Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana NOVEMBER 29, 2015 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF LUKE

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1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana NOVEMBER 29, 2015 THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF LUKE Sunday, November 29 ~ 9:00 am Orthros; 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Christmas Pageant Choral Practice for ALL Students after Holy Communion in Gymnasium 12:00 pm ~ GOYA Community Christmas Card Fundraiser in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Christmas Wreath Raffle in Coffee Room 12:00 am ~ NO GREEK SCHOOL Monday, November 30 ~ 9:00 am Divine Liturgy ST. ANDREW THE FIRST CALLED APOSTLE 1:00 pm ~ Preliminary Press Conference Meeting for Road Construction in Coffee Room Tuesday, December 1 ~ 9:30 am Daughters of Penelope Workshop 6:30 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium 7:00 pm ~ Adult Beginner Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Cathedral Montessori School Board Meeting Wednesday, December 2 ~ 9:30 am Daughters of Penelope Workshop 7:00 pm ~ Adult Intermediate (Low Level) Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Bible Study with Father George in Boardroom Thursday, December 3 ~ 9:30 am Daughters of Penelope Workshop 6:30 pm ~ Orthodox College Fellowship at Tulane University Friday, December 4 ~ 9:00 am Divine Liturgy SAINTS BARBARA AND JOHN 10:15 am ~ Daughters of Penelope Workshop, if Needed Saturday, December 5 ~ 10:00 am Youth Beginner Greek School in Room :30 am ~ Philoptochos Meeting in Coffee Room 11:00 am ~ Youth Greek Dance Class in Upstairs Common Area 11:30 am ~ Youth Elementary Greek Class in Room 210 6:30 pm ~ Order of St. Markella of Chios Christmas Party in Coffee Room Sunday, December 6 ~ 9:00 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy TENTH SUNDAY OF LUKE Youth Hymnology and Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ Daughters of Penelope Annual Holiday Pastry Sale in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ GOYA Community Christmas Card Fundraiser in Coffee Room LAST DAY 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity Archives Bazaar in Coffee Room ONE DAY ONLY 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Christmas Wreath Raffle in Coffee Room LAST DAY 12:00 pm ~ Kids' Café in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Parish Council Elections in Boardroom 12:00 pm ~ Youth Pre-K/K Greek Class in Room :15 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Meeting in Upstairs Common Area 1:00 pm ~ HOPE/JOY and GOYA Luncheon and Christmas Caroling An Evening of Christmas Songs Karen Henderson Saturday, December 19, pm to 6 pm J.T. Anglin Sponsored by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 255 Beauvoir Road - Biloxi, MS Join us for an evening of Christmas songs performed by Nataliya Petrovska-Molsbee, J.T. Anglin, and Karen Henderson After the performance enjoy an International Dinner Georgian, Greek, Moldovan, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Southern from 6 pm to 7 pm. Donation is $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. Contact George Yurchak at or georgeyurchak@yahoo.com for tickets. Seating is limited, reservations are required in advance.

2 ABSENTEE VOTING The election of new members to the Board of Trustees will be held Sunday, December 6, 2015, in the Hellenic Cultural Center. If you expect to be absent from the city on election day, please cast your ballot during normal business hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Cathedral office between November 20 and December 2. GOYA COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS CARD GOYA is sponsoring its Annual Community Christmas Card. This fundraiser offers parishioners the opportunity to share Christmas greetings in a communal card. Proceeds will be used for various spiritual, service, social, and athletic activities. To be included, simply visit the GOYA table in the Coffee Room after church services today to complete a form. Or, you may mail it to the Cathedral office with your check for $20 made payable to HOLY TRINITY GOYA. Deadline is next Sunday, December 6, DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE PASTRY WORKSHOPS The Daughters of Penelope workshops will take place Tuesday, December 1; Wednesday, December 2; and Thursday, December 3, at the Hellenic Cultural Center, beginning at 9:30 am each day. Please come help prepare the pastries and boxes for the annual Pastry Sale. PHILOPTOCHOS THANKSGIVING BASKETS Thank you to all whose donations helped support a family at Thanksgiving. The baskets were delivered before Thanksgiving. This month at the Senior Citizens Luncheon the table decorations had a dual purpose. Attendees brought nonperishable food items for the baskets on the tables, and the collected food was distributed to needy families. SENIOR CITIZENS LUNCHEON ON DECEMBER 10 Seniors are invited to the next Senior Citizens Luncheon on December 10 sponsored by the Helen and Charles Malachias and Family in memory of Chrisi and Louis Malachias and Bill Malachias. Chairperson Ginny Zissis is planning a delicious Christmas dinner and a fun time with live music. FUNDRAISING FOR THE SAINT NICHOLAS SHRINE The Ladies Philoptochos members accepted the challenge to raise funds to assist with the rebuilding of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center. In turn, they invite the Holy Trinity Cathedral family to join them in a loving tribute to St. Nicholas on the saint s feast day, Sunday, December 6, by offering a donation toward the St. Nicholas National Shrine Project. They also issue a special invitation to all communicants named for St. Nicholas to show their support by serving as honorary ushers and by passing a special tray on that Sunday. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 ATTENDANCE 145 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $761 EVERYONE IS ASKED TO CHANT THIS COMMUNION HYMN ALONG WITH THE CHOIR. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PAGEANT It's time again for the Annual Sunday Church School Christmas Pageant, which will take place Sunday, December 20, immediately following church services. The coordinators invite all children in the community to participate. Pageant song practice takes place each Sunday immediately following Hymnology and just before classes from now through the pageant. All children will be a part of the program; however, students, who are regularly active and present in Sunday Church School, will be eligible for the primary roles. Parents, mark your calendars with the following dates: Sunday, December 6 - Draw names for primary roles and narrators Sunday, December 13 - Full rehearsal during Sunday Church School Saturday, December 19 - Full rehearsal immediately following Communion Breakfast Sunday, December 20 - Christmas Pageant All children are to arrive at church in costume on December 20 and meet in the Coffee Room immediately following Holy Communion. For more information contact Christina Kogos at cmkogos2@aol.com or at IMPORTANT SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT Today, all students will proceed after Holy Communion to the gymnasium for Hymnology- Christmas Pageant practice. The entire Sunday School time slot will be used to rehearse a challenging choral selection. However, from Sunday, December 6, through the pageant, the students will go upstairs for class after these special Christmas pageant practice sessions.

3 FUND RAISING FOR THE SAINT NICHOLAS NATIONAL SHRINE DECEMBER 6, THE FEAST OF ST. NICHOLAS, SPONSORED BY THE LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios issued an encyclical on April 18, 2014, regarding the rebuilding of St. Nicholas at Ground Zero. In his letter he requested a commitment from each person to raise the necessary funds to assist with the rebuilding of St. Nicholas, the only church destroyed at Ground Zero. At the ground blessing that took place in October 2014, stones were laid in the shape of the twin towers to remember those who died that fateful day and also to affirm a sacred presence. There was no ground breaking at that solemn service. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spent tens of millions of dollars to construct the platform to serve as the foundation for the new St. Nicholas Church in the months that followed. LEFT: Icon of Saint Nicholas, CENTER: Saint Nicholas, RIGHT: His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios and Archdeacons at the Ground Blessing in 2014 The Ladies Philoptochos members accepted this challenge and have made individual and chapter pledges. The members invite the Holy Trinity family to join them in a holy and loving tribute to St. Nicholas on his feast day, Sunday, December 6, by offering a donation toward the St. Nicholas National Shrine Project. Philoptochos also issues a special invitation to all communicants named for St. Nicholas to show their support by serving as honorary ushers and by passing a special tray that Sunday. Each of us is called upon to be a builder through prayer, through giving of our resources, and through believing that this national shrine will achieve its divine purpose as a house of prayer for all people. Philoptochos sincerely thanks you for your generous support for this and all its projects.

4 INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AND PASTRY SALE IN BILOXI The community of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Biloxi is hosting "Under One Sky," an ethnic Christmas festival and pastry sale, on Saturday, December 12, 2015, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The event will include live entertainment, kids' activities, ethnic gifts, church tours, ethnic baked goods, traditional ethnic food, a silent auction, and more! Greek, Georgian, Moldovan, Romanian, Russian, and Ukrainian foods will be showcased. Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Reverend Father George Wilson, Dean priest@holytrinitycathedral.org PHONE: (504) FAX: (504)

5 29η ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2015 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΙΓ ΛΟΥΚΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΜΟΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ Ἑωθινόν Δ 29 TH NOVEMBER TH SUNDAY OF LUKE THE HOLY MARTYRS PARAMONUS AND PHILUMENUS Eothion 4 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος α Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα Δόξα τῇ ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ Βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε. 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 γ Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον, τὸν Προαιώνιον Λόγον, ἐν Σπηλαίῳ ἔρχεται, ἀποτεκεῖν ἀπορρήτως. Χόρευε ἡ οἰκουμένη ἀκουτισθεῖσα, δόξασον μετὰ Ἀγγέλων καὶ τῶν Ποιμένων, βουληθέντα ἐποφθῆναι, παιδίον νέον, τὸν πρὸ αἰώνων Θεόν. Resurrectional Apolytikion Tone 1 The stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, and a guard of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. You rose on the third day, O Lord and Savior, granting life unto the world. For this reason were the powers of heaven crying out to You, O Life-giver: Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ; glory to Your eternal rule; glory to Your dispensation, only One who loves mankind. 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 3 On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to God the Word ineffably, Who was before all the ages. Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing the gladsome tidings; with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him Who is willing to be gazed on as a young Child Who before the ages is God.

6 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Ἐφεσίους ε 8-19 Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ. Ἀδελφοί, ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε - ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ - δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε τὰ γὰρ κρυφῆ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν. Τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστίν. Διὸ λέγει, Ἔγειρε ὁ καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός. Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκριβῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί, ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν. Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνιέντες τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου. Καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστὶν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι, λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ. ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Λουκάν ιη Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπος τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ιησοῦ, πειράζων αὐτὸν, καὶ λέγων Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ιησοῦς Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὁ Θεός. Τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας Μὴ μοιχεύσῃς μὴ φονεύσῃς μὴ κλέψῃς μὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου. Ὁ δὲ εἶπε Ταῦτα πάντα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου. Ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι. Ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγένετο ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα. Ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ιησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον εἶπε πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ! Εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν. Εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες Καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι; Ὁ δὲ εἶπε Τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις, δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἐστιν. THE EPISTLE Ephesians 5:8-19 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart. THE GOSPEL Luke 18:18-27 At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."