ST. HARALAMBOS SUNDAY BULLETIN YOUTH SUNDAY. 7th Sunday of Luke. October 20, Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy immediately following the Orthros.

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2 ST. HARALAMBOS SUNDAY BULLETIN October 20, 2013 YOUTH SUNDAY Orthros Divine Liturgy immediately following the Orthros. TODAY S MEMORIAL: 40 Days: Stella Sousaris May her memory be eternal. Today s coffee hour is lovingly sponsored by the Sousaris family. OCTOBER SCHEDULE: MON. Oct. 21 TUE. Oct. 22 WED. Oct. 23 THUR. Oct. 24 SAT. Oct. 26 SUN. Oct. 27 MON. Oct. 28 WED. Oct. 30 THUR. Oct. 31 Greek School 5:30 p.m. Endowment Meeting Adult Bible Study 3:30 p.m. Girls Basketball 6:00 p.m. Parish Council Meeting Hellenic Dancers 4:20 p.m. Adult Bible Study St. Demetrios 7th Sunday of Luke GODPARENT SUNDAY No Sunday School Classes Hellenic Dancers Brunch after services Holy Skepi/OXI Day Greek School 5:30 p.m. Jr. Choir Rehearsal 5:45 p.m. Girls Basketball 6:00 p.m. Sr. Choir Rehearsal Hellenic Dancers 4:20 p.m. J.O.Y. OCTOBER MEETING TODAY at Maize Valley/Hartville 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Cost: $7-$8 per child Concession areas are available if the kids want to bring money for food or drink. *Attention parents: We ask that an adult accompany each child attending. ALTAR BOY SCHEDULE: October 27, th Sunday of Luke, Team D NEXT BIBLE STUDY: Tuesday, October 22, :30-4:30 PM, Father Nicholas Gamvas Topic: Martyrs and Orthodoxy Thursday, October 24, :30-7:30 PM, Deacon Keric Shiepis TODAY IS YOUTH SUNDAY! We extend our sincere congratulations to all our youth. You are the future of St. Haralambos Church! The Oath of Office will be administered to the youth officers following the Divine Liturgy. Epistle Reading (Greek) - Anastasia Vonortas Epistle Reading (English) - Peter Palmer The Creed (Greek) - Maria Vonortas The Creed (English) - Alex DiDonato The Lord s Prayer (Greek) - Anastasia Bourlas The Lord s Prayer (English) - Sofia Stamaton The Communion Prayer - Michael Pirovolos Announcements - Christina Hill Sermonette: Anastasia Palmer Narthex: Casey Likouris, Katherine Hill, Ally Tsenekos, Eleni Volas Baskets: Anna Darrah, Samantha Foradis, Kylie Tsenekos, Erin Dolph, Logan Talkington G.O.Y.A. OFFICERS President: Anastasia Palmer Vice President: Christina Hill Treasurer: Peter Palmer Recording Secretary: Ally Tsenekos Corresponding Secretary: Maria Vonortas Historian: Sofia Stamaton HELLENIC DANCERS OFFICERS President: Dawna Natale Vice President: Alex Spyrou Secretary: Stefanos Spyrou Treasurer: Billy Poulos GODPARENT SUNDAY NEXT SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, Please invite your Godparents and Godchildren to join us on this day of spiritual renewal and fellowship. Sunday School classes will not be held. Children should remain in church with their families. The St. Haralambos Hellenic Dancers invite you to a celebration in honor of all Godparents and Godchildren Godparent Sunday Brunch NEXT Sunday, October 27, 2013 immediately following the Divine Liturgy, St. Haralambos Cultural Center. Admission is by donation, however, table reservations are required. To make your reservation please call Despina Paxos-Morgan (330) or Phaidra Sotiropoulos (614) Table reservations must be made by this Thursday, October 24, ATTENTION: GOYA Boys Basketball Open Gym at Sunday evening, October 20th and October 24th. The St. Haralambos Sunday School Thanksgiving Food Drive is now in progress! Please bring any non-perishable food items for the needy. Donations may be dropped off in the Sunday School office or in one of the classrooms. Thank you for your generosity! A generous man will be blessed. For he shares his food with the poor. Proverbs 22:9 St. Haralambos church 2013 Christmas Card Project Sponsored by the Silver Liners TO ALL OF OUR PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS: Our Saint Haralambos Silver Liners will once again sponsor our church "Christmas Card Project." THIS IS OUR ONLY FUNDRAISER. Your love and stewardship have greatly assisted our Senior Citizens in our activities and we are truly thankful for your great support! Parishioners and friends wishing to have their names included in the Christmas Card may do so by mailing or bringing their donation to the church office, or by stopping in the lobby after services. Names will appear as previously printed unless there is an addition or omission. Donation - $20.00 per family, thank you! PETITIONS FOR PARISH COUNCIL If you wish to run for a seat on the Parish Council, please submit a candidate petition to the church office or the Board of Elections by next Sunday, October 27, 2013, 12:00 noon. Parish Council Elections will be held on Sunday, December 8, PHILOPTOCHOS MEETING Monday, November 4, 2013, St. Haralambos Tri-Room Board Meeting: 5:30 p.m. General Meeting: Entertainment by: Jon King (Country Music Performer) Ladies, wear your cowgirl hats! This should be a fun evening! Welcome current & new 2014 members! Deadline - Sunday, November 24, G.O.Y.A. SERVICE PROJECT The St. Haralambos GOYA would like to help our Senior Citizens with their Fall yard cleanup. If you, or someone you know, needs yard help, please leave your name & number with the church office or contact Linda Natale at th ANNIVERSARY ALBUM ANNOUNCING THE FINAL DEADLINE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013! Please submit your ad BEFORE this date. Thank you!

3 October 20, 2013 Sunday Verses October 20, 2013 Sunday Verses Tοῦ Ναοῦ Ως στῦλος ἀκλόνητος, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας Χριsτοῦ, καὶ λύχνος ἀείφωτος, τῆς οἰκουμένης σοφέ, ἐδείχθης Χαράλαμπες ἔλαμψας ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, διὰ τοῦ μαρτυρίου. ἔλυσας καὶ εἰδώλων τὴν σκοτόμαιναν μάκαρ διὸ ἐν παρρησία Χριστῷ. Πρέσβευε σωθῆναι ἡμᾶς. Of the Church As a pillar unshaken of Christ s holy Church, and lamp ever-burning to all the world you emerged, O wise Haralambos; in all the world you shined, with the martyrdom you suffered, you dispelled the dark night, of the idols, O blessed; whence, with courage do intercede, to Christ that we may be saved. Ἦχος πλ. δ. Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν κατεδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. Mode pl. 4. You descended from on high, O compas sionate One, and condescended to be buried for three days, so that from the pas sions You might set us free. Our life and resurrection, O Lord, glory be to You. Κοντάκιον Ἦχος β Πρoστασία τῶν χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τόν Ποιητήν ἀμετάθετε, μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς.αλλὰ πρόφθασον ὠς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε τῶν τιμώντων σε. Τοῦ Ἁγίου. Ἦχος δʹ. Ο Μάρτυς σου Κύριε, έν τή αθλήσει αυτού, τό στέφος εκομίσατο τής αφθαρσίας, εκ σού τού Θεού ημών, έχων γάρ τήν ισχύν σου, τούς τυράννους καθείλεν, έθραυσε καί δαιμόνων, τά ανίσχυρα θράση, αυτού ταίς ικεσίαις Χριστέ, σώσον τάς ψυχάς ημών. Kontakion for the Theotokos. Mode 2. O protection of Christians unashamable, mediation to the Creator immovable, Despise not, the pleading voices of those in sin, but hasten O good one, to the help of all of us, who in faith cry out to you: Speed up your intercessions, and press on your supplication, O Theotokos who always protect, all those who honor you. For the Saint. Mode 4. Thy Martyr, O Lord, in his courageous contest for Thee received the prize of the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since he possessed Thy strength, he cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by his prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.

4 October 20, 2013 St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18; 7:1 October 20, 2013 The Gospel according to St. Luke Chapter 8:26-39 BRETHREN, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God. Ἀ, ὑμεῖς ἐστε ναὸς Θεοῦ ζῶντος, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ θεός ὅτι Ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός. Διὸ, Ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ θεοῦ. At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντι τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἀντίπερα τῆς Γαλιλαίας.ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἀνήρ τις ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, ὃς εἶχε δαιμόνια ἐκ χρόνων ἱκανῶν, καὶ ἱμάτιον οὐκ ἐνεδιδύσκετο καὶ ἐν οἰκίᾳ οὐκ ἔμενεν, ἀλλ ἐν τοῖς μνήμασιν.ἰδὼν δὲ τὸν Ιησοῦν καὶ ἀνακράξας προσέπεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ εἶπε τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, Ιησοῦ, υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου; δέομαί σου, μή με βασανίσῃς.παρήγγειλε γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. πολλοῖς γὰρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αὐτόν, καὶ ἐδεσμεῖτο ἁλύσεσι καὶ πέδαις φυλασσόμενος, καὶ διαρρήσσων τὰ δεσμὰ ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίμονος εἰς τὰς ἐρήμους.ἐπηρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ιησοῦς λέγων τί σοί ἐστιν ὄνομα; ὁ δὲ εἶπε λεγεών ὅτι δαιμόνια πολλὰ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς αὐτόν καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ἵνα μὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν.ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἀγέλη χοίρων ἱκανῶν βοσκομένων ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἐπιτρέψῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς ἐκείνους εἰσελθεῖν καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς.ἐξελθόντα δὲ τὰ δαιμόνια ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, καὶ ὥρμησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν λίμνην καὶ ἀπεπνίγη.ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ βόσκοντες τὸ γεγενημένον ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς.ἐξῆλθον δὲ ἰδεῖν τὸ γεγονός, καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Ιησοῦν καὶ εὗρον καθήμενον τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀφ οὗ τὰ δαιμόνια ἐξεληλύθει, ἱματισμένον καὶ σωφρονοῦντα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ιησοῦ, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν.ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτοῖς οἱ ἰδόντες πῶς ἐσώθη ὁ δαιμονισθείς.καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῆς περιχώρου τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν ἀπελθεῖν ἀπ αὐτῶν, ὅτι φόβῳ μεγάλῳ συνείχοντο. αὐτὸς δὲ ἐμβὰς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ὑπέστρεψεν.ἐδέετο δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἀνήρ, ἀφ οὗ ἐξεληλύθει τὰ δαιμόνια, εἶναι σὺν αὐτῷ ἀπέλυσε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ιησοῦς λέγων ὑπόστρεφε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ διηγοῦ ὅσα ἐποίησέ σοι ὁ Θεός. καὶ ἀπῆλθε καθ ὅλην τὴν πόλιν κηρύσσων ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ιησοῦς.

5 SAINT HARALAMBOS SUNDAY SCHOOL SAINT NICHOLAS GIFT PROJECT A SPECIAL INVITATION TO OUR ENTIRE SAINT HARALAMBOS FAMILY Continuing in the spirit of Saint Nicholas by giving to the poor, this year our Sunday School is going in a different direction with this special project. The St. Nicholas Uganda Children's Fund was founded in 2005 by Orthodox missionaries, Peter and Sharon Georges and is a non-profit organization. It provides orphans and vulnerable children in that country with education, nutrition, and health care. Education is extremely important in Uganda. Parents, guardians, and children see education as their best way of escaping a lifetime of poverty. Young people who once had no hope now have the opportunity to become honest and productive citizens. The St. Nicholas School currently has over 260 children and this fund supports them as well as providing additional assistance to needy families. The children are required to wear uniforms to school and, of course, continuously outgrow them as well as their regulation black leather school shoes, which in most cases are the only pair they own. The cost of new shoes is approximately $12-$15 per pair. Our Sunday School has made a commitment to make this our Saint Nicholas Gift Project by asking each of our students to purchase a pair of shoes for a child his or her age. We have names, pictures, and ages of 80 children, which will be distributed to our students so that they can each sponsor one student. However, since the school currently has over three times that many students (more than 260), we re offering an opportunity to our parishioners to get involved and help as well. Stop and think for a moment if you took count, how many pairs of shoes do you have in your own closet? This is a wonderful way to help and lend a hand to those, who, for the most part, have none. If you are interested in helping us with this special outreach project, please fill in, detach, and return the bottom portion to the Sunday School office between now and December 8 th. We are in the process of making a Wall of Shoes that will list each sponsor s name as well as the name of the person they are honoring or remembering through this donation. Let s see how many pairs of shoes we can put on that wall and, more importantly, how many children we can help. We hope we can count on your support! Thank you and God bless! Respectfully in His Name, Mary Griveas Saint Haralambos Sunday School Yes, I would like to purchase a pair of shoes for a child at the Saint Nicholas School in Uganda. My donation is in honor of (child, grandchild, Godchild, etc.) My donation is in memory of My check in the amount of $ is enclosed. THANK YOU!! Please make checks payable to Saint Haralambos Sunday School/designate St. Nicholas Uganda Children s Fund (Name) (Telephone Number) ( /optional) If you would like more information on the St. Nicholas Uganda Children s Fund, please visit their website: