Church Services
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This Week’s
Schedule of Services:
SUNDAY, November 3rd, 2019 – Fifth
Sunday of Luke
SUNDAY, November 3rd, 2019 –Fiftth
Sunday of Luke
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9:00 am
-Matins/Orthros
Click
this link to Orthros/Matins Gospel Reading
10:00 am - Divine Liturgy.
Click
this link to Epistle Reading
Click this link to Holy Gospel Reading
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There will be no Sunday School today
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Parish Council meeting will be held right after Coffee hour
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There will be no 12:30 pm Paraklesis to Saint
Nectarios
BELOW
IS THE PROGRAM FOR ST. NECTARIOS WEEK:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4
· 7:00 pm Paraklesis/Supplication
Service to St. Nectarios with a sermon
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
· 7:00 pm Paraklesis/Supplication
Service to St. Nectarios with a sermon
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
· 7:00 pm Paraklesis/Supplication
Service to St. Nectarios with a sermon
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
· 7:00 pm Great Vespers for
the Archangels and Paraklesis/Supplication Service to St.
Nectarios with a sermon
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 FEAST
OF THE HOLY ARCHANGELS
· 8.30 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy
· 7:00 pm Great Vespers with
Artoklasia to St. Nectarios.
· Dinner to follow Great Vespers
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 FEAST OF SAINT NECTARIOS
· 9:00 am Orthros and Divine
Liturgy
· Lunch to follow the Divine Liturgy
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Resurrectional Apolytikion.
Mode 3.
Let the heavens sing
for joy, and let
everything on earth be
glad. For with
His Arm the Lord has
worked power. He
trampled death under
foot by means of death;
and He became the
firstborn from the dead.
From the maw of Hades He delivered us; and
He granted the world His great mercy.
Ἀπολυτίκιον
Ἀναστάσιµον.
Ἦχος γʹ.
Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ
οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω
τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι
ἐποίησε κράτος, ἐν βραχίονι
αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος,
ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ
τὸν θάνατον, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν
ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας
ᾅδου ἐῤῥύσατο
ἡμᾶς,
καὶ παρέσχε
τῷ κόσμῳ
τὸ μέγα
ἔλεος.
Resurrectional Kontakion.
From the tomb You rose
today, O Lord
of tender compassion,
also from the gates
of death You led us
out, O our Savior. On
this day is Adam
dancing and Eve rejoices,
and with them together
Patriarchs and the
Prophets are
unceasingly extolling the divine
power of Your authority.
Κοντάκιον Ἀναστάσιµον.
Ἐξανέστης
σήμερον, ἀπὸ
τοῦ τάφου
Οἰκτίρμον, καὶ ἡμᾶς
ἐξήγαγες,
ἐκ τῶν
πυλῶν τοῦ
θανάτου, σήμερον Ἀδὰμ
χορεύει, καὶ χαίρει
Εὔα, ἅμα
δέ, καὶ οἱ
Προφῆται, σὺν Πατριάρχαις,
ἀνυμνοῦσιν
ἀκαταπαύστως,
τὸ θεῖον
κράτος τῆς
ἐξουσίας σου.
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Nektarius the
Wonderworker, Metropolitan Pentapolis
Saint Nektarius was born in Selyvria
of Thrace on October 1, 1846. After putting himself through school in
Constantinople with much hard labour, he became
a monk on Chios in 1876, receiving the monastic name of Lazarus; because
of his virtue, a year later he was ordained deacon, receiving the new name
of Nektarius. Under the patronage of Patriarch Sophronius of Alexandria, Nektarius
went to Athens to study in 1882; completing his theological studies in
1885, he went to Alexandria, where Patriarch Sophronius
ordained him priest on March 23, 1886 in the Cathedral of Saint Sabbas, and in August of the same year, in the Church
of Saint Nicholas in Cairo, made him Archimandrite. Archimandrite Nektarius showed much zeal both for preaching the
word of God, and for the beauty of God's house. He greatly beautified the
Church of Saint Nicholas in Cairo, and years later, when Nektarius was in Athens, Saint Nicholas appeared to
him in a dream, embracing him and telling him he was going to exalt him
very high.
On January 15, 1889, in the same
Church of Saint Nicholas, Nektarius was
consecrated Metropolitan of the Pentapolis in eastern Libya, which was
under the jurisdiction of Alexandria. Although Nektarius'
swift ascent through the degrees of ecclesiastical office did not affect
his modesty and childlike innocence, it aroused the envy of lesser men,
who convinced the elderly Sophronius that Nektarius had it in his heart to become Patriarch.
Since the people loved Nektarius, the Patriarch
was troubled by the slanders. On May 3, 1890, Sophronius
relieved Metropolitan Nektarius of his duties;
in July of the same year, he commanded Nektarius
to leave Egypt.
Without seeking
to avenge or even to defend himself, the innocent Metropolitan left for
Athens, where he found that accusations of immorality had arrived before
him. Because his good name had been soiled, he was unable to find a
position worthy of a bishop, and in February of 1891 accepted the
position of provincial preacher in Euboia;
then, in 1894, he was appointed dean of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical
School in Athens. Through his eloquent sermons his unwearying
labours to educate fitting men for the
priesthood, his generous alms deeds despite his own poverty, and the
holiness, meekness, and fatherly love that were manifest in him, he
became a shining light and a spiritual guide to many. At the request of
certain pious women, in 1904 he began the building of his convent of the
Holy Trinity on the island of Aegina while yet dean of the Rizarios
School; finding later that his presence there was needed, he took up his
residence on Aegina in 1908, where he spent the last years of his life,
devoting himself to the direction of his convent and to very intense
prayer; he was sometimes seen lifted above the ground while rapt in
prayer. He became the protector of all Aegina, through his prayers
delivering the island from drought, healing the sick, and casting out
demons. Here also he endured wicked slanders with singular patience,
forgiving his false accusers and not seeking to avenge himself. Although
he had already worked wonders in life, an innumerable multitude of
miracles have been wrought after his repose in 1920 through his holy
relics, which for many years remained incorrupt. There is hardly a malady
that has not been cured through his prayers; but Saint Nektarius is especially renowned for his healings of
cancer for sufferers in all parts of the world.
Apolytikion
of Nectarios the Wonderworker
First
Tone
O faithful, let
us honor Nectarios, divine servant of Christ, offspring of Silivria and guardian of Aegina, who in these latter
years was manifested as the true friend of virtue. All manner of healing
wells forth for those who in piety cry out, "Glory to Christ who
glorified you; glory to Him who, through you, wrought wonders; glory to
Him who, through you, works healing for all."
Kontakion
of Nectarios the Wonderworker
Plagal
of the Fourth Tone
In joy, let our
hearts praise the latest shining star of the Orthodox, the newly erected
rampart of the Church. For, glorified by the work of the Spirit, he
abundantly pours forth the grace of healing to those who cry out,
"Hail, Father Nectarios".
Special Announcement:
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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.
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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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Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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