Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral Sunday, November 29, 2015

St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral Church Office 508-791-7326 Mon.-Fri.: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. www.spyridoncathedral.org Reverend Doctor Dimitrios Moraitis Dean Reverend Father Dean N. Paleologos Dean Emeritus Reverend Deacon Andrew Giourelis Mr. Vasilios Vasiliadis -Parish Council President Email - frdimitri@spyridoncathedral.org Metropolis of Boston WELCOME Welcome to the Saint Spyridon Cathedral in Worcester, Massachusetts. We are honored that you have chosen to worship with us today. It is our hope that your visit here will bring you many blessings from God. Please be sure to tell us if you are visiting or if you are new to our community. Our Church Family worships the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and every Sunday, the Lord s Day, we commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to live the Holy Gospel in accordance with the Orthodox Faith; towards sanctification through God s grace in worship, the Divine Liturgy and the Sacraments: glorifying God through all joys and struggles; and as a Church Community, in Christian love, we seek to do His will so that through His mercy, we may attain His Kingdom. We are blessed to have the slippers of St. Spyridon, which are located in the narthex of the Church, please be sure to venerate them. We pray you have a blessed day and that you visit with us again soon. Also, please remember that one must be an Orthodox Christian in order to receive Holy Communion. If you would like to embrace the Orthodox Faith, please see Father Dimitrios Moraitis. May God Bless you! November 29, 2015 Thirteenth Sunday of Saint Luke Memorials Fr. Emmanuel Sakellarides-40 days Helen Voultsos-3 years Kyprianos Christoforou-3 years Vasiliky Moschos-15 years Constantine Moschos-20 years Trisagion Eleni Kiritsy-42 years Coffee Hour Coffee hour is sponsored in loving memory of Fr. Emmanuel Sakellarides and Kyprianos Christoforou by their families, and Constantine Moschos and Vasiliky Moschos by the Michael C. Moschos family and Demitrios and Celeste Moschos family. Sunday Services Orthros 8:30 am Divine Liturgy 9:45 am Weekday Liturgy St. Andrew Monday November 30, 2015 Orthros 8:45am Divine Liturgy 9:45am Altar Flowers Altar Flowers are sponsored in loving memory of Fr Emmanuel Sakellarides by his family and in loving memory of Constantine Moschos and Vasiliky Moschos by the Michael C. Moschos family, the Demitrios and Celeste Moschos family and Arthur and Lolly (Moschos) Lewry Saints of the Day The Martyrs Paramonos and Philoumenos Please see flier in this bulletin Parish Council Election Congratulations to all elected to serve on the Parish Council, and Thank you to all who ran. Georgia HAPPY NAME Parafestas DAY Michael Dionis Joan Theros George Panagiotopoulos George Gourousis HAPPY NAME DAY Katherine No Sunday School today. Family Worship Day

Entrance Hymns Apolytikion When the stone had been sealed by the Jews and the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Saviour, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the powers of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Lifegiver: Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. Glory to Thy Kingdom. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Friend of man. For The Memorials Keep Thy servants in remembrance, O Lord, since Thou art good; and do Thou forgive every sin in this life; for no man is without sin, except for Thee Who art able to grant rest even unto him who has departed hence. Saint Spyridon O Father, God-bearer, Spyridon, you were proven a champion and Wonder Worker of the First Ecumenical Council. You spoke to the girl in the grave and turned the serpent to gold. And, when chanting your prayers, most sacred One, angels ministered with you. Glory to Him who glorified you; glory to Him who crowned you; glory to Him who, through you, works healing for all. Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα Δόξα τῇ ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ Βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε. Απολυτίκιον του Αγίου Σπυρίδωνος Της Συνόδου της πρώτης ανεδείχθης υπέρμαχος, και θαυματουργός Θεοφόρε, Σπυρίδων Πατήρ ημών, διο νεκρά συ εν τάφω προσφωνείς, και όφιν εις χρυσούν μετέβαλες, και εν τω μέλπειν τας αγίας σου ευχάς, Αγγέλους εσκες συλλειτουργούντας σοι Ιερώτατε, Δοξα τω σε δοξάσαντι, δόξα τω σε στεφανώσαντι, δόξα τω ενεργούντι διά σου πάσιν ιάματα. Kontakion On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to * God the Word ineffably, * Who was before all the ages. * Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing * the gladsome tidings; * with the Angels and the shepherds now glorify Him * Who is willing to be gazed on * as a young Child Who * before the ages is God. Kontakion Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον, τὸν Προαιώνιον Λόγον, ἐν Σπηλαίῳ ἔρχεται, ἀποτεκεῖν ἀπορρήτως. Χόρευε ἡ οἰκουμένη ἀκουτισθεῖσα, δόξασον μετὰ Ἀγγέλων καὶ τῶν Ποιμένων, βουληθέντα ἐποφθῆναι, παιδίον νέον, τὸν πρὸ αἰώνων Θεόν.

PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY NEWS SAVE THE DATE Philoptochos Christmas Party December 1, 2015 Hors D Oeuvres 6:00pm, Dinner 7:00pm Cotsidas Cultural Center $35/person Founder s Court Boutique open at 5pm Come purchase all of your Christmas gifts in one locale...all are welcomed...variety of vendors Philoptochos Christmas Senior Outreach Program The Christmas Senior Outreach Program is underway! Members of the Philoptochos will spread Christmas cheer by visiting homebound seniors of our Parish family and provide gifts to the residents of Holy Trinity Nursing Home. If you would like to donate please see Helen Stamoulis or Helen Panagiotopoulos or send in your donation to the church address c/o Helen Stamoulis or Helen Panagiotopoulos. Please contact the church to give the name of your homeboundloved one. Thank You Holy Trinity News Holy Trinity has finally rolled out the initial startup of our Music and Memory Program. This past year we were awarded a grant of $5,000 from United Healthcare that we used to enhance quality of life for our residents. The Music and Memory program is a non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of the elderly through digital music technology. Holy Trinity's staff have been trained on how to create and provide personalized playlists using ipods that enable those struggling with Alzheimer s, dementia and other cognitive and physical challenges to reconnect with the world through music triggered memories. Holy Trinity has been very fortunate to develop a partnership with Anna Maria College Music Therapy Department allowing the music therapy students to utilize this program to connect with the elderly. We are very excited about this wonderful program and anxiously await all of the positive results that this brings to the residents' quality of life! Google Music and Memory Program to listen to the videos of residents using this program. COTSIDAS CULTURAL CENTER Web Site The web site for the rental of the Cultural Center can now be accessed at www.cotsidasculturalcenter.com Note that Parishioner rental rates are priced considerably lower to those advertised to the General Public, (Hall $850, Founders Court $300). Rental rates for Cathedral Affiliates (AHEPA, Epirotic Society, Union Hristohorafiton, etc) are half of the Parishioner rate. There is no charge for rentals to Cathedral Ministries (Philoptochos, GOYA, Holy Trinity etc.). For more information contact Mike Dionis or Jim Voyatzis through the Cathedral office. Hope Cemetery Plot Hearing The City of Worcester has scheduled two public hearings to deal with the cemetery master plan to expand the Orthodox section of Hope Cemetery as it completely full. The Council of Eastern Orthodox Churches of Central Massachusetts is urging everyone to attend 1 of 2 public hearings. Monday, November 30, 2015 at 6:30pm or Monday, December 14, 2015 at 6:30pm in the Esther Howland Chamber in Worcester City Hall. CEOC website: CEOC.US GOYA GOYA will be meeting on Tues., Dec. 1 2015 THE GIVING TREE Please consider sponsoring a child in need this Holiday Season by selecting an ornament from the Giving Tree located in the Founders Court and making a child s wishes come true. Thank you for your generosity. ST. SPYRIDON BASKETBALL December 5, 2015 10pm-12pm The St. Spyridon Basketball team Senior Division will scrimmage St. George Please join us in supporting our youth! Please submit any news, updates, fliers and photos you would like to see in the Sunday Bulletin to: gvp@spyridoncathedral.org Also if you d like to be added to the email list to receive the bulletin via email please contact Georgia at the above email address.

Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους 5:8-19 Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς. Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ ΤΗΕ EPISTLE St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 5:8-19 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. Ἀδελφοί, ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε - ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ - δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε τὰ γὰρ κρυφῆ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν. Τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστίν. Διὸ λέγει, Ἔγειρε ὁ καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός. Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκριβῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί, ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν. Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνιέντες τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου. Καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστὶν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι, λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret; but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light." Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart..

T 13th Sunday of Luke Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 18:18-27 The Gospel 13th Sunday of Luke The Gospel according to Luke 18:18-27 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄρχων λέγων διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ, τί ποιήσας ζωὴν αἰώνιον κληρονομήσω; εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Ιησοῦς τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός. τὰς ἐντολὰς οἶδας μὴ μοιχεύσῃς, μὴ φ ο ν ε ύ σ ῃ ς, μ ὴ κ λ έ ψ ῃ ς, μ ὴ ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου. ὁ δὲ εἶπε ταῦτα πάντα ἐφυλαξάμην ἐκ νεότητός μου. ἀκούσας δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἔτι ἕν σοι λείπει πάντα ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ διάδος πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι. ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας ταῦτα περίλυπος ἐγένετο ἦν γὰρ πλούσιος σφόδρα. ἰδὼν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ιησοῦς περίλυπον γενόμενον εἶπε πῶς δυσκόλως οἱ τὰ χρήματα ἔχοντες εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ! εὐκοπώτερον γάρ ἐστι κάμηλον διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς ῥαφίδος εἰσελθεῖν ἢ πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν. εἶπον δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες καὶ τίς δύναται σωθῆναι; ὁ δὲ εἶπε τὰ ἀδύνατα παρὰ ἀνθρώποις δυνατὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ἐστιν. At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For 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." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." Fasting / Νηστεία The Christmas or Advent Fast has started. Please abstain from meat and dairy, but fish is allowed.

Bible Study The Power of Jesus to Heal Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 7:00pm in the Tonna Room Fr. Dimitrios Moraitis will be leading a Bible Study on the Gospel of Matthew. If you wish to learn about the Bible, please come to this informative presentation. Orthodoxy 101 Iconoclasm: When We Almost Lost Icons Forever Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 7:00pm in the Tonna Room Fr. Dimitrios Moraitis will be leading a presentation on the Iconoclastic Controversy and the Seventh Ecumenical Council. If you wish to learn about this topic and the development of the Church, come to this informative presentation.

December 2

Please join us to celebrate the New Year in the Cotsidas Cultural Center 7:30pm-2:00am $100.00/adult $25.00/child 12 and under Contact Leka Velentzas at 508-887-0399 to reserve your table

2015 Stewardship Report * GOAL Week 2015 Total Stewardship Budget 47 $266,960.86 $270.000.00 * GOAL amount includes the 2015 Stewardship Budget Receipts of $270,000.00 We suggest you budget your Stewardship contribution as you do your monthly home expenses Our Cathedral must meet the Financial needs of its ministries and annual operating budget by way of its Christian Stewardship Program. It is each and everyone's responsibility to accept honor and support your role as a Contributing Steward. Please pledge your Required Stewardship Contribution now, if you have not done so. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.