Holy Pentecost Κυριακή Η' τῆς Πεντηκοστής

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1 Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Churc h of Washington, DC Holy Pentecost June 4, 2017 Holy Pentecost Κυριακή Η' τῆς Πεντηκοστής

2 YMNOI THΣ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ HYMNS OF THE DAY Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἑορτῆς./ Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. 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 σοι. Apolytikion of the Feast./Mode pl 4. Blessed are You, O Christ our God. You made the fishermen all-wise, by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them You drew the world into Your net. O Lover of mankind, glory to You. Κοντάκιον/Ἦχος πλ. δʹ. Ὅτε καταβὰς τὰς γλώσσας συνέχεε, διεμέριζεν ἔθνη ὁ Ὕψιστος ὅτε τοῦ πυρὸς τὰς γλώσσας διένειμεν, εἰς ἑνότητα πάντας ἐκάλεσε, καὶ συμφώνως δοξάζομεν τὸ πανάγιον Πνεῦμα. Kontakion/Mode pl.4. When the Most High God came down and confused the tongues, He divided the nations. When He distributed the tongues of fire, He called all to unity. And with one voice we glorify the all-holy Spirit. 2

3 3 Epistle Reader: Alexandros Tzamaras Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 2:1-11 Ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὴν ἡμέραν τῆς Πεντηκοστῆς, ἦσαν ἅπαντεςn ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Καὶ ἐγένετο ἄφνω ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἦχος ὥσπερ φερομένης πνοῆς βιαίας, καὶ ἐπλήρωσεν ὅλον τὸν οἶκον οὗ ἦσαν καθήμενοι. Καὶ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς διαμεριζόμεναι γλῶσσαι ὡσεὶ πυρός, ἐκάθισέν τε ἐφʼ ἕνα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν. Καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν ἅπαντες πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἤρξαντο λαλεῖν ἑτέραις γλώσσαις, καθὼς τὸ πνεῦμα ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἀποφθέγγεσθαι. Ἦσαν δὲ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ κατοικοῦντες Ἰουδαῖοι, ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς, ἀπὸ παντὸς ἔθνους τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. Γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης, συνῆλθεν τὸ πλῆθος καὶ συνεχύθη, ὅτι ἤκουον εἷς ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν. Ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες καὶ ἐθαύμαζον, λέγοντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Οὐκ ἰδοὺ πάντες οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ λαλοῦντες Γαλιλαῖοι; Καὶ πῶς ἡμεῖς ἀκούομεν ἕκαστος τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ ἡμῶν ἐν ᾗ ἐγεννήθημεν; Πάρθοι καὶ Μῆδοι καὶ Ἐλαμῖται, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν, Ἰουδαίαν τε καὶ Καππαδοκίαν, Πόντον καὶ τὴν Ἀσίαν, Φρυγίαν τε καὶ Παμφυλίαν, Αἴγυπτον καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Λιβύης τῆς κατὰ Κυρήνην, καὶ οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες Ῥωμαῖοι, Ἰουδαῖοί τε καὶ προσήλυτοι, Κρῆτες καὶ Ἄραβες, ἀκούομεν λαλούντων αὐτῶν ταῖς ἡμετέραις γλώσσαις τὰ μεγαλεῖα τοῦ θεοῦ. ΤΗΕ EPISTLE Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11 WHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontos and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God." ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ- Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 7:37-52; 8:12 Εν δὲ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ τῆς ἑορτῆς εἱστήκει ὁ Ιησοῦς καὶ ἔκραξε λέγων ἐάν τις διψᾷ, ἐρχέσθω πρός με καὶ πινέτω. ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος. τοῦτο δὲ εἶπε περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν οὔπω γὰρ ἦν Πνεῦμα Αγιον, ὅτι Ιησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη. Πολλοὶ οὖν ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον ἔλεγον οὗτός

4 ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης ἄλλοι ἔλεγον οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός ἄλλοι ἔλεγον μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται; οὐχὶ ἡ γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυῒδ καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ τῆς κώμης, ὅπου ἦν Δαυΐδ, ὁ Χριστὸς ἔρχεται; σχίσμα οὖν ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ἐγένετο δι αὐτόν. τινὲς δὲ ἤθελον ἐξ αὐτῶν πιάσαι αὐτόν, ἀλλ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας. Ηλθον οὖν οἱ ὑπηρέται πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ Φαρισαίους, καὶ εἶπον αὐτοῖς ἐκεῖνοι διατί οὐκ ἠγάγετε αὐτόν; ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ὑπηρέται οὐδέποτε οὕτως ἐλάλησεν ἄνθρωπος, ὡς οὗτος ὁ ἄνθρωπος. ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν αὐτοῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς πεπλάνησθε; μή τις ἐκ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐπίστευσεν εἰς αὐτὸν ἢ ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων; ἀλλ ὁ ὄχλος οὗτος ὁ μὴ γινώσκων τὸν νόμον ἐπικατάρατοί εἰσι! λέγει Νικόδημος πρὸς αὐτούς, ὁ ἐλθὼν νυκτὸς πρὸς αὐτόν, εἷς ὢν ἐξ αὐτῶν μὴ ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ παρ αὐτοῦ πρότερον καὶ γνῷ τί ποιεῖ; ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ μὴ καὶ σὺ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶ; ἐρεύνησον καὶ ἴδε ὅτι προφήτης ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας οὐκ ἐγήγερται. Πάλιν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ιησοῦς ἐλάλησε λέγων ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου ὁ ἀκολουθῶν ἐμοὶ οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ, ἀλλ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς. THE GOSPEL John 7:37-52; 8:12 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. The officers then went back to the chief priest and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed." Nikodemos, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves." 4

5 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, /7 ARTOKLASIA The Blessing of Five Loaves of Bread is a brief service of thanksgiving through which we express our gratitude for all the blessings of life. Oil, wine, wheat, and the loaves of bread which are used in the service, are viewed as the most basic elements necessary for life. The Blessing reminds us of the miracle of the multiplication of the bread and fish by which Christ fed the multitude. FUTURE MEMORIALS Stavroula Doulaveris June 11, 2017 PRAYER LIST If you would like us to remember you or your loved one in our prayers, please contact the church office. Aliyah, Kostas, Irene, Michael, Panagiota, Jennifer, Panayiotis, Vicky, Andrianna, Louis, Maria, Aspasia, Irene, Panagiota, Elias, Eleftheria, Ames, Demetra, Anastasia, Paraskevi, Constantinos, George, Stelios, Agapi, Charlotte and John. 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. 5

6 SAINTS AND FEASTS Mary & Martha, the sisters of Lazarus The Holy Myrrh-bearers Mary and Martha, together with their brother Lazarus, were especially devoted to our Savior, as we see from the accounts given in the tenth chapter of Saint Luke, and in the eleventh and twelfth chapters of Saint John. They reposed in Cyprus, where their brother became the first Bishop of Kition after his resurrection from the dead. See also the accounts on Lazarus Saturday and the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women. ΟΙ ΑΓΙΕΣ ΜΑΡΘΑ και ΜΑΡΙΑ οι αδελφές του Λαζάρου Ή Μάρθα και ή Μαρία, μαζί με τον αδελφό τους Λάζαρο, ήταν για τον Κύριο Ιησού Χριστό ή πιο αγαπητή και αγία οικογένεια της Βηθανίας. Το Ευαγγέλιο, μας παρουσιάζει τη Μαρία να απορροφάται από τη διδασκαλία του Ιησού, ενώ ή Μάρθα, πού ήταν μεγαλύτερη αδελφή, φροντίζει πολύ για το τραπέζι της φιλοξενίας. Γι' αυτό ακούει από το στόμα του Διδασκάλου το πασίγνωστο και διδακτικότατο "Μάρθα, Μάρθα, μεριμνάς και τυρβάζη περί πολλά, Μαρία δε την αγαθήν μερίδα έξελέξατο, ήτις ουκ άφαιρεθήσεται απ' αυτής" (Λουκ. ι' 38-42). Ή Μαρία επίσης, άλειψε και με πολύτιμο μύρο τα πόδια του Ιησού και σπόγγισε υστέρα με την παρθενική της κόμη. Και οι δύο αδελφές, ευσεβή και διακεκριμένα μελή της πρώτης χριστιανικής Εκκλησίας, αξιώθηκαν να πεθάνουν ειρηνικά και όχι εν διωγμώ. Διότι ό Κύριος δεν θέλησε ν' αφήσει να πονέσουν οι καρδιές, των οποίων κάτω από τη στέγη του σπιτιού τους, είχε απολαύσει τόση αγία γαλήνη τις παραμονές των παθών Του. Metrophanes, 1st Patriarch of Constantinople Saint Metrophanes was born of pagan parents, but believed in Christ at a young age, and came to Byzantium. He lived at the end of the persecution of the Roman Emperors, and became the Bishop of Byzantium from about 315 to 325, during which time Saint Constantine the Great made it the capital of the Roman Empire, calling it New Rome. Saint Metrophanes sent his delegate, the priest Alexander, to the First Ecumenical Council in 325, since he could not attend because of old age. He reposed the same year and was buried by Saint James of Nisibis (celebrated Jan. 13), one of the Fathers present at the First Ecumenical Council. The Canons to the Trinity of the Octoechos are not the work of this Metrophanes but another, who was Bishop of Smyrna about the middle of the ninth century, during the life of Saint Photius the Great. Η ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΛΛΙΟΠΗ Έζησε στα μέσα του 3ου μ.χ. αιώνα, στα χρόνια του αυτοκράτορα Δεκίου. Χαρακτηριστική ήταν ή ομορφιά του σώματος της, αλλά εκείνο πού τη διέκρινε ήταν ή ομορφιά της ψυχής της. Πολλοί νέοι, θαμπωμένοι από τα κάλλη της, προσπάθησαν να τη δελεάσουν με διάφορους τρόπους στις ηδονές του κόσμου. Ή Καλλιόπη, όμως, αφοσιωμένη στο Χριστό, έφραξε τα αυτιά της στις σειρήνες Ο των σαρκικών ηδονών και με όλη της την ψυχή αφιερώθηκε στην περιποίηση των ασθενών και στη βοήθεια των φτωχών. Όταν ό Δέκιος εξαπέλυσε άγριο διωγμό κατά των χριστιανών, τότε συνελήφθη και ή Καλλιόπη και οδηγήθηκε μπροστά στον κριτή. Αυτός μόλις την είδε, θαύμασε την ωραιότητα της και προσπάθησε με κάθε τρόπο να τη σύρει στη ζωή των ηδονών της ειδωλολατρίας. Άλλα ή αγνή Καλλιόπη, με ηρωική σταθερότητα θέλησης, έμεινε αμετακίνητη στην πίστη της προς το Χριστό. Τότε ό έπαρχος διέταξε και τη μαστίγωσαν ανελέητα. Κατόπιν, τη χαράκωσαν με μαχαίρια και έκαψαν τις πληγές της. Τελικά την αποκεφάλισαν, και κατατάχθηκε στους ανθρώπους πού: "ουκ ήγάπησαν την ψυχήν αυτών άχρι θανάτου"1. Δηλαδή, πού δεν αγάπησαν τη ζωή τους, αλλά την περιφρόνησαν μέχρι θανάτου για το Χριστό. 6

7 But Now I Am Disarmed "I have waged this war against myself for many years. It was terrible. But now I am disarmed. I am no longer frightened of anything because love banishes fear. I am disarmed of the need to be right and to justify myself by disqualifying others. I am no longer on the defensive holding onto my riches. I just want to welcome and to share. I don't hold onto my ideas and projects. If someone shows me something better No, I shouldn't say better but good I accept them without any regrets. I no longer seek to compare. What is good, true and real is always for me the best. That is why I have no fear. When we are disarmed and dispossessed of self If we open our hearts to the God-Man who makes all things new then He takes away past hurts and reveals a new time where everything is possible." Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople 7

8 Synaxarion for the Sunday of Pentecost By Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos SUNDAY of Pentecost On this day, the eighth Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate Holy Pentecost. Verses In a mighty wind doth Christ distribute the Divine Spirit In the form of fiery tongues unto the Apostles. In one great day, the Spirit was poured forth upon the Fishermen. We celebrate this Feast of Holy Pentecost today in commemoration of the coming of the All-Holy Spirit into the world, which took place fifty days after the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. We have received this Feast from the Hebrew Bible; for, just as the Hebrews celebrate their own Pentecost, honoring the number seven, and because they received the Law fifty days after the Passover, so also do we, celebrating fifty days after Pascha, receive, instead of the Law, the All-Holy Spirit, Who gives us laws, guides us into all truth, and decrees what is pleasing to God. It should be known that among the Hebrews there were three great Feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. They observed Passover in commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt and their passage across the Red Sea; for Pascha, in the Hebrew language, means passage. This Feast signifies our own passage and return from the darkness of sin to Paradise. They celebrated Pentecost in commemoration of the hardships they endured in the desert, where they received the Law, and of the way in which they were brought through many afflictions into the Promised Land, for then it was that they enjoyed fruit, wheat, and wine. It also signifies the hardship that we suffer from unbelief and our entry into the Church; for then it is that we partake of the Body and Blood of the Master. The third Feast is that of Tabernacles, celebrated after the harvesting of fruits, that is, five months after the Feast of Passover. This Feast was celebrated in memory of the day on which Moses first pitched the Tabernacle that he saw on Mount Sinai in the cloud and which was constructed by the architect Beseleel. Fashioning tabernacles themselves, the Hebrews would celebrate the same Feast: living in the fields and giving thanks to God, they would reap the fruits of their labors. This Feast is a type of our resurrection from the dead, when, after our bodily tabernacles have been dissolved and reconstituted, we will enjoy the fruits of our labors, keeping festival in the eternal tabernacles. It should be known that on this same day of Pentecost that we are celebrating, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Disciples. Since the Holy Fathers decided to divide up the Feast on account of the majesty of the All-Holy and Life-Creating Spirit, because He is One of the Holy and Life-Originating Trinity, we will speak tomorrow about the Descent of the Holy Spirit. By the intercessions of Thy Holy Apostles, O Christ our God, have mercy on us. Amen. Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: 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 in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: When the Most High came down and confused the tongues, He divided the nations; but when He distributed the tongues of fire He called all to unity. Therefore, with one voice, we glorify the All-Holy Spirit! 8

9 Synaxarion for the Monday of the Holy Spirit By Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos Monday of the Holy Spirit On this day, the Monday of Pentecost, we celebrate the All- Holy and Life-Creating and Omnipotent Spirit, Who is God, and One of the Trinity, and of one Honor and one Essence and one Glory with the Father and the Son. Verses: O every breath, glorify the Spirit of the Lord, Through Whom the impudence of evil spirits is put to flight. Synaxarion On this day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Holy Apostles concretely in the form of fiery tongues, sitting upon each of them in the upper room in which they were staying. In honor of the Holy Spirit, the Divine Fathers, who have arranged all things well, decreed that we celebrate this event both separately and on the actual day of Pentecost. For, before His Passion, the Savior promised the coming of the Holy Spirit, saying: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you (St. John 16:7). And again: When He cometh, He will teach you and will guide you into all truth (St. John 14:26; 16:13). And again: And I will pray the Father, and he shall send you another Comforter, the Spirit of truth, Who proceedeth from the Father (John 14:16; 15:26). And again, after the Passion, when He was ascending to Heaven, He said: Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high (St. Luke 24:49). Therefore, having made these promises, He sent the Holy Spirit. When the day of Pentecost came, while the Disciples were waiting in the upper room around the third hour of the day, it suddenly thundered from heaven, to such an extent that it resounded throughout the inhabited earth; and the Holy Spirit appeared in the form of fiery tongues to each one of them, and not only to the Twelve, but also to the Seventy, and they spoke in foreign tongues, that is, each of the Apostles spoke the languages of all the nations. However, it was not so much that a foreigner heard an Apostle speaking his own language, but rather, that the Apostle heard and spoke the language of each nation; hence, to those who had gathered they appeared to be drunk; for, not understanding how each Apostle could be conversing with them all individually, they supposed that he was drunk. Others were amazed, saying: What is the meaning of this? These latter had assembled from all parts of the earth for the Feast Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, who had some time previously been taken captive by Antiochos. At any rate, the Holy Spirit descended after the Ascension, ten days having elapsed, and not immediately after the Ascension, so that the Lord might make the Disciples more fervent as they awaited the Spirit. Some say that on each of these days each of the Angelic Orders approached and adored that deified flesh of the Lord. Therefore, after nine days were fulfilled, the Holy Spirit descended, when reconciliation had taken place through the Son, fifty days after Pascha, in commemoration of the old Law; for, Israel received the Decalogue fifty days after crossing the Red Sea. Consider also the symbols: there a mountain, here the upper room; there fire, here tongues of fire; instead of thunder and darkness, here there is a mighty wind. The Holy Spirit descended in the form of tongues, because this shows His affinity with the living Word; or because the Apostles were going to teach and convert the nations through the tongue; tongues of fire, because God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29), and also because fire has the property of cleansing; they were divided because of the different gifts of the Spirit. And just as at one time He divided into many languages and confounded those who knew one language, so also now He divided into many languages those who knew one language, in order to gather together those who were scattered by those languages into the ends of the inhabited earth. The descent of the Spirit took place on the Feast in order that, with many people gathered together, the event might be recounted everywhere, and in order that those who happened to be there at the Passover and who saw what happened to Christ might be able to marvel. It occurred on Pentecost, because it was necessary that the Grace of the Spirit be poured out at the same time that the Law was given of old, just as Christ did on the Judaic Passover when He celebrated the proper Passover the true Passover. 9

10 The Holy Spirit did not sit in the mouths of the Apostles, but upon their heads, encompassing the nous itself, the principal part of the soul, and one which is superior to the body, from which the tongue derives the power of speech; or because the Spirit somehow emitted a sound through the tongues of fire when He Ordained the Apostles by touching their heads to be teachers of the entire world; for the laying on of hands is performed upon the head. The sound and the fire were manifested because these things occurred on Mount Sinai, so as to show that it was the same Spirit both then and now that gave the Law and appointed all things. The multitude was confounded by the sound of the wind, because they thought that all the predictions which Christ had made to the Jews about their destruction had come to pass. St. Luke said tongues as of fire (Acts 2:3), lest anyone should think about the Holy Spirit in corporeal terms. The Apostles were condemned for drunkenness. But Peter stood up and spoke in the midst of the crowd and exposed the falsity of this claim, citing the prophecy of Joel in his speech, and he converted about three thousand of them (Acts 2:41). The Holy Spirit is called the Comforter, since He is able to comfort and refresh us, and because in His love for mankind He intercedes before God for us with unutterable sounds (Romans 8:26), as our Advocate, just as Christ also does. For He, too, is called a Comforter or Advocate; for this reason, the Holy Spirit is said to be another Comforter. The Apostle says: We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous (I St. John 2:1). The Holy Spirit is called another Comforter because He is co-essential with the Father and the Son; for the adjective another (in the masculine gender) is applied to things of the same essence and nature, whereas we are accustomed to apply different (in the neuter gender) to different natures. The Holy Spirit is in both the Father and the Son in every respect. Hence, together with Them He creates the universe and the future resurrection, and He does whatever He wills; He sanctifies, appoints, renews, sends out, makes wise, and anoints the Prophets. To put it simply, He does all things, possessing sovereignty of will and being almighty, good, upright, and governing. Through Him come all wisdom, life, and movement, whatever participates in holiness and life of any kind; in short, He has whatever the Father and the Son have, except for ingenerateness and generation, for He proceeds from the Father. When the Spirit was poured out upon all flesh, the world was filled with spiritual gifts of every kind, and through Him all the nations were guided to the knowledge of God, and every disease and infirmity was banished. Three times was the Holy Spirit given by Christ to the Apostles: before the Passion very indistinctly; more manifestly after the Resurrection, through insufflation; and now Christ sent Him down in concrete form; or rather, He descended, illuminating and sanctifying the Apostles more perfectly; and through them He reclaims the ends of the earth. By the visitation of the Holy Spirit and the intercessions of the Apostles, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen. Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: Blessed art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast shown forth the fishermen as supremely wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them didst draw the world into Thy net. O Befriender of man, glory be to Thee. Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: Once, when He descended and confounded the tongues, the Most High divided the nations; and when He divided the tongues of fire, He called all men into unity; and with one accord we glorify the All-Holy Spirit. Humility is Expressed through Actions, not Simply in Words [St. Paisios responds to the comment: Geronta, I react when people bother me. ] You react because you have no humility. Have you seen how much humility Abba Moses had? When they ordained him to the Priesthood, the Archbishop, wanting to test him, instructed the clergy accordingly: When Abba Moses enters the Sanctuary, order him to leave; and then follow behind him to hear what he might say. As soon as Abba Moses entered the Sanctuary, the other clergy said to him: You are a blackened man, what are you doing here? And he said: They are right. What am I, a blackened man, doing here with these angels? He was not offended in the least, nor did he get angry. 10

11 YOUTH MINISTRY Instagram Worst Social Media App for Young People s Mental Health *The following is excerpted from an online article posted on CNN. Instagram is the most detrimental social networking app for young people s mental health, followed closely by Snapchat, according to a new report by the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK. Their study, #StatusofMind, surveyed almost 1,500 young people aged 14 to 24 on how certain social media platforms impact health and well-being issues such as anxiety, depression, selfidentity and body image. YouTube was found to have the most positive impact, while Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter all demonstrated negative affects overall on young people s mental health. Instagram the image-saturated app with over 700 million users worldwide topped the list in terms of negative impact, most notably among young women, according to the report s findings. Instagram draws young women to compare themselves against unrealistic, largely curated, filtered and Photoshopped versions of reality, said Matt Keracher, author of the report. Instagram easily makes girls and women feel as if their bodies aren t good enough as people add filters and edit their pictures in order for them to look perfect, an anonymous female respondent said in the report. To tackle the problem, the Royal Society for Public Health has called for social media platforms to take action in order to help combat young users feelings of inadequacy and anxiety by placing a warning on images that have been digitally manipulated. We re not asking these platforms to ban Photoshop or filters but rather to let people know when images have been altered so that users don t take the images on face value as real, Keracher said. The survey concluded that while Instagram negatively affected body image, sleep patterns and added to a sense of FOMO the fear of missing out the image app was also a positive outlet for self-expression and self-identity for many of its young users. YouTube was the only social media platform that demonstrated an overall positive impact on young people s mental health in the study. The report also found that it s not just what young people are engaging with on social media but also how long they are engaging with it. Young people who spend more than two hours per day connecting on social networking sites are more likely to report poor mental health, including psychological distress, according to the report. Source: CNN 11

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15 Directory of Ministries Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Churc h of Washington, DC Office Address: 701 Norwood Road, Silver Spring, MD Phone: (240) admin@schgocdc.org Website: Reverend Father Michael J. Eaccarino, Presiding Priest Cell Phone: (301) & fathermichael@schgocdc.org ALTAR BOY MINISTRY Liaisons Spyros & Eleni Loukas (240) CHOIR MINISTRY Dr. Theodore Papaloizos (Choir Director) (301) CATECHETICAL MINISTRY Liaisons Voula Vithoulkas (240) & Tara Kavadias (240) STEWARSHIP MINISTRY Liaison Sotirios Nasios (240) YOUTH MINISTRY Sr. High School GOYA Liaison Alexandra Stathes (301) ***************** Jr. High School GOYA Liaison Georgia Ferentinos (301) ***************** HOPE/JOY Liaison Irene Murshed murshed@msn.com (240) & Georgia Nasios (301) GREEK LANGUAGE MINISTRY Liaison Lena Petropoulou & (Director) Ifigenia Kambanis (240) GREEK DANCE MINISTRY Liaison Kristina-Maria Paspalis (240) PHILOPTOCHOS Paraskevoula Hays (President) YOUNG AT HEART Liaisons Helen Thornberg & Christina Clifton OUTREACH & EVANGELISM MINISTRY Liaison Barbara Frangou barbarafrangou@ gmail.com

16 CHURCH SERVICE SCHEDULE: 06/05/17 06/11/17 Monday/Δευτέρα 06/05/17 Day of the Holy Spirit Divine Liturgy Only 8:00am Sts. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral Saturday/Κυριακή 06/11/17 All Saints Orthros 7:00am & Divine Liturgy Only 8:15am Sts. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral 16