Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral September 22, 2019

Metropolis of Boston St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral Church Office 508-791-7326 Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m www.spyridoncathedral.org spyridoncathedral@gmail.com Reverend Father Nicholas Livingston 617-356-7306 frnicholas.livingston@gmail.com George Gourousis- Parish Council President WELCOME! We extend a warm welcome to all those visiting with us today! Please be aware that the Sacrament of Holy Communion is a manifestation of the unity in belief and practice of the Body of Christ. As such, only those who are members in spiritual good standing of the Orthodox Church are permitted to receive Holy Communion. Everyone, however, is welcome to receive the blessed bread (antidoro) at the end of the service. Be sure to tell us if you are visiting so we can properly welcome you! Everyone is invited to join us in the hall following church to socialize during the Coffee Hour We pray you have a blessed day and that you visit us again soon. September 22, 2019-1st Sunday of Luke 22 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2019 - Α Κυριακή του Λουκά MEMORIALS Evangelia Bageris - 9 days SUNDAY SERVICES Orthros 8:30am; Divine Liturgy 9:45am 40 DAY BLESSING Garifalia Lea & Apostolos Mezes for their daughter Gianna Eleni SAINTS OF THE DAY-ΑΓΙΟI ΤΗΣ ΗΜΕΡΑΣ Phocas of Sinope, Phocas the Gardener Φωκᾶς Ιερομάρτυς, Φωκᾶς Ο Κηπουρός HAPPY NAMEDAY Happy Nameday to everyone named Sophia, Faith, Hope, Love, and Eustathios. Χρόνια πολλά!

ΤΑ ΕΙΣΟΔΙΚΑ - THE ENTRANCE HYMNS ΑΠΟΛΥΤΙΚΙΟΝ Let us worship the Word who is unoriginate * with the Father and the Spirit, and from a Virgin was born * for our salvation, O believers, and let us sing His praise. * For in His goodness He was pleased * to ascend the Cross in the flesh, and to undergo death, * and to raise up those who had died, * by His glorious Resurrection. PL 2ND APOLYTIKION Let us worship the Word who is unoriginate * with the Father and the Spirit, and from a Virgin was born * for our salvation, O believers, and let us sing His praise. * For in His goodness He was pleased * to ascend the Cross in the flesh, and to undergo death, * and to raise up those who had died, * by His glorious Resurrection. ΤΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ Καὶ τρόπων μέτοχος, καὶ θρόνων διάδοχος, τῶν Ἀποστόλων γενόμενος, τὴν πρᾶξιν εὗρες Θεόπνευστε, εἰς θεωρίας ἐπίβασιν διὰ τοῦτο τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας ὀρθοτομῶν, καὶ τῇ πίστει ἐνήθλησας μέχρις αἵματος, Ἱερομάρτυς Φωκᾶ, πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. FOR THE HIEROMARTYR Becoming a partner with the Apostles in way of life and successor to their thrones, O God-inspired Saint, in the active life you found an entrance to contemplation. Hence you rightly expounded the word of truth, and you shed your blood in struggling for the faith, O Hieromartyr Phocas. Intercede with Christ our God, beseeching Him to save our souls. ΤΑ ΜΝΥΜΟΣΗΝΑ Μνήσθητι Κύριε ος αγαθός του(της, των) δούλος(δουλής, δούλων) σου, και όσα εν βίω ήμαρτεν(ήμαρτων), συγχώρησον, ουδείς γαρ αναμάρτητος, ει μή Συ ο δυνάμενος, και τῶ(τῆ, τοῖς) μεταστάντι(μεταστάση, μεταστᾶσι) δούναι την ανάπαυσιν. ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΣΠΥΡΙΔΩΝΟΣ Της Συνόδου της πρώτης ανεδείχθης υπέρμαχος, και θαυματουργός Θεοφόρε, Σπυρίδων Πατήρ ημών, διο νεκρά συ εν τάφω προσφωνείς, και όφιν εις χρυσούν μετέβαλες, και εν τω μέλπειν τας αγίας σου ευχάς, Αγγέλους εσκες συλλειτουργούντας σοι Ιερώτατε, Δοξα τω σε δοξάσαντι, δόξα τω σε στεφανώσαντι, δόξα τω ενεργούντι διά σου πάσιν ιάματα. MEMORIALS Remember, O Lord, as You are good, Your Servant(s),* and forgive every sin he (she, they) has (have) committed in this life.* For no one is sinless except for You,* Who has power to grant rest to those* who have fallen asleep. SAINT SPYRIDON At the First Synod you were manifest as a champion,* and a wonder-worker, our God-bearing Father Spyridon.* Wherefore, you spoke to one dead in the tomb,* and a serpent you changed into gold.* And while chanting your sacred services,* you had angels celebrating with you, O most holy one.* Glory to Him who glorified you!* Glory to Him who crowned you!* Glory to Him who through you works healings for everyone. ΚΟΝΤΑΚΙΟΝ 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. KONTAKION A Protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker unwavering: Reject not the prayerful cries of those who are sin; instead, come to us for you are good, your loving help bring unto us who are crying in faith to you: Hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos for those who honor you.

Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ - ΤΗΕ EPISTLE Σύ, Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς. Σῶσον με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος. A Κορινθιους Ἐπιστολῆς Παύλου 1:21-2:4 Ἀδελφοί, ὁ βεβαιῶν ἡμᾶς σὺν ὑμῖν εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ χρίσας ἡμᾶς Θεός, ὁ καί σφραγισάμενος ἡμᾶς καὶ δοὺς τὸν ἀῤῥαβῶνα τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν. Εγὼ δὲ μάρτυρα τὸν Θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχήν, ὅτι φειδόμενος ὑμῶν οὐκέτι ἦλθον εἰς Κόρινθον. Οὐχ ὅτι κυριεύομεν ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως, ἀλλὰ συνεργοί ἐσμεν τῆς χαρᾶς ὑμῶν τῇ γὰρ πίστει ἑστήκατε. Εκρινα δὲ ἑμαυτῷ τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ ἐλθεῖν πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Εἰ γὰρ ἐγὼ λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ εὐφραίνων με εἰ μὴ ὁ λυπούμενος ἐξ ἐμοῦ; καὶ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν τοῦτο αὐτό, ἵνα μὴ ἐλθὼν λύπην ἔχω, ἀφ ὧν ἔδει με χαίρειν, πεποιθὼς ἐπὶ πάντας ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἡ ἐμὴ χαρὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐστιν. Ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας ἔγραψα ὑμῖν διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων, οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς. You shall guard us, O Lord; You shall preserve us. Save me, O Lord, for the holy man has ceased. The First Letter of St. Paul to Corinthians 1:21-2:4 Brethren, it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has commissioned us; he has put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. But I call God to witness against me it was to spare you that I refrained from coming to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith. For I made up my mind not to make you another painful visit. For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not suffer pain from those who should have made me rejoice, for I felt sure of all of you, that my joy would be the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ - THE HOLY GOSPEL Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκάν 5:1-11 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἑστὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς παρὰ τὴν λίμνην Γεννησαρέτ, εἶδε δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυνον τὰ δίκτυα. ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου τοὺς ὄχλους. ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα Ἐπανάγαγε εἰς τὸ βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα ὑμῶν εἰς ἄγραν. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Σίμων εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐπιστάτα, δι' ὅλης νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὸ δίκτυον. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ διεῤῥήγνυτο δὲ τὸ δίκτυον αὐτῶν. καὶ κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλοίῳ τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς καὶ ἦλθον, καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀμφότερα τὰ πλοῖα, ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά. ἰδὼν δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος προσέπεσε τοῖς γόνασιν Ἰησοῦ λέγων Ἔξελθε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι, Κύριε θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ τῶν ἰχθύων ᾗ συνέλαβον, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην, υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα ὁ Ἰησοῦς Μὴ φοβοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν. καὶ καταγαγόντες τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀφέντες ἅπαντα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. According to Luke 5:1-11 At that time, Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret. And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." For he was astonished, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him. FASTING / ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ This week we follow the Regular Fasting Schedule of Wednesday & Friday.

ANNOUNCEMENTS HOLY TRINITY NURSING & REHAB CENTER Visit our website www.htnr.net to view our September Newsletter. 25 th Anniversary Dinner Dance Celebration on Saturday, November 9, 2019. To Reserve for the Dinner Dance Event or to purchase Raffle Tickets call or email kmironidis@htnr.net for more information 508-852-1000. Holy Trinity provides a comprehensive rehabilitation program of Physical, Occupational and Speech/Language Therapies. Call 508-852-1000 for more information. DIVINE LITURGY is celebrated every Wednesday morning at 9:30am. And please always keep Holy Trinity Nursing Home, it s staff, directors, residents, and families in your prayers. CHOIR Your Cathedral Choir is looking for new members both male and female ages 14 and older. Rehearsals take place Sunday mornings at 9AM in the lower church hall. Come share in singing. Junior Choir rehearsals are after the Liturgy in the Tonna Room for children ages 8 and above starting today, Sept 15th. Every is welcome to participate. HOSPITAL VISITS Due to HIPPAA privacy rules, most hospitals no longer provide a list of Orthodox patients for us to see. Therefore, if you or a loves are, or will be, in the hospital, please contact the church office to arrange a pastoral visit. Also, please notify the office if a friend or family member is in a rehab center, nursing home, assisted living facility, or under hospice care. FALL CAMP Our Metropolis of Boston is offering Fall Camp again this year, October 11-14. Please speak with Fr Nicholas for more information! OUR NEW SEMINARIAN We are pleased to announce that we have a seminarian from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology assigned to our community this year. Alexander Karcher is in his 2nd year of the Master of Divinity Program and will be helping us in the altar and in Sunday School. Please get to know him and welcome him to our community! METROPOLIS CLERGY-LAITY EVENT Our Metropolis of Boston is holding a Clergy-Laity event on Saturday, October 5th at the Maliotis Cultural Center on the campus of Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA. Everyone is welcome to attend, most especially our ministry leaders. If you would like to come, please contact the Church Office so we can register our group as a whole. *If you would like an announcement included in the Sunday Bulletin, please submit your message to the Church Office by the Wednesday before.

Enchanted Evening at a Glance: Cocktail Hour: Silent Auction, Hors d oeuvres served w/ complimentary wine, Living Statues, Magician Welcome and Appreciation to our Parishioners Dinner Live Auction w/ Award Winning Auctioneer John Economou Orfeas Musical Artist w/ Dancing Menu: Catered by Williams Restaurant Salad, Prime Rib, Filet Mignon, Pork Tenderloin Tail wrapped in Bacon, Baked Stuffed Shrimp, Baked Salmon, Swordfish Piccata, several side dishes, dessert, and coffee

2019 STEWARDSHIP REPORT *As of 09/20/19 WEEK 2019 TOTAL PLEDGES RECEIVED AVERAGE $ PER PLEDGE *GOAL STEWARDSHIP BUDGET 39 $ 209,273.88 438 $477 $300,000.00 Our operating budget would require that each family contribute $1,000 in Stewardship in order to meet our operating expenses. *Goal amount includes the 2019 Stewardship Budget Receipts of $300,000.00. Funds reflect all monies received in 2019. We suggest budgeting your Stewardship contribution as you would your monthly home expenses. Our Cathedral must meet the financial needs of its ministries and annual operating budget by way of our Christian Stewardship Program. It is everyone s responsibility to accept this honor and support our role as a Contributing Steward. We ask that you prayerfully pledge whatever you can give to support our community through Stewardship. May God continue to bless the work of your hands.