Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2025-07-06
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Holy Trinity Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (978) 458-8092
  • Fax:
  • (978) 970-0935
  • Street Address:

  • 62 Lewis Street

  • Lowell, MA 01854


Contact Information






Services Schedule

Orthros: 9:00am 
Divine Liturgy: 10:00am
Sunday Fellowship: following Divine Liturgy


Past Bulletins


Today's Calendar

Parish Council Members on Duty:   George Potamitis, George Kontos and George Tgibides

 

 

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Weekly Calendar

This week:   

June 29—July 20:  Orthros 9:30am and Divine Liturgy 10am.

JUNE 22 - JULY 21:  Fr. Nick will be away during this time.  For hospital emergencies, please call Fr. Gregory Floor at (801) 455-7155.  For any other calls, contact the Church Office at (978) 458-8092 or [email protected].

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Announcements

 Holy Trinity News
CHURCH SERVICES-SUMMER HOURS:
  • June 29—July 20:  Orthros 9:30am and Divine Liturgy 10am.
  • July 27—September 14:  Orthros 8am and Divine Liturgy 9am, unless noted otherwise.
CHURCH OFFICE Hours:  Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday 10am-2pm. If you need to come into the office at a different date/time, please call during office hours to schedule an appointment.  Kindly use the Lewis St. side entrance and ring the doorbell or, call the office to enter through the elevator entrance.
Upcoming Church Services
  • August 01, Friday, 6:00pm: Paraklesis to the Theotokos - Παρακλησις προς την Υπεραγια Θεοτοκο
  • August 05, Tuesday, 6:30pm: Vesper Service for the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord, at the Transfiguration Church. Ή Μεταμορφωσις του Σωτήρος.
  • August 06, Wednesday,Orthros 8:30 am; Liturgy 9:30 am: Divine Liturgy for the Holy Transfiguration of our Lord, at the Transfiguration Church. Ή Μεταμορφωσις του Σωτήρος.
  • August 08, Friday, 6:00pm: Paraklesis to the Theotokos - Παρακλησις προς την Υπεραγια Θεοτοκο
  • August 11, Monday 6:00pm: Paraklesis to the Theotokos - Παρακλησις προς την Υπεραγια Θεοτοκο
  • August 14, Thursday, (time to be announced): Vespers and Epitaphios Service, for the Dormition of the Holy Theotokos. Assumption Church of Dracut. Εσπερινός και Επιταφειος Θρήνος για την Υπεραγια Θεοτόκο. Εκκλησία της Μετάστασης της Θεοτόκου(Παναγιτσα).
  • August 15, Friday (time to be announced): Divine Liturgy of the Dormition of the Theotokos, at the Assumption Church of Dracut.   Θεία Λειτουργία για την Κοίμηση της Υπεραγιας Θεοτόκου. 
  • August 29, Friday: Divine Liturgy, Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. Θεία Λειτουργία, Αποκεφαλισις

  Philoptochos News: follow us on Facebook at Holy-Trinity-Ladies-Philoptochos-Lowell 

Fellowship Coffee Hours during the Summer:  Philoptochos will resume hosting fellowship coffee hours on September 8th.   Please consider hosting a Fellowship Coffee Hour during the summer months.  It’s simple:  Philoptochos will provide the coffee and paper goods and you provide the donuts or other pastry.  To sign up for a Sunday in July or August, please call the church office, or send an email to [email protected], 

  Hellenic American Academy and HAA PTA News (hellenicaa.org)  

 

Church Office Hours:   Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00am - 2:00pm .  If you need to visit the office at a different date or time, please call during office hours or send an email to [email protected], to schedule an appointment. Kindly use the Lewis Street side entrance and ring the bell or, call the office to enter through the elevator entrance.

 Pastoral Visits
Please call the Church Office at 978 458-8092 to arrange a hospital, nursing home or shut-in visit by Fr. Nick.  Health care facilities are unable to contact us because of HIPAA regulations.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News & On-Line Ministries www.goarch.org:
Communications Department:  https://www.goarch.org/departments/communications
Family Care:  https://www.goarch.org/departments/family
New Charter for the Second Centennial: https://charter.goarch.org/ 
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA) announces the launch of a dedicated website (charter.goarch.org) aimed at providing comprehensive, up-to-date, and accurate information concerning the proposed revision of the Archdiocese’s Charter.
 
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Upcoming Events - Save the Date

 
7-11pm includes Appetizers.  Cash Bar
  • This is an adult and RSVP only event, no tickets will be sold at the door.  
  • Advance Tickets: $85 per person
  • Tables of 8:  Save $30 by purchasing a reserved table of 8 and ensure premium seating. ($650) 
  • Note: Seats will be reserved/assigned only those who purchase a table of 8.  
Click here to purchase tickets
 

Greek Festival 2026

June 12-13-14

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

4th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 6:18-23

Brethren, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for sanctification.

When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

4th Sunday of Matthew
Πρὸς ῾Ρωμαίους 6:18-23

Ἀδελφοί, ἐλευθερωθέντες δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ. Ἀνθρώπινον λέγω διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκὸς ὑμῶν· ὥσπερ γὰρ παρεστήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ καὶ τῇ ἀνομίᾳ εἰς τὴν ἀνομίαν, οὕτως νῦν παραστήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ εἰς ἁγιασμόν. Ὅτε γὰρ δοῦλοι ἦτε τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐλεύθεροι ἦτε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ. Τίνα οὖν καρπὸν εἴχετε τότε ἐφʼ οἷς νῦν ἐπαισχύνεσθε; Τὸ γὰρ τέλος ἐκείνων θάνατος. Νυνὶ δὲ ἐλευθερωθέντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, δουλωθέντες δὲ τῷ θεῷ, ἔχετε τὸν καρπὸν ὑμῶν εἰς ἁγιασμόν, τὸ δὲ τέλος ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Τὰ γὰρ ὀψώνια τῆς ἁμαρτίας θάνατος, τὸ δὲ χάρισμα τοῦ θεοῦ ζωὴ αἰώνιος ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.


Gospel Reading

4th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 8:5-13

At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.

4th Sunday of Matthew
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 8:5-13

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἰσελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ εἰς Καπερναοὺμ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἑκατόνταρχος παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· Κύριε, ὁ παῖς μου βέβληται ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ παραλυτικός, δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· ἐγὼ ἐλθὼν θεραπεύσω αὐτόν. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος ἔφη· Κύριε, οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς ἵνα μου ὑπὸ τὴν στέγην εἰσέλθῃς· ἀλλὰ μόνον εἰπὲ λόγῳ, καὶ ἰαθήσεται ὁ παῖς μου. καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπός εἰμι ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν, ἔχων ὑπ᾿ ἐμαυτὸν στρατιώτας, καὶ λέγω τούτῳ, πορεύθητι, καὶ πορεύεται, καὶ ἄλλῳ, ἔρχου, καὶ ἔρχεται, καὶ τῷ δούλῳ μου, ποίησον τοῦτο, καὶ ποιεῖ. ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐθαύμασε καὶ εἶπε τοῖς ἀκολουθοῦσιν· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ τοσαύτην πίστιν εὗρον. λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι πολλοὶ ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν ἥξουσι καὶ ἀνακλιθήσονται μετὰ ᾿Αβραὰμ καὶ ᾿Ισαὰκ καὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν, οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας ἐκβληθήσονται εἰς τὸ σκότος τὸ ἐξώτερον· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τῷ ἑκατοντάρχῳ· ὕπαγε, καὶ ὡς ἐπίστευσας γενηθήτω σοι. καὶ ἰάθη ὁ παῖς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.


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Saints and Feasts

July 07

Kyriake the Great Martyr

Saint Kyriake was the daughter of Christian parents, Dorotheus and Eusebia. She was given her name because she was born on Sunday, the day of the Lord (in Greek, Kyriake). She contested in Nicomedia during the reign of Diocletian, in the year 300. After many bitter torments she was condemned to suffer beheading, but being granted time to pray first, she made her prayer and gave up her holy soul in peace.


July 11

Euphemia the Great Martyr

In 451, during the reign of the Sovereigns Marcian and Pulcheria, the Fourth Ecumenical Council was convoked in Chalcedon against Eutyches and those of like mind with him. After much debate, the Fathers who were the defenders of Orthodoxy, being 630 in number, agreed among themselves and with those who were of contrary mind, to write their respective definitions of faith in separate books, and to ask God to confirm the truth in this matter. When they had prepared these texts, they placed the two tomes in the case that held Saint Euphemia's relics, sealed it, and departed. After three days of night-long supplications, they opened the reliquary in the presence of the Emperor, and found the tome of the heretics under the feet of the Martyr, and that of the Orthodox in her right hand. (For her life, see Sept. 16.)


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Archdiocese News

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: "There are Dimensions of Human Life Inaccessible to Scientific Knowledge"

07/02/2025

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is not just a powerful and prophetic voice for peace and reconciliation, and for stewardship of the natural environment. He is also, among many other things, a strong advocate for the importance of the arts and literature, saying that “there are dimensions of human life inaccessible to scientific knowledge and to all forms of objectification,” and describing poetry as an “invaluable gift from heaven to humanity.”


Applications Open for the GOARCH’s Girl Delegates to the United Nations Program

06/30/2025

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Program for Girl Delegates to the United Nations is seeking high schoolers who are eager to engage in global diplomacy, advocate for gender equality, and represent the voices of Orthodox young women at the United Nations.


Maliotis Cultural Center Hosts Annual Gathering and Great Day of Joining of the Massachusetts Council of Churches

06/27/2025

On the evening of Wednesday, June 25, the Maliotis Cultural Center at Hellenic College Holy Cross hosted the Annual Gathering and Great Day of Joining of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, bringing together a diverse community of clergy, lay leaders, and faithful from across the Commonwealth for a night of prayerful reflection and ecumenical fellowship.


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