St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church

Pastor Fr. Christopher P. Foustoukos Email: frchris@stvasilios.org Parish President Mrs. Pam Katsiris Stewardship Chairman Stephen S. Kalivas 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 website: www.stvasilios.org Winter Hours 2013 Dates to Remember St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church WWW.STVASILIOS.ORG Sunday of the Holy Cross Orthros - Greek 8:00 a.m. 1 st Divine Liturgy - English 9:00am 2 nd Divine Liturgy - Greek & English 10:30am Office Hours 9 am - 5 pm XEIMERINES WRES Orqroc - Ellhnika/ 8:00 p.m. 1 h Qei/a Leitourgi/a-Agglika/ 9:00p.m. 2 h Qei/a Leitourgi/a Ellhnika/ kai Agglika/ 10:30 p.m. Ώρες γραφείou 9 π.μ. - 5 μ.μ. "Philoptochos June Luncheon": Saturday June 22 2013 - Newport Flower Show followed by lunch at Atlantic Beach Club. Transportation by bus to Newport R.I. Deadline for reservation: June 15 2013. For further information call: Fran Katsulis 978-535-0469 Today is Boston Greek Independence Day Parade The Bus will leave at 11:30 Community District Retreat& Lock- In At the Holy Apostoles Church in Haverhill MA April 19-20 Youth Overnight Retreat Friday April 26 General Assembly Monday May 20 @ 7 pm Philoptochos June Luncheon Saturday June 22 St. VAsilios Show of Talent Sunday June 23 @ 3pm Picnic Liturgy at Winter Island Sunday June 30 YIA YIA S ATTIC TREASURES DATE: JULY 2013 SAVE YOUR TREASURES: ANY GOOD CLEAN TREASURE SAVE OUR BELLS: LET S HEAR OUR BEAUTIFUL BELLS RING ONCE AGAIN!! MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON. Note: Please do not send in any items into our church yet. Thank you OPA!!! April 7 2013

Sunday April 7 2013 Hymns Following the Gospel (Small Entrance) Apolytikion Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad for the Lord by His Might has created a Dominion. He has conquered death by death and become the first-born of the dead. He has delivered us from the depths of Hades and has granted the world great mercy. Apolytikion Lord save Your people and bless Your inheritance granting our rulers to prevail over adversaries and protecting Your commonwealth by Your Cross. Apolytikion for St. Vasilios 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. Apoluti/kion Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ ὁ Κύριος ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Apoluti/kion 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 tou Agi/ou Basilei/ou. Kontakion To you Theotokos invincible Defender having been delivered from peril I your city dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might keep me safe from all trials that I may call out to you: "Hail unwedded bride!" Konta/kion Th Uperma/xw strathgw/ ta nikhth/ria wc lutrwqei/sa twn deinw/n euxaristh/ria anagra/fw soi h Po/lic sou Qeoto/ke. All/ w/c e/xousa to kra/toc aprosma/xhton ek pantoi/wn me kindu/nwn eleuqe/rwson ina kra/zw soi Xai/re Nu/mfh anu/mfeute. 2 11

Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 2. Psalm 27.91 O Lord save your people and bless your inheritance. Verse: To you O Lord I have cried O my God. St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16;5:1-6 BRETHREN since we have a high priest who has passed through the heavens Jesus the Son of God let us hold fast our confession. For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not take the honor upon himself but he is called by God just as Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest but was appointed by him who said to him "Thou art my Son today I have begotten thee"; as he says also in another place "Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek." 10 Προκείμενον. Ἦχος πλ β. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.91 Σῶσον Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου. Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ Κύριε κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου. Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 4:14-16; 5:1-6 Ἀδελφοί ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας. Οὐ γὰρ ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα μὴ δυνάμενον συμπαθῆσαι ταῖς ἀσθενείαις ἡμῶν πεπειραμένον δὲ κατὰ πάντα καθʼ ὁμοιότητα χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας. Προσερχώμεθα οὖν μετὰ παρρησίας τῷ θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος ἵνα λάβωμεν ἔλεον καὶ χάριν εὕρωμεν εἰς εὔκαιρον βοήθειαν. Πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεύς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν ἵνα προσφέρῃ δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίας ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν μετριοπαθεῖν δυνάμενος τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσιν καὶ πλανωμένοις ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς περίκειται ἀσθένειαν καὶ διὰ ταύτην ὀφείλει καθὼς περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ οὕτως καὶ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ προσφέρειν ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν. Καὶ οὐχ ἑαυτῷ τις λαμβάνει τὴν τιμήν ἀλλὰ καλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καθάπερ καὶ Ἀαρών. Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασεν γενηθῆναι ἀρχιερέα ἀλλʼ ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς αὐτόν Υἱός μου εἶ σύ ἐγὼ σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε. Καθὼς καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λέγει Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ. 3

Sunday of the Holy Cross The Gospel of Mark 8:34-38;9-1 Today on the Sunday of the Holy Cross a second tray will be passed to benefit the Holy Cross Seminary. 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. Notice of Endowment Fund Grant Opportunity In accordance with the Investment Policy of St. Vasilios Greek Orthodox Church the Investment Committee has met to recommend the grantable amount of the annual proceeds of the Endowment Fund. The total annual grantable amount is to be the total annual aggregate return (net of expenses) in excess of the CPI Index. In other words: Total Grantable Amount = Total Annual Return Expenses Inflation Fund Expenses The principal of the St. Vasilios Endowment Fund will remain inviolate and irrevocable. It is understood that following each calendar year end the investment committee will calculate the allowable granted amount based on the above formula. As such at each first general assembly of the year the investment committee will propose and recommend its use of the grant which must be approved by a majority of the general assembly. No annual grant giving is mandatory. Organizations and individuals of St. Vasilios are encouraged to submit their grant proposals in writing to the Investment Committee through the Church office no later than April 22 2013. The Endowment Fund may be used for any purpose consistent with the mission of the Church. This would include but not limited to such projects as the following: 1. Areas of need beyond the local church such as community services or mission projects. 2. Major improvements to space and facilities/capital improvements. 3. Unbudgeted maintenance of buildings and grounds. 4. Program initiatives for children youth or adult ministries. 5. Music program for special enhancements or additions. The complete Investment Policy is available for review at the church office. 4 9

Community District Retreats The Metropolis of Boston is proud to announce that the District Retreat will have a component for people of all ages!! In each District one parish will host the retreat for all the communities in the local area. The retreat will feature sessions and activities for all ages as well as a LOCK-IN for all GOYAns. The retreats will be staffed by young adults from our successful CAMP PROGRAM and also feature speakers from throughout the Metropolis to present to the Adults.. Contact the camp office (mbcamp@tds.net) with any questions!! Churches in District 7: **GOYA LOCK-IN APRIL 19-20** Holy Apostles Church in Haverhill MA Assumption Church in Ipswich MA Annunciation Church in Newburyport MA St Vasilios Church in Peabody MA Bless all my skills Oh Lordand be pleased with theworks of my hands Deut. 33:11 The Saint Makrina Sisterhood has organized a knitting group that meets on Wednesdays at 11:00 am.we will knit for pleasure charity and fellowship. You don't know how to knit? We will teach you! Come join us. The knitting group of the Saint Makrina Sisterhood and many wonderful friends have put together their TIME TALENT and TREASURE and they have knitted lap blankets for our brethren in Nursing Homes. The first eleven blankets will be delivered on Wednesday and there are many more been made. Thank you all for your contributions.we greatly appreciate your donations of any yarns you might have at home or you would like to purchase for our group. See you on Wednesday. FRESH AIR FUND In 1877 The Fresh Air Fund an independent not-for-profit organization was created with one simple mission to allow children living in low-income communities to get away from hot noisy city streets and enjoy free summer experiences in the country. Deborah Stephanides is the Fresh Air Fund Chairperson for the North of Boston area and is looking for volunteer host families to open their homes and hearts to a New York City youngster from July 11 until July 22 this summer. Children in the Fresh Air Fund program are between the ages of six and twelve and are matched to your families needs and interests. Transportation is provided and the Fresh Air Fund provides for any medical expenses for children without insurance. The Fund also provides liability insurance for hosts. There are no financial requirements for hosting a child. Please consider opening your home and heart to an inner city child this summer. A visit to the home of a warm and loving host family can make all the difference in the world to an inner city child. Please call 978 744 8531 or visit freshair.org for more information. Weekday Services Monday April 8 th 7 p.m. Compline Wednesday April 10 th Presanctified Liturgy 8 a.m. Friday April 12 th Salutations to the Theotokos 7 p.m. Monday April 15 th 7 p.m. Compline Wednesday April 17 th Presanctified Liturgy 6 p.m. Friday April 19 th Akathist 7 p.m. Monday April 22 nd 7 p.m. Compline Wednesday April 24 th Presanctified Liturgy 8 a.m. Saturday April 27 th Saturday of Lazarus 8:00 a.m. Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Sunday April 28 th Nymphios 7 p.m. Apo/deipnon to Me/ga Deute/ra 8 h Aprili/ou 7:00 m.m. Prohgiasme/nh Leitourgi/a Teta/rth 10 h Aprili/ou 8 p.m. Xairetismoi/ Paraskeuh/ 12 h Aprili/ou 7 m.m. Apo/deipnon to Me/ga Deute/ra 15 h Aprili/ou 7:00 m.m. Prohgiasme/nh Leitourgi/a Teta/rth 17 h Aprili/ou 6 m.m. / O Aka/qistoc Umnoc Paraskeuh/ 19 h Aprili/ou 7 m.m. Apo/deipnon to Me/ga Deute/ra 22 h Aprili/ou 7:00 m.m. Prohgiasme/nh Leitourgi/a Teta/rth 24 h Aprili/ou 8 p.m H /Egersic tou Laza/rou Sa/bbaton 27 h Aprili/ou 8:00 p.m. Orqroc 9:00 p.m. Qei/a Leitourgi/a Nu/mfioc Kuriakh/ 28 h Aprili/ou 7 m.m Donations for Lent and Holy Week 12 beeswax candles for the cross $10 each 11 candles for the 12 Gospels.. $10 each Decorate Myrrh Bearing Women icon..$75 4 clergy Paschal Candles...$50 each Incense...$35 each Charcoal.$25 each Olive oil.$15 each 8 5

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Katherine Marie Eleni Eva Theresa Anthony Brenda Helen James Justin Connie Michael Alana Edward James Richard Anna Mary Caitlin Lexi Harry Dan Christina Georgia Serena Damon Terry Christine Stephen James Susan Cynthia Richard. If you wish to add or remove a name from the list please call the Church Office. CEMETERY VISITS: Due to the number of sacraments 40 day blessings and memorials on Sundays it is difficult to make unscheduled cemetery visits on Sundays after liturgy. If you would like a Trisagion at the graveside you are kindly asked to make an appointment during the week by calling the church office. 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 Orthodox Christians who are in good sacramental order are only permitted to receive Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church. If you have any questions or concerns please speak with Father Chris. HOSPITAL VISITS Salem Hospital is making a change in order to be in compliance with new privacy laws. This change will mean that we will no longer receive the list of Orthodox patients in the hospital. So if you or a loved one will be in the hospital please call the church office so that we can pay you a pastoral visit. This change will also affect Beverly Hospital as well. Also families of people in nursing home please call the church office so that their names will be included on the list of residents. LITURGY LIGHTS James Maravelias in memory of wife Dora Maravelias.. VIGIL LIGHTS James Maravelias in memory of wife Dora Maravelias. MEMORIALS: We commemorate today the blessed memory of the following Members of our parish who have fallen asleep in the Lord: 40 day Nicholas Qirjazi 1 yr Arthur Zakas 15 yr Trisagion Stephen M. Zolotas PTA COFFEE HOUR: Please join us for coffee hour today immediately following the first Divine Liturgy in the Educational Center. Today s coffee hour is fully sponsored by the Stephanie D Agnese family in loving memory of Lillian Balasalle and Michael Balasalle. 6 The 27th Annual Metropolis of Boston Ministry Awards Banquet will be held on Sunday June 9 2013 at Lombardo s in Randolph Massachusetts. The Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. The theme of this year s Dinner is taken from I Timothy 4.12: Let no one despise your youth but set the believers an example in speech and conduct in love in faith in purity. As usual every Community has the opportunity to select an individual to be honored at this Dinner that has offered exemplary service to the Parish. In keeping with our Metropolis focus this year of reaching out to our Young Adults/Young Professionals we have selected a Young Adult (aged 25-50) who has taken the responsibility of Church service seriously and has begun to integrate it as a way of life. This years honoree is Sophia Nanis Pappas. There will be reservation forms in the bulletin and in the church office and we hope that many parishioners will attend the Banquet to support and honor Sophia and all the great things she has done for St. Vasilios. From our Choir: It was wonderful to see so many young people at the youth assembly a few days ago. Someone had asked if there was a way to have the music that sing every Sunday available to learn. I have sang most of the music we sing every Sunday and have put it online in our music page. Please visit the choir link in our website or go to www.mrvsmusic.com St. Vasilios Choirs to listen to our liturgy. FINANCIAL UPDATE The following donations were received on March 31 2013. Trays $ 562 Candles $ 690 A CALL FOR MYRROPHORES To ALL the young girls of our parish. A MYRROPHORA ( A Myrrhbearing Woman ) is a special server position in our Church. As we prepare for our Holy Week Services we are now accepting names for Myrrophoras until April 23 2013 to participate in the Holy Friday Services. Grades 3-6 Afternoon Grades 7-12 Evening Please submit your name to : Jan Terzakis at 978-922- 8046 or e mail janterzakis@comcast.net or Panagiota Papadakis at 978-500-0527 or e mail xoreftara@yahoo.com. We are asking for your participation for this SPECIAL HOLY SERVICE. 7