Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana

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1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana OCTOBER 21, 2018 SIXTH SUNDAY OF LUKE Sunday, October 21 ~ 8:45 am ~ Orthros, 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy Parish Council Member on Duty Angela Fyssas-Lear Sunday Church School after Holy Communion Kids' Café in Upstairs Common Area JAMES VENTURATOS 1-YEAR MEMORIAL LAURA AND NIKOLAOS TORAS MOTHER-CHILD 40-DAY BLESSING Philoptochos Breast Cancer Awareness Day 12:00 pm ~ Daughters of Penelope Meeting in Coffee Room 1:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity GOYA Indoor Volleyball Practice in Gymnasium Monday, October 22 ~ 7:30 pm AHEPA Meeting Beachcorner Bar and Grill Tuesday, October 23 ~ 9:30 am Daughters of Penelope Pastry Workshop 6:00 pm ~ Adult Beginner Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Adult Advanced Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Greek Festival Chairpersons Meeting in Coffee Room Wednesday, October 24 ~ 9:30 am Daughters of Penelope Pastry Workshop 7:00 pm ~ Bible Study with Father George in Boardroom Thursday, October 25 ~ 10:00 am Holy Trinity Archives Committee Meeting in Boardroom 6:00 pm ~ Adult Elementary Greek School in Room 210 6:00 pm ~ WEBB-MANTIKOS WEDDING REHEARSAL Friday, October 26 ~ 9:00 am Divine Liturgy SAINT DEMETRIOS THE MYRRH STREAMER 5:00 pm ~ Youth Level A1 Greek School in Room 210 6:00 pm ~ HTC Youth Soccer Practice and Dinner 6:00 pm ~ WEBB-MANTIKOS WEDDING 6:00 pm ~ Youth Advanced Greek School in Room 210 Saturday, October 27 ~ 11:00 am POPA BAPTISM 12:00 pm ~ Youth Level Junior A Greek School in Room 210 2:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Ozanam Inn 4:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Masquerade Party in Gymnasium Sunday, October 28 ~ 8:45 am ~ Orthros 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy SEVENTH SUNDAY OF LUKE Parish Council Member on Duty Angela Fyssas-Lear OXI DAY Doxology Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ Greek School October 28 Celebration in Gymnasium ANNUAL RETREAT IN MADISON, MISSISSIPPI The ladies of St. Peter Orthodox Church, Holy Trinity-St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church, and Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church will host their fourth annual retreat on November 10, 2018, at St. Peter Orthodox Church in Madison, Mississippi. The guest speaker will be Father John Oliver of St. Elizabeth Orthodox Christian Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and his theme is Anxiety, Despondency, Despair: Helping Orthodox Women Cope. All are invited to attend, and registration forms are available in the Cathedral office. For more details call Christina Katool at DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE - GREEK PASTRY SALE AND MEETING Orders for the Daughters of Penelope Holiday Greek Pastry Sale are due by Monday, November 12, Pastries pick up will be on Sunday, December 2, 2018, between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm. Please join the Daughters for Pastry Workshops on October 23 and 24 and November 27, 28, and 29 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm at the Hellenic Cultural Center. Also, there will be an evening workshop on Tuesday, November 27, from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Your support is greatly appreciated. All members are reminded to attend the Daughters of Penelope meeting today, Sunday, October 21, following church services where information on the K9s for Warriors charity project will be presented, along with discussion of upcoming activities and events. PHILOPTOCHOS - BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY Today, Philoptochos members will distribute pink ribbons to raise awareness for breast cancer. This dreaded disease affects both men and women, and early detection is paramount. You are invited to visit the display in the Coffee Room and view literature provided by the Cancer Society. Many thanks to Denise Ammons, Elaine Nugent, Connie Tiliakos, and Carol Venturatos for this project. ANNUAL PTA MASQUERADE PARTY Join Holy Trinity PTA OCTOBER 27-4 PM to 8 PM POT LUCK DINNER GAMES, RAFFLES, AND CRAFT AREA INFORMATION FOR THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF THE FLAME IS DUE MONDAY, OCTOBER 22.

2 Sunday, October 28 ~ Continued 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA OXI Day Reception in Gymnasium 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Thanksgiving Basket Collection Begins in Coffee Room 1:30 pm ~ Holy Trinity GOYA Indoor Volleyball Practice in Gymnasium Message from Father George ATLANTA METROPOLIS TO RECEIVE ASSISTANT BISHOP The Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convened for its regular fall meeting at the Synodal chamber of the Holy Archdiocesan headquarters in New York City on October 17 and 18, 2018, and was presided by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America with all Synod members participating. Among the many items of Church business, the Synod approved the transfer of the Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod, His Grace Bishop Sevastianos of Zela, to the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta, where he will continue his Archpastoral ministry assisting His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta. Bishop Sevastianos was born in Ano-Zodia, Cyprus. He is the first born of three children of Panayiota and Frixos Skordallos. His education includes degrees from the Theological School of the University of Athens, Greece (1978) and Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia (1982), where he received a Th.M. in Pastoral Psychology. He has worked and received advanced certification in Clinical Pastoral Education at Caraway Methodist Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama ( ) and furthered his studies in Pastoral Psychology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee ( ). He has served several parishes in Cyprus, Greece, and the United States. In our Metropolis His Grace served as a priest at Holy Trinity-Holy Cross in Birmingham, Alabama; Saints Constantine and Helen-Holy Cross, Huntsville, Alabama; Holy Transfiguration, Marietta, Georgia; and Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Tarpon Springs, Florida. He was appointed Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod in In a conversation on Friday, congratulations were extended to His Grace, who begins his work in Atlanta in December. We welcome His Grace back to our Metropolis and pray that our Good and Loving God grant him many years of fruitful ministry with our beloved Metropolitan. HOLY TRINITY GOYA GOYA members will run the games at the annual PTA Masquerade Party on Saturday, October 27. Chairpersons are Andreas Poulis and Maria Anna Stavrakakis. Other ongoing organizational activities include preparations for the Winter Youth Rally. Regularly scheduled indoor volleyball practices are held in the gymnasium after church services nearly every Sunday. The WYR will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, December 27-30, 2018, and all GOYA families are asked to include this event in their holiday planning. GOYA wants to inform the Cathedral family that the soda machine is operating. It is supplied by GOYA, and fresh products are now available. HOLY TRINITY YOUTH SOCCER The HTC Youth Soccer program meets each Friday at 6:00 pm. All children ages 4 and up are welcome to participate. For details contact Angela Fyssas-Lear at fyssas@gmail.com. STEWARDSHIP 2018 Since August Sunday Church School and Greek School are back in session, and there is a full schedule of services and events at Holy Trinity Cathedral. All of these ministries need your support. If you have not made your 2018 Stewardship Pledge, please do so.. Saint Hilarion the Great Saint Hilarion was born to pagan parents at Tabatha near Gaza in Palestine. Sent as a young man to Alexandria to be educated, he learned the Christian faith and was baptized. While in Egypt he heard the fame of Saint Anthony the Great, and upon meeting that truly great man, Saint Hilarion decided to devote himself to the ascetical life. He returned to Gaza and gave himself over to extreme fasting and unceasing prayer. Because of the miracles which he soon began to work, he found himself compelled by his growing renown to leave Gaza to escape the throngs of people coming to ask his prayers. In his journeys he visited Egypt and came again to the place where Saint Anthony had lived. But, he was not able to remain in any one place for long despite all his attempts to conceal himself. After passing through Egypt and Libya and sailing to Sicily, he came at last to Cyprus, where he ended the course of his life at the age of eighty in 372.

3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 ATTENDANCE 150 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $689 Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Very Reverend Father George Wilson, Dean priest@holytrinitycathedral.org PHONE: (504) FAX: (504)

4 21η ΟΚΤΩΒPIΟΥ 2018 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΣΤ ΛΟΥΚΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΣΙΟΥ ΙΛΑΡΙΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΣ Ἑωθινόν I 21 ST OCTOBER TH SUNDAY OF LUKE SAINT HILARION THE GREAT Eothion 10 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος 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. Ἀπολυτίκιον τοῦ Ὁσίου Ἦχος πλ δ Ταῖς τῶν δακρύων σου ῥοαῖς, τῆς ἐρήµου τὸ ἄγονον ἐγεώργησας, καὶ τοῖς ἐκ βάθους στεναγµοῖς, εἰς ἑκατὸν τοὺς πόνους ἐκαρποφόρησας, καὶ γέγονας φωστὴρ τῇ οἰκουµένῃ, λάµπων τοῖς θαύµασιν, Ἱλαρίων Πατὴρ ἡµῶν Ὅσιε, πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἠµῶν. 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 β Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε. Resurrectional Apolytikion Tone 4 When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world. Apolytikion of the Devout Man Plagal Tone 4 With the rivers of your tears you made the barren desert bloom; and with your sighs from deep within, you made your labors bear their fruits a hundredfold; and you became a star, illuminating the world by your miracles, O Hilarion, our devout father. Intercede with Christ our God, for the salvation of our souls. 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 2 O Protection of Christians that never falls, intercession with the Creator that never fails, we sinners beg you, do not ignore the voices of our prayers. O good Lady, we implore you, quickly come unto our aid, when we cry out to you with faith. Hurry to intercession, and hasten to supplication, O Theotokos who protect now and ever those who honor you.

5 ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Γαλάτας β Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε, πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας. Εὐλόγει, ἡ ψυχή µου, τὸν Κύριον. Κύριε ὁ Θεός µου, ἐµεγαλύνθης σφόδρα. 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. ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Λουκάν η Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντι τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς τὴν χὠραν τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν ὑπήντησεν αὐτῷ ἀνήρ τις ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, ὃς εἶχε δαιµόνια ἐκ χρόνων ἱκανῶν, καὶ ἱµάτιον οὐκ ἐνεδιδύσκετο, καὶ ἐν οἰκίᾳ οὐκ ἔµενεν, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς µνήµασιν. ἰδὼν δὲ τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἀνακράξας προσέπεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ φωνῇ µεγάλῃ εἶπε Τί ἐµοὶ καὶ σοί, Ἰησοῦ υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου; δέοµαί σου, µή µε βασανίσῃς. παρήγγειλε γὰρ τῷ πνεύµατι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ ἐξελθεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. πολλοῖς γὰρ χρόνοις συνηρπάκει αὐτόν, καὶ ἐδεσµεῖτο ἁλύσεσι καὶ πέδαις φυλασσόµενος, καὶ διαρρήσσων τὰ δεσµὰ ἠλαύνετο ὑπὸ τοῦ δαίµονος εἰς τὰς ἐρήµους. ἐπηρώτησε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων Τί σοί ἐστιν ὄνοµα; ὁ δὲ εἶπε Λεγεών ὅτι δαιµόνια πολλὰ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς αὐτόν καὶ παρεκάλει αὐτὸν ἵνα µὴ ἐπιτάξῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν. Ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ ἀγέλη χοίρων ἱκανῶν βοσκοµένη ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν ἵνα ἐπιτρέψῃ αὐτοῖς εἰς ἐκείνους εἰσελθεῖν καὶ ἐπέτρεψεν αὐτοῖς. ἐξελθόντα δὲ τὰ δαιµόνια ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους, καὶ ὥρµησεν ἡ ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρηµνοῦ εἰς τὴν λίµνην καὶ ἀπεπνίγη. ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ βόσκοντες τὸ γεγενηµένον ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀγρούς. ἐξῆλθον δὲ ἰδεῖν τὸ γεγονὸς, καὶ ἦλθον πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ εὗρον καθήµενον τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀφ' οὗ τὰ δαιµόνια ἐξεληλύθει, ἱµατισµένον καὶ σωφρονοῦντα παρὰ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν. ἀπήγγειλαν δὲ αὐτοῖς οἱ ἰδόντες πῶς ἐσώθη ὁ δαιµονισθείς. καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῆς περιχώρου τῶν Γαδαρηνῶν ἀπελθεῖν ἀπ' αὐτῶν, ὅτι φόβῳ µεγάλῳ συνείχοντο αὐτὸς δὲ ἐµβὰς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ὑπέστρεψεν. ἐδέετο δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἀνὴρ, ἀφ' οὗ ἐξεληλύθει τὰ δαιµόνια, εἶναι σὺν αὐτῷ ἀπέλυσε δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγων Ὑπόστρεφε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου καὶ διηγοῦ ὅσα ἐποίησέ σοι ὁ Θεός. καὶ ἀπῆλθε καθ' ὅλην τὴν πόλιν κηρύσσων ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς. THE EPISTLE Galatians 2:16-20 O Lord, Your works shall be magnified greatly; You have made all things in wisdom. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, You are magnified exceedingly. 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. THE GOSPEL Luke 8:26-39 At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.