July 09
St. James Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2017-07-09
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Upcoming Services, Events, and Information
St. James Orthodox Church
General Information
- Phone:
- 770 639-3641
- Email:
- info@stjamesorthodox.org
- Street Address:
- 1651 Horizon Parkway Suite 400
- Buford, GA 30518
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Great Vespers - 5:30 PM Saturday; Orthros - 9:00 AM Sunday; Divine Liturgy - 10:00 AM Sunday
Confessions are available after Services, or contact Fr. Steven
Tone 4 / Eothinon 5; Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
& Fifth Sunday of Matthew
Hieromartyr Pankratios, bishop of Taormina in Sicily; Martyrs Andrew and Probus; Venerable Dionysios the Orator, first settler of Small St. Anne skete on Athos, and his disciple Venerable Metrophanes
WELCOME! WE WISH TO EXTEND A GRACIOUS WELCOME TO ALL WHO ARE VISITING TODAY! A FRIENDLY REMINDER: Only Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared themselves through fasting, prayer, and recent confession may approach the Chalice to receive Holy Communion.
Past Bulletins
- Publish Date:
- 2017-07-02
- Publish Date:
- 2017-06-25
- Publish Date:
- 2017-06-18
- Publish Date:
- 2017-06-11
- Publish Date:
- 2017-06-04
- Publish Date:
- 2017-05-28
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 4th Tone
PAGE 96: Having learned the joyful message of the Resurrection from the angel, the women Disciples of the Lord cast from them their parental condemnation, and proudly broke the news to the Disciples, saying, Death hath been spoiled. Christ God is risen, granting the world Great Mercy.
Apolytikion for St. James in the 1st Tone
PAGE 26: As a disciple of the Lord, O righteous one, thou hast received the Gospel. As a Martyr thou art never turned away. As the Brother of God, thou hast boldness. As a hierarch thou canst intercede. Do thou intercede with Christ God that He save our souls.
Seasonal Kontakion in the 2nd Tone
O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the Creator most constant: O despise not the suppliant voices of those who have sinned, but be thou quick, o good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee. Hasten to intercession, and speed thou to make supplications, thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. 4th Tone. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 10:1-10.
BRETHREN, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened. For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justified. Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on the law shall live by it. But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?" (that is, to bring Christ down) or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach); because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
Gospel Reading
5th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1
At that time, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
Saints and Feasts
July 09
The Holy Hieromartyr Pancratius, Bishop of Tauromenium in Sicily
This Saint, who was a contemporary of the Apostles, had Antioch as his homeland, where he was guided to the Faith of Christ by Peter, the Chief of the Apostles. Later, he came to Sicily, where he brought many to the Faith, and was finally put to death by the pagans.
July 09
Methodios the Hieromartyr, Bishop of Lampis
Methodios Siligardos was born in the village of Vyzari, in the province of Amarion in Crete. He was at first a monk in the Asomaton Monastery where later he was elected abbot, and from there was chosen to be Bishop of the Diocese of Lampes. As bishop, Methodios often represented his Orthodox Christian flock before the Muslim authorities, to whom he protested their arbitrary actions, which came to annoy the Turks. As a result of these things, Bishop Methodios was taken into custody and tortured by three executioners. During his many painful tortures, he was urged to renounce Christianity and become a Muslim. He steadfastly refused, and therefore was put to death on July 9, 1793. He was buried in the Chapel of the Archangels which was situated near the place of his martyrdom.
Upcoming Services, Events, and Information
On St. Maria Skobtsova of Paris
Every saint poses a challenge, but Mother Maria is perhaps among the most challenging saints. Her life is a passionate objection to any form of Christianity that seeks Christ chiefly inside church buildings. Still more profoundly, she challenges each of us to a life of a deeper, more radical hospitality, a hospitality that includes not only those who share our faith and language but those whom we regard as “the other,” people in whom we resist recognizing the face of Christ.
Mother Maria was certain that there was no other path to heaven than participating in God’s mercy. “The way to God lies through love of people. At the Last Judgment I shall not be asked whether I was successful in my ascetic exercises, nor how many bows and prostrations I made. Instead I shall be asked, Did I feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the prisoners. That is all I shall be asked. About every poor, hungry and imprisoned person the Savior says ‘I’: ‘I was hungry and thirsty, I was sick and in prison.’ To think that he puts an equal sign between himself and anyone in need…. I always knew it, but now it has somehow penetrated to my sinews. It fills me with awe.”
We can sum up Mother Maria’s credo in just a few words: “Each person is the very icon of God incarnate in the world.”
- Jim Forest
DAILY VESPERS this WEDNESDAY @ 6:30 PM (followed by the catechumen class)
TODAY: COFFEE HOUR CLASS The Devil Made Me Do It--ON SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT! We will have a potluck dinner during the presentation, so please bring a dish and participate in the food and discussion!
Happy 40th Anniversary to Theodore and Elizabeth Riggs! Many Years!
Remember in your prayers those in need Nicholas, Tamara, Theodore, Elizabeth, Pelagia, Lani, Reader Miguel, Jesse, Jesse, Salwa, Mary, Newly-departed Daniel, the catechumens,Thomas, Deborah, Thomas, Theophylact, Richard, Alexandra.
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St. James Orthodox Church is a mission of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.