St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church
Publish Date: 2025-04-06
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 Eighth Tone

From the heights thou didst descend O Compassionate One, and thou didst submit to the three-day burial, that thou might deliver us from passion. Thou art our Life and our Resurrection, O Lord, glory to thee.

Apolytikion for Sun. of St. Mary of Egypt in the Eighth Tone

Through thee the divine likeness was securely preserved, O Mother Mary for thou didst carry the cross and followed Christ. By example and precept thou midst teach us to ignore the body because it is perishable, and to attend to the concerns of the undying soul. Therefore, doth thy soul rejoice with the angels.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Fourth Tone

Thy nativity, O Theotokos, has proclaimed joy to the whole universe. For from thee shone forth the Sun of Justice, Christ our God, annulling the curse and bestowing the blessing; abolishing death and granting us life everlasting.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second 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.
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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 Hebrews 9:11-14.

BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45

At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

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Holy Bread Offering:

HOLY BREAD

04/06/2025

Holy Bread (Prosphora) and Coffee Hour are offered by: Teen SOYO

Orthodox servants of God, that they may have mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and visitation: Miri, Aidan, Dominic, Simone, Lydia, Katherine, Luke, Ephraim, William, Iris, Irene, E.J, Connor, Lucia, Julia, Tracy, Laura, Sophia, Jesse, Ryan

The Orthodox servants of God departed this life in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal: 

Trisagion Prayers of Mercy: will be offered today for the repose of the soul of the servant of God, Dio Kaufman.

May his 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, Ken Shaheen, 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

TEXT UPDATES/REMINDERS

Our new text message system through tithe.ly is now up and running. We need anyone who wants to receive text messages from the church to sign up for this service (even if you had already signed up using our previous Remind system). You can join by following these quick steps: 
 
- Text the phone number 855-516-9861 with the following phrase in the message box: STMARYTEXT 
 
- Click on the link sent back to you via text and fill out your name (having your name will make it much easier for us in the future to create separate groups, such as the Parish Council, the Belles of St Mary, etc.).

- Check the box giving permission to receive texts.

- Click the "Submit" button. 

Once you have done this, you should be automatically added to our text message list. Contact Fr Aaron if you have any issues. 


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. 

 

THE DIVINE SERVICES

 

While Prayer can take many forms, the two basic categories are: corporate and personal. Corporate prayer at St. Mary is centered around the weekly celebration of our Lord's Death & Resurrection with Saturday night Great Vespers and Sunday morning Matins and Divine Liturgy. The Great Feasts of the Church Year are also celebrated along with certain celebrations of feasts of the Saints. The schedule for services and all activities can be found in the weekly Sunday bulletin, a monthly calendar printed and distributed via email, and on our website at www.stmarywichita.org.

 

In some communities, many believers attend services either exclusively or primarily on Sunday morning, but Orthodox Christianity does not lend itself well to a "once a week," minimalist approach to living the Faith. Here at St. Mary all are encouraged to attend as many of the scheduled services as possible. Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also," (Matthew 6:21) and in today's busy world, one of our most valuable treasures is time. If we put the treasure of our time in attending the services offered, we will find our heart planted more firmly in our Faith in God. While attending services outside of Sunday morning is increasingly difficult amid the complex schedules of work, school, activities, and other responsibilities, we look for solace in our Lord's promise that when we seek His Kingdom first, all we need will be given to us (Matthew 6:33).

 

Clearly, each person and each family's schedule are different, and we live differing distances from the church. There are some services that simply are not practical for every one of us to attend. While unavoidable conflicts exist, we should never fall into a mindset where one plans on not attending certain services unless, as already stated, an unavoidable conflict exists. Having an "I don't go to Vespers" or "I don't do Matins" type of attitude simply due to lack of desire to attend denies the reality that our Orthodox faith is the most important part of our lives. Our faith is lived and breathed every day and is not an activity or program one participates in weekly as one might do in a club. While the Divine Services are by no means the full extent of our Orthodox Christian life, they are the principal source for living that life even when we are not in church.


PASCHAL BANQUET

For this year’s Paschal Banquet, the parish will be providing cabbage rolls and fried chicken. We ask all our parishioners to bring a side dish and/or dessert to share with others. As always, people are also welcome to bring their own basket of some of their favorite goodies. Please make sure to pick up after yourself when you leave. 


MEDITERRANEAN FESTIVAL

03/16/2025

Mediterranean Festival 2025!

 

***TICKEST AVAILABLE!!! SEE PAULA ZARICH IN THE CHURCH HALL TO GET YOURS!!! WE ASK EVERY FAMILY TO TRY AND SELL 10 TICKETS! ***

 

The Mediterranean Festival is our parish’s largest fundraiser. Please help us make this year’s festival our best yet! We need EVERYONE’S help to pull off this huge event. There are lots of ways to help, including baking for the Mediterranean Market, joining us on cooking days, taking time off work to help the week prior to the festival (there is SO much to do the week of the festival that any extra hands are a big help!,) planning to work the day of the festival and, last but not least, selling tickets, sharing our Facebook posts and spreading the word.


TEEN SOYO PANCAKE COFFEE HOUR

03/23/2025

Please allow Teen SOYO to cook for you! On Sunday April 6, 2025, we will host a Lenten Pancake Breakfast for coffee hour.  We will have a variety of fruits and syrups for toppings. Freewill offerings will be accepted.


Teen SOYO

04/06/2025

It’s not a lock-in!

Teen SOYO, you are invited to sit at the Vigil on Good Friday beginning at 8.p.m. I will be staying all night, and you may stay as long as you like. You may offer to help with the readings when a reader needs a break or pray silently. The teen room will be open for you to take a nap if needed.

Parents: This is not a lock-in! There are no games, no running around. I expect the teens to sit quietly and contemplate the love God has shown us.

Laura Stanley


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Birthdays and Anniversaries

Celebrations this week

04/06/2025

John Abdayem (4/9), Leslie Namee (4/9), Grace Abou-Faissal (4/11), William Hernandez (4/12).

May God grant them many years!


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Calendar

  • St. Mary Parish Calendar

    April 6 to April 20, 2025

    Sunday, April 6

    9:00AM Matins

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Church School

    11:30AM Teen SOYO Pancake Fundraiser

    Monday, April 7

    6:00PM Great Compline

    Wednesday, April 9

    6:00PM 9th Hour & Typika @ St George Cathedral

    6:30PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy w/Meal Following @ St George Cathedral

    Friday, April 11

    6:00PM Little Compline w/Canon of St Lazarus

    Saturday, April 12

    LAZARUS SATURDAY

    8:15AM Festal Matins

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:15AM Brunch & Decorate the Church

    12:30PM Children's Day @ The Chancery

    4:00PM Confession

    4:00PM Men's Prayer Group

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    6:00PM Biblical Greek Class

    Sunday, April 13

    PALM SUNDAY

    8:45AM Festal Matins

    9:00AM Church School

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    5:00PM Confession

    6:00PM Bridegroom Matins

    Monday, April 14

    8:00AM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

    5:00PM Confession

    6:00PM Bridegroom Matins

    Tuesday, April 15

    8:00AM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

    5:00PM Confession

    6:00PM Bridegroom Matins

    Wednesday, April 16

    8:00AM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

    5:00PM Confession

    6:00PM Holy Unction Service

    Thursday, April 17

    9:00AM Vesperal Divine Liturgy

    6:00PM Twelve Passion Gospels

    Friday, April 18

    8:00AM Royal Hours & Typika

    3:00PM Great Vespers

    4:00PM Holy Friday Vigil Begins

    6:00PM Lamentations

    8:00PM Holy Friday Vigil Continues

    Saturday, April 19

    Scroll Deadline

    9:00AM Vesperal Liturgy ~ The Harrowing of Hades

    11:00AM Brunch & Decorate the Church

    11:00PM Midnight Office, Rush Procession, & Paschal Matins

    Sunday, April 20

    PASCHA

    12:30AM Paschal Liturgy & Banquet

    1:00PM Agape Vespers @ St George Cathedral

    3:00PM Parish Pascha Celebration @ Fr Aaron & Kh Gwen's House

    5:00PM Lord's Diner

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Saints and Feasts

April 06

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.

April 07

Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America

Born in 1865 in the region of Pskov, our Father among the Saints Tikhon was tonsured a monk in 1891 and ordained to the priesthood in the same year. In 1897 he was consecrated Bishop of Lublin, and a year later appointed Bishop of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, with his see extending to all of North America from 1900 onwards. He did much to unite the Orthodox Christians of a great many ethnic backgrounds in North America, so that there was indeed one flock under one shepherd. In 1907 he was made Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov, and in 1913, Archbishop of Lithuania.

In 1917, when he was Metropolitan of Moscow, he was elected to be the first Patriarch of Russia in over 200 years, in times that could not have been more difficult. After the Revolution of 1917, the persecution of the Russian Church by the atheist government grew more bold and more fierce with every year. By nature a meek and peace-loving man, Tikhon sought to determine, while giving only to God that which is God's, what could be given to Caesar to preserve peace and avoid the shedding of blood. At his departure on the feast of the Annunciation in 1925, Saint Tikhon made the sign of the Cross thrice, pronouncing the words, "Glory to Thee, O God!" Because of the many unspeakable sufferings he endures as Patriarch, he is honoured as a Confessor.

Note: St. Tikhon's repose was on the Feast of the Annunciation according to the Old Calendar (March 25), but on the New Calendar his repose falls on April 7.

April 12

Lazarus Saturday

Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary, the friends of the Lord Jesus, had given Him hospitality and served Him many times (Luke 10:38-4z; John 12:2-3). They were from Bethany, a village of Judea. This village is situated in the eastern parts by the foothills of the Mount of Olives, about two Roman miles from Jerusalem. When Lazarus - whose name is a Hellenized form of "Eleazar," which means "God has helped," became ill some days before the saving Passion, his sisters had this report taken to our Saviour, Who was then in Galilee. Nonetheless, He tarried yet two more days until Lazarus died; then He said to His disciples, "Let us go into Judea that I might awake My friend who sleepeth." By this, of course, He meant the deep sleep of death. On arriving at Bethany, He consoled the sisters of Lazarus, who was already four days dead. Jesus groaned in spirit and was troubled at the death of His beloved friend. He asked, "Where have ye laid his body?" and He wept over him. When He drew nigh to the tomb, He commanded that they remove the stone, and He lifted up His eyes, and giving thanks to God the Father, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." And he that had been dead four days came forth immediately, bound hand and foot with the grave clothes, and Jesus said to those standing there, "Loose him, and let him go." This is the supernatural wonder wrought by the Saviour that we celebrate on this day.

According to an ancient tradition, it is said that Lazarus was thirty years old when the Lord raised him; then he lived another thirty years on Cyprus and there reposed in the Lord. It is furthermore related that after he was raised from the dead, he never laughed till the end of his life, but that once only, when he saw someone stealing a clay vessel, he smiled and said, "Clay stealing clay." His grave is situated in the city of Kition, having the inscription: "Lazarus the four days dead and friend of Christ." In 890 his sacred relics were transferred to Constantinople by Emperor Leo the Wise, at which time undoubtedly the Emperor composed his stichera for Vespers, "Wishing to behold the tomb of Lazarus . . ."

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    LAZARUS SATURDAY

    LAZARUS SATURDAY

    Lazarus Saturday Outing at the Chancery Right Reverand Father Calinic invites the children, teens, and their familes to Lazarus Saturday outing at the Chancery. April 12th from 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. There will be no parking at the Chancery. Please park at the Cathedral. Buses will be available to provide transportation. Admission to the outing is a gift to the Treehouse. Please see flyer for a list of suggested donation items.

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