Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2025-07-13
Bulletin Contents
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Parish News and Events
Parish Events of the Week
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Holy Trinity Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (603)225-2961
  • Fax:
  • (603)225-2961
  • Street Address:

  • 68 North State Street

  • Concord, NH 03301

Contact Information

Fr, Constantine Newman
Proistamenos

[email protected] | 6039533051

Services Schedule

Sundays: Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

Weekdays: Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 4th Tone

Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον· Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
When the tidings of the Resurrection from the glorious angel was proclaimed unto the women disciples and our ancestral sentence also had been abolished to the Apostles with boasting did they proclaim that death is vanquished evermore and Christ our God is risen from the dead and granted to the world his great mercy.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the Holy Fathers in the Plagal 4th Tone

Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to Thee.
Ὑπερδεδοξασμένος εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ φωστῆρας ἐπὶ γῆς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν θεμελιώσας, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀληθινὴν πίστιν, πάντας ἡμᾶς ὁδηγήσας· πολυεύσπλαγχνε, δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for the Church (Pentecost) in the Plagal 4th Tone

Ευλογητός εί, Χριστέ ο Θεός ημών, ο πανσόφους τους αλιείς αναδείξας, καταπέμψας αυτοίς το Πνεύμα το άγιον, και δι’ αυτών την οικουμένην σαγηνεύσας· φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοι.

 

O blessed are You, O Christ our God, who by sending down the Holy Spirit upon them made the fishermen wise and through them illumined the world, and to You the universe was ever drawn. All glory to You, O Lord.

Seasonal Kontakion in the 2nd Tone

A protection of Christians unshameable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin; instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: Hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you.
Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.
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Saints and Feasts

July 13

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to the 19th of the present month, we chant the Service to the 630 Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together for the 4th Ecumenical Council who assembled in Chalcedon in 451, to condemn Eutyches, who taught that there was only one nature, the divine, in Christ after the Incarnation, and Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who illegally received Eutyches back into communion and deposed Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had excommunicated Eutyches.

In the Slavic tradition, on this Sunday, the Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils are all commemorated.

July 13

Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel

It is believed that the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel was transferred to this day from March 26 so that it could be celebrated more festively than in the period of the Great Fast; and, in fact, all the miracles of the Archangel are celebrated on this feast day, which has been listed here in the church books since the ninth century.

July 14

Aquila the Apostle among the 70

Saint Aquila, who was from Pontus of Asia Minor, was a Jew by race and a tent-maker by trade. In the year 52 he and his wife Priscilla were in Corinth when Saint Paul first came there. They gave him hospitality, and the Apostle remained with them for many days, himself working at the same trade as they (Acts 18:2-3). And having believed in Christ through Paul, they followed him from that time on, working together with him and suffering perils with him for the sake of the preaching of the Gospel, as he himself testifies concerning them in his Epistle to the Romans, saying: "Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus: who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the nations" (Rom. 16:3-4). When and where they reposed is unknown.

July 15

Vladimir, Equal-to-the-Apostles of Kiev

Grandson of Saint Olga, Saint Vladimir ascended the throne of Kiev in 980. Though a zealous idolater, he was illumined by the grace of God, accepted the Christian Faith, and completely changed his ways. He was baptized in Cherson in 988, receiving the name Basil; he came forth from the font not only healed of a blindness lately afflicting him, but also from being passionate and warlike, he became meek, peaceable, and exceedingly godly. Whereas his grandmother had refused marriage with the Emperor in Constantinople (see July 11), he married Anna, sister of the Emperors Basil and Constantine, and was accompanied home by priests from Constantinople. Diligently seeking to spread Christianity throughout his realm like a new Constantine, he destroyed the idols (having the chief diety Perun scourged and then cast into the Dnieper River), and summoned all his subjects to Holy Baptism. He reposed in peace in 1015.

July 17

Marina the Great Martyr of Antioch

This Martyr lived during the reign of Claudius II (268-270). She was from Pisidia of Cilicia and was the only daughter of a certain priest of the idols. On being orphaned by her mother, she was handed over to a certain woman who instructed her in the Faith of Christ. When she was fifteen years old, she was apprehended by the ruler of Olmbrius, and when asked her name, homeland, and faith, she answered: "My name is Marina; I am the offspring of the Pisidia; I call upon the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ." Because of this she endured bonds, imprisonment, and many whippings, and was finally beheaded in the year 270. Saint Marina is especially invoked for deliverance from demonic possession.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Προκείμενον. Plagal 2nd Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 31.11,1.
Εὐφράνθητι ἐπὶ Κύριον, καὶ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι.
Στίχ. Μακάριοι, ὧν ἀφέθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Τίτον 3:8-15.

Τέκνον Τίτε, πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσιν καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ. ταῦτά ἐστιν καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις · μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔριν καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο, εἰσὶν γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. αιῥετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος. Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τυχικόν, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν, ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι. Ζηνᾶν τὸν νομικὸν καὶ Ἀπολλῶν σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον, ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτοῖς λείπῃ. μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετ ᾽ἐμοῦ πάντες. Ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.

Prokeimenon. Plagal 2nd Tone. Psalm 31.11,1.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous.
Verse: Blessed are they whose transgressions have been forgiven.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 5:14-19

Εἶπεν ὁ Κὐριος τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς· ῾Υμεῖς ἐστε τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. οὐ δύναται πόλις κρυβῆναι ἐπάνω ὄρους κειμένη· οὐδὲ καίουσι λύχνον καὶ τιθέασι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον, ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν, καὶ λάμπει πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ. οὕτω λαμψάτω τὸ φῶς ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅπως ἴδωσιν ὑμῶν τὰ καλὰ ἔργα καὶ δοξάσωσι τὸν πατέρα ὑμῶν τὸν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας· οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι, ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι. ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἕως ἂν παρέλθῃ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται. ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ, οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Matthew 5:14-19

The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."

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Parish News and Events

Panegyri for St. Paisios

Everyone is invited to enjoy a special Fellowship Hour in honor of the great contemporary saint, St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain, offered by the Tsihlis and Dimakis Families. Memory eternal for Smaragda and Dimitri Dimakis.

Festival Meeting

The next 2025 Taste of Greece Festival Committee meeting will take place on Saturday, July 19 at 3:00 pm in the Parish House. We need lots of imput and people willing to work! Please plan on coming! 

Could You Supply a Lunch Box?

The Outreach Ministry has received a generous donation of 12 backpacks for needy children at the Abbot-Downing School in Concord. We would like to suppliment these backpacks with a lunch box. The cost of a lunchbox is $10 (we can order them in bulk); if you would like to donate a lunch box, please see Presbytera. Thanks to everyone who has donated lunch boxes; at this time we just need 5 more donated!

Theolotea

That’s “theology” and “tea”! After Liturgy on July 25 we are starting up again our monthly Theolotea—an intimate Fellowship Hour and discussion. We will be talking about the life of St. Anna, the mother of the Theotokos and grandmother of God. Also, bring your questions!

Youth Candle Sale

The Youth Group is selling candles! The proceeds will be used for activities to engage the youth with their community. Each candle is $5 and has been hand decorated by our young people. See Alexander for details and to purchase your candles.

Festival Workshops are Beginning!

Time is certainly going by very fast! And our Greek Food Festival is already looming on the horizon. The first workshop for Moussaka will take place on Friday, July 18, beginning at 10:00 am and Saturday, July 19, beginning at 10:00 am. We will be making 6 trays of Moussaka at each session, and will end when the trays are done. Please let Father or Presbytera know if and when you are intending to come. There is also a sign up board in the Church Hall. If you are able to come, but only a little later, please call first (603-953-3051) to make sure that we are still working. You don’t know how to make moussaka? Come and learn! Many hands make light work!

 Helping Hands Ministry

Do you need some help with cutting the lawn or doing some housework? These things can become difficult as we get older. If you find yourself in this dilemma, please get in touch with our Helping Hands Ministry. Members of our parish have volunteered to do yard work, small repairs, household chores or other such odd jobs, please get in touch with our Helping Hands! Please give Presbytera a call (603-953-3051) and she will put you in touch with someone to help!

News from the Outreach Ministry

The Outreach will hold their bi-annual Flea Market on August 23. If you have any treasures you are no longer attached to, please start bringing them to Church starting next Sunday. The Flea market will be held from 9am to 2pm.

Parish Directory

We would like to put out a Parish Directory so we all can get in touch with our parish family by phone, email, or snail mail. The first step will be a text directory; the second step will be to include photos. Before we do this, we would like everyone to fill out a card with the following information: 1) permission to publish name and contact information; 2) Permission to publish name and address, but not phone or email; 3) updated contact information (including cell phone). Cards will be available to fill out starting next Sunday at fellowship. Thank you for your cooperation!

Name Day Celebrations

Unfortunately, real Name Day celebrations have become less important for us than for previous generations. As a result, we have begun to lose our connections with the Saints, especially with our special patrons. In order to bring us back to celebrating our Name Days with our Parish Familly, please consider scheduling a Fellowship Hour on the Sunday nearest your Name Day! It would be nice to make the celebration special by decorating the hall with icons of the saint or special food. Dont know when your Saint is celebrated? Ask Father!  

The St. Paisios Prayer Warriors

Since prayer is a vital part both of parish life and the discipline of Lent, we are going to revive our St. Paisios Prayer Warriors. If anyone is interested in being a part of this prayer ministry please let Father know. We have already begun praying for one another, for our parish family and for the world. If you have anyone you would like to have prayers for, please let Father know (no need for any details, just the first name!)

Mark Your Calendar

July 13--Panegyri in honor of St. Paisios

July 18-19--Moussaka Workshop

July 19--Festival Meeting

July 20--Youth Fishing Outing

July 25--Theolotea following Liturgy

August 2--Choir Workshop

August 18-19--Young People's Summer Retreat

August 23--Flea Market and Gyro Sale

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Parish Events of the Week

Sunday, July 13--Sunday of the Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council (Chalcedon)

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10:00 am--Divine Liturgy

Memorial Service: Smaragda and Dimitri Dimakis

40 Day Blessing: Sofia Konomi

Panegyri in honor of St. Paisios for Fellowship Hour hosted by the Tsihlis and Dimakis Families

 

Monday, July 14

7:30 pm--Book Club, Thinking Orthodox, chapter 10

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86006721110?pwd=OMgSamE49lZTS9mvgAriZxwt6yBaha.1

 

Thursday, July 17--St. Marina

10:00 am--Divine Liturgy

 

Friday, July 18

10:00 am--Moussaka Workshop

 

Saturday, July 19

10:00 am--Moussaka Workshop

3:00 pm--Festival Meeting

 

Sunday, July 20--6th Sunday of Matthew / The Holy Prophet Elias (Elijah) / St. Maria of Paris and her Companions

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10:00 am--Divine Liturgy

Fellowship hosted by the Outreach Ministry in honor of their Patron, St. Maria of Paris

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