THUNDER BAY BULLETIN HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ΕΛΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΤΡΙΑΔΟΣ 651 Beverly Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N2 Telephone/Fax: (807) 344-9522 www.gothunderbay.org holytrinity@tbaytel.net September 2013 Volume 9 Issue 7 SEPTEMBER 14: EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS 14 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ: Η ΥΨΩΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΜΙΟΥ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ 1
THUNDER BAY BULLETIN Published monthly. Editor(s): Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis; 106 Essex Court, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 7N6 # (807) 472-1341 cellular; # (807) 344-9522 office Church email: holytrinity@tbaytel.net; Fr. Nikolaos email: ntambakis@hotmail.com Website: www.gothunderbay.org Office hours: by appointment HELLENIC COMMUNITY PRESIDENT: ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS # (807) 344-9522 OFFICE; (807) 472-8876 MOBILE VICE PRESIDENT: TOM MARINIS # (807) 346-4006 HOME; (807) 624-6720 MOBILE SECRETARY: VACANT TREASURER: JIM PAZIANOS # (807) 344-9522 OFFICE BOARD MEMBERS: ANDY KARANASOS, GEORGINA MELLAS, TIMO KAROUTAS, TED FRISKY, PETER SAITES. RELIGIOUS AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS - GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS IF TORONTO (CANADA), 1 PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW WAY (86 OVERLEA BOULEVARD),TORONTO, ONTARIO M4H 1C6; TELEPHONE: (416) 429-5757; FAX: (416) 429-4588; EMAIL: METROPOLIS@GOMETROPOLIS.ORG; WEBSITE: WWW.GOMETROPOLIS.ORG. EMBASSY OF GREECE - 80 MACLAREN STREET; OTTAWA, ONTARIO K2P 0K6; TELEPHONE: (613) 238-6271;FAX: (613) 238-5676; WEBSITE: WWW.GREEKEMBASSY.CA. CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE - 365 BLOOR STREET E, SUITE 1800, TORONTO, ONTARIO M4W 3L4 ; TELEPHONE (416) 515-0133 ; FAX: (416) 515-0209; WEBSITE: WWW.GRCONSULATE.COM. GREEK TOURIST OFFICE (TORONTO) - 1300 BAY STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5R 3K8; TELEPHONE: (416) 968-2220; FAX: (416) 968-6533; EMAIL: GRNTO.TOR@SYMPATICO.CA. 2012 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS (L TO R): TIMO KAROUTAS, GEORGINA MELLAS, PETER SAITES, TOM MARINIS, ANDY KARANASOS, TED FRISKY, ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS, JIM PAZIANOS (ABSENT) WITH FR. NIKOLAOS TAMBAKIS (ABOVE) 2
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church presents: SOUVLAKI DINNER (Souvlaki, Tzatziki, Mediterranean Rice, Greek Salad and Pita) FALL 2013 DATES: Thursday, September 26 Thursday, October 10 Thursday, October 24 Thursday, November 7 Thursday, November 21 Thursday, December 5 4:00pm 6:30pm Take Out/Pickup only Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 651 Beverly Street (at Balmoral) Email us at greekdinner@tbaytel.net to be on our mailing list! Facebook Join our group The Great Souvlaki Dinner Takeout Website: www.gothunderbay.com 3
Thank you to all the ladies who brought their flowers from home and decorated the Panagia so beautifully this year for the Dormition. May she guide and protect us always. 4
14 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ: Η ΥΨΩΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΜΙΟΥ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ Τὸ ἔτος 326 ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη πῆγε στὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ γιὰ νὰ προσκυνήσει τοὺς Ἁγίους Τόπους καὶ νὰ εὐχαριστήσει τὸ Θεὸ γιὰ τοὺς θριάμβους τοῦ γιοῦ της Μ. Κωνσταντίνου. Ὁ Θεῖος ζῆλος, ὅμως, ἔκανε τὴν Ἅγια Ἑλένη νὰ ἀρχίσει ἔρευνες γιὰ τὴν ἀνεύρεση τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ. Ἐπάνω στὸ Γολγοθὰ ὑπῆρχε εἰδωλολατρικὸς ναὸς τῆς θεᾶς Ἀφροδίτης, τὸν ὁποῖο γκρέμισε καὶ ἄρχισε τὶς ἀνασκαφές. Σὲ κάποιο σημεῖο, βρέθηκαν τρεῖς σταυροί. Ἡ συγκίνηση ὑπῆρξε μεγάλη, ἀλλὰ ποιὸς ἀπὸ τοὺς τρεῖς ἦταν τοῦ Κυρίου; Τότε ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων Μακάριος με ἀρκετοὺς Ἱερεῖς, ἀφοῦ ἔκανε δέηση, ἄγγιξε στοὺς σταυροὺς τὸ σῶμα μίας εὐσεβέστατης κυρίας ποὺ εἶχε πεθάνει. Ὅταν ἦλθε ἡ σειρὰ καὶ ἄγγιξε τὸν τρίτο σταυρό, ποὺ ἦταν πραγματικὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἡ γυναῖκα ἀμέσως ἀναστήθηκε. Ἡ εἴδηση διαδόθηκε σὰν ἀστραπὴ σὲ ὅλα τὰ μέρη τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ. Πλήθη πιστῶν ἄρχισαν νὰ συρρέουν γιὰ νὰ ἀγγίξουν τὸ τίμιο ξύλο. Ἐπειδή, ὅμως, συνέβησαν πολλὰ δυστυχήματα ἀπὸ τὸ συνωστισμό, ὕψωσαν τὸν Τίμιο Σταυρὸ μέσα στὸ ναὸ σὲ μέρος ὑψηλό, γιὰ νὰ μπορέσουν νὰ τὸν δοῦν καὶ νὰ τὸν προσκυνήσουν ὅλοι. Αὐτή, λοιπόν, τὴν ὕψωση καθιέρωσαν οἱ ἅγιοι Πατέρες, νὰ γιορτάζουμε στὶς 14 Σεπτεμβρίου, γιὰ νὰ μπορέσουμε κι ἐμεῖς νὰ ὑψώσουμε μέσα στὶς ψυχές μας τὸ Σταυρὸ τοῦ Κυρίου μας, ποὺ ἀποτελεῖ τὸ κατ ἐξοχὴν «ὅπλον κατὰ τοῦ διαβόλου». (Ὁρισμένοι Συναξαριστές, αὐτὴν τὴν ἡμέρα, ἀναφέρουν καὶ τὴν ὕψωση τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη τὸ 628 ἀπὸ τὸν βασιλιὰ Ἡράκλειο, ποὺ εἶχε νικήσει καὶ ξαναπῆρε τὸν Τίμιο Σταυρὸ ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἀβάρους, οἱ ὁποῖοι τὸν εἶχαν ἁρπάξει ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἁγίους Τόπους). http://www.phys.uoa.gr/~nektar/orthodoxy/agiologion/09/14.htm 4 5
SEPTEMBER 14: EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS A tradition which took shape early and was definitely established in the Sixth century reports that Saint Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine, rediscovered near Golgotha the three crosses which served to execute Christ and the two thieves. The healing of a dying woman permitted Bishop Makarios to recognize, as being the Lord's Cross, the one whose contact affected the miracle. The Holy Cross was preserved in the Basilica of the Resurrection until May 4, 614, the date on which the Persians carried it away after having taken the city of Jerusalem and destroying the Basilica. In 628, Emperor Heraclius defeated Chosroes and brought the Holy Cross back to Jerusalem. Heraclius took the venerable wood upon his shoulders and carried it back to Calvary with great pomp. According to legend, upon reaching the door of the church, the Emperor, magnificently dressed and wearing gold, was stopped by an invisible force. Zachary, the Bishop of Jerusalem, said to him: "Be careful, Emperor, that with these ornaments of triumph, you don't imitate sufficiently the poverty of Jesus Christ and the humility with which He carried His Cross." The Emperor laid aside his splendid clothes to dress himself in an ordinary cloak, and with bare feet, he was able to continue on his way. The site where tradition places the discovery of the Holy Cross by Saint Helen is venerated in the crypt of the Holy Resurrection, in Jerusalem. This commemorative chapel was made form part of an ancient drain which existed in the time of Our Lord in Jerusalem. Filled up later on, it was used by Constantine's architects in the crypt of the basilica. A part of the Cross, brought to Rome in the Sixth century, was exposed for the veneration of the faithful by order of the oriental Pope Sergius I (687-701), in the Church of the Savior. That is why, equally in the East and the West, the feast of the Holy Cross had a considerable importance in the liturgical calendar from this epoch. It is made on Good Friday which is a direct reference. But, whereas the feast of Good Friday insists more on the historic event of Christ's Redemption, in His sufferings and death, today's feast more particularly represents for us the glorious aspect of this event, consequently, the instrument of execution on which the Lord died. The Church calls to mind for us in the Office the Old Testament signs, the heralds of the Cross: the tree of Eden, by which we were lost (the Cross was meant to save us); Noe's ark which accomplished the salvation of the just (the Cross affected the same to sinners); Jacob crossing his hands to bless his son Joseph; Moses extending his arms to open in the Red Sea a door of salvation to the Israelites, then throwing some wood into the waters of Mara to sweeten their bitterness; the same Moses striking the rock with his staff to make life-giving water spring forth, and praying, with hands crossed, for the victory of the Jewish people over Amalec; the rod of Aaron; the brazen serpent, the predisposition in the Cross taken by the Jewish people around the Ark of the covenant... The Cross is the instrument of the passion, the stool upon which the Lord rested His feet, the trophy of victory, the rampart of the Church, the cure of all ills, the honor of Christians. Nevertheless, the texts of the Divine Liturgy maintain still more the spirit of the sorrowful Passion of the Lord, abandoned by His Father on the Cross, "a scandal for the Jews and a folly for the Greeks" (that is, the pagans). http://www.rongolini.com/synseptember.htm#september%2014 6
SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES - SEPTEMBER 2013 SUNDAY 1 +10 TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW. BEGINNING OF THE INDICTION. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. SUNDAY 9 +SUNDAY BEFORE THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS. +NATIVITY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. SATURDAY 14 +EXALTATION OF THE CROSS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. SUNDAY 15 +SUNDAY AFTER THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY AND PROCESSION OF THE CROSS 10:30AM. SUNDAY 22 +1 ST SUNDAY OF LUKE. ST. PHOCAS THE HIEROMARTYR. ST. PHILOTHEOS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. SUNDAY 29 +2 ND SUNDAY OF LUKE. ST. KYRIAKOS THE ANACHORITE. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM. ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΩΝ - ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 2013 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 1 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Ι ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ. ΑΡΧΗ ΤΗΣ ΙΝΔΙΚΤΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 8 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΠΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΥΨΩΣΕΩΣ. +ΓΕΝΕΘΛΙΟΝ ΤΗΕ ΥΠΕΡΑΓΙΑΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ 14 +Η ΥΨΩΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΜΟΥ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 15 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΥΨΩΣΙΝ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΛΙΤΑΝΕΥΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΜΙΟΥ ΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 22 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Α ΛΟΥΚΑ. ΑΓ. ΦΩΚΑ, ΟΣΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΘΕΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 29 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Β ΛΟΥΚΑ. ΑΓ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΟΥ ΑΝΑΧΩΡΗΤΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. 7
OUR MEMBERS So far only 88 people have submitted their membership dues for 2013. We ask and encourage everyone to so as soon as possible. Each member is indispensable for the well-being and functioning of our parish. We thank all who have taken the time to submit their membership dues already as of August 24, 2013: 1. Mrs. Angie Amorgianos 2. Mrs. Sheila Amos 3. Mr. Nick Balina 4. Mrs. Katerina Biniaris 5. Mrs. Jenny Biniaris 6. Mr. George Biniaris 7. Mrs. Toni Biniaris 8. Mr. Tony Biniaris 9. Mrs. Irene Biniaris 10. Mrs. Athena Blieske 11. Mr. Ken Comminos 12. Mr. George Comminos 13. Mr. Bill Comminos 14. Mrs. Tarja Comminos 15. Miss Jenny Comminos 16. Miss Katina Comminos 17. Mrs. Nitsa Comminos 18. Mr. Peter Comminos 19. Miss Maria Forget 20. Mrs. Bayba Frattolin 21. Mr. Peter Giardetti 22. Mrs. Tara Giardetti 23. Mr. Demetris Hatzis 24. Mr. Bill Hatzis 25. Mrs. Stella Hatzis 26. Mr. Jamie Hatzis 27. Mr. Ken Imperius 28. Mrs. Mary Imperius 29. Mrs. Lisa Kahramanos 30. Ms. Penny Kahramanos 31. Mr. Andy Karanasos 32. Mrs. Lori Karanasos 33. Mr. Nick Koukos 34. Mrs. Joyce Koukos 35. Mr. Ray Leino 36. Mrs. Virginia Leino 37. Mr. Chris Lent 38. Mrs. Joanne Lent 39. Mr. Jack Lotsios 40. Mrs. Effie Lotsios 41. Mrs. Helen Machairas 42. Mr. Tom Marinis 43. Mr. Tom Mellas 44. Mrs. Maria Mellas 45. Mrs. Smaragde Mellas 46. Ms. Georgina Mellas 47. Mrs. Maria Mellas 48. Mrs. Tina Mellas 49. Mr. Stamatis Melissis 50. Mrs. Angela Melissis 51. Ms. Bess Melville 52. Mr. Tax Milionis 53. Miss Angela Mitsopoulos 54. Mrs. Athina Morakis 55. Mrs. Angie Palo 56. Mrs. Nikki Pantoulias 57. Mr. John Pavlou 58. Mrs. Maria Pavlou 59. Mr. Tom Pazianos 60. Mrs. Leila Pazianos 61. Mrs. Virginia Pazianos 62. Mrs. Lola Saites 63. Mr. Peter Saites 64. Mrs. Nora Saites 65. Mr. Steven Scollie 66. Mr. Andrew Sheare 67. Mrs. Cathy Sheare 68. Mrs. Rose Sourtzis 69. Mr. Spyro Sourtzis 70. Mr. Marinos Spourdalakis 71. Mrs. Nora Spourdalakis 72. Mrs. Jenny Theodore 73. Mr. Constantin Todosia 74. Mrs. Manuela Todosia 75. Mr. C. Tsekouras 76. Mrs. Jane Tsekouras 77. Mr. Ahileas Tsekouras 78. Mr. Paul Tsekouras 79. Mrs. Sylvia Tsekouras 80. Mr. Harry Tsekouras 81. Mrs. Lily Tsekouras 82. Ms. Elaine Tsekouras 83. Mr. John Tsekouras 84. Mr. Taki Vlotaros 85. Mr. Daniel Vasiliu 86. Dr. Irene Vasiliu 87. Mrs. Effie Voulagaris 88. Mrs. Gina Voulagaris - EACH ONE MUST GIVE AS HE HAS DECIDED IN HIS HEART, NOT RELUCTANTLY OR UNDER COMPULSION, FOR GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER. - 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7 - GIVE, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU. GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER, WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR LAP. FOR WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU. - LUKE 6:38 - NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS, FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR HE WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MONEY. - MATTHEW 6:24 - HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR WEALTH AND WITH THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL YOUR PRODUCE; THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY, AND YOUR VATS WILL BE BURSTING WITH WINE. - PROVERBS 3:9-10 - FOR WE MUST ALL APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, SO THAT EACH ONE MAY RECEIVE WHAT IS DUE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE BODY, WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL. - 2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 8
9
Bess and Sheila want you to come join the fun at Bingo! TBA ALL BINGOS ARE AT THE C.L.E. LOCATION at 5:45 PM 10
11
12