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Divine Liturgy of St. SUNDAY 06 MARCH 2016 ♦ TONE 08 ♦ EOTHINON 08 ♣ FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT/HOLY RELICS/S. JOHN CLIMACUS GREAT DOXOLOGY: Liturgy Book p. 1 ANTIPHONS: FIRST: Liturgy Book p. 11 SECOND: Liturgy Book p. 11 THIRD: Liturgy Book p. 19 APOLYTIKIA: Resurrection (Tone 7) Liturgy Book p. 19 St. John Climacus Lenten Supplement p. 4 (Tone 2) Liturgy Book p. 20 KONDAKION: Triumphant Leader Lenten Supplement p. 6 PROKIMENON: Psalm 28:11, 1 (Tone 7) The Lord will give strength to his people. Stichon: Bring to the Lord, O sons of , bring to the Lord honor and glory. EPISTLE: Hebrews 6:13-20 BRETHREN, when God made his promise to , since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself, saying, “I will surely bless you, and will surely multiply you Gn.22 : 14).” And so, after patient waiting, Abraham obtained the promise. For men swear by one greater than themselves, and an oath given as a guarantee is the final settlement of all their disagreements. Hence God, meaning to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the firmness of his will interposed an oath, so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to deceive, we may have the strongest comfort ― we who have sought refuge in holding fast the hope set before us. This hope we have as a sure and firm anchor of the soul, reaching even behind the veil where our fore- runner has entered for us, as he became a high priest forever according to the order of Melchisedek. ALLELUIA: Psalm 91:1, 2 (Tone 7) It is good to give thanks to the Lord. Stichon: To proclaim your mercy in the morning and your truth by the night. GOSPEL: St. Mark 9:17-31 AT THAT TIME, one of the crowd came to Jesus and bowed to him saying: “Master, I have brought to you my son, who has a dumb spirit; and whenever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth; and he is wasting away. And I told your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” And he, answering him, said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.” And they brought him to him; and the spirit, when it saw Jesus, immediately threw the boy in convulsions, and he fell down on the ground and rolled about foaming at the mouth. So he asked his father, “How long is it since this has come upon him?” And he said, “From his infancy. Oftentimes, it has thrown him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if you can do anything have compassion on us and help us.” But Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to the man of faith.” At once the father of the boy cried out and said with tears, “I do believe; help my unbelief.” Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and dumb spirit, I command you, go out of him and enter him no more.” And crying out and violently convulsing him, it went out of him, and he became like one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him and he stood up. And when he had come into the house, his disci- ples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” And he said to them, “This kind can be cast out in no way except by prayer and fasting.” And leaving that place, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish anyone to know it. For he was teaching his disciples, and saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and having been killed, he will rise again on the third day.” HIRMOS: Lenten Supplement p. 17 SAINT JOSEPH ANNOUNCEMENTS

EVENTS IN MARCH INTENTIONS Sunday, March 6th 05 March John Blewitt from Lawrence & Kathryn Cecchi Monthly Fellowship 06 March James Zaydon I Coffee and Sweets from James & Genevieve Zaydon Family Wednesday, March 9th 12 March Deceased Members of the Barron Pre-sanctified Service begins at 6:45 pm & Shehadi families from Marie Barron Sunday, March 13th 13 March Nicholas Cianci Youth Group Meeting 40th day Anniversary Parish Hall: 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19th THE FAST OF AZARUS ATURDAY L S in the Byzantine Tradition Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m. † On weekdays of Great Lent, Monday through Friday, Youth Day there are restrictions on both the number of meals tak- Parish Hall: After Liturgy - 3:00 p.m. en daily and on the types of food permitted; but when Sunday, March 20th a meal is permitted, there is no limitation to the quan- tity of food that may be eaten. PALM SUNDAY † On weekdays, fast is broken [the first meal of the 9:00 a.m. Orthros: Blessing of Palms day is taken] at/after the noon hour. 10:00 a.m. Procession † Throughout Lent, the fast excludes the eating of Divine Liturgy to follow meat & meat products, cheese, milk, butter, fish, olive oil, wine & alcoholic beverages. Sunday, March 20th † On the Feast of Palm Sunday the eating of fish is Holy Monday Orthros: permitted. Bridegroom Service: 7:00 p.m. † Olive oil, as well as wine, is permitted on various Monday, March 21 st feastdays, as well as on Saturdays and Sundays. † While the above rules of fasting are to be encour- through Saturday March 26th aged, in all things the Christian is called to exercise GREAT & HOLY WEEK moderation and charity. The elderly and those in poor health, especially, are urged to be prudent. If in doubt, speak with your spiritual father or confessor. Future Events One Year Memorial Heartfelt Thank You: Rev. Jolly Patrick Clark for organizing the Lenten 10 April 2016 Mission and Liaison to the University of Scranton. St. Joseph Breakfast Karen Kane, Anne Clarice Zaydon, Mary 17 April 2016 Lou Vandorick & Thomas Joyce for 2016 Annual Food Festival providing fellowship at St. Joseph and August 13 & 14th, 2016 the Ciszek Hall. : ST. JOSEPH THE BETROTHED Rev. Christopher Manuele, Presbyter Divine Services: Melkite Greek- Saturday: 130 St. Francis Cabrini Avenue  Scranton, PA 18504 Great Vespers: ……..... 3:45 P.M. [email protected] ♣ www.melkitescranton.org Sunday: Contact office: 570.343.6092 † [email protected] Orthros: …..……….… 9:00 A.M. Divine Liturgy: ……. 10:00 A.M. Prayer Intentions Tuesday: PEACE, HEALTH, SALVATION: Rev. Charles Aboody. Compline: …. See Lenten Schedule Rev. Dn. John Karam. Rev. Dn. Joseph Daratony. Michael Holy Days: Great Vespers: ……. 7:00 P.M. Eve Abda. Nichole Barrett. Marie Barron. Katerine Bateh. Nik- Divine Liturgy …… 7:00 P.M. Day ki Boudreaux. George Bales Sr. Lucille Bsales. Jayne Confessions: Buckley. Chris Carey. Nicholas Cianci. Carol Downer. Before Vespers at 3:00 P.M.; following Jennifer Evans. Nicole Frazer. Niko Mayashairo. Mary any service; or by appointment. McNeilly. Mary Lou Mooty. Marie Patchoski. Ruth Sir- Holy Anointing for the Sick: gany. Sue Solsman. Kennedy Stevenson. Jane Warn. Following any service/call the Rectory.   : Rev. Michael Jolly. Marie Abda. Holy Mystery of Crowning: Marie Abda. Nancy Abda Maureen Chisholm. Ann Call rectory at earliest convenience.    Coury. Mary Sue Betress. Margaret Dillenburg Parish Advisory Council: Blakely Patrick Landell. Frank Milweski. Karen Mur- James Zaydon, Chairman. ray. Genevieve Zaydon Meetings as scheduled.