St. Luke Church
Publish Date: 2025-01-26
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St. Luke Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (413) 525-4551
  • Fax:
  • (413) 525-4552
  • Street Address:

  • 400 Prospect Street

  • East Longmeadow, MA 01028
  • Mailing Address:

  • 400 Prospect Street

  • East Longmeadow, MA 01028


Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

O Christ, the angelic powers appeared at Your tomb, the guards were as dead, and Mary stood by the sepulcher, seeking Your sacred body. You destroyed Hades yet remained untouched by it. You encountered the Virgin and through her, bestowed Life. Glory to You who has risen from the dead!

Dismissal Hymns for Saint Luke and Saint Nicholas in the First Mode

Third Tone

O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, intercede with our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.

Fourth Tone

A model of faith and the image of gentleness, the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance. You obtained thus through being lowly, gifts from on high, and riches through poverty. Nicholas, our father and priest of priests, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.

Seasonal Kontakion in the First Mode

Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 4:9-15.

Timothy, my son, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Till I come, attend to the public reading of scripture, to preaching, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.


Gospel Reading

15th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 19:1-10

At that time, Jesus was passing through Jericho. And there was a man named Zacchaios; he was a chief collector, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaios, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost."


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Memorial and Trisagion Prayers

Memorial and Trisagion Prayers

01/26/2025

 

TODAY, 55 year Trisagion will be chanted for Victor Nystrom and a 23 year Trisagion will be chanted for Fanny Nystrom, parents of Vicki & Lou, Maria & Tom, and John, grandparents of Tommy, Gregory and Keith, and great-grandparents of  Fotini. Also, a 38 year Trisagion will be chanted for John Kyprianos, brother of Fanny.

 

 6 year Trisagion will be chanted for Karen Louis, mother of P.J.(Jennifer),and grandmother of Mac, Georgia, and Peter.

May their memory be eternal!

 

 


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Parish News

Parish News

01/26/2025

1.  15th Sunday of Luke

2.  There will be Bible Study on Tuesday.  We are studying the Book of Revelation.

3. ROAD TO 50 Dance! Our annual Road to 50 Dinner Dance will be on Saturday, February 22 at the Twin Hillls Country Club in Longmeadow, MA.  Tickets are on sale!  This is an event you do not want to miss!

4.  GOYA will be collecting canned foods this Sunday as part of the Souper Bowl of Caring.  There will be a bin available for this, and we thank you for your generosity.  The food will go to the Enfield Food Pantry.  A second tray will be collected on February 9.

5. The Knitting Ministry will be meeting on February 5 and February 19 @ 10: 30 am.

6.  The Men's Ministry will be meeting for coffee on Thursday, February 6 @ 7 am at the church.

7. Please do not forget to pick up your stewardship packets in the foyer.  Thank you!

8.  Philoptochos News 

Today,  Sunday, January 26, 2025 
 
Philoptochos Winter General Assembly
Guest Speaker Kathleen Souvigney from the Enfield Food Shelf will join us. 
 
Upcoming Events:
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Join us for a touchdown-worthy time for the East Longmeadow Senior Center Food Pantry!
Super Bowl Party FUNdraiser!
Get your tickets now Adults $5 & Kids $3 (12 and under) and help tackle hunger together!
Don’t miss the party—it’s a guaranteed win for everyone! 
Baked Potato Bar: Load up your plate with all the fixings and enjoy a spud-tacular feast!
Super Bowl Squares: Make an in-kind donation of $5 to claim your square and take a shot at winning one of 4 quarters. 
Community Dessert Table: Satisfy your sweet tooth! Bring your favorite dessert to share, courtesy of St. Luke's spirit.                                                                                                   
It’s going to be a super-fun way to cheer for your team while supporting a great cause. Join us in the fellowship hall following Divine Liturgy wearing your favorite team's jersey!
 
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Philoptochos Membership Drive

 

 


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Words from the Saints and our Fathers

Words from the Saints

01/26/2025

I received your letter, my child, and I saw your anxiety. But don’t be sad, my child. Don’t worry so much. Even though you have fallen again, get up again. You have been called to a heavenly road. It is not surprising for someone running to stumble. It just takes patience and repentance at every moment.

-- Saint Joseph the Hesychast


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Saints and Feasts

January 26

15th Sunday of Luke


January 26

Xenophon & his Companions

This Saint, a wealthy nobleman of Constantinople, was filled with piety toward God. He had two sons, Arcadius and John, whom he sent to Beirut to study law. But they were shipwrecked during their voyage; barely saved, they forsook all things and departed for Palestine. Saint Xenophon and his wife Mary, ignorant of what had happened, went in search of their sons. On finding them in Jerusalem, dressed in the habit of monks, they also took up the monastic life. And thus, having completed their lives in holiness, they departed for the Lord about the beginning of the sixth century. Saint Xenophon and his sons reposed at Saint Sabbas Monastery, and Mary at the Monastery of Saint Theodosius.


January 26

Symeon the Elder of Mount Sinai


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Wisdom of the Fathers

For Christ's presence is like that of some life-giving, scented balsam which restores health, enriches life and gives savor to the soul, the thoughts, the words of a man. In brief, distance from Christ means corruption and death, and closeness to Him means salvation and life.
Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic
Prolog, 4 February

Christ is the salvation that comes, and Zacchaeus is the house to which He comes.
Bishop Nikolai Velimirovic
Prolog, 4 February

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