Sunday, 24 November 2013

St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church A PARISH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA—EASTERN AMERICAN DIOCESE Great Vespers & Confessions each Saturday at 6 pm ~ Daily Vespers & Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 pm ~ Divine Liturgy each Sunday at 10 am ~ 60 Clifton Chapel Lane, Stafford, Virginia 22555 ~ Mailing Address: 9 Waverly Ct., Fredericksburg, VA 22406~ Website: www.sthermanorthodox.org

Divine Services / Activities

This Week: 23rd Week After Pentecost Sun. 24 Nov/11 Nov ~ 22nd Sunday After Pentecost: Great-martyr 9:15 a.m. Congregational Singing Practice 9:45 a.m. Reading of the Third Hour 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy followed by Fellowship Hour and Sunday School 12:00 p.m. Parish Council Meeting

Wed. 27 Nov/14 Nov ~ Holy and All-praised Apostle Philip No Daily Vespers or Bible Study this week only

Sat. 30 Nov/17 Nov ~ Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch 6:00 p.m. Great Vespers followed by Holy Confessions

Next Week: 23rd Sunday After Pentecost: Sun. 1 Dec/18 Nov ~ Martyr Platon of Ancyra 9:15 a.m. Congregational Singing Practice 9:45 a.m. Reading of the Third Hour 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy followed by Fellowship Hour and Sunday School Great-martyr Menas of Egypt 24 Nov / 11 Nov

2013 Finances Attendance The Parish needs $1361.91/week to meet budget Daily Vespers, 13 Nov Week Amount Received Difference ~11~ from amount needed Great Vespers, 16 Nov Year-to-Date $ 61,191.48 ~4~ Divine Liturgy, 17 Nov 17 Nov $ 1,055.00 - $ 306.91 ~25~

10 Nov $ 2,059.11 + $ 697.20

Honor the Lord from your righteous labors and offer Him the first fruits from the fruits of righteousness, that your storehouses may be filled with an abundance of grain and your wine presses may gush with wine. Proverbs 3:9-10.

Prayer List

Archpriest Alexander requests that you send him the full name and general reason for intercessory prayer (such as health or illness, unemployment, family issues, military deployment to Afghanistan, etc.) for his pastoral care. Only the names of the living (and recently deceased) will be included in the prayer list in this weekly bulletin. He also requests that the faithful who have requested intercessory prayers for various persons let him know when there is no longer a specific need for prayer, so that we may keep the list current.

LIVING: Rebecca Laymon, Chris Nelson, Luke Mengel, PFC Bowe Bergdahl, Katherine Ricketts, Sarah Heitke, Christina Shaw, Andrea Shaw, Archpriest Sekela, Judith Cook, Shaun Magee, Paula Hila, Mark Laymon, Lawrence Auster, Susan Koory, Robert Thompson, Tristan Thompson, Bruce Thompson, Barbara O'Connor, Sarah Klug, Leonidas Stylianopoulos, Sophia Stylianopoulos, Dimitris Stylianopoulos, Chryssanthi Stylianopoulos, Constantine Stylianopoulos, George Stylianopoulos, Xenophon, Carolyn Hirschi, Teresa (Theodosia) Dadzitis, Kristin Laymon, Juliana Guerra, Chad Gallagher, Rebekah Gribik, Emmalyn Miller, Kyle Miller, Millicent Novic, Lewis Gribik, Archpriest Andrei Semyanko, William Laymon, Sr., Joan Laymon, Matuschka Hannah Romeo, the captive Orthodox from Aleppo, Syria: His Eminence Archbishop Boulos (Yazigi) and Mar Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim, Lester Heitke, Matushka Masha Potapov, Matushka Cindy Mitchell, Jordan, Joyce Stewart, Susan Wolff, Diaz, Areti Stylianopoulos, Seraphim Newsome, Photina Newsome, Doris Faye Pittman, Rice Pritchard, Tom Zakielarz, Robert Strippy, Father Mefodii, CDR John Kalantzis, CHC, USN (Persian Gulf), Andrew John Slye, Rosalie Baron, Rose Crnjak, Igumen Seraphim, Matushka Sonia Resnikoff, Emma Nicole Parkinson, Leanne Gribik, Raymond Wolak

MEMORY ETERNAL: Subdeacon Gregory Sulich, Andrew Nosal

Matthew 25:35 “for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;”

OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE

In the spirit of giving and charity upon this Nativity, the Sisterhood of the Myrrh-bearing Women will be collecting toys to be donated to Toys for Tots. If you are unaware, Toys for Tots is a US Marine Corps global program that provides toys to children in need at Christmas. The children benefited are both military and non military alike. If you and your family are interested in donating, please bring any new and unwrapped toys to the fellowship hall by 8 December. Look for the green reusable grocery bags in the closet area and place your toys in the bag. The toys will be collected and brought to a donation drop off site. Thank you in advance!

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN

Construction on the hall downstairs classrooms is set to begin this week!

At this time, construction is scheduled to last approximately two months. All work is to be done during the work week and should not in any way impact any of the Church services.

Please be aware there may be construction supplies on the grounds that would require children to be supervised.

Thank you for your diligence in use of caution during this time.

HOLY CONFESSIONS

Faithful communion in the Holy Mysteries requires faithful participation in the Holy Mystery of Confession. To apply Fr. Thomas Hopko's felicitous phrase "regular and disciplined communion" also to Confession entails Holy Confession ideally each month by those faithful who expect to receive the Body and Blood of Our Lord at each Sunday Divine Liturgy. The timing may be extended through the practice of oikonomia (exception for the greater good of both the person and the community) to once every two months. However, Holy Confession less frequent than bi-monthly is, according to the guidance of our recent hierarch, His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, inadequate preparation for receiving the Body and Blood of our Lord.

Regular opportunities for Holy Confession at St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church include the following: each Saturday after Great Vespers, each Wednesday evening before Daily Vespers (that is, from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.), Sundays after Divine Liturgy upon request, and by appointment at other times. Of course, parishioners may have established previous relations with other Orthodox priest-confessors that they may wish to continue. If that is the case, I ask only that such parishioners let me know the names of their priest-confessors, so that I can be confident that the spiritual relation is strong. Please honor the minimum standard for this necessary spiritual discipline and vital sacramental opportunity. ~ Archpriest Alexander

This Week’s Scripture Readings News Item on Orthodox Church at Ground Zero Article and Photos of George's Visit Sunday - Galatians 6:11-18; Luke 10:25-37 For a fascinating article with photos in the New Monday - 1 Thess 1:1-5; Luke 14:12-15 York Times about the plan to rebuild St. Nicholas Our excellent ROCOR Eastern American Tuesday - 1 Thess 1:6-10; Luke 14:25-35 Greek Church in the Ground Zero memorial area in Diocese website has published a detailed Wednesday - 1 Thess 2:1-8; Luke 15:1-10 New York City, see: article and "photo-report" with 25 photos Thursday - 1 Thess 2:9-14; Luke 16:1-9 of the recent visit by Bishop George: Friday - 1 Thess 2:14-19; Luke 16:15-18, 17:1-4 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/nyregion/st- Saturday - 2 Cor. 8:1-5; Luke 9:57-62 nicholas-church-destroyed-on-9-11-to-rebuild-with- http://eadiocese.org/News/2013/nov/

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Ephesians 2:4-10; Luke 12:16-21

Prosfora Reader Schedule Coffee Hour

Nancy St. Clair will be providing

the prosfora from November 17

24 Nov ~ Tom Connally through December 8. 1 Dec ~ Adam Heitke If you are interested in helping to Next Week ~ Lenten Luncheon

make Prosfora for the church,

A Reader is needed each Sunday to read the Third Hour beginning at please contact Nancy St. Clair. Please see Stella Jordan if you would 9:45 a.m. and to read the Epistle Lesson during Divine Liturgy. like to sign up to sponsor a coffee Readers are also needed for Daily Vespers each Wednesday at 7 p.m. hour. You can team up with another and Great Vespers each Saturday at 6 p.m. family to lessen the cost. This is a

Readers are encouraged to contact Reader Steven Terrell with the dates light meal to break the fast. Nothing that they are available. If you have never read before, don’t worry; extravagant is required! training will be provided.