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The Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Of North America St. Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church كنيسة القديس فيليبس الرسول النطاكية الرثوذكسية

15804 – 98 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5P-4R9 Tel: (780) 489-7943, Fax: (780) 930-2095, www.stphilipchurch.ca , Email: [email protected] Pastor: V. Rev. Archpriest Elias Ferzli. Attached: V. Rev. Archpriest Joseph Sakkab; Rev. Fr. Raphael Johnston; Rev. Deacon Simon Sakkab.

March 22, 2015 First Anniversary of the Repose of Metropolitan Philip تتتتتت تتتتتت تتتتت تتتتتتت تتتتتتت تتتتتتتتتتت تتتتت (تتتتت)

Commemoration of John Climacus, Author of “The Ladder” تتتتت تتتتتت تت تتتتتت تتتتت تتتتتت تتتتت تتتتتت. Weekly Service Schedule: Saturday: 6:00 PM Vesper service Sunday: 9:45 AM Matins Service 11:00 AM Divine Liturgy اللحن الثامن اليوثينا الثامنة Tone 8 Eothenon 8

(Troparion of the Resurrection – Tone 8) From the heights Thou didst descend, O compassionate One, and Thou didst submit to the three- day burial, that Thou might deliver us from passion; Thou art our life and our Resurrection, O Lord, glory to Thee.

(Troparion of St. John Climacus – Tone 8) The barren wilderness thou didst make fertile with the streams of thy tears; and by thy deep sighing thou hast given fruit through thy struggles a hundred-fold. Accordingly, thou hast become a star for the universe, sparkling with miracles. Therefore, O righteous Father John Climacus, intercede with Christ God to save our souls.

(Troparion of St-Philip -Tone 3) O Holy Apostle Philip, intercede with our merciful God to grant our souls, forgiveness of sins.

:Kontakion To thee, the Champion Leader, do I offer thanks of victory, O Theotokos, thou who hast delivered me from terror; but as thou that hast that power invincible, O Theotokos, thou alone can set me free: from all forms of danger free me and deliver me, that I may cry unto thee: “Hail, O Bride without Bridegroom.” الطروباريات: ( للقيامة – باللحن التتتت): ِِِِِِِ ِِِ ِِِِِ ِِ ِِِِِِِ/ ِِِِِِ ِِِِِِ ِِ ِِِِِِِِ ِِِِ ِِ/ ِِِِ ِ ِِِِِِِِ ِ ِِ ِِ ِِِِِِ/ ِِِ ِ ِِِِِِ ِ ِِِِِِِِِِ ِِ ِِِِِ ِِِِِِ ِِِ. (تتتتتت تتتتت تتتتتتت – تتتتتت تتتتتت) ِِِِِِ ِِِ ِِِِِِِ ِِِِِِ ِِِِِ ِِِِِِ ِِِِِِِِِِ ِِِِ ِ ِ ِِِِِ ِِِ ِِِ ِِ ِِِِِِ ِ ِِ ِ ِِِ ِ ِِِِ ِِ ِِ ِِِِ ِِ ِِِِ ِِِِ ِِِِِِِِ ِِِِِ ِِِِ ِ ِ ِِِِ ِ ِِِ ِِ ِِِِ ِِ ِِِِِِ ِِِ ِِِِِِ ِِِِِ ِِ ِِِِِ ِِِِِِ. (تتتتتت تتتتتت تتتتتت – تتتتتت تتتتتت) أيها الرسول القديس فيليبس، تشفع إلى الله الرحيم، أن ينعم بغفران الزلت لنفوسنا. القنداق: إني انا عبدك يا والدة الله، اكتب لك راية الغلبة، يا جندية محامية، وأقدم لك الشكر كمنقذة من الشدائد، لكن بما ان لك العزة التي ل تحارب، أعتقيني من صنوف الشدائد، حتى أصرخ نحوك، افرحي يا عروسة ل عروس لها.

The Epistle: The Lord will give strength to His people. The Lord will bless His people with peace. The Reading is from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (6:13-20) Brethren, when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by one greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of His purpose, He interposed with an oath. So that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. الرسالة الرب يعطي قوة لشعبه،

.الرب يبارك شعبه بالسلم فصل من رسالة القديس بولس الرسول الى أهل العبرانيين 20-13:6 يا إخوة، ان ا رلما وعد إبراهيم اذ لـم يمكـن ان يققسـم بما هـو أعظم منه أقسـم بنفسه قائل: لباركنرك بركة وأكثررنك تكثيرا. وذاك إذ تأنرى نال الموعد. وانما النـاس يق ـقسـمـون بما هو أعظم منهـم، وتنـقضي كل مشاجرة بينـهم بالقـ ـسـم للتثبيت. فلذلك لـما شاء ا ان يـزيد ـو ـرثـة الـموعد بيانـ ا لعـدم رتحول عزمـه تـوسـط بالقـ ـسم، حتى نحصل بأمريـن ل ريتحـولن ول يمكـن أن يقخلف ا فيهما على تعزية قـوية نحـن الـذين التجأنا الى التمسك بالرجاء الموضـوع امـامنـا، الذي هـو لنا كمرسـاة للنـفـس أمينـة راسخة تدخل الى داخـل الحجاب حيث دخـل يسـوع كسابق لنـا وقد صار على رتبة ملكيصادق رئيـس كهنـة الى البد.

The Gospel The Reading is from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (9:16-30) At that time, a man came to Jesus, kneeling down and saying unto him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked Thy Disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” And Jesus answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to Me.” And they brought the boy to Him; and when the spirit saw Jesus, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, “How long has he had this?” And he said, “From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if Thou canst do anything, have pity on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again.” And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when Jesus had entered the house, His Disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” And Jesus said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.” They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And Jesus would not have anyone know it; for He was teaching His Disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and after He is killed, He will rise on the third day.”

النجيل فصل شريف من بشارة القديس مرقس النجيلي البشير 30-17:9 في ذلك الـزمان دنا الى يسوع انسان وسجد له قائل : يا معـلرم، قد أتيتك بابني به روح أبكـم، وحيثما أخذه يصرعه فيزبد ويصرف بأسنـانه وييبـس. وقد سألـت تلميذك ان يقخرجوه فلم يقدروا. فأجابه قائل: ايها الجيل غيـر المـؤمن، الى متى أكـون عنـدكم؟ حتى متى أحتملكـم؟ هلم به رإلي. فأـتـوه بـه. فلما رآه للوقت صرعه الروح فسقط على الرض ريتمرغ ويـزبد. فسأل أباه: منـذ كم من الزمان أصابه هـذا؟ فقال: منـذ صباه، وكثيرا ما ألقاه في النار وفي المياه ليهلكه. ولكن إن ـاستطعت شيئـا فتحنن علينـا وأغثنـا. فقال لـه يسوع: ان ـاستطعـت ان تؤمن فكل شيء مستطاع للمؤمن. فصاح أبو الصبي من ساعته بدمـوع وقـال: اني أومن يا سيد، فأغث عدم إيماني. فلما رأى يسوع ان الجمع يتبادرون اليه انتهر الروح النجـس قائل له: ايهـا الـروح البكم الصم انـا آمـرك ـأن اخـرج منـه ول تعد تدخل فيه. فصرخ وخبطـه كثيرا وخـرج منـه فصار كالـميت حتى قال كثيرون انه قد مات. فأخذ يسـوع بيـده وأنهضـه فـقام. ولما دخـل بيتـا سأله تلميذه على انفراد: لـماذا لم نستطع نحـن ان نخـرجه؟ فقال لهم: ان هذا الجنس ل يمكن ان يخـرج ال بالصلة والصوم. ولما خرجوا من هنـاك اجتـازوا في الجليل ولم يـق ـر د ان يدري احد. فإنه كان يعلرـم تلميذه ويقول لهم: ان ابن البشر يقسلـم الى أيدي النـاس فيقـتلـونه، وبعـد ان يققتـل يقـوم في اليـوم الثالـث.

Anniversary of the Repose of Metropolitan Philip

Metropolitan Philip of Thrice-Blessed Memory Celebrates Pascha in 2013 His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph writes: Beloved in Christ: Greetings to you and your families as we begin our season of fasting, prayer and almsgiving. I pray you are having a blessed beginning of the Fast. March 19 will mark the one-year anniversary of the falling-asleep of our beloved Metropolitan PHILIP of thrice-blessed memory. It is hard to believe a whole year has already passed since our father and chief-shepherd of more than 48 years reposed. His life and legacy will continue to be with us and inspire us for many years to come. May God rest his soul with the saints and may his memory be eternal! So that we might commemorate this anniversary in a unified way, I am directing all of our hierarchs and clergy to hold Trisagion Prayers of Mercy in their respective parishes throughout the entire archdiocese on Sunday, March 22 (the Fourth Sunday of the Fast) at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. I will preside over the official memorial at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, NY on that Sunday along with several guest hierarchs from our sister jurisdictions. Along with any of our hierarchs that might be able, any clergy who would like to join me that day for the liturgy are also welcome to do so as long as they have a replacement for their respective parishes and their churches remain open. If you wish to be present and to serve in the Cathedral that Sunday, please contact the Cathedral Dean, Archpriest Thomas Zain, at [email protected]. While the one-year memorial traditionally marks the end of the official mourning period in the Church, I urge you to continue to remember our late father in Christ in your proskomedia commemorations and personal prayers, keeping in mind all we have inherited from his tireless labors and prayers over almost half a century. Wishing you a blessed and spiritually rewarding Fast, I remain, Your Father in Christ, +Metropolitan JOSEPH, Primate Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America

On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus the Wonderworker “Today are strains of praise sung joyfully by the choir of angels, and the light of the advent of Christ shines brightly upon the faithful. Today is the glad spring-time to us, and Christ the Sun of righteousness has beamed with clear light around us, and has illumined the minds of the faithful. Today is Adam made anew, and moves in the choir of angels, having winged his way to heaven. Today is the whole circle of the earth filled with joy, since the sojourn of the Holy Spirit has been realized to men. Today the grace of God and the hope of the unseen shine through all wonders transcending imagination, and make the mystery that was kept hidden from eternity plainly discernible to us. Today are woven the chaplets of never-fading virtue. Today, God, willing to crown the sacred heads of those whose pleasure is to hearken to Him, and who delight in His festivals, invites the lovers of unswerving faith as His called and His heirs; and the heavenly kingdom is urgent to summon those who mind celestial things to join the divine service of the incorporeal choirs. Today is fulfilled the word of David, Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. The fields shall be joyful, and all the trees of the wood before the Lord, because He comes. David thus made mention of the trees; and the Lord's forerunner also spoke of them as trees that should bring forth fruits meet for repentance, or rather for the coming of the Lord. But our Lord Jesus Christ promises perpetual gladness to all those who believe in Him. For He says, I will see you, and you shall rejoice; and your joy no man takes from you. Today is the illustrious and ineffable mystery of Christians, who have willingly set their hope like a seal upon Christ, plainly declared to us. Today did Gabriel, who stands by God, come to the pure virgin, bearing to her the glad annunciation ...” ------أغثني في عدم إيماني في الحد الرابع من الصوم تقيم الكنيسة المقدسة ذكرى ناسك عظيم كان رئيسا لدير طور سيناء وألفف كتابا ذاع صيته في المسيحية ال وهو كتاب "سللفم الفضائل"، فيصور فيه حياة الراهب أصل وحياة المؤمن بصورة عامة. في الكتاب يتسلفق المؤمن سللف اما، ودرجات السللفم هي الفضائل يسمو بها من درجة إلى درجة إلى فقمة السللفم، وهذا بعد صراع مرير. وفيما نحن مدركون آخر الصيام أرادت الكنيسة أن تضع أمامنا هذه السللفم لكي نصعد عليها ونحن ننظر إلى قمفة الحياة التي جاءتنا بالفداء، إذ ان إنجيل اليوم ينتهي بإعلن فالسيد لتلميذه أنه صاعد إلى أورشليم. طبعا الرب قد وصل إلى نهاية السللفم ولم ليسقط، والسللفم كانت بالنسبة له الصليب الذي ارتفع منه إلى أعلى السموات. على هذا الدرب تريدنا الكنيسة أن نسللك، ولذا أخخذت من النجيل حادثة الشاب المصاب بداء الصرع وكان يسقط ويزبد ويقع في نوبات مرض الفترة تلو الفترة. ونرى السيد يلمسك بيده ويلنهضه، وكأنه بذلك يجعله معه على الصليب وفي القيامة. فلما طلب والد الشاب من يسوع أن خيشفي ابنه قال له يسوع: "إن خاستطعت أن تؤمن فكل شيء مستطاع للمؤمن". عند ذاك يعترف الوالد بأنه ضعيف اليمان فويترجى أن يزيد السيد ثقته به: "إني ألومن يا رب فأخ نع ن قلفة إيماني". ماذا يعني هذا لنا اليوم؟ اليمان فملعرض للضعف لن النسان تتجاذبه أهواء الدنيا فالمعششة فيه كما كان الشيطان فمستقرا في جسد الولد المصروع. لذلك ينبغي أن يطهر النسان كي يبقي على اليمان. قضية اليمان ليست قضية تصديق فعقلي. ليست أن نسلفم بأن ا موجود وأنه مصدر الكائنات. الشياطين كلها لتسلفم بوجود ا ولكنها لتحاربه بآن. كيف فنتحول من أناس فيلصدقون بوجود ا إلى أناس إلهيين يكونون قيثارات للروح، هياكل فمتحركة، سماء للخرين؟ يتم هذا اذا تسلفقنا السللفم التي فتحد خث عنها يوحنا رئيس دير لطور سيناء. كيف نتسلفق السللفم لنصل إلى فوق؟ كيف فنتحول من أناس بلكم إلى بشر لفصحاء بشهادتهم فالحية؟ الجواب ايضا في هذا الفصل النجيلي: "هذا الشيطان ل يخرلج ال بالصلة والصوم". هذان هما الركنان اللذان نعتمدهما في الحياة المسيحية لكي نصل إلى الكمال. الصلة والصوم بمعناهما العميق هما افتقار إلى ا. الملصلفي هو إنسان جثا أمام ربفه ليقول انه ل شيء وأنه بحاجة إلى كل شيء من ا لكي يوجد. النسان ل يوجد دون صلة. والصوم في معانيه البليغة يعني أننا ننتظر من ا كل شيء، كل عطاء، كل نعمة، كل فضل. الصلة والصوم يعنيان في آخر المطاف أننا سلكنا في تواضلع أمام ا، لذلك فإنهما يحفظان اليمان. ولذلك إن اعتبرنا أننا ذوو وجود وجاه وعظمة فليس ل مكانة في النفس. ولكن إن أخحسسنا عميقا، وكل منا في غرفته، بأننا بالكلية ل شيء، دودة الرض وتراب ورماد، إن فصدقنا بأننا كالهباء الذي لت فذريه الريح، إن قادتنا رياضات الصلة إلى هذا الشعور، فعند ذاك يأتي ا إلى فراغنا ويمله بنعمة من عنده ويعطينا كل وجود. وعند ذاك إذا تكلفمنا، فلسنا نحن المتكلفمين ولكن روح أبينا هو الذي يتكلفم فينا. عند ذاك نرتفع إلى ذروة السللفم ونرفع معنا العالم إلى الملكوت الباقي. جاورجيوس مطران جبيل والبترون وما يليهما (جبل لبنان)

A nnouncements Antiochian women: On Sunday March 29, The Antiochian women will be hosting a fund raising Lenten Brunch following the Divine Liturgy. All are invited.

Sunday School: On Saturday March 28, We will have a Church School activities day from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. Children will be working on their the "Creative Art Festival" projects

Great lent daily services starting Monday February 23: Monday, 7:00pm: Great Compline (Arabic) Tuesday: 7:00 pm: Great Compline (English) Wednesday, 7:00pm: The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Thursday: No Service . Friday, 7:00pm: Akathist (Madayeh) Service. Saturday, 6:00pm: Vespers Service.

Feast of the Annunciation: Tuesday March 24, at 7:00 pm: Great Vespers and Lytia. Wednesday March 25, at 9:30 am: Festal Orthros. Wednesday March 25, at 10:30 pm: Festal Divine Liturgy. Services for the “Holy Week” - Sunday April 5, at 7:00 pm: The first Bridegroom service.

- Monday April 6, at 9:30 am: Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Monday April 6, at 7:00pm: The second Bridegroom Service.

- Tuesday April 7, at 9:30am: Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Tuesday April 7, at 7:00pm: The third Bridegroom service.

- Wednesday April 8, at 9:30 am: Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. Wednesday April 8, at 7:00 pm: Service of Holy Unction.

- Thursday April 9, at 9:30 am: The Hours + Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. Thursday April 9, at 7:00 pm: The service of the twelve passion Gospels.

- Friday April 10, at 9:30 am: The service of the Royal Hours + Vespers including the Taking down of the Crucifix from the cross. Friday April 10, at 7:00 pm: The service of Good Friday.

- Saturday April 11, at 9:30 am: Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great. Saturday April 11, at 10:00pm: Holy Pascha: The Rush procession + Orthros + Divine Liturgy. - Sunday April 12, at 3:00 pm: Agape Vespers (The Baouth service)