Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Tone

Let the Heavens rejoice; let earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He delivered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.

لتفرح السماويات وتبتهج الارضيات ، لأن الرب صنع عزاً بساعده ، ووطئ الموت بالموت، وصار بكرالاموات ، وأنقذنا من جوف الجحيم، ومنح العالم الرحمة العظمى.

Apolytikion for Luke the Evangelist in the Third Tone

O Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, intercede with the merciful God that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offences.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Fourth Tone

As the deliverer of captives and defender of the poor, healer of the infirm and champion of kings, victorious great martyr George intercede with Christ our God for our souls salvation.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

يا شَفيعَةَ المَسيحيينَ غَيْرَ الخازِيَة، الوَسيطَةَ لَدَى الخالِقِ غَيْرَ المَرْدُودة، لا تُعْرِضِي عَنْ أصْواتِ طَلِبَاتِنا نحْنُ الخَطَأَة، بَلْ تَدارَكينا بالمَعونَةِ بِما أنَّكِ صالِحَة، نحْنُ الصارِخِينَ إليْكِ بإيمانٍ: بادِرِي إلَى الشَفاعَةِ وأسْرِعِي في الطِلْبَةِ، يا والِدَةَ الإلَه، المُتَشَفِّعَةَ دائِمًا بِمُكَرِّمِيكِ.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Eighth Tone. Psalm 18.4,1.
Their voice has gone out into all the earth.
Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4:5-11, 14-18.

Brethren, conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicos will tell you all about my affairs; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may encourage your hearts, and with him Onesimos, the faithful and beloved brother, who is one of yourselves. They will tell you of everything that has taken place. Aristarchos my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions if he comes to you, receive him), and Jesus who is called Justos. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. And when this letter has been read among you, have it read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read also the letter from Laodicea. And say to Archippos, "See that you fulfill the ministry which you have received in the Lord." I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my fetters. Grace be with you. Amen.

البروكيمنون. Eighth Tone. مزمور 18: 4، 1.
في كل الأرض خرج صوتهم
Verse: السموات تذيع بمجد الله

فصل من رسالة بولس الى كولوسي 4: 5-11 ; 14-18.

يَُّا إِخْوَة، اُسْلُكُوا بِحِكْمَةٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنْ خَارِجٍ، مُفْتَدِينَ الْوَقْتَ. لِيَكُنْ كَلاَمُكُمْ كُلَّ حِينٍ بِنِعْمَةٍ، مُصْلَحاً بِمِلْحٍ، لِتَعْلَمُوا كَيْفَ يَجِبُ انْ تُجَاوِبُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ.جَمِيعُ احْوَالِي سَيُعَرِّفُكُمْ بِهَا تِيخِيكُسُ الأَخُ الْحَبِيبُ، وَالْخَادِمُ الأَمِينُ، وَالْعَبْدُ مَعَنَا فِي الرَّبِّ، الَّذِي ارْسَلْتُهُ الَيْكُمْ لِهَذَا عَيْنِهِ، لِيَعْرِفَ احْوَالَكُمْ وَيُعَزِّيَ قُلُوبَكُمْ، مَعَْ انِسِيمُسَ الأَخِ الأَمِينِ الْحَبِيبِ الَّذِي هُوَ مِنْكُمْ. هُمَا سَيُعَرِّفَانِكُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا هَهُنَا. يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ ارِسْتَرْخُسُ الْمَأْسُورُ مَعِي، وَمَرْقُسُ ابْنُ اخْتِ بَرْنَابَا، الَّذِي اخَذْتُمْ لأَجْلِهِ وَصَايَا. انْ اتَى الَيْكُمْ فَاقْبَلُوهُ. وَيَسُوعُ الْمَدْعُوُّ يُسْطُسَ، الَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنَ الْخِتَانِ. هَؤُلاَءِ هُمْ وَحْدَهُمُ الْعَامِلُونَ مَعِي لِمَلَكُوتِ اللهِ، الَّذِينَ صَارُوا لِي تَسْلِيَةً.يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكُمْ لُوقَا الطَّبِيبُ الْحَبِيبُ، وَدِيمَاسُ. سَلِّمُوا عَلَى الإِخْوَةِ الَّذِينَ فِي لاَوُدِكِيَّةَ، وَعَلَى نِمْفَاسَ وَعَلَى الْكَنِيسَةِ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِهِ. وَمَتَى قُرِئَتْ عِنْدَكُمْ هَذِهِ الرِّسَالَةُ فَاجْعَلُوهَا تُقْرَأُ ايْضاً فِي كَنِيسَةِ اللاَّوُدِكِيِّينَ، وَالَّتِي مِنْ لاَوُدِكِيَّةَ تَقْرَأُونَهَا انْتُمْ ايْضاً. وَقُولُوا لأَرْخِبُّسَ: ((انْظُرْ الَى الْخِدْمَةِ الَّتِي قَبِلْتَهَا فِي الرَّبِّ لِكَيْ تُتَمِّمَهَا)). اَلسَّلاَمُ بِيَدِي انَا بُولُسَ. اذْكُرُوا وُثُقِي. النِّعْمَةُ مَعَكُمْ. آمِينَ.

Gospel Reading

Luke the Evangelist
The Reading is from Luke 10:16-21

The Lord said to his disciples, "He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me." The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!" And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."

Luke the Evangelist
لوقا 10: 16-21

¹⁶قال الرب لتلاميذه: اَلَّذِي يَسْمَعُ مِنْكُمْ يَسْمَعُ مِنِّي ، وَالَّذِي يُرْذِلُكُمْ يُرْذِلُنِي ، وَالَّذِي يُرْذِلُنِي يُرْذِلُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي)).¹⁷فَرَجَعَ السَّبْعُونَ بِفَرَحٍ قَائِلِينَ: ((يَا رَبُّ ، حَتَّى الشَّيَاطِينُ تَخْضَعُ لَنَا بِاسْمِكَ!)). ¹⁸فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: ((رَأَيْتُ الشَّيْطَانَ سَاقِطاً مِثْلَ الْبَرْقِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ. ¹⁹هَا أَنَا أُعْطِيكُمْ سُلْطَاناً لِتَدُوسُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَالْعَقَارِبَ وَكُلَّ قُوَّةِ الْعَدُوِّ ، وَلاَ يَضُرُّكُمْ شَيْءٌ. ²⁰وَلَكِنْ لاَ تَفْرَحُوا بِهَذَا : أَنَّ الأَرْوَاحَ تَخْضَعُ لَكُمْ ، بَلِ افْرَحُوا بِالْحَرِيِّ أَنَّ أَسْمَاءَكُمْ كُتِبَتْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ)).²¹وَفِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ تَهَلَّلَ يَسُوعُ بِالرُّوحِ وَقَالَ: ((أَحْمَدُكَ أَيُّهَا الآبُ ، رَبُّ السَّمَاءِ وَالأَرْضِ ، لأَنَّكَ أَخْفَيْتَ هَذِهِ عَنِ الْحُكَمَاءِ وَالْفُهَمَاءِ وَأَعْلَنْتَهَا لِلأَطْفَالِ. نَعَمْ أَيُّهَا الآبُ ، لأَنْ هَكَذَا صَارَتِ الْمَسَرَّةُ أَمَامَكَ)).

Wisdom of the Fathers

Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when ye assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.

St. Ignatius of Antioch

Epistle to the Ephesians Ch. 13, 2nd century

Nothing, according to sacred Scripture, will shift him who truly believes from the ground of his true faith, in which resides the permanence of his immutable and unchanging identity. For he who has been united with the truth has the assurance that all is well with him, even though most people rebuke him for being out of his mind.

St. Maximos the Confessor

Fifth Century of Various Texts no. 91, The Philokalia Vol. 2, pg. 282, 7th century

In this place He gives a complete likeness of the resurrection. Healing wounds of mind and body, He forgives the sins of souls and makes an end of the infirmity of the flesh: This is to cure the whole man. And though it is a great thing to forgive men their sins. . . nevertheless, it is a much more divine work to give resurrection to their bodies, because the Lord is Himself the resurrection.

Saint Ambrose

The Healing of the Paralytic, P. L. 15 (col. 1638), Fourth Century

Saints and Feasts

October 18

Luke the Evangelist

This Apostle was an Antiochean, a physician by trade, and a disciple and companion of Paul. He wrote his Gospel in Greek after Matthew and Mark, after which he wrote the Acts of the Apostles, and dedicated both works to Theophilus, who, according to some, was Governor of Achaia. He lived some eighty-six years and died in Achaia, perhaps in Patras, the capital of this district. His emblem is the calf, the third symbolical beast mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), which is a symbol of Christ's sacrificial and priestly office, as Saint Irenaeus says.

October 19

Joel the Prophet

The Prophet Joel, whose name means "Yah is God," was of the tribe of Reuben, the son of Bathuel, and lived from 810 to 750 B.C. (but some say in the 7th century B.C.). His book is divided into three chapters, and is the second in order of the minor Prophets. He foretold the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Joel 2:28, and quoted by the Apostle Peter in Acts 2:17), and the saving power of the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Joel 2:32).

October 20

Artemios the Great Martyr of Antioch

Saint Artemius lived during the years of Saint Constantine the Great, and was appointed by him to be Governor of Alexandria; later, he was honoured with the rank of patrician. During the reign of Julian the Apostate, in the year 361, Artemius appeared before the Emperor and censured him for his apostasy. For this, he endured many torments and was finally beheaded.

October 23

James the Apostle, brother of Our Lord

According to some, this Saint was a son of Joseph the Betrothed, born of the wife that the latter had before he was betrothed to the Ever-virgin. Hence he was the brother of the Lord, Who was also thought to be the son of Joseph (Matt. 13: 55). But some say that he was a nephew of Joseph, and the son of his brother Cleopas, who was also called Alphaeus and Mary his wife, who was the first cousin of the Theotokos. But even according to this genealogy, he was still called, according to the idiom of the Scriptures, the Lord's brother because of their kinship.

This Iakovos is called the Less (Mark 15:40) by the Evangelists to distinguish him from Iakovos, the son of Zebedee, who was called the Great. He became the first Bishop of Jerusalem, elevated to this episcopal rank by the Apostles, according to Eusebius (Eccl. Hist., Book II: 23), and was called Obliah, that is, the Just, because of his great holiness and righteousness. Having ascended the crest of the Temple on the day of the Passover at the prompting of all, he bore testimony from there concerning his belief in Jesus, and he proclaimed with a great voice that Jesus sits at the right hand of the great power of God and shall come again upon the clouds of heaven. On hearing this testimony, many of those present cried, "Hosanna to the Son of David." But the Scribes and Pharisees cried, "So, even the just one hath been led astray," and at the command of Ananias the high priest, the Apostle was cast down headlong from thence, then was stoned, and while he prayed for his slayers, his head was crushed by the wooden club wielded by a certain scribe. The first of the Catholic (General) Epistles written to the Jews in the Diaspora who believed in Christ was written by this Iakovos.

Upcoming Schedule

Saturday, October 24

11AM-3PM Food Sale

5 PM Vespers

Sunday, October 25 - 6th Sunday of St. Luke

9AM Orthros

10AM Divine Liturgy

11:30AM Ladies (Antiochian Women) Meeting

Pastor's Ponderings

Today we celebrate the holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke, the beloved physician who offered his gifts to Christ and His Church. Through his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, he continues to bring generations of believers to the knowledge of the Lord. His ministry also included the quiet work of faithful companionship: traveling with St. Paul, sharing hardships, and remaining beside him when others had departed.

St. John Chrysostom draws our attention to the personal care behind Luke’s writing:

“For the sake of a single individual he took such pains as to write for him an entire Gospel.” (Homily 1 on the Acts of the Apostles)

One person was worth the effort. Luke’s example invites us to recognize the value of the person God places before us: someone who needs patient instruction, encouragement, companionship, or practical help. We may never know how far the fruit of that encounter will reach.

As we rededicate and bless our newly remodeled parish kitchen, we also look to its patron, St. Euphrosynos the Cook. In the Church’s account of his life, his humble work in a monastery kitchen became a path to holiness. Through patience, prayer, and the daily labor of feeding others, he offered himself to God. His witness teaches us that even the most ordinary task can become an offering of love.

A kitchen gives us many opportunities to practice this humility: accepting an unnoticed task, washing what someone else has used, patiently working alongside others, and leaving everything ready for those who come after us. The spirit in which we serve matters as much as the food we prepare.

As we honor St. Luke today, may we carry this same spirit into every part of parish life. The Gospel he recorded calls us to draw near to others with the mercy of Christ. May we follow his example by giving our time, attention, and care to each person entrusted to us—remembering that one person is always worth the effort.

Glory to God! Fr. Ephraim St. Luke and St. Euphrosynos, intercede for us to Christ our God. Amen.

Memorials & Celebrations

Last Sunday Julian Philip Beckingham, son of Jamie and Kara (Aberizk) was welcomed into the Body of Christ through the holy illumination of Baptism. May God grant him many years!

Stewardship

Stewardship: Bearing Fruit with Patience

In Luke 8:5–15, Christ teaches that the seed of God’s word bears fruit in those who receive it with a good heart and persevere. Yet the cares, riches, and pleasures of life can choke its growth. Stewardship helps us cultivate fruitful hearts: making time for prayer, offering our talents in service, and sharing our treasure generously. Through these faithful acts, we allow God’s word to take root and nourish others. What fruit will our gifts bear for Christ and His Church?

Parish Family Life

Food Sale on Saturday, October 24! Falafal, shwarma and other tasty Middle Eastern foods. Many volunteers are needed for this event. See Presbytera Rheanna, Mays or Ramza for details and opportunities. Proceeds are for the benefit of the finanical needs of our parish. Volunteer oportunities abound on Friday and Saturday. This is wonderful time to come together as a community, help out and have fun while raising funds to the benefit of the parish. Many hands make light work!

Catechism Class Begins This Week!

Are you curious about the Orthodox Christian faith? Join us as we explore Scripture, worship, prayer, and the teachings of the Church in a welcoming and open setting. Whether you come from another Christian tradition, another faith, or no religious background, you are warmly invited to attend.

Bring your questions, invite a friend or family member, and come as you are. This is an opportunity to learn more about Orthodoxy, listen, and discover the life of the Church. Speak with Gregory Soloviev or Father Ephraim to sign up for this class.

“It is God’s to grant grace, but yours to receive and guard it.”
— St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 1, §4

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