Bulletin for Sunday, March 25, 2018

337 East 74 th Street, New York, NY 10021 212-288-3215 www.thecathedralnyc.org Rev. Fr. John Vlahos Bulletin for Sunday, March 25, 2018 Annunciation of the Theotokos Εὐαγγελισµός τῆς Θεοτόκου

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Coffee Hour sponsored by our Philoptochos THIS WEEK S SERVICES AND EVENTS Monday, March 26 th Great Compline 6:00pm-7:30pm Wednesday, March 28 th Bible Study 9:00am-10:00am Pre-sanctified Liturgy 6:00pm-7:30pm Lenten Dinner & Lecture 7:30pm-9:00pm Friday, March 30 th Pre-sanctified Liturgy 9:00am-10:30am Lenten Concert 7:30pm-8:30pm Saturday, March 31 st Saturday of Lazarus- Matins & Divine Liturgy 9:00am-10:00am 10:00am-11:30am WELCOME TO ALL VISITORS: For those visiting an Orthodox Church for the first time, we welcome you and thank you for praying with us. When it comes time for the receiving of Holy Communion from the Chalice, please be aware that Holy Communion is a sign of unity of faith and it is only offered to Baptized or Chrismated Orthodox Christians. All present are welcome, however, to partake the antidoro (blessed bread) which is distributed at the end of the service. If you are interested in learning more about the Orthodox Faith, please see Fr. John after service. SUPPORT OUR CATHEDRAL BECOME A STEWARD IN 2018! We encourage you to become active stewards of the Cathedral. Please do take the time to prayerfully submit a Stewardship Pledge Card and contribute to the financial needs of our Cathedral. For more information, please visit www.thecathedralnyc.org or contact the Cathedral office. MESSAGE FROM OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL: Sunday School will meet today, March 25 th. NOTES FROM THE OFFICE: To request a Memorial, or to place an announcement in the weekly bulletin for the following Sunday, please contact the office by the prior Wednesday. We have various advertising opportunities in the CathedraLife Magazine. Our issues are read by thousands of our parishioners and friends who live and operate their businesses in the five boroughs and the Tri-State Area. Please contact the Office for details 212-288-3215 Easter Lilies will be available for memorials and sponsorships, at a cost of $40.00 per plant. Easter Palm Tree are also available for memorial and sponsorships, at a cost of $40.00 per plant. These palm trees will be used to adorn the Altar and Solea. If you are interested, please call our office for info and any questions. Cathedral Office Phone #: 212-288-3215

UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPROTUNITIES AT THE CATHEDRAL: IT IS STILL NOT TOO LATE TO SIGN-UP! VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME!!! As we journey through lent and approach Holy Week, there are many upcoming events where your help is needed! Consider donating you time and volunteer for any of the following events below. If you are interested, there will be a sign-up sheet during coffee hour and you can contact Effie Doscas- edoscas@ziffster.com or Stella Pantelidis- cmnpan@aol.com Saturday of Lazarus Youth Retreat..March 31, Saturday, at 2:00pm Folding of the Palms..March 31, Saturday, at 4:00 pm by the entrance to the Chiotes Hall Setting up for the Palm Sunday luncheon..march 31, Saturday, at 1:00 pm in the Chiotes Hall Dying of the Red Easter Eggs..April 5, Thursday, at noon, in the Chiotes Hall Putting the plastics cup protectors on candles..april 6, Friday at 10:30 am in Narthex Assemble the Kouvouklion..April 6, Friday at 10:30 am in the church Help sell candles outside..april 7, Saturday at 10:00 pm, meet by the church Narthex The choir has been busy rehearsing and preparing for Holy Week and Easter Services. Thank you to all of the volunteer choir members who have been coming to our extra rehearsals! We will be chanting the Hymn of the Kassiani on Holy Tuesday. For any questions, please contact the Director of Music, Evey Simon at choir@thecathedralnyc.org YOUTH MINISTRIES Registration for our Youth Ministries is ongoing. For additional information please contact Fr. John at frjohn@thecathedralnyc.org or visit our website www.thecathedralnyc.org. LITTLE ANGELS: (40 days-3 years old) Our next get-together TBD HOPE: (4-6 years old) Next meeting on March 31 from 11:45am - 4pm (Saturday of Lazarus Retreat) JOY: (7-12 years old) Next meeting on March 31 from 11:45am - 4pm (Saturday of Lazarus Retreat) GOYA: (13-18 years old) Next meeting on March 31 from 11:45am - 4pm (Saturday of Lazarus Retreat) PRIMETIMERS MEETING All seniors of our community are welcome to join us on Wednesday, April 18 th at noon for lunch and a great time. For more information, please email Pauline Kotsilimbas pkkotsi@gmail.com

The Cathedral School Students Excel in High School Acceptances The Cathedral School is proud to announce that the eighth grade students have been accepted at top rated independent and public high schools in New York City. Below is the list of the high schools in which the class of 2018 was accepted: Public and Specialized High Schools: Bronx Science, Brooklyn Latin School, High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College, Eleanor Roosevelt, Millennium, Beacon, NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies, Humanities Preparatory Academy, Young Women's Leadership School, and Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship Independent and Catholic Schools: Regis, Chapin, Nightingale-Bamford, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Marymount, Loyola, Trevor Day, Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, Hewitt, St. Vincent Ferrer, Monsignor Scanlan, Dominican Academy, Fordham Preparatory School, La Salle Academy, Ursuline, Cardinal Spellman, Xavier, and Calhoun THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOL WILL HOST OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 19 TH AT 6PM-8PM At our Open House, you will hear from our Head of School, meet our faculty, current students, parents and admissions representatives. Learn about our rigorous and yet nurturing, tradition-rich curriculum and programming and tour of facility. Located on the Upper East Side of New York City, the Cathedral School is a college preparatory, coeducational independent school for Nursery-8th grade. Since 1948, The Cathedral School has provided a world-class education to its students with rigorous academics and outstanding programs in arts, citizenship, peer leadership, and foreign language.

Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Easter Palm Trees If you would like to purchase Easter Palm tree in memory of your loved ones, please fill out & mail/drop-off this form with a check to the Cathedral Office. These Palm trees will be used to adorn the Altar and Solea. Each Easter Palm tree will be a donation of $40. Name(s) of loved one(s): Mail/drop-off form and check to: Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity 337 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021 If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Cathedral Office: (212) 288 3215 Easter Lilies If you would like to purchase Easter Lilies in memory of your loved ones, please fill out & mail/drop-off this form with a check to the Cathedral Office. Each Lily Plant will be a donation of $40. Name(s) of loved one(s): Mail form/drop-off and check to: Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity 337 E 74th St, New York, NY 10021 If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Cathedral Office: (212) 288 3215 337 East 74 th Street. New York, New York 10021 (212) 288 3215

SCRIPTURE READINGS Epistle Readings St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 2:11-18 BRETHREN, he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying, "I will proclaim thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee." And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I, and the children God has given me. Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 2:11-18 Ἀδελφοί, ὁ ἁγιάζων καὶ οἱ ἁγιαζόµενοι, ἐξ ἑνὸς πάντες διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν οὐκ ἐπαισχύνεται ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοὺς καλεῖν, λέγων, Ἀπαγγελῶ τὸ ὄνοµά σου τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς µου, ἐν µέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ὑµνήσω σε. Καὶ πάλιν, Ἐγὼ ἔσοµαι πεποιθὼς ἐπʼ αὐτῷ. Καὶ πάλιν, Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ παιδία ἅ µοι ἔδωκεν ὁ θεός. Ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ παιδία κεκοινώνηκεν σαρκός καὶ αἵµατος, καὶ αὐτὸς παραπλησίως µετέσχεν τῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ θανάτου καταργήσῃ τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θανάτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν τὸν διάβολον, καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους, ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῇν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας. Οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἀγγέλων ἐπιλαµβάνεται, ἀλλὰ σπέρµατος Ἀβραὰµ ἐπιλαµβάνεται. Ὅθεν ὤφειλεν κατὰ πάντα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὁµοιωθῆναι, ἵνα ἐλεήµων γένηται καὶ πιστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν, εἰς τὸ ἱλάσκεσθαι τὰς ἁµαρτίας τοῦ λαοῦ. Ἐν ᾧ γὰρ πέπονθεν αὐτὸς πειρασθείς, δύναται τοῖς πειραζοµένοις βοηθῆσαι. Gospel Readings Luke 1:24-38 In those days, Elizabeth the wife of Zacharias conceived and for five months she hid herself, saying, "Thus the Lord had done to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men." In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible." And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. Λουκᾶν 1:24-38 Ἐν ταῖς ἡµέραις ἐκείναις συνέλαβεν Ελισάβετ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ περιέκρυβεν ἑαυτὴν µῆνας πέντε, λέγουσα ὅτι οὕτω µοι πεποίηκεν ὁ Κύριος ἐν ἡµέραις αἷς ἐπεῖδεν ἀφελεῖν τὸ ὄνειδός µου ἐν ἀνθρώποις. Εν δὲ τῷ µηνὶ τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀπεστάλη ὁ ἄγγελος Γαβριὴλ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς πόλιν τῆς Γαλιλαίας, ᾗ ὄνοµα Ναζαρέτ,πρὸς παρθένον µεµνηστευµένην ἀνδρί, ᾧ ὄνοµα Ιωσήφ, ἐξ οἴκου Δαυΐδ, καὶ τὸ ὄνοµα τῆς παρθένου Μαριάµ. καὶ εἰσελθὼν ὁ ἄγγελος πρὸς αὐτὴν εἶπε χαῖρε, κεχαριτωµένη ὁ Κύριος µετὰ σοῦ εὐλογηµένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξίν. ἡ δὲ ἰδοῦσα διεταράχθη ἐπὶ τῷ λόγῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διελογίζετο ποταπὸς εἴη ὁ ἀσπασµὸς οὗτος. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτῇ µὴ φοβοῦ, Μαριάµ εὗρες γὰρ χάριν παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ. καὶ ἰδοὺ συλλήψῃ ἐν γαστρὶ καὶ τέξῃ υἱόν, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνοµα αὐτοῦ Ιησοῦν. οὗτος ἔσται µέγας καὶ υἱὸς ὑψίστου κληθήσεται, καὶ δώσει αὐτῷ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὸν θρόνον Δαυῒδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ βασιλεύσει ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ιακὼβ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, καὶ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔσται τέλος. εἶπε δὲ Μαριὰµ πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον πῶς ἔσται µοι τοῦτο, ἐπεὶ ἄνδρα οὐ γινώσκω; καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ Πνεῦµα Αγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ δύναµις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώµενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται υἱὸς Θεοῦ. καὶ ἰδοὺ Ελισάβετ ἡ συγγενής σου καὶ αὐτὴ συνειληφυῖα υἱὸν ἐν γήρει αὐτῆς, καὶ οὗτος µὴν ἕκτος ἐστὶν αὐτῇ τῇ καλουµένῃ στείρᾳ ὅτι οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ πᾶν ῥῆµα. εἶπε δὲ Μαριάµ ἰδοὺ ἡ δούλη Κυρίου γένοιτό µοι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆµά σου. καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἀπ αὐτῆς ὁ ἄγγελος.