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Annunciation Church
Publish Date: 2020-09-06
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Parish Calendar
Sunday School Games
Parish News & Events
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
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Annunciation Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (231) 799-0185
  • Street Address:

  • 185 East Pontaluna Road

  • Muskegon, MI 49444

Contact Information

Fr. John Sakellariou


frjohn@orthodoxmuskegon.church | 716-730-1982

Fr. Basil Aden



Services Schedule

Orthros/Matins: Sunday, 9:00 AM
Divine Liturgy: Sunday, 10:00 AM

 

 

Past Bulletins


Parish Calendar

  • Parish Calendar

    September 6 to September 13, 2020

    Sunday, September 6

    9:00AM Matins Service (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Tuesday, September 8

    9:00AM Matins Service (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy: The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos

    Wednesday, September 9

    Virtual 2020 Clergy Laity Congress

    11:00AM Confession

    3:00PM Pastoral Meeting

    7:00PM Summer Book Discussion: The Mountain of Silence

    Thursday, September 10

    Virtual 2020 Clergy Laity Congress

    Sunday, September 13

    First Day of Sunday School

    9:00AM Matins Service (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

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Sunday School Games

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Parish News & Events

Upcoming Feastday Services

  • Divine Liturgy for the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos – Tuesday, September 8th:  9:00 AM Orthros | Divine Liturgy 10 AM.
  • Divine Liturgy for the Elevation of the Holy Cross - Monday, September 14th: 9:00 AM Orthros | Divine Liturgy 10 AM.

Sunday Live Streaming Information

The Orthros and Divine Liturgy for Sunday will be streamed live around  8:50 AM. To access the stream please click here.

If you would like to pray along, click on the links below for the Sunday's service:


Sunday School

With the precautions set forth by the CDC and our hierarchy, Sunday School classes are not permitted to be held indoors.  However, we received notification from the Metropolis indicating that Sunday events such as coffee hours and Sunday School can be held outdoors as long as precautions/CDC guidelines are followed. Our parish will try its best to provide lessons for our Children each Sunday with outdoor Sunday School meetings as we take advantage of the nice weather before the season changes. Once the weather changes, the Sunday School lessons will be provided in the Church by Fr. John through youth sermons. It is our goal to continue our Christian education while also ensuring the safety of all. 

We plan to hold our first Sunday School session on Sunday, September13th, out on the Chuch patio after Holy Communion. Pres. Pavlina has volunteered to host the children and to offer a lesson to the children weather permitting. For parents who wish to have their children attend, we kindly ask that children wear a mask. Increased hygiene precautions will be practiced and sanitizer will be available. 

 


Summer Book Discussion

We will meet again via Zoom this Wednesday at 7 PM to cover the final chapters of the book before having the author join us.

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  • September 9: Chapters 14-17
  • September 16: Final thoughts and a guest appearance with the author, Dr. Kyriacos C. Markides.

Prayer Request

The Pallas Family would like to thank all the parishioners for their prayers and cards as Nina recovered from her recent surgery. At the moment, Nina and Tom Pallas will be transitioning to Seminole Shores this Tuesday. They will be located in unit C9-11 and their children are working on transferring their current home number to their new residence. Please keep Nina and Tom in your prayers during their transition. 


Philoptochos

Thank you to our AGOC family for supporting Philoptochos’ Feed the Hungry program. Over the past two years, our community provided assistance and support for 162,657 meals. This amazing accomplishment placed us as the number one provider in the Metropolis of Detroit. While the recognition is appreciated, the good that we have brought to many in our community is even more gratifying. 
 
Our efforts will continue! We have made adjustments during this global pandemic. Please continue to help up support efforts to Feed the Hungry. Donations will continue to be accepted for Kids’ Food Basket. 
 
In addition we are continuing our relationship with Moon Elementary through the Operation Classroom initiative. Many of the teachers have shared their wish lists to get this school year underway. If you would like to shop and donate items: Pencils, individual hand-held pencil sharpeners, 24 count box of  crayons, dry erase markers, boxes of Kleenex, disinfectant wipes, individual packets of Kleenex, hand sanitizer, are some of the most requested items. As always we will accept your monetary donations and shop for you!
 
If you need assistance or know of anyone who may need assistance in obtaining groceries, medication, or transportation due to the current restrictions, please contact Fr John (716-730-1982) or Kristi Karis (231-750-7291).

 


Updated Guidelines

  • Anyone who is currently experiencing any symptoms of illness must stay at home.
  • Pews will be taped off to allow for distancing between individuals/families. Chairs will also be added around the walls of the Church.
  • Parishioners are required to wear masks.  It is recommended that parishioners bring their own masks. Mask will be provided at the candle stand for those who need one.
  • Please reverence icons by making the sign of the Cross and bowing instead of kissing them.
  • Parishes are not to have choirs until further notice.
  • There will be no liturgical books in the pews.
  • Parishioners are welcomed to receive andithiron after Holy Communion and at the dismissal of the Liturgy. Waxpaper will be provided.
  • Traditional trays/baskets will not be passed. A wooden donation box will be set up for parishioners who wish to make a Sunday offering as they exit the Church.
  • Coffee Hours and other gathers are allowed but are required to meet outdoors following CDC guidelines.
  • If you have any questions, please see a parish council member.
Holy Communion Guidelines
It is clearly understood that Holy Communion is the very Body and Blood of Christ which cannot be tainted by any harmful thing and that those who receive it with proper intent of mind and heart cannot be harmed by it. Clergy will follow the following guidelines so that the Holy Sacrament is safely administered:
  • Since there will be no Choir, we ask chantors to proceed for Holy Communion first followed by parishioners who be directed by a member of the parish council.
  • Please allow for at least 6 feet per parishioner. The center aisle of the Church will be marked with tape to help in keeping the appropriate distance between parishioners.
  • To receive communion, parishioners are asked to tilt their heads back so that the Holy Sacrament can be dropped into the mouth. It has been allowed that those receiving the Holy Eucharist can stay seated to make the above recommendations easer. 
  • Parishioners are asked not to touch or direct the communion cloth. An altar boy will hold the communion cloth under the chin.
  • Further instructions will be given in Church.

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Saints and Feasts

Miracleatchonae
September 06

The Commemoration of the Miracle Wrought by Archangel Michael in Colossae (Chonae)

The feast today in honour of the Archangel Michael commemorates the great miracle he wrought when he delivered from destruction a church and holy spring named for him. The pagans, moved by malice, sought to destroy the aforesaid church and holy spring by turning the course of two rivers against them. But the Archangel appeared and, by means of the Cross and a great earthquake that shook the entire area, diverted the waters into an underground course. Henceforth, the name of that place changed from Colossae to Chonae, which means "funnels" in Greek.

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September 07

Sozon the Martyr

This holy Martyr was a shepherd in Lycaonia. Born a pagan, named Tarasius, he received holy Baptism and was renamed Sozon. Filled with zeal for the truth, he taught his countrymen to desist from the worship of idols. Once he entered the temple of Artemis in Pompeiopolis of Cilicia, cut off the golden hand of the idol, and breaking it in pieces, distributed it among the poor. When he saw that many were being unjustly punished for the theft, of his own accord he gave himself up to Maximian the Governor. He was beaten with rods until his bones were broken. According to some, he suffered martyrdom in 288; according to others, in 304.

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September 08

The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary

According to the ancient tradition of the Church, the Theotokos was born of barren and aged parents, Joachim and Anna, about the year 16 or 17 before the birth of Christ. Joachim was descended from the royal line of David, of the tribe of Judah. Anna was of the priestly tribe of Levi, a daughter of the priest Matthan and Mary, his wife.

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September 09

Severian the Martyr of Sebastia

Saint Severian, a senator from Sebastia, was both an illustrious man of wealth and a fearless Christian. Because he encouraged the holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia to stand fast in their confession, he was given over to terrible torments, and received his own crown during the reign of Licinius and Lysius the Duke, about the year 315.

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September 10

Menodora, Metrodora, & Nymphodora the Martyrs

These Martyrs, sisters according to the flesh, were from Bithynia. They lived in virginity on a mountain near the Pythian hot springs of Bithynia, devoting themselves to asceticism and prayer. Betrayed to the local governor, Fronto, they were subjected to frightful tortures, and so gave up their holy souls into the hands of God. They contested for the Faith during the reign of Maximian, in the year 304.

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September 11

Theodora of Alexandria

This saint lived in the fifth century. Out of remorse for the adultery that she committed with another man, she fled from her husband's house, renamed herself Theodore, clothed herself as a man, and pretending to be a eunuch, entered a monastery of men. Her identity as a woman was discovered only after her death.

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September 12

Autonomos the Martyr

This saint was a bishop in Italy. Fleeing from the persecution of Diocletian in 298, he came to Bithynia, where he went from place to place converting many from the idols to the true God. Because of this, one day as he was celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Archangels, they who worshipped wood and stones fell upon him and beat him to death with staves and stones.

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode

When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Miracle of Michael in Colossae in the Fourth Mode

O Chief Commanders of the heavenly armies, we the unworthy ones entreat you in earnest, that you might with your supplications fortify us, guarding us who run to you and beneath the protection of the pinions of your unmaterial glory, and who with fervor shout: Deliver us, from every danger, as Captains of the hosts on high.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Second Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. 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 any one, for they were afraid.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24.

Brethren, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints; I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer. I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicos, because they have made up for your absence; for they refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Give recognition to such men. The churches of Asia send greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord. All the brethren send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. If any one has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Gospel Reading

13th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 21:33-42

The Lord said this parable, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them, saying 'They will respect my son.' But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.' And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons." Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?'"

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