SUNDAY BULLETIN AND WEEKLY NEWS

ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL Norfolk, VA Rev. Presbyter George Bessinas, M.Div., Dean Rev. Protopresbyter Constantine Rogakos, Ph. D., Associate SUNDAY BULLETIN AND WEEKLY NEWS Fourth Sunday of Lent Sunday of St. John Climacus Sunday, March 22, 2015

Sunday, March 22, 2015 Orthros (Matins): Divine Liturgy (of St. Basil the Great) 8:45 AM 10:00 AM On March 22, the fourth Sunday of Lent, we commemorate our devout Father John, author of The Ladder; the holy hieromartyr Basil, Presbyter of the Church of Ancyra; the holy women martyrs, Kallinike and Vasilissa, who died by the sword; St. Drosis, daughter of the emperor Trajan, and the five consecrated virgins with her; the holy new devout martyr Efthymios, who contested in Constantinople in the year 1814, died by the sword. Resurrectional APOLYTIKION Mode 1 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. John Climacus With the rivers of your tears you made the barren desert bloom; and with your sighs from deep within, you made your labors bear their fruits a hundredfold; and you became a star, illuminating the world by your miracles, O John, our devout father. Intercede with Christ our God, for the salvation of our souls. APOLYTIKION of St. Theodore the Commander When in God's army you had truly enlisted, O holy Theodore, the bearer of trophies, you were made a splendid general of the heavenly King; using as a weapon faith, you were ready for battle and utterly destroyed the ranks that were amassed by the demons, and as a victorious athlete you were seen, wherefore in true faith, we bless you and honor you. APOLYTIKION of the Annunciation Today is the beginning of our salvation, The revelation of the eternal mystery! The Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin. As Gabriel announces the coming of Grace. Together with him let us cry to the Theotokos: Rejoice, O Full of Grace, The Lord is with Seasonal KONTAKION O Champion General, I your City now ascribe to you triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, from all kinds of perils free me so that unto you I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.

EPISTLE READING St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20 Prokeimenon: Pray and return to the Lord Your God; all around Him shall bring gifts. Mode pl. 4. Psalm 75 (76) BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 6:13-20 Ἀδελφοί, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατʼ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, λέγων, Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε. Καὶ οὕτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος. Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ, ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

THE GOSPEL READING Gospel of Mark 9:17-31 At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 9:17-31 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγων, διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρός σε, ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον. καὶ ὅπου ἂν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφρίζει καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξηραίνεται καὶ εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσι, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με. καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν εὐθέως τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπε παιδιόθεν. καὶ πολλάκις αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς πῦρ ἔβαλε καὶ εἰς ὕδατα, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν ἀλλ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ ἡμᾶς. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι. καὶ εὐθέως κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγε πιστεύω, κύριε βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ Ιησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος, ἐπετίμησε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφόν, ἐγώ σοι ἐπιτάσσω, ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς κρατήσας αὐτὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἰσελθόντα αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ ἰδίαν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνῷ ἐδίδασκε γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶς τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται.

ALTAR BOYS Michael Clare, Andreas Bessinas, Emilios Chrysostomides, Angelos Chrysostomides, Matthew Clare, Landon Clay, Alexander Wise, Michael Wise, Demetri Cain, Seth Douklias, Leonides Delyannis EPISTLE READER Christopher Milonas MEMORIALS Kyriakos and Eleni Hadjikakos WORSHIP SERVICES FOR THIS WEEK Please see schedule on next page. TODAY Coffee fellowship hour will be held in the Hellenic Center UPCOMING EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Golden Years: Tuesday, March 24 at 10:30 am. Bible Study Fellowship: Monday, March 23 at 7:30 pm after Great Compline. The St. Maria of Paris Outreach Community Dinner thanks Yianni Papelis and his team: Jim Moscopulos, John Catravas, Meg Downing, Nicholas Moscopulos, Iro Catravas, Christiana Catravas, Bridget Downing, Maria Grasos, Harry Delyannis, Azarik Pugh and Anna Nagorniuk. Deidre Darling's' team will be hosting the March 26 dinner. Agape Dancers: Dance practice today in the dance room after Sunday School. Hellenic Dancers: No practice on Tuesday, March 24. Easter Card GOYA Fundraiser: Please see Nia Webb, Anna Vastardis or any of the GOYAn s after Church. See flyer for more information. This is the last Sunday to participate in the Easter Card! Agora Store: A new shipment has come in of Krinos Tarama and Selected Fruit Juices. Come in and see what else we have! Hellenic Woman s Club: Scholarship deadline has been extended until Wednesday, March 25. Please return all applications and requirements to the office. Bake Sale pick-up will be on April 3rd and 4th from 10am-1pm and after liturgy on Palm Sunday. Save the date for the HWC Annual Palm Sunday Scholarship Luncheon, April 5.

March Worship Schedule 23 Great Compline Service (Chapel) 24 Great Vespers of the Feast of the Annunciation (Cathedral) 25 Feast of the Annunciation (Cathedral) Orthros 8:45 am, Divine Liturgy 10 am 27 Akathist Hymn (Cathedral) 29 5th Sunday of Lent: St. Mary of Egypt (Cathedral) Orthros 8:45 am, Divine Liturgy 10 am 30 Great Compline Service (Chapel) 6:00 pm April Worship Schedule 1 Presanctified Liturgy (Chapel) 4 Saturday of Lazarus, Orthros 8:45, Divine Liturgy 10:00 am 5 Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy (Cathedral) Orthros 8:45 am, Divine Liturgy 10 am Holy Week 5 Bridegroom Service (Cathedral) 6 Bridegroom Service (Cathedral) 7 Bridegroom Service (Cathedral) Hymn of Kassiane 8 Presanctified Liturgy (Chapel) 8:30 am 8 Holy Unction Service (Cathedral) 4:00 pm 8 Bridegroom Service and Anointing w/holy Unction 9 Liturgy of St. Basil (Mystical Supper) (Chapel) 8:30 am 9 The 12 Gospels of the Passion of Christ (Cathedral) 10 Royal Hours (Chapel) 9:00 am 10 Vespers of Apokathelosis (Cathedral) 3:00 pm 10 Lamentations and Epitaphios Procession (Cathedral) 11 Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (Cathedral) 9:00 am 11 Panychis of Pascha (Cathedral) 11:00 pm 12 Resurrection Service and Divine Liturgy 12:00 am 12 Vespers of Agape (Cathedral) 12:00 pm

Donations Needed for Flowers and Liturgical items for Lent and Holy Pascha Ribbons for Annunciation (4) March 25 $100 ea Lenten Veneration Stand Covers (2) $500 ea Holy Week Candles for the Crucifix (3 sets) $60 each Candles for the 12 Gospels $60 Kouvouklion flowers Icon of the Resurrection - flowers $70 Lenten Ribbons (8) $100 each Christos Anesti Ribbons (6) $100 each Please contact the Cathedral Office (440-0500) or Lynne Eklund (588-7721) to make a donation. Potted Lilies For Pascha $25 Join in the preparations for Your time and talents are Holy and Great Pascha! needed and welcome Friday, April 3 6-8 pm We will work in the Social Hall kitchen to prepare palm strips and cut them into the length needed for palm crosses. Saturday of Lazarus, April 4 After the Divine Liturgy, we will fold palm crosses and decorate the Cathedral with palms (food will be provided). Palm Sunday, April 5 Immediately after the Divine Liturgy, all palms need to be removed from the Cathedral. Holy Friday, April 10 After the Service of the Great Hours, the Kouvouklion will need to be decorated with flowers (in the Cathedral). Holy Saturday, April 11 After the Divine Liturgy, we will decorate the Cathedral with lilies. (questions? please see or call Lynne Eklund, call 588-7721)

ANNUNCIATION COMMUNITY PASCHA CARD SPONSORED BY G.O.Y.A. Please fill out the following information for the annual Pascha Card that will be sent to the entire Annunciation Community. GOYA asks for a minimum donation of $20.00 per listing. Please make checks payable to Norfolk GOYA. Deadline for participation is Monday, March 23. Name: Donation Amount: Payment Received: Cash Check ** Please give order forms and payment to Nia Webb or Anna Vastardis** Hellenic Woman s Club 60 TH Annual Palm Sunday Scholarship Luncheon Sunday, April 5, 2015 Tilapia, Marinated Beets, Rice, Skordalia, Salad, Rolls, Dessert, Coffee and Tea $10 Per Person ALL ARE WELCOME!

Anna Gallos Fell Asleep in the Lord The Annunciation Choir, along with choirs all over the country, on the day of her 40 day memorial will honor Anna Gallos by singing her music. The most extraordinary woman in the history of Greek Orthodox Liturgical music in America, without a doubt, is Presvytera Anna Gallos. One of the most prolific composers of Greek Orthodox Church music in the United States, Anna s works include seven Divine Liturgies, numerous holy day service hymns, concert music, and special music for the organ. Anna founded the Evangeline Music Press which showcases her music and accomplishments. Today, we honor the woman who enriched the music heritage in Greek Orthodox churches all over America. Kandilia the Luminaries Let us Light the Processional Pathway for the Epitaphion, Holy and Great Friday Evening. Purchase Kandilia for your loved ones at $5.00 each. Proceeds to benefit The Annette Mavrophilipos Memorial Dance Scholarship: Scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors of the Annunciation Hellenic Dancers Sponsored by The Agape Dance Troupe and the Ikarian Chapter Eirini **2 First Names, 1 First and Last Name, or 1 Last Name (family name) Per Bag** In Memory of For the Health of 1. 2. 3. 4. # Of Kandilia Purchased total $ Make checks payable to - Chapter Eirini Purchased by # All Kandilia orders due by April 5 to Kelly Pedos Bredologos at 757-497-3331

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