GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ZOODOHOS PEGHE PELHAM BAY, BRONX, NEW YORK or

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1 GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ZOODOHOS PEGHE PELHAM BAY, BRONX, NEW YORK or Sunday, July 22, 2018 Κυριακή, Ιουλίου 22, the Sunday of Matthew- Feast of St. Μary Magdalene and of St. Markella of Chios 8η Κυριακή τού Ματθαίου- Αγίας Μαρίας Μαγδαληνής & Αγίας Μαρκέλλας Welcome Visitor! We are honored that you have chosen to join us for worship today. Our hope is that your visit with us has blessed you in some way. If you belong to another Church, please take our best wishes home with you. If you do not have a parish home, we would be delighted to make you welcome here. ΤHE SUMMER LITURGICAL SCHEDULE SUNDAYS: Liturgy 9:00-10:30 a.m. WEEKDAYS : Liturgy 9:00:-10:00 a.m. Τό Αποστολικό Ανάγνωσμα Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει. Στίχ. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν. Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 1:10-17 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα Ἀδελφοί, παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἵνα τὸ αὐτὸ λέγητε πάντες, καὶ μὴ ᾖ ἐν ὑμῖν σχίσματα, ἦτε δὲ κατηρτισμένοι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ νοῒ καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ γνώμῃ. Ἐδηλώθη γάρ μοι περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί μου, ὑπὸ τῶν Χλόης, ὅτι ἔριδες ἐν ὑμῖν εἰσιν. Λέγω δὲ τοῦτο, ὅτι ἕκαστος ὑμῶν λέγει, Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι Παύλου, Ἐγὼ δὲ Ἀπολλώ, Ἐγὼ δὲ Κηφᾶ, Ἐγὼ δὲ Χριστοῦ. Μεμέρισται ὁ Χριστός; Μὴ Παῦλος ἐσταυρώθη ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἢ εἰς τὸ ὄνομα Παύλου ἐβαπτίσθητε; Εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ ὅτι οὐδένα ὑμῶν ἐβάπτισα, εἰ μὴ Κρίσπον καὶ Γάϊον ἵνα μή τις εἴπῃ ὅτι εἰς τὸ ἐμὸν ὄνομα ἐβάπτισα. Ἐβάπτισα δὲ καὶ τὸν Στεφανᾶ οἶκον λοιπὸν οὐκ οἶδα εἴ τινα ἄλλον ἐβάπτισα. Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλέν με Χριστὸς βαπτίζειν, ἀλλʼ εὐαγγελίζεσθαι οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ λόγου, ἵνα μὴ κενωθῇ ὁ σταυρὸς τοῦ Χριστοῦ.

2 Today s Appointed Pericope The Lord will give strength to his people. Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory. The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17 Brethren, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. TO ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 14:14-22 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐξελθὼν ὁ Ιησοῦς εἶδε πολὺν ὄχλον, καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐθεράπευσε τοὺς ἀρρώστους αὐτῶν. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος καὶ ἡ ὥρα ἤδη παρῆλθεν ἀπόλυσον τοὺς ὄχλους, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰς κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βρώματα. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν ἀπελθεῖν δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας. ὁ δὲ εἶπε φέρετέ μοι αὐτοὺς ὧδε. καὶ κελεύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνακλιθῆναι ἐπὶ τοὺς χόρτους, λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εὐλόγησε, καὶ κλάσας ἔδωκε τοῖς μαθηταῖς τοὺς ἄρτους, οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ τοῖς ὄχλοις. καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν, καὶ ἦραν τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις. οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων. Καὶ εὐθέως ἠνάγκασεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πέραν, ἕως οὗ ἀπολύσῃ τοὺς ὄχλους. The Gospel Reading The Gospel According to Matthew 14:14-22 At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

3 Απολυτίκιον Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον, ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Apolytikion Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world. Kontakion Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε. Kontakion O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee. Prayer for Refugees, Migrants, and Displaced Persons of this World For all who travel the road of uncertainty and enter foreign lands, For all who have left their homes and do not know where they will go, For all who are walking though the valley of the shadow of death, For all whose journey takes them down the road of hunger and thirst, Loving God, let your goodness and mercy follow them all the days of their lives. For our policies and laws that have broken hearts and separated children and parents; For our times of silence that became complicity, For the harsh and unfair judgments we have made about one another s motives or the circumstances of others lives. Lord have mercy and forgive us. Teach us to love the stranger as ourselves, For we were once aliens and strangers in the land of Egypt. O God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son: Look with compassion on the whole human family; take away the arrogance and hatred which infect our hearts; break down the walls that separate us; unite us in bonds of love; and work through our struggle and confusion to accomplish your purposes on earth; that, in your good time, all nations and races may serve you in harmony around your heavenly throne; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

4 REFLECTIONS ON TODAY'S GOSPEL READING In today's gospel text ( Matthew 14: ) we read that Jesus fed the disciples, who then fed the multitude. Perhaps this is a call to us to go and do likewise. It may be that the disciples were unresponsive to feed the crowd because they believed that what they had was simply not enough" indeed, they described it as "nothing." But in the hands of the living Christ, our limitations become God's bountiful abundance. He was not simply asking the disciples to change their offering of bread and fish into something more abundant. He was asking them to think, to imagine, more abundantly! He was asking them to change their ideas about the power of compassion here, now, in this world. Let us do likewise! Μία από τις πιο εντυπωσιακές περικοπές των Ευαγγελίων είναι αυτή που αναφέρεται στον πολλαπλασιασμό των πέντε άρτων και των δύο ιχθύων από το Χριστό στην έρημο, προκειμένου να δώσει τροφή στους πέντε χιλιάδες άνδρες και τις ακόμη περισσότερες γυναίκες και τα παιδιά που βρίσκονταν στην έρημο για να τον ακούσουν. Ο Χριστός χορταίνει την πνευματική πείνα τω ανθρώπων και κατόπιν καλύπτει και τις υλικές τους ανάγκες. Όταν μάλιστα οι μαθητές Του ζητούν από Εκείνον να απολύσει τους όχλους, να δώσει δηλαδή εντολή να φύγουν από κοντά Του και να κατευθυνθούν στα κοντινά χωριά για να αγοράσουν την τροφή τους, ο Χριστός τους λέει ξεκάθαρα: «ου χρείαν έχουσιν απελθείν» (Ματθ. 14, 16). «Δεν είναι ανάγκη να φύγουν από κοντά μου για να φάνε, αλλά εσείς οι μαθητές μπορείτε να τους δώσετε από την δική μας τροφή», επισημαίνει ο Κύριος, χαράσσοντας τελικά έναν δρόμο που διαφοροποιεί την αντίληψη που οι περισσότεροι έχουν για τους συνεχιστές της πορείας του Κυρίου και των μαθητών Του, δηλαδή τους ανθρώπους που ανήκουν στην Εκκλησία. Ποια είναι αυτή η διαφοροποίηση; Προηγείται το χόρτασμα της πνευματικής πείνας, η ανταπόκριση των ανθρώπων στην πνευματική προσφορά του λόγου του Θεού και έπεται το υλικό χόρτασμα. Αν ο άνθρωπος έχει χορτάσει πνευματικά από την παρουσία του Χριστού και τον λόγο Του, τότε η ευθύνη των μαθητών είναι να μην του επιτρέψουν να φύγει για να βρει την υλική του τροφή, αλλά να μοιραστούν τη δική τους μαζί του. Και επειδή αυτή η τροφή είναι λίγη, ο Χριστός με την προσευχή Του, την πολλαπλασιάζει, ώστε όχι μόνο να φθάσει για όλους, αλλά και να περισσέψει εν αφθονία. π. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΦΛΩΡΟΦΣΚΥ

5 Upcoming Memorials : Sunday, July 29: + Demetrios Casvikes - 40 days + Anastasia Befanis- 40 days Please, renew your Stewardship! In the words of the great Winston Churchill: You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give. Pledging is a logical extension as well as a reflection of your faith. It is an expression of thanks for all the blessings in your life, material as well as spiritual. In addition to the practical aspect of pledging in order to contribute to the running of the church and the upkeep of its buildings, the act of pledging is an affirmation of your commitment to God and to the community of Zoodohos Peghe Church. In the upcoming days please take some time to reflect and pray as you consider your pledge for Please make your pledge today by making the check out to "Zoodohos Peghe Church " and mail it to Zoodohos Peghe Church 3573 Bruckner Boulevard Bronx, NY 10461

6 ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΣΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΔΕΚΑΠΕΝΤΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ Αυγ. Τετάρτη Παράκλησις 6:30-7:30 μ.μ. 2 Αυγ. Πέμπτη Παράκλησις 6:30-7:30 μ.μ. 3 Αυγ. Παρασκευή * Παράκλησις 8:30-9:30 π.μ. 8 Αυγ. Τετάρτη Παράκλησις 6:30-7:30 μ.μ. 9 Αυγ. Πέμπτη Παράκλησις 6:30-7:30 μ.μ. 10 Αυγ. Παρασκευή *Παράκλησις 8:30-9:30 π.μ. 12 Αυγ. Κυριακή Καθαγιασμός τού Καλλιμάρμαρου Προσκυνηταρίου τής Μικράς Γεθσημανής 14 Αυγ. Τρίτη Εσπερινός, τα Εγκώμια & Περιφορά του Επιταφίου 7:00 μ.μ. 15 Αυγ. Τετάρτη Η Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου Θεία Λειτουργία 9:00-11:00 π.μ. SCHEDULE OF PARAKLESIS August August 1st Wednesday Paraclesis 6:30-7:30 p.m. August 2nd Thursday Paraclesis 6:30-7:30 p.m. August 3rd Friday *Paraclesis 8:30-9:30 a.m. August 8th Wednesday Paraclesis 6:30-7:30 p.m. August 9th Thursday Paraklesis 6:30-7:30 p.m. August 10th Friday *Paraklesis 8:30-9:30 a.m. August 12 Sunday The Consecration of the Marble Shrine of Little Gesthemany August 14th Tuesday Vespers, the Εngomia & the Litany of the Shroud of Panagia 7:00-8:30 pm August 15th Wednesday Dormition of the Theotokos Solemn Liturgy & Litany 9:00-11:00 am