Rev. Fr. Athanasios Nenes, Parish Priest. The Sunday Weekly Bulletin is posted on our website at

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1 ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΩΝ TAXIARCHAE/ARCHANGELS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 25 Bigelow Avenue, Watertown, MA Phone: Phone Fax: Website: Office: Rev. Fr. Athanasios Nenes, Parish Priest Cell Phone: The Sunday Weekly Bulletin is posted on our website at Sunday of the Myrrh Bearing Women April 30, 2017 WEEKDAY SERVICES THIS WEEK: Thursday, April 27 6 PM Paraklesis to the Panagia Gorgoepikoos FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE LORD It is with great sadness that we notify you of the passing of Presbytera Penelope Metaxas. Visiting hours will be tomorrow, Monday, May 1st at our Taxiarchae Church between 3-8PM. The funeral will be on Tuesday, May 2nd at 12 Noon. Everlasting be her memory.

2 HYMNS OF THE DAY Apolytikion for Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode: Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. Χριστός ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καί τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι ζωήv χαρισάμενος. Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode: When You descended to death, O Immortal Life, then, the light of Your divinity destroyed Hades. When You raised the dead from the depths of darkness, all the heavenly powers cried out, "Glory to You our Christ, the Giver of Life." Ὅτε κατῆλθες πρὸς τὸν θάνατον, ἡ ζωὴ ἡ ἀθάνατος, τότε τὸν ᾍδην ἐνέκρωσας, τῇ ἀστραπῇ τῆς Θεότητος. ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺς τεθνεῶτας ἐκ τῶν καταχθονίων ἀνέστησας, πᾶσαι αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἐκραύγαζον. Ζωοδότα Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, δόξα σοι. Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode: Lowering Your pure body from the Cross, Joseph wrapped it in clean muslin with fragrant spices and laid it in a new tomb. But on the third day You arose, O Lord, and granted the world Your great mercy. Ὁ εὐσχήμων Ἰωσήφ, ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου καθελὼν τὸ ἄχραντόν σου Σῶμα, σινδόνι καθαρᾷ, εἱλήσας καὶ ἀρώμασιν, ἐν μνήματι καινῷ κηδεύσας ἀπέθετο, ἀλλὰ τριήμερος ἀνέστης Κύριε, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode: Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen. Εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες ἀθάνατε, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ᾍδου καθεῖλες τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ ἀνέστης ὡς νικητής, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, γυναιξὶ Μυροφόροις φθεγξάμενος. Χαίρετε, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις εἰρήνην δωρούμενος ὁ τοῖς πεσοῦσι παρέχων ἀνάστασιν. Receiving Holy Communion - We welcome to this celebration of the Divine Liturgy those Christians who are from other Christian Denominations and who are not fully united with us. Sadly, it is a consequence of the divisions in Christianity that we cannot extend to you an invitation to receive Holy Communion. Orthodox Christians believe that the Eucharist is the work or action of the celebrating community signifying a oneness of faith, life, and worship of the believing community. Reception of Holy Communion by Christians not fully united with us would imply a oneness which does not yet exist, and for which we must pray. However, all present are welcome to partake of the Antidoro (blessed bread) which is distributed at the end of the Liturgy Service.

3 Epistle Reading Prokeimenon. Second Mode. Psalm ,18. The Lord is my strength and my song. Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely. IN THOSE DAYS, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. Προκείμενον. Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ ,18. Ἰσχύς μου καὶ ὕμνησίς μου ὁ Κύριος. Στίχ. Παιδεύων ἐπαίδευσέ με ὁ Κύριος. Ἐν ταῖς ἡμεραῖς ἐκείναις, πληθυνόντων τῶν μαθητῶν, ἐγένετο γογγυσμὸς τῶν Ἑλληνιστῶν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑβραίους, ὅτι παρεθεωροῦντο ἐν τῇ διακονίᾳ τῇ καθημερινῇ αἱ χῆραι αὐτῶν. Προσκαλεσάμενοι δὲ οἱ δώδεκα τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν, εἶπον, Οὐκ ἀρεστόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς, καταλείψαντας τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ, διακονεῖν τραπέζαις. Ἐπισκέψασθε οὖν, ἀδελφοί, ἄνδρας ἐξ ὑμῶν μαρτυρουμένους ἑπτά, πλήρεις πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ σοφίας, οὓς καταστήσωμεν ἐπὶ τῆς χρείας ταύτης. Ἡμεῖς δὲ τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου προσκαρτερήσομεν. Καὶ ἤρεσεν ὁ λόγος ἐνώπιον παντὸς τοῦ πλήθους καὶ ἐξελέξαντο Στέφανον, ἄνδρα πλήρης πίστεως καὶ πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ Φίλιππον, καὶ Πρόχορον, καὶ Νικάνορα, καὶ Τίμωνα, καὶ Παρμενᾶν, καὶ Νικόλαον προσήλυτον Ἀντιοχέα, οὓς ἔστησαν ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προσευξάμενοι ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας. Καὶ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν, καὶ ἐπληθύνετο ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν μαθητῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ σφόδρα, πολύς τε ὄχλος τῶν ἱερέων ὑπήκουον τῇ πίστει.

4 GOSPEL Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women The Reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8 At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

5 GOSPEL Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 15:43 47, 16:1 8 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθὼν Ιωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Αριμαθαίας, εὐσχήμων βουλευτής, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, τολμήσας εἰσῆλθε πρὸς Πιλᾶτον καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ιησοῦ. ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἐθαύμασεν εἰ ἤδη τέθνηκε, καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τὸν κεντυρίωνα ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτὸν εἰ πάλαι ἀπέθανε καὶ γνοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ κεντυρίωνος ἐδωρήσατο τὸ σῶμα τῷ Ιωσήφ. καὶ ἀγοράσας σινδόνα καὶ καθελὼν αὐτὸν ἐνείλησε τῇ σινδόνι καὶ κατέθηκεν αὐτὸν ἐν μνημείῳ, ὃ ἦν λελατομημένον ἐκ πέτρας, καὶ προσεκύλισε λίθον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ μνημείου. ἡ δὲ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία Ιωσῆ ἐθεώρουν ποῦ τίθεται. Καὶ διαγενομένου τοῦ σαββάτου Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ιακώβου καὶ Σαλώμη ἠγόρασαν ἀρώματα ἵνα ἐλθοῦσαι ἀλείψωσιν αὐτόν. καὶ λίαν πρωῒ τῆς μιᾶς σαββάτων ἔρχονται ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, ἀνατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλίου. καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸς ἑαυτάς τίς ἀποκυλίσει ἡμῖν τὸν λίθον ἐκ τῆς θύρας τοῦ μνημείου; καὶ ἀναβλέψασαι θεωροῦσιν ὅτι ἀποκεκύλισται ὁ λίθος ἦν γὰρ μέγας σφόδρα. καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον εἶδον νεανίσκον καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, περιβεβλημένον στολὴν λευκήν, καὶ ἐξεθαμβήθησαν. ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐταῖς μὴ ἐκθαμβεῖσθε Ιησοῦν ζητεῖτε τὸν Ναζαρηνὸν τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον ἠγέρθη, οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε ἴδε ὁ τόπος ὅπου ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. ἀλλ ὑπάγετε εἴπατε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ Πέτρῳ ὅτι προάγει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ὄψεσθε, καθὼς εἶπεν ὑμῖν. καὶ ἐξελθοῦσαι ἔφυγον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου εἶχε δὲ αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις, καὶ οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ. PARKING: Help us be a good neighbor. When parking at the Watertown Savings Bank, the ATM needs to be accessible even on Sundays! Please be considerate.

6 Welcome to all who worship with us. Please join us for coffee fellowship immediately following the Divine Liturgy. Memorials: 2 year - Frank Tingos 13 year - Florence Alex May their memory be eternal. Αιωνία η Mνήμη! Coffee Fellowship is being sponsored by the Tingos and Alex families. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Greek School - Tues. May 2nd (4:00PM), Thurs. 5/4 (4:00PM), Sat., 5/6 (10AM) Spring General Assembly - Sunday, June 4, following the Liturgy. Please make every effort to attend IONIAN VILLAGE SUMMER EXPERIENCE: Session 1: June 24 July 13, Session 2: July 21 August 9, 2017 Each session is identical in daily schedule and travel locations, so your camper may choose the best fit. Both sessions are open to campers entering 9th grade in the fall of 2017, through those who will complete the 12th grade in the spring of Registration NOW at Thank you, Fr. Thanasi & the Parish Council would like to thank everyone for their generous donations to our special collection on March 26th for the St. Nicholas Shrine. We collected $560. The Sunday School staff and students would like to thank everyone for their generous donations for our Easter Food collections. We collected $1,702.

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8 Congratulations to Arthur & Toula Patsios, Taxiarchae/Archangels 2017 Laity Award recipients Please join us at the 31st Annual Metropolis of Boston Ministry Awards Banquet Sunday, June 11, 2017 Reception: 5:30 pm Dinner: 6:30 pm Donation: $75/Person LOMBARDO S 6 Billings Street Randolph, MA Please contact the Taxiarchae office for reservations and payment information,

9 Spring General Assembly Notice The Spring General Assembly of our Parish will take place on Sunday, June 4, 2017 after Liturgy in our Church Hall. Please make every effort to attend and participate in this meeting. The agenda for the meeting will be as follows: Opening Prayer Election of meeting chairperson Reading and approval of minutes from the last General Assembly of November 13, 2016 Clergy Comments President s Remarks Treasurer s Report Stewardship Update Audit Update Update on Maintenance, Repairs Old Business New Business Adjournment and Closing Prayer Please Note: The Archdiocese Parish Regulations stipulate that only members in good standing are allowed to actively participate in discussions and voting. With love in the Lord, Rev. Fr. Athanasios Nenes Pastor Costas Karageorgis Parish Council President Αγαπητά µέλη: Ευχαρίστως σας πληροφορούµε ότι την Κυριακή, 4 Ιουνίου, 2017 θα λάβει χώρα η Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση στο Κοινοτικό Κέντρο µετά την θεία Λειτουργία. Παρακαλείσθε θερµότατα όπως προσέλθετε και λάβετε ενεργό µέρος.

10 SCHOLARSHIPS Calling All High School Seniors & Undergraduate Students Taxiarchae Scholarship Application Applications for the Academic Year are now available in the display case right outside the church office, or online at the Taxiarchae website: Applicants or their families must be stewards in good standing of the Taxiarchae/ Archangels Church as of December 31, Eligible applicants must be a graduating high school student that has been accepted to a College, University, or a Professional School; College Undergraduates entering their Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year are also eligible to apply. A special scholarship has been established for individuals who are pursuing a career in Nursing. Scholarship applications MUST be submitted by Wednesday, May 31, 2017 (without exception) to the Church office. The Scholarship Committee members are: Costas Karageorgis, Nick Racheotes, Joy Vlahos, and Patryce Georgopoulos. Hellenic Women s Club, INC., EOK Scholarship Academic Year Each award will be $5, We are pleased to announce a scholarship program for deserving young women who have demonstrated community service, leadership and academic achievement. Previous applicants may apply, but must submit a new application. Prior recipients are not eligible. For more information including applications, please visit the website: Deadline is June 15, The AHEPA Headquarters 2017 National Scholarship The AHEPA District 8 Scholarship For the first time our Chapter #406 will offer the Fr. Metaxas Scholarship on a merit-only basis. It is available to all children & grandchildren of our Taxiarchae Community. Deadline for all applications is May 1, For more information and applications, please call

11 Abate, President: / Demetri Tsatsarones: / Constantine Lagos: George Loridas: / Basil Patsios: /

12 MY LIFE, AS AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH By Vasilios K. Patsiokostas A P B In his autobiography, Vasilios Patsiokostas (Patsios) recounts his life experiences of survival during World War II and the Greek Civil War; his success as an immigrant in America; and his support and joy in a close-knit Greek family. His story is fascinating and inspirational. Free-will donation. Proceeds from the book sales will support the Taxiarchae Church youth ministries. Thank you. THIRD THURSDAY May 18th, 2017 PHILOTIMO CHAT GROUP JOIN A FRIENDLY GROUP, GET CREATIVE, MAKE CONNECTIONS LINGER OVER COFFEE Third Thursday of every month. MEN and WOMEN ARE WELCOME