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ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY BULLETIN 6 January 2019 The Holy Theophany of our Lord, God, and, Savior Jesus Christ Τὰ Ἅγια Θεοφάνεια τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χρηστοῦ Cathedral: 514 Parker Street, Boston, MA Office/Mailing Address: 162 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 Phone: (617) 731-6633 Fax: (617) 730-2978 Fr. Demetri s cell: (617) 955 0126 www.bostoncathedral.org Upcoming Events Sunday January 6 Theophany: Great Blessing of the Waters Sunday January 6 Philoptochos Vasilopita Sunday (ASer Liturgy) Tuesday January 8 Philoptochos MeeUng (7:00 pm) Friday January 11 Greek School Vasilopita (4:30 pm) Saturday January 12 Greek School Vasilopita (10:00 am) Sunday January 13 Parish Council AffirmaUon of Office (ASer Liturgy) Sunday January 13 Stewardship Sunday/AppreciaUon Luncheon Monday January 21 Youth Ski Trip to Pat s Peak (meet at mountain, 12 pm) Monday January 21 Boston Veterans Shelter Visit (4:15 pm) Saturday January 26 Youth SkaUng at Larz Anderson Park (1:30 pm) Sunday January 27 Three Hierarchs PresentaUon (ASer Liturgy)

ΚΑΘΕΔΡΙΚΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΝΕΑΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND Rev. Fr. Demetrios E. Tonias, Ph.D., Cathedral Dean ς Ἰανουαρίου,βιθ Τὰ Φῶτα Theophany 6 January 2019 Ἀπολυτίκια Ἦχος a Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου, Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι, ἀγαπητόν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστρᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλές ὁ ἐπιφανείς, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας, δόξα σοι. (3) Κοντάκιον Ἦχος δ. Αύτόμελον Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον τῇ οἰκουμένη, καὶ τὸ φῶς σου, Κύριε, ἐσημειώθη ἐφ ἡμᾶς, ἐν ἐπιγνώσει ὑμοῦντάς σε Ἦλθες, ἐφάνης, τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀπρόσιτον. Dismissal Hymns Mode 1 In the Jordan You were baptized O Lord * and the worship of the Trinity was manifest. * For the voice of the Father bore witness to You, * Beloved Son calling You. * And the Spirit in the form of a Dove * confirmed the certainty of the Word. * You Who has appeared, O Christ our God * and enlightened the World glory to You. (3) Kontakion Mode 4. Original Melody You appeared today unto the world. * And Your light, O Lord is marked upon us, * who in knowledge chant unto to You. * You have appeared O Light unapproachable. It was fitting that the forerunner of the One who was to put away all the ancient ills, the labor, the curse, the sorrow and the sweat display symbols of the situation prior to the fall of Adam. This is why he neither tilled the land nor ploughed furrows nor ate bread by the sweat of his brow. Rather, his table was hastily supplied, and his clothing more easily furnished than his table, and his lodging even less troublesome than his clothing. For he needed neither roof, nor bed, nor table nor any other earthly comfort. He lived a kind of angel s life in this our flesh. For this reason John s clothing was of hair, that by his very dress he might instruct persons to separate themselves from all things human, to have nothing in common with the earth but to hasten back to their undefiled nobility, the condition in which Adam lived before he required garments or robe. Thus John s clothing itself was symbolic of nothing less than the coming kingdom and of repentance. St. John Chrysostom

Ἀπόστολος Τιτ. β 11-14, γ 4-7 Titus 2:11-14, 3:4-7 Epistle Τέκνον Τίτε, ἐπεφάνη ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ σωτήριος πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, παιδεύουσα ἡμᾶς ἵνα ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς κοσμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας σωφρόνως καὶ δικαίως καὶ εὐσεβῶς ζήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν 'Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἔργων. Ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ, οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ἃ ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως πνεύματος ἁγίου, οὗ ἐξέχεεν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς πλουσίως διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ἵνα δικαιωθέντες τῇ ἐκείνου χάριτι κληρονόμοι γενώμεθα κατ' ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου. Titus, my son, the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. Εὐαγγέλιον Ματθ. γ 13-17 Matthew 3:13-17 Gospel Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραγίνεται ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην τοῦ βαπτισθῆναι ὑπ αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν λέγων ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με;ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν ἄφες ἄρτι οὕτω γὰρ πρέπον ἐστὶν ἡμῖν πληρῶσαι πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην τότε ἀφίησιν αὐτόν καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνέβη εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνεῴχθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ εἶδε τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπ αὐτόν καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν λέγουσα οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα. At that time, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

Theophany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Theophany is the Feast which reveals the Most Holy Trinity to the world through the Baptism of the Lord (Mt.3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22). God the Father spoke from Heaven about the Son, the Son was baptized by Saint John the Forerunner, and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Son in the form of a dove. From ancient times this Feast was called the Day of Illumination and the Feast of Lights, since God is Light and has appeared to illumine those who sat in darkness, and in the region of the shadow of death (Mt.4:16), and to save the fallen race of mankind by grace. In the ancient Church it was the custom to baptize catechumens at the Vespers of Theophany, so that Baptism also is revealed as the spiritual illumination of mankind. The origin of the Feast of Theophany goes back to Apostolic times, and it is mentioned in The Apostolic Constitutions (Book V:13). From the second century we have the testimony of Saint Clement of Alexandria concerning the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, and the night vigil before this Feast. There is a third century dialogue about the services for Theophany between the holy martyr Hippolytus and Saint Gregory the Wonderworker. In the following centuries, from the fourth to ninth century, all the great Fathers of the Church: Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom, Ambrose of Milan, John of Damascus, commented on the Feast of Theophany. The monks Joseph the Studite, Theophanes and Byzantios composed much liturgical music 6 January for this Feast, which is sung at Orthodox services even today. Saint John of Damascus said that the Lord was baptized, not because He Himself had need for cleansing, but to bury human sin by water, to fulfill the Law, to reveal the mystery of the Holy Trinity, and finally, to sanctify the nature of water and to offer us the form and example of Baptism. On the Feast of the Baptism of Christ, the Holy Church proclaims our faith in the most sublime mystery, incomprehensible to human intellect, of one God in three Persons. It teaches us to confess and glorify the Holy Trinity, one in Essence and Undivided. It exposes and overthrows the errors of ancient teachings which attempted to explain the Creator of the world by reason, and in human terms. The Church shows the necessity of Baptism for believers in Christ, and it inspires us with a sense of deep gratitude for the illumination and purification of our sinful nature. The Church teaches that our salvation and cleansing from sin is possible only by the power of the grace of the Holy Spirit, therefore it is necessary to preserve worthily these gifts of the grace of holy Baptism, keeping clean this priceless garb, for As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ (Gal 3:27). On the day of Theophany, all foods are permitted, even if the Feast falls on a Wednesday or Friday.

Τὰ Ἅγια Θεοφάνεια τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἀφοῦ ὁ Υἱὸς καὶ Λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐνδύθηκε τὸν παλαιὸ Ἀδάμ, δηλαδὴ ἔγινε ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀφοῦ ἐκτέ εσε ὅ α τὰ ἐπιβα όμενα ἀπὸ τὸν ἰουδαϊκὸ Νόμο, πῆγε στον Ἰωάννη, για να βαπτισθεί. Ὄχι γιατὶ ὁ Ἴδιος τὸ εἶχε ἀνάγκη, ἀ ὰ για να ξεπλύνει τὴν ἀνθρωπίνη φύσῃ ἀπὸ τὴν ντροπὴ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ Ἀδὰμ καὶ να ἐνδύσει τὴν γυμνότητά της μὲ τὴν πρώτη στολή που ἀστραποβολᾶ τὴν Θεϊκὴ λάμψη. Ὁ Ἰωάννης ἐκήρυττε τὸ βάπτισμα τῆς μετανοίας καὶ ἔτρεχε πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ όκληρη ἡ Ἰουδαία. Ὁ Κύριος κηρύττει τὸ βάπτισμα τῆς υἱοθεσίας καὶ ποιὸς ἀπὸ αὐτοὺς ποὺ ἔχουν ἐ πίσει σὲ Αὐτὸν δεν θὰ ὑπακούσει; Τὸ βάπτισμα ἐκεῖνο (τοῦ Ἰωάννου) ἦταν ἡ εἰσαγωγή, τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτὸ (τοῦ Κυρίου) εἶναι τὸ τελειωτικό. Ἐκεῖνο ἦταν ἡ ἀποχωρήση ἀπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτία, αὐτὸ εἶναι ἡ οἰκειώσῃ μὲ τὸν Θεό. Μὲ τὴν βάπτισή Του ἀπὸ τὸν Ἰωάννη, ὁ Χριστὸς ἔδωσε ἕνα τέ ος καὶ στὸ τυπικὸ αὐτὸ βάπτισμα, ὅπως τρώγοντας για τελευταία φορὰ τὸ Ἰουδαϊκὸ Πάσχα τὸ κατάργησε καὶ ἐγκαινίασε τὸ Πάσχα τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης. Κατὰ τὴν βάπτιση τοῦ Κυρίου φάνηκε ὁ Υἱὸς Θεός, ἀ ὰ ἀποκαλύφθηκε καὶ ἡ Ἁγία Τριάδα, ὅπως χαρακτηριστικὰ ψά ει καὶ ὁ ὑμνῳδὸς στο ἀπολυτίκιο τῆς ἑορτῆς: «Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου Σου, Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις». Ὁ Υἱὸς βαπτιζόταν, τοῦ Πατρὸς ἡ φωνὴ ἀκουγόταν καὶ τὸ Ἅγιο Πνεῦμα κατερχόταν «ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς». Ἔτσι ὁ Χριστὸς ἔγινε πρωτότοκος ὅ ων ἐκείνων ποὺ ἀναγεννιούνται πνευματικὰ καὶ ὀνομάζει ἀδελφοὺς ὅσους συμμετέχουν στην ὅμοια μὲ Αὐτὸν γέννηση διὰ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος. Μό ις ὁ Χριστὸς βαπτίσθηκε, ἁγίασε ὅ η τὴν φύσῃ τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ 6 Ιανουαρίου ἔθαψε μέσα στα ρεῖθρα τοῦ Ἰορδάνη, κάθε ἁμαρτία τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ἔτσι λοιπὸν ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἀνακαίνισε καὶ ἀνέπλασε τὸν παλαιωθέντα ἀπὸ τὴν ἁμαρτία ἄνθρωπο καὶ τοῦ χάρισε τὴν οὐράνια Βασιλεία. Αὐτὴ ἡ ἑνότητα οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, φανερώθηκε κατὰ τὴν βάπτιση τοῦ Χριστοῦ μὲ τὸ ἄνοιγμα τῶν οὐρανῶν. Ὁ κατερχόμενος στὸν Ἰορδάνη Θεάνθρωπος συντρίβει τὶς κεφαλὲς τῶν ἀοράτων δρακόντων καὶ ἐ ευθερώνει τὸ ἀνθρώπινο γένος ἀπὸ τὴν ἐξουσία τους. Μὲ τὴν βάπτισή Του στον Ἰορδάνη, ὁ Χριστὸς μᾶς ἐξάγει ἀπὸ τὴν σκιὰ τοῦ νόμου καὶ μᾶς εἰσάγει στὴν καινὴ Χάρη. Ὁ Ἀπόστολος Παῦ ος ὁμιλεῖ για τὴν ἐπιφάνεια τῆς δόξας τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἀ οῦ τονίζει ὅτι διὰ Χριστοῦ «ἐπεφάνη ἡ Χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ σωτήριος πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις». Στὴν ἐπιφάνεια τῶν ψευδῶν θεῶν ἡ Ἐκκλησία ἀντέταξε τὴν ἐπιφάνεια τοῦ Ἀ ηθινοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Βασιλέως Χριστοῦ, τὴν ἀ ηθινὴ Θεοφάνεια. «Γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου, φῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς». Μὲ αὐτὴ τὴν προφητεία τοῦ Ἡσαΐου, ὁ Εὐαγγελιστὴς Ματθαῖος ἀρχίζει νὰ ὁμιλεῖ γιὰ τὴν ἔναρξη τῆς δημοσίας δράσεως τοῦ Κυρίου, τῆς ἐπιφανείας Του μεταξὺ τοῦ λαοῦ. Ἀπολυτίκιον. Ἦχος α. Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι, ἀγαπητὸν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς, ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι.

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