St. Greek St. John The Baptist Orthodox Mission Statement: Greek Orthodox Church To foster the spiritual maturity of the Orthodox Christian faithful of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America * Metropolis of San Francisco and reach out to inquirers, the unchurched and inactive Orthodox on the west side of metropolitan Portland through worship, the sacramental life, education, philanthropy, Rev. Fr. Theodore Dorrance * Rev. Fr. Timothy Pavlatos * Dn. Innocent Duchow-Pressley hospitality, fellowship and the practice of Christian Stewardship, thereby serving as an 14485 SW Walker Road, Beaverton, Oregon 97006 instrument in the growth and expansion of the Orthodox Christian Church. 503.644.7444 Fax: 503.296.2507 * [email protected] Witnessing the Truth of Apostolic Visit our Parish website at www.stjohngoc.org TODAY’S Coffee Hour Sweets are being offered by a few ladies of our parish out of thanksgiving to God for our visitors, our guests and our dear parishioners who have come to worship our Lord this Sunday morning at St John’s. Please enjoy the sweets with your cup of coffee and if you are able, Sunday of the Holy Fathers please give a free-will offering to benefit our St John the Forerunner Monastery in the baskets that are provided. Thank you! Holy and Great Martyr Marina HELP WANTED: Holy has an opening for a part-time Janitor. Duties will include cleaning floors, set up of tables & chairs for events, cleaning and sanitizing bathrooms, etc. Also availability 3rd Mode/ 4th Morning on weekends. Maximum 25 hours/week. Please call Holy Trinity church office at 503-234-0468 for uly questions. On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to theJ 19th 17, of 2016 the present month, we chant the Service to the Please Join Us at the Beaverton Night Market on Saturday, July 23rd and August 13th from 6pm to Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together in the Seven Ecumenical Councils, that is: the 10pm. Contact Kendall Muzik or Thomaida Hudanish to lend your support. First Council, of the 318 Fathers who assembled in Nicaea in 325 to condemn Arius, who denied that the Son of God is consubstantial with the Father; the Fathers of the First Council also ordained that Young Adults Picnic- Please join us Sunday, July 24th following Liturgy for a Young Adults picnic, the whole Church should celebrate Pascha according to the same reckoning; the Second Council, of at Cedar Hills Park. See Beth Carper for details on food and activities. the 150 Fathers who assembled in Constantinople in 381 to condemn Macedonius, Patriarch of Con- There will be an Open House here at St. John’s on Saturday, July 30th and Aug. 20th following Great stantinople, who denied the Divinity of the Holy Spirit; the Third Council, of the 200 Fathers who assembled in Ephesus in 431, to condemn Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who called a Vespers at 5pm. Invite your family and friends to: Come for a taste of Ancient Orthodox Christian mere man and not God incarnate; the Fourth Council, of the 630 who assembled in Chalcedon in 451, Worship. to condemn Eutyches, who taught that there was only one nature, the divine, in Christ after the Incar- GOYA raft trip is coming up on July 31st to Aug. 1st. The event is open to Sr. GOYA. If you haven’t nation, and Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who illegally received Eutyches back into communion already, contact Innocent to sign-up at [email protected]. and deposed Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had excommunicated Eutyches; the Fifth Council in 553, of the 165 who assembled in Constantinople for the second time to condemn Origen Come to the Middle East Festival at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church on August 28th from and Theodore of Mopsuestia, the teacher of Nestorius; the Sixth Council in 680, of the 170 who as- 12pm to 7pm. Orthodox Choral music by KLIROS at 2pm. Dancing, food and fun for the kids. sembled in Constantinople for the third time, to condemn the Monothelite heresy, which taught that Car and Bike Show and BBQ in the Holy Trinity GOC parking lot on September 10th at 12pm. Reg- there is in Christ but one will, the divine; and the Seventh Council in 787, of the 350 who assembled ister your cars at 10am. Call Kris Souza with questions at (503) 781-1742. in Nicaea for the second time to condemn Iconoclasm Holy and Great Martyr Marina lived during the reign of Claudius II (268-270). She was from Pi- sidia of Cilicia and was the only daughter of a certain priest of the idols. On being orphaned by her mother, she was handed over to a certain woman who instructed her in the Faith of Christ. When she Welcome Visitors! All non-Orthodox visitors to our parish are welcome and may receive the blessed bread was fifteen years old, she was apprehended by the ruler of Olmbrius, and when asked her name, home- at the end of the . To receive Holy Communion, you must be baptized and confirmed in the land, and faith, she answered: “My name is Marina; I am the offspring of the Pisidia; I call upon the Orthodox Church. You must also have prepared under the spiritual direction of your Father Confessor, Name of my Lord Christ.” Because of this she endured bonds, imprisonment, and many whip- which presumes participation in the of Confession. Before approaching the Communion Chal- pings, and was finally beheaded in the year 270. Saint Marina is especially invoked for deliverance ice, we should not have any foreign matter in or on our mouths; this includes food, gum, lipstick, etc. from demonic possession. Please come up the middle aisle with reverence and humility. When receiving, please place the cloth under your chin, wipe your mouth and then hand the cloth to the next person. PC: Roth/Walsh G: Benson Altar Boys Team C: Tobias, Kyle, Levi, Aiden, Thomas, Petros, Clean-up Team 8: Patske, Rich, McKenzie, Reiter, Downs, Ionescu, Walker, Hafez Small Hymns Parish Activities For the Week of July 17th Resurrectional Hymn for this Sunday (3rd Mode): Let all things above in heav’n rejoice, and let all things below on earth be glad. With all the might Sunday, July 17 Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 7 Ecumenical Councils and strength of His arm, an eternal deed the Lord did perform: beneath His feet, He has trampled The Great Martyr Marina down death by death, and first born of the dead has He become. From the depths of Hades, has He Orthros & Divine Liturgy 8:45 AM delivered us, and to all the world has granted His great redeeming mercy. Parish Council Meeting 12:00 AM Effrenestho ta urania, agalliastho ta epigia, oti epiise kratos en vrahioni aftu o Kyrios. Epatise VanSickle - Cremeens Wedding 2:30 PM to thanato ton thanaton, prototokos ton nekron egeneto, ek kilias Athu erisato imas ke paresche followed by Cupcake Reception to kosmo to mega eleos. Hymn of the Holy Fathers (Pl. 4th Mode): Tuesday, July 19 Righteous Makrina Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the Baklava Assembly & Baking 6:00 PM earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to Thee. Wednesday, July 20 Prophet Elias Hymn of the Saint Marina (4th Mode): O Lord Jesus, unto Thee Thy lamb doth cry with a great voice: O my Bridegroom, Thee I love; in seeking Thursday, July 21 Baklava Packaging 9:00 AM Thee, I now contest, and with Thy baptism am crucified and buried. I suffer for Thy sake, that I may reign with Thee; for Thy sake I die, that I may live in Thee: accept me offered out of longing to Thee as a spotless Friday, July 22 Volunteer Training for Beaverton Night Market 7:00 PM sacrifice. Lord, save our souls through her intercession, since Thou art great in mercy. Hymn of St. John the Baptist (2nd Mode): Saturday, July 23 Preparation for Beaverton Night Market 1:00 PM The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise, but the Lord’s testimony is sufficient for thee, Great Vespers 5:00 PM O Forerunner; for thou hast proved to be truly more venerable than the Prophets, since thou wast granted Beaverton Night Market 6:00 PM to baptize in the stream Him Whom they proclaimed. Wherefore having contested for the truth, thou didst Sunday, July 24 5th Sunday of Matthew rejoice to announce the good tidings even to those in Hades: that God hath appeared in the flesh, taking Orthros & Divine Liturgy 8:45 AM away the sin of the world and granting to us great mercy. Young Adult Picnic 12:00 PM of the (2nd Mode): A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theoto- kos, for those who honor you. READING: :8-15 (Sunday of the Holy Fathers): TITUS, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and fu- Mochas for Missions: Since 2009, our parishioners have donated over $28,000 to support tile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, Missions and Evangelism in our Metropolis through the Mochas for Missions campaign. knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned. When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best St. Innocent Orphanage & Project Mexico to speed and on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to Building hope for boys without families and families without homes. Over the apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful. All who are with past year and a half, we have raised over $463 for this beautiful Orthodox mission. me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. GOSPEL READING: Matthew 5:14-19 (Sunday of the Holy Fathers): Look for the Project Mexico canister in the Narthex and give generously. The Lord said to his disciples, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men They need our support and prayers! light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Think May we always remember how blessed we are to have this church community and show not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. our thankfulness by giving generously in order to spread to others. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”