Sunday Schedule:
Orthros: 8:30 a.m.
Divine Liturgy: 9:30 a.m.
Bible Study:
Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
FELLOWSHIP
We welcome everyone to join us for Fellowship in the Philoptochos room.
REGISTER NOW – TRANSFIGURATION CHURCH PARISH RETREAT
All are welcome to the Transfiguration Church Parish Retreat which will be at the St. Methodios Faith and Heritage Center, Contoocook, NH September 20th – 22nd. Please refer to attached flyer or the one posted in the Narthex with details and QR code to register.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
100th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
Please get your tickets for our 100th Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance which will be held at Lenzi's Banquet Hall on Saturday, October 12th (6pm). This once in a lifetime celebration in the life of our parish will include a social hour w/ passed hor d'oeuvres, a choice of wonderful dinner options, live entertainment, a SPECTACULAR raffle and the opportunity to see many who are traveling from far and wide for this occasion. PLEASE get your tickets soon using the Link here! as the end date for sales is 9/27. See Noule Demetri for help with purchasing tickets during coffee hour. For those who are unable to attend, we will miss you, but if you wish to make a monetary donation, please visit the site where there will be an opportunity to give!
SAVE THE DATE - Our “O Come All Ye Faithful” Christmas Concert featuring talented, professional musicians will be held on December 8th.
We’d love to reach out to former parishioners and have them join in on the celebrations. If you have names and contact information of friends and family members who’ve moved away, please email those to [email protected] so that we can extend the invitations to them!
PHILOPTOCHOS
Clothes Drive – Textile donations may be dropped off in 13 gallon bags at the Outreach Center (465 Fletcher St.) on Sunday 9/15 from 12 to 1 pm, Monday 9/16 from 11 am to 2 pm, Wednesday 9/18 from 10 am to 2 pm, Sunday 9/22 from 12 to 1 pm and Wednesday 9/25 10 am – 2 pm. Any questions or if none of these dates work for you, please contact Angela Hastings at [email protected] or Deb Sevigny at [email protected].. Thank you.
No-Bake-Sale - Philoptochos continues its strong commitment to and financial support of HCHC through Scholarships awarded to worthy and dedicated students. If you haven’t returned your envelope, on Sunday, Sept.15 after Liturgy Philoptochos will be collecting HCHC donations. Thank you.
General Meeting - You are invited to Philoptochos General Meeting September 18 beginning at 6:30pm in the Philoptochos Room. A Fellowship Meal Buffet and socializing will start the evening before the business meeting. Hope to see you there.
SAVE THE DATE- GOLF TOURNAMENT
Our 14th Annual Golf Tournament is on October 28, 2024, at the Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover.
PARISH COUNCIL NOMINATIONS WELCOME
Nominations for the 2025-2026 term of the Parish Council are welcome. Any parishioner in good standing interested in being nominated must contact the Parish office to request an official nomination form and return the completed form to the office by 1:00 pm Friday, November 1, 2024. Elections will be held on December 8, 2024.
PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESSES!!
New email addresses for church contacts. See the reverse side of the bulletin for an updated listing of email address with the domain @transfigurationlowell.org.
Trinity votive candles (To Sponsor a Candle please call the Church Office.)
†Vigil Light at the Side Altar (Icon of the Theotokos): In loving memory of beloved Angie Rigs, forever in our hearts. Transfiguration Ladies Philoptochos Society.
†Vigil Light at the Icon of Christ: In Loving Memory of Deborah Victoria Skrekas and George Skrekas
†Vigil Light at the Theotokos: In Loving Memory of Ioannis "John" Zaralidis - from his family
†Vigil Light at the Icon of the Forerunner: In Loving Memory of John Tavoularis on the 1 Year anniversary. Our best, Husband, Father and Friend.
†Vigil Light at the Foot of the Holy Cross: In Loving Memory of George Tsoukalas - from his family
Orthodoxy On Tap - Boston
Joint Parish 2024
Joint Parish Retreat 2024 Schedule
Philoptochos General Meeting
Buy A Brick Order Form
Sunday, September 15 SUNDAY AFTER HOLY CROSS
†Orthros 8:30 am
†Liturgy 9:30 am
Wednesday, September 18
Philoptochos General Meeting, 6:30 pm
Thursday, September 19
Orthodoxy on Tap - Boston - Guest Speaker will be Fr. Dan Suciu
Friday, September 20 - 22
Transfiguration Family Retreat in Contoocook, NH
Sunday, September 22 FIRST SUNDAY OF LUKE
†Orthros 8:30 am
†Liturgy 9:30 am
TODAY’S PARISH COUNCIL: Peter Gavriil, Valerie Diggs & Patricia Mahoney
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 29
Second Sunday of Luke
1 Year Memorial for George Eliopoulos
2 Year Memorial for Ethel Eliopoulos
First day of Sunday School and Welcome Back Cookout
October 2
Bible Study
October 6
Third Sunday of Luke
Monthly Trisagion
Memorial for Family members of Fr. Gregory Floor
October 8
Parish Council Meeting, 6:30 pm
October 9
Bible Study
October 12
100th Anniversary Gala Dinner Dance
October 13
Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
October 14
Columbus Day (Office Closed)
October 18
St. Luke the Evangelist – Liturgy, 9:30 am
October 20
Sixth Sunday of Luke
Prokeimenon. Third Mode. Psalm 46.6,1.
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.
Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Sunday after Holy Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1
The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."
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This Saint was of high birth among the Goths beyond the Danube River. He was taken by Athanaric, pagan ruler of the Goths, and after being tortured, was burned to death for his confession of Christ. According to some, this took place during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great; according to others, under the Emperor Gratian.
Saint Euphemia was from Chalcedon and lived in virginity. According to some, she suffered martyrdom during the reign of Diocletian, in 303; according to others, in 307. Her sacred relics are preserved in the Patriarchate in Constantinople.
These Saints were from Italy and contested for the Faith about the year 126, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Faith was twelve years old, Hope, ten, and Love, nine; each was tormented and then beheaded, from the eldest to the youngest. Their mother Sophia mourned at their grave for three days, where she also fell asleep in peace; because of her courageous endurance in the face of her daughters' sufferings, she is also counted a martyr. The name Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek; as for her daughters' names, Faith, Hope, and Love (Charity), they are Pistis, Elpis, and Agape in Greek, and Vera, Nadezhda, and Lyubov in Russian.
This Saint took up the monastic life from his youth, and later became Bishop of Gortynia in Crete. He travelled to Rome, and to Thebes in Upper Egypt, where through his prayers he ended a drought; there also, after working many miracles, he reposed in deep old age. His holy relics were returned to Gortynia and buried at the place called Raxos.
In 278, during the reign of Probus, Saints Trophimus and Sabbatius came to Antioch, and seeing the city celebrating the festival of Apollo at Daphne lamented the blindness of the people, and presented themselves as Christians to Atticus the Governor. Saint Trophimus was stripped of his clothing, and was stretched out and beaten until the earth was red with his blood. Then he was hung up, scraped on his sides, and imprisoned in torments. Saint Sabbatius was tortured so savagely that he gave up his spirit in his sufferings. Trophimus was sent to Synnada, wearing iron shoes fitted with sharp iron nails within; he was further tormented without mercy, then cast into prison. Dorymedon, a counsellor, and a pagan, came to the prison and cared for Trophimus. When a certain feast came, Dorymedon was asked why he did not sacrifice to the idols; he proclaimed himself a Christian, for which he was imprisoned, pierced with heated spits, frightfully punished, and finally beheaded with Saint Trophimus.
The holy Martyr Eustathius before his baptism was an illustrious Roman general named Placidas in the days of the Emperor Trajan. While hunting in the country one day, he was converted to the Faith of Christ through the apparition of an uncommonly majestic stag, between whose antlers he saw the Cross of Christ, and through which the Lord spoke to him with a human voice. Upon returning home, he learned that his wife Tatiana had also had a vision in which she was instructed to become a Christian. They sought out the Bishop of the Christians and were baptized, Placidas receiving the name Eustathius, and Tatiana the name Theopiste; their two sons were baptized Agapius and Theopistus. The family was then subjected to such trials as Job endured. Their servants died, all their goods were stolen, and on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem they were scattered abroad, each not even knowing if the others were still alive. By the providence of God, they were united again after many years, and returned to Rome in glory. Nevertheless, when they refused to sacrifice to the idols-a public sacrifice from which no Roman general could be absent-the Emperor Hadrian, who had succeeded Trajan, had them put into a large bronze device in the shape of a bull, which was heated with fire until they died. When their holy bodies were removed, they were found to be without harm. They suffered martyrdom about the year 126.
The Leave-taking, or Apodosis, of the Feast occurs seven days after the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross.
To learn about the Feast, visit https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=205