Sunday Services: Orthros 8:15 am.
Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.
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ان تلميذات الرب تعلمن من الملاك كرز القيامة البهج وطرحن القضية الجدّية وخاطبن الرسل مفتخرات وقائلات : قد سبي الموت وقام المسيح الاله مانحاً العالم الرحمة العظمى.
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صرت مشابهاً للرسل في أحوالهم وخليقة في كراسيهم، فوجدت بالعمل المرقاة للثاوريا أيها اللاهج بالله . لأجل ذلك تتبعت كلمة الحق باستقامة وجاهدت عن الإيمان حتى الدم أيها الشهيد في الكهنة فوقا، فتشفع إلى المسيح الإله أن يخلص نفوسنا.
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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.
البروكيمنون. Fourth Mode. مزمور 103:1، 24.
ما أعظم أعمالك يا رب صنعتها كلها بالحكمة
Verse: باركي يا نفسي الرب
فصل من رسالة بولس الاولى الى اهل كورنثس 16: 13-24.
يَُّا إِخْوَة، اِسْهَرُوا. اثْبُتُوا فِي الإِيمَانِ. كُونُوا رِجَالاً. تَقَوُّوا. لِتَصِرْ كُلُّ أُمُورِكُمْ فِي مَحَبَّةٍ. وَأَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ: أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ بَيْتَ اسْتِفَانَاسَ أَنَّهُمْ بَاكُورَةُ أَخَائِيَةَ وَقَدْ رَتَّبُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِخِدْمَةِ الْقِدِّيسِينَ كَيْ تَخْضَعُوا أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً لِمِثْلِ هَؤُلاَءِ وَكُلِّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ مَعَهُمْ وَيَتْعَبُ. ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَفْرَحُ بِمَجِيءِ اسْتِفَانَاسَ وَفُرْتُونَاتُوسَ وَأَخَائِيكُوسَ لأَنَّ نُقْصَانَكُمْ هَؤُلاَءِ قَدْ جَبَرُوهُ إِذْ أَرَاحُوا رُوحِي وَرُوحَكُمْ. فَاعْرِفُوا مِثْلَ هَؤُلاَءِ. تُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ كَنَائِسُ أَسِيَّا. يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الرَّبِّ كَثِيراً أَكِيلاَ وَبِرِيسْكِلاَّ مَعَ الْكَنِيسَةِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِهِمَا. يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكُمُ الإِخْوَةُ أَجْمَعُونَ. سَلِّمُوا بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ بِقُبْلَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ. اَلسَّلاَمُ بِيَدِي أَنَا بُولُسَ. إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لاَ يُحِبُّ الرَّبَّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ فَلْيَكُنْ أَنَاثِيمَا. مَارَانْ أَثَا. نِعْمَةُ الرَّبِّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحِ مَعَكُمْ.مَحَبَّتِي مَعَ جَمِيعِكُمْ فِي الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. آمِينَ.
Προκείμενον. Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 103.24,1.
Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε, πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας.
Στίχ. Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 16:13-24.
Ἀδελφοί, γρηγορεῖτε, στήκετε ἐν τῇ πίστει, ἀνδρίζεσθε, κραταιοῦσθε. Πάντα ὑμῶν ἐν ἀγάπῃ γινέσθω. Παρακαλῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί - οἴδατε τὴν οἰκίαν Στεφανᾶ, ὅτι ἐστὶν ἀπαρχὴ τῆς Ἀχαΐας, καὶ εἰς διακονίαν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἔταξαν ἑαυτούς - ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ὑποτάσσησθε τοῖς τοιούτοις, καὶ παντὶ τῷ συνεργοῦντι καὶ κοπιῶντι. Χαίρω δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ παρουσίᾳ Στεφανᾶ καὶ Φουρτουνάτου καὶ Ἀχαϊκοῦ, ὅτι τὸ ὑμῶν ὑστέρημα οὗτοι ἀνεπλήρωσαν. Ἀνέπαυσαν γὰρ τὸ ἐμὸν πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ ὑμῶν· ἐπιγινώσκετε οὖν τοὺς τοιούτους. Ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς αἱ ἐκκλησίαι τῆς Ἀσίας· ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς ἐν κυρίῳ πολλὰ Ἀκύλας καὶ Πρίσκιλλα, σὺν τῇ κατʼ οἶκον αὐτῶν ἐκκλησίᾳ. Ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς οἱ ἀδελφοὶ πάντες. Ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλους ἐν φιλήματι ἁγίῳ. Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου. Εἴ τις οὐ φιλεῖ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ἤτω ἀνάθεμα. Μαρὰν ἀθά. Ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μεθʼ ὑμῶν. Ἡ ἀγάπη μου μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. Ἀμήν.
1st Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 5:1-11
At that time, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." And Simon answered, "Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets." And when they had done this, they enclosed a great shoal of fish; and as their nets were breaking, they beckoned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." For he was astonished, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men." And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
1 في ذلك الزمان فيما يسوع كَانَ وَاقِفاً عِنْدَ بُحَيْرَةِ جَنِّيسَارَتَ. 2 رَأَى سَفِينَتَيْنِ وَاقِفَتَيْنِ عِنْدَ الْبُحَيْرَةِ ، وَالصَّيَّادُونَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا مِنْهُمَا وَغَسَلُوا الشِّبَاكَ. 3فَدَخَلَ إِحْدَى السَّفِينَتَيْنِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ لِسِمْعَانَ ، وَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُبْعِدَ قَلِيلاً عَنِ الْبَرِّ. ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَصَارَ يُعَلِّمُ الْجُمُوعَ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ. 4وَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْكَلاَمِ قَالَ لِسِمْعَانَ: ((ابْعُدْ إِلَى الْعُمْقِ وَأَلْقُوا شِبَاكَكُمْ لِلصَّيْدِ)). 5فَأَجَابَ سِمْعَانُ وَقَالَ لَهُ : ((يَا مُعَلِّمُ ، قَدْ تَعِبْنَا اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ وَلَمْ نَأْخُذْ شَيْئاً. وَلَكِنْ عَلَى كَلِمَتِكَ أُلْقِي الشَّبَكَةَ)). 6وَلَمَّا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ أَمْسَكُوا سَمَكاً كَثِيراً جِدّاً ، فَصَارَتْ شَبَكَتُهُمْ تَتَخَرَّقُ. 7فَأَشَارُوا إِلَى شُرَكَائِهِمُِ الَّذِينَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ الأُخْرَى أَنْ يَأْتُوا وَيُسَاعِدُوهُمْ. فَأَتَوْا وَمَلأُوا السَّفِينَتَيْنِ حَتَّى أَخَذَتَا فِي الْغَرَقِ. 8فَلَمَّا رَأَى سِمْعَانُ بُطْرُسُ ذَلِكَ خَرَّ عِنْدَ رُكْبَتَيْ يَسُوعَ قَائِلاً: ((اخْرُجْ مِنْ سَفِينَتِي يَارَبُّ ، لأَنِّي رَجُلٌ خَاطِئٌ)). 9إِذِ اعْتَرَتْهُ وَجمِيعَ الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ دَهْشَةٌ عَلَى صَيْدِ السَّمَكِ الَّذِي أَخَذُوهُ. 10وَكَذَلِكَ أَيْضاً يَعْقُوبُ وَيُوحَنَّا ابْنَا زَبْدِي اللَّذَانِ كَانَا شَرِيكَيْ سِمْعَانَ. فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِسِمْعَانَ: ((لاَ تَخَفْ! مِنَ الآنَ تَكُونُ تَصْطَادُ النَّاسَ!)) 11وَلَمَّا جَاءُوا بِالسَّفِينَتَيْنِ إِلَى الْبَرِّ تَرَكُوا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَبِعُوهُ.
1st Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 5:1-11
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἑστὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς παρὰ τὴν λίμνην Γεννησαρέτ, καὶ εἶδε δύο πλοῖα ἑστῶτα παρὰ τὴν λίμνην· οἱ δὲ ἁλιεῖς ἀποβάντες ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀπέπλυναν τὰ δίκτυα. ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων, ὃ ἦν τοῦ Σίμωνος, ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον· καὶ καθίσας ἐδίδασκεν ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου τοὺς ὄχλους. ὡς δὲ ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα· ἐπανάγαγε εἰς τὸ βάθος καὶ χαλάσατε τὰ δίκτυα ὑμῶν εἰς ἄγραν. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Σίμων εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐπιστάτα, δι᾿ ὅλης τῆς νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὸ δίκτυον. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσαντες συνέκλεισαν πλῆθος ἰχθύων πολύ· διερρήγνυτο δὲ τὸ δίκτυον αὐτῶν. καὶ κατένευσαν τοῖς μετόχοις τοῖς ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλοίῳ τοῦ ἐλθόντας συλλαβέσθαι αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ἔπλησαν ἀμφότερα τὰ πλοῖα, ὥστε βυθίζεσθαι αὐτά. ἰδὼν δὲ Σίμων Πέτρος προσέπεσε τοῖς γόνασιν ᾿Ιησοῦ λέγων· ἔξελθε ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός εἰμι, Κύριε· θάμβος γὰρ περιέσχεν αὐτὸν καὶ πάντας τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ τῶν ἰχθύων ᾗ συνέλαβον, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ᾿Ιάκωβον καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην, υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν Σίμωνα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν. καὶ καταγαγόντες τὰ πλοῖα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀφέντες ἅπαντα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
This saint was known for the many miracles he worked and for his apostolic zeal in shepherding the flock of Sinope. He contested for the Faith during the reign of the Emperor Trajan, in the year 102, when he was burned to death in a bath-house. A homily in his honour was composed by Saint John Chrysostom. The translation of his holy relics is celebrated on July 23.
PARISH NEWS AND EVENTS
SEPTEMBER CHURCH SERVICES
† September 23, Monday, Divine Liturgy 9:00 / 10:00 am., Conception of John the Baptist
† September 26, Thursday, Divine Liturgy 9:00 / 10:00 am., The Falling Asleep of St. John
PARISH NEWS
● Pangari Schedule: George Efstatos & Athena Sacco.
● A forty day blessing will be held today for Charlize Maria Gunsser, daughter of Michael & Demitria Gunsser.
● A six month memorial will be held today for Maria Papastamelos, mother to Angela, Sofia and Athanasios. May her memory be eternal.
● Today's coffee hour will be hosted by the Papastamelos Family in the Fellowship Hall. If you are hosting the coffee hour please make sure that all products are nut free. We have children with severe nut allergies. Thank you! Please call or email Faten Dib 609-226-2691 or [email protected] today and offer to sign up for a Sunday to host the coffee hour!
● Attached please find Greek School and Sunday School Registrations for the upcoming school year. Please fill out and return to the office as soon as possible.
● Attention all GOYAns and Parents: Our GOYA Basketball teams are getting ready for the 2024-2025 season. Practices for the Boys teams (grades 7 to 12) continue on Tuesdays from 7:00 to 8:30 PM in the gym, and Girls team practices on Mondays, 6:30 to 8:00PM. Any parents interested in registering their child can contact Anthony Panetta at (609) 432-2413 (Boys) or Tony Mertis at (609) 501-5892 (Girls). The regular season will begin Sunday, September 29th. Thank you all, and Believe in Blue!
● Attention all Parish Council Members and Youth Workers: You should be receiving new email notifications from Sterling for training and/or screening. Please keep an eye out for those emails.
CHURCH REMINDERS ● Wearing masks is now optional in the church and throughout the community center. Those who are feeling sick should stay at home. ● We will continue to live-stream our church services.
RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION ● Holy Communion is offered to those baptized Orthodox Christians who are in canonical good standing and who have prepared themselves for the reception of the Sacrament by prayer and fasting. Blessed Bread is available for all our visitors at the very end of the Divine Liturgy. Our Sunday School students receive Holy Communion first and then we will approach from the center aisles, starting with the front pews, one pew at a time.
UPCOMING EVENTS 2024 (see attached flyers)
* September 22: School Blessings
* September 22: First Day of Sunday School
* September 22: GOYA Meeting & Elections - In Father's Reception
* September 27: Parent's Social Night - Please RSVP!
* September 29: Philoptochos Memorial and Coffee Hour
* October 12: Ocean City Block Party
* October 19: JOY Fall Event - More Information to Follow!
* November 2: Philoptochos Bid-n-Buy
* November 8-10: GOYA Fall Retreat
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS ● Philoptochos will continue to sell Shop Rite Gift Cards. Please see attached flyer with information on how to purchase.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT ● On September 22nd we will celebrate the end of summer and beginning of the new school year with the Sunday School Blessing and first day of Sunday School. All children Pre-K 3 through High School are welcome to attend Sunday School! Please complete the Sunday School Registration and return to the church office. We are looking forward to another wonderful year! Please contact Sunday School Director Sarai Taraborrelli if you have any questions. [email protected] or 857-225-2236.
PARISH COUNCIL MEETING ● There is a parish council meeting on Monday, September 23rd.
ALTAR BOYS ● Attention parents: please contact Father George as soon as possible if your son wants to join the altar boys.
OCEAN CITY BLOCK PARTY ● The Ocean City Block Party takes place on Saturday, October 12th at 9th Street and Asbury Ave. This is a fundraiser that benefits the Church. Your help is needed.
MEMORIALS ● If you are planning a family memorial, please contact the church office far in advance of the date.
PARKING ● Due to safety regulations, please do not park cars along the curb in front of the church and the community center during church services and other events. Thank you!