Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana

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1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 SUNDAY BEFORE HOLY CROSS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 ~ 9:00 am Orthros; 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Sunday School following Holy Communion Youth Hymnology in Common Area First 12:00 pm ~ GOYA Bake Sale in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Kids' Café in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Garage Sale in Gymnasium 12:00 pm ~ Youth Pre-K/K Greek School in Room 210 1:00 pm ~ Pre-Marital Counseling Session in Boardroom Session Conducted by Father Gregory Georgiou and Father George Wilson Monday, September 21 - Wednesday, September 23 ~ Philoptochos Garage Sale Clean Up Monday, September 21 ~ 9:30 am to 11:00 am FOTINA PAVLOU VISITATION in Cathedral 10:30 am ~ Trisagion in Cathedral followed by Funeral Service at 11:00 am Tuesday, September 22 ~ 6:30 pm Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium 7:00 pm ~ Adult Beginner Greek School in Room 210 Wednesday, September 23 ~ 7:00 pm Bible Study with Father George in Boardroom 7:00 pm ~ Adult Intermediate (Low Level) Greek School in Room 210 Thursday, September 24 ~ 10:00 am Divine Liturgy ST. THEKLA JOHN TSATSOULIS 6-MONTHS MEMORIAL 11:30 am ~ Philoptochos Senior Citizens Luncheon in Coffee Room Friday, September 25 ~ 9:45 am CMS Chapel in Cathedral 6:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity Youth Soccer Practice and Dinner Saturday, September 26 ~ 10:00 am Holy Trinity Cathedral Fall Family Retreat NO GREEK SCHOOL 2:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Ozanam Inn SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ~ 9:00 am Orthros 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy FIRST SUNDAY OF LUKE Sunday School following Holy Communion Youth Hymnology in Common Area First 12:00 pm ~ Daughters Meeting in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Kids' Café in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Youth Pre-K/K Greek School in Room 210 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 ATTENDANCE 150 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $639 Save the Date! November 15, :30 pm! SEA OF SOUNDS: A VOYAGE through GREEK AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS A concert presented by Holy Trinity Education, Cultural, and Youth Ministries Committee & the Holy Trinity Cathedral Archives Committee This very special concert will explore the rich musical heritage of Greece, Byzantium, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean. Guests will hear sounds and songs from the 18th century that continue to enrich our lives. Attend this unique and rare event to hear the music that our pioneer Orthodox Christians carried with them in their hearts and in their memories when they came here 250 years ago. DATE: November 15, 2015 TIME: 6:30 pm 9:00 pm, Seating at 6:15 pm Reception follows the concert. BUILDING: Monroe Hall, Loyola University 6363 St. Charles Avenue LOCATION: Nunemaker Auditorium The Musicians Kyriakos Kalaitzidis is considered one of the most important musical scholars in the field of modal secular music of the post-byzantine era. Born in Thessaloniki, Dr. Kalaitzidis earned a PhD in Byzantine musicology at the University of Athens. He is one of the most distinguished performers and teachers of the oud in the Mediterranean. Paul Macres is a Holy Trinity congregant and choir member! A Minnesota native, Paul has been a member of Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since He studied at the Colburn School of Music in Los Angeles, where he earned a Professional Studies Certificate in music performance. Paul also holds a master s degree from Rice University and a bachelor s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, both in music. More information on parking, concerts tickets, and reception coming very soon!

2 Message from Father George WELCOME FATHER GREGORY Co-celebrating the Divine Liturgy today is Father Gregory Georgiou from Charlotte, North Carolina, and of the Family Life Ministry of the Metropolis of Atlanta. Father Gregory is currently pursuing his PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPCA) in the State of North Carolina and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC). As Director of Pre-marital programming, Father Gregory plans and implements the training of clergy and lay facilitators for the Archdiocesan Journey of Marriage program. He will be conducting today s Journey of Marriage seminar with Father George. FALL FAMILY RETREAT NEXT SATURDAY! On September 26, the Education, Cultural, and Youth Ministry (ECYM) Committee is excited to offer the Fall Family Retreat and welcome Father Barnabas Powell to our community as he presents his retreat topic: Orthodox On Purpose. We were encouraged to contact Father Barnabas after a few parishioners viewed some of his teaching videos on the internet and brought this to our attention. I met Father Barnabas maybe a dozen years ago when he was still a layman working at the Orthodox Christian Network in Fort Lauderdale. Since then he graduated from Holy Cross Seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts, and has serviced our Metropolis as a priest for the past five years at Saints Irene, Raphael, and Nicholas Church in Cumming, Georgia. Father Barnabas is married to the former Connie Demas, and they have two daughters, Alexandra and Katerina. Father Barnabas has said: Orthodoxy attracts me precisely because of my background as a Pentecostal. Worship is very important to Pentecostals. And, in Orthodoxy I have found a depth of worship that doesn t deny my emotions, but doesn t depend on them as well. Orthodox worship takes into account the whole person. It was said by the great Russian writer, Dostoevsky, that beauty will save the world, and I have found a beauty in Orthodox worship that draws me to God. As we attend Church, I pray that we may also be moved by the beauty of the worship services and that we may recognize that this unique splendor reflects the magnificence of our Creator God. As Father Barnabas reflects, it is this beauty of our Orthodox worship that draws (him) to God. I pray that you may also experience this transformative attraction. Come and see Father Barnabas and enjoy his unique home spun humor and delivery as he shares with you his topic: Orthodox on Purpose beginning at 10:00 am on Saturday. The ECYM is offering you this retreat, including lunch, for free. Just please RSVP so that we may prepare enough food! DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE The first Daughters of Penelope meeting is next Sunday, September 27, 2015, at 12:00 pm in the Hellenic Cultural Center. President Sandy Bouzon encourages all members to attend as the new calendar year begins.

3 HYMNOLOGY During the past two years our Sunday School students learned ten (10) new hymns of the Orthodox Liturgy, which they are encouraged to chant during services. Please join the choir and the youth in chanting ANEITE TON KYRION - PRAISE THE LORD, shortly after Holy Communion. Below is the hymn. 10 Commandments 10 Describes Perfection 10 Digits on our Hands and Feet 10 Elements form all of Creation 10 Hymns our Children learned 10 am Divine Liturgy begins The Sunday (Church) School staff worked very hard over the summer to develop a wonderful year for our children. Here are two new learning opportunities to which they look forward: Beginning last Sunday, September 13, 2015, the first day of class, Father George will offer a sermonette for the children after the Gospel reading (a few minutes after 10 am). For the past two years, the children learned to chant 10 hymns, and the staff encourages them to sing in church. Everyone is invited to join the children and choir in chanting the Communion Hymn Enite ton Kyrion - Praise the Lord. So, bring your listening ears, your singing voices,! and join PHILOPTOCHOS GARAGE SALE TODAY The Garage Sale is a major fundraiser for Philoptochos, so everyone's support and assistance is deeply appreciated. Thank you for the items you have already donated. The committee invites you to come to the sale today following church services. All funds from the Garage Sale go to support all philanthropic projects. SENIOR CITIZENS LUNCHEON Seniors are invited to the next Senior Citizens Luncheon this Thursday, September 24, at 11:30 am in the Coffee Room. Appreciation is extended to Despina and Panagiotis Patselikos for sponsoring the luncheon in memory of his parents, Ermioni and Pantelis Patselikos. Make plans now to attend. Please note that Father George will celebrate Divine Liturgy on Thursday, beginning at 10:00 am. 150TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTOS Photos taken during the 150th Anniversary events are being shown on the screen in the Coffee Room after services on Sunday. The committee is setting up online access for these photos so that copies may be downloaded. If you are have any questions on obtaining copies of the photos, please contact Barbara Stavis Wolf at hellenic2004@yahoo.com.

4 Begins 10:00 am - Lead Speaker: Fr. Barnabas Powell of Cumming, GA Be there! 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 20η ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒPIΟΥ 2015 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΥΨΩΣΙΝ ἈΠΟΔΟΣΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΥΨΩΣΕΩΣ Ἑωθινόν Ε 20 TH SEPTEMBER 2015 SUNDAY AFTER THE ELEVATION APODOSIS OF THE ELEVATION Eothion 5 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος Βαρύς Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον, ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Ἀπολυτίκιον τοῦ Σταυροῦ Ἦχος α Σώσον Κύριε τόν λαόν σου καί ευλόγησον τήν κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοίς Βασιλεύσι κατά βαρβάρων δωρούμενος καί τό σόν φυλάττων διά τού Σταυρού σου πολίτευμα. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῶν Ἁγίων Ἦχος δ Οι Μάρτυρές σου, Κύριε, εν τή αθλήσει αυτών, στεφάνους εκομίσαντο τής αφθαρσίας, εκ σού τού Θεού ημών, σχόντες γάρ τήν ισχύν σου, τούς τυράννους καθείλον, έθραυσαν καί δαιμόνων, τά ανίσχυρα θράση. Αυτών ταίς ικεσίαις, Χριστέ ο Θεός, σώσον τάς ψυχάς ημών. 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 δ Ο υψωθείς εν τώ Σταυρώ εκουσίως, τή επωνύμω σου καινή πολιτεία, τούς οικτιρμούς σου δώρησαι, Χριστέ ο Θεός, Εύφρανον εν τή δυνάμει σου, τούς πιστούς Βασιλείς ημών, νίκας χορηγών αυτοίς, κατά τών πολεμίων, τήν συμμαχίαν έχοιεν τήν σήν, όπλον ειρήνης, αήττητον τρόπαιον. Resurrection Apolytikion Grave Tone By means of Your Cross, O Lord, You abolished death. To the robber You opened Paradise. The lamentation of the myrrhbearing women You transformed, and You gave Your Apostles the order to proclaim to all that You had risen, O Christ our God, and granted the world Your great mercy. Apolytikion of the Cross Tone 1 Save O Lord, O Lord Your people, and bless Your inheritance. Grant victory to the faithful against the adversaries of the Faith, and protect Your people through Your Holy Cross, Your Holy Cross. Apolytikion for the Saints Tone 4 Your Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for You received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from You, our immortal God. For since they possessed Your strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since You are merciful. 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 4 Lifted up on the Cross by Your free will, Christ God, grant mercies to the new commonwealth that bears Your name. Gladden our faithful rulers by Your power, giving them victories over their adversaries. May Your alliance be for them a weapon for peace, an invincible standard.

6 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Γαλάτας β Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν. Ἀδελφοί, εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου πᾶσα σάρξ. Εἰ δέ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι. Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι ζῶ δέ, οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. THE EPISTLE Galatians 2:16-20 The Lord will give strength to his people. Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory. BRETHREN, you know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Μᾶρκον η 34-38, θ 1 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς δ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, καὶ ζημιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει. THE GOSPEL Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."