Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2026-10-11
Bulletin Contents
Worship
Parish Life
Bulletin Inserts
Our Calendar
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Diakonia Newsletter

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Holy Trinity Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (724) 266-5336
  • Fax:
  • (724) 266-2220
  • Street Address:

  • 2930 Beaver Road

  • Ambridge, PA 15003

Contact Information

Proistamenos Fr. Anastasios Athanasiou


[email protected]

Services Schedule

Sundays: 8:30am Orthros, 9:30 am Divine Liturgy

Weekdays: 9am Orthros & Liturgy

Past Bulletins


Worship 

About our Worship & Liturgical Life:

Each Sunday is the Lord's Day, the first day of the week, in which Jesus rose from the dead.  
We commemorate Christ's Resurrection specifically once each year on Pascha (aka Easter).  
Each Sunday we gather in worship in celebration of His Resurrection, having a mini-Pascha each week.

The Orthodox Church celebrates Twelve Great Feasts throughout the year, in addition to 
Pascha, the Feast of Feasts.  These 12 feasts commemorate the most important events in the life of our 
Lord Jesus Christ and His Mother the Theotokos, as well as the finding of Christ's Cross. These days 
are especially important opportunities to set aside our ordinary routines, keep the day holy, 
and participate in the worship of the Church.

Whenever possible, we encourage everyone to make an extra effort to attend the services of these
Great Feasts and to celebrate them as a community of faith.

The Church also honors saints and other feasts throughout the year that go beyond the twelve great feasts.
Please consider joining us in prayer as a community as we worship our Lord, Who is wondrous in His saints,
throughout the year.

Sundays:  

8:30 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy

 

Upcoming Services & Feastdays:

Tue, Oct. 13 - St. Chrysse* 
9:00 AM Orthros followed by Liturgy

Tue, Oct. 20 - St. Artemios
9:00 AM Orthros followed by Liturgy

Mon, Oct 26 - St. Demetrios*
9:00 AM Orthros followed by Liturgy

*denotes a saint shown in our iconography

 

Upcoming Memorials:

Sunday, October 11th

2yr Memorial - Dan Petresko

1yr Memorial - John Mrkonja

 

 



Parish Life

This Week

Tue, October 12: 

5pm Hall in Use

Tue, October 13: 

9:00am Orthros & Liturgy Services for St. Chryse

5:30pm Greek School

7:00pm Parish Council Meeting

Fri, October 16:

5pm Wedding Rehearsal

Sat, October 17:

3:30pm Wedding

Sat, October 18:

Fall into Orthodoxy - YAL 3rd Sunday: Icon Walk led by Fr. Anastasios & Fall Treats (Flyer below in Bulletin Inserts)

 

Support our Ministries

Oct. 21 - Philoptochos Fundraiser: Boscov's Friends Helping Friends
Get your shopping pass today for up to 25% off various items, on top of the sale price! 
All proceeds will benefit the Women's Shelter in Beaver.  Shopping Day Oct. 21

Nov 8 - GOYA Avgolemono Sale

Nov 21 - Thanksgiving Baskets: This year we as a parish hope to raise $4,000 to put food on 50 tables of our neigbhbors for Thanksgiving.

 

Coming Up

Oct 20 - Family Night: 1950s: RSVP on Realm by clicking the poster below in the ongoing seciton.

Oct 25 - Philoptochos Winter Coat Drive: Philoptochos will be partnering with Rocco and Remy Petrick again this year to help support their Winter Coat Drive.  Help families in need by dropping off new or gently used coats, hats, gloves, scarves, blankets, or other warm clothing.  Please place all items in the drop box near the stairs by Sunday, October 25th.

Oct 25 - Faith, Fellowship, & Football: On October 25th, we invite everyone to an early liturgy so that we might have some fellowship and football following the Liturgy.  Come to Church at 9am for Liturgy and stay for the lunch provided by Philoptochos & watch the second half of the Steelers game in Paris with us.  Philoptochos will accept free-will offerings to benefit the Benevolent Fund.  Click the image below to rsvp.

Oct 25 - Greek School OXI Day Program: Our Greek School will present a short program immediately following the Divine Liturgy. Please join us as our students honor the heroic bravery of the Greek people during World War II and celebrate the historic "OXI" Day.

 

Ongoing

YAL - Meets 1st Thursdays & 3rd Sundays
Join us monthly for
1st Thursdays at 6:30pm Fellowship/Social Gathering
3rd Sundays: Following Divine Liturgy with rotating themes of Worship/Fellowship/Witness/Service

Back to the Faith Family Nights
Meets October 20th then 1st Tuesday of the Month starting in December
Prior to December, due to scheduling conflicts, family night will only be held on October 20th.
We will be time traveling back to the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s to inform us how to live today.  


Benevolence Opportunities
Please speak with Fr. Anastasios if you are able to help people in need financially.  Any amount 
would be helpful.

Parish Pledge to the New Metropolis Center
We have committed $20,000 as a parish. If you would like to add your own personal donation 
or pledge to the completion of the New Metropolis Center, please go to 
pittsburgh.goarch.org/pledge .
 
Youth Safety Worker Registration
Please register at https://ncsrisk.org/goarch/.  This includes all individuals who volunteer with 
our Youth (teachers, advisors, coaches, drivers, etc) and for Parish Council background checks.
 
Prayer Chain
Dedicated members of Holy Trinity that are praying for your prayer requests. Please contact 
Joanie Ondrako or Fr. Anastasios to make a prayer request or to join the group.
 
Online Giving & Stewardship
Online giving can be found by clicking here!  Please consider your continued support of our 
church through becoming one of our online giving families.  You can make general contri-
butions and stewardship contributions.


Bulletin Inserts

    2026 Stewardship Card

    2026 Stewardship Card

    Please prayerfully read and consider what an appropriate financial commitment is for the 2026 year. A Pledge Card must be on file to be considered for membership in Good Standing. Please submit these by November 30th.

    Winter Coat Drive

    Winter Coat Drive

    Philoptochos will be partnering with Rocco and Remy Petrick again this year to help support their Winter Coat Drive. Help families in need by dropping off new or gently used coats, hats, gloves, scarves, blankets, or other warm clothing. Please place all items in the drop box near the stairs by Sunday, October 25th.

    Fall into Orthodoxy - YAL 3rd Sunday

    Fall into Orthodoxy - YAL 3rd Sunday

    Join fellow young adults after Divine Liturgy as Father A takes us on a tour of the beautiful icons in our church. Also, enjoy some fall treats & apple cider alongside the other young adults in our parish!

    Back to the Faith - Family Nights

    Back to the Faith - Family Nights

    This year, our Family Nights will take families on a journey through decades of the modern world, meeting Orthodox saints whose lives unfolded in the midst of the same kinds of challenges, changes, hopes, and struggles that we experience today, keeping faithful to Christ and His Church. Each month we will jump into the decade—its culture, its music, its food—and have fun while we learn about modern saints to help us live our modern life in the real world. We will meet saints who were mothers and fathers, doctors and teachers, bishops and monks, immigrants and missionaries, young and old, ordinary and distinct, who found the Way, the Truth, and the Life in the person of Jesus Christ . Our hope is that we learn that holiness isn’t something that belongs only to the past, but that Holiness is possible in every generation, in every vocation, and in every circumstance. Join us on October 20th and then the 1st Tuesday of each month starting in December. October 20th: 50s, December 1st: 60s, January 5th:Today, February 2nd: 70s, March 2nd: 80s, and April 6th:90s FOR MORE FUN: DRESS IN THE DECADE!



Our Calendar

  • Holy Trinity Ambridge

    October 11 to October 26, 2026

    Sunday, October 11

    1yr Memorial - John Mrkonja

    2yr Memorial - Dan Petrescu

    Coffee Hour: GOYA

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Liturgy

    Monday, October 12

    5:00PM Hall in Use

    Tuesday, October 13

    9:00AM Orthros & Liturgy - St. Chryse

    5:30PM Greek School

    7:00PM Parish Council Meeting

    Friday, October 16

    5:00PM Rehearsal

    Saturday, October 17

    3:30PM Wedding

    Sunday, October 18

    YAL 3rd Sundays: Icon Walk

    Coffee Hour: Philoptochos

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Liturgy

    Tuesday, October 20

    Voice Deadline

    5:30PM Greek School

    6:15PM Family Night

    Friday, October 23

    Young Adult Retreat @ Camp Nazareth

    Sunday, October 25

    Oxi Day Greek School Program

    Coffee Hour: Choir

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Liturgy

    Monday, October 26

    St. Demetrios

  • Regional Orthodox Events

    October 11 to October 17, 2026

    Sunday, October 11

    Walk for Missions

    Saturday, October 17

    GOMoP Wonderfully Made Day Retreat @ HC, PGH



Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 2nd Mode

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 Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council in the Plagal 4th Mode

Supremely glorified are You, O Christ our God, who established the holy Fathers on earth as beacons, and through them guided us all to the true Faith. Most compassionate Lord, glory be to You!
Ὑπερδεδοξασμένος εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ φωστῆρας ἐπὶ γῆς τοὺς Πατέρας ἡμῶν θεμελιώσας, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀληθινὴν πίστιν, πάντας ἡμᾶς ὁδηγήσας· πολυεύσπλαγχνε, δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Plagal 4th Mode

O Blessed are You, O Christ our God; Who has shone forth the fishermen to be most wise, by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit, and through them, You drew the world into Your net, 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.

Seasonal Kontakion in the 2nd Mode

A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, please reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for 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.


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. 4th Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Προκείμενον. 4th Mode. Δανιήλ 3.26-27.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Τίτον 3:8-15.

Τέκνον Τίτε, πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσιν καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ. ταῦτά ἐστιν καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις · μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔριν καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο, εἰσὶν γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. αιῥετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος. Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τυχικόν, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν, ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι. Ζηνᾶν τὸν νομικὸν καὶ Ἀπολλῶν σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον, ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτοῖς λείπῃ. μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετ ᾽ἐμοῦ πάντες. Ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Luke 8:5-15

The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 8:5-15

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσε παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ κατεπατήθη, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό· καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα· καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό. καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθήν, καὶ φυὲν ἐποίησε καρπὸν κατονταπλασίονα. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. ᾿Επηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· τίς εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς, ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσι καὶ ἀκούοντες μὴ συνιῶσιν. ἔστι δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ· οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, εἶτα ἔρχεται ὁ διάβολος καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ πιστεύσαντες σωθῶσιν. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσι, μετὰ χαρᾶς δέχονται τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὗτοι ῥίζαν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, οἳ πρὸς καιρὸν πιστεύουσι καὶ ἐν καιρῷ πειρασμοῦ ἀφίστανται. τὸ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας πεσόν, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, καὶ ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν καὶ πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου πορευόμενοι συμπνίγονται καὶ οὐ τελεσφοροῦσι. τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇ καλῇ γῇ, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἵτινες ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον κατέχουσι καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν ἐν ὑπομονῇ. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.



Saints and Feasts

October 11

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we chant the Service to the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which gathered in Nicaea in 787 under the holy Patriarch Tarasius and during the reign of the Empress Irene and her son, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, to refute the Iconoclast heresy, which had received imperial support beginning with the Edict issued in 726 by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. Many of the holy Fathers who condemned Iconoclasm at this holy Council later died as Confessors and Martyrs for the holy Icons during the second assult of Iconoclasm in the ninth century, especially during the reigns of Leo the Armenian and Theophilus.

October 11

Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the 7 Deacons

Saint Philip, who had four daughters that prophesied, was from Caesarea of Palestine. He preached throughout Samaria; it was he also who met the eunuch of Candace, the Queen of the Ethiopians, as the eunuch was reading the Prophet Esaias, and he instructed and baptized him (Acts 8:26-39). He reposed in Tralles of Asia Minor while preaching the Gospel.

October 11

Theophanes the Confessor, Bishop of Nicaea

Saint Theophanes, the brother of Saint Theodore the Branded, was a Palestinian by race. Both were monks at the Monastery of Saint Sabbas. They were called "the Branded" because Theophilus, the last of the Iconoclast emperors, had twelve iambic verses branded by hot irons on their foreheads and then sent them into exile, where Theodore died in the year 838. After the death of Theophilus in 842, Theophanes was elected Bishop of Nicaea. Both brothers composed many canons and hymns, thereby adorning the services of the Church.



Wisdom of the Fathers

When you see life's pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death's snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his hook, the enemy uses the delusion of sensuality to arouse desire, that he might thereby catch men's souls and subject them to himself. A soul which has been caught to serve the enemy's will then serves as a snare for other souls, for it conceals the grief of sin with its apparent delight.
St. Ephraim the Syrian
A Spiritual Psalter no 43, pg. 74, 4th century

Since there are certain people who find great fault with us for adoring and honoring both the image of the Savior and that of our Lady, as well as those of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them hear how from the beginning God made man to His own image. For what reason, then, do we adore one another, except because we have been made to the image of God? As the inspired Basil, who is deeply learned in theology, says: "the honor paid to the image conveys to the original.," and the original is the thing imaged from which the copy is made.
St. John of Damascus
The Orthodox Faith, 4.16. Catholic University of America Press in Washington D.C. Translated by Frederic H. Chase, Jr. volume 37, page 370., 8th Century

For by seed here He means His doctrine, and by land, the souls of men, and by the sower, Himself .... For as the sower makes no distinction in the land submitted to him, but simply and indifferently casts his seed; so He Himself too makes no distinction of rich and poor, of wise and unwise, of slothful or diligent, of brave or cowardly; but He discourses unto all, fulfilling His part, although foreknowing the results.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 44 on Matthew 12, 4th Century



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