Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral

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1 Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral Sunday, September 18, 2016

2 St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral Church Office Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Reverend Doctor Dimitrios Moraitis Dean Reverend Father Dean N. Paleologos Dean Emeritus Reverend Deacon Andrew Giourelis Georgia Parafestas -Parish Council President - frdimitri@spyridoncathedral.org Metropolis of Boston WELCOME Welcome to the Saint Spyridon Cathedral in Worcester, Massachusetts. We are honored that you have chosen to worship with us today. It is our hope that your visit here will bring you many blessings from God. Please be sure to tell us if you are visiting or if you are new to our community. Our Church Family worships the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and every Sunday, the Lord s Day, we commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to live the Holy Gospel in accordance with the Orthodox Faith; towards sanctification through God s grace in worship, the Divine Liturgy and the Sacraments: glorifying God through all joys and struggles; and as a Church Community, in Christian love, we seek to do His will so that through His mercy, we may attain His Kingdom. We are blessed to have the slippers of St. Spyridon, which are located in the narthex of the Church, please be sure to venerate them. We pray you have a blessed day and that you visit with us again soon. Also, please remember that one must be an Orthodox Christian in order to receive Holy Communion. If you would like to embrace the Orthodox Faith, please see Father Dimitrios Moraitis. May God Bless you! September 18, 2016 Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Memorials Nicholas Petralias-40 days Yiannis Alexander-1 year Evangelos Paschos-10 years Trisagion John Kaouris Athena Kaouris Konstantine Dalis Konstantinos Isildakli-20 years Altar Flowers Altar flowers are sponsored in loving memory of John & Athena Kaouris and Konstantine Dalis by Athanasios & Georgia Kaouris, in loving memory of Evangelos Paschos, Nicholas Petralias and Konstantinos Isildakli by their families SUNDAY SERVICES Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:45am Coffee Hour Coffee Hour is sponsored in loving memory of John and Athena Kaouris and Konstantine Dalis by Athanasios & Georgia Kaouris, in loving memory of Yiannis Alexander by his sister Paschalia Yiantsidis, in loving memory of Evangelos Paschos, Nicholas Petralias by their loving families and in loving memory of Elpida Economou by George Economou Saints of the Day Eumenius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gortynia Ariadne the Martyr Εὐμένιος Ἐπίσκοπος Γορτύνης Μάρτυς Ἀριάδνη Philoptochos will be passing a special tray today to benefit Hellenic College/ Holy Cross Happy Name Day Stavros, Stavroula, Sophia, Faith Hope, Love

3 Entrance Hymns Apolytikion Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world. Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting our rulers to prevail over adversaries, and protecting Your commonwealth by Your Cross. For The Memorials Keep Thy servants in remembrance, O Lord, since Thou art good; and do Thou forgive every sin in this life; for no man is without sin, except for Thee Who art able to grant rest even unto him who has departed hence. Saint Spyridon O Father, God-bearer, Spyridon, you were proven a champion and Wonder Worker of the First Ecumenical Council. You spoke to the girl in the grave and turned the serpent to gold. And, when chanting your prayers, most sacred One, angels ministered with you. Glory to Him who glorified you; glory to Him who crowned you; glory to Him who, through you, works healing for all. Kontakion Lifted up on the Cross by Your free will, Christ God, grant mercies to the new commonwealth that bears Your name. Gladden our faithful rulers by Your power, giving them victories over their adversaries. May Your alliance be for them a weapon for peace, an invincible standard. 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, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Σώσον Κύριε τόν λαόν σου καί ευλόγησον τήν κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοίς Βασιλεύσι κατά βαρβάρων δωρούμενος καί τό σόν φυλάττων διά τού Σταυρού σου πολίτευμα. Απολυτίκιον του Αγίου Σπυρίδωνος Της Συνόδου της πρώτης ανεδείχθης υπέρμαχος, και θαυματουργός Θεοφόρε, Σπυρίδων Πατήρ ημών, διο νεκρά συ εν τάφω προσφωνείς, και όφιν εις χρυσούν μετέβαλες, και εν τω μέλπειν τας αγίας σου ευχάς, Αγγέλους εσκες συλλειτουργούντας σοι Ιερώτατε, Δοξα τω σε δοξάσαντι, δόξα τω σε στεφανώσαντι, δόξα τω ενεργούντι διά σου πάσιν ιάματα. Κοντακιον Ο υψωθείς εν τώ Σταυρώ εκουσίως, τή επωνύμω σου καινή πολιτεία, τούς οικτιρμούς σου δώρησαι, Χριστέ ο Θεός, Εύφρανον εν τή δυνάμει σου, τούς πιστούς Βασιλείς ημών, νίκας χορηγών αυτοίς, κατά τών πολεμίων, τήν συμμαχίαν έχοιεν τήν σήν, όπλον ειρήνης, αήττητον τρόπαιον.

4 Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Πρὸς Γαλάτας 2:16-20 Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε, πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας. Στίχ. Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον. Ἀδελφοί, εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου πᾶσα σάρξ. Εἰ δέ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι. Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι ζῶ δέ, οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. ΤΗΕ EPISTLE St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20 O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom. Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul. BRETHREN, you know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

5 ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 8:34-38, 9:1 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς δ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, καὶ ζημιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει. Fasting / Νηστεία Normal Fasting rules apply. THE HOLY GOSPEL Sunday after Holy Cross The Gospel according to Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

6 HOLY TRINITY Hellenic Arts Dinner Dance Please mark your calendars for the Hellenic Arts Dinner Dance to kickoff another great membership year on Saturday, October 29, ST. SPYRIDON GOLF TOURNA- MENT 2016 Thank you to all the volunteers who gave of their time and themselves to make this event so successful. We appreciate all the hard work to benefit our church.. Parking Lot Renovation Phase II As the first phase of the parking lot renovation was completed last summer, we would like to ask that you consider donating to finalize the Phase II portion of the parking lot. The work is scheduled and will commence mid October. Funds are needed to complete the work necessary. Thank you for supporting the needs of our church.. St. Spyridon Seniors End of Summer Cookout Senior parishioners and their guests are invited to an end of summer cookout hosted by the Seniors of St. Spyridon at AHEPA. Monday, September 19, pm-3pm $5 per person For more info call: Mary Anna Ethel SAVE THE DATE!: Holy Trinity's 10th Anniversary Annual Food and Wine Fest on October 6th, 5:30-8:30pm at St. Spyridon Cathedral. Celebratory Champagne and Sparkling Wine Tasting & Live Music, Raffle Prizes, Great Food! You don't want to miss it! For tickets call Heather at , ext. 206 or "Like" on Facebook, "Annual Food and Wine Fest". Holy Trinity Nursing and Rehabilitation Center GENERAL ASSEMBLY will be held on Tuesday, September 20, at 7:00 PM. The meeting is open to all parish members and all are encouraged to attend!! Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Please submit any news, updates, fliers and photos you would like to see in the Sunday Bulletin to: Also if you d like to be added to the list to receive the bulletin via please contact Georgia at the above address. The Sunday Bulletin can also be viewed on the St. Spyridon website by clicking on the About tab, Weekly Bulletin.

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8 AHEPA Family Installation/Dinner Order of AHEPA & Daughters of Penelope Installation of Chapter Officers for Worcester AHEPA Home, 68 Cedar Street, Worcester, MA Date: Wednesday September 28, 2016 Time: 6:00pm Social Hour Dinner 7:00pm Donation: $ Prime Rib Dinner/Dessert RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Deadline: September 23, 2016 Please Contact: Brother Chris Lekas Brother Philip Fotiadis Please advise if fish is requested with Reservation Little Angels Tuesday afternoons 2:30 to 4:00 September 20th, October 4th & 18th, November 1st & 15th, December 6th & 20th, January 3rd & 17th, February 7th & 21st, March, 7th & 21st, April 4th & 18th, May 2nd & 16th, June 6th

9 GOYA LOCK-IN RETREAT When: September 23rd to September 24rth Time: 8 p.m. Friday night, and pick up Saturday 9 a.m. What to Bring: Pillow Sleeping bag Blanket Toiletries Fr. Dimitrios will guide us in the evening s activities along with two Seminarians from Holy Cross/Hellenic College. *This is an overnight activity for Saint Spyridon GOYAns ONLY. Please do not insist on bringing a non-member.* *DINNER AND BREAKFAST WILL BE PROVIDED* IT S FREE!

10 Bible Study Why Jesus Performed Miracles on Earth Wednesday, September 21, :00pm in the Tonna Room Fr. Dimitri will be leading a bible study on the Gospel of Matthew where he will explain why Jesus performed miracles during His Earthy Ministry. Please come and join the discussion to better understand the miracles of Jesus and why He performed them.

11 Orthodoxy 101 The Great Schism Wednesday, September 28, 7:00pm in the Tonna Room Fr. Dimitrios Moraitis will be giving a presentation on the Orthodox Church s understanding of the Great Schism which occurred in 1054 A.D.. The East West Schism, also called the Great Schism and the Schism of 1054, was the break of communion between what are now the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches, which has lasted since the 11th century. This topic will be discussed in depth at this presentation.

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13 Volunteers rotate with 4 area churches; St. Spyridon is responsible for the 2nd Saturday of the month but you are welcome to volunteer any Saturday. 10:00am-12:00pm If you would like to volunteer to help disperse food to the poor and needy of our community please contact Maria Kassos, Food Pantry volunteer coordinator at or amkassos@townisp.com

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15 Stewardship Sunday not only takes place in December but continues throughout the year. Your Stewardship contributions, financial and through volunteerism, helps the mission of our church to humbly serve Christ in order to spread His message. Become involved in one of the many ministries of our Cathedral, and become a leader in representing our Greek Orthodox faith through good works.

16 2016 Stewardship Report * GOAL Week 2016 Total 521 pledges received Stewardship Budget 37 $230, $443 average/pledge $ * GOAL amount includes the 2016 Stewardship Budget Receipts of $330, Funds reflect all monies received in 2016 We suggest you budget your Stewardship contribution as you do your monthly home expenses Our Cathedral must meet the Financial needs of its ministries and annual operating budget by way of its Christian Stewardship Program. It is each and everyone's responsibility to accept honor and support your role as a Contributing Steward. Please pledge your Required Stewardship Contribution now, if you have not done so. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.