August 13
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2017-08-13
Bulletin Contents
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (904)-829-0504
- Fax:
- (904)829-0507
- Email:
- HOLY3GOC@gmail.com
- Street Address:
- 2940 CR-214
- St. Augustine, FL 32084-2718
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Fr. John Hays, Interim Priest
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2017-08-20
- Publish Date:
- 2017-08-06
- Publish Date:
- 2017-07-30
- Publish Date:
- 2017-07-23
- Publish Date:
- 2017-07-16
- Publish Date:
- 2017-07-09
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 1st Tone
The stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, * and a guard of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. * You rose on the third day, O Lord * and Savior, granting life unto the world. * For this reason were the powers of heaven crying out to You, O Life-giver: * Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ; * glory to Your kingdom; * glory to Your dispensation, only One who loves mankind.
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.
Apolytikion for Apodosis of Transfiguration in the Grave Tone
You were transfigured upon the mountain, O Christ our God, showing to Your disciples Your glory as much as they could bear. Do also in us, sinners though we may be, shine Your everlasting light, by the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Giver of light. Glory to You.
Μετεμορφώθης ἐν τῷ ὄρει Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, δείξας τοῖς Μαθηταῖς σου τὴν δόξαν σου, καθὼς ἠδυναντο. Λάμψον καὶ ἡμῖν τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς, τὸ φῶς σου τὸ ἀΐδιον, πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, φωτοδότα δόξα σοι.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Grave Tone
Upon the mountain were You transfigured, and Your disciples beheld Your glory as far as they were able, O Christ our God; so that when they would see You crucified they might understand that Your Passion was deliberate, and declare to the world that in truth You are the Father's radiance.
Ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους μετεμορφώθης, καὶ ὡς ἐχώρουν οἱ Μαθηταί σου τὴν δόξαν σου, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἐθεάσαντο, ἵνα ὅταν σε ἴδωσι σταυρούμενον, τὸ μὲν πάθος νοήσωσιν ἑκούσιον, τῷ δὲ κόσμῳ κηρύξωσιν, ὅτι σὺ ὑπάρχεις ἀληθῶς, τοῦ Πατρὸς τὸ ἀπαύγασμα.
Saints and Feasts
August 13
Tikhon of Zadonsk
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk was born in 1724 into a very poor family of the Novgorod province of Russia. In 1761 he was consecrated as a bishop, having served as a seminary rector prior to this. Eventually, feeling the burden of the episcopacy to be beyond his strength, he resigned in 1767, retiring first to the Monastery of Tolshevo, and later to the monastery at Zadonsk, where he remained until his blessed repose. Saint Tikhon reposed in peace in 1783, at the age of fifty-nine. Over sixty years later, in 1845, when a new church was built in Zadonsk in place of the church where he was buried, it was necessary to remove his body. Although interred in a damp place, his relics were found to be whole and incorrupt; even his vestments were untouched by decay. Many miracles were worked by Saint Tikhon after his death, and some three hundred thousand pilgrims attended his glorification on August 13, 1863. He is is invoked particularly for the protection and upbringing of children.
August 13
Maximus the Confessor
Maximus, who was from Constantinople, sprang from an illustrious family. He was a lover of wisdom and an eminent theologian. Indeed, he is one of the Church’s most profound and important mystical writers and teachers. At first, he was the chief private secretary of the emperor Heraclius and his grandson Constans. But when the Monothelite heresy (that Christ had only one will, as opposed to both a fully human will and a divine will, since He was both God and man), became predominant in the royal court, out of hatred for this error the saint departed for the Monastery at Chrysopolis (Scutari), of which he later became the abbot. When Constans tried to constrain him either to accept the Monothelite teaching or to stop speaking and writing against it - neither of which the saint accepted to do – he had St. Maximus brutally tortured and disfigured, so that he would be unable to continue his teaching ministry. Hence, he is considered a “confessor” because while he was not martyred per se, dying in the act of defending the faith, he did shed blood in his witness to Christ. Then the saint was sent into exile, where he reposed in 662.
(Kontakion, Plagal of the 4th Tone) Let us the faithful praise with fitting hymns that lover of the Holy Trinity, great Maximus, who clearly taught the divinely-given Faith: that we should give glory unto Christ our God, Who, though but one hypostasis, hath in very truth two natures, wills, and energies. Let us cry to him: Rejoice, divine herald of the Faith.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. 1st Tone. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16.
Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
Gospel Reading
10th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 17:14-23
At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day."
Parish News
A word from Saint Maximus the Confessor, concerning the “Our Father”
“Our Father: Thus, at the beginning of this prayer… we are also taught to speak to ourselves of the grace of adoption, since we are worthy to call ‘Father’ by grace the one who is our Creator by nature…. We sanctify his name on earth in taking after him as a Father, in showing ourselves by our actions to be his children, and in extolling by our thoughts and our acts the Father’s Son by nature, who is the one who brings about this adoption.
Give us this day our daily bread: I think, in fact, that ‘this day’ means ‘in present history.’ Thus, to understand this passage of the prayer in its clearest meaning, we should say, ‘Our bread,’ which You prepared in the beginning for the immortality of nature, ‘give us this day,’ to us who belong to the mortal condition of the present life, so that nourishment by the bread of life and knowledge triumph over the death of sin.” -- from the Commentary on the Our Father
New Church Hours for Fr. John:
New schedule for Fr. John’s Church/”In St. Augustine” hours for the remainder of the summer:
- Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.…… Pastoral office hours from 11:00 – 2:00 are available for drop-ins or appointments.
- Wednesday: 1 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. …Pastoral office hours from 1:30 - 3:30, by appointment only.
- Friday: 9 a.m. – noon .……………….Approx. every other week, as needed.
Special Prayers: With prayers for God's protection, strength, healing, and guidance, we continue hoping that He fulfil the ongoing and daily needs of Jane Anderson, Betty Day, Chresanthe Lemieux, Nicola Lykam, Jim Manos, Dolly Welling, Steve Sarris, Despina Xynidis, Nicola & Michael Lykam’s friend’s young child, Kaden Hammellour, Fred Allen, parish and missionary families, and catechumens preparing for Illumination.
Holy Trinity Master Calendar: A Holy Trinity Parish Master Calendar is on the website. This calendar can be printed or downloaded. This will help coordinate efforts and events with other ministries; dates will be included in the weekly bulletin; and will help actively involve others in the work of our Parish. Active and enthusiastic participation in a parish’s activities and functions should emulate the Kingdom of God – a culture that is overflowing with joy, peace and love.
Outreach: Help! Last year there were 895 homeless students recorded in St. Johns County, and the St. Johns County School’s ASSIST program needs all the help they can get! They have a critical need for the following:
- School Supplies (pens, #2 pencils, lined paper, folders, notebooks, backpacks, etc.)
- Gift Cards to Wal-Mart and Publix as well as gas cards
- Hygiene products
- Cleaning supplies
We are currently collecting items in the yellow bin located on the counter adjacent to where coffee is served. To leave larger items or for more information, please contact Dick Billeter or Susan Stone.
Greek Summer Night Thank You: The second annual Greek Summer Night was a huge success! Thanks to everyone for their participation, support and attendance. Everyone truly enjoy themselves! As one attendee noted, “The food was fabulous, the decorations were so pretty (loved the jewel tones), and everyone had such a good time.” In addition to fellowship, laughter and dancing, we profited over $2080 for our beloved church. Opa!
Upcoming Services and Events:
- This Sunday, August 13th –3-Year Memorial for Elenie "Lennie" Speron (Spiropoulos) Wuchner
- Tuesday, August 15th: Dormition (Koimesis) of the Theotokos – Orthros at 9 a.m., Liturgy at 10 a.m.
- Bible Study every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
- August Coffee Hostess –
ü This Sunday, August 13th – Lisa Colburn, Penny Angelus
ü August 20th– Joan Manias, Angela Lekos –Philoptochos Name Day Luncheon
- August 20th Feast Day of the Dormition of the Theotokos luncheon– Please join Philoptochos as we celebrate the feast day of the Dormition of the Theotokos with a luncheon on August 20th.Tickets are on sale beginning August 6th: $10.00 for ages 12 and above and $5.00 for children under 12.
- August 25th – 27th St. Demetrios Daytona Beach Reach – Fun at the beach with religious lessons. For info call 386 252-6012.
- Center for Family Care– Please visit www.family.goarch.org for information about activities and events.
ü September 20th – 23rd Family Ministry Conference in Pittsburgh, PA –“The Orthodox Family in a Changing World”
- Saturday Events Hosts & Hostesses Needed – Holy Trinity will welcome Metropolis events for which we need hosts/hostesses. Please check your calendars and be in touch with Nelda in the Church office if you or your ministry group would like to coordinate our attentive hospitality to registrants for:
ü September 16th – 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Workshop for couples, “Preparing for the Journey of Marriage”
ü November 18th – Parish Council Training Seminar
August 6, 2017 Offerings: Candles $124.10 Tray $105; Stewardship $1731
Visiting the Church Outside of Office Hours: Though at this time we do not have volunteers coordinated to assist in receiving visitors to the Church outside of Office Hours (M-F 9am-1pm), we hope to always welcome parishioners and the many visiting out-of-towners to the best of our ability. Please call the office to arrange a visit. If there is no answer, call the emergency number on the voicemail, (602) 617-2467, to discuss options that may exist.
Ministries & Committees: All are welcome and encouraged to apply common interests, skill sets, and life experience to the many areas of service in the life of the Church.
Contact the Church office: To add your e-mail address and phone number to the ministry/committee contact list(s), or even to seek Father John’s blessing to begin a new ministry beneficial to church members involved or in need, please contact Church office.
Metropolitan Alexios Asks Every Family to Participate in the Panagia Chapel Roof Tile Campaign: The Panagia Chapel at the Diakonia Retreat Center is in its final stages. To wrap up the building of the Panagia Chapel, His Eminence has asked that each family give the names of their loved ones, living and deceased to be sealed in the Holy Table during consecration and prayed for during each service held in the Chapel. When submitting names, it is requested that each family prayerfully considers a sponsorship of $30 or more, as you are able, to the completion of the Panagia Chapel’s roof. A table is setup in the Church Hall to submit names and a sponsorship for this effort.
Holy Trinity Stewardship: The Bible says: "the Lord loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians 9:7). Stewardship is Christian, biblical and equitable, for each is asked to give according to his or her love for God, conscience and means. By stewardship we support Christ's work not as a duty, but as a privilege. The Christian way to give is to give because desire to give; we give because we love the Lord. Thank you for Holy Trinity Church Stewardship commitment.
Weekly Offering: Just like your household, the parish has expenses that are necessary to keep our doors open to all who come here. Your gift goes to ensuring that our church is open and accessible to all who seek her comfort. Your offering can be made at the collection basket as you exit the service.
Weekly Bulletin Submission: Please submit announcements to the Church office via email holy3goc@gmail.com with “Bulletin Article” in the subject line, no later than Wednesday/Thursday weekly. Remember to put the DATE & TIME when announcing an event. Please grant patience, sometimes articles or parts of articles are edited or deleted during final editing process.