WELCOME FR. MARIO!!! MAY GOD BLESS YOUR MINISTRY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME!

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1 Epistle Reading St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20 BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek." Epistle Reading Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 6:13-20 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα είναι απο Ἀδελφοί, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατʼ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, λέγων, Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε. Καὶ οὕτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος. Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ, ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. WELCOME FR. MARIO!!! MAY GOD BLESS YOUR MINISTRY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME! Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake Orthodoxy3@gmail.com Sunday, March 18th, 2018 Sunday of St. John Climacus V. Rev. Archimandrite George Nikas, Cathedral Dean Cell: gnikas@mail.com Rev. Protopresbyter Mario Giannopoulos, Parish Priest Cell: frmtg@yahoo.com Rev. Protopresbyter George Politis (retired) CATHEDRAL OFFICE HOURS: Monday Friday 9AM 5PM Holy Trinity Cathedral: 279 S. 300 W. SLC, UT 84101, Prophet Elias Church: 5335 Highland Dr. Holladay, UT 84117,

2 Gospel Reading The Gospel According to Mark 9:17-31 At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise." Gospel Reading Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 9:17-31 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγων, διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρός σε, ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον. καὶ ὅπου ἂν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφρίζει καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξηραίνεται καὶ εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσι, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με. καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν εὐθέως τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπε παιδιόθεν. καὶ πολλάκις αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς πῦρ ἔβαλε καὶ εἰς ὕδατα, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν ἀλλ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ ἡμᾶς. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι. καὶ εὐθέως κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγε πιστεύω, κύριε βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ιησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος, ἐπετίμησε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφόν, ἐγώ σοι ἐπιτάσσω, ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς κρατήσας αὐτὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἰσελθόντα αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ ἰδίαν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνῷ ἐδίδασκε γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶς τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Upcoming Services Sunday Services at both churches Orthros 9:00 am Divine Liturgy 10:00 am March 21 Presanctified Liturgy (Προηγιασμένη Θεία Λειτουργία) Wednesday 6:00 pm Prophet Elias Daughters of Minos will be Hosting Lenten Dinner March 23 Akathyst (ΑΚΑΘΙΣΤΟΣ ΥΜΝΟΣ) Friday 7:00 pm Holy Trinity Memorials March 18 th, 2018 Grigorios A. Karahalios 40 days Prophet Elias Dimitri Thomas Petrogeorge 40 days Prophet Elias Stylianos Tzeranakis 3 months Holy Trinity Chris Tsoufakis 1 year Holy Trinity Maria Kambaladou 2 years Prophet Elias Anna Tsoufakis 7 years Holy Trinity The Karahalios Family will be hosting a light luncheon in honor of Grigorios Karahalios Scheduling Memorials Please contact the church office to schedule a memorial or orthodoxy3@gmail.com Include the baptismal names for the memorials Prayer List Cindi, Stella, Steve, Stephanie, Karri, Mary, Constance, Alexandra, Angelo, Eleni, Paul, Christian, Angie, Margie, Larry and Nicholas UPCOMING EVENTS March 19 th (Monday) Parish Council Meeting 6:30 pm Prophet Elias March 23 rd (Friday) St. Sophia Greek Ind. Day Program 11:00 am Prophet Elias Job Position Available There is a part time position available for a Maintenance Assistant for Prophet Elias Church and the LaFrance Apartments. Candidates must be flexible with their working hours. Qualified candidates must be able to handle all basic maintenance issues with both facilities. Main duties include cleaning and repair. Send a brief resume to conniegoc@gmail.com or contact Connie Yengich at

3 SPECIAL OFFERINGS FOR GREAT LENT AND HOLY WEEK The following special items are needed to decorate the Church during this Lenten Season and to provide for the Liturgical needs of the various Holy Services. The total cost for all of these special items at both churches is over $6, Your generous donations will assist the Church greatly in underwriting the cost of these needed items and will provide for a most beautiful Church during this special time of the year. Kindly make checks payable to: Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake (memo: Easter Donation). 1. Flowers to decorate the Icon of Panayia for the 5 Salutation Fridays 2. Flowers for the Third Sunday of Lent: Veneration of the Holy Cross 3. Palms to be distributed on Palm Sunday 4. Palm trees to be placed inside the Church for Palm Sunday 5. Flowers to decorate the Icon of the Bridegroom (Nymphios) 6. Olive Oil for Holy Unction Service 7. Eggs, Red dye 8. Flowers for the Base of the Crucifixion Cross for Holy Thursday 9. Flowers for the Wreath of the Crucifixion Cross for Holy Thursday 10. Candles for the Crucifixion Cross (3 sets of 3) for Holy Thursday 11. Candles for the 12 Gospel Readings for Holy Thursday 12. Gardenias to be placed on top of the Epitaphios 13. Flowers to decorate the Kouvouklion (Epitaphios) 14. Bay leaves for Holy Saturday morning 15. Flowers for the wreath of the Resurrection Banner 16. Flowers to decorate the Icon of the Resurrection 17. Resurrection Candles for the Clergy 18. Dozens of Lily plants to decorate the Church for Pascha & Bright Week Come, receive the light from the unwaning light, and glorify Christ, Who has risen from the dead. (Holy Resurrection Service)

4 YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES Today March 18 th at Holy Trinity & Prophet Elias Elementary St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival 2018 Dear Lambs, Hope & Joy: Lambs, Hope & Joy Lent Event: When: Wednesday, March 21 st Presanctified Liturgy starts at 6:00 pm Lenten dinner to follow Where: Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church RSVP: To Arge Feotis by March 19 th Phone/Text: The Daughters of Minos along with the Philoptochos have invited our Lambs, Hope & Joy children to their annual Lenten Dinner and Lambatha Making event, on Wednesday, March 21 st at Prophet Elias, following the Presanctified Liturgy. They would like to welcome the Parents and Godparents of our LHJ children to come and make a Lambatha together. The Lambatha made should be taken to church for the Holy Saturday Midnight Resurrection Service, to receive the Eternal Flame. As the child s spiritual guardian, it is a great tradition for Godparents to give a Lambatha to their Godchildren. Please plan on attending the Presanctified Liturgy at Prophet Elias, which will be about an hour and then joining the Daughters of Minos and the Philoptochos for their Lenten Dinner. There will be a couple of other activities for the children to do, and there is no charge for this. If you would like, please bring a Lenten dish for the potluck, as this is a strict fast day, no meat or fish is allowed. Dairy will be allowed for the children. Please RSVP if you are attending and include how many children and adults will be attending so that we can have enough supplies to make Lambathes. Hope to see you all there! SATURDAY OF LAZARUS Lambs, Hope & Joy Retreat PROPHET ELIAS Saturday, March 31 st Pre-K through 6 th Grade Orthros 9:00 am / Divine Liturgy 10:00 am 11:00 am 11:30 am Communion Breakfast 11:30 am 2:30 pm Retreat 2:45 pm Parents Pick-up GOYANS are invited to attend the Divine Liturgy, serve in the Altar and volunteer at the retreat. Parents can stay and help make Crosses for Palm Sunday! Making Plans to Attend Camp Emmanuel Camp Emmanuel offers two, one-week sessions each summer: one Junior Session and one Senior Session. The Junior session is for young people ages years, and the Senior Session for ages years. Junior Session campers must turn eleven years old prior to October 1, Likewise, fourteen-year-old campers who will be fifteen years of age prior to October 1, 2017, are considered eligible to participate in the Senior session of Camp Emmanuel Dates have been set for Camp Emmanuel 2018! Senior Session: June 10 th 16 th Junior Session: June 17 th 23 rd Online Camper Registration and payment must be completed by 11:59 p.m. MDT, on April 30 th. The Youth Essay, Medical Form, Insurance Information, and Agreement and Waiver must be received by May 5 at the Metropolis Office for the registration to be complete. Substitutions cannot be accommodated for cancelled registrations, and registrations cannot be accepted after April 30 th. Click on the link below for details and to register. Any questions contact Denise Nikols SAVE THE DATES OPA Camp Vacation Church School June 18 th -22 nd, 2018 July 16 th -20 th, :00 am - 3:00 pm 9:00 am 1:00 pm Ages Pre-school-14 Ages K-6 th Prophet Elias GOC Prophet Elias GOC

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6 YOUTH COMPETITION Eligibility 18 Years and Young We are looking for front cover art for the new Greek Festival cook book sponsored by the Philoptochos. Each applicant needs to provide a colored full Greek Festival themed art work. Must fit 5 ½ wide by 8 long plain white paper. Within the art work the title Greek Festi-fare must be incorporated. Deadline for art work to be collected Today March 18 th. NO EXCEPTIONS!! The art work can be dropped off at the church office, Narthex, at either churches or to your Sunday School Teacher. Art work needs to be in a flat large envelope or protective sleeve. On a separate piece of paper, include your name and age, DO NOT PUT YOUR INFORMATION ON THE ART WORK, BECAUSE IT WILL BE JUDGED BY A BLIND PANEL. Prize will be given to the winner and will be acknowledged in the book for their contribution. Good Luck to All! HOLY FRIDAY EVENING PROCESSION Anyone interested in helping carry the Kouvouklion (Epitaphio) on Holy Friday Evening (April 6 th ) please call the Church Office, Fr. George or Fr. Mario. Thank You! PAN ARCADIAN Dinner Meeting Tuesday, March 20 th at 6:00 pm The Other Place Restaurant. Hope to see all members there! Kali Parea Thursday March 22 nd 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Prophet Elias Come join us for some fun and fellowship. Bring and share your favorite Lenten dish. We look forward to seeing you all there. PRINCESS SUPERHERO PARTY! Where: Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church (small gym) When: Saturday, April 21 st 1:00-3:00 pm $15 per child includes hair/make-up, games, light refreshments and a visit from a Princess and a Superhero All proceeds go to the OPA Greek Dance group as they travel to Disneyland to perform in October. (Kids wearing their favorite Princess or Superhero costume is encouraged) AGAPE VESPERS GOSPEL READERS Anyone interested in reading the Gospel in a foreign language other than Greek or English at Agape Vespers, Sunday, April 8 th at 12 Noon at Prophet Elias G.O. Church please see Dean Athens. CHANGE IN POLICY: SCHEDULING SACRAMENTS Effective immediately, please call Fr. George ( ) or Fr. Mario ( ), and NOT the Church Office to schedule a Baptism, Wedding or Funeral. Your attention to this matter and cooperation is most appreciated!