733 South Ashland Ave Chicago, Illinois 60607 stbasilchicago@comcast.net Rev. Fr. Dimitri Tobias, Proistamenos Saint Basil Greek Orthodox Church Saints and Feasts: 2nd Sunday of Matthew Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs Timothy, Bishop of Proussa Sunday, June 10, 2018 Telephone: (312) 243-3738 Office Fax: Fax (312) 243-7691 www.stbasilchicago.org Parish Council President: Ms. Jayme Schenk Our Holy Father Gregory, Bishop of AssosAthanasios the Wonderworker But mark both their faith, and their obedience. For though they were in the midst of their work (and you know how greedy a thing fishing is), when they heard His command, they delayed not,... but "they forsook all and followed,"... Because such is the obedience which Christ seeks of us, as that we delay not even a moment of time. St. John Chrysostom Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century Prayer, fasting, vigil and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, do not constitute the aim of our Christian life, although they serve as the indispensable means of reaching this end. The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. St. Seraphim of Sarov The Acquisition of the Holy Spirit: Chapter 3, Narthex Duty: Kalliope Dimitrakopoulos & Jayme Schenk Welcoming Ministry: Patoula & John Billiris Orthros Reader: Dr. Marina Arvanitis Coffee Hour: Philoptochos - Vana Kikos & Mary Peroulas Before The Creed When the Priest says: The Congregation responds: Christ is in our midst. He is and always will be, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Communion Guidelines: As a reminder, only Baptized and Chrismated Orthodox Christians who are in good standing may receive Holy Communion. Follow the Ushers row by row and please exit towards the outside aisles.
Holy Prophet Elisseus (Elisha) June 14 The Prophet Elisseus, the son of Saphat, was from the town of Abel-me-oul and had been a husbandman. In the year 908 B.C., at God's command, the Prophet Elias anointed him to be Prophet in his stead. This happened while Elisseus was plowing his land, having twelve oxen under yoke. Straightway, Elisseus slew the oxen and cooked them, using the wooden plough and the other instruments of husbandry as firewood; then he gave the oxen as food to the people. Bidding farewell to his parents, he followed Elias and served him until the latter was taken up as it were into Heaven (see July 20). When Elisseus received his teacher's mantle and the grace of his prophetic spirit twofold, he demonstrated whose disciple he was through the miracles he wrought and through all that is related of him in the Fourth Book of Kings. He departed full of days and was buried in Samaria, about the year 839 B.C. But even after his death God glorified him; for after the passage of a year, when some Israelites were carrying a dead man for burial and suddenly saw a band of Moabites, they cast the dead man on the grave of the Prophet. No sooner had the dead man touched the Prophet's bones, than he came to life and stood on his feet (IV Kings 13:20-21). Mentioning this, Jesus the Son of Sirach says, "He did wonders in his life, and at his death his works were marvelous" (Ecclus. 48:14). It is because of such marvels that the faithful have reverence for the relics of the Saints (see also Jan. 16). His name means "God is savior." Apolytikion of Prophet Elisseus Fourth Tone The incarnate Angel, the Cornerstone of the Prophets, the second Forerunner of the Coming of Christ, the glorious Elias (Elijah), who from above, sent down to Elisha the grace to dispel sickness and cleanse lepers, abounds therefore in healing for those who honor him.
HYMNS OF THE DAY AFTER THE SMALL ENTRANCE Resurrectional Apolytikion 1 st Tone Although Your tomb was sealed with a stone by the Judeans and Your most sacred body, O Savior, was guarded by soldiers, You rose on the third day, O Christ, and gave life to all the world. Wherefore all the heavenly Powers proclaimed that You are the Giver of Life. Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ. Glory to Your Kingdom. Glory to Your Dispensation, O You, who alone love mankind. Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἀναστάσιµον Ήχος α Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν σου Σῶµα, ἀνέστης τριήµερος Σωτήρ, δωρούµενος τῷ κόσµῳ τὴν ζωήν διὰ τοῦτο αἱ υνάµεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι ζωοδότα όξα τῇ Ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονοµίᾳ σου, µόνε φιλάνθρωπε. Apolytikion for the Church 1 st Tone Your proclamation went forth into all the earth, for it accepted your word, through which you taught the dogmas befitting God, you expounded on the nature of all that is, and you arranged the morals of society. A royal priesthood! Devout father Basil, intercede with Christ our God, to grant us His great mercy. Kontakion Plagal of the 4 th 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. Απολυτίκιον τοῦ Ναοῦ Ήχος α' Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος σου, ὡς δεξαµένην τὸν λόγον σου, δι' οὗ θεοπρεπῶς ἐδογµάτισας, τὴν φύσιν τῶν ὄντων ἐτράνωσας, τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἤθη κατεκόσµησας, Βασίλειον Ἱεράτευµα, Πάτερ Ὅσιε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ἡµῖν τὸ µέγα ἔλεος. 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.
THE EPISTLE / Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Prokeimenon. Mode 1. Psalm 32.22,1 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16 Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. Προκείµενον. Ήχος α'. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1 Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡµᾶς. Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ Πρὸς Ρωµαίους 2:10-16 τὸ ἀνάγνωσµα είναι απο Ἀδελφοί, δόξα δὲ καὶ τιµὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ τῷ ἐργαζοµένῳ τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι οὐ γάρ ἐστιν προσωποληψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. Ὅσοι γὰρ ἀνόµως ἥµαρτον, ἀνόµως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόµῳ ἥµαρτον, διὰ νόµου κριθήσονται οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ νόµου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, ἀλλʼ οἱ ποιηταὶ τοῦ νόµου δικαιωθήσονται. Ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη τὰ µὴ νόµον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόµου ποιῇ, οὗτοι, νόµον µὴ ἔχοντες, ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόµος οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόµου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συµµαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως, καὶ µεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισµῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουµένων, ἐν ἡµέρᾳ ὅτε κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν µου, διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
THE HOLY GOSPEL / ΤΟ ΘΕΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ The Gospel According to Matthew 4:18-23 At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 4:18-23 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσµα Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίµωνα τὸν λεγόµενον Πέτρον καὶ Ανδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀµφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς δεῦτε ὀπίσω µου καὶ ποιήσω ὑµᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων. οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, Ιάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ιωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ µετὰ Ζεβεδαίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς. οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ὁ Ιησοῦς διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν µαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ.
Calendar for the Week Ahead - Wednesday, June 13, 6:00pm - Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary - Wednesday, June 16, 9:00am - Breakfast at Ronald McDonald House - Sunday, June 17, 8:15am - Orthros and Divine Liturgy We need your help - You Might be Missing Out We have started a new weekly St. Basil E-Bulletin - which goes out early each week - and, for some of you, this email is going into "spam" or "trash". Please take a look at your spam and trash files and if you see it there, with most servers there's a button you can push to stop it's going into trash/spam. Or, enter stbasilchicago@comcast.net into your email contacts list. Thanks! Byzantine Music Classes with John Lambros - Starting May 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM. Parking in back or in front of building on Cicero ave. Future dates and times to follow. TaxBloom 7300 N Cicero #106 Lincolnwood, IL 60712 Coffee Hour Today Is Hosted by: Philoptochos - Vana Kikos & Mary Peroulas We thank you for your tasty treats. Parish News and Events Ronald McDonald House Ladies Philoptochos invites you to join us to prepare and serve a hot breakfast to the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House near Loyola Hospital. The house provides a home-like, comfortable atmosphere free of charge for families from around the country for weeks, even months, while their child receives treatment at one of the nearby hospital for a serious, often life threatening, illness or injury. Saturday, June 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 pm. Meet at the RMH at Tripp Ave. at Airmail Road, Hines, IL. (near Maywood) 1 Airmail Rd on your GPS. Please use the signup sheet in Philoptochos Hall or contact the Church office. For more information, see Stella Kapetan or Kathy Michas during today s coffee hour. Thank you! Your help is needed and appreciated! Festivals: Sts. Constantitne & Helen, Wauwatosa, WI - Today St. Demetrios, Hammond, IN - Today St. Demetrios, Elmhurst, IL - June 15-17 St. Nicholas, Oak Lawn, IL - June 15-17 Holy Transfiguration, Mason City, IA - June 16 Assumption, Hegewisch, IL - June 16-17 Stewardship - Have You Become A Steward For 2018? If not, know that everything we have is God's and we are just managers during this brief life. Become a steward today. "He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God" (2 Cor. 9:10-11). Prison Ministry Father s Day cards: Please join prison ministry volunteers after liturgy this Sunday, June 10, to send Father s Day cards to inmates whose families we served through the Angel Tree program at Christmas. Grab your coffee and treats and join us at our table. With your help we can get the job done in about 30 minutes.
St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church June 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 7:00 pm "Great Vespers for All Saints (at Joliet, IL)" 3 Coffee Hour: Christina Rouches 8:15 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy 10:30 am "Sunday School meets- Sunday School Graduation Today" 11:30 am Prison Ministry Father's Day card writing to inmates 10 8:15 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy 4 7:00 pm Parish Council Meeting 5 6 7 8 9 6:00 pm Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary 11 12 13 14 15 16 6:00 pm Paraklesis 9:00 am Breakfast at Ronald (Supplication Service) McDonald House to the Virgin Mary 17 Coffee Hour: Eleni & John Chioros Father's Day 8:15 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy 18 19 20 21 22 23 6:00 pm Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary 24 8:15 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy 25 26 27 28 6:00 pm Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary 7:00 pm "Great Vespers for Ss. Peter and Paul (at Glenview parish) " 29 30 8:30 am "Orthros and Divine Liturgy for Ss. Peter and Paul (at Ss. Peter & Paul, Glenview, IL) 7:00 pm "Great Vespers for Holy Apostles (at Westchester parish)" 8:30 am "Orthros and Divine Liturgy for Synaxis of the Holy Apostles"
Matthew 25:35-36 - The Last Judgment For I was hungry, and you gave me food, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: Please donate food for the needy. I was a stranger, and you took me in: Please welcome our Catechumens and Guests Naked, and you clothed me: Please consider donating clothes to the local shelter. I was sick, and you visited me: Please pray for the speedy recovery of: Nicholas, Anthony, Aphrodite I was in prison, and you came unto me: Please pray for and consider visiting our shut-ins. Please also see Pat Cole to see about writing Letters to those Incarcerated through our prison ministry. It means the world to them to receive love. VISITATION POLICY If you would like Fr. Dimitri to visit you in the hospital, please call him or have a family member call. Fr. Dimitri will not go unless he is asked by the family. This is in compliance with both HIPAA and patient privacy. Reflection If You are not receiving the Observer, please contact the Church Office. It is not the same to eat your meal with a blessing and to eat it without a blessing. Every meal is the table of God, which God Himself has set for us. This is why it is necessary as a householder to thank God and to beg for His blessings. Blessed food is more tasty and more satisfying while unblessed food is untasty, unsatisfying and unhealthy. On one occasion, Emperor Theodosius the Younger went for a walk in the surroundings of Constantinople and seeing the hut of a monk stopped and visited. The elder asked the emperor would he desire something to eat? "I do," answered the emperor. The elder brought bread, oil, salt and water before the emperor. The emperor ate and drank and then asked the monk: "Do you know who I am?" "God knows who you are," replied the monk. "I am Emperor Theodosius." The monk bowed down before the emperor silently. The emperor said to him: "I am an emperor and am born of an emperor but, believe me, never in my life have I eaten so tastily as I have today with you." "And do you know why?" answered the elder. "Because," he continued, "we monks always prepare our food with prayer and blessing; it is from that, that bitter food for us is transformed into tasty; with you, however, food is prepared with much labor and you do not seek a blessing (from God) and because of that tasty food becomes tasteless." Download the APP DIGITAL CHANT STAND by AGES Initiatives To follow along during Orthros, Liturgy, Vespers, and Holy Week Services right on your smart device