ST. JOHN'S WEEKLY BULLETIN

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1 ST. JOHN'S WEEKLY BULLETIN 405 No. Dale St., Anaheim, CA Telephone (714) Proistamenos: Fr. John Kariotakis - Assistant Priest: Fr. Haralambos Fox - Sunday, March 9, 2014 Sunday of Orthodoxy ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ -EPISTLE READING - Hebrews 12:1-10 Ἀ δελφοί, 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, ὃς, ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς, ὑπέμεινεν σταυρόν, αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας, ἐν δεξιᾷ τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ θεοῦ κεκάθικεν. Ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰς ἀυτὸν ἀντιλογίαν, ἵνα μὴ κάμητε ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκλυόμενοι. Οὔπω μέχρι αἵματος ἀντικατέστητε πρὸς τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἀνταγωνιζόμενοι καὶ ἐκλέλησθε τῆς παρακλήσεως, ἥτις ὑμῖν ὡς υἱοῖς διαλέγεται, Υἱέ μου, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας κυρίου, μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος ὃν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ κύριος παιδεύει μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται. Εἰς παιδείαν ὑπομένετε, ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ θεός τίς γὰρ ἐστιν υἱὸς ὃν οὐ παιδεύει πατήρ; Εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας, ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι ἐστε καὶ οὐχ υἱοί. Εἶτα τοὺς μὲν τῆς σαρκὸς ἡμῶν πατέρας εἴχομεν παιδευτὰς, καὶ ἐνετρεπόμεθα οὐ πολλῷ μᾶλλον ὑποταγησόμεθα τῷ πατρὶ τῶν πνευμάτων, καὶ ζήσομεν; Οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον, εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἁγιότητος αὐτοῦ.ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει. Σταθήσεται δέ δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς στῆσαι αὐτόν. B RETHREN, 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, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him. For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father. Epistle Reader for today is: Bella Vino

2 ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ - GOSPEL READING - John 1:43-51 Τ ῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀκολούθει μοι. ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ανδρέου καὶ Πέτρου.εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. εἶδεν ὁ Ιησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι. λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι, ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε. ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ισραήλ. ἀπεκρίθη Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς, πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. A t that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." WELCOME VISITORS We welcome all visitors to St. John s. If you are non-orthodox and are interested in learning who we are and what our beliefs and practices are, we invite you to any of our Bible Study classes and of course the Class on the Orthodox Faith. On the other hand if you are an Orthodox Christian and are not member in another Orthodox Church we invite you (and your family) to join our parish. (Note: While all may receive the Andidoron, the bread which is given at the conclusion of services which of course is not consecrated, only Orthodox Christians in good standing can receive Holy Communion and other Sacraments.)

3 THE SYNODIKON The passage from the Synodikon of the Seventh Ecumenical Council is read in unison by all. As the Prophets beheld, As the Apostles taught, As the Church received, As the Teachers dogmatized, As the Universe agreed, As Grace illumined, As the Truth revealed, As falsehood passed away, As Wisdom presented, As Christ awarded, Thus we declare, Thus we assert, Thus we proclaim Christ our true God and honor His saints, In words, In writings, In thoughts, In sacrifices, In churches, In holy icons. On the one hand, worshiping and reverencing Christ as God and Lord. And on the other hand, honoring and venerating His Saints as true servants of the same Lord. LOUDER This is the Faith of the Apostles. This is the Faith of the Fathers. This is the Faith of the Orthodox. This is the Faith which has established the Universe.

4 RELIGIOUS SERVICES, MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF March 9, 2014 Sun. March 9, 2014 Sunday of Orthodoxy Orthros 9am, Divine Liturgy 10am - Student Procession PAN-ORTHODOX GREAT VESPERS, 6PM at St. Paul s Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine Tues. March 11, Greek Language School, 4pm - AHEPA Meeting, 7pm PLEASE NOTE: OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME FOR STUDIES IN THE FAITH ON TUESDAYS WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAYS AFTER PRESANCTIED LITURGY Wed. March 12, 2014 Presanctified Liturgy, 6pm Studies in the Faith to follow Thurs. March 13, Choir Practice, 1pm - Executive Committee Meeting, 6:30pm Fri. March 14, 2014 SALUTATIONS TO THE THEOTOKOS, 7PM Sat. March 15, 2014 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival ACOLYTES Team 2 - March 9, 2014 Alexios Angeletakis, Michael Bangos, Anthony Christofer, Thanasi Halfhill, George Skordi, Dionysios Tasigeorgos PROSFORO March 9 Elefteria Skentzos March 9 Lela Bonorris March 16 Rica Zounatiotis + MEMORIAL - ΜΝΗΜΟΣΥΝΑ + Fay Demos - 40 Days Thomas Trombetas - 4 Months Cristo Ristas - 1 Year Elli Yorgiadis - 6 Years Dimitri Yorgiadis - 13 Years Alex Yorgiadis - 14 Years Penny Yorgiadis - 17 Years *Coffee hour will be sponsored by the Trombetas, Ristas & Cantonis Families & Philoptochos +May their memory be eternal+ ALTAR BOY RETREAT March 22, am-1pm All Altar Boys must attend OCMC Mission Coin Boxes Don t forget! Students and their families put your spare change in your Mission Coin Boxes each day and pray for your brothers and sisters serving the church around the world. Bring the boxes and your change back to Church School on Palm Sunday, April 13, OC Greek Fest Committee The Festival Committee is excited about our upcoming OC Greek Fest. We invite members of our community to be part of the committee and help lead our community to a successful Festival. Please call Bill Lambropoulos at (714) blambro@cox.net or Stacy Sotos Lanyi at (714) greekstacy@sbcglobal.net

5 St. John s Church School is hosting the Parish Level St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival This Saturday, March 15, :30 am in the Church Hall Students between 4 th and 12 th grade are encouraged to participate. The Oratorical Festival is a program sponsored by the Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Elementary, Middle and High school grade students are invited to speak about their faith, their church and their heritage. Please join us as we give our parish s youth the opportunity to speak about their own Orthodox Faith. Two speakers from each division, junior and senior, will advance to the District Oratorical Festival scheduled for some time in mid March. The Metropolis Level Festival is on May 3, 2014 at St. Nicholas Ranch in Dunlap, CA. Elementary Division for students in grades 4-6 The Elementary Division is not judged Junior Division for students in grades 7-9 Senior Division for students in grades Packets can be found in the corresponding Church School classrooms. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER REVITALIZATION PROJECT Don t forget! Stop by the Revitalization table in Fellowship Hall after Divine Liturgy and make your donation towards renovations of St. John s Cultural and Community Center. Remember for any questions please contact Maria Massouris or Katherine Glavas.

6 25 GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAY, MARCH 22nd 2014 St. John s Social Hall 405 N. Dale Street, Anaheim 5:00 p.m Songs, Poems, Dinner, DJ and Dancing Performance by St. John s Dancers Donation Adults- $25.00, Children and Dancers $15.00 Please fill out the form below to Reserve your table Please specify if Adult =A or Child=C in the box next to name 1. [ ] 6. [ ] 2. [ ] 7. [ ] 3. [ ] 8. [ ] 4. [ ] 9. [ ] 5. [ ] 10. [ ] Please make checks payable to: St. John s Greek Church Please note in memo on check for: Greek School Program For more information please contact: Joanne (714) or Raza (714) or Katia (714) St. John s Philoptochos Society ATTENTION GRADUATED OR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FATHER GEORGE HADJIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Deadline for applying is April 6, 2014 For information or application, contact Christine Pappas at (714) or pappascg@gmail.com Applications are also available in the church office.

7 March 2014 GREEK ORTHODOX BASKETBALL Week #3 - Sunday 3/16/14 Start Time Home Visitor Gym 2PM St. John St. Basil St. John The Orthodox Bookmobile is available every Sunday Come to St. John s Orthodox Bookmobile after service! We have a beautiful variety of religious articles and Christian books for your enjoyment!