St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church

Pastor Fr. Christopher P. Foustoukos Email: frchris@stvasilios.org Parish President Mrs. Pam Katsiris Email: Pam@stvasilios.org Stewardship Chairman Mrs. Pam Katsiris Email: Steve@stvasilios.org Pastoral Assistant Deacon Michael Fadel Pastor Emeritus Fr. Andrew Demotses Parish Nurse Sophia Grevelis, RN Office Manager Irene Stephanides Secretary Chrissa Pissios Office: Tel: 978-531-0777 Fax: 978-538-9522 5 Paleologos Street, Peabody, MA 01960 website: www.stvasilios.org St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church WWW.STVASILIOS.ORG Sunday After Holy Cross www.facebook.com/stvasiliospeabody ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΑΓΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣ ST. VASILIOS GREEK SCHOOL Come have fun with us learning Greek! Research demonstrates benefits of early exposure to multiple languages. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful program in our community, take advantage of exposing your children to Greek! Our Greek school is open to students of other communities as well as to those of the greater community. The St. Vasilios Greek School has functioned continuously since the founding of our parish. The Greek School is the oldest educational program within the church. The school offers the youth of our community knowledge of the Greek language, a love for the Orthodox Faith, and an appreciation for the culture and history of the Greek people. Our students build strong bonds with their classmates that last a lifetime.children age 3 can enroll in the Introductory class (3-4 year olds) and students entering Kindergarten can enroll in the Pre-School class. The Introductory class will meet every Wednesday. Pre-K through 6 th grade will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3:30-5:00. We are flexible if you cannot commit to 3 days a week. For more information contact the Church Office or Principal Dina Kalaitzidis at greekschool@stvasilios.org September 20, 2015

Sunday, September 20, 2015 Hymns Following the Gospel (Small Entrance) Resurrectional Apolytikion Grave Mode By means of Your Cross, O Lord, You abolished death. * To the robber You opened Paradise. * The lamentation of the myrrhbearing women You transformed, * and You gave Your Apostles the order to proclaim to all * that You had risen, O Christ our God, * and granted the world Your great mercy. Of the Feast 1 st Mode Save, O Lord, Thy people and bless Thine inheritance; grant Thou unto the faithful victory over adversaries. And by the power of Thy Cross do Thou preserve Thy commonwealth. Apolytikion 4 th Mode Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful. St. Vasilios 1 st Mode Your message was carried throughout the world. As it received your mighty word, By which you divinely made manifest And clarified the nature of existing things You set in order the customs of men, You who are royal priesthood! Holy Father, intercede with Christ our God To grant us His great mercy. Seasonal Kontakion -4 th Mode Lifted up on the Cross by Your free will, Christ God, grant mercies to the new commonwealth that bears Your name. Gladden our faithful rulers by Your power, giving them victories over their adversaries. May Your alliance be for them a weapon for peace, an invincible standard. Apoluti/kion (Hxoc baru/c) Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον, ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Apoluti/kion (Hxoc A /) Σώσον Κύριε τόν λαόν σου καί ευλόγησον τήν κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοίς Βασιλεύσι κατά βαρβάρων δωρούμενος καί τό σόν φυλάττων διά τού Σταυρού σου πολίτευμα. Apoluti/kion (Hxoc D /) Οι Μάρτυρές σου, Κύριε, εν τή αθλήσει αυτών, στεφάνους εκομίσαντο τής αφθαρσίας, εκ σού τού Θεού ημών, σχόντες γάρ τήν ισχύν σου, τούς τυράννους καθείλον, έθραυσαν καί δαιμόνων, τά ανίσχυρα θράση. Αυτών ταίς ικεσίαις, Χριστέ ο Θεός, σώσον τάς ψυχάς ημών. Apoluti/kion tou Agi/ou Basilei/ou (Hxoc A/) Konta/kion (Hxoc D /) Ο υψωθείς εν τώ Σταυρώ εκουσίως, τή επωνύμω σου καινή πολιτεία, τούς οικτιρμούς σου δώρησαι, Χριστέ ο Θεός, Εύφρανον εν τή δυνάμει σου, τούς πιστούς Βασιλείς ημών, νίκας χορηγών αυτοίς, κατά τών πολεμίων, τήν συμμαχίαν έχοιεν τήν σήν, όπλον ειρήνης, αήττητον τρόπαιον. 2 Men s Club Family Dinner Sunday, September 25 Ministry Sunday Sunday, September 27 Dates to Remember Flu Vaccine Sunday, September 27 National Clergy Retreat November 3-6 St. Vasilios Festival November 6-8 Parish Assembly Monday, November 23 11

MONASTERY TRIP Monastery trip to Holy Protection (Agia Skepi) on September 30 through October 2) (Wednesday Friday). If you are interested please call Niki at 978-977-0429. St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church No Knowledge of painting or drawing needed! Friday, October 15 6-9 pm Saturday, October 17 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 18 12:00 noon 6:00 p.m. St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20 Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1 The Lord will give strength to his people. Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory. BRETHREN, you know that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Πρὸς Γαλάτας 2:16-20 Προκείμενον. Ἦχος βαρύς. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 28.11,1 Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει. Στίχ. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν. Ἀδελφοί, εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου πᾶσα σάρξ. Εἰ δέ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι. Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι ζῶ δέ, οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. 10 3

Sunday after Holy Cross The Gospel of Mark 8:34-38, 9:1 The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power." Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 8:34-38, 9:1 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς δ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, καὶ ζημιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει. 4 The Sisterhood of St. Makrina study group will begin our fall session on Wednesday, October 7 and continue for 8 weeks. Women of all ages are invited to attend as we learn about our faith through reading and sharing. Feel free to contact Pres. Claire if you would like more information 617-957-0175. Please note correction: The Tel# for Fr. Tom Chininis is 978-458-4321. 9

Winter Hours Orthros - Greek 8:00 a.m. 1 st Divine Liturgy - English 9:00 a.m. 2 nd Divine Liturgy - Greek & English 10:30 a.m. Office Hours 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. XEIMERINES WRES Orqroc - Ellhnika/ 8:00 p.m. Prw/th Qei/a Leitourgi/a-Agglika/ 9:00 p.m. Deu/terh Qei/a Leitourgi/a Ellhnika/ kai Agglika/ 10:30 p.m. Wrec Grafei/ou 9 p.m. - 5 m.m. PLEASE NOTE: September 1st was the start of our new Ecclesiastical Year and we will begin a new prayer list, please call the office if you wish to be added. CEMETERY VISITS: Due to the number of sacraments, 40 day blessings and memorials on Sundays it is difficult to make cemetery visits on Sundays after liturgy. If you would like a Trisagion at the graveside during the week you are kindly asked to make an appointment by calling the church office. HOSPITAL VISITS Due to HIPAA privacy rules, hospitals no longer provide a list of Orthodox patients to us. Therefore, if you or a loved one are, or will be, in the hospital, please contact the church office for 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. WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS! Everyone is welcome in the Orthodox Church and may receive the blessed bread (antidoron) at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. Sadly, the divisions in the church prompt us all to work towards reunited Christianity. The culmination of this reunion will be the ability of all Christians to receive the Eucharist together. Until that blessed day arrives, only Orthodox Christians who are in good sacramental order are permitted to receive Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church. If you have any questions or concerns please speak with Father Chris. MEMORIALS: We commemorate today the blessed memory of the following Members of our parish who have fallen asleep in the Lord: 40 day Konstantina Viglas 40 day Paul Sampsonis Trisagia 3 yr. Eleni Siopis 3 yr. Leonidas Tsionis From St. Vasilios Family Choir: We are looking for a few new voices to join our choir for Sunday morning liturgy. There is a book and accompanying CD of the music if you wish. Male and alto voices are especially needed. Younger voices are also welcome. We rehearse Tuesday nights at 6:30 in our choir loft. Come and be a living part of our faith! For more info call: Tony Vatousios, Music Director, 508-843-2190 8 5

International Festival St. Vasilios will be participating in the City of Peabody s annual International Festival today Sunday, September 20 th. Today Weekday Services Vesperal Liturgy for St. Iakovos Thursday, October 22 St. James 6 p.m. St. Demetrios Monday, Octobet 26 8:00 a.m. Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Please visit us today MINISTRY SUNDAY September 27, 2015 On Sunday September 27, 2015, we will be holding our Ministry Sunday. Please join us in the Education Center from 10:30 to 11:30 for coffee and a light brunch. All of our organizations and ministries will be available to you. We would love for you to get to know each ministry and hope you will join one or more! FLU VACCINE Sunday, September 27, 2015 See us at the Health and Wellness Table on Ministry Sunday during coffee hour. 10:30-11:30 am.age 65 and older Medicare will cover the cost. Abe 8 to 64 only Blue Cross/Blue Shield will be accepted. Please bring your insurance cards. If no insurance there will be a $30 charge. A parent needs to be with a minor child to sign consent. Today Come support the Greek School students as they perform today for the International Festival at the Peabody Veterans Park on Walnut St at 11:00 am. *Do not get the vaccine if you are allergic to eggs.* KAQHMERINES IERES AKOLOUQIES Esperino/c Pe/mpth, 22 h Oktwbri/ou St. James 6 p.m. Agioc Dhmh/trioc Deute/ra, 26 h Oktwbri/ou 8:00 p.m. Orqroc 9:00 p.m. Qei/a Leitourgi/a 6 COFFEE HOUR: Please join us for coffee fellowship today immediately following the first divine liturgy in the Educational center. Today's coffee fellowship is sponsored by the Martins family in honor of their daughter Antonia's "Sweet 16th" birthday, and by the family of Leonidas Tsionis in loving memory of their beloved Dad and Papou. ST VASILIOS COFFEE FELLOWSHIP HOUR As most of you know, while Church School is in session, parents, grandparents and friends gather in the Rev. Andrew Demotses Community Center for fellowship and refreshments. These coffee hours are a place for us to reconnect with our St. Vasilios family, celebrate joys and be comforted during loss. The St. Val s PTA supplies and staffs our time together with volunteers, but has always welcomed and encouraged anyone from the community to sponsor a week. These sponsorships help defray the costs of paper goods and supplies. You can use these days to remember loved ones on their birthday, anniversary, name day, christening, celebrating a wedding or mourning at a funeral or memorial service, or just for the good health of family and friends. Just as the church and families have been feeling the squeeze of the slow economy, rising costs and limited incomes, the PTA has also been struggling with the continued pressures of financing our weekly fellowship. The weekly cost to put forth refreshments is approximately $250. This accounts for coffee and necessary condiments, donuts, muffins, and paper goods. We operate at a loss each and every week and it has become increasingly more difficult to subsidize. In addition, we try to focus our hard won fundraising dollars on student centered programming, events and improvements that effect student classrooms and experience. This year we will be offering FULL SPONSORSHIP for $150 with no other sponsors, or $50 for a PARTIAL SPONSORSHIP. There may be multiple sponsors on such days. We also welcome any homemade treat, fruit platter or sweet you would like to provide for the event. Your sponsorship will be listed in the Sunday Bulletin that is distributed in church and placed in a frame on the table of treats. We ask that you consider sponsoring a coffee hour in the near future! Please contact Rita Constantinou at ritaconstantinou@yahoo.com or 978-852- 0137 to reserve your week. Seminary Fall Open House scheduled from 8AM-2PM on Saturday, September 26th. Students who attend the Open House will be eligible for a $1000 Open House scholarship upon enrolling at HCHC. Come visit our beloved Seminary! Also Second Tray today to benefit Holy Cross Seminary and Hellenic College 7