Fr. Donat Augusta Message

SUNDAY, August 6, 2017. 9am Orthros. 10am Liturgy. Great Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord. Please bring grapes for blessing at the Liturgy.

GREEK CULTURAL FAIR 2017. Please respond to the recent mailing about the Fair. In that mailing Dr. Spyros Condos stated the following. "The church that we have been dreaming and planning for thirty years now is finally a reality. Our new, beautiful church is done! The bell sounds strong and melodic and it brings memories from our childhood in Greece..... The Greek Cultural Fair 2017 will take place in the 3rd week of September (Sept. 21 to 24). Please return the volunteer form. The Hall will be ready for use at this year's Fair! ..... The wood carved iconostasis, icons, and other religious items have been prepared for the transatlantic trip to our new church. Right now there are a few items remaining to be donated and our goal for the Capital Campaign has not been fully completed. We need your help for our efforts to be successful. Please give as much as you can afford. Your contributions are tax deductible."

THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE and WE WAIT FOR THE CO! We are still waiting for the New Haven Building Inspector to complete the inspection of the new Church and issue the Certificate of Occupancy.

Donations of financial support for the new church are still being solicited so that we will be able to purchase all of the items needed to make the new building ready for liturgical worship. Your generosity and support are greatly appreciated.

CAPITAL FUND DONATIONS, $100,000 GOAL. Contribute to the Capital Fund Goal of $100,000 needed at this time to provide for the purchase of interior furnishings to make the space ready for worship. Make checks payable to: NEW HAVEN GREEK COMMUNITY; and mailed to: New Haven Greek Community, P.O. Box 9356, New Haven, Conneticut 06533-0356.

PARENTS ARE ASKED TO SIGN UP YOUR CHILDREN FOR GREEK DANCE LESSONS. We would like to have a group of children to perform the traditional Greek Dances at this year's Greek Fair. To make this a success we need more children to participate. For more information you can email to: Athena.nomikos@gmail.com

COFFEE HOUR SPONSORS. Please sign up to sponsor a Sunday Coffee Hour on the bulletin board.

CHURCH CONSTRUCTION COMLETED

NEW CHURCH CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED!

You can view the last few Sundays in the old church area which will be converted back to be the Parish Social Hall and class rooms. Also there are pictures of the completed church. You will see views from the entrance toward the 3 sanctuary windows at the East end of the church. Also, there are views from the solea looking west toward the church entrance doors.

ST. BASIL CHURCH BUILDING CAMPAIGN

Information flyer on items needed for the completion of the interior of the Church. Also, a description of the Building Campaign.

STEWARDSHIP 2017 FORM

Use this 2017 Stewardship Form to send in your Stewardship Offering for 2017.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Gospel Reading

Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
The Reading is from Matthew 17:1-9

At that time, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is well that we are here; if you wish, I will make three booths here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him." When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were filled with awe. But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Rise, and have no fear." And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead."

Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 17:1-9

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαμβάνει ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ ᾿Ιάκωβον καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν· καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαμψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς. καὶ ἰδοὺ ὤφθησαν αὐτοῖς Μωσῆς καὶ ᾿Ηλίας μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ συλλαλοῦντες. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπε τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ· Κύριε, καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι· εἰ θέλεις, ποιήσωμεν ὧδε τρεῖς σκηνάς, σοὶ μίαν καὶ Μωσεῖ μίαν καὶ μίαν ᾿Ηλίᾳ. ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ νεφέλη φωτεινὴ ἐπεσκίασεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης λέγουσα· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα· αὐτοῦ ἀκούετε· καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσον ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα. καὶ προσελθὼν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἥψατο αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπεν· ἐγέρθητε καὶ μὴ φοβεῖσθε. ἐπάραντες δὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν οὐδένα εἶδον εἰ μὴ τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν μόνον. καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς λέγων· μηδενὶ εἴπητε τὸ ὅραμα ἕως οὗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ.

Saints and Feasts

August 06

Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Our Lord had spoken to His disciples many times not only concerning His Passion, Cross, and Death, but also concerning the coming persecutions and afflictions that they themselves would endure. Since all these evils were near at hand, but the enjoyment of good things which they hoped to receive in their stead was yet to come, our Savior desired to give them full assurance, evidently and openly, concerning that glory which is prepared for those who endure to the end. Therefore, fulfilling that which He had promised shortly before, that "there be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom" (Matt. 16:28), He took His three foremost disciples and ascended Mount Tabor, where He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as the light. Suddenly, together with this dread and marvelous effulgence of light, there appeared those pinnacles of the Prophets, Moses and Elias, who spoke with the Lord Jesus concerning His saving Passion which was about to take place. Standing before Him as reverent servants, they showed that He is the Lord of both the living and the dead, for Moses came forth from Hades, having died many centuries before, and Elias, as it were from heaven, whither he had been taken up while yet alive. After a little while a radiant cloud overshadowed them and out of the cloud they heard that same voice which had been heard at the Jordan at the Baptism of Christ, testifying to the Divinity of Jesus and saying: "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well-pleased; hear ye Him" (Matt. 17: 5).

Such are the marvels, truly worthy of God, celebrated in this present feast, which is an image and prefiguring of the future state of the righteous, whose splendor the Lord spoke of, saying: "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun" (Matt. 13:43). It is because of this that the Kontakion of this Feast is said daily (when there is not a great feast) in the Service of the Typica in perpetual commemoration of the glory that will be the lot of the Saints. According to tradition, the Lord's Transfiguration came to pass forty days before His Crucifixion; this is why the Transfiguration is celebrated forty days before the Exaltation of the Cross.

ST. BASIL GREEK SCHOOL

St. Basil Greek School classes are conducted on Saturdays and are now in session. Greek School hours on Saturdays are 9:30 a.m to 11:00 a.m and classes are held on at the church.

The St. Basil Greek School welcomes students from 6 to 14 years of age. There is also a class for children 4 to 6 years of age who have little or no knowledge of Greek. If interested in registering your child/children in the St. Basil Greek School Program please call Athena Condos 203-387-9504.

Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion for Holy Transfiguration in the Grave Mode

You were transfigured on the Mount, Christ God revealing Your glory to Your disciples, insofar as they could comprehend. Illuminate us sinners also with Your everlasting light, through the intercessions of the Theotokos. Giver of light, glory to You.

Μετεμορθώθης εν τώ όρει Χριστέ ο Θεός, δείξας τοίς Μαθηταίς σου τήν δόξαν σου, καθώς ήδυναντο, Λάμψον καί ημίν τοίς αμαρτωλοίς, τό φώς σου τό αϊδιον, πρεσβείαις τής Θεοτόκου, φωτοδότα δόξα σοι.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Grave Mode

You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father.

Επί τού όρους μετεμορφώθης, καί ως εχώρουν οι Μαθηταί σου τήν δόξαν σου, Χριστέ ο Θεός εθεάσαντο, ίνα όταν σε ίδωσι σταυρούμενον, τό μέν πάθος νοήσωσιν εκούσιον, τώ δέ κόσμω κηρύξωσιν, ότι σύ υπάρχεις αληθώς, τού Πατρός τό απαύγασμα.

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