Sat. Vespers 5:00 PM
Matins 8:50 AM
Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM
Blessed are You, O Christ our God; you made the fishermen all-wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them you drew the world into your net. O Lover of mankind, glory to You.
Eυλογητός εί, Χριστέ ο Θεός υμών, ο πανσόφους τούς αλιείς αναδείξας, καταπέμψας αύτοις το Πνεύμα το Άγιον, καί δι αυτών την οικουμένην σαγηνεύσας, Φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοι!
Evloyitós i, Hristé o Theós imón; o pansófous tous aliís anadhíxas, katapémpsas aftís to pnévma to áyion, ke dhi aftón tin ikouménin sayinéfsas, Filánthrope, dhóxa si.
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Prokeimenon. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.
The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15.
TIMOTHY, my son, you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at lconion, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Προκείμενον. Grave Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 28.11,1.
Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει.
Στίχ. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιμήν.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Τιμόθεον β' 3:10-15.
Τέκνον Τιμόθεε, παρηκολούθηκάς μου τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τῇ ἀγωγῇ, τῇ προθέσει, τῇ πίστει, τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ, τοῖς διωγμοῖς, τοῖς παθήμασιν, οἷά μοι ἐγένετο ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, ἐν Λύστροις, οἵους διωγμοὺς ὑπήνεγκα· καὶ ἐκ πάντων με ἐρρύσατο ὁ κύριος. Καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ θέλοντες εὐσεβῶς ζῇν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διωχθήσονται. Πονηροὶ δὲ ἄνθρωποι καὶ γόητες προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον, πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι. Σὺ δὲ μένε ἐν οἷς ἔμαθες καὶ ἐπιστώθης, εἰδὼς παρὰ τίνος ἔμαθες, καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.
1st Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 5:1-11
At that time, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." For he was astonished, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
1st Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 5:1-11
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἑστὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς παρὰ τὴν λίμνην Γεννησαρέτ, καὶ εἶδε δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα. ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν τοῦ Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον· καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου τοὺς ὄχλους. ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα· ἐπανάγαγε εἰς τὸ βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα ὑμῶν εἰς ἄγραν. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Σίμων εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐπιστάτα, δι᾿ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὸ δίκτυον. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ· διερρήγνυτο δὲ τὸ δίκτυον αὐτῶν. καὶ κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλοίῳ τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀμφότερα τὰ πλοῖα, ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά. ἰδὼν δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος προσέπεσε τοῖς γόνασιν ᾿Ιησοῦ λέγων· ἔξελθε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι, Κύριε· θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ τῶν ἰχθύων ᾗ συνέλαβον, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ᾿Ιάκωβον καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην, υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν. καὶ καταγαγόντες τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀφέντες ἅπαντα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
8:50AM Matins
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
12:30PM GOYA Cook out - meet and greet @ Church
12:30PM Greek School Begins
12:30PM Centennial Committee Meeting
7:00PM Akathist to the Inexhaustible Cup
St. John the Theologian
8:00AM Matins
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
Metropolis Clergy Laity
8:50AM Matins
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
7:00PM Book Group Meeting
Altar Team for this week: John
Parish Council Members on Duty: Ann Kehayes & James Embrey
Father Gregory will be away at Clergy Laity from Tuesday, September 27th – Sunday, September 30th, 2017. Should any issues arise during this time, please feel free to contact the Church office @ 615-333-1047.
The Centennial Committee will meet today at 12:30pm in the high school Sunday school room.
REMINDER: Holy Trinity will be 100 years old. The Centennial Celebration Weekend on November 3-5, 2017, is fast approaching. If you have not already done so, please send in your RSVPs by the October 20, 2017, deadline. Please go online to www.holytrinity/nashville.org/Centennial to register for all events and make credit card payment or mail in your RSVP invitation and payment.
The Centennial Committee would also like to thank those of you who have honored Holy Trinity with your generous donation as a Centennial Benefactor. Become a benefactor in memory of beloved ones and/or to honor your family members on this special weekend, as we remember and celebrate. All Benefactors will be noted in the program and at each event.
Kick-off for the Centennial: Beginning today, Sunday, September 24th, members of the Steering Committee will make presentations to the Parish on the history of Holy Trinity. Two decades will be presented each Sunday through October 22.
Greek School is starting today, September 24th.Maryanna Agelinas Graves will be directing the Greek School program this year. We have many of the same great teachers returning and are looking forward to an excellent year. There is still time to register. Find attached to the E-bulletin the Registration Form. Please contact Maryanna for more information or to sign up: maryanna.agelinas@gmail.com
Festival T-shirt sale!!! T-shirts have been reduced to $15 and are still available in the Church hall on Sundays. Don’t miss out on your chance to have a commemorative shirt for the 30th anniversary of our festival! 100% of the proceeds go to Holy Trinity.
The Book Group is now reading, The Cult of the Saints by St. John Chrysostom. It is available in the bookstore for $18. Drop by and pick up your copy today! We will be meeting October 1st to discuss.
Please sign up for coffee hour!
Parish Prayer list
Anatoliy (Tony), Dimitri, Mike & Rosemarie Ragan, Judson Phillips, Joel Rivera, Andy & Anna Sweeney, Malcolm, Evan Parhas, Alyssa, Keith Singley, Evie, Ann, David Ward, Bill (Vasilios) Katsaitis, Gust Kraras, Fr. George Vaporis, Eleni Taylor, Isabella Marie Fuller, Bryan, Jeff, Gary, Dorothy Nicklas, Mary Beth, Karen Ingraham, Mick Elias Kuttab, Byron Dwight Wallace, Fred Preuss, Michael, Nicholas, Patrick, Elli, Eleni, Rhea & Juan Carlos, Lazarus, Subdeacon Victor & Robin Poletajev, Rod Caulkins, Katie Cooney, Christos Tsiodras, Felix Herring.
Prayers for the Recently Reposed – Memory Eternal!
Khalin Nicholas Zezakelenes
Q & A with Father Gregory Hohnholt
Week of September 24, 2017
Question: What are the responsibilities of the parents for a 40 Day blessing?
Response:
The 40 Day blessing is offered by the Church for both the mother and the newly born infant who is now 40 days, or at least, very close to 40 days old. In the Gospel of Luke, we read how Jesus was brought as an infant to the temple according to the custom of the Law by His Holy Mother Mary and was held in the arms of the Righteous Symeon (Luke 2:22-39). We bring our children to the Church to be presented to God in imitation of this Holy act of the Lord and His Mother. It is a blessing for the Mother to re-enter the Sanctuary proper after having given birth, for her to be forgiven any sin and to be made worthy to receive Holy Communion and a blessing for the infant to continue to grow in good health and to be made ready to receive, at the appropriate time, rebirth by water and the Spirit (baptism). It also introduces the newly born child, after a period of respite for the mother and child’s health, to the local parish. The parents should arrive towards the end of Divine Liturgy, or at the time arranged with the parish priest. They must NOT enter the Sanctuary until the blessing is performed, instead, they should wait in the Narthex, or in the Cry room or the foyer outside the Narthex. They should notify the Parish Council or usher when they arrive that they are there for the 40 day blessing, so that the Parish Council member can bring them back into the Narthex, if they have stepped out, when the priest is ready for the blessing. The mother must wait until after the blessing to receive Holy Communion - she must NOT receive beforehand. The prayers from the 40 day blessing are clear that one of the main purposes of the service is to bless the mother to enter the Sanctuary - how can she enter before the blessing takes place, only to go back to the Narthex to receive the blessing to enter? How can she receive Holy Communion without receiving the blessing the service provides to do so? As St. Paul says, let everything be done decently and in order in the Church (1 Corinthians 14:40).
This saint was from the city of Iconium. When she was eighteen years of age, she was instructed in the Faith of Christ and the hope of the resurrection by the Apostle Paul, whom also she followed, forsaking her betrothed and espousing a life of virginity for the sake of the Heavenly Bridegroom. Having preached Christ in various cities and suffered many things, she reposed in Seleucia of Cilicia at the age of 90.
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Greek School Registration form for 2017-18 Academic Year.