900 6th Street Sioux City, Iowa 51101 Rev. Fr. Dimitri Tobias, Proistamenos Fr.dimitri.tobias@gmail.com Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Saints and Feasts: Thomas Sunday John the Apostle, Evangelist, & Theologian Sunday, May 8, 2016 Telephone: 712-255-5559 Office Fax: 712-255-1837 www.holytrinity.ia.goarch.org Parish Council President: Mr. Costa Tsiobanos Synaxis of the Holy Powder (or manna) which emitted from the tomb of Saint John the Theologian Arsenios the Great Emelia, mother of St. Basil the Great The very fire which purifies gold, also consumes wood. Precious metals shine in it like the sun, rubbish burns with black smoke. All are in the same fire of Love. Some shine and others become black and dark. In the same furnace steel shines like the sun, whereas clay turns dark and is hardened like stone. God is a loving fire, and He is a loving fire for all: good and bad. There is, however, a great difference in the way people receive this loving fire of God. The difference is in man, not God. Dr. Alexandre Kalomiros The River of Fire, pp. 17 & 19, 20th century For great is the dignity of the priests.... And hold them very exceedingly in honor; for you indeed care about your own affairs, and if you order them well, you give no account for others;... St. John Chrysostom Homily 86, 4th Century Narthex Duty: Tommy Baryo & Niki Margeas Greek Epistle Reader: Panagiotis Bovis English Epistle Reader: Nicholas Karras Prosforo offered by: Mr. & Mrs. Rick Jones, Dr. & Dr. Kosta Antonopoulos, Mrs. Spero Siganos, and Mrs. Mary Eliades Before The Creed When the Priest says: The Congregation responds: Christ is in our midst. He is and always will be, now and ever and to the ages of ages. Communion Guidelines: As a reminder, only baptized and chrismated Orthodox Christians who are in good standing may receive Holy Communion. Follow the Ushers row by row and please exit towards the outside aisles.
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THE EPISTLE / Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8 Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 4. Psalm 117.24,29 This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Verse: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. IN THE FIRST BOOK, O Theophilos, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 1:1-8 Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ δ. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 117.24,29 αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα, ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ Στίχ. ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἀγαθός, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων, ὦ Θεόφιλε, ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας, ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο, ἀνελήφθη οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, διʼ ἡμερῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς, καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ. Καὶ συναλιζόμενος παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὴ χωρίζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός, Ἣν ἠκούσατέ μου ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας. Οἱ μὲν οὖν συνελθόντες ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες, Κύριε, εἰ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ ἀποκαθιστάνεις τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ; Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστιν γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ. Ἀλλὰ λήψεσθε δύναμιν, ἐπελθόντος τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι μάρτυρες ἔν τε Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς..
THE HOLY GOSPEL / ΤΟ ΘΕΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ The Gospel according to John 1:1-17 Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1-17 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος. Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. πάντα δι αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἓν ὃ γέγονεν. ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν. Εγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ιωάννης οὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν, ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός, ἵνα πάντες πιστεύσωσι δι αὐτοῦ. οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός. Ην τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω. εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθε, καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον. ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκός, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν. Καὶ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας. Ιωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγε λέγων οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον, ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν. Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.
2016 Vacation Church School Registration Form Family Name Dad Name Mom Name Address Email Cell Phone $25 per Family. Please make checks out to Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church June 6-9 Traveling on the Ark of Salvation Feasts of the Theotokos 10:00 am 1:00 pm Lunch included Child 1 Child 4 Name Baptismal Name Grade (K - 5th) List any Allergies Child 2 Name Baptismal Name Grade (K - 5th) List any Allergies Child 3 Name Baptismal Name Grade (5-12th) List any Allergies Child 5 Name Baptismal Name Grade (K - 5th) List any Allergies Name Baptismal Name Grade (K - 5th) List any Allergies
Sunday School Last Day of Sunday School May 22 nd Graduate Sunday is May 22 nd Please send in any information you would like published in the Bulletin for your Graduate. Marriage Seminar by Fr. Dimitri Tobias & Fr. Lucas Rice Sunday, June 5 th at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 6:00 p.m. Small Vespers 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:00 p.m. Seminar
Graduation Parties Please join us as we celebrate the High School Graduation of Arianna Ketchelos Sunday, May 22nd At Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Following Divine Liturgy Christopher Konidas Open House Sunday, May 22nd 1626 Hiawatha Trail 4:00 7:00 pm May 8th MOTHER S DAY The youth of our parish honor all of the ladies with a carnation on Mother's Day. Be sure to come and receive your flower from the youth May 30th Memorial Day It is the tradition of many Greek Orthodox Christians to extend the memorial of this day to all of those who have fallen asleep in the hope of the Resurrection. There will be a general Memorial Service held at the Church 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Memorial Park 11:30 a.m. Graceland 1:00 p.m. Other Cemeteries by Appointment
Monday May 9 Upcoming Parish Events Tuesday May 10 Wednesday May 11 Thursday May 12 Friday May 13 Saturday May 14 Sunday May 15 Festival Meeting 8:30 am Sunday Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy 11:30 am Choir Practice 12:00 pm Sunday of the Myrrbearers Tray May 9 13 Metropolis of Chicago Clergy Retreat Fr. Dimitri will be out of town for this period. All pastoral emergencies that cannot be handled over the phone should be directed to Rev. Fr. Lucas Rice (712) 635-7519 mobile
Holy Trinity GOC May 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Pascha 12:00 pm Agape Vespers 1:00 pm Parish Paschal Luncheon ans Easter Egg Hunt 2 3 9:00 am Divine Liturgy of St. George at Holy Trinity 6:00 pm Parish Council Meeting 7:00 pm Festival Meeting 9:00 am Divine Liturgy of St. Mark the Evangelist at St. Thomas 4 Retreat to St. Iakovos Retreat Center 5 Retreat to St. Iakovos Retreat Center 6 Retreat to St. Iakovos Retreat Center 7 8 Mother's Day 9 Metropolis of Chicago Clergy Retreat go Clergy Retreat go Clergy Retreat go Clergy Retreat 10 Metropolis of Chica- 11 Metropolis of Chica- 12 Metropolis of Chica- 13 14 8:30 am Sunday Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy 11:30 am Choir Practice 15 Festival Meeting 16 17 18 8:30 am Sunday Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy 11:30 am Choir Practice 12:00 pm Sunday of the Myrrbearers Tray 4:30 pm Healthy Body Healthy Soul 6:00 pm Daily Vespers at St. Thomas 19 20 21 2:00 pm Office Hours 5:00 pm Byzantine Music Class 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 9:00 am Divine Liturgy of SS. Constantine & Helen at Holy Trinity 22 Philoptochos Meeting 8:30 am Sunday Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy 11:30 am Choir Practice 23 24 25 4:30 pm Healthy Body Healthy Soul 6:00 pm Daily Vespers at St. Thomas 26 27 28 2:00 pm Office Hours 5:00 pm Byzantine Music Class 6:00 pm Paraklisis Service 29 8:30 am Sunday Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy 11:30 am Choir Practice 30 Memorial Day 31
Matthew 25:35-36 - The Last Judgement For I was hungry, and you gave me food, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: Please donate food to Abraham s Pantry. Please volunteer at the Soup Kitchen. Upcoming Philoptochos Program I was a stranger, and you took me in: Please welcome our Catechumens Naked, and you clothed me: Please consider donating clothes to Abraham s Pantry I was sick, and you visited me: Please pray for the speedy recovery of: Barbara, Sophia, Nicholas, Chris, Polyxeni, Stavros, Mary, Maria, Maria, Nicholas, Chris, Nicholas I was in prison, and you came unto me: Please pray for and consider visiting our shut-ins. Stella Kreekos (Westwood Nursing home), Maria Baumert (Embassy Rehab), Georgia Diavastes (at home), Betty Pavlushik (at home), George Ciganovich (at home).