St. KatherineSt. Katherine Greek Greek OrthodoxOrthodox Church Church Philoxenia, Southern hospitality at its best! Sunday7100 BulletinAirport Road ~ North,August Naples, 21 FL& 3410928, 2016 239-591-3430 [email protected] www.stkatherine.net Philoxenia - Southern Hospitality at its Best! Sundays: May 3 & 10, 2015 August 21- Ninth Sunday of Matthew May 3 - SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC

Rev. Fr. Philemon Patitsas Proistamenos [email protected] Cell (239) 963-7558 Retired Priests:

V. Rev. Arch.Retired Ernest Priests: Blougouras V. Rev. Fr. Peter Atsales V. Rev. Arch. Ernest Blougouras V. Rev. Fr. Peter Atsales

Parish Council Jim Ketis May 10 - SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN President August 28 - Tenth Sunday of Matthew Romey Terezi Parish1st Vice PresidentCouncil

Dr.Jim John Ketis Klemes 2nd VicePresident President

Dr.Richard Vlasios Pappas Albanis RomeyTreasurer Terezi Vice Presidents

Jim Loukidis Dr. MikeVlasios Nichols Albanis AssistantJim Loukidis Treasurers Treasurers

Richard Pappas SperoSecretary Manas Mike Nichols AssistantHarry TreasurersDemas

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August 21, 2016 9TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW PLAGAL 4TH TONE / Ninth Eothinon (John 20:19-31) Epistle: I Corinthians 3:9-17 Gospel: Matthew 14:22-34

BRETHREN, we are God's At that time, Jesus made the disciples fellow workers; you are God's get into the boat and go before him to field, God's building. the other side, while he dismissed the According to the grace of God crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by given to me, like a skilled himself to pray. When evening came, master builder. I laid a he was there alone, but the boat by foundation, and another man is this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten building upon it. Let each man take care how by the waves; for the wind was against them. And in the he builds upon it. For no other foundation can fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on any one lay than that which is laid, which is the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them, wood, hay, straw - each man's work will saying "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come fire will test what sort of work each one has to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out done. If the work which any man has built on of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; the foundation survives, he will receive a but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O but only as through fire. Do you not know that man of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they you are God's temple and that God's Spirit entered the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat dwells in you? If any one destroys God's worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." temple, God will destroy him. For God's And when they had crossed over, they came to land at temple is holy, and that temple you are. Gennesaret.

RESURRECTIONAL APOLOTIKION/ PLAGAL 4TH SEASONAL KONTAKION/ 2ND TONE

From on high did You descend O Merciful Lord, for Neither the grave nor death could contain the us did You endure, three days in the tomb that we Theotokos, the unshakable hope, ever vigilant in may be released from passions in this world. You intercession and protection. As Mother of life, He who are our resurrection and or life, Glory unto who dwelt in the ever-virginal womb transposed her You O Lord. to life.

COMMUNION REMINDER APOLYTIKION OF ST. KATHERINE Make your vows to the Lord our Let us praise the most auspicious bride God and perform them. of Christ, the divine Katherine, protectress of Sinai, she is our aid and God is known in Judah; his name is our help. For she brilliantly silenced the great in Israel. eloquence of the impious, by the sword of the spirit, and now, crowned as a Psalm 75.11,1 , she intercedes for us.

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Epistle: I CorinthiansRESURRECTIONAL 4:9-16 APOLYTIKION / PLAGAL 2ND Gospel: Matthew 17:14-23

When the angelic powers appeared at your tomb and those who guarded You became as though dead, and standing by Your sepulcher was Mary seeking Your pureBRETHREN, and sacred body. For YouGod did vanquish has Hades and uncorrupted by itsAt touch that You time, came a manunto thecame virgin up woman to Him be stowing the gift of life exhibitedO You who rose us from apostles the dead Lord as welast give ofglory to You. and kneeling before Him said, "Lord, all, like men sentenced to death; have mercy on my son, for he is an because we have become a epileptic and he suffers terribly; for spectacle to the world, to angels often he falls into the fire, and often and to men. We are fools for into the water. And I brought him to Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We Your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus are weak, but you are strong. You are held in answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long honor, but we in disrepute. am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we demon came out of him, and the boy was cured labor, working with our own hands. When instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if become, and are now, as the refuse of the you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will write this to make you ashamed, but to move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this admonish you as my beloved children. For kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of I urge you, then, be imitators of me. men, and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day."

August 28 ~ Apolytikion of St. Moses the Ethiopian ~ 1st Tone

Thou did prove to be a citizen of the desert, an angel in the flesh, and a wonderworker, O Moses, our God- bearing Father. By fasting, vigil, and prayer thou did obtain heavenly gifts, and thou healed the sick and the souls of them that have recourse to thee with faith. Glory to Him that hath given thee strength. Glory to Him that hath crowned thee. Glory to Him that worked healings for all through thee.

RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION / 1ST TONE SEASONAL KONTAKION / 4TH TONE

The stone that had been sealed before Your tomb by the In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna and the soldiers guarding did water over Your pure and sacred were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of body. O Savior the third day You arose, and unto all the word the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the did You give life, whereby all the heavenly powers did proclaim that You are the giver of life. Glory unto our resurrected guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives Christ. Glory unto Your Kingdom. Glory to Your dispensation birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life." - O You alone who loves all.

MEMORIALS

MEMORY ETERNAL

Everything we have is temporal. We don’t know for how long we have it.

The fundamental question, though, is how will we use all that we have for

the glory of God?

TIME TALENT TREASURE

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9/01 THUR: NEW ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR Our BENEVOLENT FUND exists to If you would like to sponsor a Sunday, 8:30 AM Mans please contact the parish office . 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy provide resources to Father to Parish Master Plan/Building Fund 9/04 11th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW confidentially help those in need. Seeking 100% PARTICIPATION in the 8:30 AM Mans “Be Merciful for God is Mercy” 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy “CORNER LOT” Capital Campaign.

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HOSPITAL & SHUT-IN VISITATIONS If you or your loved one would like Father CARE Philemon to visit you in the hospital or in your home, please notify the office at: MINISTRY Parish Office: (239) 591-3430

Emergency: (239) 963-7558

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August 29th Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John

The divine Baptist, the Prophet born of a Prophet, the seal of all the Prophets and beginning of the Apostles, the mediator between the Old and New Covenants, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, the God-sent Messenger of the incarnate Messiah, the forerunner of Christ's coming into the world (Esaias 40: 3; Mal. 3: 1); who by many miracles was both conceived and born; who was filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb; who came forth like another Elias the Zealot, whose life in the wilderness and divine zeal for God's Law he imitated: this divine Prophet, after he had preached the baptism of repentance according to God's command; had taught men of low rank and high how they must order their lives; had admonished those whom he baptized and had filled them with the fear of God, teaching them that no one is able to escape the wrath to come if he do not works worthy of repentance; had, through such preaching, prepared their hearts to receive the evangelical teachings of the Savior; and finally, after he had pointed out to the people the very Savior, and said, "Behold the Lamb of God, Which taketh away the sin of the world" (Luke 3:2-18; John 1: 29-36), after all this, John sealed with his own blood the truth of his words and was made a sacred victim for the divine Law at the hands of a transgressor. This was Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, the son of Herod the Great. This man had a lawful wife, the daughter of Arethas (or Aretas), the King of Arabia (that is, Arabia Petraea, which had the famous Nabatean stone city of Petra as its capital. This is the Aretas mentioned by Saint Paul in II Cor. 11:32). Without any cause, and against every commandment of the Law, he put her away and took to himself Herodias, the wife of his deceased brother Philip, to whom Herodias had borne a daughter, Salome. He would not desist from this unlawful union even when John, the preacher of repentance, the bold and austere accuser of the lawless, censured him and told him, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife" (Mark 6: 18). Thus Herod, besides his other unholy acts, added yet this, that he apprehended John and shut him in prison; and perhaps he would have killed him straightway, had he not feared the people, who had extreme reverence for John. Certainly, in the beginning, he himself had great reverence for this just and holy man. But finally, being pierced with the sting of a mad lust for the woman Herodias, he laid his defiled hands on the teacher of purity on the very day he was celebrating his birthday. When Salome, Herodias' daughter, had danced in order to please him and those who were supping with him, he promised her -- with an oath more foolish than any foolishness -- that he would give her anything she asked, even unto the half of his kingdom. And she, consulting with her mother, straightway asked for the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Hence this transgressor of the Law, preferring his lawless oath above the precepts of the Law, fulfilled this godless promise and filled his loathsome banquet with the blood of the Prophet. So it was that that all-venerable head, revered by the Angels, was given as a prize for an abominable dance, and became the plaything of the dissolute daughter of a debauched mother. As for the body of the divine Baptist, it was taken up by his disciples and placed in a tomb (Mark 6: 21 - 29). Concerning the finding of his holy head, see February 24 and May 25.

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Embracing Orthodoxy For those in the process of becoming Orthodox Christians and open to all of those who want to grow in faith and knowledge. Wednesdays after Paraclesis **NEXT CLASS BEGINS SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 ~ 7 PM **

The Journey of Marriage Necessary for couples preparing for marriage in the Orthodox Church. (Please schedule with Father) , Spiritual Counsel & Confession P O (239) 591-3430. B Thursdays - weekly by appointment W & L C .. .

Dearly Beloved in Christ, Father’s Corner

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

As we commence the new school year for our children's educations, let us remember the profound meaning of these words from the Book of Proverbs.

So many of us are losing our children and grandchildren to alternative lifestyles outside the church, but our responsibilities as parents and grandparents never end.

We teach them, we pray for them, we counsel them, we encourage them, but most of all, we lovingly guide them by the example of our own words and deeds.

May the All Holy Trinity strengthen us to determinedly live our lives as loving people, rooted in Christ. Amen

Always agape, Fr. Philemon

BOOK CLUB

To our Meets the first Tuesday of the month at 11:00 am. PARENTS & YOUTH ... Book Club Leader, Didi Tatooles (847) 220-2634

YOUTH REGISTRATION Sept. 6 Catherine de Medici, Leonie Frieda Moderator: Tonya Pappas SUNDAY! SEPT. 11TH Oct. 4 America's First Daughter, Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie Moderator: TBA Sunday School - Greek School Joy/HOPE - GOYA Nov. 1 The Wright Brothers, David Hellenic Dance Troupe McCullough Acolytes - Myrrhbearers Moderator: Helen Foundos

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SEPT. 1, 2016 BEGINNING OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL YEAR

Sun. Sept.11 Youth Registration Sunday

Sun. Sept. 18 First Day of Sunday School

Mon. Sept. 26 First Day of Greek School

Sun. Oct. 30 St. Luke Slava / Luncheon Celebration

Sat. Nov. 5 Philoxenia Dinner Dance

Sun. Nov. 6 Stewardship Catch-up Sunday

Sun. Nov. 13 Fall General Assembly

Fri. Nov. 18 Parish Council Training Seminar

Thurs. Nov. 24 ST. KATHERINE Great Vespers / Philoptochos Reception

Fri. Nov. 25 ST. KATHERINE FEAST DAY Divine Liturgy

Mon. Dec. 5 St. Nicholas Vespers & HOPE/JOY Party

Sun. Dec. 11 Parish Council Elections & Sunday School Christmas Program

Sat. Dec. 24 Nativity Eve Vesperal Liturgy & Reception

Sun. Dec. 25 NATIVITY OF CHRIST

JAN. 1, 2017 NEW YEAR’S DAY / ST. BASIL THE GREAT

Fri. Jan. 6 HOLY THEOPHANY

Sat. Jan. 7 St. Catherine/West Palm Beach — Cross Dive Sun. Jan. 8 Vasilopita Cutting / Parish Council Affirmation of Office Sat. Jan. 14 St. Katherine Cross Dive & Potluck Celebration Sun. Jan. 15 Stewardship Sunday 2017 Thurs. Jan 19 Newcomers Welcome Reception Sat. Jan. 21 Men’s Club Vasilopita Dinner Dance Feb. 10-11-12 GREEK FEST Sat. Feb 18 Apokriatiko Glendi Mon. Feb. 27 Lent Begins - Clean Monday Vespers & Lenten Reception Sun. Mar. 5 Stewardship Time & Talent Recognition Awards / Choir Luncheon Sat. Mar. 11 St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival Sun. Mar. 19 Spring General Assembly Sat. Mar. 25 ANNUNCIATION / Greek Independence Day Sat. Apr. 1 3rd Annual Christian Rights & Freedom Symposium Sat. Apr. 8 Saturday of Lazarus / Cross Palm-making Sun. Apr. 9 PALM SUNDAY Apr. 10-15 HOLY WEEK Sun. Apr. 16 GREAT & HOLY PASCHA / Agape Service & Meal Sun. May 14 Youth Appreciation/Graduation Sunday Thurs. May 25 HOLY ASCENSION Sun. June 4 HOLY PENTECOST July GOYA Camp St. Stephen’s / Diakonia Center, SC

SEPT. 1: ECCLESIASTICAL NEW YEAR

The Constantinopolitan Indiction begins on the 1st of September and is observed with special ceremony in the Church. Since the completion of each year takes place, as it were, with the harvest and gathering of the crops into storehouses, and we begin anew from henceforth the sowing of seed in the earth for the production of future crops, September is considered the beginning of the New Year. The Church also keeps festival this day, beseeching God for fair weather, seasonable rains, and an abundance of the fruits of the earth.

The Holy Scriptures (Lev. 23:24-5 and Num. 29:1-2) also testify that the people of Israel celebrated the feast of the Blowing of the Trumpets on this day, offering hymns of thanksgiving. In addition to all the aforesaid, on this feast we also commemorate our Savior's entry into the synagogue in Nazareth, where He was given the book of the Prophet Esaias to read, and He opened it and found the place where it is written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, for which cause He hath anointed Me..." (Luke 4:16-30).

It should be noted that to the present day, the Church has always celebrated the beginning of the New Year on September 1. This was the custom in until its fall in 1453 and in Russia until the reign of Peter I. September 1 is still festively celebrated as the New YearChildren’s at the PatriarchateCorner of Constantinople; among the Jews also the New Year, although reckoned according to a moveable calendar, usually falls in September. The service of the Menaion for January 1 is for our Lord's Circumcision and for the memorial of Saint Basil the Great, without any mention of its being the beginning of a new year.

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CORNER LOT CONTRIBUTORS as of August 12, 2016 Albanis, Dr. Vlasios & Anastasia Harovas, Dr. Arthur & Betty Panos, Philip Anonymous Harris, Robert & Josephine Pandel, George & Dolores Apostolakis, Dr. James & Cynthia Hayes, Frances Papadopoulos, Dr. Chris Arnold, Susanne Hazangeles, Pete & Arete Papas, Dimitrios & Maria Athan, Helen Houpis, Dr. Constantine Papas, Dr. Harry & Joanne Atsales, Fr. Peter Hysollis, Adriatik & Ana Papich, Kosta & Sophia Avramis, Vasili & Ana Jeffries, Michael & Kassiani Pappas, Mark & Harriet Backos, Paul & Catherine Johnson, Cynthia & Alan Pappas, Richard & Joanna Barbounis, Dr. Constantine & Nancy Johnson, Graysen & Persephone Pappas, Tonya Barbounis, George & Katerina Johnson, Howard & Helen Patitsas, Fr. Philemon & Presv. Maria Bazos, Nick & Estelle Kacos, Dean & Barbara Pearson, Eleni Beaury, Bill & Athina Kain, Marino & Martha Peratino, Anna Best, Charles Kalamaras, Peter & Patty Pizzi, John & Betty Best, James Kallinikos, Viola Poulos, Constantine & Georgia Betzios, Steve & Elaine Kandianis, Bill & Pat Price, Stuart & Marcie Bishop, Jim & Mary Kay Kanganis, George & Christy Psyllos, Peter & Elaine Bodnarchuk, Mitch & Vasiliki Karos, Alex & Artemis Rafailides, Tom & Maria Bogeazis, James Karras, Chris & Demetra Ramphos, Steve & Doris Bongiovanni, Mary Katsaros, Art & Denise Reilly, Patricia Booras, Dean Katsaros, John & Robin Rendziperis, Dr. Nick & Pat & Chris Boucouras, Anastasia Katzan, Philip & Theresa Rindfleisch, Tina Branoff, Dennis Keares, Harry & Irene Roboci, Dodona Butler, Frank & Peggy Kehayes, Presv. Christine Romnios, Thanasi & Irene Cappas, Peter & Sandy Kenney, Mary Ruci, Nicholas & Elona Castelli, Carole Ketis, Jim & Tina Saltzer, Niki Christou, Alexander & Diamond Kinigakis, Panagiotis & Tracey Samiotes, Anthony & Jane Cicchetti, Marguerite Kitromilis, Dr. Spyros & Joan Sarandoulias, Louis & Basilia Cirakovic, Bianca & Tom Beste Klemes, Dr. John, Mary, & Dr. Lisa Schrank, Kay Coin, Tasso & Elizabeth Kontogiannis, Athanasios & Dorothea Skiadas, Mary Cokkinias, Christine Kontos, Dr. Michael & Eva Sleezer, Charles & Joanne Collins, Keith & Pamela Kontozoglou, Michael & Mary Sotos, Hercules & Mary Contopoulos, George & Joanne Kuzmishin, Dr. George & Catherine Spell, Harry & Angie Contos, Nick & Stella Lafakis, Toni Sperounis, Ted & Emily Culianos, Gus & Sharon Lambos, Anton & Olga Stavropoulos, Gus & Maria Cretan Association of Naples Lardakis, Terry Stavropoulos, William & Linda Cuda, Helen Lavelle, Helen Stilian, Dr. Douglas & Bridget Czuzak, Antonia Lawless, Joseph & Katherine St. Katherine Choir Daravingas, Dr. George & Elaine Leftakes, Thomas & Effie St. Katherine Men's Club Delegianis, James & Jody Lekas, Dr. Nicholas & JoAnn St. Katherine Philoptochos Delegianis, Mark & Mayra Leondires, Evangeline Tatkow, Elliot & Zoe Demas, Harry & Pauline Linardos, Dr. Alex & Tina Tatooles, James & Aphrodite Demetriou, Christos & Christine Litras, Dorothy Terezi, Kostika & Vilma Demetriou, Steve & Marina Litras, Jeanne Terzi, Romey & Adriana Diacoloukas, Gus & Mary Loukidis, Jim & Barbara Terzakis, Helen Ego, Marlene Loumos, Ellie Theofilakos, Frank Ehlert, Richard & Athena Makres, Chris & Joan Thomas, Manuel Eliopoulos, Andrew & Sylvia Manas, Spero Topougis, Anna Eliopoulos, Dr. John & Betty Manos, Peter & Judy Johnson Tribuiani, Dr. Alphonse & Irene Eliopoulos, Olga & Deidre Manousos, Peter & Katherine Tsimbinos, John & Eleni Foudos, Helen Manousos, Steve Tsiskakis, Kosta & Donna Foundos, Al Marinakis, George & Stacy Tsoukas, Dr. Elias & Penelope Frangakis, Foti & Joyce Marx, Alex & Georgeanne Underwood, Robert & Theresa Frangopoulos, Claudette Masouras, Minas & Aristea Valaskatgis, Anna Galliford, Richard & Nicole Massery, Henry Vavasis, Andrew & Theana George, Philip Metropoulos, Evan & Catherine Velonis, George & Anna Georgiades, Gregory & Mary Miliotis, C. John Venetos, Stan & Cleo Germana, Ben & Barbara Murnane, Janet Vlachos, Thomas & Eleanor Giovanni, Sophia Niakaros, Arthur & Mary Vourlos, Nick & Aristi & Ann Marie Gotsis, Dr. Perry Nicholas, Diane Vrountas, Mary Gregory, Peter Nichols, Mike & Benitta Weeks, Lee & Joan Guidi, Sophia Paff, Thomas & Nicole Whiffen, Stephanie Halikas, Dr. James & Anna Pagedas, Dr. Thomas & Elaine Wilkening, Robin

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One Good Thought: Walking on a Peaceful Path August 2, 2016 - Metropolis of Atlanta/Family Life Ministry’s Weekly Family Devotionals

“For I will consider a plan of peace for you, to give you good things, not calamities. Therefore, pray to Me, and I will hear you. Seek Me, and you will find Me because you seek Me with all your heart.” - Jeremiah 36:11-13

Jeremiah wrote this passage to the Jewish people who were living as captives in Babylon. It was a time of struggle and sorrow for them, but those hard times brought forth repentance and courageous faith.

Sometimes we lose our way in life, but if we repent and seek Him with our whole hearts, God hears us and draws near to us. Often, his plans for us unfold in amazing ways out of the depths of our losses; bringing beauty from unexpected places. His plan is not just for our lives here, but for bringing us home to our real lives in heaven.

Lord, when I’ve lost my way and am looking for You, help me find You. Help me to trust You to guide me on the best paths for my life.

~ Written by Edna King

Posted under “One Good Thought” on our Metropolis of Atlanta’s Family Life & Ministry website/blog. Please visit their site for more worthwhile offerings. www.familylifeministry.atlanta.goarch.org/our-weekly-blogs/one-good-thought-weekly-family- devotionals/

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Prayers for Healing Do you or someone in your family need prayer or counseling? Do you have a loved one in the hospital or know someone that is a shut in? Do you have a loved one currently serving in the Armed Forces? Please complete the form below, drop it in the tray or send it to the parish office and you will be contacted.

Please add to the PRAYER LIST:   Prayer Name of requestor ______ Visitation  Name of the person in need ______Confession  Counseling Your Phone Number ______Email: ______ College Student  Armed Forces I have a loved one in the Armed Forces: Name: ______ Optional - Describe Branch: ______Rank: ______Stationed: ______the need: ______

Prayers for Health & Recovery August 24: St. Cosmas of Aetolia Our holy Father Cosmas was from the Anastasia Harry Matthew Barbara Jennifer town of Mega Dendron (Great Tree) of Andrea Bob Iakovos JohnMichael Anthony Bob Keith MichaelRobert Aetolia. At the age of twenty, he went to Demetra Chris Lea PaulStelianos study at the school of the Monastery of DianeConstantine Mary SpencerTatyana Thomas on the Holy Mountain. Later, David Steve Nicholas Thalia he came to the Athonite Monastery of Iakovos Vasiliki James Philotheou where he was tonsured. With the blessing of his abbot, he Prayers for the Bereaved departed for Constantinople where he learned the art Eliopoulos Family J. Rellas Family of rhetoric, and thereafter, he began to preach Economus Family S. Rellas Family throughout all the regions of northern Greece, the Geannopoulos Family Sardis Family Ionian Islands, but especially in , for the Glinos Family Stamas Family Christian people there were in great ignorance because Kales Family Topougis Family G. Pappas Family of the oppression and cruelty of the Moslems. Finally, in 1776, after having greatly strengthened and enlightened the faithful, working many signs and wonders all the while, he was falsely accused by the Prayers for our Armed Forces & Vets leaders of the Jewish people and was executed by strangulation by the Moslem Turks in Albania. Sergeant Noah Berry, US Marines Apolytikion of St. Cosmas of Aetolia Steven Savvas Demetriou, US Army Veteran With odes let us acclaim the renowned Cosmas, who Captain Steven Demetriou III, US Army gloriously excelled among the choirs of the , Captain Dennis M. Goulet, US Army Veteran Tech Sergeant Ryan Haldane, US Air Force priest, and ascetics, and let us gather in praise of his 1st Lieutenant Nicholas D. Patitsas, US Marines memory; for he dispensed healing to them that have Captain Chelsea Rae Scott, US Marines recourse to him with faith, since, as an equal of the Apostles, he hath boldness before Christ. Kontakion of St. Cosmas of Aetolia Prayers for our College Students Come from Aetolia, O God-bearing Father, thou didst become a righteous monk on ; and as a true Evelyn Alex Natalie Swank Katie Denti Anna Maria Terezi initiate of the glory of God, thou didst preach the word of Pashka Gjergi Constandina Venetis truth to all men, O most blest one, and didst bring them Angelique & Tiffany Ketis Kristina & Sava Vukovic all to Christ as a true emulator of the Apostlesʹ choir, and Aleksei Ruci Andrew Weeks thou didst prove a hieromartyr in shedding thy sacred Alex & Christina Stilian Eliada Xhoxhi blood. © Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA

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