Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana

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1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana JULY 17, 2016 SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS Sunday, July 17 ~ 9:00 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Parish Council on Duty M. Anastasiou, P. Andersson, A. Labatut, and B. Wolf Artoclasia Offered by the Order of St. Markella of Chios 12:00 pm ~ Greek Festival Bread Order Pick Up in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Order of St. Markella of Chios Reception in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos "The Hunger Project" Assembly in Gymnasium 1:00 pm ~ LOMBAS BAPTISM Tuesday, July 19 ~ 10:00 am Archives Committee Meeting and Display Case Workshop Wednesday, July 20 ~ Divine Liturgy PROPHET ELIAS 7:00 pm ~ Bible Study with Father George in Boardroom Friday, July 22 ~ 9:00 am Divine Liturgy ST. MARKELLA OF CHIOS Saturday, July 23 ~ 12:00 pm MELERINE BAPTISM Sunday, July 24 ~ 9:00 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy FIFTH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Parish Council on Duty Paul Andersson, Nick Moustoukas, MD; and Barbara Wolf GEORGIA CHRISTIDIS 40-DAYS MEMORIAL 12:00 pm ~ HOPE & JOY Arts and Crafts Project and Luncheon in Gymnasium GREEK NIGHT IN OCTOBER Everyone is asked to SAVE THE DATE and plan to attend the GREEK NIGHT celebration at the Hellenic Cultural Center on Saturday, October 22, A portion of the proceeds will benefit St. Jude Hospital. Further details are forthcoming. GREEK FESTIVAL HOMEMADE BREAD ORDERS AVAILABLE The Greek Festival homemade bread orders prepared by Vicki McCallef are available for pickup in the Coffee Room today, Sunday, July 17. Please see her after church services to pay for your order and to collect your loaves. JULY SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP SPONSOR The Sunday Fellowship refreshments in July are offered by the Order of St. Markella of Chios. The Cathedral family is thankful for their hospitality. If you would like to participate in this ministry, call Maria Anastasiou at to select a month. All information for the August issue of THE FLAME must be submitted by Wednesday, July 20, ORDER OF ST. MARKELLA RECEPTION The Order of St. Markella of Chios is hosting a reception today, Sunday, July 17, after church services and invites the entire community to participate in commemorating the feast day of St. Markella. PASTRY AND FOOD ITEMS FOR SALE Below are the Greek Festival items available for purchase. Baklava, Finikia, & Kataifi Box of 5 - $7 or Box of 10 - $14 FROZEN: Tiropites, Galaktobourika, & Almond Rolls Packages of 1 Dozen - $10 FROZEN: Uncooked Legs of Lamb Average Weight 7 LBS. - $15 Each Please see one of the Pastry Chairpersons or Ginny Zissis to make your selections. PHILOPTOCHOS HUNGER PROJECT TODAY AFTER CHURCH FOR ONE HOUR Please join the Philoptochos family in the gymnasium today to package healthy meals for hungry children. All volunteers are welcome to bag the Lentil Casserole meals. Working together in assembly lines with expert help from The Hunger Project representatives, Philoptochos hopes to achieve its goal of completing 10,000 meals in one hour. CONSIDER A DONATION TO HELP UNDERWRITE THIS PROJECT Philoptochos has underwritten $1,700, which is half of the cost for the food supplies needed, and invites the Cathedral organizations (AHEPA, Daughters of Penelope, Order of St. Markella of Chios, and Holy Trinity PTA), as well as the entire Cathedral family, to share in the cost of the balance and to experience the joy and duty of packaging healthy meals for hungry children around the world. Please contact Diane Chronis, Helen Malachias, or Connie Tiliakos to present your gift or to ask any questions. SUNDAY, JULY 10 ATTENDANCE 93 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $493

2 2016 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN MIDYEAR UPDATE Last week the Stewardship Committee mailed midyear statements and letters to all parishioners, who pledged in Also, the Committee sent letters to individuals and families, who have yet to make a commitment for this year. Recipients of the latter mailing are asked to prayerfully consider submitting their pledges to the Cathedral office. COMPLIMENTARY CPR COURSE AT HOLY TRINITY Holy Trinity is offering parishioners the chance to take a two hour Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course free of charge on Saturday, August 13, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Hellenic Cultural Center. Nick Stathopoulos, a parishioner and a certified American Heart Association CPR instructor, has offered this complimentary training to interested members. Taking the course provides an American Heart Association course completion card. The session covers basic information including CPR, AED usage, and the relief of choking victims of which all can help in an emergency. If you are interested, submit your name, phone number, and address to the Cathedral office by August 6. ELIAS THE PROPHET was from Thesbe, a town of Galaad (Gilead) beyond the Jordan. He was of priestly lineage, a man of a solitary and ascetical character, clothed in a mantle of sheep skin and girded about his loins with a leather belt. His name is interpreted as "Yah is my God," and his zeal for the glory of God, reflected in his speech for teaching and rebuking, was likened to a burning lamp. Hence, he received the name Zealot. Set aflame with such zeal, he sternly reproved the impiety and lawlessness of Ahab and his wife Jezebel. He shut up heaven by means of prayer, and it did not rain for three years and six months. Ravens brought him food when, at God's command, he hid by the torrent of Horrath. Elias multiplied the little flour and oil of the poor widow of Sarephtha of Sidon, who had given him hospitality in her home and raised up her son when he died. He brought down fire from Heaven upon Mount Carmel, and it burned up the sacrifice offered to God before all the people of Israel that they might know the truth. At the torrent of Kisson, he slew 450 false prophets and priests, who worshipped idols and led the people astray. Elias received food wondrously at the hand of an Angel and being strengthened by this food walked for forty days and forty nights. He beheld God on Mount Horeb, as far as this is possible for human nature, and foretold the destruction of the house of Ahab and the death of his son Ohozias. And, as for the two captains of fifty that were sent by the king, he burned them for their punishment, bringing fire down from Heaven. He divided the flow of the Jordan and with his disciple Elisseus passed through as it were on dry land. Finally, Elias was suddenly snatched away by a fiery chariot in the year 895 B.C. and ascended as though into heaven, whither God most certainly translated him alive, as He did Enoch (Gen. 5:24; IV Kings 2: 11). Later, Elias appeared with Christ on Mount Tabor, which is commemorated on August 6 as the Holy Transfiguration. Message from Father George ST. MARKELLA OF CHIOS Today, we will commemorate Saint Markella of Chios, a few days early, with a reception in the Hellenic Cultural Center. Everyone is invited to attend upon the dismissal from the Divine Liturgy. Saint Markella is an example of a Christian, who sought to please God in the way that she lived her life. She was a student of her Bible and a young woman of prayer. Her mother was a Christian woman, who raised Markella to love the Lord and follow after His ways. After her mother died, her pagan father, influenced by the workings of the Devil, began to make inappropriate advances toward his daughter. Markella knew this was wrong and tried to escape the immoral ways of her father. In her attempt to run away from him, she was struck down by an arrow and began to bleed on the rocks by the shore. After praying to God for a way to escape, a chasm opened in the rocks where she tried to hide, but the hole in the rock only covered her lower body. When the father caught up with her, he killed her and threw her head into the sea. Saint Markella indeed provides us with an example of how we Christians are called to lead our lives. She knew the teachings of our Lord because she was a woman of prayer and read her Bible. She knew from her mother s teaching that the immoral advances and a life of sin was inappropriate for a Christian. As she rejected the sinfulness of her own father, she was trying to be closer to God our Father. Indeed, this is an extreme situation, but it offers a teaching for all Christians as we learn from Luke 10:25-28: On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? What is written in the Law? he replied. How do you read it? He answered, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind ; and, Love your neighbor as yourself. You have answered correctly, Jesus replied. Do this and you will live. We are encouraged to live a life in Christ and to follow his commandments, and we will receive His promise that we will live. So, as we commemorate Saint Markella (July 22), remember that she was trying to escape the evil with which her father was infected. She was a woman of prayer. She knew the teachings of the Lord by reading her Holy Bible regularly and allowing the teachings of the Lord from the Holy Bible to guide her steps in life, keeping away from evil and seeking the comfort and protection of God.

3 ] VCS T-SHIRTS READY FOR PICK UP Vacation Church School families and staff, who have yet to pick up their "Saints Alive" t- shirts, are asked to see Presvytera Harriet after church services. Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Reverend Father George Wilson, Dean PHONE: (504) FAX: (504)

4 17η ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ 2016 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ ΤΗΣ AΓΙΑΣ ΕΝΔΟΞΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ ΜΑΡΙΝΗΣ Ἑωθινόν Δ 17 TH JULY 2016 SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS THE HOLY GREAT MARTYR MARINA Eothion 4 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος γ Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος, ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡµᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσµῳ τὸ µέγα ἔλεος. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῶν Ἁγίων Πατέρων Ἦχος πλ δ Ὑπερδεδοξασμένος εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ φωστῆρας ἐπὶ γῆς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν θεμελιώσας, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀληθινὴν πίστιν, πάντας ἡμᾶς ὁδηγήσας πολυεύσπλαγχνε, δόξα σοι. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἁγίας Ἦχος δ Ἡ ἀµνάς σου Ἰησοῦ, κράζει µεγάλη τῇ φωνῇ. Σὲ Νυµφίε µου ποθῶ, καὶ σὲ ζητοῦσα ἀθλῶ, καὶ συσταυροῦµαι καὶ συνθάπτοµαι τῷ βαπτισµῷ σου καὶ πάσχω διὰ σέ, ὡς βασιλεύσω σὺν σοί, καὶ θνήσκω ὑπὲρ σοῦ, ἵνα καὶ ζήσω ἐν σοί ἀλλ' ὡς θυσίαν ἄµωµον προσδέχου τὴν µετὰ πόθου τυθεῖσάν σοι. Αὐτῆς πρεσβείαις, ὡς ἐλεήµων, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡµῶν 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 β Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε, Μὴ παρίδης ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὦς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοί. Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε. Resurrection Apolytikion Tone 3 Let the heavens sing for joy, and let everything on earth be glad. For with His Arm the Lord has worked power. He trampled death under foot by means of death; and He became the firstborn from the dead. From the maw of Hades He delivered us; and He granted the world His great mercy. Apolytikion of the Holy Fathers Plagal Tone 4 Most glorified art You, O Christ our God, Who has established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them did guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to You. Apolytikion of the Saint Tone 4 Your own ewe-lamb cries to You loudly, O Jesus, and she says, "For my Bridegroom do I long, and seeking You I now contend; and I am crucified and buried with You in Your baptism. I suffer for Your sake, that I may reign with You. I die for You that I may also live in You. Accept me as an unblemished sacrifice as I offer myself to You with love." At her entreaties and intercessions, save our souls, O Merciful Lord. 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 Tone 2 Protector of Christians, champion undefeated, mediator most sure with our creator, disregard not the voice of prayer of sinners, but come quickly in your goodness, to help us who cry out to you with faith: Be swift to intercede, make haste to supplicate, O Theotokos, protector always of those who honor you.

5 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Τίτον γ 8-15 Εὐφράνθητι ἐπὶ Κύριον, καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι. Μακάριοι, ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι. Τέκνον Τίτε, πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσιν καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ. ταῦτά ἐστιν καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔριν καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο, εἰσὶν γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. αιῥετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος. Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τυχικόν, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν, ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι. Ζηνᾶν τὸν νομικὸν καὶ Ἀπολλῶν σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον, ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτοῖς λείπῃ. μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετ ἐμοῦ πάντες. Ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν. Ἀμήν. ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ματθαῖου ε Εἶπεν ὁ Κὐριος τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς Υμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη οὐδὲ καίουσι λύχνον καὶ τιθέασι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. οὕτω λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα καὶ δοξάσωσι τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι, ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι. ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται. ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν ὃς δ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν. THE EPISTLE Titus 3:8-15 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous. Blessed are they whose transgressions have been forgiven. TITUS, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned. When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful. All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. THE GOSPEL Matthew 5:14-19 The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."