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ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY BULLETIN 14 January 2018 The Holy Fathers who were Martyred on Mt. Sinai The 33 Holy Fathers who were Martyred at Raithu Tῶν Ἁγίων Ἀββάδων, τῶν ἐν Σινᾷ Ὄρει Ἀναιρεθέντων Τῶν Ἁγίων 33 Πατέρων, τῶν ἐν τῇ Ῥαϊθὼ Ἀναιρεθέντων Leave-taking of the Feast of Epiphany Tone Grave Ἀπόδοσις τῆς Ἑορτῆς τῶν Θεοφανείων Ἦχος βαρύς Cathedral: 514 Parker Street, Boston, MA Office/Mailing Address: 162 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 Phone: (617) 731-6633 Fax: (617) 730-2978 Fr. Demetri s cell: (617) 955 0126 www.bostoncathedral.org Upcoming Events Monday January 15 Youth Ski Trip to Pat s Peak (meet at mountain, 12 pm) Monday January 15 Veteran s Homeless Shelter Ministry (4:15 pm) Sunday January 21 Parish Council AffirmaWon of Office (AZer Liturgy) Sunday January 21 ConWnuaWon of November General Assembly Sunday January 21 Master Plan Open Forum (AZer Liturgy) Saturday January 27 Youth SkaWng at Larz Anderson Park (1:30 pm) Sunday January 28 Triodion Begins Sunday January 28 Greek School Three Hierarchs Program (AZer Liturgy) Sunday January 28 Greek School Three Hierarchs at MalioWs (3:00 pm) Thursday February 1 Vesperal Liturgy: PresentaWon of the Lord (6:30 pm) Sunday February 4 Godparent Sunday

ΚΑΘΕΔΡΙΚΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΝΕΑΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND Rev. Fr. Demetrios E. Tonias, Ph.D., Cathedral Dean ιδ Ἰανουαρίου,βιη Ἀπόδοσις τῆς Ἑορτῆς Leave-taking of the Feast 14 January 2018 Ἀπολυτίκια Ἦχος βαρύς 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. Ἦχος α. Τῆς Ἑορτῆς. Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι, ἀγαπητόν σε Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς, ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι. Ἦχος δ Σήμερον τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν τὸ κεφάλαιον, καὶ τοῦ ἀπ αἰῶνος μυστηρίου ἡ φανέρωσις ὁ Υἷός του Θεοῦ, υἱὸς τῆς Παρθένου γίνεται, καὶ Γαβριὴλ τὴν χάριν εὐαγγελίζεται. Διὸ καὶ ἡμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ, τῇ Θεοτόκῳ βοήσωμεν Χαῖρε Κεχαριτωμένη, ὁ Κύριος μετά σοῦ. Κοντάκιον Ἦχος δʹ. Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, καὶ τὸ φῶς σου Κύριε, ἐσημειώθη ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, ἐν ἐπιγνώσει ὑμνοῦντάς σε. Ἦλθες ἐφάνης τὸ Φῶς τὸ ἀπρόσιτον. Dismissal Hymns Mode Grave You did abolish death by Your Cross. You opened to the thief paradise. You did transform the myrrhbearers lamentation. And to Your Apostles You did bid to preach. That You are risen O Christ our God, granting to the world great mercy. Mode 1. For the Feast. As You were baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, then the worship of the Trinity became manifest, for the voice of the Father bore witness to You, naming You the Beloved Son; and the Spirit, in the form of a dove, confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ God, who appeared and illumined the world, glory to You. Mode 4 Today mark s the crow ning of our salvation and the revelation of the mystery before all ages. For the Son of God becomes the son of the Virgin, and Gabriel proclaims the grace. Wherefore, we also cry out with him, "Hail, O full of grace, the Lord is with you. Kontakion Mode 4. You appeared today to us * on earth, O Master, * and Your light was signed on us * who cry aloud to You and say * with understanding, O Christ our God: You came and shone forth, O Light unapproachable.

Ἀπόστολος Ἐφεσ. δ 7-13 Ephesians 4:7-13 Epistle Ἀδελφοί, ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν ἐδόθη ἡ χάρις κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Διὸ λέγει, Ἀναβὰς εἰς ὕψος ᾐχμαλώτευσεν αἰχμαλωσίαν, καὶ ἔδωκεν δόματα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Τὸ δέ, Ἀνέβη, τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη πρῶτον εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς; Ὁ καταβάς, αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα. Καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους, τοὺς δὲ προφήτας, τοὺς δὲ εὐαγγελιστάς, τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους, πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων, εἰς ἔργον διακονίας, εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ μέχρι καταντήσωμεν οἱ πάντες εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα τῆς πίστεως καὶ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, εἰς ἄνδρα τέλειον, εἰς μέτρον ἡλικίας τοῦ πληρώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Brethren, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Εὐαγγέλιον Ματθ. δ 12-17 Matthew 4:12-17 Gospel Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι Ἰωάννης παρεδόθη, ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν,καὶ καταλιπὼν τὴν Ναζαρὲτ ἐλθὼν κατῴκησεν εἰς Καπερναοὺμ τὴν παραθαλασσίαν ἐν ὁρίοις Ζαβουλὼν καὶ Νεφθαλείμ,ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ,ὁδὸν θαλάσσης, πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότειεἶδε φῶς μέγα,καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν χώρᾳ καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτουφῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς. Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς κηρύσσειν καὶ λέγειν μετανοεῖτε ἤγγικε γὰρ ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. At that time, Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth He went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Why did he withdraw? He was serving as a pattern for us in instructing us not to seek out temptation but to withdraw ourselves from its sphere of influence. It is not a matter of reproach that one does not intentionally put oneself in danger. St. John Chrysostom

Fathers slain at Sinai and Raithu 14 January The Holy Monastic Fathers Slain at Sinai and Raithu. There were two occasions when the monks and hermits were murdered by the barbarians. The first took place in the fourth century when forty Fathers were killed at Mt. Sinai, and thirty-nine were slain at Raithu on the same day. Mount Sinai, where the Ten Commandments had been given to Moses, was also the site of another miracle. Ammonios, an Egyptian monk, witnessed the murder of the forty holy Fathers at Sinai. He tells of how the Saracens attacked the monastery and would have killed them all, if God had not intervened. A fire appeared on the summit of the peak, and the whole mountain smoked. The barbarians were terrified, and fled, while the surviving monks thanked God for sparing them. That day, the Blemmyes (an Arab tribe) killed thirty-nine Fathers at Raithu (on the shores of the Red Sea). Igumen Paul of Raithu exhorted his monks to endure their suffering with courage and a pure heart. The second massacres occurred nearly a hundred years later, and was also recorded by an eyewitness who miraculously escaped: Saint Nilus the Faster. The Arabs permitted some of the monks run for their lives. They crossed the valley and climbed up a mountain. From this vantage point, they saw the bedouin kill the monks and ransack their cells. Οἱ Πατέρες Ἀββάδες οἱ ἐν τῇ Ραϊθῷ ἀναιρεθέντες 14 Ιανουαρίου Ἕως δύο μέρες μακριὰ ἀπὸ τὸ ὄρος Σινᾶ, πρὸς τὴν Ἐρυθρὰ θά ασσα, ἦταν ἡ ἔρημος Ραϊθώ, στὸ ἐσωτερικὸ τῆς ὁποίας ζοῦσαν Χριστιανοὶ Ἀναχωρητὲς καὶ Ἀσκητές. Αὐτοὶ οἱ μακαριστοὶ Πατέρες διένυαν τὸν ἀσκητικὸ ἀγώνα ἐκεῖ ποὺ εἶναι οἱ δώδεκα πηγὲς τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ ἑβδομήντα στέ εχοι τῶν φοινίκων. Οἱ μοναχοὶ αὐτοὶ πραγματοποιοῦσαν παρά ηλα πρὸς τὸ ἀσκητικό τους ἔργο καὶ τὴ μεγά η ἐντολὴ τοῦ κηρύγματος τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου στοὺς ἀ οεθνής. Ἀ ὰ τὴν ἴδια ἡμέρα κατὰ τὴν ὁποία ἔγινε ἡ σφαγὴ τῶν Πατέρων στὸ Σινᾶ, οἱ βάρβαροι ἀποφάσισαν νὰ ἐξολοθρεύσουν καὶ τοὺς Πατέρες τῆς Ραϊθώ. Οἱ τριακόσιοι Β έμμυες πῆραν αἰχμαλώτους τὶς γυναῖκες καὶ τὰ παιδιὰ τῶν Φαρανιτῶν καὶ πῆγαν στὸ Κάστρο, ὅπου εἶχαν τὴν ἐκκλησία τους οἱ Ἅγιοι Πατέρες. Ἐκεῖνοι, μό ις ἀντελήφθησαν τοὺς βαρβάρους, ἔκλεισαν τὴν πόρτα τοῦ Ναοῦ καὶ περίμεναν τὸν θάνατο. Ὁ προεστὸς τῆς μονῆς, Παῦ ος, ὁ ὁποῖος θεωρεῖται ὅτι καταγόταν ἀπὸ τὴν πό η τῶν Πατρῶν, θύμισε στοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὅτι ὁ σκοπὸς τῆς ζωῆς τους εἶναι ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ ἡ βασιλεία Του καὶ ὅτι ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς ἦσαν ἡ προσευχή τους, ἡ μελέτη τους, οἱ πόθοι καὶ τὰ ἔργα τους καὶ τώρα παρουσιάζεται λαμπρὴ εὐκαιρία νὰ ἀποκτήσουν τὸν στέφανο τοῦ μαρτυρίου, χύνοντας καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ αἷμά τους ὑπὲρ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ μισθαποδότου τους. Τοὺς παρακίνησε δέ, νὰ εὐχηθοῦν ὑπὲρ τῶν φονέων τους, οἱ ὁποῖοι ἦταν πραγματικὰ δυστυχεῖς καὶ ἐξέφρασε τὴν ἐ πίδα ὅτι ἡ θυσία αὐτὴ θὰ συντελέσει στὴν αὔξηση τοῦ δένδρου τῆς πίστεως. Οἱ Πατέρες ἐπικρότησαν τὰ λόγια αὐτὰ καὶ προσευχήθηκαν. Οἱ Β έμμυες τότε, ἔσπασαν τὴν πόρτα, εἰσῆ θαν μέσα καὶ ἔσπειραν τὸν θάνατο κατὰ διαφόρους τρόπους. Τὶς σφαγὲς αὐτὲς καὶ τὶς ἀναιρέσεις διηγοῦνται ὁ μακάριος Νεῖ ος ὁ Ἀσκητής, ὁ ὁποῖος εἶχε διατελέσει ἔπαρχος Κωνσταντι-νουπό εως, ὁ Ἀμμώνιος μοναχὸς στὴ Διήγησή του, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Ἀναστάσιος μοναχὸς ὁ Σιναΐτης κατὰ τὸν 7ο μ.χ. αἰώνα.

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