THE EPISTLE Reader: The Prokimenon in the 4th Tone: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all. Welcome to Choir/People: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom Sts. Theodore Orthodox Church hast Thou made them all. 96 Los Robles St., Williamsville NY 14221 Reader: Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast Tel: 716-634-6712 been magnified exceedingly. www.ststheodore.org Choir/People: How magnified are Thy works O Lord! In wisdom Priest John Boddecker hast Thou made them all. Deacon Andrew Hammond Reader: In the 3rd Tone: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my Deacon George Hammond spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Choir/People: My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath We are a parish of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, and rejoiced in God my Savior. all are welcome to worship with us! Our services are in Reader: The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul English. Please join us for lunch downstairs after the service. to the Romans: [Rom. 10:1-10 (§103); Phil. 2:5-11 (§240)] June 26 / July 9, 2017 THE GOSPEL Reader: Alleluia in the 4th Tone: Bend Thy bow, and proceed Fifth Sunday after Pentecost prosperously, and be king, because of truth and meekness and Tikhvin of the Mother of God righteousness. Choir/People: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! This Week’s Schedule Reader: Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity. Monday Midnight Office and Typika 7:00 am Choir/People: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Tuesday Midnight Office and Typika 7:00 am Reader: In the 2nd Tone: Arise, O Lord, into Thy rest, Thou and Vigil for Sts. Peter and Paul 6:00 pm the ark of Thy holiness. Wednesday Hours and Liturgy for Holy Apostles 8:00 am Potluck Dinner for the Feast 6:00 pm Choir/People:Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! Thursday No Service Gospel [Matt. 8:28-9:1 (§28); Luke 10:38-42, 11:27-28 (§54)] Friday No Service WORD FROM THE HOLY FATHERS Saturday Confession and Communion Rule 4:00 pm All-Night Vigil 5:00 pm Rouse yourselves ! The world which you worship only flatters you. Sunday Hours and Divine Liturgy 9:00 am The heaviness of your flesh should not keep you back from our Meal in Trapeza after Services Saviour—the God of spirits and of all flesh. If you continue to drowse, you will imperceptibly fall under the influence of the evil spirits, who are anxious for the company even of swine. Be careful that you become not possessed by a devil. St. Sebastien Dobovich TROPARIA St. Theodore the Tyro – Tone 8: Having received the faith of Resurrection - Tone 4: Having learned the joyful proclamation of Christ in thy heart as an inner shield, / thou didst overcome all the the Resurrection from the , / and having cast off the ancestral opposing forces, O great champion, / and thou hast been crowned condemnation, / the women disciples of the Lord spake to the with a heavenly crown, O Theodore, // for thou art eternally apostles exultantly: / Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, // invincible. granting to the world great mercy. Tikhvin Mother of God - Tone 8: O ye people, let us make haste Tikhvin Mother of God – Tone 4: Today thy most precious icon to the Virgin and Queen, / giving thanks to Christ our hath in the air / shone forth upon us like the all-radiant sun, O God; and gazing with compunction at her miraculous icon, / let us Mistress, / illumining the world with rays of mercy; / and great fall down and cry out to her: O Mary our Mistress, / visiting this Russia, reverently receiving it from on high as a gift of God, / land in the miraculous appearance of thy precious icon, / save our glorifieth thee as the Mistress of all, O Mother of God, / and Orthodox hierarchs and all in peace and prosperity, / joyously magnifieth Christ our God Who was born of thee. / Him showing us to be inheritors of the life of heaven. // For to thee do do thou entreat, O Lady, Queen and Theotokos, / that He preserve we cry with faith: Rejoice, O Virgin, salvation of the world! all the cities and lands where Christians live, / unharmed by all the PARISH NEWS assaults of the enemy, / and save those who with faith worship  All-Night Vigil Class: Today, we will continue our series before the all-honored image of Him and thee, // O Virgin who entitled Heaven on Earth: The Meaning of the All-Night Vigil with knewest not wedlock. our study of the service of Vespers. The class will examine the St. Theodore Stratelates – Tone 4: By true strategy, O trophy- historical and scriptural roots of the Church’s cycle of daily prayer bearer / thou wast an illustrious general of the Heavenly King, O as well as pointing out the Patristic understanding of the Theodore. / For thou didst wisely arm thyself with the weapons of significance of this cornerstone our Orthodox liturgical life. Copies faith, / and didst utterly annihilate the hordes of demons, / and of Fr. Sysoev’s book Christian Mystery: The Order of didst prove a victorious athlete, / wherefore with faith // we ever Divine Services with Commentary are available in the bookstore as call thee blessed. a study companion for this course. St. Theodore the Tyro – Tone 2: Great are the triumphs of faith! /  Holy Apostles Peter and Paul: The Feast of the Chiefs The holy Theodore rejoiced in a fountain of flame as in among the Apostles, Peter and Paul, is coming up next week. We refreshing water. / For having been made a whole burnt offering by will serve the Vigil for the Feast on Tuesday, July 11, at 6:00 pm fire, / he was offered as a sweetbread to the Trinity, // By his and the Hours and Liturgy on Wednesday, July 12, starting at 8:00 prayers, O Christ God, save our souls. am. That evening we will share a potluck dinner together in honor KONTAKIA of the Holy Apostles. While it is a Wednesday, the Fast is lessened to allow for Fish, Wine and Oil. Resurrection - Tone 4: My Savior and Redeemer hath, as God, / raised up the earthborn from the grave and from their fetters, / and He hath broken the gates of hades, / and, as Master, // hath risen on the third day. St. Theodore Stratelates – Tone 2: Armed with faith and courage of soul, / and having taken in thy hand the Word of God as a spear, / thou didst conquer the enemy, / O glory of , Theodore. // With them cease not to intercede with Christ God for us all.