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Resurrectional Apolytikion.
Mode pl. 1. Automelon.
Let us worship the
Word who is
unoriginate *
with the Father and the
Spirit, and from a
Virgin was born * for our
salvation, O
believers, and let us sing His
praise. * For in His
goodness He was pleased
* to ascend the Cross
in the flesh, and to
undergo death, * and
to raise up those who
had died, * by His glorious Resurrection.
Ἀπολυτίκιον
Ἀναστάσιμον.
Ἦχος πλ.
αʹ. Αὐτόμελον.
Τὸν συνάναρχον
Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ
Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου
τεχθέντα εἰς
σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν
πιστοὶ
καὶ
προσκυνήσωμεν,
ὅτι ηὐδόκησε
σαρκί,
ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ
Σταυρῷ,
καὶ θάνατον
ὑπομεῖναι,
καὶ ἐγεῖραι
τοὺς τεθνεῶτας,
ἐν
τῇ ἐνδόξῳ
Ἀναστάσει
αὐτοῦ.
Resurrectional Kontakion.
You descended to Hades, my
Savior,
and shattered its gates,
as the Almighty. As
Creator, You raised the dead with yourself,
and smashed the sting of death,
O Christ.
You freed Adam from the
curse, O Lover of
humanity. Therefore, we
all cry out to You,
Save
us, O Lord.
Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιμον.
Πρὸς τὸν ᾍδην
Σωτήρ μου
συγκαταβέβηκας,
καὶ τὰς πύλας συντρίψας
ὡς
παντοδύναμος,
τοὺς θανόντας ὡς
Κτίστης συνεξανέστησας,
καὶ θανάτου
τὸ
κέντρον Χριστὲ συνέτριψας,
καὶ Ἀδὰμ τῆς
κατάρας ἐῤῥύσω
Φιλάνθρωπε·
διὸ πάντες
σοι κράζομεν·
Σῶσον ἡμᾶς Κύριε.
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The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
This Apostle was from Bethsaida of
Galilee, and was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James
the elder. First a fisherman by trade, he became an Apostle and the
beloved Disciple of Christ. Only he of all the Disciples followed Him
even to the Cross, and was entrusted with the care of our Saviour's Mother, as it were another son to her, and
a brother of Christ the Teacher. After this, he preached throughout Asia
Minor, especially in Ephesus. When the second persecution against the
Christians began in the year 96 during the reign of Domitian, he was
taken in bonds to Rome, and there was cast into a vat filled to the brim
with boiling oil. Coming forth therefrom unharmed, he was exiled to the
island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Returning again
to Ephesus after the death of the tyrant, he wrote his Gospel (after the
other Evangelists had already written theirs) and his three Catholic
Epistles. In all, he lived ninety-five years and fell asleep in the Lord
during the reign of Trajan in the year 100. He was called Theologian
because he loftily expounded in his Gospel the theology of the
inexpressible and eternal birth of the Son and Word of God the Father. It
is for this cause that an eagle-a symbol of the Holy Spirit, as Saint Irenaeus
says-is depicted in his icon, for this was one of the four symbolic
living creatures that the Prophet Ezekiel saw (Ezek. 1:10).
Apolytikion
of Translation of John the Theologian
Second Tone
Beloved Apostle of Christ our God,
hasten to deliver a people without defense. He who permitted you to
recline upon His bosom, accepts you on bended knee before Him. Beseech
Him, O Theologian, to dispel the persistent cloud of nations, asking for
us peace and great mercy.
Kontakion of Translation of John the
Theologian
Second Tone
Who can tell
thy mighty works, O virgin Saint? For thou pourest
forth miracles, and art a source of healings, and thou dost intercede for
our souls, as the Theologian and the friend of Christ.
The
Conception of St. John the Baptist and Forerunner
This came to pass
fifteen months before the birth of Christ, after the vision of the Angel
that Zacharias, the father of the Forerunner, saw in the Temple while he
executed the priest's office in the order of his course during the feast
of the Tabernacles, as tradition bears witness. In this vision, the
Archangel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias and said to him, "Thy prayer
is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt
call his name John" (Luke 1:13). Knowing that Elizabeth was barren,
and that both he and she were elderly, Zacharias did not believe what the
Angel told him, although he had before him the example of Abraham and
Sarah, of Hannah, mother of the Prophet Samuel, and of other barren women
in Israel who gave birth by the power of God. Hence, he was condemned by
the Archangel to remain speechless until the fulfilment of these words in
their season, which also came to pass (Luke 1:7-24).
Apolytikion of Conception of the
Forerunner
Fourth Tone
Rejoice, O thou barren one who hadst not borne until now; for lo, in all truth thou
hast conceived the lamp of the Sun, and he shall send forth his light
over all the earth, which is afflicted with blindness. Dance, O
Zacharias, and cry out with great boldness: The one to be born is the blessedth Prophet of God Most High.
Kontakion of Conception of the
Forerunner
First Tone
Great Zacharias now doth
rejoice with resplendence; Elizabeth his glorious yoke-mate exulteth; for she hath conceived divine John the
Forerunner worthily, whom the great Archangel had announced with rejoicing,
whom, as it is meet, we men revere as a sacred initiate of grace divine.
Special Announcement:
·
We are having Open Registration for Sunday
Religious School and Greek School. Classes start on September, 2019 until
May 2020. Please contact: Mrs. Rebecca Lawdis
at 909-367– 6651. The location is at the back of the property in the last
modular buildings.
·
We need volunteer teachers for our Sunday
School Program for September, 2019 up to May, 2020. If interested please
contact Peter Klentos at 714-466-0356 or send
him email at peter.klentos@sbcglobal.net.
·
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
·
We need oil (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) for the
Church, please donate.
·
Please notify us if someone in the member of
the family or yourself is sick, so that we may offer healing prayer.
·
We would like to remind all members of the Saint Nectarios
Philoptochos Society that the first meeting for this ecclesiastical year
(2019-2020) will be held on September 29th, 2019 at the Church Hall right
after coffee hour.
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St. Nectarios is a parish of Metropolis of San Francisco of the Greek
Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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