romine, CPT James Alfaro, SSG Deane Anderson, CPT William Willett, MAJ Timothy Ullman, Lt. Col. Chris Chase, SPC Mindy Keys, SPC Andrew Bentzel, MAJ Scot Thornhill, CPT Christopher Gilbert, Major Alexander Stathos, 1st LT Angela Bahlatzis, MIDN 1/C Joseph Barone, SGT Walter Hurbert ( Nikolaos ) Willoughby IV, LCDR Thomas Uhl, Lt. Lance Shannon, Lt. Raphael Regalado The Prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective (James 5:16) Prayers for Health Prsv. Aspazia, Nicholas Wyatt, Marihiam, Archie, Paul, Rebecca, Lynne Marie, Simone, Dennis Luke, Jacquie, Hunter, Zenon, Bill, Douglas Edwards, Paul Thomas, Thomas James, Maria, Nancy, Cassandra, Efstathia, Evan, Victoria, Terri, Elias, Tim, Rhonda, George Geuras, Sharon, Dante, Loukas, Charlie, Despina, Anna, Mary, Wanda, Kathreen, Chuck, Stephenie, Athena, Bill, Kathryn, John, Harriet, Angel, Clarisa, Damon, Athanasios, Niky, Niky, Dino, Diakonissa Claire, Pete, William, George, Ioanna, Panayiotis, Athanasia, Katherine, John, Anna, Emmanuel, George, William, Julia, Andrew, Mary, Ignatius, Eva, Philip Sorak, Jennifer, Antonis, Pete, Maria, Michael, Louis, Cecilia, Gwendolyn, Christine, Athena Cheryl, Margot, Kyriakos, Costa, Maria, Joy Jackie, Evangelos, Sophia, Alexander, Jim, Trinity, Eddy, Fr. Damaskinos, Prsv. Maria, Emmanuel, Eleni, Thomas, Maria, Spyridon, Maria, Emmanuel, Zoe, Miguel, Anna, Sandy, Konstantinos, Michael, Gail, Mark, Diane, Scott, Fr. Joseph and family, Raymond, Steve, Janice, Jared, Maria, Jimmy H., Grayson, Gwen, Sheila, baby William, Fr. Meletios Marks, Kristi, Noah, Anna, MariaTeresa, Irene, Chance, Cary, Eleni, Tatiana, baby Hazel, Stephen, Chelsea, Sarah, Laurena, Christopher Martin, Theresa Marie, Trey, Jennifer, Nikoletta, Cristie, Phillip, Summer, baby Daniel, Paul, Virginia, Diamanto, Theophania, Nikolaos, Georgios, Billy, Russ, Irma, Dave Osborn, Nancy Please allow the children and the teachers of our Sunday School to take communion first so they can go to their classes.

6 Thank you 2018 Stewards thus far Fr. Vasileios & Prsb. Stella Flegas Fr. David & Prsb. Vasiliki Eckley Dn. George & Prsb. Ria Bithos Prsb. Aspazia Bita Aldridge, William & Roxanne Ambrose, Rod & Effie Ayers, Robert & Magdalene Benson, Kiki, Maria & Jerry Bryant, Jason & Katie Clark, Ron Craus, Radu Draina, Joseph & JoAnn Edwards, Rich & Lia Gatlin, Jack & Patricia Georgantonis - Keah, Demetra Anna Georgantonis, Mary Giannopoulos, Demetrios Glaros, Michael & Nyda Gligor, David Gouris, Tom & Allison Gradziel, MaryBeth Haldes, Tula Herescu, Octavian & Oltea Holland, Brian & Susan Howard, Matthew Hrissikopoulos, Eleni Kalogirou, Nici Kenna, Anne King, Neysa Klaras, Panagiota Kolber, Carolyn Koulakis, Mihail & Katina Koutsavdis, Evangelos & Mary-Roselie Lambros, Despina Leara, William & Michelle Leatherwood, Lee & Elaine Lowe, Josh & Ioana Meador, Archie & Dina Menezes, Evandro Nelson, Richard & Eleni Orr, Terry & Patricia Orthmann, Chris & Summer Papageorgakis, Christos Peter, Evan, Carson & Jacob Petropoulos, Chris & Tina Petty, Ioanna Phocas, Denis & Sonia Pon, Ken & Mary-Ellen Poulos, Gabe & Lisa Prasifka, Greg & Marisa Qatato, Jamal & Angele Randol, Mark & Jackey Reeder, Daniel Rigney, Thomas Romell, Peter & Barbara Russell, Mary Helen Ryburn, Earl & Michelle Sarinaki, Maria Skevofilax, George & Teresa Spanos, Kostas & Vasiliki Stamatis, Harry & Patrice Stathos, Judith Streetman, Kyle & Sophie Tindle, Debbie Uritu, Daniel & Marinela Willmann, Judd & Carol Willoughby, Walter & Triantafilli Wynn, Allen & Julie Xylouris Bowles, Niky & Tom Become a steward TODAY!

7 2018 PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS George Gianakopoulos Mary Georgantonis Judith Stathos Patricia Gatlin Mariam McFalls Anastasia Read Eleni Ackerman Diann Dow Today we are administering the Affirmation of Office to the NEW Parish Council following the Divine Liturgy I,, do solemnly affirm that I will uphold the dogma, teaching, traditions, holy canons, worship and moral principles of the Greek Orthodox Church, as well as the Charter and Regulations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and that I will faithfully and sincerely fulfill the duties and obligations required of a member of the Parish Council. So help me, God. The Holy Apostles asked the first Christian community in Jerusalem to choose individuals of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom the Apostles could appoint to administer the extended ministry of that community (Acts 6:3). In like manner, the Parish Council members are co-workers with the Priest. (Met. Isaiah) Congratulations to our 2018 Parish Council Members! May God grant you His Holy Spirit with wisdom, strength and above all love.

8 WEEKLY SERVICES Sunday, January 7, 2018 Saturday, January 13 - Services for this Week : NO Great Vespers Memorial Service The memorial service today is for: Andreas Christou (10 yrs)- survived by his beloved wife Eleni; his children Christakis (Christina), Marios (Andri), Kyriakos (Stella), Drosos (Linda), Nikolas (Nafsika); and his grand children Constantinos, Andreas, Christina, Andreas, Loukas, Marios and Eleni. Aikaterine Papadaki (1 year); Aikaterine Bernidaki (15 years); Georgios Strataridakis (15 years); Eugenia Strataridaki (50 years) - Beloved aunt, great aunt, and grandparents of Maria Sarinaki. May Their Memory be Eternal Thank you to last week s Coffee Hour Sponsors : Yoder, Zachos, Zotis, Ackerman, Boyer, Ambrose Thank you to last week s ushers: Harry Stamatis (PCM) Argyro Justice, Sophia Khan, Allen Wynn Thank you to this week s Coffee Hour sponsors: Angelo, Antoniadis, Apostolakis, Appling, Athanasiou, Petty Thank you to today's ushers: Pat Mitchell (PCM) Jack Gatlin, Stella Rossnagel, Next week s Coffee Hour Sponsors: Ayers, Bakiris, Benson Bourgeois, Bryant, Bell Next week s ushers are: Dan Appling, Gigi Appling, Nyda Glaros