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APOLYTIKION OF SAINT NECTARIOS
The offspring of Silyvria*
and the guardian of Aegina* the true friend of virtue who appeared in the
last years. O Nectarios* we faithful honor you* as a godly servant of
Christ, * for you pour forth healing* of every kind for those who piously
cry out. * Glory to Christ who has glorified you; * Glory to Him who has
shown wonders in you; * Glory to Him who works healing through you for
all.
ΑΠΟΛΥΤΙΚΙΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΕΚΤΑΡΙΟΥ
Σηλυβρίας
τὸν γόνον
καὶ Αἰγίνης
τὸν ἔφορον,
τὸν ἐσχάτοις
χρόνοις
φανέντα ἀρετῆς φίλον γνήσιον,
Νεκτάριον
τιμήσωμεν
πιστοί, ὡς ἔνθεον
θεράποντα
Χριστοῦ. Ἀναβλύζει
γὰρ ἰάσεις
παντοδαπὰς
τοῖς εὐλαβῶς
κραυγάζουσι :
Δόξα τῷ
σὲ δοξάσαντι
Χριστῷ, δόξα τῷ
σὲ θαυμαστώσαντι,
δόξα τῷ
ἐνεργούντι
διὰ σοῦ
πᾶσιν ἰάματα.
Sunday of the Paralytic Man
Close
to the Sheep's Gate in Jerusalem, there was a pool, which was called the
Sheep's Pool. It had round about it five porches, that is, five sets of
pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay very many sick
people with various maladies, awaiting the moving of the water. The first
to step in after the troubling of the water was healed immediately of
whatever malady he had.
It
was there that the paralytic of today's Gospel way lying, tormented by
his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ
beheld him, He asked him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And he
answered with a quiet and meek voice, "Sir, I have no man, when the
water is troubled, to put me into the pool." The Lord said unto him,
"Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." And straightaway the man was
made whole and took up his bed. Walking in the presence of all, he
departed rejoicing to his own house. According to the expounders of the
Gospels, the Lord Jesus healed this paralytic during the days of the
Passover, when He had gone to Jerusalem for the Feast, and dwelt there
teaching and working miracles. According to Saint John the Evangelist,
this miracle took place on the Sabbath.
Metropolitan Nikitas of Dardanelles
His Eminence
Metropolitan Nikitas of the Dardanelles, son of Constantine and Kalliope Lulias, was born on June 22, 1955 in Tampa, Florida
where he was raised with his brother John. A member of Savant, the
University of Florida Honor Society, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
(Honors) degree from the University in 1976. He was listed in the Who's
Who of American Colleges and Universities in 1975 and 1979. His Eminence
attended the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and received
his Master of Divinity, with Honors, in 1980. He was a Rotary International
Graduate Scholar from 1980-1981 and A Graduate Scholar, Ministry of the
Exterior, Greece, from 1981-1982. He pursued his graduate studies at the
University of Thessaloniki, Greece until November 1982. He further
studied the Russian language at the St. Petersburg Theological Seminary,
St. Petersburg, Russia from late 1992 to mid-1993. His Eminence Nikitas'
first assignment upon ordination was Associate Pastor at Ss Constantine
and Helen Cathedral in Merriville, Indiana. He
remained at the cathedral until 1987 at which time he became the
chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Chicago, Illinois. During his
tenure as Chancellor from 1987 to 1995, he was involved in numerous
educational, community service, and interfaith activities. He lectured a
course in Orthodox Christian Theology at Loyola University, Chicago,
Illinois (1988 to 1991). In 1994 he was appointed Director of Development
for the International Orthodox Christian Charities and on July 1, 1995 he
became Pastor of the St. Demetrios Orthodox Church of Chicago. He was
consecrated a Hierarch and named Metropolitan of Hong Kong and South East
Asia on Saturday, 14 December 1996. This historic event took place in the
Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George the Great Martyr, Phanar,
Istanbul. He was enthroned as the first Metropolitan of Hong Kong and
South East Asia (the Exarchates of China, India, Indonesia, the
Philippines and Singapore) on Sunday, 12 January1997 at the Cathedral of
Saint Luke the Evangelist in Hong Kong.
In March of 2007,
His Eminence Metropolitan Nikitas was appointed Director of the Patriarch
Athenagoras Orthodox Institute in Berkeley, California.
Feastday: 15 September
Source Link: https://www.patriarchate.org/metropolitans-archbishops-of-the-throne1/-/asset_publisher/H5JGSUHYL54F/content/dardanellion-k-niketas
Elected Archbishop of America on May 11, 2019
Biography of His Eminence
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
His Eminence
Archbishop Elpidophoros (Lambriniadis)
of America was born in 1967 in Bakirköy,
Istanbul. He studied at the Department of Pastoral Theology at the
Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
graduating in 1991. In 1993, he completed postgraduate studies at the
Philosophical School of the University of Bonn in Germany, submitting a
dissertation entitled: “The Brothers Nicholas and John Mesarites.”
He was ordained to the Diaconate in 1994 at the Patriarchal Cathedral and
appointed Kodikographos (Scrivener) of the Holy
and Sacred Synod.
In 1995, he
was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod. From
1996-1997 he studied at the Theological School of St. John the Damascene in Balamand,
Lebanon, where he advanced his knowledge of the Arabic language. In 2001,
he presented a doctoral dissertation at the Theological School of the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki under the title: “Severus of Antioch
and the Council of Chalcedon” and was proclaimed a Doctor of Theology. In
2004, he was invited to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in
Boston, where he taught as Visiting Professor for a semester.
In March 2005, at the proposal of
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, he was elevated by the
Holy and Sacred Synod to the position of Chief Secretary and ordained to
the priesthood by the Ecumenical Patriarch in the Patriarchal Cathedral. In
2009, he submitted two
dissertations to the Theological School of Thessaloniki and was
unanimously elected Assistant Professor of Symbolics, Inter-Orthodox Relations, and the
Ecumenical Movement. The dissertations are entitled: “The Synaxes of the
Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne (1951-2004)” and “Luther’s Ninety-five
Theses: Historical and Theological Aspects. Text - Translation -
Commentary.”
In March 2011, he was elected
Metropolitan of Bursa and in August of the same year was appointed Abbot
of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegial
Monastery of the Holy Trinity on the island of Halki. He has served as
Orthodox Secretary of the Joint International Commission for the
Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Lutheran World
Federation and member of the Patriarchal delegations to the General
Assemblies of the Conference of European Churches and the World Council
of Churches. He was the Secretary of the Pan-Orthodox Synods in Sofia
(1998), Istanbul (2005), Geneva (2006), and Istanbul (2008). He has been
a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of
Churches since 1996.
Source Link: https://www.goarch.org/archbishop/biography
Special Announcement:
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If someone wants
to sponsor the coffee hour, there is a sign-up sheet in the Hall. Please
write legibly your name next to the date you want to sponsor
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We need oil (Extra
Virgin Olive Oil) for the Church, please donate.
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Please notify us
if someone in the member of the family or yourself is sick, so that we
may offer healing prayer.
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We would like to invite all ladies of our church to join Saint
Nectarios Philoptochos Society. All ladies 18 years and older are asked to
join. We will be meeting every other month on the last Sunday
of the month. The executive board will meet the alternating month after
church on the last Sunday of the month. All
meetings will be after coffee time in the last modular building on the
left or Learning Center. Girls of younger than 18 years
and husband of a member can join as Associate member but no voting
privilege. There is a $50-member signup fee.
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