January 12
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2025-01-12
Bulletin Contents
Parish News
Insert
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Holy Trinity Cathedral
General Information
- Phone:
- (419) 243-9189
- Fax:
- (419) 243-3799
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Street Address:
- 740 Superior Street
- Toledo, OH 43604
- Mailing Address:
- 740 Superior Street
- Toledo, OH 43604
Contact Information
Services Schedule
Sunday Services Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Church School Following Holy Communion Week Day Divine Liturgy Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Evening Services Consult Echo Calendar or Weekly Bulletin for times.
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Parish News
Holy Trinity’s Mission Statement: To worship and glorify God, by promoting the teachings, of the Greek Orthodox Faith. To encourage all members' participation through our Greek culture, educational programs, community outreach and fundraising activities while serving God, our community and humanity
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS USHERING TODAY:
Matthew Simko-John Spillson-Maria Tzanakis-Emmanuel T. Yakumithis
40 DAY BLESSING FOR: Zoe Maria Trakas, daughter of Pete and Sadie Trakas. May God Bless Her Always!
EPISTLE READERS ARE: Greek: Pete Kanios; English: Vasilia Legakis
THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: The Grillis Family, in loving memory of their brother, Chris Emanuel Grillis. May His Memory Be Eternal.
THE PROSFORA, the Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of the worshipping faithful, was offered today by Maria Petros and Maria Kopan. Thank you and God Bless you!
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:
Monday, January 13th: Philoptochos Board Meeting 6 PM, Philoptochos General Meeting 7:15 PM
Tuesday, January 14th: Bible Study 10 AM, Byzantine Music Fellowship 7 PM
Wednesday, January 15th: Bible Study 7 PM
Thursday, January 16th: Young at Heart 12 PM, Parish Council Dinner 6 PM
Friday, January 17th: Saint Anthony Feast Day Orthros 9 AM, Liturgy 10 AM, Confession 5 PM, Paraklesis 6 PM
Saturday, January 18th: Saints Athanasios and Cyril Feast Day Orthros 9 AM, Liturgy 10 AM
Sunday, January 19th: GOYA Coffee Talk at SIP 4 PM
AHEPA/Daughters Scholarships – The AHEPA/Daughters Buckeye District scholarship application is now available for submission and is available at www.bsf.buckeyedistrict11.org. Submission deadline is March 31, 2025. The local and AHEPA National scholarships will be available soon. As a reminder, the District scholarship DOES NOT have a minimum GPA requirement. Please refer to www.ahepa.org for details on the National scholarship.
Pantry Update: Happy New Year Holy Trinity family! Our most needed items at this time are: Canned Tuna, jelly, cereal, and shelf-stable milk. We gladly accept any nonperishable food donations as well as monetary donations that will enable us to shop for you! Thank you!
Orthodox On Purpose Retreat: St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of Ann Arbor invites you to spend a day with Father Barnabas Powell learning what it means to be Orthodox on Purpose. This retreat will focus on what it means to be an Orthodox Christian – specifically in America – and why and how we cannot miss the opportunity to share our faith with as many people as possible. Please see the flyer for more details.
OUR 2025 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN IS NOW UNDERWAY. If you haven’t already done so, please turn in your pledge card. Have you fulfilled your 2024 commitment? If you haven’t, please do so as soon as you’re able.We had a successful 2024 – let’s try to do even better in 2025! Thank you for your continued support of our beloved Cathedral.
AHEPA Super Bowl Blocks - The Super Bowl blocks are now available! We will be selling the block tickets for $15 a square with 100 blocks available. First and third quarter winners receive $125, half time winner receives $250 and the final score wins $500. The officers will have tickets after Sunday Liturgies or you can call Tony Capranica at 419-540-1150 for tickets.
Attention: Warm Hands to Warm Hearts (WHWH): The winter months are our busy season. As always, we are in need of yarn. Let the happy holiday colors inspire you. Besides yarn, we are in SERIOUS NEED OF SEWERS. Contact us if you can help. Due to the holidays, our December meeting is cancelled. Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 28th, at 1:00 PM in the Veronie Community Hall. For questions or more information, please contact Maria Petros at (419) 473-2387 or Elena Perry at (419) 265-6275.
SAVE THE DATES for Project Mexico 2025 -- July 17-23! There’s still time to join the Project Mexico 2025 team! We are now a team of 12, but there’s still a slot for YOU to help build a home for a deserving family at Project Mexico, July 17-23. Visit https://www.projectmexico.org/volunteerHB25 to register for Project Mexico 2025. Be sure to choose Holy Trinity Toledo as your team. Have questions or need help registering? Talk to Elainie Lillios ([email protected]) or Michael Thompson.
Young people interested in Project Mexico, READ ON! -- The FOrCE (Forming Orthodox Christian Evangelists) Leadership 100 Grant Fund for Homebuilding Grant is an exciting opportunity for those interested in joining Project Mexico at NO COST! This grant introduces participants to the diverse opportunities available at Hellenic College Holy Cross, as well as Project Mexico's enriching summer internship program, helping you explore future paths in the Church and service. This grant is available exclusively to individuals who are not currently attending Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC) and who have not received this grant in the past. For more information about the FOrCE Grant and to apply, visit https://www.projectmexico.org/force-initiative
Greek School in person: We would like to know if there is interest in once again starting a Greek School which will meet in person at the Cathedral. Some of you signed up in September but we misplaced the signup sheet. Another one is in the hall. Please sign up if you are interested. Sofia, our choir director, would like to start Greek School in January.
YAH Trip planned to beautiful Savannah, GA. The YAH Trip is open to everyone in the community, including family and friends. The dates are Sun., June 8, 2025 to Sat., June 14, 2025. Cost is $950 per person. A $75 per person deposit will be due to reserve your seat. Deadline for the deposit is January 15, 2025. First come, first serve - we are unable to hold any seats without a deposit. Final payment will be due by April 1, 2025. Please, see Faye/Gene Haberman or Kris Reder for details and to pay your deposit.
Byzantine Music Fellowship continues! All are welcome to join this chanting ministry that sings Paraklesis services to the Theotokos on the third Friday of each month. The group will rehearse the third Tuesday of each month, 7-8pm in the Veronie Center. Contact Elainie Lillios at [email protected] with questions.
ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR: July 6th. Cost is $50 for 2 beautiful vases. It’s a great way to show your support in honor or memory of someone and beautify our altar too! Call the Church office if you’re interested.
Upcoming Memorials: January 19th – Nicholas Lillios – 14 years; Emile Mantzakides – 10 years; Sam Dedes – 9 years; Maritsa Loizos – 3 years; George Georghaki - 27 years; Haralambia Georghaki - 25 years (Trisagion); January 26th - Sophie Paterakis - 3 years
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Vasilopita 2025
Come and celebrate the New Year with your fellow Parishioners and enjoy a delicious chicken dinner prepared by Harry Dean and his faithful helpers. See the flyer for details
Project Mexico Flyer
Come build a house for a family in need with Holy Trinity!
Blessing of the Waters 2025
Come celebrate Theophany with our fellow Orthodox Christians from Toledo!
Orthodox On Purpose Retreat
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of Ann Arbor invites you to spend a day with Father Barnabas Powell learning what it means to be Orthodox on Purpose. This retreat will focus on what it means to be an Orthodox Christian – specifically in America – and why and how we cannot miss the opportunity to share our faith with as many people as possible. Click on the flyer for more details.
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode
Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.
Apolytikion for Theophany Afterfeast in the First Mode
When Thou wast baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest; for the voice of the Father bare witness to Thee, calling Thee His beloved Son. And the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed the certainty of the word. O Christ our God, Who hast appeared and hast enlightened the world, glory be to Thee.
Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode
You appeared to the world today, and Your light, O Lord, has left its mark upon us. With fuller understanding we sing to You: "You came, You were made manifest, the unapproachable light."
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Matins Gospel Reading
Seventh Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:1-10
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying and the napkin, which had been on His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the scripture, that He must rise from the dead. Then the disciples went back to their homes.
Epistle Reading
Prokeimenon. First Mode. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:7-13.
BRETHREN, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Gospel Reading
Sunday after Epiphany
The Reading is from Matthew 4:12-17
At that time, when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Saints and Feasts
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Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
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Tatiana the Martyr of Rome
Saint Tatiana was the daughter of a most distinguished consul of Rome. She became a deaconess of the Church, and for her confession of the Faith of Christ, she endured many torments. As she was suffering, angels punished her tormentors with the same torments they inflicted on her, until they cried out that they could no longer endure the scourges invisibly brought upon them. She was beheaded during the reign of Alexander Severus (111-135).
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Basil and John the Hieromartyrs
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Martyr Mertios
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Euthasia the Virgin-Martyr
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Peter of Absalom
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