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Bull.March 29, 2020A EPISTLE: Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church The Lord will give strength to His people. Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory. 1250 Oakdale Avenue, West Saint Paul, Minnesota 55118 Parish Website: http://www.saintgeorge-church.org The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (6:13-20) Church Phone: 651-457-0854 rethren, when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” And thus The Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York, B Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by one Metropolitan of all North America greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God Right Reverend Bishop ANTHONY, Auxiliary Bishop, desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of His Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest purpose, He interposed with an oath. So that through two unchangeable things, in which it is im- possible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encourage- Right Reverend Archimandrite John Mangels, Pastor ment to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a Reverend Father John Chagnon, attached Very Reverend Archpriest Paul Hodge, attached hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on Reverend Deacon John Mikhail, attached our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Very Reverend Archpriest Thomas Begley, retired Rt. Reverend Archimandrite Duane Pederson, retired Reverend Father Daniel Simon, retired GOSPEL: Pastor’s email: [email protected] Pastor’s Cell: 303-520-0981 The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Mark. (9:17-31) t that time, a man came to Jesus, kneeling down and saying unto him, “Teacher, I brought Sunday, March 29, 2020 my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and Fourth Sunday of Great Lent A he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked Thy Disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” And Jesus answered them, “O faithless generation, how long am I to be with Commemoration of John Climacus, Author of “The Ladder” you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to Me.” And they brought the boy to Him; and Tone 8 Eothinon 8 when the spirit saw Jesus, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, “How long has he had this?” And he said, Commemoration: Martyr Mark, bishop of Arethusa, Martyr Cyril the deacon of Heliopolis and those with “From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if them; Martyrs Jonah and Barachisios of Persia and those with them; Eustathios the Confessor, Thou canst do anything, have pity on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, bishop of Bithynia all things are possible to him who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, The Divine Liturgy begins on pg. 14 of the new Divine Liturgy Book. come out of him, and never enter him again.” And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, “He is dead.” But Jesus took RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE EIGHT Pg. 102 him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when Jesus had entered the house, His Dis- From the heights Thou didst descend, O compassionate One, and Thou didst submit to the three- ciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” And Jesus said to them, “This kind day burial, that Thou might deliver us from passion; Thou art our life and our Resurrection, O cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting.” Lord, glory to Thee. They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And Jesus would not have anyone know it; for He was teaching His Disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the APOLYTIKION OF ST. JOHN CLIMACUS IN TONE EIGHT hands of men, and they will kill Him; and after He is killed, He will rise on the third day.” The barren wilderness thou didst make fertile with the streams of thy tears; and by thy deep sighing thou hast given fruit through thy struggles a hundredfold. Accordingly, thou hast become a star for HOLY BREAD the universe, sparkling with miracles. Therefore, O righteous Father John Climacus, intercede with Holy Bread is offered for the health and welfare of Willy, Pat, Ben, Amber, Ole, Mabel, Iler, Artie, Christ God to save our souls. and Nate Percy, Dan Neimy, Ron Neimy, Sue Adams and their families and all parishioners of St. Now sing the Apolytikion of St. George our Patron Saint George. In loving memory of Peter and Rosa Neimy and Ardell Daniels and all departed parishioners of KONTAKION FOR SUNDAYS IN GREAT LENT IN TONE EIGHT St. George. To thee, the Champion Leader, do I offer thanks of victory, O Theotokos, thou who hast delivered me from terror; but as thou that hast that power invincible, O Theotokos, thou alone can set me COFFEE HOUR free: from all forms of danger free me and deliver me, that I may cry unto thee: Hail, O Bride Coffee hour has been temporarily canceled due to the COVID-19 virus. We will notify you when without Bridegroom. we can resume our periods of fellowship! ELCOME to all our guests and visitors. We are delighted to have you visiting and To schedule Holy Bread and/or a memorial, contact Joannie Alevizos. It is completely proper to have more than one memorial or Holy Bread on a Sunday. When signing up for Holy Bread, please worshipping with us this morning and hope that you return soon. We invite you to indicate “yes” or “no” if you will also be providing coffee hour. Coffee hour does not need to be W participate in the Divine Liturgy, but, sadly, due to the divisions in Christianity, an elaborate meal. If you have any questions, contact Sanaa Jubran. only baptized/chrismated members of the Orthodox Church who have made their Confession before an Orthodox priest and prepared themselves by fasting may re- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING CHURCH SERVICES, ETC. ceive Holy Communion. Please come forward after Liturgy to venerate the Cross and As we have announced previously, following the directives from the Federal Government, the partake of the Antidoron-Holy Bread. Join us in the Parish Hall for Coffee Hour after the State and Municipal Governments as well as from Metropolitan Joseph, as of this printing, we will Liturgy. Please turn off your cell phones and all electronic devices. serve only the Friday Akathist Services, Sunday Matins & Divine Liturgy. These services are avail- able via Livestreaming on YouTube thanks to the efforts of Heath Nelson, Mike Varian and James ANNOUNCEMENTS Baker! This will allow you to follow the services at home. We know what a hardship this is for the PRAY FOR THE SICK faithful but it is an attempt to curb the spread of this highly contagious virus. Only 10 people will Please pray for Aurelia Peterson, Mary Rudquist, Robert Wyllie, Ellie Hafiz, Roseanne Athey, be allowed in the Church; the priests, deacon, sub-deacon, chanters and videographer. Please stay Michael Spaar, Lauretta Villareal, Genevieve Lehnen, Jim Etoll, Mike Etoll, Deanna Scharf , home for the sake of others and do not allow yourselves to be exposed. All other meetings and Dwight Johnson, George & Ellie Saba, Anna Windsor, Peter Hafiz, Mariah, Nicholas Peter An- events are cancelled for this period. Try to do everything by phone or email. This is being done drews, Fr. Duane, John and John Etoll, Wally & Maria, Allen, Nick, Jackson & Hunter Golden, out of obedience to our superiors. If you have any questions, concerns, or needs, please contact Yasmin Kakish, Carol Haddad, Camille Goll, Kh. Vergin Khoury, Margaret Boalbey, Norm Father John Mangels at 303-520-0981 or [email protected]. Holmes, Phyllis Hodge, Sarah Vanlerberghe, Joe Etoll, Lamese McDowell, Edgard Siouffy, Mag- dalen Ng, Berhane Haliemichael, Fr. Dan & Eileen Simon, Anna Simon, Joseph Kammeyer, Deb CHURCH SUPPORT DURING THIS TIME Korluka, Alexander Emmanoulakis, Marilyn Perry, Nancy Maker, Mike & Sandy Brown, Natalie We are very much aware of what a hardship this crisis is putting on people throughout the country. Mozey, Alan, Mary Poulsen, Brian Krause, Mervat and Abigail Lotfalla & Samira Shehata. If you are able, please continue to financially support your Church during this time. Your If you are ill or having surgery and wish to be remembered in the Liturgy and daily prayers weekly/monthly contribution can be mailed to the Church so that we can keep up with our commit- of the priest, please contact Fr. Mangels. ments. We are so grateful to those of you who have already started doing this. Many, many thanks! BULLETIN & NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCEMENT PROCEDURE HELP FOR THOSE IN NEED ANY announcement in the weekly bulletin and Newsletter is subject to approval by Fr.
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