Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana AUGUST 19, 2018 TWELFTH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW Sunday, August 19 ~ 8:45 am ~ Orthros, 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy 11:30 am ~ Sunday Church School after Holy Communion FIRST DAY 12:00 pm ~ Cathedral Montessori Brick Campaign Begins in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity GOYA Officers Meeting in Upstairs Common Area 12:00 pm ~ Safety and Security Committee Meeting in Boardroom 12:00 pm ~ Youth Greek School Parents Meeting with Fay Kalergi in Room 210 Monday, August 20 ~ 7:15 pm Cathedral Montessori School Board Meeting Thursday, August 23 ~ 2:00 pm Philoptochos Board Meeting in Boardroom 7:00 pm ~ AHEPA Off Sight Gathering Saturday, August 25 ~ 10:00 am Daughters of Penelope Planning Meeting in Boardroom 10:00 am ~ PINZARI BAPTISM 12:00 pm ~ Youth Greek School in Room 210 FIRST DAY 2:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Ozanam Inn Sunday, August 26 ~ 8:45 am ~ Orthros 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy THIRTEENTH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW 11:30 am ~ Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 11:30 am ~ Philoptochos Phanouropita Blessing in Cathedral 12:00 pm ~ Cathedral Montessori Brick Campaign in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Phanouropita Reception in Coffee Room DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE The Daughters of Penelope officers and board of governors will meet on Saturday, August 25, at 10:00 am in the boardroom to discuss plans for the coming year. GREEK SCHOOL Youth Greek School parents will meet with Fay Kalergi today, August 19, in Room 210 after church services; classes will begin August 25. Adult students will meet with her on September 4 at 7:00 pm in the boardroom with classes beginning the following week. SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL STARTS TODAY All Sunday Church School students will remain in the Cathedral by the solea for a blessing after Holy Communion this morning, after which they and their parents will proceed to their respective classrooms for a "Meet and Greet." Parents, please note that six (6) of the left front pews will be reserved each Sunday for Sunday Church School families in hopes that this set up will expedite receiving Holy Communion before class. BLESSING AND RIBBON CUTTING of Cathedral Montessori School's RENOVATION AND ADDITION His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta will bless the school. September 10, 2018-9 am Come see the school. Refreshments will be served. SAVE THE DATE - FALL FAMILY RETREAT The annual Fall Family Retreat is scheduled for Saturday, September 22, 2018, with guest speaker Reverend Father Anton Vrame, PhD. Father Tony is the director of the Archdiocese Department of Religious Education and has a lifetime of teaching experience. He has been a school teacher, author, and university professor and has led the department for eleven years. Plan to attend this year s Fall Family Retreat. More details on Father Tony s topic and theme will be available soon. SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR PANAGIA FLORAL ADORNMENTS The Cathedral family is most grateful to the anonymous family that donated the beautiful floral adornments for both Panagia icons in the Nave. May God bless them always. ALL information for the September issue of The Flame is due Tuesday, August 21.
PHILOPTOCHOS GARAGE SALE Philoptochos will sponsor a Garage Sale on Saturday, September 8, and Sunday, September 9. All parishioners are asked to check their homes, closets, cabinets, and garages for furniture or other items no longer used or wanted and donate them to the fundraiser. Items can be brought to the Hellenic Cultural Center beginning Monday, August 27. Call Elaine Nugent at 504-909-3543 and volunteer to assist with the garage sale set up. SILENT AUCTION The Ladies Philoptochos Society will sponsor a Silent Auction in conjunction with the Jazz and Bouzouki Archives Event Saturday, September 29, 2018, at the Jazz Museum. Please support by donating or asking your contacts to donate one or more items for the auction. Deadline is September 12. Donations can include many different types of items such as gift certificates, artwork, jewelry, services, etc. For more information contact Cathy Vial at 504-456-2331 or cathyvial@gmail.com. SCHOOL SUPPLIES School bells are ringing, and summer vacation is over! Unfortunately, some students will not have the needed supplies, but Philoptochos is sponsoring a drive to collect construction paper, highlighters, index cards (ruled), hand held sharpeners, colored pencils, crayons, wide ruled notebooks and filler paper, 3 ring binders, etc. A bin is placed in the Coffee Room for the donated items. Your support is greatly appreciated. Save the Date! SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018! Jazz & Bouzouki! A Musical Event Celebrating New Orleans Tricentennial, the Birth of New Orleans Jazz, and the Contributions of Greek Immigrants SPONSORS: New Orleans Jazz Museum and Holy Trinity Cathedral Archives Committee PLACE: New Orleans Jazz Museum Located in the Historic Mint DATE: September 29, 2018 TIME: 6:00 pm ADMISSION: $25 - Limited Seating - Ticket Information TBA A special band will perform the music of the Ellis Stratakos Orchestra at the Jung Hotel Roof and the music of early 20 th century Greek immigrants, who were part of the rich tapestry of New Orleans. The Metropolis of Atlanta will experience a unique and blessed event on September 29, 2018, when the miraculous Panagia Vimatarissa icon from the Monastery of Vatopaidi on Mount Athos will arrive at the Diakonia Retreat Center in South Carolina. This rare and joyous occasion will begin at 11:00 am with a procession of the Theotokos icon into the new Panagia Chapel led by His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, along with the Monks of Vatopaidi, the clergy of the Metropolis of Atlanta, and a parade group created especially for the event! Together, everyone will have the opportunity to venerate the miraculous icon of our Lady, offer glory to our God and Creator, thank those who made this day possible, and enjoy the fellowship of the Metropolis of Atlanta family. His Eminence hopes to see there as many parishioners as possible, and to that end asks that you please RSVP with a link provided on the Metropolis of Atlanta website. You will not want to miss what surely will be a momentous and spiritually joyous event! For questions and additional information, please call Ethel Gjerde at 404-634-9345.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 ATTENDANCE 95 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $574 Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70122 Very Reverend Father George Wilson, Dean priest@holytrinitycathedral.org PHONE: (504) 282-0259 FAX: (504) 283-5586
19η AΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ 2018 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΙB ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ ΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΣΤΡΑΤΗΛΑΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΣΥΝ ΑΥΤΩ 2593 Ἑωθινόν Α 19 TH AUGUST 2018 12 TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW HOLY GREAT MARTYR ANDREW THE GENERAL AND HIS 2593 SOLDIERS Eothion 1 Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος γ Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος, ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἑορτῆς Ἦχος α Ἐν τῇ Γεννήσει τὴν παρθενίαν ἐφύλαξας, ἐν τῇ Κοιµήσει τὸν κόσµον οὐ κατέλιπες Θεοτόκε. Μετέστης πρὸς τὴν ζωήν, µήτηρ ὑπάρχουσα τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ ταῖς πρεσβείαις ταῖς σαῖς λυτρουµένη, ἐκ θανάτου τὰς ψυχὰς ἡµῶν. 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 πλ β Τὴν ἐν πρεσβείαις ἀκοίµητον Θεοτόκον, καὶ προστασίαις ἀµετάθετον ἐλπίδα, τάφος καὶ νέκρωσις οὐκ ἐκράτησεν ὡς γὰρ ζωῆς Μητέρα, πρὸς τὴν ζωὴν µετέστησεν, ὁ µήτραν οἰκήσας ἀειπάρθενον. Resurrection Apolytikion Tone 3 Let the heavens sing for joy, and let everything on earth be glad. For with His Arm the Lord has worked power. He trampled death under foot by means of death; and He became the firstborn from the dead. From the maw of Hades He delivered us; and He granted the world His great mercy. Apolytikion of the Feast Tone 1 In giving birth you retained your virginity, and in dormition you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. You were translated unto life, being the Mother of Life. And thus by virtue of your intercessions you deliver our souls from death. 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 Plagal Tone 2 The Theotokos, unsleeping in intercession and the immovable hope of protection, could not be retained by any tomb or death. For being Life's own Mother, she was transferred to life by Him who dwelt in the ever-virgin womb.
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Α' Κορινθίους ιε 1-11 Ἀδελφοί, γνωρίζω ὑµῖν τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον ὃ εὐηγγελισάµην ὑµῖν, ὃ καὶ παρελάβετε, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ἑστήκατε, δι' οὗ καὶ σῴζεσθε, τίνι λόγῳ εὐηγγελισάµην ὑµῖν εἰ κατέχετε, ἐκτὸς εἰ µὴ εἰκῇ ἐπιστεύσατε. Παρέδωκα γὰρ ὑµῖν ἐν πρώτοις, ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον, ὅτι Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁµαρτιῶν ἡµῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφάς καὶ ὅτι ἐτάφη, καὶ ὅτι ἐγήγερται τῇ τρίτῃ ἡµέρᾳ κατὰ τὰς Γραφάς καὶ ὅτι ὤφθη Κηφᾷ, εἶτα τοῖς δώδεκα ἔπειτα ὤφθη ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ, ἐξ ὧν οἱ πλείονες µένουσιν ἕως ἄρτι, τινὲς δὲ καὶ ἐκοιµήθησαν ἔπειτα ὤφθη Ἰακώβῳ, εἶτα τοῖς ἀποστόλοις πᾶσιν ἔσχατον δὲ πάντων ὡσπερεὶ τῷ ἐκτρώµατι ὤφθη κἀµοί. 'Εγὼ γάρ εἰµι ὁ ἐλάχιστος τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὃς οὔκ εἰµι ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθαι ἀπόστολος, διότι ἐδίωξα τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ χάριτι δὲ Θεοῦ εἰµι ὅ εἰµι καὶ ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐµὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη, ἀλλὰ περισσότερον αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀλλ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐµοί. Εἴτε οὖν ἐγὼ εἴτε ἐκεῖνοι, οὕτως κηρύσσοµεν καὶ οὕτως ἐπιστεύσατε. ΤΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ματθαῖου ιθ 16-26 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, νεανίσκος τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ, γονυπετῶν αὐτόν, καὶ λέγων Διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω ἵνα ἔχω ζωὴν αἰώνιον; O δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός. εἰ δὲ θέλεις εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ζωήν, τήρησον τὰς ἐντολάς. λέγει αὐτῷ ποίας; ὁ δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπε τὸ οὐ φονεύσεις, οὐ μοιχεύσεις, οὐ κλέψεις, οὐ ψευδομαρτυρήσεις, τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ νεανίσκος πάντα ταῦτα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ; ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Ιησοῦς εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι. ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ νεανίσκος τὸν λόγον ἀπῆλθε λυπούμενος ἦν γὰρ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά. Ο δὲ Ιησοῦς εἶπε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι δυσκόλως πλούσιος εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν. πάλιν δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, εὐκοπώτερόν ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυπήματος ῥαφίδος διελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν. ἀκούσαντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐξεπλήσσοντο σφόδρα λέγοντες τίς ἄρα δύναται σωθῆναι; ἐμβλέψας δὲ ὁ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς παρὰ ἀνθρώποις τοῦτο ἀδύνατόν ἐστι, παρὰ δὲ Θεῷ πάντα δυνατά ἐστι. THE EPISTLE I Corinthians 15:1-11 BRETHREN, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast - unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. THE GOSPEL Matthew 19:16-26 At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you call me good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "Which?" And Jesus said, "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The young man said to him, "All these I have observed; what do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."