Sunday of All Saints June 11, 2017

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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: Deacon Nicholas Mueller, Parish Ministries Assistant Cell Phone: The Sunday Weekly Bulletin is posted on our website at Sunday of All Saints June 11, 2017 WEEKDAY SERVICES THIS WEEK: Paraklesis to the Panagia Gorgoepikoos - Thursday, June 15 at 6:00PM Sts. Peter & Paul - Thursday, June 29th Orthos 8:30 Divine Liturgy 9:30AM

2 HYMNS OF THE DAY Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode: O Merciful One, You came from on high, and condescended to Your three day burial to save us from suffering. You are our Life and our Resurrection. Glory to You. Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. Apolytikion for All Saints in the Fourth Mode: Your Church, O Christ our God, clothed itself in the blood of Your martyrs from throughout the world, as though it were a robe of linen and purple; through them, she cries out to You, "Send down upon Your people compassion, grant peace to Your commonwealth, and to our souls, great mercy." Τῶν ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ Μαρτύρων σου, ὡς πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον τὰ αἵματα, ἡ Ἐκκλησία σου στολισαμένη, δι' αὐτῶν βοᾷ σοι Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, τῷ λαῷ σου τοὺς οἰκτιρμούς σου κατάπεμψον, εἰρήνην τῇ πολιτείᾳ σου δώρησαι, καὶ ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡμῶν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Apolytikion for Apostle Bartholomew in the Third Mode: O Holy Apostles, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins. Απόστολοι Άγιοι, πρεσβεύσατε τώ ελεήμονι Θεώ ίνα πταισμάτων άφεσιν, παράσχη ταίς ψυχάς ημών. Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode: The world offers You, the author of all creation, as the first-fruits of nature, the God-bearing martyrs. O most merciful, by their intercessions, through the Theotokos, maintain Your Church in perfect peace. Ὡς ἀπαρχὰς τῆς φύσεως, τῷ φυτουργῷ τῆς κτίσεως, ἡ οἰκουμένη προσφέρει σοι Κύριε, τοὺς θεοφόρους Μάρτυρας, ταῖς αὐτῶν ἱκεσίαις, ἐν εἰρήνῃ βαθείᾳ, τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν σου, διὰ τῆς Θεοτόκου συντήρησον, πολυέλεε. 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. Fourth Mode. Psalm 67.35,26. God is wonderful among his saints. Verse: Bless God in the congrega ons. The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:33-40; 12:1-2 BRETHREN, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced jus ce, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated - of whom the world was not worthy - wandering over deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Προκείμενον. Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 67.35,26. Θαυμαστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τοῖς Ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ. Στίχ. Ἐν Ἐκκλησίαις εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 11:33 40, 12:1 2. Ἀδελφοί, οἱ Ἅγιοι πάντες διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας, εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων, ἔσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός, ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας, ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων. Ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν, οὐ προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν ἕτεροι δὲ ἐμπαιγμῶν καὶ μαστίγων πεῖραν ἔλαβον, ἔτι δὲ δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς ἐλιθάσθησαν, ἐπρίσθησαν, ἐπειράσθησαν, ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς, ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν, ὑστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος ἐν ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσιν καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ οὗτοι πάντες, μαρτυρηθέντες διὰ τῆς πίστεως, οὐκ ἐκομίσαντο τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ἡμῶν κρεῖττόν τι προβλεψαμένου, ἵνα μὴ χωρὶς ἡμῶν τελειωθῶσιν. Τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς, τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον ἁμαρτίαν, διʼ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα, ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸν καὶ τελειωτὴν Ἰησοῦν.

4 GOSPEL The Sunday of All Saints The Reading is from Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 The Lord said to his disciples, "Every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Then Peter said in reply, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first." Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 10:32 33, 37 38, 19:27 30 Εἶπεν ὁ Κὐριος τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. ὅστις δ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. Ο φιλῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος καὶ ὁ φιλῶν υἱὸν ἢ θυγατέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι τί ἄρα ἔσται ἡμῖν; ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὑμεῖς οἱ ἀκολουθήσαντές μοι, ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ, ὅταν καθίσῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καθίσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ισραήλ. καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίας ἢ ἀδελφοὺς ἢ ἀδελφὰς ἢ πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ τέκνα ἢ ἀγροὺς ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός μου, ἑκατονταπλασίονα λήψεται καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσει. Πολλοὶ δὲ ἔσονται πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι.

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6 Welcome to Graduation Sunday and to all who worship with us. Please join us for coffee fellowship immediately following the Divine Liturgy. Memorials: 40 days - Marianthi Luka 17 year - Haralambos Luka May their memory be eternal. Αιωνία η Mνήμη! Coffee Fellowship is sponsored by the Luka family. PROSPHORO NEEDED - If you are a baker and like to make Prosphoro, or just want to buy the Prosphoro, please bring them to the church office as soon as possible. They are desperately needed. Thank you, Fr. Nenes ANNOUNCEMENTS: BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC - NO BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC IN JULY The clinic will be held once a month on the second Friday of each month; see you next on Friday, August 11th from 9AM-12 Noon. Seminar Substance Use Disorder - Wednesday, June 14th 7-9:00PM hosted by Fr. Nenes & our nurse Marion Avtges. See flyer for more information. OUR TAXIARCHAE GREECIAN FESTIVAL 2017 JUNE 23rd, 24th, 25th Kali Parea Cruise - Tuesday, July 11, $59.00 per person for the bus, cruise, lunch. Leaves the church at 9:30AM and returns to the church at 3:30PM. For reservations & payments call Cynthia Alex or cindialex1@gmail.com Metropolis of Boston Summer Camp Family Camp 6/29-7/2/17 Weekly Sessions starting July 3rd through August 6th, for more information and registration PICK UP A FESTIVAL LAWN SIGN Please pick up 1, 2 or more to display on your lawns or property. This is an easy and inexpensive way to let people know about our upcoming festival. 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.

7 Today is the Greek School End of Year Program Come join us for a program filled with poems, songs, & diplomas. Congratula ons to our Graduates: George Fo s Harrison Georgiadis Alexandra Karalis Alexander Karalis Marina Kotsifakis Athanasia Loumbrinis Anna Michaelidis Eugenia Nikas Emanuel Pasikarakis Aris dis Stefanis Adrian Tro a Panagia s Garden Join us for a week of fun! For Ages 5 to 9 Monday, August 7 Friday, August 11 9:30 am 1 pm Let s celebrate Panagia s life together! Snacks will be provided. Please bring your own lunches and a comfortable pair of shoes. REGISTER EARLY For a registration form, please call the church office

8 SUNDAY SCHOOL GRADUATION 2017 Congratulations to our High School Graduates! Maria Barbas Gavin Cunningham Despina Georgiadis Anastasia (Natasia) Maniatis William Patsios Fotini Savvidis Bernard Ssentongo

9 On behalf of the entire Taxiarchae Family, We wish you all the best in your future endeavors! A STUDENT S PRAYER Christ my Lord, the Giver of light and wisdom, who opened the eyes of the blind man and transformed the fishermen into wise heralds and teachers of the gospel through the coming of the Holy Spirit, shine also in my mind the light of the grace of the Holy Spirit. Grant me discernment, understanding and wisdom in learning. Enable me to complete my assignments and to abound in every good work, for to you I give honor and glory. Amen. From My Orthodox Prayer Book by the Department of Religious Education.

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12 Hello and Happy Spring! Again it is me for the Grecian Food Fes val: The greatest fundraiser of the year for our beloved Taxiarchae Church. This event helps support the church. Before the actual event, there is much work to be done. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!! The Taxiarchae needs you! The women of Philoptochos work tirelessly to offer the best pastry table among all of the churches in the area. But, in order to make this years pastry table a successful one, WE NEED YOUR HELP. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of volunteering. Please make every effort to bake large quantities of your best dessert to sell at the Pastry Table during the Festival. Any Greek dessert is most welcomed, especially Kourambiethes, Karithopeta, Melomakarona, Kataifi, Galaktobouriko, Koulourakia and of course the number one choice, Baklava. Get together with your moms, aunts, cousins and bake up a storm for a great cause. If you are not a baker then please consider volunteering your time by helping at the festival. We are looking for volunteers for group baking and working at the festival. Remember, many hands make for less work. Volunteering is a multi generational opportunity. Please call, or when you are available to volunteer. If you are baking, please let me know what you re making that we do not have too many duplications. Lalvanos@comcast.net or Thank you, Leah Alvanos and the Board of Philoptochos 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, 2017.

13 American Hellenic Educa onal Progressive Associa on HARRIS J BOORAS CHAPTER #406, ORDER OF AHEPA 25 BIGELOW AVENUE, WATERTOWN, MA Secretary P: , Church Office P: F: Greetings to all in our Chapter and the Taxiarchae Community Our June Chapter Meeting (last meeting before our July & August recess) occurred on Thurs, June 8, 2017 in the Atrium of the Taxiarchae Hellenic Cultural Center. The agenda was as follows: Chapter Elections for the AHEPA year. [ The results will be announced next week.] Processing of Membership applications (2) and vote on new candidate(s) as required. Reports by the President, Secretary, Treasurer; and District, Reg4, Supreme officers. Report on our Book awards to Greek School 11 graduates on TODAY s event Sun., June 11, 2017 Preparations for the AHEPA Fall 2017 Event. Expansion of the Fr. Metaxas Scholarship to include scholarships honoring additional AHEPANs. Volunteer / Support our Taxiarchae G.O.C for a successful 2017 Festival, Fri-Sun., June 23, 24, 25. Plans for new activities and other discussions and proposals for the benefit of the Order of AHEPA. On our 1st year that we offered our own chapter A406 Fr. Metaxas Scholarship, there were 2 very well-qualified applicants who won! Note that for people who are also AHEPA members, their children and grandchildren can win higher $ amounts (up to $3,000) at the AHEPA Bay State District 8 level. So, just on that thought, it makes sense to join AHEPA! Get a Membership Application form at the church office and submit it -so your children and grandchildren can become eligible next year! As we approach our Centennial in 2022 let us remind ourselves and all in the Taxiarchae community not to forget the noble works of AHEPA and let s welcome all, especially the younger in our community, to join it. We need new innovative ideas to sustain / expand our chapter so we can continue our work for the next 100 years! Tavli / Backgammon continue on Fridays at the Atrium (or alternate location), 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.) In the summer we plan informal meetings at restaurants where we will invite guest speakers! Please, inform us if a brother is sick or in need. We wish you all a Nice Summer Fraternally, Constantine B. Lagos, Treasurer / communications Ch. #A406, Watertown, MA Please let us know if a brother is sick or in need. Contact President John Abate or any officer listed below. John Abate, president: / Basil Patsios: / Constantine Lagos: Demetri Tsatsarones: / George Loridas: /

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16 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 June 15th, AM Noon PHILOTIMO CHAT GROUP JOIN A FRIENDLY GROUP, GET CREATIVE, MAKE CONNECTIONS LINGER OVER COFFEE Third Thursday of every month. MEN and WOMEN ARE WELCOME