Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana APRIL 2, 2017 SUNDAY OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT Sunday, April 2 ~ 8:45 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Youth Hymnology and Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ GOYA Meeting in Boardroom 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Lenten Soup Fundraiser Pick Up and Pay in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Safety and Security Committee Meeting in Room 210 4:00 pm ~ AHEPA Crawfish Boil on Cathedral Grounds Monday, April 3 ~ 6:00 pm Great Compline 7:00 pm ~ ECYM Committee Meeting in Boardroom Tuesday, April 4 ~ 9:30 am Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 6:00 pm ~ Adult Greek School Beginners in Room 210 6:30 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium 7:00 pm ~ Adult Greek School Elementary in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Cathedral Montessori School Board Meeting 7:00 pm ~ Parish Council Meeting in Boardroom Wednesday, April 5 ~ 9:30 am Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 6:00 pm ~ Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts 7:00 pm ~ Adult Greek School Advanced in Room 210 7:15 pm ~ Potluck Lenten Dinner in Gymnasium Thursday, April 6 ~ 6:30 pm Catechism Class #7 with Father George in Boardroom 6:30 pm ~ Hellenic Dancers Practice in Gymnasium Friday, April 7 ~ 9:45 am CMS Chapel in Cathedral NO VOLLEYBALL PRACTICE 6:00 pm ~ HTC Youth Soccer Practice and Dinner LAST DAY FOR GOYA MARDI GRAS BEAD COLLECTION Saturday, April 8 ~ 9:00 am Divine Liturgy LAZARUS SATURDAY NO GREEK SCHOOL 10:15 am ~ Holy Trinity PTA Communion Breakfast in Coffee Room 11:00 am ~ GOYA Palm Making in Coffee Room 2:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Ozanam Inn Sunday, April 9 ~ 8:45 am Orthros, 10:00 am Divine Liturgy PALM SUNDAY Sunday Church School Group Lesson after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ AHEPA Family Palm Sunday Luncheon in Gymnasium 7:00 pm ~ Nymphios Service HEY! It s an AHEPA CRAWFISH BOIL Sunday, April 2 4:00 pm - Cathedral Grounds All present members, past members, and those interested in joining are invited to attend. The Order of AHEPA Andrew Jackson Chapter 133 and the Daughters of Penelope Nestor Chapter 55 invite the Holy Trinity community to join them for their annual Palm Sunday Luncheon on April 9, 2017, immediately following Divine Liturgy. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12 and include a delicious fish dinner with potatoes, vegetable, salad, bread, dessert, and soft drink or bottled water. Let us all come together and break bread as we prepare to enter Holy Week. Κάλι Αναστάσης! Also at the luncheon, AHEPA will hold a raffle; proceeds will fund the charitable contributions that the chapter makes throughout the year. The featured prize is a beautiful icon of the Resurrection of Our Lord framed in silver and made by the Kellion of St. John the Baptist on Mount Athos. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20.

AGAPE SERVICE READERS NEEDED The passage from the Gospel of St. John 20:19-25 will be read in various languages during the Agape Vespers celebrated on Pascha Sunday, April 16, at 12:00 pm to show that the good news of Christ s saving Resurrection is for all people in the world. Father George looks forward to having as many languages as possible during this service and encourages those interested in reading the Gospel in a different language to call the Cathedral office to give their name and the language they wish to read. HOLY TRINITY PTA LENTEN SOUP FUNDRAISER Pick up and pay for the Holy Trinity PTA Lenten Soup Fundraiser is today, Sunday, April 2, after church services. Please see Vicki McCallef in the Coffee Room to complete your order. Many thanks are extended to the following "Holy Trinity Chefs," who prepared and donated the soups: Christine Cazayoux - Connie Kringas - Vicki McCallef - Georgia Zervoudis PHILOPTOCHOS FOOD PANTRY Through the end of April Philoptochos will collect nonperishable food items for the needy families within the community. Food items needed are rice, dry cereal, lentils, dry beans, pasta (any type), boxed meals that do not require anything added except water, flour, sugar, canned meat, canned fruit, and canned vegetables. All community members are asked to help with this worthy project. Items may be placed in the basket in the Coffee Room. Thank you for your support. PRE-GREEK FESTIVAL PASTRY SALE Almond rolls, galaktoboureka, koulourakia, and tiropites are available for purchase by contacting the Pastry Committee chairpersons. Tsourekia may be ordered but will not be available for pick up until Wednesday afternoon, April 12, after the Holy Unction service. SAVE THE DATE: VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL June 12-16 ~ 9:30 am to 2:00 pm Daily 3-Years Olds through Middle School Ages Volunteer staff is needed for the week. Besides classroom teachers, assistance for arts and crafts, music, and recreation will be most welcomed. Please contact Presvytera Harriet Wilson at 504-941-7681, if you are able to commit to this wonderful one week ministry. Also, high school helpers, who will receive community service hours for their time, are needed. A Night with Areti traditional folk music with a tribute to "American" Rebatiko special concert with Greek musician Areti Ketime 2004 Athens Olympic Games opening ceremony performer Saturday, April 22, 2017 6:00 pm Loyola University New Orleans - Nunemaker Auditorium 6363 St. Charles Avenue - New Orleans, Louisiana $25 adults - $10 students and children complimentary reception to follow concert For tickets visit areti.eventbrite.com or call 504-596-6777 Also, call to inquire about special transportation availability for seniors and those with special needs hosted by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral Education, Culture, and Youth Ministries Committee

LENTEN FLOWERS SPONSORS The floral decorations that adorned the Panagia icon during the Akathist Hymn on March 31 were donated anonymously, as were the flowers that adorned the Annunciation icon for services on March 25. The floral wreath that adorned the iconostasis Panagia was given by Kathy Tsatsoulis and her daughters in loving memory of their husband and father John Tsatsoulis, who fell asleep in the Lord on March 24 two years ago. The Cathedral family sincerely thanks all of the donors for their generous contributions and consideration. MYROFORES FOR GOOD FRIDAY All parents interested in having their daughters (ages 6-11) participate as myrofores (myrrhbearers) for the Good Friday evening service this year are asked to call Maria Michailakis Huner at 504-251-4055 or email her at mariamichh1276@gmail.com. PASCHA PICNIC Please consider helping with the Pascha Picnic, which will follow the Agape Vespers on Sunday, April 16, on the Cathedral grounds. Assistance is needed, and any member of the community that would like to serve as its chairperson or to help cook or set up is asked to contact the Cathedral office or a Parish Council member. Thank you for your consideration. THURSDAY EVENING PASTRY WORKSHOP A special Greek Festival pastry workshop is scheduled this Thursday, April 6, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Almond jewels will be prepared and packaged that night. Come by the gymnasium and help with these preparations. If you have any questions about the workshop, contact Gail Psilos at gpsilos@gmail.com. Y O U T H H Y M N O L O G Y S C H E D U L E Parents, please mark these dates on your calendars. April 8 LAZARUS SATURDAY Students will participate in chanting the Divine Liturgy. Families are asked to sit together with their children in the front right side reserved pews. April 9 PALM SUNDAY All students will sit together in the back left side of the church in reserved pews. The group will proceed to the front to chant the Communion Hymn and after Communion will proceed to the Coffee Room for a group class before returning to the Cathedral to receive palm crosses. April 15 - HOLY SATURDAY - 9 AM Students will chant the Hymn of the Three Youths. Their part is close to the beginning, so be on time. They will sit together as a group in the front pews on the right side. Message from Father George LIFT YOURSELF UP IN PRAYER This past Thursday our Catechism and Inquirer s class met for its sixth class session. The topic of discussion was Orthodox Worship and the Church Year, focusing on the Pre-Lenten, Lenten, and Pentecostarion seasons of the Church. My class lecture included the following quote from Father Alkiviadis Calivas: Prayer is the most sublime experience of the human soul, and worship is the most profound activity of the people of God. The key to this phrase is found in the two adjectives: sublime and profound. The word sublime means of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe. And, profound is described as (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. As humans, we are preoccupied by life s distractions. Our busy lives divert us from the most sublime, the most magnificent and majestic endeavor in which we could participate: prayer. When our demanding schedules deprive us of the most profound, the most intense, overwhelming, deep, and sincere experience of worship, it appears that a major life overhaul is truly necessary. Father Alkiviadis says, prayer is the essence of the Orthodox Christian way of life. It is the means by which one achieves communion with God. This communion is an essential part of our lives as an Orthodox Christian. Our Holy Church recommends that during this season of Great Lent we participate in our private prayer more regularly, and she also offers more opportunities to gather for corporate prayer: worship. There are just two weeks of Lent remaining, and your Church offers you occasions to gather to enter into this profound experience of the soul: the Divine services of the Church. On Monday we can participate in the Compline Service, which is a service of psalms and prayers that focuses on three things: thanksgiving for the day that has passed, protection for the ensuing night, and forgiveness of wrongs committed during the day. On Wednesday you may receive the Very Body and Blood of our Lord at the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts: a solemn Lenten Vespers Service with the administration of Holy Communion added to it. There is no consecration of the Eucharistic gifts at this liturgy. Holy Communion is given from the Eucharistic gifts sanctified on the previous Sunday. Your Holy Church - your spiritual home - is offering you sublime and profound experiences, opportunities to grow in your spiritual journey to Christ through the services of His Holy Church. See how the prayers, psalms, and hymns of the Church might touch your heart and elevate your mind to new heights. STEWARDSHIP 2017 With Great Lent well underway and our Lord's Holy Pascha approaching, thoughts and inclinations naturally encourage the faithful to be more involved in the life of the Church. This includes praying, fasting, alms giving, attending services, and receiving Holy Communion more frequently. It is also an excellent opportunity to go ahead and make your 2017 pledge, if you have not already done so. For those that have made a pledge, many thanks for your generosity.

. SUNDAY, MARCH 26 ATTENDANCE 280 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $949 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

2 α ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 2016 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Ε ΝΗΣΤΕΙΩΝ ΟΣΙΑΣ ΜΑΡΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΑΣ 2 ND APRIL 2016 5 th SUNDAY OF LENT ST. MARY OF EGYPT Ἑωθινόν Η Eothion 8 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος πλ δ Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν κατεδέξω τριήµερον, ἵνα ἡµᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡµῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ὁσίας Μαρίας Ἦχος πλ δ Εν σοί Μήτερ ακριβώς διεσώθη τό κατ' εικόνα, λαβών γάρ τόν σταυρόν, ηκολούθησας τώ Χριστώ, καί πράττων εδίδασκες, υπεροράν μέν σαρκός, παρέρχεται γάρ επιμελείσθαι δέ ψυχής, πράγματος αθανάτου, διό καί μετά Αγγέλων συναγάλλεται, οσία Μαρία τό πνεύμά σου. 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 Ἦχος β Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε. 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 St. Mary Plagal Tone 4 In you the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother; for taking up your cross, you followed Christ, and by your deeds you taught us to overlook the flesh, for it passes away, but to attend to the soul since it is immortal. Wherefore, O righteous Mary, your spirit rejoices with the Angels. 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 Tone 2 O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, Intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, reject not, the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, 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.

ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Ἑβραίους θ 11 14 Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡµῶν πάντες οἱ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ οἴσουσι δῶρα. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ µέγα τὸ ὄνοµα αὐτοῦ. Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι; ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Μᾶρκον ι 32 45 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ Ιάκωβος καὶ Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ δυνάμεθα ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ Ιακώβου καὶ Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν. THE EPISTLE St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11 14 Pray and return to the Lord Your God; all around Him shall bring gifts. In Judah God is known; His name is great in Israel. BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? THE GOSPEL Mark 10:32 45 At that time, Jesus taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."