Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2025-05-04
Bulletin Contents
Parish News
Hymns of the Day
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings

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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (904)-829-0504
  • Fax:
  • (904)829-0504
  • Street Address:

  • 2940 CR-214

  • St. Augustine, FL 32084-2718

Contact Information

Thomas Lekas


[email protected] | 678-993-3629

Services Schedule

Sunday  Divine Liturgy 10:00am    V. Rev. Father Maximos Politis, Priest

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PRAYER REQUEST:

"I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people….  This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:1-4)

We pray for mercy, life, peace, and healing of all parishioners.

Prayers for the family and friends of: Ellen Sarris Allen, Maryann Bolt, Leonardos Daniels, Athena Duddy, Mikae Gaetanos, Susana G. Kugeares, Kostas Lantzounis, Chresanthe Lemieux, George Lemieux, Jr., James Mahourtis, Mary Mastoridis, Nicolaos Pramagioulis, Adeline Susan Rahaneotis, Tommy Stewart and Trey Wilkinson.

May their memory be eternal!

Prayers for Taki Andriotis, Angelique Dalarides Kelley, Michael Colburn, Chris Bersu, Michael and Ingrid Fotianos, Ruza Basimamovic, Zoe Kauttu (daughter of Melissa Sarris Kauttu), James Day, James, Kyriake, Alex Aclim, Jane Anderson, Gwen H, Lewis Hayberg,Jayden Billeter, Vanessa Oliver and Chris.

A WORD FROM:

V. Rev Fr. Maximos Politis, HTGOC Parish Priest

(347) 500-8176 [email protected]

Κυριακή των Μυροφόρων 

Ο φόβος, στην συνάντηση με τον Χριστό.

Οι Μυροφόρες γυναίκες πηγαίνουν στον τάφο του Κυρίου χωρίς να περιμένουν τίποτα. Τι θα μπορούσαν να περιμένουν από κάποιον που πέθανε και μάλιστα με αυτόν τον τρόπο; Το αντίθετο, η επίσκεψη αυτή είχε μεγάλο κίνδυνο να τις συλλάβουν αν όχι να τις θανατώσουν. Το κίνητρό τους ήταν η αφοσίωση δηλαδή η χωρίς όρους αγάπη προς τον Χριστό. Αυτό τους έκανε να ξεπεράσουν κάθε ανθρώπινο φόβο ο οποίος είχε καταλάβει τις καρδιές των υπολοίπων Μαθητών.

Η εποχή μας χαρακτηρίζεται από κανόνες δοσοληψίας. Δίνω ανάλογα με αυτά που περιμένω να λάβω. Η λογική αυτή υπάρχει ακόμα και στις ανθρώπινες σχέσεις. Στη σχέση μας με τον Θεό δεν υπάρχει αυτή η προσέγγιση. ‘Η βασιλεία μου, λέει ο Κύριος, δεν είναι από αυτόν τον κόσμο”. Και ο Χριστιανός προσφέρει. Προσφέρει τον εαυτό του, όλη του τη ζωή, αλλά οι προσδοκίες του είναι για την μέλλουσα. Οι Μυροφόρες γυναίκες, όπως είπαμε, έχουν να ξεπεράσουν ένα πνεύμα αμφισβήτησης, κάθε άλλο παρά φιλικό προς τον Χριστό καθώς και τον φόβο του θανάτου. Ο Χριστιανός της εποχής μας βρίσκεται καθημερινά αντιμέτωπος με το ίδιο πνεύμα. Σήμερα δεν φοβάται μήπως κάποιοι τον σκοτώσουν. Φοβάται όμως μήπως χάσει την καλοπέρασή του και το θέλημά του. Αυτό που τελικά είναι ο εαυτός του και που μας καλεί ο Χριστός να αρνηθούμε. Οι Μυροφόρες, πρώτα αυτές και στη συνέχεια όλοι οι Άγιοι της Εκκλησίας, συνάντησαν τον Χριστό. Εκείνος που θα νικήσει αυτό τον φόβο θα συναντήσει τον Χριστό και το φως Του θα τον πλημμυρίσει.

Sunday of the Myrrhbearers  

The fear, in the encounter with Christ.

The Myrrh-bearing women go to the Lord's tomb without expecting anything. What could they expect from someone who died in this way? On the contrary, this visit had a great risk for them of being arrested or killed. Their motivation was devotion, i.e. unconditional love for Christ. This made them overcome every human fear that had gripped the hearts of the other Disciples.

Our era is characterized by transactional rules. I give according to what I expect to receive. This logic exists even in human relationships. In our relationship with God there is no such approach. "My kingdom, says the Lord, is not of this world." And the Christian offers. He offers himself, his whole life, but his expectations are for the future one. The Myrrh-bearing women, as we have said, had to overcome a spirit of doubt, anything but friendly to Christ as well as the fear of death. The Christian of our time is daily confronted with the same spirit. Today he is not afraid of being killed. But he is afraid of losing his comfort, convenience, and his will. That, which is ultimately himself and which Christ calls us to deny. The Myrrh bearers, first they, and then all the Saints of the Church, met Christ. He who will overcome this fear will meet Him, and His light will flood him.

Notices:

Dance Team 

" Calling all Hghschool and Middle school age children to join the Dance team towards our festival in October!!

First practice was held on April 27th at 12pm in the church hall. Subsequent practices are once a month until September when they will be weekly. Dance  is a fun way to connect and preserve our culture.More details will be given in the first practice.Opa !"

Coffee Hour

Please sign up for Coffee Hour-We need your assistance, link below

 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A45A8AD2FABFECE9-54297592-coffee#/ 

Greek Summer Night Needs Your Help

Greek Summer Night is Saturday, June 7, 2025. This event aims to raise funds to support our beloved church and its ministries.  There are numerous items needed – food, drinks, decorations.  We would be grateful for any monetary contributions. Your generosity will not only enhance our event but also help us serve our community more effectively.  Please see Andy Lekos to donate. Andrew J. Lekos, m 904.392.1084, e [email protected]

EVENTS:

  Upcoming Events:    

  • Greek Summer Night Reservations

    Reserve your tickets for Greek Summer Night, on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at the Parish Hall.  Space is limited!  Come enjoy Greek food, dance and music by Dj Taki.  Tickets $40; $20 for children (12 & under); reserved seating available.  Please call 773.517.6352 or email [email protected] for tickets or order online at

     https://holy-trinity-greek-orthodox-church-events-102143.square.site/

  • Philoptochos Monthly Meeting 5/4/2025
  • Mothers Day 5/11/2025
  • Welcome Home Stewardship Event 5/18/2025
  • Please sign up for Coffee Hour-We need your assistance
  • Carey Cramer on vacation 5/6-16/2025

   **If you have an article for the Bulletin or Newsletter please email by Wednesday each week to Carey at the Church office to [email protected].

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal 1st Tone

When You descended unto Death, O Lord, You who are immortal Life put Hades to death, by the lightning of Your divinity. And when You raised the dead from the netherworld, all the hosts of heaven sang aloud to You, “O Christ God, Giver of life, glory to You!” Ὅτε κατῆλθες πρὸς τὸν θάνατον, ἡ ζωὴ ἡ ἀθάνατος, τότε τὸν ᾅδην ἐνέκρωσας, τῇ ἀστραπῇ τῆς θεότητος· ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐκ τῶν καταχθονίων ἀνέστησας, πᾶσαι αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἐκραύγαζον· Ζωοδότα Χριστέ, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν δόξα σοι.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 2nd Tone

When he took down Your immaculate Body from the Cross, the honorable Joseph wrapped it in a clean linen shroud with spices and laid it for burial in a new tomb. But on the third day You rose, O Lord, and granted to the world the great mercy. Ὁ εὐσχήμων Ἰωσήφ, ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου καθελών, τὸ ἄχραντόν σου Σῶμα, σινδόνι καθαρᾷ εἱλήσας καὶ ἀρώμασιν, ἐν μνήματι καινῷ κηδεύσας ἀπέθετο· ἀλλὰ τριήμερος ἀνέστης, Κύριε, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the 2nd Tone

The Angel who had come to the sepulcher said to the Myrrh-bearing women, “Ointments are appropriate for mortal men; but Christ is indeed a stranger to decay. Now go proclaim that the Lord has risen and granted to the world the great mercy. Ταῖς Μυροφόροις γυναιξί, παρὰ τὸ μνῆμα ἐπιστάς, ὁ Ἄγγελος ἐβόα· Τὰ μύρα τοῖς θνητοῖς ὑπάρχει ἁρμόδια· Χριστὸς δὲ διαφθορᾶς ἐδείχθη ἀλλότριος· ἀλλὰ κραυγάσατε· Ἀνέστη ὁ Κύριος, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the 2nd Tone

Though You went down into the tomb, O Immortal One, yet You brought down the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the victor, O Christ our God; and You called out “Rejoice” to the Myrrh-bearing women, and gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection. Εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες Ἀθάνατε, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ᾅδου καθεῖλες τὴν δύναμιν· καὶ ἀνέστης ὡς νικητής, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, γυναιξὶ Μυροφόροις φθεγξάμενος, Χαίρετε, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις εἰρήνην δωρούμενος, ὁ τοῖς πεσοῦσι παρέχων ἀνάστασι

Apolytikion for the Church in the 4th Tone

Blessed are You, O Christ our God; You made wise men of poor fishermen by sending down upon them Your Holy Spirit, and through them You caught the whole world, O Lover of mankind, glory to You.

Εύλογητός εἶ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεος ἡμῶν ὁ πανσόφους τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἁναδείξας καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ δι᾽ αὐτῶν τῆν οἰκουμένην σαγηνεύσας φιλάνθρωπε δόξα Σοι

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Saints and Feasts

May 04

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils, that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas; Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke 8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).

Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Saviour, Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite, a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the Pharisees, learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John 19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and noble man, and one of the counsellors who were in Jerusalem. He went boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60).

May 04

Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus

This Saint was from Tarsus of Cilicia and contested in martyrdom under Diocletian, in 284: she was cast into a bull fashioned of bronze, which had been heated with fire.

May 04

Hilary the Wonderworker

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. 2nd Tone. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7.

In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
The Reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8

At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

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