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THE BULLETIN Nov 22 St Nicholas Antiochian Founded in 1899 by St Raphael of Brooklyn, we are a parish of the Orthodox Church Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of كنيسة القديس نيقولوس .Antioch and all the East النطاكية الرثوذكسية 80 de Castelnau Est, Montreal, QC, H2R 1P2 Office: 514-270-9788 — [email protected] — www.stnicholasmtl.com Pastoral Emergency: 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 ——————————————————————————————— The Lord’s Day — November 22, 2020 AD weekly bulletin Every Saturday: Vespers & Compline (6:00pm-7:00pm approx) ** Inquirers to Orthodoxy are Welcome! ** Confession: Saturdays before Vespers — by appointment and for parishioners only. Every Sunday: Orthros & Divine Liturgy (9:00am-12:00pm approx) Holy Communion: Please note that the Orthodox Church does not practice ‘open communion’ with the Non-Orthodox (i.e. Catholics, Protestants or other religions). Unfortunately the Christian Churches remain divided and not everybody is welcome to approach the Holy Chalice. It is the policy of our Archdiocese that Holy Communion (Eucharist) is reserved only for Orthodox Christians who have spiritually prepared themselves by fasting, repenting, having read the Pre- Communion prayers, and having arrived on time from the beginning of the Divine Liturgy. Everybody however, is welcome to partake of the Antidoron (blessed bread) that is distributed at the end of the Divine Liturgy. If you are not Orthodox yet, and are interested in becoming Orthodox and receiving Holy Communion, please speak with me. (Fr. Mark) COVID-19 Regulations: ➡ Attendance at the Divine Liturgy requires a confirmed booking. A waiting list has been created because we are currently only allowed to be 25 people in total. Rotation cycles for active families are in effect. To register on the waiting list, please call the Church Office. ➡ 50% of the Pews have been blocked-off to allow for social distancing in accordance with Quebec Law, please only sit with those who live with you and do not remove the tape. ➡ Please sanitize your hands upon entering the Church & Face-Masks are required by Quebec Law. An usher is on duty for assistance, please follow all given instructions. THE HOLY EPISTLE (Ephesians 2:14-22) Brethren, Christ is our peace, Who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the Cross, thereby bringing the hostility to an end. And He came and preached peace to you, who were far off, and peace to those who were near; for through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in Whom the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in Whom you also are built into it for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. يــا إ ْـخـ َوةُ، إنَ الَــسيحَ ُـهـ َو َــسل ُـمـنَا، ُـهـ َو َــج َع َل ال ْثــنَ ْ ِي وا ِــحداً، َو َنــ َق َض فــي َج َــس ِد ِه حــا ِـئـ َط الــ ِسياجِ الــحا ِــجزَ، أ ْي الــ َعدا َوة* وأَبْــ َط َل نــامــو سَ الـ َوصـايـا فـي فـرا ِـئ ِض ِه، ِليَ ْـخ ُل َق ال ْثـنَ ْ ِي فـي َنـ ْف ِس ِه إنـسانـاً وا ِـحداً َـجديـداً ب ِإ ْـجرا ِـئ ِه ال َـسلم* ويُـصا ِلـحَ ِـك َليْ ِهما فـي َج َـس ٍد وا ِـح ٍد َـمعَ الِ فـ ي ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ الــصلي ِب، ِـبـ َقتْله الــ َعدا َوةَ فــي َنــ ْفسه* َفــجا َء وبَ َــش َر ُــك ْم ِـبـال َــسلمِ، الــبَعيديــ َن ــمنْ ُك ْم َوالــ َقريــبي* لنَ ِـبـه َلــنَا ــك َليْنَا الــتَ َو ُــص َل إلــى ال ِب فــي روحٍ ِ ٍ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ وا ــحد* َف َل ْــستُ ْم ُغــ َربــا َء بَــ ْع ُد و ُنــزَل َء، بَــ ْل ُـمـوا ــطني الــق ِديســ َي وأَ ْــه ِل بَــيْ ِت ال* َوقــ ْد بُــنيتُ ْم عــلى أَســا ِس الــ ُر ُــس ِل، والَ ْنــبياء، و َح َــج ُر الــزا ِويَــة ُــه وَ ِ ِ يسو ُع الَسيحُ َن ْف ُس ُه* الذي ِبه يُنْ َس ُق البُنْيا ُن ُك ُل ُه، َفيَنْ ُمو َهيْ َك ًل ُم َق َدساً في ال َر ِب* وفيه أ ْنتُ ْم أيْضاً ُتبْنَ ْو َن َمعاً َم ْس َكناً لِ في الروح. THE HOLY GOSPEL (Luke 12:16-21) The Lord spoke this parable: “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” As He said this, Jesus called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ قـا َل الـ َر ُب َـهذا الَـثَل: إ ْنـسا ٌن َـغنيٌ أَ ْـخ َصبَ ْت أَ ْر ُـض ُه* َفـ َف َك َر فـي َنـ ْفسه قـا ـئ ًل "مـاذا أَ ْـصنَع؟ فـإ َنـ ُه َـليْ َس لـي َـم ْو ـضعٌ أَ ْـخزُ ُن فـيه أَ ْثـماري"* ُثـ مَ ِ ِ ِ ِ ٍ قـا َل، "أَ ْـصنَعُ َـهذا: أَ ْـهد ُم أَ ْـهرائـي وأَبْـني أَ ْـكبَ َر ـمنْها، وأَ ْـج َمعُ ُـهنا َك ُـك َل َغـ َلتـي و َـخيْراتـي* وأقـو ُل لـنَفسي، يـا َنـ ْف ُس إنَ َلـك َـخيْرات َـكثي َر ةً ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َفـا ْـستَريـحي َو ُـكلي وا ْـش َربـي وا ْفـ َرحـي"* َفـقا َل لـ ُه الُ: "يـا َـجا ـه ُل! فـي َـهذه الـلي َلة ُتـ ْط َل ُب َنـ ْف ُس َك ـمنْ َك. َف َـهذه الـتي أَ ْـع َد ْد َتـها لَـ ْن َتـكون؟"* ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َف َه َكذا َم ْن يَ َدخ ُر لنَ ْفسه ول يَ ْستَ ْغنيِ بالِ.* وَلَا قا َل هذا نا َدى: َم ْن َل ُه أُ ُذنا ِن ل ْل َس ْمعِ، َف ْليَ ْس َمع. Today’s Memorial is offered for: • Ernest Battah (1st year). Offered by Camille Battah & Family. Archdiocese Nativity Concert: Our St. Nicholas Choir will be participating in the upcoming broadcasted Archdiocese Nativity Concert organized by the Department of Sacred Music. It will be showcasing the choirs of our Archdiocese. “It is not necessary to roam heaven and earth after God or to send our mind to seek Him in different places. Purify your soul, O son of man, remove from yourself the thought of memories outside of nature; hang the veil of chastity and humility before your impulses. By means of these you will be able to find Him who is within you.” + St. Isaac the Syrian — SYNAXARION — On November 21 in the Holy Orthodox Church we celebrate the Entrance of the Mother of God into the Temple. (Verses: Within the temple, Gabriel feedeth thee, O Maid, And shortly he shall come and shall say to thee: Rejoice. On the twenty-first Mary entereth the sacred fane.) Leading the procession into the Temple were virgins with lighted tapers in their hands, then the three-year-old Most-holy Virgin, led by her father and mother. The Virgin was clad in vesture of royal magnificence and adornments as was befitting the “King’s daughter, the Bride of God” (Psalm 44:13-15). Following them were many kinsmen and friends, all with lighted tapers. Fifteen steps led up to the Temple. Joachim and Anna lifted the Virgin onto the first step, then she ran quickly to the top herself, where she was met by the High Priest Zachariah, who was to be the father of St. John the Forerunner. Taking her by the hand, he led her not only into the Temple, but into the “Holy of Holies,” the holiest of holy places, into which no one but the high priest ever entered, and only once each year, at that. Zachariah “was outside himself and possessed by God” when he led the Virgin into the holiest place in the Temple, beyond the second curtain—otherwise, his action could not be explained. The Most-holy Virgin remained in the Temple and dwelt there for nine full years. While her parents were alive, they visited her often. When God called her parents from this world, the Most-holy Virgin was left an orphan and did not wish to leave the Temple until death or to enter into marriage. The Most-holy Virgin Mary was the first of such lifevowed virgins, of the thousands and thousands of virgin men and women who would follow her in the Church of Christ. Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Christ God, have mercy upon us. Amen. On November 22 in the Holy Orthodox Church we continue to celebrate the Entrance of the Theotokos, and we commemorate the holy Apostles of the Seventy: Philemon, Apphia, Archippos and Onesimos, disciples of the Apostle Paul.
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