June 22
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2025-06-22
Bulletin Contents
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
General Information
- Phone:
- (904)-829-0504
- Fax:
- (904)829-0504
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Street Address:
- 2940 CR-214
- St. Augustine, FL 32084-2718
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Divine Liturgy 10:00am V. Rev. Father Maximos Politis, Priest
Past Bulletins
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- 2025-07-27
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- 2025-07-20
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Parish News
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]
Ο καλύτερος δάσκαλος δεν είναι ο πιο ευχάριστος δάσκαλος
Διαβάζουμε την συνέντευξη ενός από τους πιο σημαντικούς ποδοσφαιριστές πριν από 20 χρόνια: “Έπαιζα στην δεύτερη κατηγορία της χώρας μου. Με ευχαριστούσε ο τρόπος που έπαιζα και βοήθησα την ομάδα μου να ανέβει κατηγορία. Και τότε συνάντησα τον νέο προπονητή. Ήταν σκληρός άνθρωπος και πολλές φορές με έδιωξε από την προπόνηση. Ήθελε να μου αλλάξει το στυλ του παιχνιδιού. Όσα όμως μου έμαθε στα 19 μου χρόνια χρησίμευσαν για το υπόλοιπο της καριέρας μου. Ο προπονητής αυτός είναι σήμερα ένας από τους καλύτερους φίλους μου στον αθλητισμό.”
Πόσο σημαντικά και μεστά λόγια! Αυτή είναι η πορεία του μαθητή που αγαπάει την πρόοδο. Η κατά Χριστόν ζωή είναι ένας αγώνας προς την πνευματική τελείωση. Και αυτός ο αγώνας γίνεται με την υπακοή μέσα στην Εκκλησία. Εάν αυτός ο αθλητής έμενε σε αυτά που ήξερε και καταλάβαινε, σίγουρα θα συνέχιζε να είναι ένας καλός παίκτης, δεν θα έφτανε όμως στο επίπεδο που τον οδήγησε ο προπονητής του.
Ο Αρχαίος φιλόσοφος Αριστοτέλης έλεγε: Της παιδείας αι μεν ρίζαι πικραί,οι δε καρποί γλυκείς! Και για την περίπτωσή μας: Ο καλός δάσκαλος δεν είναι πάντα ο ευχάριστος δάσκαλος.
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The best teacher is not the most pleasant teacher
We read the interview of one of the most important soccer players 20 years ago: "I was playing in the second division of my country. I was pleased with the way I played and I helped my team get promoted to the first division. And then I met the new coach. He was a tough person and many times he kicked me out of training. He wanted to change my playing style. But what he taught me at the age of 19, helped me for the rest of my career. This coach is now one of my best friends in sports."
How important and eloquent words! This is the course of the student who loves progress. Life in Christ is a struggle towards spiritual perfection. And this struggle takes place with obedience within the Church. If this athlete stuck to what he knew and understood, he would certainly continue to be a good player, but he would not reach the level that his coach led him to.
The ancient philosopher Aristotle said: The roots of education are bitter, but the fruits are sweet! And for our case: A good teacher is not always a pleasant teacher.
EVENTS:
Upcoming Events:
- Bible Study Tuesday June 24th at 6:00 p.m.
- Greek Landing Day Dinner Thursday June 26th at 6:00 p.m.
**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].
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 1st Tone
The stone having been sealed by the Pharisees and chief priests, * and Your all-immaculate body being guarded by soldiers, * You rose on the third day, O Lord and Savior, granting life unto the world. Then the powers of the heavens cried out to You, O Giver of Life, and shouted, “Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Your eternal rule! Glory to Your plan for saving us, only benevolent God!”
Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα· Δόξα τῇ ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.
Seasonal Kontakion in the 2nd Tone
O Protection of Christians that never falls, intercession with the Creator that never fails, we sinners beg you, do not ignore the voices of our prayers. O good Lady, we implore you, quickly come unto our aid, when we cry out to you with faith. Hurry to intercession, and hasten to supplication, O Theotokos who protect now and ever 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.
Saints and Feasts
June 22
Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata
After the expulsion of Eudoxius from the see of Antioch, the Arians of Antioch, believing that Meletius of Armenia would uphold their doctrines, petitioned the Emperor Constantius to appoint Meletius Bishop of Antioch, while signing a document jointly with the Orthodox of Antioch, unanimously agreeing to Meletius' appointment (see Feb. 12); this document was entrusted to Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata. Meletius, however, after his Orthodoxy became apparent, was banished, and the Arians persuaded Constantius to demand the document back from Eusebius, as it convicted their perfidy. Imperial officers were sent; Eusebius refused to surrender the document without the consent of all who had signed it; the officers returned to the Emperor, who furiously sent them back to Eusebius with threats. But so great a zealot for the true Faith, so staunch an enemy of the Arians, so fearless a man of valor was Saint Eusebius, that when Constantius' officers arrived, threatening to cut off his right hand unless he surrendered the document, Eusebius held out both hands. When Constantius learned of it, he was struck with astonishment and admiration.
This took place in 361, the last year of the reign of Constantius; he was succeeded by Julian the Apostate, who was slain in Persia in 363; Jovian succeeded Julian, and Valentinian succeeded Jovian in 364, making his brother Valens Emperor of the East. Valens, who supported the Arians, exiled Eusebius to Thrace in 374. The bearer of the edict of Eusebius' banishment arrived in the evening; Eusebius bade him keep silence, or else the people, learning why he had come, would drown him: and Eusebius, though an old man, left his house alone on foot by night. After Valens was slain at Adrianopole in 378 (see Saint Isaacius, Aug. 3), the holy Eusebius returned from exile under the Emperor Gratian, and he ordained for the churches of Syria men known for their virtue and Orthodoxy. About the year 380, as he was entering a certain village to enthrone its bishop, whom he had consecrated, an Arian woman threw a clay tile from the roof, and it crushed his head; as he was dying, he bound the bystanders with oaths that they not take the least vengeance. Saint Gregory the Theologian addressed several letters to him (PG 37:87, 91, 126-130); he had such reverence for him, that in one letter to him, commending himself to Saint Eusebius' prayers, he said, "That such a man should deign to be my patron also in his prayers will gain for me, I am persuaded, as much strength as I should have gained through one of the holy martyrs.
June 22
Zenon the Martyr & his servant Zenas of Philadelphia
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. 1st Tone. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16.
Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
Gospel Reading
2nd Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 4:18-23
At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.