SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT APRIL 21st, 2013

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1 SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT APRIL 21st, 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 Second Gospel/Tone Plagal First 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. Memorial - A one-year memorial is lovingly offered in memory of Alberta Pappas by her husband, Gus Pappas A 40 day memorial is lovingly offered in memory of Demetra Spiliotis by her granddaughter, Carey Gilbert May their Memory be Eternal! Schedule for the Week April 24th, Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. Pre-sanctified Liturgy April 27th, Saturday - 5 p.m. Great Vespers Parish Council On Duty Today - Paul Ray, Vic Pryles, Quay Farr Ushering Ministry - PC/Parishioners Welcoming Ministry - Sharon Tyre ACOLYTES Zachery Bethune, James Blane, Nathan Frazier, Nicholas Pryles, Tommy Roberts, Luke Sulyma, Mike Trainor, Thomas Miller and Christos Zourzoukis SENIOR ACOLYTES Dean Pryles, Mike Manos STS. RNI YOUTH CHOIR Tabitha Bethune, Jessica Catapano, Maria Hagen, Christina Pryles & Laramie Smith

3 TODAY WE REMEMBER SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT Reading: The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed. Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal of the First Tone: Let us worship the Word who is unoriginate * with the Father and the Spirit, and from a Virgin was born * for our salvation, O believers, and let us sing His praise. * For in His goodness He was pleased * to ascend the Cross in the flesh, and to undergo death, * and to raise up those who had died, * by His glorious Resurrection. Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone: The image of God, was faithfully preserved in you, O Mother. For you took up the Cross and followed Christ. By Your actions you taught us to look beyond the flesh for it passes, rather to be concerned about the soul which is immortal. Wherefore, O Holy Mary, your soul rejoices with the angels. Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone: 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. We Also Remember The Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him, Our Holy Father Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople, and Theodore the Holy Martyr & his mother Philippa of Perge Please pray for those faithful who are currently in need of our most fervent intercessions: Andrew, Angie, Bill, Bill, Carrie, Demetra, 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 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.

4 Epistle Reading The Reading is from St. Paul s Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14 The Reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15 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. BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Α Ω Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι;

5 Gospel Reading The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45 At that time, Jesus taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Α Ω Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ Ιάκωβος καὶ Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ Ιακώβου καὶ Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.

6 ANNOUNCEMENTS St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Father Barnabas is grateful to everyone who contributed time, talents, and food to yesterday's Oratorical Festival. The event was a great success for our Parish and a shining example of the good things that happen when the members of the body work together for a common purpose. BIBLE STUDY CLASSES Wednesday, April 24th - 10 a.m. Great Lent Conversation on Holy Week Wednesday, April 24h - following 6:30 p.m. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy A Step-by-Step Look at the Divine Liturgy Thursday, April 25th - 6:30 p.m. Great Lent Conversation on Holy Week Father Barnabas will be 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) SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR LENT & PASCHA 21st, Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt 8:45 a.m. Orthros/10 a.m. Divine Liturgy APRIL 24th, Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pre-sanctified Liturgy Followed by folding of palm crosses for Palm Sunday service Please come and help! 26th, Friday 7 p.m. Vespers at Holy Transfiguration Church, Marietta

7 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES FOR LENT & PASCHA 27th, Saturday - Saturday of Lazarus Service will be at the Holy Transfiguration Church, Marietta 8:00 a.m. Orthros at Holy Transfiguration Church, Marietta 9:00am Consecration of Holy Transfiguration Church, Marietta 5 p.m. Great Sts. RNI Followed by Book Club 28th, Palm Sunday 8:45 am. Orthros/10 a.m. Divine Liturgy 7 p.m. Matins of the Bridegroom #1 29th, Holy Monday 8 a.m. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 7 p.m. Matins of the Bridegroom #2 30th, Holy Tuesday 8 a.m. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 7 p.m. Matins of the Bridegroom #3 MAY 1st, Holy Wednesday 8 a.m. Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 3 p.m. Holy Unction 7 p.m. Holy Unction 2nd, Holy Thursday 8 a.m. Divine Liturgy of St. Basil 7 p.m. Service of the Twelve Gospels and Procession of the Holy Cross 3rd, Holy & Great Friday 9 a.m. The Royal Hours 3 p.m. Service of the Descent from the Cross 7 p.m. Service of Lamentations and Procession of Epitaphion 4th-5th, Holy & Great Saturday 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy of St. Basil 11 p.m. Matins of the Resurrection 12 Midnight Resurrection Service/Resurrection Divine Liturgy 5th, Great and Holy Pascha 12 Noon Agape Vespers Parish-wide Easter egg hunt and Parish Picnic 7th, Bright Tuesday - Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Feast Day 5 p.m. Hierarchical Great Vespers Lamb Dinner Celebration follows

8 ANNOUNCEMENTS PALM SUNDAY FISH LUNCHEON Sunday, April 28th Tickets Available Today Adults $10 - Children 5-12 $5 - Children 4 & Under Free See Stamatia Hagen or Sophia Bethune (h) PASCHA PICNIC - EASTER SUNDAY, MAY 5th 11 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt 12 noon Agape Service 1 p.m. Potluck Lunch - Each family brings a dish (or 2) to share RSVP to Sophia Bethune (h) ANNUAL METROPOLIS PASCHA AGAPE PICNIC Saturday, May 11th 11 a.m. Agape Service followed by the Panegyri Diakonia Retreat Center EASTER GOODIES Philoptochos is taking orders for 9x12 tray of pastichio for $25/tray. Delivery will be by Sunday, April 28th (Palm Sunday) Contact Helen McCart or filatra3@comcast.net Tsoureki (Easter Bread) orders are also being taken. $10/loaf Delivery will be by Sunday, April 28th (Palm Sunday) Contact Sophia Bethune at (h) or (c)

9 ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday School Sunday School students will be dismissed after receiving the Eucharist. (6th grade through high school will meet together in the Youth Room.) The Pascha Passports have been distributed. "Stamps" for attendance will be given out in Sunday School. For all other services (Akathists, Great Complines, and Pre-Sanctified Liturgy...), the stamps will be on the table in the narthex. Help your child remember to bring their Passport to every service. Please help Sunday School support Project Mexico this year. To learn more about the orphans and home building trips that need our support, visit In the bookstore, we have some great resources to help educate our children about Great Lent and Holy Week! Coloring books that include posters and stickers (with both Greek and English texts) are available for $9 each. Pascha baskets with Pascha Activity coloring books are available for $25. Visit the bookstore for educational resources this Great Lent! Only 1 Sunday of Sunday School left! Any questions or concerns, or for more information, contact Lisa Boston at or myakunda@yahoo.com GOYA Luminary Fund Raiser Honor the memory of a loved one with a luminary to light our procession of the Epitaphion on Holy Friday. Free will offering. Proceeds to benefit our GOYANs. Forms are located in the Narthex. If you would like to repeat names from last year, please contact Suzi or suzi@bloominpatios.com

10 ANNOUNCEMENTS BOOK CLUB Please join us after Saturday Vespers for Food, Fellowship, and Good Conversation! Saturday, April 27th Please bring a dish to share for our covered dish supper. For more information, contact Lisa myakunda.com or Donna missmagnoliasmoxie@gmail.com Sts. RNI Choir Practice Today - SUNDAY - Immediately following Divine Liturgy in the Chapel Contact Marie Chapman for more information or mommystargater@comcast.net Pancake Breakfast/Prosforo Baking Saturday, June 8th Pancake Breakfast followed by Prosforo baking with Sunday School classes. All children are welcome. Father Paul and Father Barnabas will be teaching the children the prayers of the Vestments and the process and prayers of the cutting of the Holy Bread. 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

11 ANNOUNCEMENTS FELLOWSHIP HOUR Our Fellowship Hour Donation Campaign has begun. A suggested donation of $25/family helps cover the cost of the weekly Fellowship Hour. Checks should be made payable to Sts. RNI G.O. Church with Fellowship on the memo line. We hope you have enjoyed the refreshments provided over the past year and will continue to support the Fellowship Committee s efforts to serve you each Sunday Donors Jim & Angie Andropoulos Anthony & Mary Birozes Kosta & Carolyn Bozzuto David and Marie Chapman Grace Chihlas John & Beth Doulgerakis Mariya & Gregory Dunkel Keith & Mary Druffner Chris & Liz Foxhall Jean Gwaltney, Harriet Howell Eleni Jordan Vasilios Kaloudis Jim Kanellos Dennis & Ginny Kostulakos Leon & Frances Lopez Florence & Archie Lytle Bill & Margaret Manos Riley & Elizabeth Marvos Mary & Bill Milam Athena & Matt Miller Nik Moissiades Patricia Morris Nick & Teddie Panos Gus Pappas Fr. Barnabas & Pres. Connie Powell Vic & Suzi Pryles Gigi & Paul Ray Kathy & Taka Shoji Nikolaos & Eva Thrasivoulou Ed & Anne Trainor Arthur Tsiropoulos Sharon Tyre Thank you all for your support of this Ministry. PHILOPTOCHOS 2013 Membership Drive is underway. ALL are welcome to join. Philoptochos is not just a ladies organization anymore!

12 To date the 85 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 & Jennifer Guano Harald & Stamatia Hagen Christine Hatcher Harriet Howell Mark & Jennie Johnson Eleni Jordan Vasilios & Mary Kaloudis James Kanellos Maria Kardomateas Theodoros & Aphrodite Kazazakis-Levendakis Dennis & Ginny Kostulakos Leon & Francis Lopez Archie & Florence Lytle Connie Machoudy Harry & Tina Maheras Bill & Margaret Manos Emanuel Manos Bill & Audrey Marianes 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 Vic & Suzi Pryles Paul & Gigi Ray Marina Raymond David & Mary Roberts Athan & Cheri Romanczak Andrew & Lorez Roussey Dina Sarandis Taka & Kathy Shoji Eric & Donna Smith Eugenia Smith Estelle Sofikitis George & Anna Sofikitis Dennis & Laura Sparks 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