St. Anthony the Great

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1 STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF BROOKLYN ΚΑΘΕΔΡΙΚΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΕΝΗΣ 64 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, New York Telephone: (718) Fax Telephone: (718) Dean: Fr. John K. Lardas *** ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH OF THE WTC ΝΑΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΤΟΥ WTC Fourth Tone-7th Morning Gospel /Ήχος Δ Εωθινόν Z *********************************************************************************** St. Anthony the Great What is slander? It is every sort of wicked word we would dare not speak in front of the person whom we are complaining about. Ο Άγιος Αντώνιος ο Μέγας Πρέπει πραγματικά οι άνθρωποι να επιμελούνται τα ήθη τους και να ζουν όπως πρέπει. Όταν αυτό το κατορθώσουν, τότε εύκολα μπορούν να γνωρίσουν και τα θεία. γιατί όποιος με όλη του την καρδιά και την πίστη του σέβεται τον Θεό, έχει την βοήθειά Του να δαμάζει και να κρατεί το θυμό και την επιθυμία του. Επειδή αιτία όλων των κακών είναι η επιθυμία και ο θυμός.

2 Κυριακή 12 Ιανουαρίου, 2014 Κυριακή μετά τα Φώτα. της Αγίας Μάρτυρος Τατιανής. Των Αγίων Ιερομαρτύρων Βασιλείου και Ιωάννου. Αναστάσιμο Απολυτίκιον Ήχος Δ Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος Απολυτίκιον της Eορτής Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις, τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοί, ἀγαπητὸν σὲ Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστεράς, ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανεῖς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοί. Απολύτίκιον Αγίων Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης Τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου τὸν τύπον ἐν οὐρανῷ θεασάμενος, καὶ ὡς ὁ Παῦλος τὴν κλῆσιν οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δεξάμενος, ὁ ἐν βασιλεῦσιν, Ἀπόστολός σου Κύριε, Βασιλεύουσαν πόλιν τῇ χειρί σου παρέθετο ἣν περίσῳζε διὰ παντὸς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε. Απολυτίκιον Αγίου Νικολάου Κανόνα πίστεως καὶ εἰκόνα πραότητος, ἐγκρατείας Διδάσκαλον, ἀνέδειξέ σε τῇ ποίμνῃ σου, ἡ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀλήθεια διὰ τοῦτο ἐκτήσω τῇ ταπεινώσει τὰ ὑψηλά, τῇ πτωχείᾳ τὰ πλούσια, Πάτερ Ἱεράρχα Νικόλαε, πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. Κοντάκιον Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον τὴ οἰκουμένη, καὶ τὸ φῶς σου Κύριε, ἐσημειώθη ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, ἓν ἐπιγνώσει ὑμνούντάς σε. Ἦλθες ἐφάνης τὸ Φῶς τὸ ἀπρόσιτον. Sunday January 12, 2014 Sunday after Epiphany. Tatiana the Martyr of Rome. Martyr Mertios. Ressurectional Apolytikion 4th Tone Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world. Apolytikion of the Feast Lord, when You were baptized in the Jordan, the veneration of the Trinity was revealed. For the voice of the Father gave witness to You, calling You Beloved, and the Spirit, in the guise of a dove, confirmed the certainty of His words. Glory to You, Christ our God, who appeared and enlightened the world. Apolytikion of Sts. Constantine and Helen Having seen the image of Thy Cross in Heaven, and like Paul, having received the call not from men, Thine apostle among kings entrusted the commonwealth to Thy hand, O Lord. Keep us always in peace, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, O only Friend of man. Apolytikion of St. Nicholas The truth of things hath revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith, an icon of meekness, and a teacher of temperance; for this cause, thou hast achieved the heights by humility, riches by poverty. O Father and Hierarch Nicholas, intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved. Seasonal Kontakion in the Third Tone You appeared to the world today, and Your light, O Lord, has left its mark upon us. With fuller understanding we sing to You: "You came, You were made manifest, the unapproachable light."

3 Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς. Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 4:7-13 Ἀδελφοί, ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Διὸ λέγει, Ἀναβὰς εἰς ὕψος ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν, καὶ ἔδωκεν δόματα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Τὸ δέ, Ἀνέβη, τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη πρῶτον εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς; Ὁ καταβάς, αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα. Καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους, τοὺς δὲ προφήτας, τοὺς δὲ εὐαγγελιστάς, τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους, πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων, εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ μέχρι καταντήσωμεν οἱ πάντες εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον, εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:7-13 BRETHREN, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. *********************************** Κατὰ Ματθαῖον Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ιησοῦς ὅτι Ιωάννης παρεδόθη, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν,καὶ καταλιπὼν τὴν Ναζαρὲτ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ τὴν παραθαλασσίαν ἐν ὁρίοις Ζαβουλὼν καὶ Νεφθαλείμ,ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ησαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ,ὁδὸν θαλάσσης, πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου,Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν,ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότειεἶδε φῶς μέγα,καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτουφῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς. Απὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ιησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν μετανοεῖτε ἤγγικε γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. The Gospel of Matthew 4:12-17 At that time, Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth He went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." During the week of January 12, the Church remembers two saints who suffered because of the double-mindedness, or indecision, of powerful people. They are Saint Tatiana of Rome (12th) and Saint Peter the Apostle (16th). Tatiana lived in the early third century, and belonged to an eminent Christian family. Well-educated in the faith, she was a deaconess, and could speak about Jesus Christ with conviction and effectiveness.the Emperor of Rome at the time, Alexander, was the son of a Christian mother, but he himself could not make up his mind about the faith. He kept statues of Christ and Apollo, and of Abraham and Orpheus, in his palace an obvious sign of his double-mindedness. His advisors apparently became impatient with his hesitation, and on their own began to persecute the troublesome Christians in the empire. Tatiana was a victim of these persecutions, though she had many miraculous recoveries from torture before being beheaded, resolutely praying up to the moment of death for her persecutors. Perhaps if Alexander had been as decisive about the faith as Tatiana was, she would not have had to die at those persecutors' hands.on January 16th is the Veneration of the Chains of the Holy Apostle Peter, who was also the victim of a double-minded ruler. This was Herod Agrippa, who, as we read in Acts 12: 1, laid violent hands on some members of the Church. He went on to kill James, one of the sons of Zebedee. And then, "...when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also." Peter had committed no crime; it was only that Herod didn't take seriously enough his responsibility to be a just ruler. He allowed a competing desire to please the Jews to overwhelm him, and so the innocent Peter found himself imprisoned in chains.the Book of Acts goes on to relate the coming of an angel who awakens Peter as he sleeps in his cell late at night. The angel commands him to get up quickly, get dressed, and put on his sandals. As he does so, the chains fall from his hands. He follows the angel past two guards to the prison's iron gate, which opens by itself and lets them pass freely out to the city. In gratitude for this saving miracle, the Church designates a day to venerate Peter's chains as a tangible sign of God's care.peter, of course, had his own moments of double-mindedness. His faith faltered when Christ enabled him to walk on the water, and as a result he began to sink. Challenged at a moment of danger on the night Jesus was arrested, he denied even knowing the Lord he had been with for years.the Epistle of James reminds us that we can ask God for wisdom and He will give it to us "generously and without reproaching..." But we need to ask in faith, with no doubting. The person who asks "must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord" (James 1:8).

4 Ὁ Μέγας Ἀντώνιος Ὁ Μέγας Ἀντώνιος γεννήθηκε περὶ τὸ 251 μ.χ. στὴν πόλη Κομὰ τῆς Ἄνω Αἰγύπτου, κοντὰ στὴ Μέμφιδα, ἀπὸ γονεῖς εὐλαβεῖς καὶ εὔπορους. Ἔζησε στὰ χρόνια τῶν αὐτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανοῦ ( μ.χ.) καὶ Μαξιμιανοὺ ( μ.χ.) μέχρι καὶ τὴν ἐποχὴ τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς αὐτοκράτορα Κωνσταντίνου καὶ τῶν παιδιῶν του.ἀπὸ τὴν παιδική του ἡλικία ἦταν ὀλιγαρκὴς καὶ αὐτάρκης, «μόνοις δὲ οἷς εὕρισκεν ἠρκεῖτο καὶ πλέον οὐδὲν ἐζήτει». Σὲ νεαρὴ ἡλικία, περίπου 20 ἐτῶν, ἔχασε τοὺς γονεῖς του. Ἕξι μῆνες μετὰ τὴν κοίμηση τῶν γονέων του, ἄκουσε στὴν ἐκκλησία τὴν Εὐαγγελικὴ περικοπὴ τοῦ πλουσίου νεανίσκου, στὴν ὁποία ἀναφέρεται, ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς εἶπε στὸν πλούσιο νέο : «πώλησον τὰ ὑπάρχοντά σου καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς». Τόση μεγάλη ἐντύπωση προξένησε ἡ Εὐαγγελικὴ αὐτὴ προτροπὴ στὴν ψυχὴ τοῦ Ἀντωνίου, ὥστε ἀμέσως διένειμε τὰ ὑπάρχοντά του στοὺς πτωχοὺς καὶ ἐνδεεῖς, ἀφοῦ φύλαξε τὰ ἀπολύτως ἀναγκαῖα γιὰ τὴν συντήρηση αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς μικρῆς του ἀδελφῆς, τὴν ὁποία φρόντισε νὰ παραδώσει σὲ Χριστιανὲς νέες παρθένους ποὺ εἶχαν ἀφιερωθεῖ στὴ χριστιανικὴ ἀρετή, βέβαιος ὅτι κοντά τους θὰ εἶναι κατὰ πάντα ἀσφαλής.ἀπὸ τότε ὁ Ἅγιος Ἀντώνιος ἄρχισε νὰ ζεῖ ἀσκητικὸ βίο, ἐργαζόμενος ἀδιάκοπα καὶ ὑποβαλλόμενος σὲ αὐστηρὴ νηστεία, γιὰ νὰ κατανικήσει τοὺς πειρασμοὺς τῆς σάρκας, ἀγρυπνώντας ὁλόκληρη τὴ νύχτα καὶ τρώγοντας ἐλάχιστα.στὴ συνέχεια ἀπῆλθε σὲ τόπο ἔρημο καὶ μακρινὸ ὅπου ὑπῆρχαν μνήματα καὶ ἀφοῦ εἰσῆλθε σὲ ἕνα ἀπὸ αὐτὰ ἔκλεισε τὴ θύρα. Ἡ τροφή του ἦταν ἐλάχιστη καὶ τοῦ τὴν πήγαινε σὲ καθορισμένες ἡμέρες ἕνας συνασκητής του. Ἐκεῖ ὑπερνίκησε, μὲ τὴ χάρη τοῦ Θεοῦ, νέους πειρασμούς. Ἀργότερα πῆγε κοντὰ στὰ ἐρείπια ἐνὸς φρουρίου καὶ κατοίκησε σὲ σπήλαιο χωρὶς νὰ τὸν βλέπει κανένας καὶ χωρὶς νὰ δέχεται κανένα παρὰ μόνο ἕναν γνωστό του, ὁ ὁποῖος τοῦ ἔφερνε κάθε ἕξι μῆνες ψωμὶ γιὰ ὁλόκληρο τὸ ἑξάμηνο.μετὰ ἀπὸ εἴκοσι ὁλόκληρα χρόνια ἀσκήσεως καὶ ἀφοῦ ἔφθασε σὲ ὕψη πνευματικῆς τελειώσεως, ἐμφανίσθηκε στὸν κόσμο καὶ τότε ἄρχισαν νὰ συρρέουν περὶ αὐτὸν πολλοὶ ποὺ τὸν θαύμαζαν ὡς ἀσκητὴ καὶ θαυματουργό. Μαρτυρεῖται ὅτι, ἐνῶ ὁ Ἅγιος βρισκόταν ἀκόμα στὴ ζωή, ἔβλεπε τὶς ψυχὲς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ποὺ ἐξέρχονταν ἀπὸ τὸ σῶμα τους, καθὼς καὶ τοὺς δαίμονες ποὺ τὶς ὁδηγοῦσαν. Τὸ γεγονὸς αὐτὸ εἶναι πολὺ θαυμαστό, ἀφοῦ μία τέτοια δυνατότητα εἶναι γνώρισμα μόνο νοερὴς καὶ ἀσώματης φύσεως.τὸ ἔτος 311 μ.χ., κατὰ τὸν διωγμὸ τοῦ αὐτοκράτορα Μαξιμίνου ( μ.χ.), κατῆλθε στὴν Ἀλεξάνδρεια, γιὰ νὰ ἐνθαρρύνει καὶ νὰ βοηθήσει τοὺς πιστούς, τοὺς Ὁμολογητὲς καὶ τοὺς Μάρτυρες. Ὅταν ἔπαυσε ὁ διωγμός, ὁ Ὅσιος ἐπανῆλθε στὴν ἔρημο, ἀλλὰ ἐπειδὴ αἰσθανόταν ἐνοχλημένος ἀπὸ τὴν παρουσία πολλῶν, ποὺ πήγαιναν γιὰ νὰ τὸν συναντήσουν, ἔφυγε ἀπὸ ἐκεῖ καὶ ἦλθε σὲ τόπο ἔρημο, ὁ ὁποῖος βρισκόταν σὲ ὄρος ψηλό, κοντὰ στὴν Ἐρυθρὰ Θάλασσα. Καὶ ἐκεῖ ὅμως προσέρχονταν πολλοὶ γιὰ νὰ λάβουν τὴν εὐλογία του, νὰ διδαχθοῦν καὶ νὰ θεραπευθοῦν. Θεράπευσε δὲ τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς «οὐ προστάζων, ἀλλ εὐχόμενος καὶ τὸν Χριστὸν ὀνομάζων».ἡ φήμη τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἀντωνίου ἔφθασε μέχρι τοὺς βασιλεῖς, τόσο ὥστε ὁ Μέγας Κωνσταντῖνος καὶ οἱ υἱοί του, Κωνστάντιος καὶ Κώνστας, ἔγραφαν σὲ αὐτόν, σὰν νὰ ἦταν πατέρας τους καὶ τὸν παρακαλοῦσαν νὰ τοὺς ἀπαντήσει. Κατὰ τὴν διάρκεια τοῦ ἀσκητικοῦ του βίου ποτὲ δὲν ἄλλαξε ἔνδυμα καὶ ποτὲ δὲν ἔνιψε τὸ σῶμα ἢ τὰ πόδια του μὲ νερό. Ὁ Ὅσιος, ἂν καὶ ἀγράμματος στὴν ἀνθρώπινη σοφία, ἦταν σοφὸς κατὰ Θεόν. Εἶχε λόγο «ἠρτυμένον τῷ θείῳ ἅλατι καὶ χαρίεντα». Δίδασκε στοὺς μαθητές του νὰ μὴν θεωροῦν τίποτε ἀνώτερο ἀπὸ τὴν ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ νὰ μὴ νομίζουν ὅτι, ἐπειδὴ ἀπέχουν ἀπὸ τὰ κοσμικὰ ἀγαθά, στεροῦνται κάτι ἀξιόλογο. Τὸ νὰ ἀφήνει κανεὶς τὰ ἐπίγεια ἀγαθὰ εἶναι σὰν νὰ καταφρονεῖ μία δραχμὴ ἀπὸ χαλκό, γιὰ νὰ κερδίσει ἑκατὸ χρυσές. Δὲν πρέπει, ἔλεγε, νὰ λησμονᾶμε ὅτι ὁ ἀνθρώπινος βίος εἶναι πρόσκαιρος, συγκρινόμενος πρὸς τὸ μέλλοντα αἰώνα. Γι αὐτὸ δὲν πρέπει νὰ κοπιάζουμε γιὰ τὴν ἀπόκτηση πρόσκαιρων ἀγαθῶν, τὰ ὁποία δὲν μποροῦμε νὰ πάρουμε μαζί μας, ἀλλὰ γιὰ τὴν ἀπόκτηση αἰώνιων ἀγαθῶν, δηλαδὴ τῆς φρονήσεως, τῆς δικαιοσύνης, τῆς σωφροσύνης, τῆς ἀνδρείας, τῆς συνέσεως, τῆς ἀγάπης.ὁ Μέγας Ἀντώνιος, ἀφοῦ ἔζησε ἑκατὸν πέντε ἔτη, κοιμήθηκε ὁσίως τὸ 356 μ.χ. Ἂν καί, ὅπως λέγει ὁ Μέγας Ἀθανάσιος, μία ἀπὸ τὶς τελευταῖες ἐπιθυμίες τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἀντωνίου ἦταν νὰ μείνει κρυφὸς ὁ τόπος τῆς ταφῆς του, οἱ μοναχοὶ ποὺ μόναζαν κοντά του ἔλεγαν ὅτι κατεῖχαν τὸ ἱερὸ λείψανό του, τὸ ὁποῖο ἐπὶ Ἰουστινιανοὺ (561 μ.χ.), κατατέθηκε στὴν Ἐκκλησία τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου στὴν Ἀλεξάνδρεια καὶ ἀπὸ ἐκεῖ ἀργότερα, τὸ 635 μ.χ., μεταφέρθηκε στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη. VENERABLE ANTHONY THE GREAT Anthony was an Egyptian and was born about the year 250 A.D. in the village of Koman near Herculea. Following the demise of his noble and wealthy parents, he divided the inherited estate with his sister, who was a minor, and provided for her with some relatives. Anthony distributed his half of the estate to the poor and, he, in his twentieth year, dedicated himself to the ascetical life for which he yearned from his childhood. In the beginning Anthony lived a life of asceticism in the proximity of his village but, in order to flee the disturbances of people, he withdrew into the wilderness on the shore of the Red Sea, where he spent twenty years as a recluse not associating with anyone except with God through constant prayer, reflection and contemplation, patiently enduring unspeakable temptations from the devil. His fame spread throughout the entire world and many disciples gathered around him whom he placed on the path of salvation by his example and words. During the eightyfive years of his ascetical life, only twice did he go to Alexandria. The first time to seek martyrdom during the time of the persecution of the Church and, the second time at the invitation of St. Athanasius, in order to refute the accusation of the Arians: supposedly that he, too, was an adherent of the Arian heresy. Anthony died in the one-hundred fifth year of his life, leaving behind an entire army of his disciples and imitators. Even though Anthony was not a scholar, nevertheless, he was a counselor and teacher of the most learned men of that time, as was St. Athanasius the Great. When certain Greek philosophers tempted him with literary wisdom, Anthony shamed them with the question: "Which is older, the understanding or the book? Which of these two was the cause of the other?" Ashamed, the philosophers dispersed for they perceived that they only had literary knowledge without understanding and Anthony had understanding. Here is a man who attained perfection in as far as man, in general, can attain on earth. Here is an instructor to instructors and a teacher to teachers, who, for a full eighty five years perfected himself and only in that way was he able to perfect many others. Filled with many years of life and great works, Anthony died in the Lord in the year 335 A.D.

5 Μνημόσυνα Μιχαήλ Γκλεζάκος-40 ημέρες Στυλιανή Ροζάκης-1χρόνο & Σταύρος & Γρηγόριος Ροζάκη-25 χρόνια Ελένη Πελεκάσης Λέζκο-4 χρόνια Μαρία Πλαγγέτη-5 χρόνια Νικολέττα, Πέτρος & Αντώνιος Βέρριος Καθημερινές Ακολουθίες 17 Ιανουαρίου, Η Εορτή του Αγίου Αντωνίου Όρθρος 8:30 πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 9:30 πμ Σήμερα Γεύμα Φιλοπτώχου, Βασιλόπιτα. Θα τιμήσουμε τον Θεοφιλέστατο Επίσκοπο Φιλόθεο Σημαντικές Ημερομηνίες Ιανουαρίου, 2014-Τα παιδιά του GOYA θα πάνε εκδρομή για σκι. 2 Φεβρουαρίου-Πάρτη για το τελικό παιχνίδι Football από τον οργανισμό της AHEPA 9 Φεβρουαρίου-- Κυριακή των αναδόχων 16 Φεβρουαρίου-Διανομή ρούχων και φαγητού στους άστεγους Ανακοινώσεις Αγιασμό στα σπίτια σας Παρακαλούμε να επικοινωνήσετε με το γραφείο της εκκλησίας εάν θέλετε να αγιάσετε το σπίτι σας μετά τα Άγια Θεοφάνεια (718) Ωράριο για τις Κυριακάτικες Λειτουργίες Όρθρος 9:15πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 10:30πμ Memorials Michael Glezakos 40 days Stella Rozakis-1 year & Stavros & Gregory Rozakis-25 years Helen Pelekases Lezkco-4 years Maria Plangetis 5 years Nicoleta, Petros & Antonios Verrios Weekday Services January 17, 2014-The Feast of St. Anthony Orthros 8:30am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Today Annual Philoptochos Vasilopita Luncheon honoring Bishop Philotheos Important Dates January 17-19, GOYA ski trip February 2-Super Bowl party in the church hall sponsored by AHEPA February 9 Godparent Sunday February 16 Midnight Run Announcements House blessings for Epiphany Please note that if you would like your home blessed with holy water after Epiphany please contact the Church office (718) Hours for Sunday Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:15am Divine Liturgy 10:30am

6 5 Borough s GOYA January 11, am-2pm Come join us for our annual 5 Borough GOYA Retreat in 2 locations!! St. Nicholas, Flushing St. Constantine and Helen, Brooklyn Be sure to attend the retreat closest to you! districtyouth@goarch.org (212) Questions or comments, please contact the District Youth Office:

7 Bible Study Every Wednesday at 7pm Next Bible Study will be January 15, 2014 Μελέτη Αγίας Γραφής Kάθε Τετάρτη στις 7:00μμ Η επόμενη μελέτη Αγίας Γραφής θα γίνει 15 Ιανουαρίου, 2014 Pastoral visitations For pastoral visitations and to receive Holy Communion before Christmas please call the church office (718) *** Ποιμενικές επισκέψεις Εάν θέλετε τον ιερέα να επισκεφτεί έναν ηλικιωμένο η ασθενή για να λάβει τη Θεία Κοινωνία πριν τα Χριστούγεννα, παρακαλώ τηλεφωνήστε το γραφείο της κοινότητος (718)

8 The Philoptochos Society of Saints Constantine and Helen Cathedral Cordially invites you to the VASILOPITA LUNCHEON Honoring Bishop Philotheos of Meloa for his years of service to our Cathedral Today In the Church Hall Immediately Following the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated with Bishop Philotheos Proceeds to Benefit Saint Basil s Academy Suggested Donation: $15 for Adults $7 for Children THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!