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Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today  Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 8306 NC HWY 751, Durham NC 27713 919-484-1600 [email protected], www.stbarbarachurchnc.org News & Announcements, February 5, 2017 Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today Agatha the Martyr Polyeuktos, Partriarch Of Constantinople Antonios the New Martyr of Athens Theodosios, Archbishop of Chernigov NEWCOMERS AND VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME ! Sunday Worship Schedule: Matins 9:00 am & Divine Liturgy 10:00 am To Our Visitors and Guests We welcome you to worship with us today, whether you are an Orthodox Christian or this is your first visit to an Orthodox Church, we are pleased to have you with us. Although Holy Communion and other Sacraments are offered only to baptized and chrismated (confirmed) Orthodox Christians in good standing with the Church, all are invited to receive the Antidoron (blessed bread) from the priest at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. The Antidoron is not a sacrament, but it is reminiscent of the agape feast that followed worship in the ancient Christian Church. After the Divine Liturgy this morning please join us in the Church hall for fellowship and refreshments. Please complete a Visitor's Card before you leave today and drop it in the offering tray, or give it to one of the parishioners after the service, or mail it to the church Office. Today's Readings: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15 TIMOTHY, my son, you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at lconion, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 1 Πρὸς Τιμόθεον β' 3:10-15 Τέκνον Τιμόθεε, παρηκολούθηκάς μου τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τῇ ἀγωγῇ, τῇ προθέσει, τῇ πίστει, τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ, τοῖς διωγμοῖς, τοῖς παθήμασιν, οἷά μοι ἐγένετο ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, ἐν Λύστροις, οἵους διωγμοὺς ὑπήνεγκα· καὶ ἐκ πάντων με ἐρρύσατο ὁ κύριος. Καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ θέλοντες εὐσεβῶς ζῇν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διωχθήσονται. Πονηροὶ δὲ ἄνθρωποι καὶ γόητες προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον, πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι. Σὺ δὲ μένε ἐν οἷς ἔμαθες καὶ ἐπιστώθης, εἰδὼς παρὰ τίνος ἔμαθες, καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. The Gospel according to Luke 18:10-14 The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 18:10-14 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης. ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα προσηύχετο· ὁ Θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης· νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατῶ πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι. καὶ ὁ τελώνης μακρόθεν ἑστὼς οὐκ ἤθελεν οὐδὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐπᾶραι, ἀλλ᾿ ἔτυπτεν εἰς τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ λέγων· ὁ Θεός, ἱλάσθητί μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ. λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἢ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος· ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται. Today's Events: Coffee Hour Hosted by members of our own local Chapter #277 to honor the visit of our brother AHEPAN District Governor Bill Bond and his wife Aretee. Religious Calendar for the Month of February: 2 - Thursday - Presentation of our Lord - 9 am 5 - Publican and the Pharisee (Triodion Begins) - 9 am 10 - Friday - St. Haralambos the Priest Marty - 9 am 12 - Sunday of the Prodigal Son - 9 am 18 - 1st Saturday of Souls - 9 am 19 - Judgment Sunday (Meatfare) - 9 am 25 - 2nd Saturday of Souls - 9 am 26 - Forgiveness Sunday (Cheesefare) - 9 am 27 - Clean Monday - Great Compline 6:30 2 AHEPA CHAPTER # 277 NEWS VISITORS: Today we welcome our AHEPA DISTRICT 3 GOVERNOR brother Bill Bond and his wife Aretee, who are visiting our local AHEPA chapter 277 and attending this morning’s Church Services. AHEPA members are hosting today’s coffee hour in their honor. After Liturgy, EVERYONE is most cordially invited to a light lunch and coffee in St. Barbara’s fellowship hall . SCHOLARSHIPS: The time to apply for AHEPA SCHOLARSHIPS has arrived – on the AHEPA table at St. Barbara’s you will find DISTRICT 3 SCHOLASHIP applications, available to undergraduate students, who are accepted into the first to fourth year of a US college or university. Must apply by April 15th, 2017. Also AHEPA NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP applications are available to undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students. The submission deadline is March 31, 2017. PLEASE NOTE: for both District and National scholarships, the student needs to be sponsored by a parent who is an AHEPA member in good standing [whose 2017 dues are paid], or the applicant must be an AHEPA member in good standing. In addition, a local AHEPA SCHOLARSHIP is available to a qualified high school graduate who is an active member of our St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church parish. The applications for this scholarship will also be at the AHEPA table and the submission deadline is April 15th 2017. 3 PROJECTS TO DATE: 2016 January 16 Evening of Music January 30 Spaghetti Event February 20 Gyro Event June 4-5 Greek Festival July 23 Gyro Event September 24 Evening of Jazz October 1 Greek Style Chicken Dinner & Pastry November 18-19 Athenian Grill and Pastry December 2 Christmas Concert December 10 Holiday Greek Pastries 2017 May 6-7 Greek Festival April 22 Easter Concert ____________________________________________________________________________________ Happy 2017! Upcoming Events: Membership Tea Saturday February 11. This year there will be an Outreach Activity. As part of Fill the Bag Initiative we will be assembling bags for the homeless. Bags will contain water, wipes, tissues, socks and a non perishable food item. Beginning Sunday February 12, bags will be available for members of our parish to have on hand in their cars to distribute to homeless. All ladies are invited to attend the Tea and become members of Philoptochos. Sunday February 12 there will be a tray passed for Social Services as well. Yours in Christ Catherine Mariakakis- Chapter President THANK YOU TO ALL OUR STEWARD FAMILIES! Our goal for the year 2016 was to increase the number of our active Steward families to 150! We are pleased to report that this ambitious effort has been practically achieved by noting that as of December 31, 2016, we had 145 Steward families contributing generously their time, talents and treasure to assist their church community of St. Barbara in meeting its mission. A big Thank You to ALL for your commitment to total STEWARDSHIP! 4 Saturday, February 11, 2017 Church Social Hall from 2 - 4 PM If you are not a member of our Ladies Philoptochos Society, we cordially invite you to please attend our social and consider becoming a member of this worthwhile National Philanthropic Organization. All ladies attending will participate in a “Hands on Philanthropic Activity”. We would be honored to have you attend! 5 Hey Everyone We have been asked to sing in the Easter concert by Summer Kinard. In addition, I want to walk you through what is involved in preparing an Orthros service; this will involve a look at the order of the service and where to find that on line or what book to consult. Where is the music found? Where are the prosomia found? How to learn new prosomioa quickly? How to stretch the words of a hymn text to a melody? How to do it in English? How to read Byzantine hymns in western notation convincingly ? Basics of what neo Byzantine music is readily availalbe for free and how to get started reading it. This is an overview of what I do to prepare for a given service. This will give you an insight to what you could be doing to learn how to handle the music better. It will include illustrations of style and Greek Byzantine idioms. We will chant some of the material together. I will guide you. It will be fun! It would be great to see everyone together again soon. I want to get an idea of who may interested in a chant group session in February. Here are some proposed dates for those of you who are interested: Tuesday Feb. 7, Wed. Feb. 8th Tuesday Feb. 14. Wed., Feb 15 Saturday Feb. 25th Tuesday Feb. 28th. Please let me know Thank you ! -Tony TRIODION 2017 By Protopresbyter Dr. George D. Dragas For Orthodox Christians Easter, or Holy Pascha, is actually the center of what is known as the cycle of all movable feasts.
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