Weekly Calendar

^Sunday^,^{November 19th}

^{9th Sunday of Luke}

9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Weekly Calendar:

Sun, Nov. 19: 9^th Sunday of Luke (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Mon, Nov. 20: Forefeast of the Presentation of the Theotokos (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

6:00pm Vigil for the Entrance of the Theotokos (Vespers, Orthros, Divine Liturgy)

Tues, Nov. 21: The Entrance of the Theotokos (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

Wed, Nov. 22: St. Archippus the Apostle (Strict Fast)

NO Catechism Class

Thurs, Nov. 23: St. Amphilochius (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

NO Bible Study

Thanksgiving Day

Fri, Nov. 24: St. Clement Pope of Rome (Strict Fast)

Sat, Nov. 25: St. Katherine the Great (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

No Vespers

Sun, Nov. 26: 13^th Sunday of Luke (Fish, Oil, Wine Allowed)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy

Parish Announcements

Teaching Divine Liturgy – Sat. Nov. 18^th @ 10am

We will be having a “teaching” Divine Liturgy where Fr. Theofanis will explain parts of the Divine Liturgy as it is going on. There will be no Matins, only the Divine Liturgy beginning at 10am. All are encouraged to attend and to learn about how we worship and encounter God in the Divine Liturgy.

Vigil for the Entrance of the Theotokos – Mon. Nov. 20^th 6pm – 9pm

We will be holding a vigil for the Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple on the evening before the Feast, Mon. Nov. 20^th @ 6pm. The vigil will be begin with Vespers, then Matins/Orthros, Concluding with the Divine Liturgy. This is a beautiful opportunity for us to come together and celebrate this Feast of our Mother the Theotokos!

All Saints Christmas Card – Submit by Sun. Dec. 10^th

If you would like your name to be included on our Christmas card, please fill out a form (forms can be picked up at the church, and have also been mailed to parishioner homes. Or you can fill out the form electronically at this link: https://forms.gle/C4C6Z8Yc9UdqzEYr6

The Way Catechism Class – Wednesdays 6pm – 7pm (via Zoom)

NO Class this week for Thanksgiving holday.

Bible Study – Thursdays 7pm – 8pm (via Zoom)

NO Class this week for Thanksgiving holday.

Sunday School

Sunday School is under way! Any children (Pre-school through High School) are welcome to attend class. Sunday School children and teachers come to receive Holy Communion first, and then go downstairs for class. For any questions, please reach out to Trisha Holton ([email protected]). Our Sunday School Christmas program will be on Sunday, December 17^th!

Saints and Feasts

November 19

9th Sunday of Luke

November 19

Obadiah the Prophet

The Divine Scriptures do not tell us with any certainty when the Prophet Obadiah lived nor what was his homeland. Thus, some say that he is that Obadiah who was Ahab's steward, who, because of Jezebel's wrath, hid one hundred prophets in a cave and fed them with bread and water (III Kings 18:4), and that he later became a disciple of Elias the Prophet about 903 B.C. But others surmise from the words of the same prophetical book that he is somewhat later than Joel (celebrated on Oct. 19). He is also called Obdiu, or Abdiu, or Obadiah; his name means "servant of God." His book of prophecy, which consists of only one chapter, is ranked fourth among the minor Prophets.

November 21

The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple

According to the tradition of the Church, the Theotokos was brought to the Temple at three years of age, where she was consecrated to God and spent her days until she was fourteen or fifteen years old; and then, as a mature maiden, by the common counsel of the priests (since her parents had reposed some three years before), she was betrothed to Joseph.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

24th Sunday after Pentecost
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:14-22

Brethren, Christ is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

Gospel Reading

9th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 12:16-21

The Lord said this parable: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." As he said these things, he cried out: "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Wisdom of the Fathers

So by his true and praise-worthy repentance the Lord showed us that even after long negligence He accepts those who desire to amend. The remembrance of death and sins precedes weeping and mourning ... The remembrance of death is a daily death ...

St. John Climacus

Ladder of Divine Ascent. Step 6: On Remembrance of Death, 6th Century

Just as the Fathers lay down that perfect love knows no sin, so I for my part declare that a perfect sense of death is free from fear ... The remembrance of death, like all other blessings, is a gift of God- He who has died to all things remembers death ...