Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 900 6th Street Sioux City, Iowa 51101 Www.holytrinity.ia.goarch.org Church Office Rev. Fr. Dimitri Tobias, Proistamenos Telephone: 712-255-5559 847-558-9849 Office Fax: 712-255-1837 Fr.dimitri.tobias@gmail.com Parish Council President: Maria Schultz Sunday, October 13, 2013 Saints and Feasts: Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council Carpus, Papylus, Agathodorus, & Agathonica, the Martyrs of Pergamus Benjamin the Deacon Chryssi the New Martyr of Greece Florentios the Martyr of Thessaloniki ABRAHAM S PANTRY: This Week WE ARE ASKING FOR CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES! Please donate! Foods from Abraham s Pantry is distributed to the local Food Pantries to feed the poor. Check the expiration Date!!! Abraham served the best he had. If we would not eat it, why should we expect someone else to risk getting sick? Prosforo offered by: The Baryo Family English Epistle Reader: Andreana Kjos Greek Epistle Reader: Pete Bovis Luncheon Sponsored by: Youth Ministries

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Tone Hymns of the Day Απολυτίκιον Αναστάσιμον Ήχος βαρύς Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world. 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. Apolytikion of the Fathers Plagal of the 4th Tone You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῶν Πατέρων -Ἦχος πλ. δ' Ὑπερδεδοξασμένος εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ φωστῆρας ἐπὶ γῆς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν θεμελιώσας, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀληθινὴν πίστιν, πάντας ἡμᾶς ὁδηγήσας πολυεύσπλαγχνε, δόξα σοι. Apolytikion of the Church in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone 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. Απολυτίκιον τοῦ Ναοῦ Ήχος πλ. δ' Εύλογητός εἶ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεος ἡμῶν ὁ πανσόφους τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἁναδείξας καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ δι αὐτῶν τῆν οἰκουμένην σαγηνεύσας φιλάνθρωπε δόξα Σοι. Kontakion 2 nd Tone O Protection of Christians unshamable, mediation to our Holy Maker unwavering. Please reject not, the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. But hasten now 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. Κοντάκιον Ηχος β. Προστασία των Χριστιανών ακαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία προς τον Ποιητήν αμετάθετε, μη παρίδης αμαρτωλών δεήσεων φωνάς. Αλλά πρόφθασον ως αγαθή, εις την βοήθειαν ημών, των πιστώς κραυγαζόντων σοι. Τάχυνον εις πρεσβείαν, και σπεύσον εις ικεσίαν, η προστατεύουσα αεί, Θεοτόκε των τιμώντων σε.

THE EPISTLE / Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15 Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Daniel 3.26,27 Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers. Verse: For you are just in all you have done. TITUS, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned. When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful. All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. Πρὸς Τίτον 3:8-15 Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δ. Δανιήλ 3.26-27 Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν. Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν. Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσιν καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ. ταῦτά ἐστιν καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔριν καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο, εἰσὶν γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. αιῥετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος. Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τυχικόν, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν, ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι. Ζηνᾶν τὸν νομικὸν καὶ Ἀπολλῶν σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον, ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτοῖς λείπῃ. μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετ ἐμοῦ πάντες. Ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.

THE HOLY GOSPEL / ΤΟ ΘΕΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ The Gospel of Luke 8:5-15 The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 8.5-15 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην Ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσε παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ κατεπατήθη, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό.καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθήν, καὶ φυὲν ἐποίησε καρπὸν ἑκατονταπλασίονα. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. Επηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες τίς εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη;ὁ δὲ εἶπεν ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς, ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσι καὶ ἀκούοντες μὴ συνιῶσιν. ἔστι δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, εἶτα ἔρχεται ὁ διάβολος καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ πιστεύσαντες σωθῶσιν.οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσι, μετὰ χαρᾶς δέχονται τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὗτοι ῥίζαν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, οἳ πρὸς καιρὸν πιστεύουσι καὶ ἐν καιρῷ πειρασμοῦ ἀφίστανται.τὸ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας πεσόν, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, καὶ ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν καὶ πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου πορευόμενοι συμπνίγονται καὶ οὐ τελεσφοροῦσι.τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇ καλῇ γῇ, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἵτινες ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον κατέχουσι καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν ἐν ὑπομονῇ.

Communion Protocols Who can take Communion? Only Orthodox Christians who have prepared for the Sacrament. Baptized/Chrismated in the Orthodox Church Have participated in Confession (tyically once a year) Have Prayed Daily Have Fasted Wednesday & Friday Who cannot take Communion? Orthodox Christians who have been excommunicated Committed a Grave sin that has not been confessed or repented Married outside of the Church Partaken of Sacraments outside of the Orthodox Church Living in sin engaging in behavior continuously that is spiritually or socially harmful Non Christians (Muslims/Jews/Atheists) Heterodox Christians Christians of other Faith Traditions (Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, etc.) Coptic Orthodox (Unless there is no Coptic Church in the Region) You will not be asked of any of these conditions, nor will the Clergy accept second-hand accusations. But be aware, if any of these conditions apply, you answer to the Lord. Behold, I approach for Holy Communion. O Creator, burn me not as I partake; For You are Fire, which burns the unworthy, Wherefore, do You cleanse me of every stain -From the Communion Prayers

Calling all Baklava and Spanakopita Makers!! Saturday, October 19th @ 9:00 a.m. we will be making baklava and spanakopita for the Grecian Dinner

CONGRATULATIONS! On October 4th, Peter Konidas, son of Gus Konidas and Tina Konidas, proposed to Andrea Dountas, daughter of Bill & Helen Dountas at St. George Greek Orthodox Church's (Albuquerque, NM) Greek Festival and she said YES! They are planning a fall 2014 wedding in New Mexico. We wish them every happiness and give our hearty congratulations to his parents Gus & Tina and to his loving sister who wanted this known to the community, Angela.

Metropolitan Iakovos Name Day Banquet Thursday, October 24, 2013 At Concorde Banquets in Deerfield, IL Cocktail Hour: 6:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. $50 per person Please contact Fr. Dimitri if you are interested in coming. Let us represent our Community at this Annual Event of Metropolis Fellowship We are planning on driving in a caravan Wednesday the 23 rd Or early Thursday the 24 th

Monday October 14 Columbus Day 7:00 pm Parish Council Meeting Tuesday October 15 Wednesday October 16 5:00 pm BACKPACK PROGRAM 6:00 pm GOYA Upcoming Parish Events Thursday October 17 8:30 am Morning Bible Study 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 7:00 pm Blessed Darkness Adult Education Friday October 18 9:00 am Orthros of St. Luke the Evangelist 10:00 am Divine Liturgy of St. Luke the Evangelist Saturday October 19 9:00 am Spanakopita & Baklava Baking for Grecian Dinner Sunday October 20 9:00 am Sunday Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

27 Syrian Dinner 28 PREP WEEK 29 MEAT CUT 9:00 am Sunday Orthros PREP WEEK 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 30 PREP WEEK 4:30 pm Greek School 5:30 pm Greek Dance Practice 31 PREP WEEK 8:30 am Morning Bible Study 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 7:00 pm Blessed Darkness Adult Education 9:00 am Sunday Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 20 21 22 23 4:30 pm Greek School 5:30 pm Greek Dance Practice 24 Metropolitan Name Day 8:30 am Morning Bible Study 25 6:00 pm Esperinos of St. Demetrios 26 6:00 am Orthros of St. Demetrios 7:00 am Divine Liturgy of St. Demetrios 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 13 Day Council Group Meeting Philoptochos Monthly Meeting 9:00 am Sunday Orthros Oktoberfest 14 Columbus Men's 7:00 pm Parish Monthly Meeting Adult Education 15 16 5:00 pm BACKPACK PRO- GRAM 6:00 pm GOYA 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 7:00 pm Blessed Darkness Study 17 8:30 am Morning Bible 18 19 9:00 am Orthros of St. Luke the Evangelist 10:00 am Divine Liturgy of St. Luke the Evangelist 9:00 am Spanakopita & Baklava Baking for Grecian Dinner Calendar of events 6 Clergy Laity Conference 9:00 am Sunday Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 7 8 9 Saints & Angels 4:30 pm Greek School 5:30 pm Greek Dance Practice 6:00 pm Youth & Family NIGHT 10 Mercy Medical Center Women's Night Out 8:30 am Morning Bible Study 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 7:00 pm Blessed Darkness Adult Education 11 12 9:00 am Orthros of Symeon the New Theologian 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Orthros of Symeon the New Theologian 1 Feastday of Musicians 7:00 am Agiasmos Service 9:00 am Orthros of the Holy Protection of the Theotokos & St. Romanos the Melodist 10:00 am Divine Liturgy of the Protection of the Theotokos & St. Romanos the Melodist 2 Clergy Laity Conference 9:00 am Orthros of the Martyrs Cyprian and Justina 10:00 am Divine Liturgy of the Martyrs Cyprian and Justina 4:30 pm Greek School 5:30 pm Greek Dance Practice 3 Clergy Laity Conference 8:30 am Morning Bible Study 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 7:00 pm Blessed Darkness Adult Education 4 Clergy Laity Conference Conference 5 Clergy Laity 6:00 pm Baptismal Seminar - By appointment Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Holy Trinity GOC October 2013

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