SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS JUNE 30TH, 2013

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1 SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS JUNE 30TH, 2013 Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Greek Orthodox Church Rev. Fr. Barnabas Powell, Proistamenos Jimmy Smith, Psaltis 3074 Bethelview Road Cumming GA (770) cell (770) We are an intentional Orthodox Christian Community for North Georgia!

2 WORSHIP First Eothinon/Tone Plagal Fourth We are so very glad you have joined us today, and we pray you will be inspired and encouraged by your time with us. The Orthodox worship service is an ancient and timeless expression of how people have loved, served and worshipped God for many centuries, but it may be a bit of a different experience for you. Please feel free to use a service book or not and simply allow the words of the service to wash over you. The central act of our worship culminates in people receiving communion. This is a very special time for us all and we have some specific beliefs about our communion together. This is why we never impose this service on those who are not prepared or are not baptized Orthodox. This service may raise questions in your mind. Please feel free to ask Fr. Barnabas or Fr. Paul anything you wish after the service. At the end of the service EVERYONE is invited to come forward and receive a portion of the blessed bread from Fr. Barnabas. No one should leave church hungry! Know you are welcome and we are glad you are here. May God bless you and your family. Apolytikion in honor of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Having contended on Lesvos for the sake of Christ God, you have sanctified the island since the discovery of your sacred relics, O blessed ones; wherefore we honor you, O Godbearing Raphael, together with Nicholas and virgin Irene, as our divine protectors and intercessors with the Lord. Schedule for the Week July 3rd, Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. Vespers July 6th, Saturday - 5 p.m. Great Vespers SAVE THE DATE Sunday, Sept. 8th - Back to Church Sunday Parish Council On Duty Today - Harriet Howell, Plutarch Vamvakias, Chris Foxhall Ushering Ministry - PC/Parishioners Welcoming Ministry - Tina Maheras Fellowship Ministry - Sunday School Please pray for those faithful who are currently in need of our most fervent intercessions: Andrew, Angie, Bill, Bill, Carrie, Demetra, Diane, Dina, Donna, Elaine, Elizabeth, Christina, George, Gus, Heidi, Igli, James, Jerry, Joe, Maria,Michael, Oni, Paul, Peter, Staikoula, Taki, Tara, Violeta, John & Sheila Consos, Archie Lytle, Katherine & Sam Yalanzon

3 TODAY WE REMEMBER SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS Reading: Honouring the friends of God with much reverence, the Prophet-King David says, "But to me, exceedingly honourable are Thy friends, O Lord" (Ps. 138:16). And the divine Apostle, recounting the achievements of the Saints, and setting forth their memorial as an example that we might turn away from earthly things and from sin, and emulate their patience and courage in the struggles for virtue, says, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every burden, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Heb. 12:1). This commemoration began as the Sunday (Synaxis) of All Martyrs; to them were added all the ranks of Saints who bore witness (the meaning of "Martyr" in Greek) to Christ in manifold ways, even if occasion did not require the shedding of their blood. Therefore, guided by the teaching of the Divine Scriptures and Apostolic Tradition, we the pious honour all the Saints, the friends of God, for they are keepers of God's commandments, shining examples of virtue, and benefactors of mankind. Of course, we honour the known Saints especially on their own day of the year, as is evident in the Menologion. But since many Saints are unknown, and their number has increased with time, and will continue to increase until the end of time, the Church has appointed that once a year a common commemoration be made of all the Saints. This is the feast that we celebrate today. It is the harvest of the coming of the Holy Spirit into the world; it is the "much fruit" brought forth by that "Grain of wheat that fell into the earth and died" (John 12:24); it is the glorification of the Saints as "the foundation of the Church, the perfection of the Gospel, they who fulfilled in deed the sayings of the Saviour" (Sunday of All Saints, Doxasticon of Vespers). In this celebration, then, we reverently honour and call blessed all the Righteous, the Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Shepherds, Teachers, and Holy Monastics, both men and women alike, known and unknown, who have been added to the choirs of the Saints and shall be added, from the time of Adam until the end of the world, who have been perfected in piety and have glorified God by their holy lives. All these, as well as the orders of the Angels, and especially our most holy Lady and Queen, the Ever-virgin Theotokos Mary, do we honour today, setting their life before us as an example of virtue, and entreating them to intercede in our behalf with God, Whose grace and boundless mercy be with us all. Amen. Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone: Your Church, O Christ our God, clothed itself in the blood of Your martyrs from throughout the world, as though it were a robe of linen and purple; through them, she cries out to You, "Send down upon Your people compassion, grant peace to Your commonwealth, and to our souls, great mercy." Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: The world offers You, the author of all creation, as the first-fruits of nature, the God-bearing martyrs. O most merciful, by their intercessions, through the Theotokos, maintain Your Church in perfect peace. We Also Remember Synaxis of the 12 Apostles Michael the New Martyr of Athens

4 EPISTLE Reading The Reading is from St. Paul s 1st Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16 Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Psalm 67.35,26 God is wonderful among his saints. Verse: Bless God in the congregations. BRETHREN, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. ΑΩ Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἀνθρώποις. Ἡμεῖς μωροὶ διὰ Χριστόν, ὑμεῖς δὲ φρόνιμοι ἐν Χριστῷ ἡμεῖς ἀσθενεῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰσχυροί ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄτιμοι. Ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν, καὶ διψῶμεν, καὶ γυμνητεύομεν, καὶ κολαφιζόμεθα, καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν, καὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι. Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλʼ ὡς τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ νουθετῶ. Ἐὰν γὰρ μυρίους παιδαγωγοὺς ἔχητε ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀλλʼ οὐ πολλοὺς πατέρας ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα. Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.

5 GOSPEL READING The Reading is from Matthew 10:32-33; 37-38; 19:27-30 The Lord said to his disciples, "Every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Then Peter said in reply, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first." Α Ω Εἶπεν ὁ Κὐριος τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς Πᾶς οὖν ὅστις ὁμολογήσει ἐν ἐμοὶ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁμολογήσω κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτῷ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. ὅστις δ ἂν ἀρνήσηταί με ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀρνήσομαι αὐτὸν κἀγὼ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. Ο φιλῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος καὶ ὁ φιλῶν υἱὸν ἢ θυγατέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος καὶ ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι τί ἄρα ἔσται ἡμῖν; ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὑμεῖς οἱ ἀκολουθήσαντές μοι, ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ, ὅταν καθίσῃ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης αὐτοῦ, καθίσεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐπὶ δώδεκα θρόνους κρίνοντες τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ισραήλ. καὶ πᾶς ὃς ἀφῆκεν οἰκίας ἢ ἀδελφοὺς ἢ ἀδελφὰς ἢ πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ἢ γυναῖκα ἢ τέκνα ἢ ἀγροὺς ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός μου, ἑκατονταπλασίονα λήψεται καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσει. Πολλοὶ δὲ ἔσονται πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι καὶ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι.

6 ANNOUNCEMENTS Father Barnabas is available to hear confession every Wednesday either before or after Vespers and by appointment. Please call or the church office to request a time to meet with Father and avail yourself to this healing divine mystery of the Church. Please call the Church office for more information (770) WHITE HOUSE TOURS On Sundays, after Divine Liturgy, John Patrick will gladly give you a tour of our newly purchased White House. Meet him in the carport of the White House. Father Barnabas will be on vacation Thursday, July 18th through and including Sunday, July 28th. Father Paul will be presiding over the Divine Liturgy and Vesper Services in Father Barnabas absence. In case of emergency during the week, please contact Fr. Paul at or f.stoll@comcast.net

7 ANNOUNCEMENTS HOPE & JOY Sts. RNI is beginning a HOPE & JOY Youth Group for our young children. WHAT: Summer/Back-to-School Ice Cream Social WHERE: The Blue House WHEN: Saturday, August 3rd, at 3:30 p.m. Open event to all children in the community. HOPE is targeted for Kindergarten-2nd grade; JOY is targeted for 3rd-6th grade. Please join us for ice cream, fun and fellowship! Fr. Barnabas will give the children a brief lesson as well. After the ice cream social, we will attend Vespers at 5 p.m. together. For more information, or to volunteer to help, please contact Jennie Johnson jenniepsi@yahoo.com or , OR Athena Miller athenavlahos@yahoo.com or BIBLE STUDY CLASSES - Bible Study Class is on Summer Vacation. SUMMER EVENTS July 25 th evening Movie Night and Discussion on The Way Talk 2 God the Holy Trinity: The Lover of Mankind August 22 nd evening Movie Night and Discussion on The Way Talk 3 Being Human: Fully Alive If you are interested in coming to the Bible Studies or being placed on the list, please contact Donna missmagnoliasmoxie@gmail.com. SATURDAY NIGHT BOOK CLUB During our Summer fellowship, we will be reading Scent of Holiness. July 20 August 17 August 31 Discussion of Knot Nine Knot Sixteen Discussion of Knot Seventeen Knot Twenty-Four Discussion of Knot Twenty-Five Knot Thirty-Three If you are interested in coming to the Book Club or being placed on the list, please contact Donna missmagnoliasmoxie@gmail.com.

8 ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School Summer Calendar August 3rd Mini Liturgy Lesson with Father ever wondered, What is Father doing? Why is he doing that? What does it all mean??? Come and find out. August 18th Dormition Play We ll learn about the Theotokos falling asleep. August 29th John the Baptist is beheaded That s all I ll say about that...for now! Coming Soon! Children s Choir! Stay tuned for details about practice this summer! Hip, hip, hooray!!!!!teachers NEEDED!! The Church Year begins in September. Sts. RNI s class offerings, as well as attendance, have increased substantially. We are in need of additional teachers for Sunday School, Youth, and Adult Education. We are planning teacher training prior to the Church year to help anyone who is interested joining in this ministry. So, if you interested in helping in any capacity, please contact: Lisa Boston (PreK 12 th ) at myakunda@yahoo.com or Donna Smith (Adult) at missmagnoliasmoxie@gmail.com. Summer Reading list: In the Bible: Summer Reading Rising 1 st graders read Book of Jonah (chapters 1-4) Rising 2 nd graders read 1st Samuel chapters (David and Goliath) and book of Ruth Rising 3rd graders - Judges chapters 6-7 (Gideon), and chapters (Samson and Delilah) Rising 4th graders - Daniel chapters 1-6 (The Three Youths, Daniel in the Lions Den) Rising 5 th graders - 1 Kings 16:29-2 Kings 6:23 (Elijah through Elisha) Rising 6 th graders - Book of Esther Rising 7 th graders - Book of Judith Rising 8 th graders - Book of Tobit High School- Ecclesiastes How to look up books, chapters, and verses of the Bible: 1. Go to Table of Contents in front and find name of book. 2. On each page there are big numbers and small numbers. 3. The big numbers are the chapters. The small numbers are verses. Chapter 16 verse 29 is written like this- 16:29. The chapter is the first number and the numbers after the semi-colon are the verses.

9 ANNOUNCEMENTS While I would love everyone to have a library of Christian books for their children, I stress the books of the Bible over all others. If you or your child has any question about finding the right books and chapters in the Bible readings, please do not hesitate to ask me. I recommend using the Orthodox Study Bible or the New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha (both available through the Gift Shop/Book store in the church). Secular Books with Christian themes or good for discussion: 3&4 Year Olds The Tale of the Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt and Tim Jonke Rising 1 st graders The Monk Who Grew Prayer by Claire Brandenburg Rising 2 nd gradersfrom I-ville to You-ville by Mersine Vigopoulou Rising 3 rd -5 th graders Magician's Nephew The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe The Horse and His Boy Prince Caspian all by C.S. Lewis Rising 6 th graders The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare Rising 7 th and 8 th graders The Road From Home:A True Story of Courage, Survival and Hope by David Kherdian (a book written for children about the Armenian genocide) High School Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (what does vanity look like? Is that a redundant question?) Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis (an interesting look into the interworkings between demons and our thoughts) The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (how do we view revenge? Why?) Pre-order any of these books through the church bookstore. Sts. RNI Bookstore News Your purchases through Amazon helps us raise money! We have a new e-store on Amazon for the Sts. RNI Bookstore. This is an Amazon webstore that we put items into categories like books, cds, jewelry, food, etc. and we get paid 10% on all sales through our store. If someone from the church wants to buy something on Amazon, they need to click through our link for us to get credit. Also, if anyone wants a book, cd, etc., not on our list, they need to let us know & we can add it to the site. Use the link: For more information or to add items, contact Aftan Romanczak at aromanczak@hotmail.com

10 ANNOUNCEMENTS PHILOPTOCHOS 2013 Membership Drive is underway. ALL are welcome to join. Philoptochos is not just a ladies organization anymore! The Sts. RNI Philoptochos is assembling a Greek Recipe Cookbook that it plans to publish & sell as a fund raiser. We would appreciate if you would share with us your favorite Greek recipes - regular or nistisimo (fasting). Please submit your recipes by September 1st to: Ginny Kostulakos (officeadmin@stsrni.org) or to Helen McCart (filiatra3@comcast.net). If you have any background for the recipe such as who originated it (your mom, yiayia, papou, best friend); special details as to how you prepare it (special pan size, measuring technique, etc.), what part of Greece it comes from or is popular in, please share that with us as well. We want ours to come out as good as yours! Handwritten/typed recipes are also welcome. Don t forget to put your name with the recipe (& a contact number for the committee if we have questions) so you get credit for your contribution. GREEK SCHOOL Contact Smara Wolff for information on Greek School registration for Fall smara.wolff@gmail.com or Sts. RNI Choir Practice Immediately following Divine Liturgy in the Chapel Contact Marie Chapman for more information or mommystargater@comcast.net

11 ANNOUNCEMENTS IOCC ATLANTA 13th Annual Run/Walk 5K (3.1 miles) Saturday, August 24, 2013 Piedmont Park (Behind Park Tavern Monroe Drive & 10th Street) Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. Race starts at 9:45 a.m. $30 per person (includes t-shirt and snacks after the race) $5 discount per ticket for online registration To register or donate online go to For more information: Matushka Angela Allesandroni at or Mira Brockett at or 2013 Parish Council President - John Patrick; Vice President/Assist. Treasurer- Harald Hagen; Recording Secretary/Corresponding Secretary - Harriet Howell; Treasurer - Vic Pryles; Sophia Bethune, Kosta Bozzuto, Marie Chapman, Quay Farr, Chris Foxhall, Bill Manos, Eric Smith, Plutarch Vamvakias Visitors Welcome Dina Sarandis resides at The Oaks on Post Road and welcomes visits from fellow parishioners. John & Sheila Consos are now residing in Dunwoody 4355 Georgetown Sq., Unit 442 and would enjoy phone calls (770/ ) &/or visits. If you know of someone who would like a visit, please contact Helen McCart at or the Church Office.

12 To date the 93 families below have returned Stewardship Commitment Cards for Nicholas & Varvara Alexiou Jim & Angie Andropoulos Sarante & Julie Athenson Richard & Sophia Bethune Anthony & Mary Birozes Renee Birozes Katherine Blanos Joseph & Barbara Bonelli-Selwa Jordan & Lisa Boston Helen Bouboulis Kosta & Carolyn Bozzuto Sean & Maria Carney David & Marie Chapman Grace Chihlas Julie Chokos John & Sheila Consos Dan & Alyssa Douglas John & Beth Doulgerakis Quay & Trissie Farr Chris & Liz Foxhall Valerie Galanis Robert & Carey Gilbert Robert & Jennifer Guano Harald & Stamatia Hagen Christine Hatcher Harriet Howell Alan & Julia Jenkins Mark & Jennie Johnson Eleni Jordan Vasilios & Mary Kaloudis James Kanellos Maria Kardomateas Theodoros & Aphrodite Kazazakis-Levendakis Dennis & Ginny Kostulakos Alex & Melpo Levantis Leon & Francis Lopez Archie & Florence Lytle Connie Machoudy Harry & Tina Maheras Bill & Margaret Manos Emanuel Manos Bill & Audrey Marianes John Martin George Matthews Al & Helen McCart John & Becky Melts Bill & Mary Milam Matt & Athena Miller Nikolaos Moissiadis Patricia Morris Peter & Jamie Nunn Nicolas & Teddie Panos Constantinos & Evelyn Pantazopoulos Lazaros & Christina Papadopoulos Gregory Pappas Gus Pappas John & Evon Patrick Sts. RNI Philoptochos Gus Plakiotis Ioanna Plakiotis Mihai & Heidi Popa Father & Presvytera Powell Pam Powers Katherine Prattes Vic & Suzi Pryles Paul & Gigi Ray Marina Raymond David & Mary Roberts Athan & Cheri Romanczak Jimmy & Pat Roney Andrew & Lorez Roussey Dina Sarandis Taka & Kathy Shoji Eric & Donna Smith Eugenia Smith Estelle Sofikitis George & Anna Sofikitis Dennis & Laura Sparks James Stockdill Koko & Carol Tadros Steven & Thalia Thompson Ed & Anne Trainor Brian & Jennifer Tubbs Sharon Tyre Greg Tzevelekos George Tzortzinakis Plutarch & Tina Vamvakias Rusty & Christine Waldron Tim & Diane Walters Steve & Smara Wolff Sam & Katherine Yalanzon George & Thalia Zazanis-Bruno John & Mildred Zourzoukis