St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox كنيسة القديس نيقولوس النطاكية الرثوذكسية — NEWSLETTER —

Week of May 30, 2021

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

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80 de Castelnau Est, Montreal, QC, H2R 1P2 Office: 514-270-9788 — [email protected] — www.stnicholasmtl.com Pastoral Emergency & Counselling & Confession: 514-926-7875 His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America His Grace Bishop ALEXANDER Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York The Reverend Father Mark-Arsenios Wyatt Pastor of St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church Our Parish was founded in 1899 by St Raphael of Brooklyn. We are a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America within the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of and all the East. Newsletter Designer & Editor: Fr. Mark St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church — Montreal, Canada FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR

Dear Parishioners, CHRIST IS RISEN! Outside of Covid-19, around this time of year after having celebrated Pascha and with school ending and the summer-fun beginning, our Church attendance is usually low until after the summer. This year will probably be no different even if we get into “orange” level with an increased capacity. I wish that was not our case, and that our parishioners would flock back to the liturgical life of the Church, but what really concerns me as a Priest is even more deep & dangerous. The negative influence of the fear-mongering social media during this pandemic has led to many parishioners remaining for so long without receiving Holy Communion! Whether it is due to fear of coming to the Church, or even worse: fear of getting sick from approaching the Holy . That secular mentality has become a comfortable new normal and it is wrong! Our absence from Church is self-justified as a non-essential gathering, but to go shopping, or to activities, or to the workplace, or to secretly visit family members are all validated as necessary & important. And I do agree, it’s all good! But for me to know and see this, and yet not see my parishioners in Church or communing, weighs heavy on my heart… These are the times when we need to rush to the Church and approach the Holy Chalice more than ever! Our Saints tell us we need Holy Communion just as much as we need oxygen, as it is LIFE! If our oxygen supply is cut off, how do we react? The same should be if we are cut off from the Lord’s Table. To convince ourselves that we’re better-off and safer by not receiving Holy Communion -at any time- is a suggestion from the Devil, because he wants us far away from Christ, and to be left alone, vulnerable, afraid, lifeless & looking for help elsewhere! The heals and strengthens us in ways unexplainable and unseen. There is no sickness in the Chalice, and the Lord’s Immortal Body & Blood cannot be polluted or contaminated by our mortal germs. The Chalice is not a cup of deadly microbes, it is a fountain of LIFE! Both God & infinity cannot be put under a microscope, yet infinity is accepted as a sound concept in physics. We can’t experience infinity, but we can experience Christ! If God the creator was subject to His creation, all Orthodox Priests would be dead, as we consume the remainder of the Chalice after every single Divine Liturgy our entire lives for over 2000 years now! Fear not, be Orthodox on purpose & go to Church if possible! Fr. Mark THE HOLY EPISTLE (Acts 11:19-30) In those days, when the apostles were scattered because of the tribulation that arose over Stephen, they traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one, except to Jews only. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who upon coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord . And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. The report concerning them reached the ears of the church in , and they sent out Barnabas, to go as far out as Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should cleave to the Lord; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude was added unto the Lord. Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year, they were gathered together in the church, and they taught a great multitude of people, and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and signified by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over the whole world; and this took place in the days of Claudius Caesar. And the disciples, every one according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea; and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. THE HOLY GOSPEL (John 4:5-42) At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as He was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His Disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to Him, “How is it that Thou, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, Thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Art Thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst forever; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered Him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and Thou sayest that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming [He Who is called Christ]; when He comes, He will tell us all things.” Jesus said to her, “I Who speak to you am He.” Just then His Disciples came. They marveled that He was talking with a woman, but none said, “What dost Thou wish?” or, “Why art Thou talking with her?” So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people, “Come, see a man Who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” They went out of the city and were coming to Him. Meanwhile the Disciples besought Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” So the Disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him food?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him Who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” Many Samaritans from that city believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony, “He said to me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because of His words. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.” SYNAXARION: On this day, the fifth Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the feast of the Samaritan Woman. (Verses: Coming to obtain corruptible water, O woman, Thou drawest living water, wherewith thy soul’s stains thou washest.) The Samaritan woman—the holy and glorious Great-martyr Photeini—met Jesus at midday at Jacob’s Well, which was located in the city of Sychar. And being tired from travel and the heat, Jesus sat at Jacob’s Well. A little after, the Samaritan woman came to draw water, and had a long conversation with Him (it is the longest recorded discourse between Christ and a single person in the entire ). Photeini did not want to talk to Jesus, because the Samaritans did not have any dealings with Jews; Jews considered her people heretics because Samaritans kept only the first five books of the Old Testament. However, the Lord talked with her anyway, read her heart, revealed her secrets and gave her to drink of the “Living Water”—the grace of the Holy Spirit that leads to eternal life and flows to all humanity. Photeini immediately ran throughout the city to proclaim Christ. Through her, many other Samaritans believed in Jesus. By the intercessions of Thy Martyr, Photeini, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen. ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ 19 أَ َمّا ا ْل ُمؤْ ـمـــنُو َن ا َلّذيــــ َن َت َشتَّتُوا ِب َــــس بَ ِب ال ْــــض ط َهاد ا َلّذي َو َقــــعَ َـعـــ َليْ ِه ْم بَــــ ْع َد َمــــ ْوت ا ْــــس ِت َفا ُنــــو َس، َف َم ُرّوا ِبــــ ِفينيقيَ َة َو ُقــــبْ ُر َص َوأَ ْنــــ َطا ـكـــيَ َة، َو ُـهـــ ْم َل يُبَ ّش ُرو َن ِبــــا ْلــــ َكل َمة إِ لّ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْلـيَ ُهو َد. 20 َغـيْ َر أَنَّ بَـ ْعضاً ـمنْ ُه ْم، َو ُـه ْم أَ ْـص ًل ـم ْن ُقـبْ ُر َص َوا ْلـ َقيْ َر َوا ِن، َو َـص ُلوا أَ ْنـ َطا ـكيَ َة، َوأَ َـخ ُذوا يُبَ ّش ُرو َن ا ْلـيُو َنـان ِيّينَ أَيْـضاً ِبـال َرّ ِّب يَـ ُسو َع. 21 َفـ َكا َنـ ْت يَـ ُد ال َرّ ِّب َمـ َع ُه ْم ، ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َفـآ َـم َن َـع َد ٌد َـك ِبي ٌر َوا ْـهتَ َد ْوا إِ َلـى ال َرّ ِّب. 22 َو َو َـص َل َـخبَ ُر َذلـ َك إِ َلـى ا ْلـ َكني َسة ـفي أُو ُر َـشلي َم، َفأَ ْر َـس ُلوا بَـ ْر َنـابَـا إِ َلـى أَ ْنـ َطا ـكيَ َة. 23 َف َل َمّا َو َـص َل َو َرأَى النّ ْع َم َة ا َلّ ِتي َـمنَ َح َها الـل ُه ، ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْـمتَلَ َفـ َرحـاً، َو َحثَّ ا ْل َـجميعَ َـع َلى الثَّبَات ـفي ال َرّ ِّب ِـب َعزْمِ ا ْلـ َق ْل ِب. 24 َفـ َق ْد َـكا َن بَـ ْر َنـابَـا َر ُـج ًل َـصالـحاً ُـم ْمتَلئاً ـم َن ال ُرّوحِ ا ْلـ ُق ُد ِس َوا ِليـ َما ِن. َوا ْن َض َمّ إِ َلـى ال َرّ ِّب َـج ْمعٌ َـك ِبي ٌر. ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ 25 َو َتـ َو َجّ َه بَـ ْر َنـابَـا إِ َـلى طَـ ْر ُـسو َس يَـبْ َح ُث َـع ْن َـشا ُو َل. 26 َوَل َمّا َو َـج َدهُ َـجا َء ِـبه إِ َـلى أَ ْنـ َطا ـكيَ َة، َفـ َكا َنـا يَـ ْجتَم َعا ِن َـمعَ ا ْـل َكني َسة ُـهنَا َك َـسنَ ًة َـكا ـم َل ًة، َويُ َع ّل َما ِن َـج ْمعاً َـك ِبيراً. َو ـف ي ِ ِ ِ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ أَ ْنــ َطا ــكيَ َة أُطْــل َق َــع َلى َتــل ــميذ ال َرّ ِّب أَ َوّ َل َم َرّة ا ْــس ُم ا ْل َمسي ِح ِيّينَ. 27 َو ـفـي ِــت ْل َك الَيَّامِ َــجا َء إِ َلــى أَ ْنــ َطا ــكيَ َة بَــ ْع ُض الَ ْنــ ِبيَاء ــم ْن أُو ُر َــشلي َم، 28 َوبَــيْنَ ُه ْم َنــ ِبيٌّ ا ْــس ُم ُه أَ َغــابُــو ُس ، ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َتنَبَّأَ ِـب َو ْـحيٍ ـم َن ال ُرّوحِ أَنَّ َـم َجا َـع ًة َـعظي َم ًة َـستَ ْح ُد ُث ـفي ا ْلـ ِبلد ُك ّل َها. َو َقـ ْد َو َقـ َع ْت هـذه ا ْلـ َم َجا َـع ُة ـف ْع ًل ـفي َع ْـهد ا ْلـ َقيْ َص ِر ُـك ُلوديُـو َس. 29 لـ َذلـ َك َق َرّ َر التَّل ـمي ُذ ـفي أَ ْنـ َطا ـكيَ ةَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ أَنْ يَتَبَ َرّ َع ُك ّلٌ منْ ُه ْم ِب َما يَتَيَ َسّ ُر َل ُه، َويُ ْرس ُلوا إِ َعا َن ًة إِلى ِال ْخ َوة ا ْل ُمقيمي َن في ا ْليَ ُهوديَّة. 30 َف َف َع ُلوا َذل َك، َوأَ ْر َس ُلوا ِال َعا َن َة إِ َلى ال ُشّيُوخِ ِبيَد بَ ْر َنابَا َو َشا ُو َل . ٍ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ 5 َفـ َو َـص َل إِ َلـى بَـ ْل َدة ـفي َها، ُتـ ْد َـعى ُـسو َـخا َر، َقـ ِريـبَة ـم َن الَ ْر ِض ا َلّ ِتي َو َـهبَ َها يَـ ْع ُقو ُب لبْـنه يُـو ُـس َف، 6 َـحيْ ُث ِـبئْ ُر يَـ ْع ُقو َب. َوَل َمّا َـكا َن يَـ ُسو ُع َقـ ْد َتـع َب ـم َن ال َسّ َف ِر، َـج َل َس َـع َل ى ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َـحا َفـة ا ْلـ ِبئْ ِر، َو َـكا َنـ ِت ال َسّا َـع ُة َـح َوا َلـيْ ال َسّاد َـسة. 7 َو َـجا َءت ا ْمـ َرأَةٌ َـسا ـم ِريَّ ٌة إِ َلـى ا ْلـ ِبئْ ِر لتَأْ ُـخ َذ َمـا ًء، َفـ َقا َل َلـ َها يَـ ُسو ُع: «ا ْـسقيني!» 8 َف ِإنَّ َتـل ـمي َذهُ َـكا ُنـوا َقـ ْد َذ َـهبُوا إِ َلـ ى ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْلـــبَ ْل َدة ليَ ْـــشتَ ُروا طَـــ َعامـــاً. 9 َفـــ َقا َلـــ ْت َلـــ ُه ا ْلـــ َم ْرأَةُ ال َسّا ـمــ ِريَّ ُة: «أَ ْنـــ َت يَـــ ُهود ّيٌ َوأَ َنـــا َـــسا ـمــ ِريَّ ٌة، َفـــ َكيْ َف َتـــ ْط ُل ُب منّي أَنْ أَ ْـــسقيَ َك؟» َف ِإنَّ ا ْلـــيَ ُهو َد َلـــ ْم يَـــ ُكو ُنـــوا يَـــتَ َعا َمـــ ُلو َن َمـــعَ أَ ْـهــ لِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ال َسّا ـمـ َرة. 10 َفأَ َــجابَــ َها يَــ ُسو ُع: « َلــ ْو ُـكـنْ ِت َتــ ْع ِرفــي َن َعطيَّ َة الــله، َو َمــ ْن ُـهـ َو ا َلّذي يَــ ُقو ُل َلــك: ا ْــسقيني، َلــ َط َلبْ ِت أَ ْنــ ِت ـمـنْ ُه َفأَ ْـعـ َطاك َمــا ًء َــحيًّا!» 11 َفــ َقا َلــ ِت ا ْلــ َم ْرأَةُ: « َولــك ْن يَــ ا ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َس ِيّ ُد، َلـــــيْ َس َمـــــ َع َك َد ْلـــــ ٌو، َوا ْلـــــ ِبئْ ُر َـعــــمي َق ٌة. َفـــــم ْن أَيْـــــ َن َلـــــ َك ا ْلـــــ َما ُء ا ْل َحيُّ؟ 12 َـهــــ ْل أَ ْنـــــ َت أَ ْـعــــ َظ ُم ـمــــ ْن أَ ِبـــــينَا يَـــــ ْع ُقو َب ا َلّذي أَ ْو َر َثـــــنَا هـــــذه ا ْلـــــ ِبئْ َر، َو َقـــــ ْد َـــــش ِر َب ـمــــنْ َها ُـهــــ َو َوبَـــــنُو هُ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َو َـم َوا ـشيه؟» 13 َفـ َقا َل َلـ َها يَـ ُسو ُع: « ُك ُلّ َـم ْن يَ ْـش َر ُب ـم ْن َـه َذا ا ْلـ َماء يَـ ُعو ُد َفـيَ ْع َط ُش. 14 َولكنَّ ا َلّذي يَ ْـش َر ُب ـم َن ا ْلـ َماء ا َلّذي أُ ْـعطيه أَ َنـا، َلـ ْن يَـ ْع َط َش بَـ ْع َد َذلـ َك أَبَـداً، بَـ ْل إِ نَّ ِ ِ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َمــا أُ ْـعـطيه ـمـ ْن َمــاء يُــ ْص ِبحُ فــي َدا ــخله َنــبْعاً يَــ ِفي ُض َفــيُ ْعطي َــحيَاةً أَبَــديَّ ًة». 15 َفــ َقا َلــ ْت َلــ ُه ا ْلــ َم ْرأَةُ: «يَــا َس ِيّ ُد، أَ ْـعـطني َـهـ َذا ا ْلــ َما َء َفــل أَ ْـعـ َط َش َول أَ ُـعـو َد إِ َلــى ُـهـنَا ِل ُـخـ ذَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َـمـا ًء». 16 َفــ َقا َل َلــ َها: «ا ْذ َــه ِبي َوا ْد ــعي زَ ْو َــجك، َوا ْر ِــجعي إِ َلــى ُــهنَا». 17 َفأَ َــجابَــ ْت: « َلــيْ َس لــي زَ ْو ٌج!» َفــ َقا َل: « َــص َد ْقــ ِت إِ ْذ ُقــ ْل ِت: َلــيْ َس لــي زَ ْو ٌج 18 َفــ َق ْد َــكا َن َلــك َــخ ْم َس ةُ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ أَزْ َواجٍ، َوا َلّذي َتــعيشي َن َمــ َع ُه النَ َلــيْ َس زَ ْو َــجك. هــذا ُقــ ْل ِته ِبــال ّص ْد ِق!» 19 َفــ َقا َلــ ْت َلــ ُه ا ْلــ َم ْرأَةُ: «يَــا َس ِيّ ُد، أَ َرى أَ َنّ َك َنــ ِبيٌّ. 20 آبَــاؤُ َنــا َـعـبَ ُدوا الــل َه فــي َـهـ َذا ا ْلــ َجبَ ِل، َوأَ ْنــتُ مُ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْلـيَ ُهو َد ُتص ُرّونَ َـع َلى أَنَّ أُو ُر َـشلي َم يَـجِ ُب أَنْ َتـ ُكو َن ا ْلـ َم ْر َـكزَ ا ْلـ َو ـحي َد لـ ْلعبَا َدة». 21 َفأَ َـجابَـ َها يَـ ُسو ُع: « َص ّدقـيني يَـا ا ْمـ َرأَةُ، َـستَأْ ِـتي ال َسّا َـع ُة ا َلّ ِتي فـي َها َتـ ْعبُ ُدو َن ال َب لَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ـفي َـه َذا ا ْـل َجبَ ِل َول ـفي أُو ُر َـشلي َم. 22 أَ ْنـتُ ْم َتـ ْعبُ ُدو َن َـما َت ْج َـه ُلو َن، َو َنـ ْح ُن َنـ ْعبُ ُد َـما َنـ ْع َل ُم، لَنَّ ا ْـل َخل َص ُـه َو ـم ْن ـعنْد ا ْـليَ ُهود. 23 َف َـستَأْ ِـتي َـسا َـع ٌة، بَـ ْل ـهيَ النَ، ـحي َن يَـ ْعبُ دُ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْلـ َعا ِبـ ُدو َن ال َصّاد ُقـو َن ال َب ِبـال ُرّوحِ َو ِبـا ْل َح ِّق. لَنَّ ال َب يَـبْتَغي ـمثْ َل هؤُلء ا ْلـ َعا ِبـديـ َن. 24 الـل ُه ُرو ٌح، َفـلذلـ َك لبُ َدّ لـ َعا ِبـديـه ـم ْن أَنْ يَـ ْعبُ ُدوهُ ِبـال ُرّوحِ َو ِبـا ْل َح ِّق». 25 َفـ َقا َلـ ْت َلـ هُ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْـل َم ْرأَةُ: «إِ ّني أَ ْـع َل ُم أَنَّ ا ْل َمسيَّا، ا َلّذي يُـ ْد َـعى ا ْـل َمسيحَ، َسيَأْ ِـتي، َو َـمتَى َـجا َء َفـ ُه َو يُـ ْعل ُن َـلنَا ُك َلّ َـشيْء». 26 َفأَ َـجابَـ َها: «إِ ّني أَ َنـا ُـه َو ا َلّذي يُ َك ّل ُمك!» 27 َو ـعنْ َد ذلـ َك َو َـص لَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ التَّل ـمي ُذ، َو ُد ـه ُشوا َل َمّا َرأَ ْوهُ يُـ َحاد ُث ا ْمـ َرأَةً. َو َمـعَ ذلـ َك َلـ ْم يَـ ُق ْل َلـ ُه أَ َـح ٌد ـمنْ ُه ْم: « َمـا َذا ُتـ ِريـ ُد ـمنْ َها؟» أَ ْو «لـ َما َذا ُتـ َحاد ُثـ َها؟» 28 َفـتَ َر َـك ِت ا ْلـ َم ْرأَةُ َج َرّ َتـ َها َو َـعا َد ْت إِ َلـى ا ْلـبَ ْل َدة ، ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َوأَ َـخــ َذ ْت َتـــ ُقو ُل للنَّا ِس: 29 « َتـــ َعا َلـــ ْوا ا ْنـــ ُظ ُروا إِ ْنـــ َسانـــاً َــكـ َش َف لـــي ُك َلّ َـمــا َفـــ َع ْل ُت! َف َل َع َلّ ُه ُـهــ َو ا ْلـــ َمسيحُ؟» 30 َف َــخـ َر َج أَ ْـهــ ُل ُـــسو َـخــا َر َوأَ ْقـــبَ ُلوا إِ َلـــيْه. 31 َو ـفــي أَ ْثـــنَاء ذلـــ َك َــكـا نَ التَّل ِـمي ُذ يَـ ُقوُـلو َن َـل ُه ِب ِإ ْـل َحاحٍ: «يَـا ُم َع ّلِ ُم، ُـك ْل» 32 َفأَ َـجابَـ ُه ْم: « ِـعنْ ِدي طَـ َعا ٌم آ ُـك ُل ُه َل َتـ ْع ِر ُفـو َنـ ُه أَ ْنـتُ ْم». 33 َفأَ َـخ َذ التَّل ِـمي ُذ يَـتَ َسا َء ُـلو َن: « َـه ْل َـجا َءهُ أَ َـح ٌد ِـب َما يَأْ ُـك ُل ُه؟» 34 َفـ َقا لَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َلــ ُه ْم يَــ ُسو ُع: «طَــ َعا ــمي ُـهـ َو أَنْ أَ ْـعـ َم َل َـمـشيئَ َة ا َلّذي أَ ْر َــس َلني َوأَنْ أُ ْنجِــزَ َـعـ َم َل ُه. 35 أَ َـمـا َتــ ُقوُلــو َن: بَــ ْع َد أَ ْربَــ َعة أَ ْش ُــه ٍر يَأْ ِـتـي ا ْلــ َح َصا ُد! َولكنّي أَ ُقــو ُل َلــ ُك ْم: ا ْنــ ُظ ُروا َـمـليًّا إِ َلــ ى ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْـل ُح ُقو ِل، َفـ ِهيَ َـق ْد َنـ َض َج ْت َو َـحا َن َـح َصا ُد َـها. 36 َوا ْـل َحا ـص ُد يَأْ ُـخ ُذ أُ ْـج َر َتـ ُه، َويَ ْـج َمعُ الثَّ َم َر لـ ْل َحيَاة الَبَـديَّة، َفـيَ ْف َر ُح الزَّا ِر ُع َوا ْـل َحا ـص ُد َـمعاً، 37 َحتَّى يَـ ْص ُد َق ا ْـل َق ْو ُل: َوا ـح دٌ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ يَــزْ َر ُع، َوآ َـخـ ُر يَــ ْح ُص ُد. 38 إِ ّني أَ ْر َــس ْلتُ ُك ْم لــتَ ْح ُص ُدوا َـمـا َلــ ْم َتــتْ َعبُوا ـفـيه، َفــ َغيْ ُر ُــك ْم َتــعبُوا، َوأَ ْنــتُ ْم َتــ ْجنُو َن َثــ َم َر أَ ْتــ َعا ِـبـ ِه ْم». 39 َفــآ َـمـ َن ِـبـه َــكثي ُرو َن ــم َن ال َسّا ــم ِر ِيّينَ أَ ْـهـ ِل ِـتـ ْل كَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ا ْلـبَ ْل َدة ِب َـسبَ ِب َـكلمِ ا ْلـ َم ْرأَة ا َلّ ِتي َـكا َنـ ْت َت ْش َـه ُد َقـا ـئ َل ًة: « َـك َش َف لـي ُك َلّ َـما َفـ َع ْل ُت». 40 َو ـعنْ َد َـما َقـابَـ ُلوهُ ـعنْ َد ا ْلـ ِبئْ ِر َد َـع ْوهُ أَنْ يُـقي َم ـعنْ َد ُـه ْم، َفأَ َقـا َم ُـهنَالـ َك يَـ ْو َـميْ ِن، 41 َو َتـ َكا َثـ رَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِج ّداً َع َد ُد ا َلّذي َن آ َمنُوا ِبه ِب َسبَ ِب َكلمه، 42 َو َقا ُلوا ل ْل َم ْرأَة: «إِ َنّنَا َل ُنؤْم ُن بَ ْع َد النَ ِب َسبَ ِب َكلمك، بَ ْل ُنؤْم ُن لَ َنّنَا َسم ْعنَاهُ ِبأَ ْن ُفسنَا، َو َع َر ْفنَا أَ َنّ ُه ُم َخ ّل ُص ا ْل َعا َلمِ َح ّقاً !»

Our Savior Jesus, the Element of life, came to the Spring of Jacob, the head of the patriarchs, and was about to drink the water at the hand of a Samaritan woman. But she intercepted Him by telling Him that the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans. Albeit, the wise Creator turned her by the sweetness of His words rather to seek of Him the water of everlasting life, which, when she received, she proclaimed to all, saying: Come and see the Knower of secrets, God Who hath appeared in the flesh to save mankind. 1 2 3 4 5 Christian Ed. JUNE 1pm - 2pm Confession 2021 4pm - 5pm Vespers, Bible Study & Compline 5pm - 8pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Christian Ed. Orthros & Young Adult Parish Ascension 1pm - 2pm D. Liturgy Council D. Liturgy Ministry 9am - 12pm 6pm - 7pm 6pm - 7:30pm 7pm - 8pm Confession — — — Zoom ID: 4pm - 5pm AGM 818 2157 2092 4:00pm Vespers, Bible Study & Compline 5pm - 8pm

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 St. Nicholas Christian Ed. Orthros & Fellowship 1pm - 2pm D. Liturgy 7pm - 8pm Confession 9am - 12pm — — — 4pm - 5pm St. Raphael Fellowship Vespers, 9pm - 10pm Bible Study & Compline 5pm - 8pm

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 St. John Christian Ed. Orthros & the Baptist 1pm - 2pm D. Liturgy D. Liturgy Confession 9am - 12pm 6pm - 7:30pm Pentecost 4pm - 5pm Vespers, Bible Study & Compline 5pm - 8pm

27 28 29 30 The St. Nicholas & St. Raphael Fellowships are open Adult Spiritual Discussion Groups, not Orthros & Apostles private organizations — All are welcome! D. Liturgy D. Liturgy 9am - 12pm 6pm - 7:30pm St. Nicholas (English) Zoom ID:874 9694 8325 St. Raphael (Arabic) Zoom ID: 476 851 1250 Christian Education is for children and is bilingual (English/Arabic). Contact our Church Office to register your children (514-270-9788). Young Adult Ministry is open to parishioners 18-35 years old. (Campus Ministry) Confession is by appointment only. Booking is required to attend Church Services. Please no inside gathering after the services.

“TO FAST IS TO BANQUET WITH ANGELS” — St Athanasios the Great 2021 MEAT DAIRY FISH WINE & OIL Antiochian All Meat Products All Dairy Products All Fish products Includes all types of Alcohol: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Milk, Butter, Eggs, & Fish with a backbone. Wine, Beer, Whiskey, Vodka, etc. Fasting Guide Turkey, Ham, etc. Cheese, Cream, etc. Shellfish is NOT included. & Olive Oil.

STRICT FAST DAYS Wednesdays and Fridays Abstain Abstain Abstain Abstain & Additional Days

GREAT & HOLY FAST Only allowed on Only allowed on: March 15 - May 1 Abstain Abstain Annunciation (March 25) Saturdays and Sundays (Holy Pascha: May 2) & Palm Sunday (April 25) & when Fish is allowed.

Only allowed on: APOSTLES FAST Not allowed on Abstain Abstain Saturdays and Sundays June 28 Wednesdays & Fridays (Holy Apostles: June 29) & when Fish is allowed.

Only allowed on: DORMITION FAST Only allowed on Abstain Abstain Saturdays and Sundays August 1 until 14 Transfiguration (Aug 6) (Dormition Feast: Aug 15) & when Fish is allowed.

NATIVITY FAST Not allowed on Only allowed on: Nov 15 - Dec 24 Abstain Abstain Wednesdays & Fridays Saturdays and Sundays (Holy Nativity: Dec 25) or between Dec 12-24 & when Fish is allowed. Fasting and Prayer are meant to go together, to focus on the things of God’s Additional Strict Fast Days: Jan 5; May 1; Sept 14. With Fish Allowed: Kingdom and be freed from dependence on worldly things and carnal passions. It is May 26; June 9, Sept 8. With Wine & Oil Allowed: Jan 20, 22, 27; Feb 10, not irrelevant, nor is it a punishment for our sins. It is from God, for us, right here & 17; Mar 26; May 12, 14, 19, 21, 28; June 2, 4, 11, 16, 18, 30; July 2; Aug right now! Be Orthodox on purpose! Always consult with your Priest if you want to 29, Sept 1; Oct 1,6; Nov 12; Dec 15, 17, 20. Cheesefare: March 8-14, all fast but are on heavy medication, pregnant, or seriously ill, etc. food products are allowed except for Meat Products. Pious Tradition: Abstain from food/drink until 12pm on fast days (no morning meal) Fast-Free Wednesdays & Fridays: Jan 1, 6; Feb 24, 26; May 5, 7; June Eucharistic Fast: Fast from food/drink at a reasonable bedtime until receiving the 23, 25; Dec 29, 31. Holy Eucharist at a morning Divine Liturgy. — Fast from food/drink 9 hours prior to NOTE: The Holy Synod of Antioch blesses the 40 Day period following receiving the Holy Eucharist at an evening Divine Liturgy. Holy Pascha (May 2 - June 10) to be Fast-Free by Economia.