Seventh Sunday of Saint Luke the Evangelist

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1 Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 8306 NC HWY 751 Durham NC News & Announcements October 29, 2017 Seventh Sunday of Saint Luke the Evangelist Anastasia the Martyr of Rome 10/29/2017 Our Righteous Father Abramius 10/29/2017 NEWCOMERS AND VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME Sunday Worship Schedule: Matins 9:00 am & Divine Liturgy at 10:00 am To Our Visitors and Guests We welcome you to worship with us today, whether you are an Orthodox Christian or this is your first visit to an Orthodox Church, we are pleased to have you with us. Although Holy Communion and other Sacraments are offered only to baptized and chrismated (confirmed) Orthodox Christians in good standing with the Church, all are invited to receive the Antidoron (blessed bread) from the priest at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. The Antidoron is not a sacrament, but it is reminiscent of the agape feast that followed worship in the ancient Christian Church. After the Divine Liturgy this morning please join us in the Church Hall for fellowship and refreshments. Please complete a Visitor s Card before you leave today and drop it in the offering tray, or give it to one of the parishioners after the service, or mail it to the Church Office. 1

2 Today s Readings: My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Verse: For he has regarded the humility of his servant. The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20 Brethren, knowing 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. Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἠγαλλίασε τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου. Στίχ. Ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ. Πρὸς Γαλάτας τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα είναι απο 2:16-20 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 Gospel According to Luke 8:41-56 At that time, there came to Jesus a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As he went, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those who were with him said, "Master, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus said, "Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace." While he was still speaking, a man from the ruler's house came and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do not fear; only believe, and she shall be well." And when he came to the house, he permitted no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child. And all were weeping and bewailing her; but he said, "Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called, saying, "Child, arise." And her spirit returned, and she got up at once; and he directed that something should be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed; but he charged them to tell no one what had happened. 2

3 8308 Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Λουκᾶν Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα 8:41-56 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ ᾧ ὄνομα Ιάειρος, καὶ αὐτὸς ἄρχων τῆς συναγωγῆς ὑπῆρχε καὶ πεσὼν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ιησοῦ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι θυγάτηρ μονογενὴς ἦν αὐτῷ ὡς ἐτῶν δώδεκα, καὶ αὕτη ἀπέθνησκεν. Εν δὲ τῷ ὑπάγειν αὐτὸν οἱ ὄχλοι συνέπνιγον αὐτόν. καὶ γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δώδεκα, ἥτις ἰατροῖς προσαναλώσασα ὅλον τὸν βίον οὐκ ἴσχυσεν ὑπ οὐδενὸς θεραπευθῆναι, προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ, καὶ παραχρῆμα ἔστη ἡ ῥύσις τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ιησοῦς τίς ὁ ἁψάμενός μου; ἀρνουμένων δὲ πάντων εἶπεν ὁ Πέτρος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπιστάτα, οἱ ὄχλοι συνέχουσί σε καὶ ἀποθλίβουσι, καὶ λέγεις τίς ὁ ἁψάμενός μου; ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν ἥψατό μού τις ἐγὼ γὰρ ἔγνων δύναμιν ἐξελθοῦσαν ἀπ ἐμοῦ. ἰδοῦσα δὲ ἡ γυνὴ ὅτι οὐκ ἔλαθε, τρέμουσα ἦλθε καὶ προσπεσοῦσα αὐτῷ δι ἣν αἰτίαν ἥψατο αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ ἐνώπιον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ὡς ἰάθη παραχρῆμα. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ θάρσει, θύγατερ, ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε πορεύου εἰς εἰρήνην. Ετι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἔρχεταί τις παρὰ τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι τέθνηκεν ἡ θυγάτηρ σου μὴ σκύλλε τὸν διδάσκαλον. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς ἀκούσας ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ λέγων μὴ φοβοῦ μόνον πίστευε, καὶ σωθήσεται. ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν οὐκ ἀφῆκεν εἰσελθεῖν οὐδένα εἰ μὴ Πέτρον καὶ Ιωάννην καὶ Ιάκωβον καὶ τὸν πατέρα τῆς παιδὸς καὶ τὴν μητέρα. ἔκλαιον δὲ πάντες καὶ ἐκόπτοντο αὐτήν. ὁ δὲ εἶπε μὴ κλαίετε οὐκ ἀπέθανεν, ἀλλὰ καθεύδει. καὶ κατεγέλων αὐτοῦ, εἰδότες ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. αὐτὸς δὲ ἐκβαλὼν ἔξω πάντας καὶ κρατήσας τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς ἐφώνησε λέγων ἡ παῖς, ἐγείρου. καὶ ἐπέστρεψε τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀνέστη παραχρῆμα, καὶ διέταξεν αὐτῇ δοθῆναι φαγεῖν. καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῖς. ὁ δὲ παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς μηδενὶ εἰπεῖν τὸ γεγονός. Please Consider Hosting a Coffee Hour ATTENTION SAINT BARBARA PARISH! Celebrate with your Church Family your next special occasion! Consider sponsoring a coffee hour in the social hall after Liturgy on Sundays to commemorate a birthday, graduation, nameday, anniversary, or even for the pleasure of just hosting for your Parish. Signing up is easy... just place your name on the 'signup coffee hour' sheet located on the table in the hallway nearest the social hall. For details or questions, contact Helen Paliouras at: or elenipali@att.net November Religious Calendar for Wednesday - SS. Cosmas and Damianos - 9:00 am 5-5th Sunday of Luke - 9:00 am 8 - Wednesday - Synaxis of the Archagels - 9:00 am 9 - Thursday - St. Nectarios the Wonderworker - 9:00 am 12-8th Sunday of Luke - 9:00 am 13 - Monday - Saint John Chrysostom - 9:00 am 19-9th Sunday of Luke - 9:00 am 21 - Tuesday - Entrance of the Theotokos - 9:00 am 25 Saturday Saint Katherine the Great Martyr 9:00 am 26-13th Sunday of Luke - 9:00 am 30 - Thursday - Feast of St. Andrew - 9:00 am 3

4 Upcoming Youth Event Youth Day at Hill Ridge Farms This Saturday November 4th 703 Tarboro Road Youngsville, NC (919)

5 Blessings to everyone! First Saint Barbara Community Night This Friday November 3 We are so excited to announce our first Religious Education Parish Family Night at St. Barbara. We are going to have this event every 4-6 weeks as an educational and parish building activity. Our first event is going to be held at the church Friday evening, November 3rd, from 6pm-7:30pm. It is open to everyone of any age. The format will be as follows: All gather together in reception hall for a pot-luck dinner that will open with Father Stavroforos giving an overview of the lesson topic that we will be discussing in your groups (participant families will be contacted to bring a pot-luck food item) We then will split into groups according to age where we go through the entire lesson Groupings as Envisioned Before RSVP Preschool (0-4years) Kindergarten & 1st grade: 2nd -4th grade 5th & 6th grade 7th - 12th grade Single Adults Married Couples Seniors (We will provide child care services for parents of babies) We will reconvene as a group, following the lesson, where Father will again address the group and open the room for questions and answers after reporting the groups findings. Close with prayer. The topic for our first Religious Education Parish Family Night is How to be a Christian Role Model ***Please RSVP Michelle Claypoole to her mclaypoole19@aol.com if you plan to attend using the space below. Thank you!*** Name(s) of participants: Total number of participants: Group Preference In His service, Michelle Claypoole 5

6 Save the Date General assembly November 19 th Saint Barbara Philoptochos News!!!***WE NEED YOUR HELP***!!! The Pastry sales is now less than 4 weeks away- with that in mind we REALLY need YOUR HELP on the following days & times: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11 10am-3 pm "Ready" all pastries for the orders (cup baklava, finikia, kourambiedes, koulourakis & paximadia) SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12 1pm (after church) - 4pm Finish whatever was not completed Saturday Please contact Catherine Mariakakis or Theky Pappas If you are unavailable on the weekend, please let us know as there are other opportunities to help during the week! THURSDAY NOVEMBER am- 4pm to "ready " pastries for on site sale; decorate and set up fellowship hall. Please contact Joan Marinos FRIDAY NOVEMBER 17 10am-3pm 3pm-8pm. Wiorking the Pastry Sale SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18 10am-3pm 3pm-8pm Working the pastry sale. Please contact Betsy Xenakis or Joan Marinos We thank you in advance for your help without which the Pastry sale would not be possible HOLIDAY PASTRY SALE COMMITTEE I placed order for pre lit 6 1/2 foot Christmas tree with Walmart $39 plus tax=$41.93 ( I don't think we could do better!) Set to arrive at my house 10/26 ( free shipping too) I will set it up and hang angels first week in November giving plenty of time to get gifts due 12/8 Please consider joining St Barbara's Philoptochos. Our next General Membership Meeting is October 22 after Church Services. You re are welcomed to attend to Come and see what we are all about! From the Desk of President Catherine Mariakakis 6

7 . The Sunday School class breakdown is as follows: Preschool (0-4years): Summer Kinard & Nataliya Fedorovska (held in the room across from the conference room) Kindergarten & 1st grade: Elena Dufault & Cleopatra Papanikas (held in the room next to the kitchen) 2nd -4th grade: Chris & Michelle Claypoole (room next to K-1 room) \ 5th & 6th grade: Maria Easton (conference room) 7th - 12th grade: Robert & Robbie Wippich (Father Stavroforos' office) WE THANK OUR TEACHERS & ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN TO ATTEND CLASSES. Michelle Claypoole SATURDAY GREEK SCHOOL AT SAINT BARBARA Evy is teaching in the conference room from 1 to 2 pm and will have the following students: Dean Costas, Andrea Stoney, Matthew and Vickie Amos. Pakis Bissias is teaching in the conference room from 2 to 3 pm with the following students: Toni, George Heath and Mariette Simopoulos (2nd semester) Alexandra Bartz is teaching the youngest class of kids from 2 to 3 pm and will have her class in the Nursery Room --her students are: Henry Wilson, Anastasia Mangum, Dimitrios Glekas, and Jon Michael Constantinou. Dimitra Skellarides Mavroidis is teaching the older kids from 2 to 3 pm in the far Sunday School classroom next to the storage room and her students are: Maria Papanikas, Athanasios Mangum, and Alexandra Easton. We thank our devoted teachers, and invite those who want to learn modern Greek to join our program 7

8 Choir News: Welcome to our new member, Julia Sullivan. We are so glad that you are joining us in the choir. Thanks to all who came for rehearsal last Saturday. I thought we had a very productive meeting and was glad that we could sing the Cherubic hymn in English with the minor arrangement. Also, the Kypros "Agios" was beautiful and had more compliments on the choir during the coffee hour. Our next rehearsal will be on Nov. 4 (Saturday) beginning at 10:00 am. I moved the time earlier as some of you said that it was a busy day and might not be able to come at the original time We will be working on the minor music and also begin to look at some of the Christmas music. I know that Michelle Claypoole has sent out information about the Sunday School Christmas pageant and she would like to have the choir do some of the carols. Women...to serve as midwives (in costume) and men to sing the "We Three Kings". Please let her know if you would be able to do this. I think that the pageant will be on Sunday, Dec.17 after church. See you all on Sunday...10:00 for the "Doxology"...have a good week. "Music gives a soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and Life to everything!" -Plato- Along with our sister church and the Saint John the Merciful Outreach Ministry headed by Deacon Gavrilo ( ) of Holy Trinity, in Raleigh, we are collecting new packs of socks and underwear! At the end of this month, we will give our collections to our partner agencies - Lost Sheep Outreach Ministry - Haven House Services - Families Together - and Interact Domestic Violence against women. Please bring in new packs of socks and underwear to church to donate toward these wonderful causes. We will be collecting through the month of October! Thank you so much, and please contact me if you have any questions! Blessings, Michelle Claypoole " Know that we must serve, not the times, but God!" (St. Athanasius the Great 8

9 8309 Anastasia the Roman The Martyr Anastasia the Roman [note 1] was born in Rome of wellborn parents and left an orphan at the age of three. As an orphan, she was taken into a women's monastery near Rome, where the abbess was one Sophia, a nun of a high level of perfection. She raised Anastasia in fervent faith, in the fear of God and obedience. After seventeen years, Anastasia was known in the whole neighbourhood, to the Christians as a great ascetic and to the pagans as a rare beauty. The persecution against Christians by the emperor Decius ( ) began around that time. The pagan administrator of the city, Probus, heard of her and sent soldiers to bring Anastasia to him. The good Abbess Sophia counselled Anastasia for two hours on how to keep the Faith, how to resist flattering delusion and how to endure torture. Anastasia said to her: 'My heart is ready to suffer for Christ; my soul is ready to die for my beloved Jesus.' Blessed by her abbess to suffer for Christ, the young martyr Anastasia humbly came out to meet the armed soldiers. Brought before the governor Probus, Anastasia openly proclaimed her faith in Christ the Lord. On seeing her youth and beauty, Probus first attempted flattery to make her deny Christ and dissuade her from the Faith, "Why waste your youth, deprived of pleasure? What is there to gain by enduring tortures and death for the Crucified? Worship our gods, marry a handsome husband, and live in glory and honor." The holy maiden steadfastly replied, "My spouse, my riches, my life and my happiness are my Lord Jesus Christ, and you will not turn me away from Him by your deceit! I am ready to die for my Lord, not once but - oh, if it were only possible! - a thousand times." Probus then subjected Anastasia to fierce tortures. The holy martyr bravely endured them, glorifying and praising the Lord. When they stripped her naked, to humiliate her, she cried to the judge: 'Whip me and cut at me and beat me; my naked body will be hidden by wounds, and my shame will be covered by my blood!' She was whipped and beaten and cut about. She twice felt a great thirst and asked for water, and a Christian, Cyril, gave her a drink, for which he was blessed by the martyr and beheaded by the pagans. Then her breasts and tongue were cut off, and an angel of God appeared to her and upheld her. The people, seeing the inhuman and disgusting treatment of the saint, became indignant, and the ruler was compelled to end the tortures. She was finally beheaded with the sword outside the city. The body of the saint was thrown out beyond the city to be eaten by wild animals, but the Lord did not permit her holy relics to be dishonored. At the command of a holy angel, Abbess Sophia went to find St. Anastasia's mutilated body, and with the help of two Christians buried it in the earth. [note 2] In this manner, St Anastasia received the crown of martyrdom. Her feast day is celebrated on October 29. 9

10 Philoptochos Poinsettia Order Form To Decorate Our Church Deadline for Orders: Sunday, Nov 19th $15.00 x = Name: Phone #: Please return forms to Lia Christakos Make payment to: Saint Barbara Philoptochos Society Please Print Names In Memory of: For the Health of: 10

11 ATHENIAN GRILL Sponsored by Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 8306 NC Highway Durham, NC Friday & Saturday, November 17 & 18, :00 am 8:00 pm Featured Menu: GYRO lamb & beef mix on grilled pita bread $8.00 with lettuce, tomatoes, onions & tzatziki sauce Spanakopita Plate with small salad and pita bread $10.00 Spanakopita a la carte $6.00 Greek Salad with side of pita bread Large/Small $7/$4 Soda and Bottled Water $2.00 Eat in or Take Out Bring the family and enjoy the food 11

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