ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY BULLETIN 18 February 2018 Remembrance of the Exile of the First Created Adam from Paradise Ἀνάμνησις τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ παραδείσου ἐξορίας τοῦ πρωτοπλάστου Ἀδάμ Cheese Fare Sunday Tone 4 ΤΗΣ ΤΥΡΙΝΗΣ Ἦχος δʹ 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 Sunday February 18 Forgiveness Vespers (7:00 pm at Cathedral) Monday February 19 Great Compline (6:00 pm) Monday February 19 Homeless Veterans Shelter Visit (4:15 pm) Wednesday February 21 PresancTfied Liturgy/Lenten Meal (6:00 pm/7:30 pm) Friday February 23 SalutaTons (7:00 pm at Cathedral) Saturday February 24 Sat. of Souls: Orthr./Lit. (8:45/10:00 am at Cathedral) Sunday February 25 Sunday of Orthodoxy: Youth Procession of Icons Wednesday February 28 PresancTfied Liturgy/Lenten Meal (6:00 pm/7:30 pm) Friday March 2 SalutaTons (7:00 pm at Cathedral) Tuesday March 6 Philoptochos MeeTng (7:00 pm) Wednesday March 7 PresancTfied Liturgy/Lenten Meal (6:00 pm/7:30 pm)
ΚΑΘΕΔΡΙΚΟΣ ΝΑΟΣ ΝΕΑΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ANNUNCIATION GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL OF NEW ENGLAND Rev. Fr. Demetrios E. Tonias, Ph.D., Cathedral Dean ιη Φεβρουαρίου,βιη ΤΗΣ ΤΥΡΙΝΗΣ Cheese Fare Sunday 18 February 2018 Ἀπολυτίκια Ἦχος δ Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. 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 πλ. βʹ. Τῆς σοφίας ὁδηγέ, φρονήσεως χορηγέ, τῶν ἀφρόνων παιδευτά, καὶ πτωχῶν ὑπερασπιστά, στήριξον, συνέτισον τὴν καρδίαν μου Δέσποτα. Σὺ δίδου μοι λόγον, ὁ τοῦ Πατρός Λόγος ἰδοὺ γὰρ τὰ χείλη μου, οὐ μὴ κωλύσω ἐν τῷ κράζειν σοι Ἐλεῆμον, ἐλέησόν με τὸν παραπεσόντα. Dismissal Hymns Mode 4 When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world. 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 pl. 2. O guide to wisdom, provider of prudence, disciplinarian of fools, and defender of the poor, fortify and discipline my heart, O Master; You, give me a word, O Word of the Father. For behold, I will not hinder my lips from crying to You: O merciful Lord, have mercy on me who have fallen. It is only after he has cast out the demon of empty conceit, and not before, that he opportunely introduces his discourse on voluntary poverty. For nothing so trains people to be fond of riches as a fondness for glory. This is what motivates those who have herds of slaves, swarms of eunuchs, horses with decorations of gold, silver tables, and all the rest of it. It makes them all the more ridiculous. All these do not satisfy any wants or increase any pleasures. They only make a show before others St. John Chrysostom
Ἀπόστολος Ρωμ ιγ 11-14, ιδ 1-4 Romans 13:11-14, 14:1-4 Epistle Ἀδελφοί, νῦν ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν. Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν. Ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους καὶ ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός. Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ, ἀλλ' ἐνδύσασθε τὸν Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε εἰς ἐπιθυμίας. Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν. Ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει. Ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω ὁ Θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο. Σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; τῷ ἰδίῳ Κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει, σταθήσεται δέ δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς στῆσαι αὐτόν. Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand. Εὐαγγέλιον Ματθ. ς 14-21 Matthew 6:14-21 Gospel Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος Ἐὰν ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. Ὅταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί, ἀφανίζουσι γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι, ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ. Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in Continued on next page
κλέπται διορύσσουσιν καὶ κλέπτουσιν θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρός ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν. Sunday of Forgiveness The Sunday of Forgiveness is the last Sunday prior to the commencement of Great Lent. During the pre- Lenten period, the services of the Church include hymns from the Triodion, a liturgical book that contains the services from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the tenth before Pascha (Easter), through Great and Holy Saturday. On the Sunday of Forgiveness focus is placed on the exile of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and event that shows us how far we have fallen in sin and separated ourselves from God. At the onset of Great Lent and a period of intense fasting, this Sunday reminds us of our need for God s forgiveness and guides our hearts, minds, and spiritual efforts on returning to Him in repentance. BIBLICAL STORY. The Sunday of Forgiveness, the last of the preparatory Sundays before Great Lent, has two themes: it commemorates Adam s expulsion from Paradise, and it accentuates our need for forgiveness. There are obvious reasons why these two things should be brought to our attention as we stand on the threshold of Great Lent. One of the primary images in the Triodion is that of the return to Paradise. Lent is a time when we weep with Adam and Eve before the closed gate of Eden, repenting with them for the sins that have deprived us of our free communion with God. But Lent is also a time when we are preparing to celebrate the saving event of Christ s death and rising, which has reopened Paradise to us once more (Luke 23:43). So sorrow for our exile in sin is tempered by hope of our re-entry into Paradise. The second theme, that of forgiveness, is emphasized in the Gospel reading for this Sunday (Matthew 6:14-21) and and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." 18 February in the special ceremony of mutual forgiveness at the end of the Vespers on Sunday evening. Before we enter the Lenten fast, we are reminded that there can be no true fast, no genuine repentance, no reconciliation with God, unless we are at the same time reconciled with one another. A fast without mutual love is the fast of demons. We do not travel the road of Lent as isolated individuals but as members of a family. Our asceticism and fasting should not separate us from others, but should link us to them with ever-stronger bonds. The Sunday of Forgiveness also directs us to see that Great Lent is a journey of liberation from our enslavement to sin. The Gospel lesson sets the conditions for this liberation. The first one is fasting the refusal to accept the desires and urges of our fallen nature as normal, the effort to free ourselves from the dictatorship of the flesh and matter over the spirit. To be effective, however, our fast must not be hypocritical, a showing off. We must appear not unto men to fast but to our Father who is in secret (vv. 16-18). The second condition is forgiveness If you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you (vv. 14-15). The triumph of sin, the main sign of its rule over the world, is division, opposition, separation, hatred. Therefore, the first break through this fortress of sin is forgiveness the return to unity, solidarity, love. To forgive is to put between me and my enemy the radiant forgiveness of God Himself. To forgive is to reject the hopeless dead-ends of human relations and to refer them to Christ. Forgiveness is truly a breakthrough of the Kingdom into this sinful and fallen world.
Names to be read for the Saturday of Souls, Feb 10, 17, & 24 For the eternal memory and blessed repose of the souls of the servants of God. Υπὲρ ἀναπαύσεως
ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ «ΤΗΣ ΤΥΡΟΦΑΓΟΥ» 18 Φεβρουαρίου Φτάσαμε στὶς τελευταῖες μέρες πρὶν ἀπὸ τὴν Μεγά η Σαρακοστή. Ἤδη κατὰ τὴν ἑβδομάδα τῆς Ἀπόκρεω, δυὸ μέρες - ἡ Τετάρτη καὶ ἡ Παρασκευὴ - ἀνήκουν στὴ Σαρακοστή. Ἡ Θεία Λειτουργία δὲν τελέσθηκε καὶ ἡ ὅ η τυπικὴ διάταξη στὶς ἀκολουθίες ἔχει πάρει τὰ λειτουργικὰ χαρακτηριστικὰ τῆς Μεγά ης Σαρακοστῆς. Τὸ Σάββατο τῆς Τυροφάγου ἡ Ἐκκλησία μας «ποιεῖ μνεία πάντων τῶν ἐν ἀσκήσει λαμψάντων ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν τὲ καὶ γυναικῶν». Οἱ ἅγιοι εἶναι τὰ πρότυπα ποὺ θ ἀκολουθήσουμε, οἱ ὁδηγοὶ στὴ δύσκολη τέχνη τῆς νηστείας καὶ τῆς μετάνοιας. Στὸν ἀγώνα ποὺ πρόκειται ν ἀρχίσουμε δὲν εἴμαστε μόνοι, ἔχουμε βοηθοὺς καὶ παραδείγματα. Τὴν Κυριακή, τελευταῖα μέρα πρὶν τὴ Σαρακοστή, ποὺ συνήθως τὴν ὀνομάζουμε Κυριακὴ τῆς συγγνώμης καὶ «τῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ Παραδείσου τῆς τρυφῆς ἐξορίας του Πρωτόπλαστου Ἀδάμ». Ξέρουμε ὅτι ὁ ἄνθρωπος πλάσθηκε γιὰ νὰ ζεῖ στὸν Παράδεισο, γιὰ τὴν γνώση τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὴν κοινωνία μαζί Του. Ἡ ἁμαρτία του ὅμως τὸν ἀπομάκρυνε ἀπὸ τὴν εὐ ογημένη ζωὴ καὶ ἔτσι ἡ ὕπαρξή του στὴ γῆ εἶναι μιὰ ἐξορία. Η Μ. Σαρακοστὴ εἶναι ἡ ἀπελευθέρωσή μας ἀπὸ τὴ σκλαβιὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας. (σέ. 32) Τὸ εὐαγγελικὸ ἀνάγνωσμα αὐτῆς τῆς Κυριακῆς (Μάτθ. 6, 14-21) θέτει τοὺς ὅρους γιὰ μιὰ τέτοια ἀπελευθέρωση. Πρῶτος ὅρος εἶναι ἡ νηστεία, ἡ προσπάθεια νὰ ἐ ευθερωθοῦμε ἀπὸ τὴ δικτατορία τῆς σάρκας καὶ τῆς ὕ ης πάνω στὸ πνεῦμα. Δὲν πρέπει ὅμως ἡ νηστεία μας νὰ εἶναι ὑποκριτική, δηλαδὴ «πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι», νὰ μὴ φαινόμαστε «στοὺς ἀνθρώπους νηστεύοντες, ἀ ὰ στὸν Πατέρα μας ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ» ὅπως ἀναφέρεται στὸ εὐαγγελικὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. Δεύτερος ὅρος εἶναι ἡ συγγνώμη: «Ἐὰν ἀφῆτε στοὺς ἀνθρώπους τὰ παραπτώματά τους, θὰ ἀφήσει καὶ τὰ δικά σας ὁ οὐράνιος Πατέρας». Ἡ συγχωρητικότητα εἶναι ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ στὴν ἑνότητα, στὴ σύμπνοια, στὴν ἀγάπη. Ἔτσι στὸν Ἑσπερινὸ αὐτῆς τῆς Κυριακῆς, στὸ τέ ος τῆς ἀκολουθίας, ὅ οι οἱ πιστοὶ πλησιάζουν τὸν ἱερέα καὶ ὁ ἕνας τὸν ἄ ο, ζητώντας τὴν ἀμοιβαία συγχώρεση. Οὐσιαστικὰ ἀπὸ τὸν Ἑσπερινὸ αὐτὸ ἀρχίζει ἡ Μεγά η Σαρακοστή. Ἀρχίζει ἡ ἀκολουθία μὲ τὸν ἱερέα ντυμένο στὰ λαμπερὰ ἄμφια καὶ τὰ τροπάρια ἀναγγέ ουν τὸν ἐρχομὸ τῆς Μ. Σαρακοστῆς καὶ πέρα ἀπ αὐτή, τὸν ἐρχομὸ τοῦ Πάσχα. Κατόπιν γίνεται ἡ εἴσοδος τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου μὲ τὸν ἑσπερινὸ ὕμνο «Φῶς ἱ αρὸν ἁγίας δόξης» καὶ ὁ ἱερέας προχωρεῖ στὴν Ὡραία Πύ η γιὰ νὰ ἀναφωνήσει τὸ Προκείμενο ποὺ πάντα ἀναγγέ ει τὸ τέ ος τῆς μιᾶς μέρας καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴ τῆς ἄ ης. Ἡ θαυμάσια μελωδία: «Μὴ ἀποστρέψεις τὸ πρόσωπό σου ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδός σου, ὅτι θ ίβομαι, ταχὺ ἐπάκουσόν μου, πρόσχες τὴ ψυχή μου καὶ λύτρωσε αὐτήν» λέγεται πέντε φορές, τὰ φῶτα σβήνουν καὶ τὰ χρωματιστὰ ἄμφια ἀ άζουν. Ἀπὸ αὐτὸ τὸ σημεῖο ξεκινάει ἡ Μεγά η Σαρακοστή: συναισθάνομαι ὅτι εἶμαι ἐξόριστος ἀπὸ τὴν ὀμορφιὰ τῆς Βασιλείας Του καὶ θ ίβομαι. Τελικὰ παραδέχομαι ὅτι μόνο ὁ Θεὸς μπορεῖ νὰ μὲ βοηθήσει σ αὐτὴ τὴ θ ίψη. Μετάνοια πάνω ἀπ ὅ α εἶναι τὸ ἀπελπισμένο κά εσμα γιὰ τὴ Θεία βοήθεια. Στὴ συνέχεια διαβάζεται ἡ προσευχὴ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ἐφραὶμ ποὺ συνοδεύεται ἀπὸ μετάνοιες. Καθὼς οἱ πιστοὶ πλησιάζουν τὸν ἱερέα, ὁ χορὸς ψά ει πασχαλινοὺς ὕμνους. Ἀπὸ τώρα β έπουμε νὰ λάμπει στὸ τέ ος τὸ φῶς τῆς Ἀνάστασης, τὸ φῶς τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ.
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