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Church News Hanks to This Be- Ing Leap Year, Spring Will Come Early HolyTrinityGreekOrthodoxChurch Volume 20 Issue 3 March 2020 Proistamenos: Fr. Jon Emanuelson Church News hanks to this be- ing Leap Year, Spring will come early. Did any- one tell Mother Nature? We begin our journey into Great Lent. Pleas read Fr. Jon’s great message about Lent. The Church Family sends it heart-felt sympathies to the Kesaris family due the loss or Rose. Let her memory be eternal. Please take the oppor- tunites to be blessed by the weekly services that occurs three times a week. You can see a full schedule in the cal- endar in the back of this issue. Check your email to when the next GOYA meet- ing and the next Festival Meeting is scheduled. Please contact Doreen Cote for any Table of Contents further update, since she is Church News ...............................1 The Annunciation ..................... 13 Priest Message ..............................3 Stewardship ............................. 15 the new chairwoman for the Fasting ..........................................4 Memorials ................................ 16 2020 Festival. Also the next Sundays of Great Lent ...................8 Calendar................................... 19 St. Patrick....................................11 General Assembly will be Remember you can see Bulletin on line at holytrinity.me.goarch.org scheduled for next month. under “Resources”, then Current Newletter HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURch Council Members BULLETIN OF THE Food for fellowhip time President PARISH OF THE John Carson ...................(714) 658-5867 after church HOLY TRINITY March Vice President GREEK ORTHODOX CHURch 1 .........Kesaris 40 Day Jaye Mendros-Goulet ....(207) 956-8650 8.......Sirois & Simones Treasurer 15....... Doreen Cote ..................(207) 513-9359 March 22......Mendros/Giannopolis Assistant Treasurer 29.......Dotty & Olga 2020 Secretary If you wish to host a Peter Vayanos ................(617) 838-8408 memorial or sponsor food for after church fellowship Stella Gammaitoni ........(207) 333-2672 please sign up. John Kesaris ..................(207) 622-5381 John Kroger ...................(207) 689-6132 Othneil Kroger ..............(540) 630-1957 Stephan Kroger .............(207)740-5888 David LeGloahec ..........(207) 514-3693 Peter Mars .....................(207)933-4949 Dina Medouris ..............(207) 240-6264 155 Hogan Road P. O. Box 1344 Steven Mihalakis ...........(207) 620-0124 Lewiston, Maine 04243-1344 Roger Park ....................(207) 754-1134 Phone & Fax (207) 783-6795 Committees Photographers: Building & Addition: John Stass, Mike Pelletier David Le Gloahec Cemetery: Michael Pelletier Festival: Doreen Cote Writers: Finance & Endowment: Dorothy Moskovis, Mike Pelletier. David LeGloahec Hellenic Heritage: Georgia Chomas Margery Mars Fr. Jon Emanuelson Interior: Stella Gammaitoni, John Rozos Maintenance: Jim Simones, Harry Simones, Stella Gammaitoni Light of Life is the monthly publication of Holy Trinity Greek Parish Historical Society: John Kesaris Orthodox Church Spiritual Enrichment: Ann Robinson of Lewiston, Maine under the Metropolis of Boston Stewardship: of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Librarian: Tom Goodwin of America. Ladies Society: Christine Sirois It is intended for the communication Choir Directors: John Rozos, Chris Gianopoulos and edification of the community of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Sunday School Director: Presbyteria Emanuelson and its friends. Readers: George Simones, David LeGloahec, John Rozos, Publication created using: Adobe® InDesign® CS-5, Adobe® Photoshop® Jaye Goulet, Peter Vayanos C.S.5, Art Explosion® 750,000, Macromedia Freehand® 9.0, IconGraphics™ Byzantine Acolyte Guide: Roger Park ClipArt on an Apple iMac. Book Store Manger: Desrée Tanquay fonts used: Palatino, Papyrus & Optima. Visitation Committee: Margery Mars (933-4949) & Christine Sirois See us on the web at (784-7107) Other Members: Ann Pelletier, Dotty Moskovis, George Simones, Rosemary Goranites, Deserée Tanquay, and John Rozos. holytrinity.me.goarch.org 2 MARch 2020 Priest’s Message So What is so Great about Great Lent? lad you asked dear lover of God, glad you asked! Why someone just asked me the other day about our Ortho- dox Christian Great Lent. So many thoughts ran through my head I had to write some of them down. So here are some thoughts: Blessing of the Waters Preparing for the Feast of feasts We begin our Great Lenten journey prepar- Visit from Paidea of Maine ing ourselves for the Feast of feasts – PAS- CHA, our Christian Passover from death to life in Christ! The road we travel for the journey can be a truly blessed one! Clean Monday This is our starting point! 40 days before the Saturday of Lazarus we begin our Lenten journey. The great fast literally starts at sun- down on Sunday night with the beautiful Forgiveness Sunday Vespers. At Holy Trinity we will begin vespers at 6 PM. The service ends with everyone asking forgiveness from each other! This is a truly blessed way to start. Giving up vs. Gaining In the west we often hear about people “giv- ing up” something for great lent. However, as Orthodox Christians, our Lenten journey is not about giving something up, but rather gaining a closer and more beautiful relation- Got Church News? ship with Jesus Christ. So what are the spiri- tual disciplines we exercise to grow closer? Send your text, your pictures, 1. Fasting. This involves both body and soul! We your inspirations, whatever it is, certainly try to fast from the heavier foods – meat, send it to: eggs, cheese, fish, dairy products. Believe it or not, this is the easy part! In addition to fasting from the 3 [email protected] continued on pg. 5 HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURch FASTING Christ fasted and in the process He taught us, His people, to fast as well. In the Sermon on the Mount He said: And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. —Matthew 6:16-18 WHEN YOU FAST Christ did not say “if you fast” but rather, “when you fast.” He presupposed that we understand fasting as a necessary part of our spiritual lives. Christ Himself fasted. We know, for example, that He fasted for forty days after His baptism, thereby preparing Himself before making His appearance to the people and beginning His public ministry. We know also how, when His disciples could not heal a suffering child, Christ upbraided them with the words: “But this kind (of demon) never comes out except by prayer and fasting” (Matthew 17:21). The people of the Old Testa- ment fasted as well. Centuries before the coming of Christ, the prophet Isaiah wrote the following: Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? Then shall your light break forth like the dawn… —Isaiah 58:6-8 The apostles also fasted. They connected their fasting with prayer as Christ taught. They did not sepa- rate their fasting from faith and good works rendered in obedience to God’s commandments of mercy and love. As the apostles continued in prayer and fasting, they likewise commanded us to do so as well. A NECESSARY ELEMENT Fasting, then, is an essential element of the spiritual life which: • frees us from passion; • enables us to gain dominion over our lives; and • enables the Spirit of God to dwell within us and make us instruments of His will. Fasting is not at all an act of mortification for mortification’s sake. It is not a “little suffering” which is somehow pleasing to God. It is not a ‘punishment” which is to be sorrowfully endured in payment for sins. It is not given to us in the context of”laws” which, if endured, gain us favor in the sight of God while, if ignored, render us sinful and guilty. The sin of not fasting is found in our failure to employ a practice which is absolutely necessary in our struggle to overcome sin and to enter into communion with God. continued on pg. 12 4 MARch 2020 Priest’s Message continued from pg.3 certain foods as we are able, we also fast from sin. Yes, you heard me correctly. Let us strive to fast from judging others, foul language, forbidden spectacles, the passions, etc. Try it, you’ll like it! 2. Giving Alms. Let us strive to help those in need. Let us give to local and other charities as we are able. Giving from the heart brings the grace and joy of God. 3. Repentance and Confession. How many years has it been? I am so thankful for every soul who seeks God’s forgiveness. It takes courage and strength to repent and confess. And what grace and peace of soul it brings to us! Please take the time to come and confess Visit from Paidea of Maine before Christ. Repentance brings the greatest victory to us and the greatest defeat to the evil one. You will be truly blessed and uplifted! 4. Additional Prayers. I call prayer the great intangible gift. You cannot see it and cannot Bring it on touch it. Yet, prayer can move mountains! Keep vigil and focus by adding a few more souls to pray for in your daily prayers. And if Spring! we need to start a good prayer routine, Great Lent is the best time to do it! 5. Evening Services. Please join us for the beautiful Lenten services offered each Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday. Great Compline starts our week on Monday.
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