THUNDER BAY BULLETIN. ORTHROS 9:00am; DIVINE LITURGY AND SERVICE OF THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS 10:15am

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1 THUNDER BAY BULLETIN HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ΕΛΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΟΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΤΙΑΔΟΣ 651 Beverly Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N2 Telephone: (807) January 2011 Volume 7 Issue 1 JANUARY 6: HOLY THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ: ΤΑ ΑΓΙΑ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ ORTHROS 9:00am; DIVINE LITURGY AND SERVICE OF THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS 10:15am 1

2 THUNDER BAY BULLETIN Published monthly. Editor(s): Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis; 106 Essex Court, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 7N6 # (807) cellular; # (807) office Church holytrinity@tbaytel.net; Fr. Nikolaos ntambakis@hotmail.com Website: Office hours: by appointment HELLENIC COMMUNITY PRESIDENT: ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS # (807) HOME; (807) MOBILE VICE PRESIDENT: TOM MARINIS # (807) HOME; (807) MOBILE SECRETARY: LISA BOOTE # (807) HOME TREASURER: MARIA MORAKIS # (807) HOME; (807) MOBILE ASST. TREASURER: TAX MILIONIS # (807) HOME; (807) MOBILE BOARD MEMBERS: ANDY KARANASOS, NICK MILIONIS, TIMO KAROUTAS, TED FRISKY, PETER SAITES, IRENE BINIARIS, PETER KOUKOS. RELIGIOUS AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS - GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS IF TORONTO (CANADA), 1 PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW WAY (86 OVERLEA BOULEVARD),TORONTO, ONTARIO M4H 1C6; TELEPHONE: (416) ; FAX: (416) ; METROPOLIS@GOCANADA.ORG; WEBSITE: EMBASSY OF GREECE - 80 MACLAREN STREET; OTTAWA, ONTARIO K2P 0K6; TELEPHONE: (613) ;FAX: (613) ; WEBSITE: CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE BLOOR STREET E, SUITE 1800, TORONTO, ONTARIO M4W 3L4 ; TELEPHONE (416) ; FAX: (416) ; WEBSITE: GREEK TOURIST OFFICE (TORONTO) BAY STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5R 3K8; TELEPHONE: (416) ; FAX: (416) ; GRNTO.TOR@SYMPATICO.CA BOARD OF DIRECTORS (L TO R): TED FRISKY, PETER KOUKOS, IRENE BINIARIS, NICK MILIONIS, TOM MARINIS, MARIA MORAKIS, ANDY KARANASOS, NIS, TIMO KAROUTAS, ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS, PETER SAITES, LISA BOOTE, WITH FR. NIKOLAOS TAMBAKIS (ABOVE) 2

3 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Thunder Bay Membership By-law General 1.0 This by-law comes into effect on January 1, 2009 as approved at the Annual General Assembly held on November 9, Membership is one the main sources of income for the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Your membership maintains the operation of the Church on a weekly basis. You can pay your membership fees by cash or cheque every Sunday following the Divine Liturgy. All membership fees are tax deductible. Definitions 2.0 Member in Good Standing: A member in good standing has in the past 3 years, paid their membership dues for 2 consecutive years. 2.1 New Member in Good Standing: A new member is one who is joining our Parish for the first time. A new member in good standing has paid their membership dues in the current year and preceding year. 2.2 Non-Member Non-members may attend the Annual General Assembly but are not able to participate or vote on any matter. When a non-member requires the use of the Church for a Sacrament, please refer to the appropriate application for financial obligations. Use of the Church Hall is $400 per event and subject to approval by the Board of Directors. Categories 3.0 Regular Member $200 per person Regular members may - attend, participate and vote at the Annual General Assembly - serve as a member on all committees and hold elected office on the Board of Directors. - participate and perform in holy sacraments - reduced rate for hall rental 4.0 Enhanced Member Additional $360 per person includes all the benefits of a Regular Membership PLUS - use of candles - pass on collection tray - various payment plans available - one free use of the community hall per year. Each additional use at regular member rate 5.0 Student Member $75 per person 18 and over and in full time attendance at school Student members may - attend, participate and vote at the Annual General Assembly - serve as a member on all committees and hold elected office on the Board of Directors. - participate and perform in Holy Sacraments. 6.0 Associate Member $100 per person A non-orthodox spouse of a member in good standing. Associate Members may join committees, attend and partake in discussions at the Annual General Meeting but cannot: - hold elected office - vote at the Annual General Meeting - partake in Holy Sacraments. From the Parable of the Talents found in the Gospel according to St. Matthew, you can understand that giving is a spiritual matter and a personal responsibility. Although giving is completely between the believer and the Lord, per principles in Holy Scripture and church tradition, it is suggested that parishioners give 10% of their annual net income. Obviously, charity is placed on a voluntary basis, but we know that God loves a cheerful giver. 3

4 CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND KALANTA 2010 GREAT JOB EVERYBODY! GOD BLESS YOU! 4

5 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church presents: SOUVLAKI DINNER (Souvlaki, Tzatziki, Mediterranean Rice, Greek Salad and Pita) $10 Thursday, January 27, 2011; 4:00-6:30pm Take Out/Pickup only Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 651 Beverly Street (at Balmoral) Tickets available at the door. Telephone: us at to be on our mailing list! Facebook Join our group The Great Souvlaki Dinner Takeout Website: 5

6 JANUARY 6: HOLY THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD Theophany is the Feast which reveals the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of the Lord (Mt.3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22). God the Father spoke from Heaven about the Son, the Son was baptized by the St John the Forerunner, and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Son in the form of a dove. From ancient times this Feast was called the Day of Illumination and the Feast of Lights, since God is Light and has appeared to illumine "those who sat in darkness," and "in the region of the shadow of death" (Mt.4:16), and to save the fallen race of mankind by grace. In the ancient Church it was the custom to baptize catechumens at the Vespers of Theophany, so that Baptism also is revealed as the spiritual illumination of mankind. The origin of the Feast of Theophany goes back to Apostolic times, and it is mentioned in The Apostolic Constitutions (Book V:13). From the second century we have the testimony of St Clement of Alexandria concerning the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, and the night vigil before this Feast. There is a third century dialogue about the services for Theophany between the holy martyr Hippolytus and St Gregory the Wonderworker. In the following centuries, from the fourth to ninth century, all the great Fathers of the Church: Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, John of Damascus, commented on the Feast of Theophany. The monks Joseph the Studite, Theophanes and Byzantios composed much liturgical music for this Feast, which is sung at Orthodox services even today. St John of Damascus said that the Lord was baptized, not because He Himself had need for cleansing, but "to bury human sin by water," to fulfill the Law, to reveal the mystery of the Holy Trinity, and finally, to sanctify "the nature of water" and to offer us the form and example of Baptism. On the Feast of the Baptism of Christ, the Holy Church proclaims our faith in the most sublime mystery, incomprehensible to human intellect, of one God in three Persons. It teaches us to confess and glorify the Holy Trinity, one in Essence and Indivisible. It exposes and overthrows the errors of ancient teachings, which attempted to explain the Creator of the world by reason, and in human terms. The Church shows the necessity of Baptism for believers in Christ, and it inspires us with a sense of deep gratitude for the illumination and purification of our sinful nature. The Church teaches that our salvation and cleansing from sin is possible only by the power of the grace of the Holy Spirit, therefore it is necessary to preserve worthily these gifts of the grace of holy Baptism, keeping clean this priceless garb, for "As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ" (Gal 3:27). On the day of Theophany, all foods are permitted, even if the Feast falls on a Wednesday or Friday. 6

7 6 ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ: ΤΑ ΑΓΙΑ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ Τνπ Αξρηκ. Νεθηαξίνπ Νηόβα,Ηγνπκέλνπ ηεο Θ. Μ. αλσ Ξεληάο Τν Δσδεθαήκεξν θιείλεη κε ηελ κεγάιε ενξηή ησλ Θενθαλείσλ ή Επηθαλείσλ ηνπ Κπξίνπ. Πέξα από ηα ιανγξαθηθά έζηκα, θαξπό ηεο ιατθήο επζέβεηαο θαη ηεο πξνζήισζεο ηνπ ιανύ καο ζηελ νξζόδνμε παξάδνζε θαη απόδεημε ηεο ζρέζεο πνπ έρεη ε Εθθιεζία κε ηελ δσή ησλ αλζξώπσλ, είλαη απαξαίηεην λα ζεσξήζνπκε θαη ην βαζύηεξν λόεκα ηεο ενξηήο, πξνζπαζώληαο λα δνύκε πώο κπνξεί λα ζπλδεζεί νπζηαζηηθόηεξα κε ηελ ζύγρξνλε πξαγκαηηθόηεηα. Σηα Θενθάλεηα έρνπκε ηελ επί γεο θαλέξσζε ηνπ Τξηαδηθνύ Θενύ. Ο Φξηζηόο βαπηίδεηαη, ν Παηήξ αλαθσλεί εθ ηνπ νπξαλνύ "νύηνο εζηίλ ν Υηόο κνπ ν αγαπεηόο ελ σ επδόθεζα" θαη ην Άγην Πλεύκα αγηάδεη ηα ύδαηα "σζεί πεξηζηεξά". Ο ίδηνο ν Θεόο καο απνθαιύπηεηαη σο Τξηάδα θαη απηό απνηειεί θνξπθαίν γεγνλόο ενξηήο ζηε δσή καο. Ο Θεόο είλαη Τξηαδηθόο, αιιά θαη κνλαδηθόο. Είλαη ηξία μερσξηζηά πξόζσπα, κε ηηο δηθέο ηνπο ηδηόηεηεο θαη ην δηθό ηνπο όλνκα, αιιά ηαπηόρξνλα είλαη κία νπζία θαη θύζε. Έηζη έθακε θη εκάο ηνπο αλζξώπνπο. Όινη έρνπκε δηαθνξεηηθά ραξαθηεξηζηηθά θαη ηδηόηεηεο, ζσκαηηθέο θαη ςπρηθέο. Καλείο καο δελ είλαη όκνηνο κε ηνλ άιιν. Όινη όκσο αλήθνπκε ζην αλζξώπηλν γέλνο, είκαζηε ηεο απηήο θύζεο θαη νπζίαο. Γελληόκαζηε ίδηα, ηξεθόκαζηε ίδηα, θάκνπκε νηθνγέλεηα ίδηα, πεζαίλνπκε ίδηα. Απηό ζεκαίλεη όηη είκαζηε εηθόλεο ηνπ Θενύ. Όπσο ηα ηξία πξόζσπα ηεο Αγίαο Τξηάδνο πεξηρσξνύληαη ην έλα ζην άιιν, ελ αγάπε θαη ελ ειεπζεξία, ρσξίο λα ράλνπλ ηελ ηδηνπξνζσπία ηνπο, λα παύνπλ λα είλαη δειαδή μερσξηζηά πξόζσπα, έηζη θη εκείο νη άλζξσπνη θαινύκαζηε από ηνλ Επηθαλέληα Θεό λα πεξηρσξνύκαζηε, λα θνηλσλνύκε ν έλαο ηνλ άιιν, ελ ειεπζεξία θαη αγάπε, ρσξίο λα ράλνπκε ηελ ηδηνπξνζσπία καο! Καη ηνύην έρεη κεγάιε ζεκαζία, ηδίσο ζηελ επνρή καο. Ο άλζξσπνο, παξαζπξκέλνο από ηνπο δηάθνξνπο ζεζκνύο θαη ηξόπνπο πνπ ν παγθνζκηνπνηεκέλνο πνιηηηζκόο επηβάιιεη, μερλά όηη είλαη δηαθνξεηηθόο. Γίλεηαη νκνηόκνξθνο θαη ράλεη ηελ πξνζσπηθόηεηά ηνπ. Πνξεύεηαη όρη καδί κε ηνπο άιινπο, αιιά ίδηνο κε ηνπο άιινπο, ρσξίο λα ζέιεη λα δηαθέξεη. Δηαθαηέρεηαη από κία ηάζε ηαύηηζεο κε ηνλ θόζκν, ρσξίο λα ζπλεηδεηνπνηεί όηη είλαη κνλαδηθήο αμίαο εηθόλα Θενύ. Ο Επηθαλείο Τξηαδηθόο Θεόο καο θαιεί λα θαηαλνήζνπκε όηη ρξεηάδεηαη λα πξνζθέξνπκε αγάπε ζηνλ άιιν, αιιά ηαπηόρξνλα λα πνξεπόκαζηε κε ειεπζεξία, αλαδεηώληαο ηα ηδηαίηεξα ραξαθηεξηζηηθά καο πνπ δίλνπλ πξαγκαηηθό λόεκα ζηε δσή καο. Απηό άιισζηε έθεξε ν Φξηζηόο ζηνλ θόζκν. Τνλ ζεβαζκό ζηελ κνλαδηθή πξνζσπηθόηεηα ηνπ θαζελόο, ηελ ζπζία θαη ηελ δσξεάλ ζσηεξία γηα ηνλ θαζέλα πξνζσπηθά. Καη κ' απηό ηνλ ηξόπν πνξεύεηαη ε Εθθιεζία αλά ηνπο αηώλεο. Δηαθξίλνληαο ζηνλ θαζέλα ηα ραξίζκαηά ηνπ, αιιά θαη δεηώληαο ηελ θνηλσλία κε ηνλ άιιν, κέζα από ηελ αγάπε. Απηό απνηειεί θαη ηελ πξαγκαηηθή κίκεζε ηνπ Φξηζηνύ. Όκσο ε Επηθάλεηα ηνπ Θενύ θέξεη θαη έλα άιιν ζηνηρείν, ην Φσο. Ο Τξηαδηθόο Θεόο σο Φσο ιάκπεη ελ ησ θόζκσ θαη θσηίδεη ηνλ θαζέλαλ από καο. Αγηάδεη όιε ηελ θηίζε, ηα ύδαηα, ηνλ πνηακό, ηελ ζάιαζζα, ηα πάληα, δείρλνληαο ηνλ πξαγκαηηθό ζθνπό ηεο Δεκηνπξγίαο, πνπ δελ είλαη άιινο από ηνλ Φσηηζκό θαη ηνλ Αγηαζκό ηεο. Γη' απηό ηεινύκε ηνλ Μέγα Αγηαζκό, ξίρλνληαο ηνλ Σηαπξό ηνπ Κπξίνπ ζηα ύδαηα, γηα λα δείμνπκε ζπκβνιηθά ηελ πίζηε καο ζην Φσο θαη ηελ αμία ηεο θηίζεο θαη ηνπ αλζξώπνπ. Καη είλαη ε θαηάδπζε ηνπ Σηαπξνύ κηα ζησπειή ππόκλεζε ζε όινπο, όηη ν θόζκνο δελ αγηάδεηαη κε ιόγηα, αιιά κε ηελ αγάπε θαη ηελ ζπζία πνπ ν Σηαπξόο ηνπ Κπξίνπ θέξεη. Σήκεξα, πεξηζζόηεξν παξά πνηέ, έρνπκε αλάγθε ην Αιεζηλόλ Φσο πνπ είλαη ν Φξηζηόο. Ζνύκε ζε έλαλ θόζκν εζθνηηζκέλν από ηελ ακαξηία θαη ηελ αδηθία. Εξγαδόκαζηε κε ππεξβνιηθό άγρνο θαη αζηακάηεηα, γηα λα δηαζθεδάδνπκε άκεηξα θαη λα ζπλερίδεηαη ε δσή καο κέζα ζηελ θηιαπηία θαη ηελ θηιεδνλία. Ταπηίδνπκε ηελ επηηπρία κε θάζε κέζν πιηθό θαη αγλννύκε ηελ εζώηεξε αλάγθε καο γηα ιάκςε θαη πλεπκαηηθή αλάηαζε. Τν Φσο είλαη απαξαίηεην γηα ηελ δσή. Θεξκαίλεη, θαξπνγνλεί ζηνλ θόζκν, δίδεη ραξά, βνεζά ζηελ θνηλσλία ησλ αλζξώπσλ. Τν πλεπκαηηθό άθηηζην Φσο πνπ ν Τξηαδηθόο Θεόο ζην πξόζσπν ηνπ Φξηζηνύ πξνζθέξεη ζηνλ θόζκν δίδεη κηαλ άιιε δσή, ηελ εζσηεξηθή, ηελ ραξά ηεο θαξδηάο, ηελ δύλακε ηεο αγάπεο, ηελ αίζζεζε ηεο ειεπζεξίαο από ηα πάζε, αιιά θαη από ό,ηη καο ρσξίδεη από ηνλ Θεό θαη ηνλ ζπλάλζξσπν. Καη ε θαξδηά πνπ είλαη θσηηζκέλε δελ κπνξεί παξά λα είλαη θαη επηπρηζκέλε, αθξηβώο δηόηη κέζα ηεο θαηνηθεί ν Θεόο. Έρνπκε ινηπόλ ζήκεξα ηελ αλάγθε κηαο Επηθάλεηαο ζηε δσή καο. Καη ε Επηθάλεηα ηνπ Θενύ είλαη πξνζσπηθή ζηνλ θαζέλαλ καο. Αξθεί λα αλαδεηνύκε ην Φσο θαη ηνλ Αγηαζκό. Αξθεί λα ζπλεηδεηνπνηνύκε πόζν ζπνπδαίν είλαη ην θσηηζκέλν αλζξώπηλν πξόζσπν θαη πόζν αμίδεη θαλείο λα αγσληζηεί πλεπκαηηθά γηα λα βηώζεη ηνλ Τξηαδηθό Θεό, ελ ειεπζεξία θαη αγάπε, ζην πξόζσπν ησλ ʼιισλ. Καη ηόηε ε θηίζε ζα αγηάδεηαη, αιιά θαη ε ύπαξμή καο ζα πιεκκπξίδεη από ην Φσο ηνπ πξνζώπνπ ηνπ Φξηζηνύ, ηνπ Επηθαλέληνο Θενύ. 7

8 12 Things I Wish I d Known First Visit to an Orthodox Church By Frederica Matthewes-Green Orthodox worship is different! Some of these differences are apparent, if perplexing, from the first moment you walk in a church. Others become noticeable only over time. Here is some information that may help you feel more at home in Orthodox worship twelve things I wish I d known before my first visit to an Orthodox church. #8. Music, music, music. About seventy-five percent of the service is congregational singing. Traditionally, Orthodox use no instruments, although some churches will have organs. Usually a small choir leads the people in a cappella harmony, with the level of congregational response varying from parish to parish. The style of music varies as well, from very Orientalsounding solo chant in an Arabic church to more Western-sounding four-part harmony in a Russian church, with lots of variation in between. This constant singing is a little overwhelming at first; it feels like getting on the first step of an escalator and being carried along in a rush until you step off ninety minutes later. It has been fairly said that the liturgy is one continuous song. What keeps this from being exhausting is that it s pretty much the *same* song every week. Relatively little changes from Sunday to Sunday; the same prayers and hymns appear in the same places, and before long you know it by heart. Then you fall into the presence of God in a way you never can when flipping from prayer book to bulletin to hymnal. 8

9 ΡΟΓΑΜΜΑ ΙΕΩΝ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΩΝ - IΑΝΟΥΑΙΟΥ 2011 ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 1 +ΡΕΙΤΟΜΗ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΙΣΤΟΥ. ΑΓΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΤ ΒΑΙΛΕΙΟΤ 10:15ΠΜ. ΚΥΙΑΚΗ 2 + ΚΥΙΑΚΗ ΡΟ ΤΩΝ ΦΩΤΩΝ. ΑΓΙΟΤ ΠΡΟΦΗΣΟΤ ΜΑΛΑΧΙΟΤ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΤΕΤΑΤΗ 5 +ΡΑΑΜΟΝΗ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΩΝ. ΕΠΕΡΙΝΗ ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΤ ΒΑΙΛΕΙΟΤ 9:15ΠΜ ΚΑΙ ΑΚΟΛΟΤΘΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΤ ΑΓΙΑΜΟΤ. ΡΕΜΡΤΗ 6 +ΤΑ ΑΓΙΑ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΙΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ ΚΑΙ ΑΚΟΛΟΤΘΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΤ ΑΓΙΑΜΟΤ. ΡΑΑΣΚΕΥΗ 7 + ΣΥΝΑΞΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΡΟΔΟΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΡΤΙΣΤΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ. ΚΥΙΑΚΗ 9 +ΚΥΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΩΤΑ. ΑΓΙΟΤ ΠΟΛΤΕΤΚΣΟΤ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΙΑΚΗ 16 +ΚΥΙΑΚΗ ΙΒ ΛΟΥΚΑ. ΠΡΟΚ. ΑΛΤΕΩ ΑΓΙΟΤ ΠΕΣΡΟΤ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΔΕΥΤΕΑ 17 +ΑΓΙΟΥ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ ΚΥΙΑΚΗ 23 +ΚΥΙΑΚΗ ΙΕ ΛΟΥΚΑ (ΤΟΥ ΤΥΦΛΟΥ). ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΙΑΚΗ 30 +ΤΩΝ ΤΙΩΝ ΙΕΑΧΩΝ. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ, ΓΗΓΟΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ, ΚΑΙ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΧΥΣΟΣΤΟΜΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ Είπε ο αββάσ Ευπρζπιοσ: Εφόςον παραδζχεςαι ότι ο Θεόσ είναι αξιόπιςτοσ και δυνατόσ, πίςτευζ Τον και θα μετζχεισ ςτισ ευλογίεσ Του. Αν όμωσ το παίρνεισ αψήφιςτα το πράγμα, ςημαίνει ότι δεν πιςτεφεισ. Και πρόςθεςε: Πλοι πιςτεφουμε ότι είναι δυνατόσ ο Θεόσ, επίςησ πιςτεφουμε ότι τα πάντα μπορεί να κάνει, αλλά είναι ανάγκη να ζχεισ πίςτη μζςα ςου και για τισ προςωπικζσ ςου υποθζςεισ, ότι δηλαδή και ςε ςζνα θα κάνει θαυμαςτά ςημεία. 9

10 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES - JANUARY 2011 SATURDAY 1 +CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD. ST. BASIL THE GREAT. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT 10:15AM SUNDAY 2 +SUNDAY BEFORE THEOPHANY. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM WEDNESDAY 5 +EVE OF THEOPHANY. VESPERAL DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT 9:15AM AND THE SERVICE OF THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS AT EPIPHANY. THURSDAY 6 +HOLY THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM AND THE SERVICE OF THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS AT EPIPHANY. FRIDAY 7 +SYNAXIS OF ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER AND BAPTIST. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM SUNDAY 9 +SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY. ST. POLYEYTUS THE MARTYR. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. SUNDAY TH SUNDAY OF LUKE. VENERATION OF THE CHAINS OF ST. PETER. ORTHROS 9:00AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. MONDAY 17 +ST. ANTHONY THE GREAT. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM SUNDAY TH SUNDAY OF LUKE. ORTHROS 9:00AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. SUNDAY 30 +THE THREE HIERARCHS. STS. BASIL THE GREAT, GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM. ORTHROS 9:00AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM REMEMBER Orthros (Matins) begins at 9:15am. And Divine Liturgy at 10:30 am. Here is what you miss if you come late: - After the Gospel you miss the Word of God. - After the Great Entrance you miss the Lord s sacrifice. - After the Creed you miss confessing your faith. - After Holy Communion you miss Christ in Person. - After the Closing Prayer you missed the whole point of worship and prayer.. Coming late for worship may be a habit but it reflects an attitude and commitment to God. Those who wish to receive Holy Communion must arrive on time for the beginning of the Divine Liturgy. The Liturgy is the Work of the People (the meaning of the word liturgy), and it is just as important for everyone to be there from the beginning until the end as it is for the priest and the other servers. 10

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16 ORTHODOXY AROUND THE WORLD ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Editor s note: I had the honour of serving with His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, on the feast day of St. Savvas Monastery. What an amazing day! 16