Holy Trinity Cathedral
Publish Date: 2025-05-04
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Parish News
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Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers

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Holy Trinity Cathedral

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (419) 243-9189
  • Fax:
  • (419) 243-3799
  • Street Address:

  • 740 Superior Street

  • Toledo, OH 43604
  • Mailing Address:

  • 740 Superior Street

  • Toledo, OH 43604

Contact Information

Priest Father Larry Legakis


[email protected] | 419-243-9189

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:

Frank Reder-George Sares-Paul Sieben-Matthew Simko

THIS WEEK'S MEMORIALS ARE FOR: Stratos Kourous - 40 days and Konstantinos Tsapranis - 5 years

                                                           May Their Memory Be Eternal!

EPISTLE READERS ARE: English: Vasilia Legakis; Greek: Tony Harwood

THIS WEEK’S ALTAR FLOWERS ARE SPONSORED BY: Melody Tsapranis, in loving memory of Konstantinos. May His Memory Be Eternal.

THE PROSFORA, the Eucharistic Bread, prepared on behalf of the worshipping faithful, was offered today by the Kourous and Tsapranis Families, Susan Sares, and Olympia Ntakos. Thank you and God Bless you.

THIS WEEK’S COFFEE HOUR IS SPONSORED BY: The Family of Konstantinos Tsapranis. May His Memory Be Eternal. Please join them after Church today in our Veronie Community Hall for coffee, refreshments, and fellowship.

IN THE HOSPITAL THIS PAST WEEK: Cathie Manol (UTMC)

                                                   Perastika and a speedy recovery!

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY:

Monday, May 5th: Parish Council 6 PM

Tuesday, May 6th: Bible Study 10 AM, Orthodoxy 101 6 PM

Wednesday, May 7th: Bible Study 7 PM

Thursday, May 8th: Aurora House 5:30 PM, Men's Ministry 6:30 PM

Friday, May 9th: Dinner and Discussion 6 PM

Saturday, May 10th: Mother's Day Luncheon (Daughters/Philoptochos) 12 PM

ATTENTION: You will find a table full of yarn and other craft materials in the Veronie Hall. These are free to take. Please browse and take home what you would like over the next two weeks. Afterwards, the material will be donated somewhere. Thank you!

High School Seniors and Parents: First, congratulations on your pending graduation! We are
very proud of you. Please remember that your community offers a few scholarships. Please see the
scholarship information below. If you have any questions, please let us know!

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES - The Raftopoulos Scholarship is now available. Please call the Church Office for the application form.  Deadline is May 5th.

Orthodoxy 101: Orthodoxy 101 continues this Tuesday at 6 pm. We will meet in the small meeting
room off of Summit. To register please go to https://www.holytrinitytoledo.com/orthodoxy-101/.

Seeker Sessions: Seeker sessions are offered to you by our Outreach ministry. These sessions
are an opportunity to ask questions learn more about Orthodoxy.  They will meet during coffee hour
in the small meeting room off of Summit.  The sessions will be facilitated by Father Larry, Mr. Zach,
and members of the Outreach Ministry.

Food Pantry Ministry: May Update!  As you all know, government funding cuts are affecting the number of items that we receive from Food Banks.  For all of you who routinely donate food or money to our Pantry, we truly thank you.  For those of you who rarely or never have donated, please consider donating.  It is a gift that is so needed and appreciated by our neighbors.  This month, we are asking for: Soups with meat, jelly, canned fruit, cereals. Thank you, Holy Trinity!

Project Mexico Update: THANK YOU, Holy Trinity Community, for generously supporting the Project Mexico Team! Thanks to your prayers and donations, the team met its March 30 goal and paid its $10,800 registration fees! We still welcome donations to pay our van rental fee, van fuel costs, and participant airfare. If you would like to assist with any of these please contact Elainie (419.308.4341) or any team member. THANK YOU for joining our journey!

OUR 2025 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN IS WELL UNDERWAY. If you haven’t turned in your pledge card, please do so. We had a successful 2024 Campaign - let’s do it again this year! Thank you so much for your continued support of our beloved Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Greek School: Thank you to both our teacher and students for their engagement with the new Greek School class! A reminder that class is after Sunday School/Coffee Hour every Sunday until 12:45 PM. After the kids are done with their class, the adult class follows right after.

Attention: Warm Hands to Warm Hearts (WHWH): After all the April showers, the May flowers are here! This month, if you would like to donate yarn, please choose 4-ply yarn that is the color of your favorite May flowers. Since Memorial Day is at the end of the month, you could choose the patriotic colors: red, white, and blue. We like to have patriotic blankets in our collection to honor veterans. Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 at 1 PM in the AHEPA Room of the Veronie Community Hall. Hope you can join us! For more information or questions, contact Maria Petros at (419) 473-2387 or Elena Perry at (419) 265-6275.

ALTAR FLOWERS ARE NEEDED FOR: August 10th and 24th. 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: June 1st - Christina Temple - 1 year, George Bekos - 1 year; June 15th- Irene Veronie - 1 year

 

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode

Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Mode

When Thou didst descend unto death, O Life Immortal, then didst Thou slay Hades with the lightning of Thy Divinity. And when Thou didst also raise the dead out of the nethermost depths, all the powers in the Heavens cried out: O Life-giver, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode

The noble Joseph, taking Thine immaculate Body down from the Tree, and having wrapped It in pure linen and spices, laid It for burial in a new tomb. But on the third day Thou didst arise, O Lord, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday in the Second Mode

Unto the myrrh-bearing women did the Angel cry out as he stood by the grave: Myrrh oils are meet for the dead, but Christ hath proved to be a stranger to corruption. But cry out: The Lord is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fourth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking spices, which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered His words and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the Apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Second Mode. Psalm 117.14,18.
The Lord is my strength and my song.
Verse: The Lord has chastened me sorely.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7.

In those days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women
The Reading is from Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8

At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 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 anyone, for they were afraid.

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Saints and Feasts

May 04

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women

About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going throughout Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many women who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from then on followed after Him. They ministered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entombment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bearing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils, that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the following: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Matthew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was therefore their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas; Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke 8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).

Together with them we celebrate also the secret disciples of the Saviour, Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite, a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the Pharisees, learned in the Law and instructed in the Holy Scriptures. He had believed in Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John 19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arimathea, was a wealthy and noble man, and one of the counsellors who were in Jerusalem. He went boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the preparation of another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60).

May 04

Pelagia the Nun-martyr of Tarsus

This Saint was from Tarsus of Cilicia and contested in martyrdom under Diocletian, in 284: she was cast into a bull fashioned of bronze, which had been heated with fire.

May 04

Hilary the Wonderworker

May 04

Euthemios, Bishop of Madytos

May 04

Athanasios, Bishop of Corinth

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Wisdom of the Fathers

They [the women] had followed Him ministering to Him, and were present even unto the time of the dangers. Wherefore also they saw all; how He cried, how He gave up the ghost, how the rocks were rent, and all the rest.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 88 on Matthew 27, 4th Century

And these [the women] first see Jesus; and the sex that was most condemned, this first enjoys the sight of the blessings, this most shows its courage. And when the disciples had fled, these were present.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 88 on Matthew 27, 4th Century

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