Announcements

FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship hour is being offered by the Stamas and Gulezian families in memory of Harry Stamas. May his memory be eternal.

We welcome everyone to join us for Coffee Fellowship and the Welcome Back Cookout.

KITCHEN RENOVATION PROJECT UPDATE

The project continues to progress as planned and the changes are very exciting and visible now. Recent work includes installation of the new hood; installation of drywall throughout the new kitchen space, and in the new Kid's room. New doors are being installed, and this week, the wall covering (called FRP) is going up which is another big step towards the completion of this project.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Sandra Gulezian.

SAVE THE DATE- GOLF TOURNAMENT

Our 16th Annual Golf Tournament is on October 26, 2026, at the Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover.

There is still time to sign up for the Transfiguration’s 16th Annual Golf Tournament! Each year we spend the day in fellowship to support our various parish ministries. Don’t forget - there’s not only golf, but dinner and prizes too! See brochure in Weekly Inserts section for registration options.

ORTHODOXY 101

Orthodoxy 101 will meet on Thursday’s from 6:30 pm -7:30 pm in person and on Zoom. If you would like to sign up contact Fr. Gregory.

PARISH COUNCIL NOMINATIONS WELCOME

Nominations for the 2027-2028 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 to complete and return to the office by 1:00 pm, Friday, November 6, 2026. Elections will be held on December 13, 2026.

SAVE THE DATES *

Oct 14 - Young Adult Bible Study Intro Session
Oct 16 - Family Fun Night
Oct 26 - Transfiguration Golf Tournamnet
Nov 8 – Parish Assembly
Nov 22 – Neighborhood Turkey distribution
Dec 6 – Philoptochos Tea
Dec 13 – Christmas Concert
Mar 7 - Transfiguration Talent Show
Jun 4-5-6 – Grecian Festival 2027

*Dates are subject to change. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

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 William J. Tanguay – from his wife Mary and daughters Christina and Jennifer
†Vigil Light at the Icon of Christ: In Loving Memory of Deborah Victoria Skrekas, George and Avra 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 Memory of our beloved Arthur T. Dabilis whose unconditional friendship, wisdom, and kindness will dearly be missed. May his memory be eternal. Patricia Mahoney and Family
†Vigil Light at the Foot of the Holy Cross: In Loving Memory of George Tsoukalas - from his family

Weekly Inserts

Golf Brochure

Golf Brochure - Sponsor and Player Registrations

Buy A Brick Order Form

Weekly Calendar

Sunday, October 4 SECOND SUNDAY OF LUKE
†Orthros, 8:30 am
†Liturgy, 9:30 am
Monthly Trisagion
40 Day Memorial for Despina Dinopoulos
5 Year Memorial for Harry Stamas
First Day of Sunday School
Sunday School Cookout

Wednesday, October 7
Bible Study (online), 10:00 am/7:00 pm

Thursday, October 8
Orthodoxy 101, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 11 SUNDAY OF THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
†Orthros, 8:30 am
†Liturgy, 9:30 am

TODAY’S PARISH COUNCIL: Philip Eliopoulos, Ann Marie Stelman & Olvia Sintros

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 12
Columbus Day - Office Closed

October 13
Parish Council Meeting, 6:30 pm

October 14
Young Adult Bible Study Intro Session
Bible Study (online), 10:00 am/7:00 pm

October 15
Orthodoxy 101, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

October 18
Luke the Evangelist
40 Day Memorial for George Kalos
40 Day Churching for Rachel and baby Christopher

October 21
Bible Study (online), 10:00 am/7:00 pm

October 22
Orthodoxy 101, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

October 23
Paraklesis, 6:30 pm

October 25
Sixth Sunday of Luke

October 26
Transfiguration Golf Tournament @ Indian Ridge

October 28
OXI Day
Bible Study (online), 10:00 am/7:00 pm

October 29
Orthodoxy 101, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

November 1
Second Sunday of Luke
Monthly Trisagion

Gospel and Epistle Readings

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 Second Letter to the Corinthians 9:6-11.

Brethren, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may always have enough of everything and may provide in abundance for every good work. As it is written, "He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever." He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your resources and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for great generosity, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.

Gospel Reading

2nd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 6:31-36

The Lord said, "As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful."

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

Although your tomb was sealed with a stone, O Savior, and your most pure body was guarded by the soldiers, you rose on the third day giving life to all the world. Therefore O giver of life, the powers of heaven praise you: Glory to your resurrection, O Christ. Glory to your kingdom. Glory to your saving wisdom. O only lover of mankind.

Apolytikion of the Church

When You were transfigured on the mountain, O Christ our God, You showed Your disciples Your glory as far as they could bear. So now, for us sinners also, let this same eternal light shine forth through the prayers of the Theotokos. O Giver of Light, glory to You.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O unfailing protection of Christians, and our faithful advocate before the Creator: though we are sinners, do not ignore our entreaty; but in your goodness, grant your timely help to us who appeal to you in faith. Quickly make intercession; on our behalf make speedy supplication, O Theotokos, for you always protect those who honor you.

Wisdom of the Fathers

There are three things that impel us towards what is holy: natural instincts, angelic powers and probity of intention. Natural instincts impel us when, for example, we do to others what we would wish them to do to us (cf. Luke 6:31), or when we see someone suffering deprivation or in need and naturally feel compassion. Angelic powers impel us when, being ourselves impelled to something worthwhile, we find we are providentially helped and guided. We are impelled by probity of intention when, discriminating between good and evil, we choose the good.

St. Maximos the Confessor

Second Century on Love no. 32, Philokalia Vol. 2 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pg. 71, 7th century

Every work which does not have love as its beginning and root is nothing.

St. John Chrysostom

Unknown, 4th century

Saints and Feasts

October 04

Hierotheos, Bishop of Athens

According to some, Hierotheus, like Saint Dionysius, was a member of the court of Mars Hill. Having first been instructed in the Faith of Christ by Paul, he became Bishop of Athens. He, in turn, initiated the divine Dionysius more perfectly into the mysteries of Christ; the latter, on his part, elaborated more clearly and distinctly Hierotheus' concise and summary teachings concerning the Faith. He too was brought miraculously by the power of the Holy Spirit to be present at the Dormition of the Theotokos, when, together with the sacred Apostles, he became a leader of the divine hymnody. "He was wholly transported, wholly outside himself and was so deeply absorbed in communion with the sacred things he celebrated in hymnology, that to all who heard him and saw him and knew him, and yet knew him not, he seemed to be inspired of God, a divine hymnographer," as Dionysius says (On the Divine Names, 3:2). Having lived in a manner pleasing to God, he reposed in the Lord.

October 05

Charitina the Martyr

Saint Charitina contested for Christ during the reign of Diocletian, in the year 290. The handmaid of a certain Claudius, she was betrayed as a Christian to Dometian, the Count, before whom she fearlessly confessed Christ. After suffering the most terrible tortures, including the uprooting of her teeth and nails, she gave up her soul into the hands of the Lord.

October 06

Thomas the Apostle of the 12

The name Thomas means, "twin." He was one of the Twelve, a Galilean by birth. Sophroneus (not the famous Patriarch of Jerusalem [7th Century, celebrated March 11], but a friend of Jerome's), quoted also by Jerome, says that Saint Thomas preached to the Parthians, Pesians, Medes, Hyrcanians, Bactrians, and neighbouring nations. According to Heracleon, the Apostle died a natural death; according to other accounts, he was martyred at Meliapur His tomb was known by Saint John Chrysostom to be at Edessa in Syria, to which city his holy relics may have been translated from India in the fourth century.

October 07

Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria

These holy Martyrs were Romans of high rank in the service of the Emperor Maximian, to whom it was reported that they did not take part in the festivals of the idols. When he called them into his presence, they confessed their Faith in the one God. He had them arrayed in women's clothes and paraded through the streets in mockery. They were afterwards scourged, from which Saint Bacchus died. This was about the year 296. Saint Sergius was then taken to Resapha in Syria, where he was tortured and beheaded. His tomb in Resapha became a very famous shrine, to which pilgrims came from as far away as Western Europe; Resapha was later renamed Sergiopolis in his honour.

October 08

Pelagia the Righteous

This Saint was a prominent actress of the city of Antioch, and a pagan, who lived a life of unrestrained prodigality and led many to perdition. Instructed and baptized by a certain bishop named Nonnus (Saint Nonnus is commemorated Nov. 10), she departed for the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, where she lived as a recluse, feigning to be a eunuch called Pelagia. She lived in such holiness and repentance that within three or four years she was deemed worthy to repose in an odour of sanctity, in the middle of the fifth century. Her tomb on the Mount of Olives has been a place of pilgrimage ever since.

October 09

James the Apostle, son of Alphaeus

The holy Apostle James was one of the Twelve, and preached Christ to many nations, and finally suffered death by crucifixion.

October 10

Eulampios & Eulampia the Martyrs

The Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia were from Nicomedia, and contested for Christ during the reign of Maximian, in the year 296.

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