SUNDAY BULLETIN AND WEEKLY NEWS

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1 ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL Norfolk, VA Rev. Presbyter George Bessinas, M.Div., Dean Rev. Protopresbyter Constantine Rogakos, Ph. D., Associate SUNDAY BULLETIN AND WEEKLY NEWS Parable of the Foolish Rich Man Ninth Sunday of Luke Sunday, November 22, 2015

2 Sunday, November 22, 2015 Orthros (Matins) Divine Liturgy (of St. John Chrysostom) 8:45 AM 10:00 AM On Sunday, Nov. 22, we commemorate the holy apostle of the seventy Philemon, Archippus, Apphia and Onesimus. We also commemorate the martys Cicily, Vallerian, Tiburtius, Mark, Stephen, Procopius, Menigius, Christopher and Euphemia, Thalleleos, Anthimos, Saint Kallistos and St. Thaddius. Resurrectional Apolytikion Mode Plagal 4th You descended from on high, O compassionate One, and condescended to be buried for three days, so that from the passions You might set us free. Our life and resurrection, O Lord, glory be to You. Apolytikion for the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. Mode 4 Today is the prelude of God's good pleasure, and the proclamation of humanity's salvation. In the temple of God, the Virgin is presented openly, and in herself she announces Christ to all. Let us, then, with a great voice cry aloud to her: "Rejoice, you are the fulfillment of the Creator's dispensation." Apolytikion of St. Theodore the Commander in 2nd Tone When in God's army you had truly enlisted, O holy Theodore, the bearer of trophies, you were made a splendid general of the heavenly King; using as a weapon faith, you were ready for battle and utterly destroyed the ranks that were amassed by the demons, and as a victorious athlete you were seen, wherefore in true faith, we bless you and honor you. Apolytikion of the Annunciation in 4th Tone Today is the beginning of our salvation, The revelation of the eternal mystery! The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin. As Gabriel announces the coming of Grace. Together with him let us cry to the Theotokos: Rejoice, O Full of Grace, The Lord is with You! Seasonal Kontakion Mode 4 The Savior's most pure and immaculate temple, the very precious bridal chamber and Virgin, who is the sacred treasure of the glory of God, on this day is introduced into the House of the Lord, and with herself she brings the grace in the divine Spirit. She is extolled by the Angels of God. A heavenly tabernacle is she.

3 The Epistle Reading St. Paul's First Letter to the Ephesians 4:1-7 Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 4. Psalm 75.11,1 Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them. Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel. BRETHREN, I, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all and in all. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Αποστολικóν Ανάγνωσμα: Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 4:1-7 Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ δ. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1 Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. Ἀδελφοί, παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγώ, ὁ δέσμιος ἐν κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε, μετὰ πάσης ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πρᾳότητος, μετὰ μακροθυμίας, ἀνεχόμενοι ἀλλήλων ἐν ἀγάπῃ, σπουδάζοντες τηρεῖν τὴν ἑνότητα τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης. Ἓν σῶμα καὶ ἓν πνεῦμα, καθὼς καὶ ἐκλήθητε ἐν μιᾷ ἐλπίδι τῆς κλήσεως ὑμῶν εἷς κύριος, μία πίστις, ἓν βάπτισμα, εἷς θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ πάντων, ὁ ἐπὶ πάντων, καὶ διὰ πάντων, καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡμῖν. Ἑνὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ. The Gospel of Luke 12:16-21 The Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." As he said these things, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

4 Ευαγγελικóν Ανάγνωσμα: Λουκά 12:16-21 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην Ἀνθρώπου τινὸς πλουσίου εὐφόρησεν ἡ χώρα καὶ διελογίζετο ἐν ἑαυτῷ λέγων τί ποιήσω, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχω ποῦ συνάξω τοὺς καρπούς μου; καὶ εἶπε τοῦτο ποιήσω καθελῶ μου τὰς ἀποθήκας καὶ μείζονας οἰκοδομήσω, καὶ συνάξω ἐκεῖ πάντα τὰ γενήματά μου καὶ τὰ ἀγαθά μου, καὶ ἐρῶ τῇ ψυχῇ μου ψυχή, ἔχεις πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ κείμενα εἰς ἔτη πολλά ἀναπαύου, φάγε, πίε, εὐφραίνου. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός ἄφρον, ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ τὴν ψυχήν σου ἀπαιτοῦσιν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἃ δὲ ἡτοίμασας τίνι ἔσται; οὕτως ὁ θησαυρίζων ἑαυτῷ, καὶ μὴ εἰς Θεὸν πλουτῶν. Altar Boys Christopher Bessinas, Nicholas Sarris, Christopher Sarris, Costas Delidakis, Michael Rea, Eleftherios Mendrinos, Alex Mendrinos, Nicholas Araboglu, Luke Jacovides, Michael Marcou, Michael Waters Epistle Reader: Katerina Delidakis Today Coffee Fellowship Hour in the Hellenic Center IOCC Sunday (International Orthodox Christian Charities) Parish Council Nomination form deadline is today. All nominees must attend a seminar today in the library after the coffee fellowship hour. GOYA is going to Chrysler Museum today Kefalos luncheon meeting in Hellenic Center following Divine Liturgy Cultural Committee movie night at 6:00pm in social hall (see enclosed flyer) Worship Services for this Week St. Katherine the Great Martyr, Wednesday, Nov., 25th Orthos 8:30am, Divine Liturgy 9:30am, Chapel UPCOMING EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS The church office will be closed on Thursday, Nov., 26th and Friday, Nov.,27th for the Thanksgiving holiday. Wishing you and your family a Blessed Thanksgiving. Audit Committee Report Due to time issues at the Fall General Assembly of November 1, 2015, the Audit Report was not given. The report will be presented at the Spring General Assembly. To review the Audit Report or to obtain a copy, please visit or contact the Cathedral Office. For any questions regarding the report, please contact committee members John Georgiou or Kathy Milonas. Philoptochos Scholarship Applications are available. Call Shelly Almyrantis at They are due by January 28th.

5 Golden Years Tues., Nov. 24th. Lunch will be in the AHEPA Hall at 12:00pm. Members of AHEPA will prepare their annual traditional Thanksgiving Luncheon for the Golden Years and all senior citizens of our Cathedral. The Thanksgiving feast will include turkey, mashed potatoes and all the fixings. The luncheon is free to all of our communities senior citizens. Please contact Evan Almyrantis for more information Bible Study Fellowship Tuesday, Nov. 24th at 6:30pm in the meeting room. Bring your Bible and a friend. St. Maria of Paris Outreach Committee thanks community dinner team captain Debbie Woodell and her team for serving the November 12 dinner: Angelo Neskis, John Maroulis, Mike Griffith, Judy Pantelides, DD Darling, John Douglas, George Dimas, Ron Russell and Iris Pappas. Reception for the Feast of St. Andrew Sunday, November 29th in the Hellenic Center following Divine Liturgy. Hosted by the Touzos family. Hellenic Woman s Club Bake sale order forms (for Vasilopeta and Kourourakia) are located on the information table by the bookstore. There will be frozen pasticho, spanakopita and tyropita available for purchase (see enclosed flyer). Hope/Joy Ministry St. Nicholas Christmas Workshop on Saturday, December 5th from 10:00am to 1:00pm (see enclosed Flyer). Parish Council Elections Sunday, Dec. 6 following Divine Liturgy. Greek School will be closed for Thanksgiving. No classes Wed., Nov.25 and Thurs., Nov.26. Greek School Christmas Kalanda Singing If you would love to hear the angelic voices of our Greek school students sing Christmas carols at your home on Dec. 17th or Dec.18th, please call Ami Tryphonas at or Emilia Simmons at Hellenic Woman s Club and Philoptochos Society Christmas Luncheon on Saturday, December 12th at 11:30am in the Hellenic Center. Philoptochos invites anyone who wishes to support the Charity For Kids to donate a Walmart gift card of any amount. They will collect and distribute your donation. Hellenic Woman s Club will be collecting a free will donation for the Dominion Power Energy Share Program. AHEPA will hold its ANNUAL Christmas Party on Sat. Dec., 12 at 6:30 pm for AHEPANS and guests of our community. The dinner will include: Hors D oeuvres, Prime Rib, drinks and dessert. The cost is $35.00 per person and each attending family is asked to bring a new but unwrapped toy for donation to the Marine s Toysfor-Tots Program. The toys will be distributed as Christmas gifts to children up to age 14 in our local community. Please contact Steve Webb,

6 St. Maria of Paris Outreach Ministry We would like to invite people to bring donations over the next few weeks of the following items to be distributed to local homeless: Toiletries Small tubes of toothpaste, tooth brushes, small deodorants, small bottles of mouthwash. Snacks Fruit cups, pudding cups, packs of cookies, or crackers or snacks, packs of gum or breath mints There will be a box outside of the Sunday School Hallway and in the Hellenic Center for collections. All items due by Sun., Dec. 6.

7 2015 Stewardship Update: We will be giving you weekly updates on the stewardship collections as we approach the end of the year. Last Sunday, November 15, we collected $3,285 in stewardship and received $2,360 of stewardship through the mail during the week Weekly Update of November 9. This brings our stewardship total for the 2015 year to $306,848. We have set $380,000 as an inspirational goal; which was exited by far last year. Let us make every effort to fulfill our stewardship pledges and donations by the Lord s Nativity as our gift to God. Wishing you and your family a blessed Nativity Fast (Nov. 15-Dec.24). And He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all: for these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had. Luke 21:1-4. Hope/Joy St. Nicholas Christmas Workshop December 5th from 10am to 1pm All are invited to join the Hope/Joy for their annual St. Nicholas/Christmas workshop. This is a drop off event open to all children 3 and older who are potty trained and separate easily. The children will make Christmas crafts, play games, decorate cookies, sing and enjoy story time. The cost of this event is $5 per child and a canned item for the FoodBank. A pizza lunch will be provided. If your child has allergies please feel free to being a bagged lunch. We will also be making Salvation Army Stockings as our mission project for this season. Empty stocking can be picked up in the Social Hall and returned there as well by December 5th.

8 MOVIE NIGHT "The Silent School-A journey through the Halki Seminary" A production of the Hellenic History Foundation Το Ελληνικό Ιδρυμα Ιστορικών Μελετών Παρουσιάζη Η Σιωπηλή Σχολή Directed by Irini Sarioglou - Marina Leontaris With original music by Vassilis Dimitriou On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the graduation of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I from the Halki Seminary the Hellenic History Foundation was given the honor of making a documentary of the history of Halki's Theological School. The documentary is in Greek with English subtitles. Please join us for this fascinating documentary! When: Sunday, November 22, 6 p.m. Where: In the Social Hall of the Annunciation Cathedral Cost: $2 per person, refreshments included. Students are free. Sponsored by the CULTURAL COMMITTEE of the Annunciation Cathedral 7220 Granby St., Norfolk, VA

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11 2015 Christmas Card Please help support the Annunciation Hellenic Dancers (troupes) by participating in our 2015 Christmas Card. I WOULD LIKE MY CHRISTMAS LISTING TO READ: (PLEASE PRINT NAME: ADDRESS: CITY/STATE/ZIP: TELEPHONE: AMOUNT ENCLOSED: PLEASE MAKE YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO: ANNUNCIATION HELLENIC DANCERS 7220 Granby Street Norfolk, VA Please complete form along with a donation of $25.00 or more per family to the Church office or mail to address above, no later than Friday, December 11, 2015.

12 WELCOME Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral Chapel of St. Theodore the Commander We extend to you a warm and heartfelt Orthodox Christian welcome. Our Cathedral is dedicated to imitating the love and faithfulness of Jesus Christ by sharing the Gospel with our words and living it with our lives. It exists to lead the faithful to the worship of the Holy Trinity according to the Faith and Tradition of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. We live and witness our faith by the grace of God through our participation in the sacramental life of the Church, Her holy tradition and stewardship, fellowship, service and Christian education. Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral 7220 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA Tel: Fax: officeadmin@annunciationva.org Web: Visit our website for updated news and information