Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana AUGUST 21, 2016 NINTH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Sunday, August 21 ~ 9:00 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Parish Council on Duty Paul Andersson and Angela Fyssas-Lear Special Tray to Assist the Baton Rouge Holy Trinity Church Community 12:00 pm ~ GEORGIOS PAPAPANAGIOTOU MEMORIAL COFFEE in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ GOYA Meeting in Boardroom 12:00 pm ~ Greek Festival Pasty Sale in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Plant Sale in Foyer Wednesday, August 24 ~ 7:00 pm Bible Study with Father George in Coffee Room Thursday, August 25 ~ 9:00 am Cathedral Book Club Meeting in Coffee Room Friday, August 26 ~ 6:30 pm ECYM Committee Outing Zephyrs Game Saturday, August 27 ~ 9:30 am Marriage Preparation and Seminar in Coffee Room 2:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Ozanam Inn Sunday, August 28 ~ 9:00 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy TENTH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Parish Council on Duty Paul Andersson and Barbara Wolf 12:00 pm ~ Daughters of Penelope Officers Meeting in Boardroom DIVINE LITURGY NEXT MONDAY Please note that Father George will celebrate Divine Liturgy next Monday, August 29, beginning at 9:00 am in commemoration of the beheading of St. John the Baptist. PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS SCHOOL SUPPLIES NEEDED Philoptochos is continuing its annual school supply drive to help parents prepare their children for the 2016-2017 academic year at Lafayette Academy. Please place your donations in the collection box in the Coffee Room. Thank you so much for your continued support. FLOOD ASSISTANCE The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Baton Rouge sustained four feet of water and needs help to overcome the aftermath of the flood. Likewise, at least two church members' homes were flooded. Philoptochos stands ready to help the church and its members in any way possible. More information is forthcoming. SPECIAL TRAY FOR BATON ROUGE A special collection will be taken today to assist the community of Holy Trinity Church in Baton Rouge. Please give generously. "BE TRANSFIGURED! And, Live a New Life in Jesus Christ" The ECYM Committee is hosting the Fall Family Retreat at the Hellenic Cultural Center SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 with lead speaker FATHER ATHANASIOS HAROS of Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church Florence, South Carolina Please SAVE THE DATE! PARENTS OF SMALL CHILDREN If you took home one of the Quiet Bags that belongs in the Narthex, please return it as soon as possible. These are for young children to use during the Liturgy in the Church only. SEEKING SPONSOR FOR 2017 ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDARS Any individual or business that would like to underwrite the 2017 Ecclesiastical Calendar is asked to contact the Cathedral office no later than Monday, August 29, with all layout information. Orders and payment for the project must be received by the Archdiocese by September 1, 2016. Cost of sponsorship is $1,000.
Message from Father George THE WORK OF THE IOCC Throughout the year we receive visitors at the Cathedral from the International Orthodox Christian Charities, or IOCC. Their website states: IOCC staff identifies needs, develops plans, manages operations, tracks grants, guides programs, and assures reporting and transparency. IOCC is accountable to the Assembly of Bishops, governed by an elected Board of Directors, and managed by an Executive Director and Executive Team. IOCC is committed to working with the most affected communities to identify the appropriate short and long-term responses to their needs. The work of the IOCC has taken their teams throughout the world to assist in a multitude of humanitarian needs. With the recent storms and flooding that affected our state, the IOCC is closely monitoring the situation in the area, and members of the IOCC Emergency Response Network, known as Frontliners, are responding as the needs emerge. They have also been in contact with Orthodox and ecumenical partners (including our Cathedral), the Red Cross, and other relief partners from the Voluntary Organization Active in Disaster (VOAD) network to determine the most appropriate response. We are thankful for the work of the many Cathedral parishioners, who volunteered yesterday to help clean our sister-church Holy Trinity in Baton Rouge and for making and delivering meals for the workers. Of course, as Orthodox Christians our immediate concern is for our brothers and sisters in the Church, who are in need. We must remember that our Lord commands that we love our neighbor, not just our Orthodox Christian neighbor. Our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by this latest round of severe weather and the first responders, who are actively assisting in the ongoing rescue efforts, stated IOCC US Country Representative Daniel Christopulos. "IOCC is committed to working with our Orthodox Church community and local ecumenical partners to do our part in helping those impacted." Once the immediate needs of the Holy Trinity Church are addressed through clean-up workdays, more volunteers are still needed to assist the IOCC in many other ways. Mr. Christopulos is seeking volunteers from our Cathedral community to provide continued assistance even after the physical clean-up. There will be a variety of needs for which volunteers can help, not the least of which is guiding those affected through the flood of paperwork necessary to request continued financial assistance through insurance companies and government agencies. To volunteer, please speak with me today or call me this week at the office 504-282-0259! 2017 EPIPHANY MEETING - AUGUST 30 Volunteers, who previously worked on the annual Epiphany event, and those, who would like to help with the 2017 Epiphany Celebration scheduled Sunday, January 8, 2017, are asked to attend a preparation meeting on Tuesday, August 30, at 7:00 pm at the Hellenic Center. If you cannot attend the meeting but wish to help or to serve on a committee, please advise the Cathedral office so that you can be contacted about upcoming meetings. CHURCH DIRECTORY Work on the long awaited church directory is underway. Heads, or head, of households will have their names published with their current home address. Likewise, telephone numbers and cell numbers available to the Cathedral office will be included for each. Children's names, however, will not be listed. If you DO NOT WISH to have your telephone or cell number in the directory, please contact the Cathedral office by September 30. GREEK FESTIVAL PASTRY COMMITTEE The Pastry Committee is featuring $5 and $10 boxes of either baklava, kataifi, or stuffed finikia. Also available are frozen tiropites or galaktobourika by the dozen for $10. Please stop by the table in the Coffee Room and support this project. GREEK NIGHT IN OCTOBER Everyone is invited to SAVE THE DATE and plan to attend the GREEK NIGHT Celebration at the Hellenic Cultural Center on Saturday, October 22, 2016, featuring LEFTERI BOURNIA with the Apollo Orchestra. A portion of the profits will benefit ST. JUDE HOSPITAL. The APOSTLE THADDAEUS, a Jew by race, was from Edessa. He became a disciple of Christ when he came to Jerusalem but returned to his native land after our Lord's Ascension. In Edessa he catechized and baptized Abgar and later preached in Mesopotamia. His life ended in martyrdom. Though some call him one of the Twelve, whom Matthew calls "Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus" (Matthew 10:3), Eusebius says that he is one of the Seventy: "After [Christ's] Resurrection from the dead, and His ascent into Heaven, Thomas, one of the twelve Apostles, inspired by God, sent Thaddaeus, one of the seventy disciples of Christ, to Edessa as a preacher and evangelist of Christ's teaching." (Ecclesiastes History 1:13)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 ATTENDANCE 116 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $502 Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70122 Reverend Father George Wilson, Dean priest@holytrinitycathedral.org PHONE: (504) 282-0259 FAX: (504) 283-5586
21η AΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ 2016 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Θ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΥ ΘΑΔΔΑΙΟΥ Ἑωθινόν Θ 21 ST AUGUST 2016 9 TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW THE HOLY APOSTLE THADDAEUS Eothion 9 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος πλ δ Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἑορτῆς Ἦχος α Εν τή Γεννήσει τήν παρθενίαν εφύλαξας, έν τή Κοιμήσει τόν κόσμον ού κατέλιπες Θεοτόκε, Μετέστης πρός τήν ζωήν, μήτηρ υπάρχουσα τής ζωής, καί ταίς πρεσβείαις ταίς σαίς λυτρουμένη, εκ θανάτου τάς ψυχάς ημών. 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 τῆς Ἑορτῆς Ἦχος β Τήν εν πρεσβείαις ακοίμητον Θεοτόκον, καί προστασίαις αμετάθετον ελπίδα, τάφος καί νέκρωσις ουκ εκράτησεν, ως γάρ ζωής Μητέρα, πρός τήν ζωήν μετέστησεν, ο μήτραν οικήσας αειπάρθενον. Resurrection Apolytikion Plagal Tone 4 You descended from on high, O compassionate One, and condescended to be buried for three days, so that from the passions You might set us free. Our life and resurrection, O Lord, glory be to You. Apolytikion of the Feast Tone 1 In giving birth you retained your virginity, and in dormition you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. You were translated unto life, being the Mother of Life. And thus by virtue of your intercessions you deliver our souls from death. 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 of the Feast Tone 2 Neither the grave nor death could contain the Theotokos, the unshakable hope, ever vigilant in intercession and protection. As Mother of life, He who dwelt in the ever-virginal womb transposed her to life.
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Α' Κορινθίους γ 9-17 Ἀδελφοί, Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί θεοῦ γεώργιον, θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε. Κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, ὡς σοφὸς ἀρχιτέκτων θεμέλιον τέθεικα, ἄλλος δὲ ἐποικοδομεῖ. Ἕκαστος δὲ βλεπέτω πῶς ἐποικοδομεῖ. Θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Εἰ δέ τις ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦτον χρυσόν, ἄργυρον, λίθους τιμίους, ξύλα, χόρτον, καλάμην, ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται ἡ γὰρ ἡμέρα δηλώσει, ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον ὁποῖόν ἐστιν τὸ πῦρ δοκιμάσει. Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον μένει ὃ ἐποικοδόμησεν, μισθὸν λήψεται. Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον κατακαήσεται, ζημιωθήσεται αὐτὸς δὲ σωθήσεται, οὕτως δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν; Εἴ τις τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ θεός ὁ γὰρ ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς. THE EPISTLE I Corinthians 3:9-17 BRETHREN, we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder. I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw - each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are. ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ματθαῖου ιδ 22-34 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠνάγκασεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς μαθητὰς ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πέραν, ἕως οὗ ἀπολύσῃ τοὺς ὄχλους. Καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατ ἰδίαν προσεύξασθαι. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης μόνος ἦν ἐκεῖ. Τὸ δὲ πλοῖον ἤδη σταδίους πολλοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀπεῖχεν, βασανιζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων, ἦν γὰρ ἐναντίος ὁ ἄνεμος. Τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ τῆς νυκτὸς ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν. Οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι Φάντασμά ἐστιν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν. Εὐθὺς δὲ ἐλάλησεν [ὁ Ιησοῦς] αὐτοῖς λέγων, Θαρσεῖτε, ἐγώ εἰμι μὴ φοβεῖσθε. Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν, Κύριε, εἰ σὺ εἶ, κέλευσόν με ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, Ελθέ. καὶ καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου ὁ Πέτρος περιεπάτησεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν Ιησοῦν. Βλέπων δὲ τὸν ἄνεμον ἐφοβήθη, καὶ ἀρξάμενος καταποντίζεσθαι ἔκραξεν λέγων, Κύριε, σῶσόν με. Εὐθέως δὲ ὁ Ιησοῦς ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Ολιγόπιστε, εἰς τί ἐδίστασας;καὶ ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες, Αληθῶς Θεοῦ υἱὸς εἶ. Καὶ διαπεράσαντες ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν εἰς Γεννησαρέτ. THE GOSPEL Matthew 14:22-34 At that time, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them, saying "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they entered the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.