Weekly Sunday Bulletin-June 12, 2016

 

Liturgical Guide

 

 

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

Ἀγγελικαὶ Δυνάμεις ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμά σου …

Angelic powers were above Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.

 

Apolytikion for Holy Ascension in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Ἀνελήφθης ἐν δόξῃ Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὀς ἡμῶν…

Thou hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, and gladdened Thy disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit; and they were assured by the blessing that Thou art the Son of God and Redeemer of the world.

 

Apolytikion for Fathers of the 1st Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Ὑπερδεδοξασμένος εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν…

Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to Thee.

 

Apolytikion of St. Demetrios in the Third Mode

Μέγαν εύρατο εv τοίς κιvδύvοις…

The world found in you a great champion in dangers a victor who could turn the nations back! As you restrained Levi in the arena, you also inspired Nestor to courage! Therefore, holy, great martyr, Demetrios, entreat Christ God to grant us great mercy!

 

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode

Τὴν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν πληρώσας οἰκονομίαν …

O Christ our God, upon fulfilling Your dispensation for our sake, You ascended in Glory, uniting the earthly with the heavenly. You were never separate but remained inseparable, and cried out to those who love You, “I am with you and no one is against you.” .

 

Epistle Reading

The reading is from  Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36.

 ¹⁶ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.  ¹⁷ And from Mile′tus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. ¹⁸ And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you all the time from the first day that I set foot in Asia.   ²⁸ Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. ²⁹ I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;³⁰ and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. ³² And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ³³ I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. ³⁴ You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. ³⁵ In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”  ³⁶ And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

 

Gospel Reading  –  Fathers of the 1st Council

The Reading is from John 17:1 – 13

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, ² since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him. ³ And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. ⁴ I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou gavest me to do; ⁵ and now, Father, glorify thou me in thy own presence with the glory which I had with thee before the world was made.  ⁶ “I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word. ⁷ Now they know that everything that thou hast given me is from thee; ⁸ for I have given them the words which thou gavest me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from thee; and they have believed that thou didst send me. ⁹ I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine; ¹⁰ all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name, which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. ¹² While I was with them, I kept them in thy name, which thou hast given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

Memorials

George Simitses (40 days) survivied by his wife Nena, sons John and William (Vicki), daughter Alexandra (Mark) Zaden and 8 grand children.

Jordan Joanides (15 yrs) survived by his father Joakim, mother Marigo, sister Joanna, nephew Constantinos and aunt Athena Loucas.

 

Trisagia

George C. Makris (6yrs) survived by his sister Evangeline, daughters Katina and Barbara and grandson Jacob Constantine.

Despina Nomides (40 yrs) survived by grandchildren Lazarus Kirifides and Georgia Fasolis.

Baby Blessing

Today we welcome Stephen and Lauren Tsingas and their son Maxwell for the traditional 40 day blessing.