Holy Trinity Church
Publish Date: 2026-09-27
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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




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:

Sept. 29 - St. Kyriakos the Anchorite
9:00 AM Orthros followed by Liturgy

 

Upcoming Memorials:

Sunday, September 27th

1yr Memorial - Louis Peronis
12yr Memorial - Pandora (Peronis) Dinello

Sunday, October 4th

66yr Trisagion - George Diamantis

Sunday, October 4th

2yr Memorial - Dan Petresko

 

 



Parish Life

This Sunday

Greek School Mum Pickup

GOYA Gyro Sale

Philoptochos Meeting - in the Hall

 

This Week

Tue, Sept 29 - 9am Orthros & Liturgy - St. Kyriakos

Tue, Sept 29 - 5:30pm Greek School

Thu, Oct 1 - YAL 1st Thursday at Buffalo Wild Wings in Cranberry 6:30pm for Steelers v Browns

 

Support our Ministries

Sept. 13 - Greek School Fall Mum Pickup 9/27

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

 

Coming Up

Oct. 4 - National Church Music Sunday is a day in which we recognize those women and men who have heard and responded to the Lord’s invitation to be church musicians: that is, our parish chanters and choir singers. As church musicians, these people lead the laity in the liturgical dialogue of our worship services. In glory to God, the Holy Trinity, they commit themselves to learning the hymns of our Orthodox faith, understanding the sequence of our liturgical worship, and actively offering their prayers in song to enhance the beauty of our worship.  We ask each of them, and our congregation as well, to be mindful of the special ministry they fulfill in singing the hymns of our faith and leading us to worship.  Join us as we honor them all, and in particular honor those who have hit anniversaries of service.

Oct. 4 - Acolytes: Help and our Acolyte "Altar Boy" Meeting:  All 2nd-12th grade boys are invited to take a role in assisting the clergy as acolytes in the sactuary, which surrounds the Holy Altar.  Following Sunday School on October 4th, we will onboard those who will be joining for the first time at any age, as well as offer training for these new and our veteran acolytes.

Oct 11 - Dance Practice: 11:40am Little Angels , Noon Middle & Older

Oct 25 - Dance Practice: 11:40am Older Group Only

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.

 

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

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.




Our Calendar

  • Holy Trinity Ambridge

    September 27 to October 11, 2026

    Sunday, September 27

    12yr Memorial - Pandora (Peronis) Dinello

    1yr Memorial - Lou Peronis

    GOYA Gyro Sale

    Philoptochos Meeting

    Coffee Hour: LOVE+HOPE+JOY

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Liturgy

    Tuesday, September 29

    9:00AM Orthros & Liturgy - St. Kyriakos

    5:30PM Greek School

    Thursday, October 1

    6:30PM YAL 1st Thursday

    Saturday, October 3

    Wedding

    Sunday, October 4

    Acolyte Orientation & Mandatory Meeting

    66yr Trisagion - George Diamantis

    Coffee Hour: YAL

    National Church Music Sunday

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Liturgy

    Tuesday, October 6

    5:30PM Greek School

    6:15PM Family Night

    Thursday, October 8

    9:00AM Orthros & Liturgy - St. Pelagia

    Sunday, October 11

    2yr Memorial - Dan Petresko

    Coffee Hour: GOYA

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Liturgy

    11:40AM Dance Practice: Little Angels

    12:00PM Dance Practice: Middle & Older

  • Regional Orthodox Events

    October 11 to October 11, 2026

    Sunday, October 11

    Walk for Missions



Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal 4th Mode

You descended from on high, O compassionate One, and consented to a three-day burial, to free us from the passions. O Lord, our life and resurrection, glory to You!
Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for Martyr Callistratus & his Companions in the 4th Mode

Your Martyrs, O Lord, were worthily awarded by You * the crowns of incorruption, in that they contested for You our immortal God. * Since they possessed Your power, they defeated the tyrants, * dashing the demons’ powerless displays of defiance. * O Christ God, at their fervent entreaties, save our souls.
Οι Μάρτυρές σου, Κύριε, εν τή αθλήσει αυτών, στεφάνους εκομίσαντο τής αφθαρσίας, εκ σού τού Θεού ημών, σχόντες γάρ τήν ισχύν σου, τούς τυράννους καθείλον, έθραυσαν καί δαιμόνων, τά ανίσχυρα θράση. Αυτών ταίς ικεσίαις, Χριστέ ο Θεός, σώσον τάς ψυχάς ημών.

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. Plagal 4th Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18; 7:1.

Brethren, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Προκείμενον. Plagal 4th Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους β' 6:16-18, 7:1.

Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἐστε ναὸς Θεοῦ ζῶντος, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ θεός ὅτι Ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω· καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός. Διὸ, Ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε· κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ θεοῦ.


Gospel Reading

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.

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.




Saints and Feasts

September 27

1st Sunday of Luke


September 27

Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions

These Martyrs contested for the Faith during the reign of Diocletian, in the year 288. Saint Callistratus was arrested as a Christian, and after being tormented, was enclosed in a sack and cast into the sea. The sack burst, and the Saint came to dry land safe and sound. Forty-nine soldiers, seeing this, also confessed Christ, and with him were cast into prison, then beheaded.




Wisdom of the Fathers

For now they were well instructed beforehand...But mark both their faith and their obedience. For though they were in the midst of their work when they heard His command, they delayed not, they procrastinated not, they said not, "let us return home, and converse with our kinsfolk," but "they forsook all and followed."
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century

Because such is the obedience which Christ seeks of us, as that we delay not even a moment of time, though something absolutely most needful should vehemently press on us.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 14 on Matthew 4, 4th Century



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