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أَحَــد الدَينونــة )والمعــروف بِأَحَــدْ مَرفَــع اللَحــم( the Sunday O EEKLY BULLETIN W SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021 أَ َحــد َالدينونــة )والمعــروف بِأَ َح ْــد َمرفَــع اللَحــم( THE SUNDAY OF THE LAST JUDGMENT (MEATFARE) The Weekly Bulletin is an official publication of Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cicero, Illinois. A parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church ﻛن�ســة القديــس ﺠاورﺠيــوس اﻻنطاﻛ�ــة اﻻرﺜوذكســ�ة The Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH, Primate Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America The Right Reverend Bishop ANTHONY, Auxiliary Bishop Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest The Very Reverend Father Fouad Saba, Pastor “The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Acts 11:26 BROTHERHOOD OF THE NOBLE JOSEPH: 2021 PARISH COUNCIL: V. Rev. Fr. Fouad Saba, PASTOR V. Rev. Fr. Fouad Saba, PRESIDING OFFICER Adn. Saed Rihani Michael Moukheiber, CHAIRMAN Sdn. 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Haddad, ARCHDIOCESE TRUSTEE Monday–Friday: 8:30 am–5:00 pm Elie Haig, ARCHDIOCESE TRUSTEE Saturday: By Appointment Mansour Rayan, ARCHDIOCESE TRUSTEE / Sunday: Closed HONORARY COUNCIL MEMBER WEEKLY SERVICES SCHEDULE: EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING MEMBERS: Saturdays: Great Vespers as announced Sundays: 9:15am Orthros (Matins) and Karen Nawas, SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:20am Great Doxology and Divine Liturgy Dena H. Fasheh, THE ORDER OF SAINT IGNATIUS Confession by Appointment Sdn. Steven Bynum, ANTIOCHIAN MEN (A-MEN) 2 TODAY’S LITURGY INSERTS RESURRECTIONAL TROPARION (TONE 6) َّإن القو ِات الم ِﻻئكَّيِة ظهروا على قبِرك الموَّقِر، والحراس When Mary stood at Thy grave, looking for Thy ُّ َ َ َ َْ َ ْ َُ ُّ َ sacred body, angelic powers shone above Thy ِ ِ ِ ِ revered tomb; and the soldiers who were to keep صاروا كاﻷموات، َومْرَيَم َوَقَف ْت عْنَد َالقْبر طالَب ًة َج َسَد َك ِ ِ guard became as dead men. Thou led Hades الطاهَر، َف َسَبْي َت َالج َحيم َولْم تُ َجَّرْب مْنها، َوصادْف َت captive and wast not tempted thereby. Thou didst البتول ِمانحاً الحياة. فيا من قام ِمن ِبين ِاﻷموات، يا meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world, O َ َ ْ َ ْ Thou, Who art risen from the dead, O Lord, glory ُّرب َالم ْجُد َل َك. .to Thee ENTRANCE HYMN OF THE GOSPEL BOOK Come, let us worship, and fall down before Christ. هلموا ِلنسجد ونركع ِللمسيح، مِل ِكنا ِوإلهنا. خِلصنا يا ابن َُّ َ ْ ُ ْ َْ َ ْ ْ َ ِ َ َّ ْ ْ َ Save us, O Son of God, Who art risen from the ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ هللا، يا َم ْن َقام م ْن َبْين اﻷموات، لُنَرتّ َل َل َك. َهللوييا. .dead; who sing to Thee. Alleluia RESURRECTIONAL TROPARION (TONE 6) َّإن القو ِات الم ِﻻئكَّيِة ظهروا على قبِرك الموَّقِر، والحراس When Mary stood at Thy grave, looking for Thy ُّ َ َ َ َْ َ ْ َُ ُّ َ sacred body, angelic powers shone above Thy ِ ِ ِ ِ revered tomb; and the soldiers who were to keep صاروا كاﻷموات، َومْرَيَم َوَقَف ْت عْنَد َالقْبر طالَب ًة َج َسَد َك ِ ِ guard became as dead men. Thou led Hades الطاهَر، َف َسَبْي َت َالج َحيم َولْم تُ َجَّرْب مْنها، َوصادْف َت captive and wast not tempted thereby. Thou didst البتول ِمانحاً الحياة. فيا من قام ِمن ِبين ِاﻷموات، يا meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world, O َ َ ْ َ ْ Thou, Who art risen from the dead, O Lord, glory ُّرب َالم ْجُد َل َك. .to Thee TROPARION OF SAINT GEORGE THE GREAT MARTYR (TONE 4) Since thou art a liberator and deliverer of captives, بما َّأنك للمأسورين محرر وم ِعتق، وللفق ِراء والمس ِاكين َ ُ َ ُ َ ٌ ُ ٌ َُ َ َ a help and support of the poor and needy, a ِ ِ ٍ ِ عاضٌد َوناصٌر َوللم َرضى ٌطبيب َوشاف ِوعن المؤم َنين healing physician of the sick, a contender and م ِكافح ومح ِارب أيها العظيم في الش ِهداء جاورجيوس fighter for kings, O great among Martyrs, the ُ ٌ ُ َ ٌ ُ ُ ُ victory clad George; intercede with Christ God for ِ َّ ِ الﻵب ُس َالظَفر تَ َشفع إلى ِالمسيح اﻹله في َخ ِﻻص ُنُف ِوسنا. .the salvation of our souls KONTAKION FOR SUNDAY OF LAST JUDGMENT (TONE 1) إذا أتيت يا هللا على اﻷر ِض ِبمجٍد، فترتِعد ِمنك البرايا When Thou comest, O God, to earth with glory, and ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ََْ َ ُ ْ َ َ all creatures tremble before Thee, and the river of ِ ِ ِ ِ ب ْأسرها، َونْهُر النار َي ْجري َأمام َعْرش َك، ُوالص ُح ُف تُْفتَ ُح، fire floweth before the Altar, and the books are والخفايا تشَّهر، فن ِجني ِحين ٍئذ ِمن ِالنار التي ﻻ تطفأ، opened and sins revealed, deliver me then from َ ُ َ ُ ََ ّ َ َ ُ َْ that unquenchable fire, and make me worthy ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ وأَ ّهْلني لْلوقوف َع ْن َيمين َك، ُّأيها َّالد ُيان العادل. .to stand at Thy right hand, O righteous Judge 3 KONTAKION FOR THE MIRACULOUS WEEPING ICON (TONE 8) Only at Saint George Church in Cicero ِ ِ ِ To thee the champion leader, * I thy city offer إني أنا ُعبدك يا والدةَ اﻹله* اكتُ ُب لك رايات الغلبة يا ِ ٍ َّ thanks of victory. * O Theotokos, thou who hast َّجندي ًة محامية* وأُقدم لك ُالش َكر َكمنقذة َمن الشدائد* delivered me from terror. * But as thou hast that ُ ِ ِ ُ ُ ِ لكن بما َّأن لك العَزةَ التي ﻻ تُ َح َارب* اعتقيني من power which is invincible, * From all dangers set ِ ِ ُصنوف الشدائد* حتى ُأصرَخ إليك إفرحي يا عروساً ﻻ :me free and deliver me. That I may cry unto thee َعروس لها. .Hail, O Bride without Bridegroom * EPISTLE READERS Linda Bynum, English Hanan Mseih, Arabic EPISTLE The Lord is my strength and my song. ُقَّوتي وتَسِبحتي َّالرُّب. ْ َ !With chastisement has the Lord chastened me َّ ِ ِ أََدباً أَدَبني َّالرُّب، َوِإلى َالمْوت ْلم ُيَسّل ْمني! The Reading from the First Epistle of ِ ِ ِ ِ َف ْص ٌــل م ْــن ِر َســالة القّد ِيــس ُبول َــس َّالرســول اﻷولــى إلــى (Saint Paul to the Corinthians (8:8-9:2 Brethren, food will not bring us closer to God; أَ ْه ِــل ِكورْنُثــوس )8:8-9:2( for neither if we eat, are we the better, nor if we َّ ِ َّ يــا ْإخ َــوةُ، َّإن الط َعــام ﻻ ُيَقّرُبنــا إلــى هللا، ﻷنــا ْإن do not eat, are we the worse. But take heed lest أَ ْكلنــا ﻻ َن ُزيــد ْوإن َل ْــم َن ُــأك ْل ﻻ َنْنُق ُــص. َول ْك ِــن ْان ُظــروا by any means this authority of yours become a ِ stumbling block to those who are weak. For if any أَ ْن ﻻ يكــوَن س ْــل ُطان ُكم هــذا معثَــرةً ُّللضعَفــاء. َّﻷنــه ْإن َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ ,one sees you, as someone who has knowledge ِ َِّ ِ ِ َر َآك َأح ٌــد يــا َم ْــن َل ُــه العْل ُــم ُمتكئــاً فــي بيــت اﻷَْوثــان، reclining at a table in an idol’s temple, will ِ ِ not the conscience of the one who is weak be َأفــﻻ َيتَ َّقــوى َضم ُيــرهُ، وهــو َض ٌعيــف، علــى أكل ِذبائــح ِ emboldened to eat of the things sacrificed to اﻷَو ِثــان. َفي ِهلــك بســب ِب عْلِمــك اﻷَ ُخ َّالضِعيــف الــذي ْ َ َ َ ُ idols, and through your knowledge the weak ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ َمــات َالمس ُــيح ﻷجلــه؟ َوهَكــذا ْإذ تُ ْخطئــوَن إلــى ْاﻹخ َــوة brother perishes, for whom Christ died? And وتجرحــون ض ِمائرهــم، ِوهــي ضِعيفــة، َّإنمــا تخ ِطئــون thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding َ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ ٌ ُ ْ ُ َ their conscience when it is weak, you sin against إلــى ِالمســيح. َفِل ِذلــك إن كان َّالطعــام ي َش ِّــكك أخــي، َ ْ َ ُ ُ ُ Christ. Therefore, if food causes my brother to ِ َّ ِ َفــﻻ ُآك ُل َلحمــاً إلــى َاﻷبــد َلئــﻻ أُ َش ّــك َك أخــي. َأل ْس ُــت أنــا stumble, I will not eat meat forever, lest I cause my brother to stumble. Am I not an apostle? Am َرســوﻻً؟ َأل ْس ُــت أنــا ُحَّاًــر؟ أَمــا رأَ ُيــت َيســوع ِالمســيح َرَّبَنــا؟ I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? َألســتم أنتــم عملــي فــي َّالــرِب؟ وإن َلــم أكــن رســوﻻً إلــى ْ ُْ ُْ ْ َ َ ّ ْ ْ ُ ْ Are not you my work in the Lord? If to others I am ِ ِ ِ َآخر َيــن، ّفإنــي َر ٌســول ُإليكــم. َّﻷن خاتَ َــم رَســالتي َهــو not an apostle, yet at least I am to you; for the أَْنتُــم فــي َّالــرِب. .seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord ْ ّ 4 GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to َفصــل َشــريف ِمــن ِب َش ِــارة ِالقد ِيــس متــى ْاﻹن ِجيل ِــي ْ ٌ ٌ ْ ّ ّ (Saint Matthew (25:31-46 ِ ِ َالب ِشــير، ّالتْلميــذ ّالطاهــر )The Lord said, “When the Son of man comes )25:31-46 ِ ِِ in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He َقــال َّالــرُّب: َمتــى َجــاء ْاب ُــن َالب َشــر فــي َم ْجــده ُوجميــع will sit on His glorious throne.
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