St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
Publish Date: 2025-03-02
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Holy Bread Offering:
Announcements
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Calendar
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Weekly Bulletin Inserts
service schedule

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St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (316) 264-1576
  • Street Address:

  • 344 S Martinson St.

  • Wichita, KS 67213-4044

Contact Information

Parish Priest: Fr Aaron Warwick


[email protected]

Fr. John Baize, Attached



Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America His Eminence Metropolitan Saba



Archiepiscopal Vicar Fr Calinic Berger



Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Tone

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad; for the Lord hath done a mighty act with his own arm. He hath trampled down death and become the First-born from the dead. He hath delivered us from the depth of hades, granting the world the Great Mercy.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Sixth Tone

Teacher of wisdom, Bestower of virtue, who teachest the thoughtless and protectest the poor: Strengthen and enlighten my heart, O Master. Give me word, O Word of the Father, for behold my lips will not be restrained from crying to thee: Have mercy on me, the transgressor, O merciful Lord.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Eighth Tone. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.

Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.

Gospel Reading

Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21

The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

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Holy Bread Offering:

HOLY BREAD

03/02/2025

Holy Bread (Prosphora) and Coffee Hour are offered by: Judith Shippy

Orthodox servants of God, that they may have mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and visitation: Judith, David, Steven, Melissa, Dheeraj, Conner, Ellie, Julia, Mabel, Doug, Vanessa, Ben

The Orthodox servants of God departed this life in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal: Yvonne, Chet, Eli, Julia, Terry, Mike, Mabel, George, Rebecca

Trisagion Prayers of Mercy: will be offered today for the repose of the soul of the servant of God, Chet, Eli, Julia, Terry May their memory be eternal! 

Your prayers are requested: 

Nadia Abdelmaseh, Joan Aboud, George Augst, Kh. Cindy Baize, Dawneen Banks, Karl Beal, Dn. Stephen Beasley, Jim Buckler, Teresa C., Deana Carothers, Roy Clark, George Cochran, Elisabeth Esquivel, Maria Greene, Weine Habtemariam, Jacqueline Howk, Edwin Kerley & family, Mary Ann Khoury, Michael and Robin Khoury and family, Marlo and Sue Kinsey, Sean and Valerie Lehl & family, Matthew and Erica Lockwood, Linda Love, Donna Namee, Robbie Namee, Barbara Nassif, Annalise Shearer, Bonita Somerhalder, Jacob Taylor, Corina, Cristian, and Iulian Todorache, Autumn and Kim Volhein, Glen Willett, Jadallah Wolf, Kouri Wolf, Marcia Pinkerton-Wolfe, Elena Zamfir, Aidan, Anthony, Briana, Carlynne, Emily, Luciana, Samantha, Valerica, Xenia

 

May God remember all of them and us in His Kingdom.


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Announcements

ST MARY GUIDEBOOK

We recently released a St Mary Guidebook for our parishioners. The Guidebook helps to provide insight into our practices, traditions, and expectations at St Mary. A hard copy of the Guidebook is available in the church foyer. If you prefer an electronic copy, let Fr Aaron know and he will email it to you. Each week we will provide a brief snippet from the Guidebook to help familiarize everyone with it. See below for this week's section. 

 

TOYS

 

Toys are designed as distractions for children, and therefore the opposite of what we want for them in church. We should never underestimate a child's ability to worship—in some ways they are MORE able than adults! When children are small, a picture book of saints or other aspects of the Faith may be a good, short-term supplement to their experience of the Liturgy, but they will learn how to be in church by practicing. For young children or children with special needs, we have a small “cry room” at the back of the church to be used temporarily when kids need to move around during services. If the cry room is not sufficient for your situation, you can always go to the foyer (if the kids are being quiet but simply need to move) or to the multi-purpose room off the main church hall where there are normally toys available for kids. This room is primarily designed for kids to use during coffee hour, but we recognize some children may need an occasional break.


ICONS FOR PROCESSION NEXT SUNDAY

Next Sunday, March 9, we celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On that first Sunday of Lent we celebrate the restoration of the icons following the iconoclast controversy. At the end of Liturgy, we will have a procession with icons. We encourage anyone, but especially our children, to bring their favorite icon and/or an icon of their patron saint to Liturgy so they may join the procession. 


Belles Upcoming Events

03/02/2025

Belles Upcoming Events

 

Belles Meeting-

Monday March 10th 6:30pm

            At the home of Donna & Robbie Namee

           1958 N Sedgwick

 

Holy Bread –

March 18th 7:30am 8:30 baking.

March 29th – noon if need will make additional Holy Bread if needed

Coffee hr. set up if we need to stay and make Holy Bread

 

March 26th Joint Pre-Sanctified Dinner- If you can please be at the church by 3pm.  Everyone’s help is needed

 

March 30th Coffee Hour

Please come at 8:30am to set up

                    

March 31st – Family Promise Dinner.


MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL

03/02/2025

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! 

MEDFEST 2025 IS 9 WEEKS AWAY! 

And, while that might seem like a long way off, the work to put on this event started months ago. Please see the Sign Up Genius and bulletin insert for cooking dates. In the coming weeks, we’ll be asking you to roll up your sleeves and get ready to work as we prepare to open our doors and share our faith, food and family with 1000 of our fellow Wichitans. We need all of our parish to participate in order to put on this event. Many more details to come, but for now, mark you calendar for SATURDAY, MAY 3 for Medfest 2025!


MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL

MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL PURPOSE & VISION 

What is the purpose of the St. Mary Mediterranean Festival?

  • It helps us meet the financial needs of our vibrant parish ministries while also allowing us to serve our local community by donating a portion of our proceeds.
  • It allows us to share our faith and our founding heritage with the community.
  • It provides many opportunities for fellowship for the entire parish as we work together toward a common goal. 

The Mediterranean Festival is the primary fundraiser for our parish, and helps us meet the financial needs of our vibrant ministries while also allowing us to serve others by donating a portion of our proceeds to local charities. The Festival is also a public outreach event which helps us  share our faith and our founding heritage with the community. This event offers many opportunities for fellowship for the entire parish as we work together toward a common goal. 

What is the vision for the Mediterranean Festival?

To create a premiere community event in order to increase our financial ability to serve our parish and those around us.


HOLY BREAD NEED

03/02/2025

There is an opening to offer Holy Bread and/or Coffee Hour for Sunday March 9th . If you would like to help out with this need please sign up in the book or email the church office ([email protected]).


TEEN SOYO

03/02/2025

CALLING ALL TEENS!!!
Your teen SOYO “Advisory Team” has put together a fun event for Sunday, March 9 immediately following Liturgy! Here are the details:
What: A gathering to introduce the “Advisory Team,” get a calendar together for future events, hear your thoughts on what you’d like your Teen SOYO to do in future gathering, including volunteer opportunities, fundraisings, fun activities, etc, eat lunch together and head to Let’s Roll Bowling for a couple of fun games of bowling!
When: Sunday, March 9, immediately following Divine Liturgy
Where: Meet in the Teen Center (Downstairs)
For Parents: Please provide a Lenten sack lunch for your teen(s) that they can eat during our meeting. We will provide rides to Let’s Bowl on South Seneca. Please plan to pick your teen up there (1909 S Seneca) at 2:30 p.m. All expenses for bowling and shoes will be covered. Please provide any extra money for your teen’s snacks if needed.
Questions: Contact Ryan Royle, Laura Stanley, Jesse Nightingale, Sophie Jacobs or Tracy Namee
***IMPORTANT: We will have prepaid for the teens to bowl. If your teen cannot attend after saying they would be there, please let us know ASAP!!


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Birthdays and Anniversaries

Celebrations this week

03/02/2025

Joseph Salome (3/2),Loretta Youngs (3/3), Ephraim Oller (3/5) Aidan Hewitt (3/7).

May God grant them many years!


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Calendar

  • St. Mary Parish Calendar

    March 2 to March 16, 2025

    Sunday, March 2

    Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare Sunday)

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Church School

    11:30AM Potluck Coffee Hour

    5:00PM Vespers w/Rite of Mutual Forgiveness

    6:00PM Ice Cream Social @ Braum's

    Monday, March 3

    Great Lent Begins

    6:00PM Great Compline w/Canon of Repentance

    Tuesday, March 4

    6:00PM Great Compline w/Canon of Repentance

    Wednesday, March 5

    6:00PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy w/Potluck Following

    Thursday, March 6

    6:00PM Great Compline w/Canon of Repentance

    Friday, March 7

    6:00PM Little Compline w/Akathist Hymn

    Saturday, March 8

    4:00PM Men's Prayer Group

    4:30PM Confession

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, March 9

    Daylight Saving Time Begins

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Church School

    12:00PM MF Prep: Cook/Prepare Meat for Kibbee

    12:00PM Teen SOYO Bowling

    Monday, March 10

    6:00PM Great Compline

    Wednesday, March 12

    6:00PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy w/Potluck Following

    Friday, March 14

    6:00PM Little Compline w/Akathist Hymn

    Saturday, March 15

    9:00AM MF Prep: Make Kibbee

    4:30PM Confession

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    6:00PM Biblical Greek Class

    Sunday, March 16

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:30AM Catechism Class

    5:00PM Lord's Diner

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Saints and Feasts

March 02

Forgiveness Sunday

The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. For the first commandment that God gave to man was that of fasting, which the first-fashioned received but did not keep; and not only did they not become gods, as they had imagined, but they lost even that blessed life which they had, and they fell into corruption and death, and transmitted these and innumerable other evils to all of mankind. The God-bearing Fathers set these things before us today, that by bringing to mind what we have fallen from, and what we have suffered because of the insatiety and disobedience of the first-fashioned, we might be diligent to return again to that ancient bliss and glory by means of fasting and obedience to all the divine commands. Taking occasion from today's Gospel (Matt. 6:14-21) to begin the Fast unencumbered by enmity, we also ask forgiveness this day, first from God, then from one another and all creation.

March 02

Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas

 

Saint Nicholas Planas was born in 1851 A.D. on the island of Naxos in Greece. He was married as a teenager and soon after ordained to the diaconate and then the priesthood. His wife reposed soon after and so he assumed the burden of being a widowed father and a parish priest. He was known for his zeal in serving the liturgy, especially his habit of serving the Divine Liturgy every day for 50 years. Many altar boys would see him radiating light or raised off the ground while serving the liturgy. Being so revered by his parishioners, he became known as “Papa,” which is an affectionate term for a parish priest. Papa Nicholas reposed in 1932 and was formally canonized as a saint in 1992.

March 05

Mark the Ascetic

Saint Mark the Ascetic lived in the fifth century and according to Nicephorus Callistus was a disciple of Saint John Chrysostom's. Besides his blameless life of asceticism, Saint Mark was distinguished for his writings, some of which are preserved in Volume One of the Philokalia. His writings were held in such great esteem that in old times there was a saying, "Sell all that thou hast, and buy Mark."

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Do we forgive our neighbors their trespasses? God also forgives us in His mercy. Do we refuse to forgive? God, too, will refuse to forgive us. As we treat our neighbors, so also does God treat us. The forgiveness, then, of your sins or unforgiveness, and hence also your salvation or destruction, depend on you yourself, man. For without forgiveness of sins there is no salvation.
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Unknown, 18th century

Before we enter the Lenten fast, we are reminded that there can be no true fast, no genuine repentance, no reconciliation with God, unless we are at the same time reconciled with one another. A fast without mutual love is the fast of demons. . . We do not travel the road of Lent as isolated individuals but as members of a family.
His Grace Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia
20th Century

The value of fasting consists not in abstinence only from food, but in a relinquishment of sinful practices, since he who limits his fasting only to an abstinence from meat is he who especially disparages it. The change in our way of life during these blessed days will help us to gain holiness. Therefore we should let our soul rejoice during the fast.
St. John Chrysostom
Fourth Century

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Weekly Bulletin Inserts

    SPEED FRIENDING

    SPEED FRIENDING

    SPEED FRIENDING

    MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL

    MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL

    SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

    MED FEST WORK DAYS

    MED FEST WORK DAYS

    2025 Medfest Workday Information

    TEEN SOYO

    TEEN SOYO

    CALLING ALL TEENS!!! Your teen SOYO “Advisory Team” has put together a fun event for Sunday, March 9 immediately following Liturgy! Here are the details: What: A gathering to introduce the “Advisory Team,” get a calendar together for future events, hear your thoughts on what you’d like your Teen SOYO to do in future gathering, including volunteer opportunities, fundraisings, fun activities, etc, eat lunch together and head to Let’s Roll Bowling for a couple of fun games of bowling! When: Sunday, March 9, immediately following Divine Liturgy Where: Meet in the Teen Center (Downstairs) For Parents: Please provide a Lenten sack lunch for your teen(s) that they can eat during our meeting. We will provide rides to Let’s Bowl on South Seneca. Please plan to pick your teen up there (1909 S Seneca) at 2:30 p.m. All expenses for bowling and shoes will be covered. Please provide any extra money for your teen’s snacks if needed. Questions: Contact Ryan Royle, Laura Stanley, Jesse Nightingale, Sophie Jacobs or Tracy Namee ***IMPORTANT: We will have prepaid for the teens to bowl. If your teen cannot attend after saying they would be there, please let us know ASAP!!

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