Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana FEBRUARY 14, 2016 SUNDAY OF THE CANAANITE

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1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana FEBRUARY 14, 2016 SUNDAY OF THE CANAANITE Sunday, February 14 ~ 9:00 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 10:00 am ~ LAURA AND IOANNA TORAS 40-DAYS BLESSING Youth Hymnology and Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Meeting in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Kids' Café in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Membership Drive in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Youth Pre-K/K Greek Class in Room 210 1:00 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium Tuesday, February 16 ~ 9:30 am Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 7:00 pm ~ Adult Beginner Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Parish Council Meeting in Boardroom Wednesday, February 17 ~ 9:30 am Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 6:30 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium 7:00 pm ~ Adult Intermediate (Low Level) Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ AHEPA Meeting in Coffee Room 7:00 pm ~ Bible Study with Father George in Boardroom Thursday, February 18 ~ 11:30 am Philoptochos Senior Citizens Luncheon in Coffee Room 7:00 pm ~ Lake Terrace Property Association Meeting in Gymnasium Friday, February 19 ~ 9:45 am CMS Chapel in Cathedral Saturday, February 20 ~ 10:00 am Youth Beginner Greek School in Room :30 am ~ Adult Catechism and Inquirers Class with Father George in Boardroom 11:00 am ~ Youth Greek Dance Class in Upstairs Common Area 11:30 am ~ Youth Elementary Greek Class in Room 210 Sunday, February 21 ~ TRIODION BEGINS NO FASTING WEEK 9:00 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE Youth Hymnology and Sunday Church School after Holy Communion KATHERINE TRAGELIS LAMBOUSY 40-DAYS MEMORIAL Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Parish Level 12:00 pm ~ Daughters of Penelope Meeting in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ GOYA Meeting in Boardroom 12:00 pm ~ Kids' Café in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Sunday Church School Progressive Coffee Fellowship in Gymnasium 12:00 pm ~ Youth Pre-K/K Greek Class in Room 210 1:00 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral of New Orleans presents the 2016 Family Lenten Retreat Our Retreat Main Speaker is His Grace Bishop Gregory of Nyssa, Primate of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. Sponsored by Education, Culture & Youth Ministries Family Retreat - Including Lunch Saturday, April 2, AM 2 PM No cost for Family Retreat Participants Free Childcare available for preschool age children This year we will also be hosting the Metropolis of Atlanta Western Conference GOYA Lenten Retreat and the Conference Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival during this same weekend. Assisting us during these programs will be three Student Ambassadors from Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA. Breakout Groups: Adults, High School Students, Middle School Students & Elementary Students RSVP - March 21, 2016 (this is critical - to plan for the meal) priest@holytrinitycathedral.org For more information, go to our Facebook page or call Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral - New Orleans

2 2016 STEWARDSHIP MINISTRY HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL Please take time to think about making your yearly stewardship pledge to our Cathedral. This year s theme, those who seek the Lord shall never be in want of any good thing from the Artoclasia service, is especially meaningful because it emphasizes that all good things come from our Lord, and it is our obligation to support His Holy Church with a portion of the blessings that He has bestowed upon us. This month the 2016 Stewardship Campaign Packet will be mailed to you. However, you can go ahead now and make a pledge at this time. As in the past two years, the opportunity to sponsor a day on the church s calendar for a minimum pledge of $1,000 is offered. Please consider doing this now as a number of days have already been taken. GREEK FESTIVAL PASTRY WORKSHOPS The Greek Festival Pastry Committee invites all ladies and gentlemen to assist them in preparing pastries. The first workshops will be this Tuesday, February 16, and Wednesday, February 17, from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. Workshops will continue each week except Holy Week. Everyone is needed, so join the group for fellowship and lunch as the pastries are prepared. Thank you in advance for supporting this endeavor. ROAD CLOSURES IN FEBRUARY The Rock n Roll New Orleans Marathon, ½ Marathon, and 10K is coming up on Sunday, February 28, All race courses, which will be the same as last year, will affect access to the Cathedral grounds on that day. Parishioners living west of Marconi Drive will need to use I-610 East and exit at St. Bernard Avenue. FEBRUARY COFFEE HOUR SPONSOR The community extends its sincerest thanks to the SAVVAIDES FAMILY for volunteering to provide refreshments after Sunday church services in February. Their hospitality, offered in memory of SOPHIA SAVVOPOULOU, greatly enhances efforts to develop a Sunday fellowship ministry for parishioners and visitors. GREEK SCHOOL NEWS Please note that a special book exchange called "Books in Action" will take place on Saturday, February 27, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the Hellenic Cultural Center. Children's books by Greek authors will be swapped, and "Psarosoupitsa" by Georgios Lebessis will be read aloud. HELLENIC DANCERS Dance practice for the Greek Festival has begun. Eligible dancers must be at least fourteen (14) years old. Contact Mathoula Bilalis (mathoula11@gmail.com), if you are interested in joining the Hellenic Dancers. The Hellenic Dancers of New Orleans present The Apokriatiko Glendi Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 7:00 pm Please join us for an evening of food, music, and entertainment. $10 per guest in advance or $15 at the door OCMC MISSION APPEAL Christine and Manoli Ioannidis registered to participate on an Orthodox Christian Missions Center trip to Guatemala this April. They are asking the community to help raise funds for their mission work as it is costly ($1,345 per person plus airfare of approximately $ per person). If you can assist them with this worthy endeavor, please use the link to make your donation. The couple also invites the various church organizations to participate and in advance thanks everyone for their generosity. SJCOF AND PROGRESSIVE COFFEE February 21, 2016 Next Sunday, February 21, the Sunday Church School program will hold the parish level Saint John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival, and everyone is invited to celebrate the children of Holy Trinity by attending the festival, as well as the Progressive Coffee that will follow. The Sunday Church School Family is hosting the Progressive Coffee fellowship in the gymnasium where you can view the work of various Church School classes and students.

3 HTC TO WELCOME UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY VISITORS Dr. Karen O. Skaff, a professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky, will accompany forty-five University of Kentucky juniors and three chaperones to New Orleans in two weeks. Dr. Skaff led a similar group last year. The purpose of the visit is to provide a community engagement opportunity for the students, who will soon become the physicians, dentists, physical therapists, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals of the future. The visitors will attend Divine Liturgy at Holy Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, February 28, and afterwards enjoy a light lunch in the gymnasium. Please welcome Dr. Skaff and her students when they come. MONTHLY BOOK CLUB Please note a change in time for the Monthly Book Club, which will now meet at 9:00 am instead of 10:00 am on the last Thursday of the month. The next gathering will take place on Thursday, February 25, at 9:00 am in the Coffee Room. The group is reading Great Lent by Alexander Schmemann and will compare the Orthodox and Catholic Lenten Seasons. Everyone is welcome to attend but does not have to read the book to participate. But, if you wish to read the book, speak with Presvytera Harriet about borrowing a copy. PHILOPTOCHOS SENIOR CITIZENS LUNCHEON Sincere appreciation is extended to the Order of Saint Markella of Chios for sponsoring the Senior Citizens Luncheon on Thursday, February 18, at 11:30 am in the Coffee Room. Make plans to attend and enjoy the delicious food and exciting bingo prizes. Many thanks to Cornelia Koniditsiotis and Maria Mellis for coordinating the event. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Stop by the Philoptochos table in the Coffee Room today to pay your 2016 stewardship, which is $35. Also, prospective members will find there informative brochures, as well as Philoptochos members that will be happy to answers questions. HOLY FATHER AUXENTIUS OF THE MOUNTAIN lived during the reign of Saint Theodosius the Younger. In 442 he enlisted in the Fourth Military Company of the Scholarii, that is the Imperial Guard. Afterwards, he became a monk on a mountain in Bithynia not far from Chalcedon. He became the archimandrite of the monastics gathered there and proved himself to be most enduring in asceticism and most Orthodox in his faith. He reposed during the reign of the Emperor Leo the Great of Thrace, who reigned from 457 to 474. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 ATTENDANCE 65 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $322 Message from Father George RENEWAL IN THE SPIRIT We read in today s Epistle: For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people. [2 Corinthians 6:16] Those of us who have been baptized in the Name of the Holy Trinity and chrismated in the Orthodox Church have received the fullness of God s grace and have the Holy Spirit residing within us. A small pamphlet entitled "Orthodox Spiritual Renewal" and produced by our Archdiocese a number of years ago addresses this and says: authentic Christian life is a synergy, a cooperation between man and God. Synergy, of course, does not mean that God does half of the work and man does the other half. Rather it means that while God does all of the saving work, man freely responds to God with his whole being. The goal of Christian life is to become aware of Christ and the Holy Spirit actively or consciously. As the baptized Christian grows from child to adult and participates in the sacramental life of the Church, having the Divine Liturgy as center, his personal response to God becomes crucial. Each Christian must personally re-affirm the baptismal pledge and himself to Christ. Spiritual renewal comes from this adult commitment to Christ, sharing the Eucharist, daily prayer, and sincere efforts to live the kind of life Christ lived and preached. As we bring our children to Christ through Baptism, we are reminded that it is not magic that happens. Professor George Mantzarides from the University of Thessaloniki writes in his book Orthodox Spiritual Life: The sacraments do not transform man magically but initiate him. That is they introduce him to the life of the Holy Spirit s grace. Whoever receives the grace of the sacraments is called to live and to reveal in his life the life of Christ. To the extent that man abandons himself to the grace of God, to the extent that he lives and behaves in accord with the form of the sacrament, he lives and progresses spiritually. We are called to recognize the gift of the Holy Spirit within us and do God s commandments. The hard part comes as we humans try to align our own free will with that of God s will. Are we doing the things that God would have us do? Are we saying the things that God would have us say? Are we going where God would have us go? Do we recognize the Spirit working in our brothers and sisters even if they do not realize it themselves? The Christian walk is not an easy one, yet as we were immersed into the waters of the Baptismal font we took on a new nature. And, as we were given the gift of the Seal of the Holy Spirit we were given a commission: we are all called to personally re-affirm the baptismal pledge and ourselves to Christ and to do the commandments of God. As we make this effort, the Grace of God will be revealed in our lives and hearts. It is when we can truly recognize the Grace of God in us that we will fully realize that we are indeed the Temple of the Holy Spirit.

4 UPCOMING MEETINGS Looking ahead, please note the following meetings: Parish Council on Tuesday, February 16, at 7:00 pm in the Boardroom AHEPA on Wednesday, February 17, at 7:00 pm in the Coffee Room ECYM Committee on Monday, February 22, at 7:00 pm in the Boardroom 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)

5 14η ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2016 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΙZ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ (ΤΗΣ ΧΑΝΑΝΑΙΑΣ) ΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΑΥΞΕΝΤΊΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΒΟΥΝΩ Ἑωθινόν Δ 14 TH FEBRUARY th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW (THE CANAANITE) HOLY FATHER AUXENTIUS OF THE MOUNTAIN Eothion 4 Ἀπουλτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος δ Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἡγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Ἀπουλτίκιον τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἦχος α' Τής ερήμου πολίτης, καί εν σώματι Άγγελος, καί θαυματουργός ανεδείχθης, θεοφόρε Πατήρ ημών Αυξέντιε, νηστεία, αγρυπνία, προσευχή, ουράνια χαρίσματα λαβών, θεραπεύεις τούς νοσούντας, καί τάς ψυχάς τών πίστει προστρεχόντων σοι, Δόξα τώ δεδωκότι σοι ισχύν, δόξα τώ σέ στεφανώσαντι, δόξα τώ ενεργούντι διά σού πάσιν ιάματα. 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 4 When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world. Apolytikion for the Devout Man Tone 1 You proved to be a citizen of the desert, an angel in the flesh, and a wonderworker, O Auxentius, our God-bearing Father. By fasting, vigil, and prayer you obtained heavenly gifts, and you healed the sick and the souls of them that have recourse to you with faith. Glory to Him that has given you strength. Glory to Him that has crowned you. Glory to Him that works healings for all through you. 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, Theotokos, protector always of those who honor you.

6 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Β Κορινθίους ς' 16-18, ζ 1 Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. Γνωστός ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἐστε ναὸς Θεοῦ ζῶντος, καθὼς ἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς «ὅτι ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν Θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ σονταί μοι λαός. Διὸ ἐξέλθατε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε, κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ». Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ. TΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ματθαίον ιε Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀνεχώρησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκραύγασεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, υἱὲ Δαυῒδ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονί-ζεται. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτουν αὐτὸν λέγον-τες Ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσε-κύνησεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα Κύριε, βοήθει μοι. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Οὐκ ἔστι καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. ἡ δὲ εἶπε Ναί, Κύριε, καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ Ὦ γύναι, μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις! γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις. καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης. THE EPISTLE 2 Corinthians 6:16-18, 7:1 Make your vows unto the Lord our God and perform them. God is known in Judah: His name is great in Israel. BRETHREN, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God. THE GOSPEL Matthew 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." And he answered, "It is not fair to take the children s bread and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master s table." Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.