Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Churc h of Washington, DC. October 26, th Sunday of Luke

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1 Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Churc h of Washington, DC October 26, th Sunday of Luke

2 THE MISSION OF THE STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF WASHINGTON DC in Silver Spring, Maryland is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate and guide the life of the Church according to the Orthodox Christian faith and Sacred Tradition. The Church sanctifies the faithful through the Divine Worship, especially the Holy Eucharist and other Sacraments, building the spiritual and ethical life of the faithful in accordance with the Holy Scriptures, Sacred Tradition, the doctrines and canons of the Ecumenical and local Synods, the canons of the Holy Apostles and Fathers of the Church and of all other Synods recognized by the Orthodox Church, as interpreted by the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople. The Church serves as a beacon, carrier and witness of the message of Christ to all persons, through Divine Worship, preaching, teaching and living the Orthodox Christian faith. YOUR PRIESTS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU 24/7. Please use their cell phones for anything you need that pertains to your spiritual journey. Fr. Michael: (301) fm@papouli.net Fr. Jason: (301) Fr. Michael ΟΙ ΙΕΡΕΙΣ ΣΑΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΣΤΗ ΔΙΑΘΕΣΗ ΣΑΣ 24/7. Παρακαλείσθε να τους καλείτε στα κινητά τηλέφωνα για οποιαδήποτε ανάγκη σας σχετική με τη πνευματική σας πορεία. Σας ευχαριστούμε! Fr. Jason

3 HOW TO FOLLOW THE CHURCH SERVICES ON YOUR SMART PHONE/IPAD Step 1: Open your smart phone/ipad. Step 2: Turn on WiFi. Step 3: Select WiFi name: Greek Orthodox Step 4: Use password: greekwireless Step 5: Launch a browser. Type in Step 6: Tap on Step 7: Select the date of the service. You will see Matins. Tap on GR-EN Text/Music. Step 8: When Matins is completed go back to the Table of Contents and tap on Divine Liturgy. Tap on GR-EN Text/Music. You re done Follow the Divine Liturgy complete in either Greek or English. 3

4 YMNOI THΣ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ Αναστάσιμο Aπολυτίκιο. Hχος 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. Aπολυτίκιον Αγ. Δημητρίου Μέγαν εὕρατο ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις, σὲ ὑπερμαχον ἡ οἰκουμένη, Ἀθλοφόρε τὰ ἔθνη τροπούμενον. Ὡς οὖν Λυαίου κάθεῖλες τὴν ἔπαρσιν, ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ θαρρύνας τὸν Νέστορα, οὕτως Ἅγιε, Μεγαλομάρτυς Δημήτριε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Aπολυτίκιον Αγ. Κωνσταντίνου & Ελένης Τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου τὸν τύπον ἐν οὐρανῷ θεασάμενος, καὶ ὡς ὁ Παῦλος τὴν κλήσιν οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δεξάμενος, ὁ ἐν βασιλεύσιν, Ἀπόστολός σου Κύριε, Βασιλεύουσαν πόλιν τὴ χειρί σου παρέθετο ἣν περίσωζε διὰ παντὸς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε. Aπολυτίκιον Αγ. Ανδρέα Ὡς τῶν Ἀποστόλων Πρωτόκλητος, καὶ τοῦ Κορυφαίου αὐτάδελφος, τὸν Δεσπότην τῶν ὅλων Ἀνδρέα ἱκέτευε, εἰρήνην τὴ οἰκουμένη δωρήσασθαι, καὶ ταὶς ψυχαὶς ἡ μῶν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Κοντάκιον. Ηχος B 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. HYMNS OF THE DAY Resurrectional Apolytikion. Mode 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 St. Demetrios Μέγαν εὕρατο ἐν τοῖς κινδύνοις, σὲ ὑπερμαχον ἡ οἰκουμένη, Ἀθλοφόρε τὰ ἔθνη τροπούμενον. Ὡς οὖν Λυαίου κάθεῖλες τὴν ἔπαρσιν, ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ θαρρύνας τὸν Νέστορα, οὕτως Ἅγιε, Μεγαλομάρτυς Δημήτριε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Apolytikion of Sts. Constantine & Helen Having seen the image of Thy Cross in Heaven, and like Paul, having received the call not from men, Thine apostle among kings entrusted the commonwealth to Thy hand, O Lord. Keep us always in peace, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, O only Friend of man. Apolytikion of St. Andrew As first of the Apostles to be called, O Andrew, brother of him (Peter) who was foremost, beseech the Master of all to grant the world peace and our souls great mercy. Kontakion. Mode 4 O Protection of Christians unshamable, mediation with the Creator immovable, we sinners beg you, do not despise the voices of our prayers, but anticipate, since you are good, and swiftly come unto our aid as we cry out to you with faith: Hurry to intercession, and hasten to supplication, O Theotokos who defend now and ever those who honor you. 4

5 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Β' Β Συ λοιπόν, τέκνον μου, να ενδυναμώνεσαι με την χάριν, που δίδει ο Ιησούς Χριστός (δια να μένης πιστός εις αυτόν και εις εμέ, χωρίς να επηρεάζεσαι από το παράδειγμα εκείνων, που με εγκατέλειψαν). 2 Και αυτά που έχεις ακούσει και διδαχθή από εμέ, παρουσία πολλών μαρτύρων, αυτά να τα εμπιστευθής ως ανεκτίμητον θησαυρόν εις πιστούς και αξιοπίστους ανθρώπους, οι οποίοι θα είναι ικανοί και άλλους να διδάξουν τας αληθείας του Ευαγγελίου. 3 Συ λοιπόν κακοπάθησε σαν καλός στρατιώτης του Ιησού Χριστού. 4 Εχε δε υπ' όψιν σου, ότι κανείς, καθ' ον χρόνον υπηρετεί στρατιώτης, δεν περιπλέκεται εις τας μερίμνας και φροντίδας του βίου, δια να υπηρετή έτσι και να αρέση εις εκείνον, που τον εστρατολόγησε. 5 Εάν δε και συμμετέχη κανείς εις αθλητικούς αγώνας, δεν παίρνει ως βραβείον τον στέφανον, εάν δεν αγωνισθή κατά τρόπον νόμιμον. 6 Ο γεωργός, που κοπιάζει δια την καλλιέργειαν του αγρού και την συγκομιδήν των προϊόντων, πρώτος αυτός πρέπει ν' απολαμβάνη τους καρπούς των κόπων του. (Ετσι και συ από τον πνευματικόν αγρόν, στον οποίον κατ' εντολήν του Θεού εργάζεσαι, πρέπει να απολαμβάνης όχι μόνον την πρέπουσα υπόληψιν και τιμήν, αλλά και τα μέσα της συντηρήσεώς σου). 7 Ενόησε αυτά που σου λέγω. Είθε δε να σου δίδη πάντοτε ο Θεός σύνεσιν και σοφίαν, ώστε να κατανοής όλα. 8 Να ενθυμήσαι τον Ιησούν Χριστόν, ο οποίος έχει αναστηθή εκ νεκρών και κατάγεται κατά το ανθρώπινον από τον Δαυΐδ, σύμφωνα με το Ευαγγέλιόν μου, 9 προς χάριν του οποίου ευαγγελίου εγώ ταλαιπωρούμαι και πάσχω, ώστε να είμαι φυλακισμένος και δεμένος με αλυσίδες σαν κακούργος αλλά ο λόγος του Θεού δεν έχει δεθή (από τίποτε δεν εμποδίζεται στο να διαδίδεται και να κατακτά ψυχάς). 10 Δια τούτο υπομένω όλα αυτά προς χάριν εκείνων, που έχει εκλέξει ο Θεός, δια να επιτύχουν και αυτοί την σωτηρίαν, που προσφέρει ο Χριστός μαζή με την αιωνίαν δόξαν. EPISTLE The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy. 2:1-10 TIMOTHY, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΛΟΥΚΑΝ H Επειτα από αυτά έπλευσαν και αγκυροβόλησαν εις την χώραν των Γαδαρηνών, η οποία είναι αντίπερα από την Γαλιλαίαν. 27 Οταν δε ο Ιησούς εβγήκεν εις την ξηράν, τον συνάντησεν ένας άνθρωπος της πόλεως εκείνης, ο οποίος είχε μέσα του δαιμόνια από πολλά χρόνια και δεν εφορούσε ένδυμα και δεν έμενε σε σπίτι, αλλά μέσα εις τα μνήματα. 28 Οταν όμως είδε τον Ιησούν εκραύγασε δυνατά, έπεσεν εις τα πόδια του και με φωνήν μεγάλην 5

6 είπε ποία σχέσις υπάρχει ανάμεσα εις εμέ και σε, Ιησού, Υιέ του Θεού του Υψίστου; Σε παρακαλώ, μη με βασανίσης και μη με κλείσης από τώρα στον φρικτόν Αδην. 29 Είπε δε αυτά ο δαιμονιζόμενος, διότι ο Χριστός διέταξε το ακάθαρτον πνεύμα να βγη και να φύγη από τον άνθρωπον, επειδή από πολλά χρόνια τον είχεν αρπάξει και κυριεύσει. Οι δε άλλοι άνθρωποι, ένεκα της αγριότητος αυτού, τον έδεναν με αλυσίδες και με ισχυρά δεσμά εις τα πόδια, δια να τον φυλάσσουν, ώστε να μη επιτίθεται και κακοποιή τους άλλους. Αλλά αυτός έσπαζε τα δεσμά και ωδηγείτο βιαίως από τον δαίμονα εις ερημικούς τόπους. 30 Τον ερώτησε δε ο Ιησούς, λέγων ποιό είναι το όνομά σου; Εκείνος δε απήντησε λεγεών. Διότι πολλά δαιμόνια είχαν εισέλθει στον άνθρωπον αυτόν. 31 Και παρακαλούσαν τα δαιμόνια αυτόν, να μη τα διατάξη και πάνε εις τα τρίσβαθα του Αδου. 32 Ητο δε εκεί μία αγέλη με πολλούς χοίρους, που έβοσκαν στο βουνό και τον παρακαλούσαν τα δαιμόνια να τους δώση την άδειαν να μπουν εις εκείνους τους χοίρους. Και τους το επέτρεψεν ο Κυριος (διότι κατά λόγον δικαιοσύνης έπρεπε να τιμωρηθούν με την απώλειαν των χοίρων οι ιδιοκτήται των, επειδή τους έτρεφαν, μολονότι αυτό απηγορεύετο από τον μωσαϊκόν νόμον). 33 Αφού δε εξήλθον τα δαιμόνια από τον άνθρωπον, εμπήκαν στους χοίρους και ώρμησε ασυγκράτητο όλο το καπάδι επάνω στον κρυμνόν, ερρίφθη από εκεί εις την θάλασσαν και επνίγησαν οι χοίροι. 34 Οταν δε οι βοσκοί είδαν το γεγονός αυτό, έφυγαν και το ανήγγειλαν εις την πόλιν και εις όσους συναντούσαν, από αυτούς που έμεναν στους αγρούς. 35 Εβγήκαν δε από την πόλιν οι άνθρωποι, δια να ίδουν αυτό που έγινε. Ηλθαν στον Ιησούν και είδαν τον άνθρωπον, από τον οποίον είχαν βγη τα δαιμόνια, να κάθεται κοντά εις τα πόδια του Ιησού, ντυμένος, ήρεμος και φρόνιμος, και εφοβήθησαν. 36 Είχαν δε διηγηθή εις αυτούς εκείνοι που είδαν το γεγονός, πως ελευθερώθηκε ο δαιμονιζόμενος. 37 Και όλον το πλήθος της περιοχής των Γαδαρηνών τον παρεκάλεσαν να φύγη από αυτούς, διότι είχαν κυριευθή από μεγάλον φόβον, δια την τιμωρίαν που τους επεβλήθη. Ενοχοι δε και δι' άλλα καθώς ήσαν, εφοβούντο πολύ και άλλας τιμωρίας. Ο δε Ιησούς εμπήκε στο πλοίον και επέστρεψε. 38 Παρακαλούσε δε αυτόν ο άνθρωπος, από τον οποίον είχαν βγη τα δαιμόνια, να μένη μαζή του. Ο Ιησούς όμως τον έστειλε ειρηνικά εις την πόλιν του, λέγων 39 γύρισε στο σπίτι σου και να διηγήσαι όσα έκαμε εις σε ο Θεός. Και εκείνος έφυγε και διαλαλούσε εις όλην την πόλιν, όσα ο Ιησούς έκαμε εις αυτόν. GOSPEL The Gospel of Luke 8:26-39 At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. 6

7 Συμβολον Της Πίστεως Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεόν, Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων. Καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων φῶς ἐκ φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο. Τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σαρκωθέντα ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα. Σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, καὶ παθόντα καὶ ταφέντα. Καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρα κατὰ τὰς Γραφάς. Καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθεζόμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Πατρός. Καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, οὗ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος. Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, τὸ Κύριον, τὸ ζωοποιόν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, τὸ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον, τὸ λαλῆσαν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν. Εἰς μίαν, Ἁγίαν, Καθολικὴν καὶ Ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. Ὁμολογῶ ἓν βάπτισμα εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν. Προσδοκῶ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν. Καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Ἀμήν. The Nicene Creed I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages. Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets. In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come. Amen. Κυριακή Προσευχή Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου. Ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου. Γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον. Καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφίεμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν. Καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ρῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ. The Lord s Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. ΕΥΧΕΣ ΠΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΙΑΣ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ Πιστεύω, Κύριε, και ομολογώ ότι συ ει αληθώς ο Χριστός, ο Υιός του Θεού του ζώντος, ο ελθών εις τον κόσμον αμαρτωλούς σώσαι, ων πρώτος ειμί εγώ. Έτι πιστεύω, ότι τούτο αυτό εστί το αχράντον Σώμα σου και τούτο αυτό εστί το τίμιον Αίμα σου. Δέομαι ουν σου, ελέησόν με και συγχώρησον μοι τα παραπτώματά μου, τα εκούσια και τα ακούσια, τα εν λόγω, τα εν έργω, τα εν γνώσει και αγνοία, και αξίωσόν με ακατακρίτως μετασχείν των αχράντων σου μυστηρίων, εις άφεσιν αμαρτιών, και εις ζωήν αιώνιον. Αμήν. Ιδού βαδίζω προς Θείαν Κοινωνίαν, Πλαστουργέ, μη φλέξης με τη μετουσία, Πυρ γαρ υπάρχεις τους αναξίους φλέγον. Αλλ ουν κάθαρον εκ πάσης με κηλίδος. Του Δείπνου σου του μυστικού, σήμερον, Υιέ Θεού, κοινωνόν με παράλαβε, ου μη γαρ τοις εχθροίς σου το μυστήριον είπω, ου φίλημα σοι δώσω, καθάπερ ο Ιούδας, αλλ ως ο Ληστής ομολογώ σοι. Μνήσθητι μου Κύριε, εν τη βασιλεία σου. 7

8 Θεουργόν Αίμα φρίξον, άνθρωπε βλέπων, Άνθραξ γαρ εστί τους αναξίους φλέγων, Θεού το Σώμα, και θεοί με, και τρέφει, Θεοί το πνεύμα, τον δε νουν τρέφει ξένως. Έθελξας πόθω με Χριστέ, και ηλλοίωσας τω θείω έρωτι, αλλά κατάφλεξον πυρί αϋλω τας αμαρτίας μου, και εμπλησθήναι της εν σοι τρυφής καταξίωσον, ίνα τας δύο σκιρτών μεγαλύνω, Αγαθέ, παρουσίας σου. Εν ταις λαμπρότησι των αγίων σου, πως εισελεύσομαι ο ανάξιος; Εάν γαρ τολμήσω συνεισελθείν εις τον νυμφώνα, ο χιτών με ελέγχει. Ότι ουκ έστι του γάμου, και δέσμιος εκβαλούμαι υπό των Αγγέλων, καθάρισον, Κύριε, τον ρύπον της ψυχής μου, και σώσον με, ως φιλάνθρωπος. Δέσποτα φιλάνθρωπε, Κύριε Ιησού Χριστέ, ο Θεός μου, μη εις κρίμα μοι γένοιτο τα Άγια ταύτα, δια το ανάξιον είναι με, αλλ εις κάθαρσιν και αγιασμόν ψυχής τε και σώματος, και εις αρραβώνα μελλούσης ζωής και βασιλείας. Εμοί δε το προσκολλάσθαι τω Θεώ αγαθόν εστί, τίθεσθαι εν τω Κυρίω την ελπίδα της σωτηρίας μου. Του Δείπνου σου του μυστικού, σήμερον, Υιέ Θεού, κοινωνόν με παράλαβε, ου μη γαρ τοις εχθροίς σου το μυστήριον είπω, ου φίλημα σοι δώσω, καθάπερ ο Ιούδας, αλλ ως ο Ληστής ομολογώ σοι. Μνήσθητι μου Κύριε, εν τη βασιλεία σου. PRAYERS BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION I believe, Lord, and I confess, that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, Who came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first. Moreover, I believe that this is Your immaculate Body, and that this is Your precious Blood. Wherefore, I pray to You: have mercy on me, and forgive me my transgressions, those voluntary and involuntary, those in word, those in deed, those in knowledge and those in ignorance; and make me worthy to partake of Your immaculate Mysteries without condemnation, for the remission of sins and life everlasting. Amen. Behold, I approach for divine Communion; Creator, burn me not as I partake; For You are Fire, which burns the unworthy. But, rather, cleanse me from every impurity. Of Your Mystical Supper, Son of God, receive me today as a communicant; for I will not speak of the Mystery to Your enemies; nor will I give You a kiss, as did Judas, but like the thief I confess You: Remember me, Lord, when You come into Your Kingdom! Be awe-stricken, O man, beholding the deifying Blood; For it is a lighted Coal that burns the unworthy. The divine Body both deifies and nourishes me; It deifies the spirit, and wondrously nourishes the mind. You have smitten me with yearning, O Christ, and by Your divine zeal You have changed me; but burn away my sins with immaterial Fire, and make me worthy to be filled with delight in You; that, leaping for joy, O good One, I may magnify Your two comings. Into the brilliant company of Your saints, how shall I the unworthy enter? For if I dare to enter into the bridal chamber, my garment betrays me, for it is not a wedding garment, and I shall be bound and cast out by the Angels; Lord, cleanse my soul of pollution, and save me, for You love mankind. Master, Who loves mankind, Lord Jesus Christ my God, do not let these Holy Things be to me for judgment because of my unworthiness, but rather may they be for the purification and sanctification of soul and body, and as a pledge of the life and Kingdom to come. For it is good for me to cleave to God, to put my hope of salvation in the Lord. Of Your Mystical Supper, Son of God, receive me today as a communicant; for I will not speak of the Mystery to Your enemies; nor will I give You a kiss, as did Judas, but like the thief I confess You: Remember me, Lord, when You come into Your Kingdom! Remember me, Master, when You come into Your Kingdom! Remember me, Holy One, when You come into Your Kingdom! 8

9 SAINTS AND FEASTS The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer - October 26 Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bath-house. While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, aquaintance of Demetrius', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrius, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrius was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword. Άγιος Δημήτριος ο Μυροβλύτης - 26 Οκτωβρίου Ο Άγιος Δημήτριος γεννήθηκε περί το μ.χ. και μαρτύρησε επί των αυτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανού και Μαξιμιανού το 303 μ.χ. ή το 305 μ.χ. ή (το πιο πιθανό) το 306 μ.χ. Ο Δημήτριος ήταν γόνος αριστοκρατικής οικογένειας στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Σύντομα ανελίχθηκε στις βαθμίδες του Ρωμαϊκού στρατού με αποτέλεσμα σε ηλικία 22 ετών να φέρει το βαθμό του χιλιάρχου. Ως αξιωματικός του ρωμαϊκού στρατού κάτω από τη διοίκηση του Τετράρχη (και έπειτα αυτοκράτορα) Γαλερίου Μαξιμιανού, όταν αυτοκράτορας ήταν ο Διοκλητιανός, έγινε χριστιανός και φυλακίστηκε στην Θεσσαλονίκη το 303 μ.χ., διότι αγνόησε το διάταγμα του αυτοκράτορα Διοκλητιανού «περί αρνήσεως του χριστιανισμού». Μάλιστα λίγο νωρίτερα είχε ιδρύσει κύκλο νέων προς μελέτη της Αγίας Γραφής. Στη φυλακή ήταν και ένας νεαρός χριστιανός ο Νέστορας (βλέπε 27 Οκτωβρίου), ο οποίος θα αντιμετώπιζε σε μονομαχία τον φοβερό μονομάχο της εποχής Λυαίο. Ο νεαρός χριστιανός πριν τη μονομαχία επισκέφθηκε τον Δημήτριο και ζήτησε τη βοήθειά του. Ο Άγιος Δημήτριος του έδωσε την ευχή του και το αποτέλεσμα ήταν ο Νέστορας να νικήσει το Λυαίο και να προκαλέσει την οργή του αυτοκράτορα. Διατάχθηκε τότε να θανατωθούν και οι δύο, Νέστορας και Δημήτριος. Οι συγγραφείς εγκωμίων του Αγίου Δημητρίου, Ευστάθιος Θεσσαλονίκης, Γρηγόριος ο Παλαμάς και Δημήτριος Χρυσολωράς, αναφέρουν ότι το σώμα του Αγίου ετάφη στον τόπο 9

10 του μαρτυρίου, ο δε τάφος μετεβλήθη σε βαθύ φρέαρ που ανέβλυζε μύρο, εξ ου και η προσωνυμία του Μυροβλήτου. Στις βυζαντινές εικόνες αλλά και στη σύγχρονη αγιογραφία ο Άγιος Δημήτριος παρουσιάζεται αρκετές φορές ως καβαλάρης με κόκκινο άλογο (σε αντιδιαστολή του λευκού αλόγου του Αγίου Γεωργίου) να πατά τον άπιστο Λυαίο. Σήμερα ο Άγιος Δημήτριος τιμάται ως πολιούχος Άγιος της Θεσσαλονίκης. Ένα από τα πολλά θαύματα του Αγίου είναι και το εξής. Το 1823 μ.χ. οι Τούρκοι που ήταν αμπαρωμένοι στην Ακρόπολη της Αθήνας ετοίμαζαν τα πυρομαχικά τους για να χτυπήσουν με τα κανόνια τους, τους Έλληνες που βρισκόντουσαν στον ναό του Αγίου Δημητρίου, μα ο Άγιος Δημήτριος έκανε το θαύμα του για να σωθούν οι Χριστιανοί και η πυρίτιδα έσκασε στα χέρια των Τούρκων καταστρέφοντας και τμήμα του μνημείου του Παρθενώνα. Για να θυμούνται αυτό το θαύμα, ο ναός λέγεται από τότε Άγιος Δημήτριος Λουμπαρδιάρης, από την λουμπάρδα δηλαδή το κανόνι των Τούρκων που καταστράφηκε. Cosmas & Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia and their mother Theodota - November 1 These Saints were from Asia (that is, Asia Minor). After the death of their father, their Christ-loving mother Theodota reared them in piety and in all manner of virtue, and had them instructed in every science, especially that of medicine. This became their vocation, and they went about healing every illness and malady, bestowing healing freely on both men and beasts alike; because of this, they are called "Unmercenaries." And thus, having completed the course of their life, they reposed in peace. Αγία Σκέπη Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου και επέτειος του «ΟΧΙ» - 28 Οκτωβρίου Η Αγία Σκέπη της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου εν Βλαχερνώ εορτάζει την 1η Οκτωβρίου όπου και το βιογραφικό σημείωμα. Η Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος όμως, την έχει μεταθέσει στις 28 Οκτωβρίου, όπου η Ελλάδα γιορτάζει το μεγάλο γεγονός της διασώσεως και απελευθερώσεως της από τον Ιταλογερμανικό ζυγό. Την Ακολουθία που ψάλλεται αυτή την ημέρα την έγραψε ο Αγιορείτης Μοναχός Γεράσιμος Μικραγιαννανίτης και εγκρίθηκε από την Ιερά Σύνοδο της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος στις 21 Οκτωβρίου 1952 μ.χ. όπου και αποφασίστηκε ο συνεορτασμός της εορτής της Αγίας Σκέπης και της Εθνικής επετείου του «ΟΧΙ» (Συνοδικές Εγκύκλιοι, Τόμος Β', Αθήνα 1956, σελ. 649). 10

11 CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS "ROCKIN' THROUGH THE AGES": Saturday, November 8th, Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Washington DC, presents 'Rockin' through the Ages' Dance. Featuring the band 'Soul-Easy' at "The Ballroom" 3701 Rossmoor Boulevard in Silver Spring, MD. Please stop by our table after church and buy your tickets in the social hall!!! Donations will be greatly appreciate to this fun filled evening to offset the cost. GOYA: Basketball Practice, Wednesday October 29, 6pm, Argyle Middle School, 2400 Bel Pre Road, Silver Spring, MD. VOYRVOYRA SOCIETY MEMORIAL: Today, Sunday October 26th and right after the Divine Liturgy we will be hosting an Artoklasia & Memorial Service for the Vourvoura Society. DOXOLOGY FOR OXI DAY: On Sunday, November 2, 2014, and right after the Divine Liturgy we will be hosting a Doxology commemorating OXI Day. A representative from the Greek Embassy in Washington will give the speech. FALL PARISH ASSEMBLY: On Sunday, November 2, 2014, and right after the Divine Liturgy we will be hosting the Fall Parish Assembly at St. Andrew s Hall. 11

12 PRAYER LIST If you would like us to remember you or your loved one in our prayers, please contact the church office. Eleni, Maria, Simeon, Nikitas, Andreas, Alexander, Constantine, Maria, Andreas, Pavlos, Elena, Elaine, Presbytera Flora, Harry, Maria, Aspasia, Panagiota, Kostas, Hariklia, Chrisanthi, Louis and Helene, Katy, Fr. Peter PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent Your only-begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ to heal every sickness and infirmity, visit and heal me Your servant from all physical and spiritual ailments through the grace of Your Christ. Grant me patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health. Lord, You have taught us through Your word to pray for each other that we may be healed. I pray that You heal me as Your servant and grant me the gift of complete health. For You are the source of healing and to You I give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUTURE GOD PARENTS All Orthodox Christians planning to become a God Parent must be able to recite the Creed by memory. You may recite our Symbol of Faith in either English or Greek. 40-DAYS BABY BLESSING For your convenience we are letting you know that you can make an appointment to church your baby on the 40th day after its birth, no matter what day that might be. There is no reason that you have to inconvenience the mom and the baby, waiting in the back of the Narthex until the priest is available on a Sunday ONLY. Make an appointment to come to church when it is convenient for you at a time that will not disrupt the baby's routine. ANY day you would like. 9am through 6pm by appointment. Bring the entire family or come just with your husband and the baby. Whatever you want. No waiting no inconvenience. More private time with the priest to talk about the future baptism if you wish. Call the office for an appointment. 12

13 CONFESSION Father Michael is available to you for confession at any time. Please call Father Michael on his cell phone, (301) FUTURE MEMORIALS The memorial service today is chanted for the repose of the souls of all the past members of The Vourvoura Society. Today s coffee hour is offered by the Vourvoura Society. FUTURE MEMORIALS November 2, 2014 OXI DAY 74 Years November 2, 2014 Mr. Vasilios Kopsidas 3 Years November 9, 2014 Mrs. Dionisia Siozios 6 Months November 9, 2014 Mr. John Zavras 5 Years 13

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19 ΛΟΓΟΙ ΠΕΡΙ ΘΕΙΑΣ ΠΡΟΝΟΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΟΥ ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΥΣΟΚΑΛΥΒΙΤΟΥ Ο Θεός φροντίζει ακόμη και για τις πιο μικρές λεπτομέρειες της ζωής μας. Δεν αδιαφορεί για μας, δεν είμαστε μόνοι στον κόσμο Ο Θεός μας αγαπάει πολύ, μας έχει στο νου Του κάθε στιγμή και μας προστατεύει. Πρέπει να το καταλάβουμε αυτό και να μή φοβούμαστε τίποτε Να ζητάμε να γίνει το θέλημα του Θεού. αυτό είναι το πιο συμφέρον, το πιο ασφαλές για μας και για όσους προσευχόμαστε. Ο Χριστός θα μας τα δώσει όλα πλούσια. Όταν υπάρχει έστω και λίγος εγωισμός, δεν γίνεται τίποτα Η στενοχώρια δείχνει ότι δεν εμπιστευόμαστε τη ζωή μας στον Χριστό Όταν ο άνθρωπος ζει χωρίς Θεό, χωρίς γαλήνη, χωρίς εμπιστοσύνη, αλλά με άγχος, αγωνία,. κατάθλιψη, απελπισία, αποκτάει ασθένειες σωματικές και ψυχικές. Η ψυχασθένεια, η νευρασθένεια, ο διχασμός είναι δαιμονικές καταστάσεις. Δαιμόνιο είναι επίσης και η ταπεινολογία. Το λένε αίσθημα κατωτερότητες Η χάρις του Θεού βρίσκεται εκεί όπου υπάρχει αληθινή ταπείνωση, η θεία ταπείνωση, η τέλεια εμπιστοσύνη στον Θεό. Η εξάρτηση από Εκείνον Όλες σχεδόν οι αρρώστιες προέρχονται από έλλειψη εμπιστοσύνης στον Θεό και αυτό δημιουργεί άγχος. Το άγχος το δημιουργεί η κατάργηση του θρησκευτικού αισθήματος. Αν δεν έχετε έρωτα για τον Χριστό, αν δεν ασχολείσθε με άγια πράγματα, σίγουρα θα γεμίσετε με μελαγχολία και κακό Πίστις δεν σημαίνει, πάντοτε, βεβαιότητα για τη θεραπεία, αλλά σημαίνει πρωτίστως εμπιστοσύνη στην αγάπη του Θεού. 19

20 THE MEANING OF PAIN IN OUR LIFE By Abbot George Kapsanis of Gregoriou Monastery Apart from the suffering that it causes, physical, mental or spiritual pain which entered man s life by divine sufferance also has positive effects for man s earthly life and development. It is easy to philosophise or theologise about pain but it is difficult to have a proper attitude towards pain when one experiences great pain oneself. I believe it is very presumptuous to talk about pain when one has not experienced it oneself. I think of all our brothers all over the world who are suffering physical, psychological or spiritual pain. Physical pain is experienced by people as a result of disease, hardship or hunger. Psychological pain is experienced by people who are persecuted or vilified, people who are unloved or neglected by the people they hold dear, and people who suffer from unfulfilled desires or the sickness or death of loved ones, amongst other things. Spiritual pain is experienced by all those who love God and man but see that through their sins they sadden God and offend against God s image, man. How did pain enter our lives? Of course, pain did not enter our lives because God willed it so but because He permitted it when man, through his selfish disobedience, lost the Source of Life, his Creator. Leaving behind the painless state that existed in God s Kingdom, man found himself in another state which, since the true Life no longer reigned, was dominated by a life of decay, bound up with death, the passions and sin. The beneficial effects of pain In this new state death and pain seemed to have a positive meaning, like the other leather garments with which God clothed Adam and Eve when they left Paradise to console them in their exile. Death puts an end to evil, which would otherwise exist for ever on earth. Physical pain warns us of illness, so that an appropriate cure can be found. Doctors know how beneficial pain is. Likewise, all kinds of pain help us to become aware of our corruptibility and thus to know where our human limits lie, thus saving us from any form of selfdeification. 20

21 Pain helps us to review where we are heading in our lives and to bring us back to their proper centre, which is the Triune God. The Suffering of Job, Vatopedi Manuscript nr. 590, 12th Century understand just how destructive our illicit pleasure is. Pain helps us to refine our love for God, so that we might love God not for the gifts that He gives us (such as health and family happiness) but for who He is. Thus the sorely tried Job, through the way that he faced illness and his other unbearable trials, showed that he loved God for who He is and not because of His gifts. When he lay in the dirt, covered with sores after losing his ten children, he loved God just as much as when he had been prosperous. Pain also helps us to have a correct attitude towards our fellow men, whom very often, when we are not in pain ourselves, we scorn, wrong and hurt through our selfish behaviour. When the pleasure with which we exploit our fellow men turns into suffering, then we In many cases people who have experienced a great deal of pain have managed, through their pain, to find their true selves behind the masks and so thanked God for the gift of pain, even if it took the form of an incurable and painful illness. In other cases pain can help spiritually mature individuals to attain higher forms of spiritual perfection, and to support and console many needy souls. One example of this is the blessed Elder Paissios, who accepted the fact that he had the socalled accursed disease (cancer) with joy, believing that sick people out in the world would be consoled by the fact that monks suffer as well. Thus for Father Paissios the accursed disease became a blessing. A theological understanding of pain People who are in pain often utter the agonising question Why God, why?. I do not think that there is a human answer to this question. There is only one answer: God shared in our 21

22 pain in the Cross of Christ. We believe in a crucified God, which means a God who has been humbled, humiliated and tortured. On the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem there is the following inscription: Let no one speak the blasphemy that God has a son. Not so far away stands the Hill of Golgotha, where the Son of God suffered for us all. We are not ashamed to say that we believe in a God who became man, was crucified and rose again, in a God who, out of infinite love, shared in our illness and assumed our mortal and suffering flesh in order to make it immortal. An inaccessible, withdrawn and unsociable God would be impossible to believe in, impossible to feel for and impossible to accept. Once a female high school student said to me: I admire Socrates for accepting his death with philosophical resignation, but I love Christ for dying a human death. Let us not forget Christ s cry: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? The sensitivity that God has to the pain felt by any of His creatures is shared by God s people, who themselves are pained by anything bad or distressful that happens to God s creatures. Abba Isaac says: A merciful heart is a heart burning for the sake of the whole of creation for men, for birds, for animals, for demons, and for every created thing, and by the recollection and sight of them the eyes of the merciful man pour forth abundant tears. From the strong and vehement mercy which grips his heart and from his great compassion, his heart is humbled and he cannot bear to hear or to see any injury or slight sorrow in creation. For this reason he offers up tearful prayer continually even for irrational beasts, for the enemies of the truth and for those who harm him, that they may be protected and receive mercy, and also for reptiles, his heart being full of mercy like that which fills the heart of God (Homily 81). Indeed, the compassion that the saints feel for God s creatures is not a passive sympathy such as Buddhists feel but an active sharing in the pain felt by their fellows. Abba Agathon, for example, wanted to find a leper so that he could give him his own healthy body in exchange for the leper s sick one. Ultimately, pain will always remain a mystery, closely connected with man s boundless freedom. Now this mystery is being only partly revealed and on our behalf by others. When our eyes are finally opened, we will see much more clearly. Let us stand by each of our suffering brothers with respect and attention and brotherly love and understanding, and let us ask our Crucified Lord to give us Grace, enlightenment and strength to face whatever kind of pain His love allows us to suffer in our earthly lives, on our way to heaven. 22

23 Stewards as of October 26, 2014 (303 Steward Cards) Stewardship cards are available in the Narthex of the Church, or you may contact the Church office, and we will gladly send one to you by mail! Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Nikolaos Aggelis Miss Alexandra Aiken Mr. & Mrs. John Alexiou Mrs. Pauline Andrakakos Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Antonios Antonelos Mrs. Iris Aravanis Mr. Emmanuel Atsalinos Mr. Costas Avrakotos Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Banks Mr. Achilles Basiliko Ms. Marie Bedard Mr. & Mrs. George Bergeris Mr. Nicholas Bergeris Mrs. Pauline Bergeris Mrs. Louis Bezantakos Mr. & Mrs. John Binford Miss Victoria Binford Mr. & Mrs. Lambros Bisbikis Mrs. Anna Bouboulis Mrs. Effie Bourdosis Mr. & Mrs. George Bourzikos Mrs. Helen Chanakas Mr. Steve Callas Mrs. Helen Calles Mr. Anthony J. Calomeris Mrs. Maria Calomeris Mrs. Pauline Calomiris Mr. Thomas J. Calomiris Mr. & Mrs. James Campbell Mr. & Mrs. George A. Caperones Mr. & Mrs. George W. Caperones Mr. Nick Caviris Mr. & Mrs. George Chahalis Mrs. Florentia Chakalakis Mrs. Demetra Chakalos Mr. & Mrs. Peter Chapin Mr. & Mrs. James P. Cheakalos Mr. & Mrs. John T. Cheakalos Mrs. John W. Cheakalos Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Cheakalos Mr. & Mrs. Michael Christian Miss Alexia Christian Ms. Katherine Chronopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Charles Clifton Mr. Christy G. Cokas Ms. Mary Cokas Mr. & Mrs. Spero Courtis Mr. & Mrs. Pete Dakoulas Mr. & Mrs. James Deligianis Miss Georgia Dialektakos Mr. & Mrs. James Dialektakos Mr. George D. Dimopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Vasilios Doulaveris Fr. & Mrs. Michael Eaccarino Ms. Georgia Ferentinos Mr. & Mrs. Max Ferentinos Mrs. Sophia Ferentinos Ms. Geneva Foster Mr. Christos Foundas Mrs. Barbara Frangou Mr. & Mrs. George Galiachatos Mr. & Mrs. David Gamzon Mr. & Mrs. Richard Garcia Mr. & Mrs. Christos Georgakopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Pete Georgallas Mr. & Mrs. George Georgiou Ms. Demetra Georgopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Georgopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Sarantos Georgopoulos Miss Anastasia Gerohristodoulos Mr. George Gerohristodoulos Mr. & Mrs. Hrisostomos Gerohristodoulos Miss Sophia Gerohristodoulos Mr. & Mrs. George Gillespie Mr. & Mrs. Panagiotis Glekas Mr. Demetrius Govotsos Ms. Xenia Hajicosti Mr. Antonios Halasohoris Mr. & Mrs. George Haramis Mr. George Haris Mrs. Angelique Harris Ms. Eleni Harlepas Ms. Paraskevoula Hays Mrs. Esther Heras Mr. & Mrs. Chris Hondros Fr. & Mrs. Jason Houck Mr. & Mrs. Gus Ioakim Ms. Patricia Jenkins Mrs. Maria Kafarakis Mr. Chris Kalabokes Mr. & Mrs. Elias Kalamoutsos Mr. Panagiotis Kalamoutsos Mr. & Mrs. Anastasios Kaldis Mr. Spiros A. Kaldis Mrs. Coula Kaleyias Mr. Athanasios Karadimas Mr. & Mrs. Spiro Karadimas Mr. & Mrs. Peter Karadimos 23 Mr. & Mrs. John Karagiannis Ms. Panayiota Karavagelis Mr. & Mrs. Evangelos Kartsakalis Mr. & Mrs. George Katsafanas Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel G. Kavadias Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Kavadias Ms. Theodora Kavadias Mrs. Vaso G. Kavadias Mrs. Kalliopi Kavoures Mr. John Kintzios Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kiriakou Mr. & Mrs. Nick P. Kokonis Mr. & Mrs. Nick Kontos Mrs. Maria Koskinas Miss Olympia Koskinas Mr. & Mrs. John Koustenis Mr. & Mrs. Demetre Koutras Mr. & Mrs. Demetre Koutras, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ernie Koutras Mr. & Mrs. George A. Koutras Mrs. Voula Koutris Mr. Yiannos Kyriakides Ms. Anastasia Kyritsopoulos Mrs. Diana S. Laco Mr. & Mrs. George Ladany, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Nickolas Lalekos Mr. & Mrs. Spencer Lampiris Mr. & Mrs. Apostolos Lappas Miss Maria Lappas Mr. & Mrs. Spiros Levantis Ms. Georgia Lindroth Mr. Paul Lyngas Ms. Paula Magoulas Mr. & Mrs. Dimitrios Manolios Ms. Athanasia J. Mantzouranis Mr. & Mrs. Athanasios P. Mantzouranis Mr. Constantine G. Mantzouranis Mr. George A. Mantzouranis Mr. & Mrs. George C. Mantzouranis Mr. George J. Mantzouranis Mr. & Mrs. James M. Mantzouranis Mr. & Mrs. John A. Mantzouranis Mr. & Mrs. John G. Mantzouranis Mr. & Mrs. Michael G. Mantzouranis Mrs. Theano Mantzouranis Mrs. Mary Mantzouris Ms. Sophie Manus Ms. Stella Manus Mr. Christos Marafatsos Mr. Dimitrios P. Marafatsos

24 Stewards as of October 26, 2014 (303 Steward Cards) Stewardship cards are available in the Narthex of the Church, or you may contact the Church office, and we will gladly send one to you by mail! Mr. & Mrs. George Marafatsos Mr. & Mrs. Petros Marafatsos Mr. & Mrs. Petros G. Marafatsos Ms. Rebecca Marianos Mr. Alex & Dr. Despina Markogiannakis Mr. & Mrs. John Markos Mr. & Mrs. Cleon Marlas Mr. & Mrs. Efrem Maroules Mrs. Harriet Maroules Mrs. Aspasia Martinis Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Mathis Mrs. Terpsie Matrakas Mr. & Mrs. Theodore G. Matrakas Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Matthews Miss Cornelia Mavromatis Mr. Elias Mavromatis Mr. Jacob Mavromatis Mr. & Mrs. Louis Mavromatis Miss Eleni Mayes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Mayes, III Mr. Joseph C. Mayes, IV Miss Stamatia Mayes Ms. Eleni McIlvaine Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mercado Ms. Sylvia Michael Mrs. Voula Michael Ms. Alexandra Michaels Mr. & Mrs. John Mihailidis Mr. & Mrs. Manuel Moshogianis Mr. & Mrs. James Moshovitis Mr. & Mrs. Roni Murshed Miss Maria Nasios Mr. & Mrs. Sotirios Nasios Mr. & Mrs. Costas Nathenas Ms. Pelagia Nathenas Mr. & Mrs. Roy Nicholson Mr. Nicholas Nicolaou Mr. & Mrs. Adam Nixon Mr. & Mrs. Michael O Donnell Mr. Patrick O Donnell Mr. & Mrs. Demetri Paidas Mr. & Mrs. Dimitrios Panagoulias Mr. & Mrs. Nickolas Pantazes Mr. & Mrs. George Papakostas Mr. Dimitrios Papaloizos Mr. & Mrs. Stavros Papaloizos Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Papaloizos Mrs. Irene Papas Mrs. Konstadina Papoulias Mr. & Mrs. James Pappas Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas P. Pappas Mr. & Mrs. Charles Papuchis Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Paschalidis Mr. & Mrs. Constantinos Paspalis Mr. & Mrs. John Passas Mr. & Mrs. Harry Perrus Miss Chrystyna Pittas Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Pittas Mrs. Barbara Pollos Ms. Stella Marafatsos-Prokopic Mr. & Mrs. Charilaos Psallidas Mr. & Mrs. Nick Rakis Mr. & Mrs. Athanasios Raptis Mr. & Mrs. Andrew A. Recachinas Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Recachinas Mr. & Mrs. George Recachinas Miss Eleni Retzos Mrs. Eleni Retzos Mr. & Mrs. Evangelos Retzos Mr. & Mrs. Chris Retzos Mr. & Mrs. George Romas Mr. & Mrs. Spyros Rozakis Mr. & Mrs. Chris Sakkos Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Sakkos Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Santorios Mr. & Mrs. Max Schindler Miss Elizabeth Scott Mrs. Litsa Sekas Mr. & Mrs. Vasilis Skaltsas Mr. & Mrs. Pete Siarkas Miss Georgia Sideris Mrs. Angeliki Sideris Mr. & Mrs. George Sideris Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sideris Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Siegel Mr. Demetrios Siskos Mr. Pavlos Siskos Mr. & Mrs. Harry Solomos Mr. & Mrs. George Sourvinos Mr. & Mrs. Pete T. Spiropoulos Miss Maria Stamos Mr. & Mrs. William Stamos Mr. Sokratis Stassinos Mr. & Mrs. Gus Stathes Mr. & Mrs. John P. Stathes Mr. & Mrs. Nick Stathes Mr. & Mrs. Paul Stathes Mr. & Mrs. George Stathopoulos Ms. Patricia Stathopoulos Mrs. Athena Strates 24 Ms. Panagiota Strats Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Straub Ms. Victoria Taroudaki Mr. & Mrs. George Tatakis Mr. Demetris Themistokleous Mr. & Mrs. Peter Themistokleous Mrs. Elizabaeth M.P. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Thornberg Mr. Alexander Tiches Mrs. Louis J. Tiches Mr. Louis J. Tiches, II Miss Maria Tiches Mr. & Mrs. Stamatios Tiches Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Tompros Mr. & Mrs. Evan Triandafilou Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Triantis Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos Tripoulas Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Trischuk Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Tsahalis Ms. Maria Tsigas Mrs. Helen D. Tsintolas Mr. & Mrs. George Tsioros Mr. Stelios Tsioros Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios P. Tsipianitis Mr. Panayioti Tsipianitis Mr. Konstantinos D. Tsonis Mr. & Mrs. Bill Tzamaras Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Tzavelis Mr. & Mrs. Avgerinos Vakalopoulos Mr. Xenofon Vakalopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Constantine Vithoulkas Miss Alexandra Ward Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Ward Mr. & Mrs. Anton Wasef Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Wells Mr. & Mrs. Efthimios Xeron Mr. & Mrs. George Xeron Mr. Peter E. Yakas Mrs. Antigoni Yakoumatos Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Yeonas Mr. Chris Yfantis Mr. & Mrs. George Yfantis Ms. Vasso Yfantis Mrs. Soula Zavras Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Zayas-Ginorio Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Zibragos Mr. & Mrs. Constantine Zuras Ms. Matina Zuras Mrs. Voula Zuras

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30 God has greatly blessed our community to have had such a hard worker gifted with all the attributes exemplified by the Ancient Greeks and one who manifests a true aristocratic phronema. A beautiful gift is now available free of charge about the life of Dr. Theodore Papaloizos. A donation to Nea Zoe would be greatly appreciated. Books available by Dr. Theodore Papaloizos. Phone: ted@greek123.com 30