St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church

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1 Pastor Fr. Christopher P. Foustoukos Parish President Mrs. Pam Katsiris Stewardship Chairman Stephen S. Kalivas Pastoral Assistant Deacon Michael Fadel Pastor Emeritus Fr. Andrew Demotses Parish Nurse Sophia Grevelis, RN Office Manager Irene Stephanides Secretary Chrissa Pissios Office: Tel: Fax: website: St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church 6th Sunday of Luke Winter Hours Orthros - Greek 8:00 a.m. 1 st Divine Liturgy - English 9:00am 2 nd Divine Liturgy - Greek & English 10:30am Office Hours 9 am - 5 pm XEIMERINES WRES Orqroc - Ellhnika/ 8:00 p.m. 1 h Qei/a Leitourgi/a-Agglika/ 9:00p.m. 2 h Qei/a Leitourgi/a Ellhnika/ kai Agglika/ 10:30 p.m. Ώρες γραφείou 9 π.μ. - 5 μ.μ. St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church 2013 Dates to Remember St. Vasilios Church Speaker s Forum Thursday, October Greek Festival November 8, 9, 10 St. Vasilios Show of Talent Sunday, November 1pm Annual Family Christmas Party Friday, December 6:30 Christmas Concert Friday, December 6:30 St Val s Men s Club Christmas/New Year s Party December 31, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENT The adult Greek class date to begin has been postponed please contact the office if interested in signing up. October 20, 2013

2 Sunday, October 20, 2013 Hymns Following the Gospel (Small Entrance) Apolytikion O Merciful One, You came from on high, and condescended to Your three day burial to save us from suffering. You are our Life and our Resurrection. Glory to You. Apoluti/kion Apolytikion Apoluti/kion In the ways partaker, and of the thrones inheritor, of the Apostles having become, you put in action, O God-inspired one, what you taught in theory; wherefore, by teaching aright the word of truth, unto blood for the faith you bravely fourhgt, O Clergy-martyr Eleftherios. Intercede with Christ our God, for the salvation of our souls. Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. Kai tro/pwn me/toxoc, kai qro/nwn dia/doxoc, twn Aposto/lwn gevo/ menoc, thn pro/jin eu/rec, qeo/ pneuste eic qewri/ec epi/basin dia tou/to ton lo/gon, thc alhqei/ac orqotomw/n, kai th pi/stei anh/ qlhsac me/xric ai/matoc, Ieroma/ruc Eleuqe/rie. Pre/sbeue Xristw/ tw Qew/, swqh/nai tac yuxa/c hmw/n. Apolytikion for St. Vasilios Your message was carried throughout the world. As it received your mighty word, By which you divinely made manifest And clarified the nature of existing things You set in order the customs of men, You who are royal priesthood! Holy Father, intercede with Christ our God To grant us His great mercy. Kontakion O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee. Konta/kion Prostasi/a twn xristianw/n akatai/ sxunte, mesitei/a pro/c ton Poihth/n ameta/qete, mh pari/dhc, amartwlw/n deh/sewn fwna/c, alla/ pro/fqason wc agaqh/, eic thn boh/qeian hmw/n, twn pistw/c kraugazo/ntwn soi ta/xunon eic presbei/an, kai speu/son eic ikesi/an, h prostateu/ousa aei/, Qeoto/ke, twn timw/ntwn se. 2 19

3 Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 4. Psalm 75.11,1 Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them. Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel. St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18; 7:1 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. Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ δ. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1 Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν. Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. Πρὸς Κορινθίους β' 6:16-18; 7:1 Ἀδελφοί, 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. 18 3

4 6th Sunday of Luke The Gospel of Luke 8:29-39 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. On Sunday, November 10, 2013 the St. Val s Men s Club will be sponsoring a memorial service in the church at the end of the Divine Liturgy in memory of all of their departed members. After the Divine Liturgy all members of the community are invited to go outside and join the Honor Guard honoring the memories of the veterans that have served our country and have entered into eternal rest. REMINDER We would like to remind you that on, Sunday, October 27 th, we celebrate the feast of St. Cosmas and Damian, patrons of the Philoptochos. At the first liturgy that Sunday, the Philoptochos will sponsor a bread blessing service for the health of the members of our parish, At the second Liturgy it will sponsor a memorial service for its deceased members, at which all of the more than 350 members of blessed memory will be individually commemorated by name. The Koliva Tray will be sponsored by the Kougianos and Andrinopoulos Families. UPENQUMHSIS Sac upenqumi/zomen oti thn Kuriakh/, 27 hn Oktwbri/ou, 2013 ei/nai h eorth/ twn Agi/wn Anargu/rwn Kosma/ kai Damianou eorta/zei kai h Filo/ptwxoc Adelfo/thc Aqhna/. Eic thn prw/thn leitourgi/an qa tele/sh artoklasi/ a upe/r ugei/ac twn melw/n oloklh/- rou thc koino/thtoc, kai eic thn deute/ran leitourgi/an qa tele/sh mnhmo/suno upe/r mnh/mhc kai aiwni/ou anapau/sewc twn aeimnh/ stwn melw/n thc, eic to opoi/o qa mnhmoneuqh/ h ka/qe makaristh/ adelfh/ kat =o/noma. O di/skoc qa prosferqh/ apo tic oikoge/neiec Kougianou kai Andrino/poulou. 4 17

5 Annual High School Apple Pie Sale TODAY! Be sure to visit our table during coffee hour TODAY to pick up your pie and to learn more about our class Faith in Action program! Our freshly baked pies are just $10 each! We look forward to seeing you! Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 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. 16 5

6 Weekday Services Vesperal Liturgy for St. Iakovos Tuesday, October 22 nd St. James 6 p.m. St. Demetrios the Myrrflowing Saturday, October 26 th 8:00 a.m. Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Agia Skepi Monday, October 28 th 8:00 a.m. Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy KAQHMERINES IERES AKOLOUQIES Esperino/c Tri/th, 22 h Oktwbri/ou Agioc Ia/kwboc 6:00 m.m. Dhmh/trioc o Megaloma/rtuc Sabba/to, 26 h Oktwbri/ou 8:00 p.m. Orqroc 9:00 p.m. Qei/a Leitourgi/a Agia Ske/ph Deute/ra, 28 h Oktwbri/ou 8:00 p.m. Orqroc 9:00 p.m. Qei/a Leitourgi/a DOXA CONFERENCE Religious Educators, Directors, Teachers and Interested Adults. Please join us on Saturday November 16th 9AM-2:30PM at the Church of Annunciation in Cranston, R.I. for the fall DOXA seminar. Topic "Energizing the Teacher" Speaker Phyllis Onest will share methods of teaching, curriculum,resources and materials. For more information contact Mary An Artoklasia will be offered on Saturday, October 26 in honor of St. Demetrios by Vasilios & Niki Roumeliotis for good health of family. COFFEE HOUR: On Monday, October 28 a coffee hour will be sponsored by Vasilios & Niki Roumeliots after Divine Liturgy. 6 15

7 PLEASE PRAY FOR: Anna, Charles, Serena, James, James, Diane, Harriet. If you wish to add or remove a name from the list, please call the Church Office. CEMETERY VISITS: Due to the number of sacraments, 40 day blessings and memorials on Sundays it is difficult to make cemetery visits on Sundays after liturgy. If you would like a Trisagion at the graveside during the week you are kindly asked to make an appointment by calling the church office. WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS! Everyone is welcome in the Orthodox Church and may receive the blessed bread (antidoron) at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. Sadly, the divisions in the church prompt us all to work towards reunited Christianity. The culmination of this reunion will be the ability of all Christians to receive the Eucharist together. Until that blessed day arrives, Orthodox Christians who are in good sacramental order are only permitted to receive Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church. If you have any questions or concerns please speak with Father Chris. HOSPITAL VISITS Salem Hospital is making a change in order to be in compliance with new privacy laws. This change will mean that we will no longer receive the list of Orthodox patients in the hospital. So, if you or a loved one will be in the hospital please call the church office so that we can pay you a pastoral visit. This change will also affect Beverly Hospital as well. Also, families of people in nursing home please call the church office so that their names will be included on the list of residents. MEMORIALS: We commemorate today the blessed memory of the following Members of our parish who have fallen asleep in the Lord: 5 yr Stefanie Perakis 5 yr John Fillos PTA COFFEE HOUR: Please join us for coffee hour today immediately following the first Divine Liturgy in the educational center. Today's coffee hour is fully sponsored by the Veloukas family in loving memory of mother Anna and sister Lola. 14 7

8 NOTICE Please be reminded that there will be one liturgy on Sunday, November 3, :30 am Orthros 10 am Divine Liturgy. Parakalw/ shmeiw/ste o/ti thn Kuriakh/, 3 h Noembri/ou qa e/xoume mo/no mi/a Qei/a Leitourgi/a Orqroc stic 8:30 pm kai Qei/a Leitourgi/a stic 10 pm. 8 13

9 Speakers Forum Reminder Thursday evening, October 24, 2013 Light Dinner and Fellowship at 6:00 p.m. Speakers Forum begins at 7:00 p.m. St. Vasilios Church is hosting two distinguished speakers. Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou and Dr. Philip Mamalakis Why Religion? Why Be Orthodox? Keeping Orthodoxy in My Family For reservations call: Church Office: or Register on line at: stvasilios.org BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Roisin (Ro-SHEEN) Ireni Curren born to Dn. Timothy Curren and Diakonissa Nijmeh on Wednesday October 10 at 9:33am at Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston. 7lbs 9oz. 18 1/2 inches. GOYA NEWS UPCOMING EVENT FOR ALL GOYA SUNDAY OCTOBER 27, PM MEET AT BROOKSBY FARMS $5.00PP FOR HAYRIDE, PUMKIN PICKING, and CIDER & DONUTS The Philoptochos Christmas Luncheon will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at The Continental on Route 1 in Saugus, MA. Please contact Fran Katsulis at for reservations or, if you have any questions. Reservations must be made no later than December 6, 2013." 12 9

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