The Voice of Holy Trinity

October 2012 “... Since the kingdom of God is not just words, it is power.” 1 CORINTHIANS 4:20 HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL + PORTLAND, OREGON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The doors, the doors. In wisdom. Let us be has been fishing all night, and is tired. Despite his attentive.” exhaustion, Peter follows the Lord’s command with When we hear these words in the , there is obedience. The fathers taught that Peter’s boat in a very a sense that something very important is about to take place. special way symbolizes the church. “A boat in danger of In a very special way, the service comes alive. The entire sinking. We see the difficult beginnings of the church, and congregation, like a beautiful symphony, proclaim the sacred its later fruitfulness,” St. Ambrose. How does the Symbol of our Faith, the Creed. The Creed is not to be read lesson apply to the church Holy Trinity? The church is a by the chanter or alone, but the entire congregation. sacred space of worship and the experience of God. The I am always inspired when our faithful chanter, Costa, leads Greek word for church also carries a strong connotation of the Creed in Greek. His voice resounds with humility and ‘being chosen.’ You are the church. You have been chosen, boldness. and given a responsibility. Are we being faithful to the As we are professing our Creed, let us take a moment mission of the church? and reflect what is happening during the Divine Liturgy. Jesus asked Peter to take his boat out into the deeper Three veils cover the Holy gifts; a small one for the paten, a waters. Peter was tired. It was not convenient for Peter and small one for the , and a larger veil, called the “aer,” the other disciples. I hear comments, ‘Sunday is not gently lays over the gifts. The veils represent the clothes convenient for my family. My kids have soccer and swim ‘shroud’ which were used for Christ’s burial. The larger veil practice…the service is too long.” It takes effort to live the ‘aer’ is raised over the Holy Chalice and Paten as we profess Christian life. Are we Christians out of convenience or the Creed of our Faith. At the end of the Creed, the commitment? Convenience does not change lives, gently removes the veil from the Holy gifts, and places it to commitment changes lives! We can learn so much from the the side of the Holy . This part of the liturgy, when the gospel. It was difficult for Peter and the disciples, but they veil is taken from the Holy gifts, represents the stone being were decisive and courageous. Our Lord first asked Peter to rolled away from the tomb of Christ. “But they found the do something that was not too difficult. “Put out a little stone rolled away from the tomb” (Luke 24:2). from the land…”(Luke 5:3). It is important for us to never Augoustinos of Greece, reminds us that when underestimate the little humble tasks that God asks us to do. the clergy raise the veil, and the Creed is being read, it is a Jesus was preparing Peter for something much bigger. “Put reminder that our Creed is not a false one. The Creed is out into the deep” (Luke 5:4). Peter had to take a very big called the sacred symbol of our Faith. His Grace wrote, move in his life. Jesus is asking us to make that same “The fathers and teachers of the 1st and 2nd Synods did not courageous move. How did the saints become saints? They teach their own doctrines, but interpreted rightly the various moved away from sin, and with courage returned to the passages of the Holy Scriptures which the heretics distorted Father. What happened to Zacchaeus when he made the and misinterpreted.” Our precious Creed was the effort of move of his life? He received salvation! 318 fathers and teachers of the Church, many of who It is easy and convenient to stay in the shallow waters. suffered and were imprisoned for witnessing their love for There is a risk of staying in the shallow waters. Our spiritual the church. The clergy fans the veil over the Precious gifts life can become monotonous and boring. We may never to show that our Creed is not a false one, but the true catch any fish if we stay in the shallow waters. What Creed. His Grace offers this analogy, “And just as soldiers, happened to Peter, Zacchaeus, and the saints, can happen in when they conquer a high hill, raise their flag on the our lives. We need to stop following the worldly things that summit, letting it wave as if shivering with emotion, so our bear no fruit. We need to submit ourselves to Christ, and Church, which is like an army that fights and defeats abandon the secular things that lead us away from God. We unbelievers and heretics with the blood of the Sanctified will be blessed for our obedience. “They left everything and Lamb, raises the Aer symbolically like a flag.” followed Him” (Luke 5:11) “But mark both their faith and “The doors, the doors. In wisdom. Let us be attentive,” their obedience. For though they were in the midst of their calls the faithful to be courageous and committed. Jesus work. They forsook all and followed! Such is the obedience entered the fishing boat of Simon, and told him to launch which Christ seeks of us,” wrote St. John Chrysostom. his boat into deeper waters. Simon, who would be given the name Peter later, responds with a lack of enthusiasm. Simon Father Jordan School Of Byzantine Objectives of the School Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox 1. To obtain the and the Cathedral Music approval of His Eminence the 3131 NE Glisan St., www.ByzantineMusicSchool.com Metropolitan of San Francisco. Portland, OR 97232 2. To teach and transfer worthily the 503-234-0468 value of the Byzantine Music of our www.goholytrinity.org to the students. 3. To preserve and perpetuate the Dynamis is the monthly newsletter of riches of the Byzantine Music the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox through teaching and following Cathedral in Portland, Oregon. the Typicon of our Mother Church of Articles for the next month’s issue of Constantinople, as it is written in the Dynamis are due in the church office annual book “Hmerologion of the on the 11th of the current month. Ecumenical Patriarchate” edition of Deadlines will be strictly adhered to. Ecumenical Patriarchate, as it is Dynamis Editorial Guidelines provided by our Metropolis. How to contribute: Email to: 4. To follow what has been delivered [email protected] or on a CD by the Great Chanters of our with a hard copy to the church office. Patriarchate and to present those as If you do not use a computer, please our role models. fax submissions to 503-236-8379 or 5. To enrich, through the Byzantine bring a typed copy to the church Music, the knowledge, history and office. heritage of our Orthodox faith to Greek and non-Greek students. We reserve the right to edit or decline a submission. All inserts must be approved by the church office and the postal service. About the School The School of Byzantine Music was Announcements policy: Unpaid established in March, 2011 at Holy announcements for church-related Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in events are limited to a half page. Portland Oregon, under the blessing Non-church-related community event of His Eminence Metropolitan announcements are limited to a Gerasimos of San Francisco as a quarter page. ministry of Holy Metropolis of San Advertising rates: Francisco. The School offers classes Full advertising section – half of back for both beginners and advanced page …………………………..…$400 students: a) in the theory of Byzantine Half advertising section – ¼ of back Music b) in its practical application cover...... $225 and c) in the proper behavior at the Operation Quarter advertising section – 1/8 of Analogion (Chanter’s Stand). The 1. The Analogion will be our main last page………………………....$125 mission statement of the School is to workshop. However, classes will teach, preserve and present the rich include both classroom studies and history and tradition of the Byzantine participation at the Analogion on Music of our Eastern Orthodox Saturdays’ Vespers and Sundays’ Our People Church and to inspire persons to Orthros. learn and serve the Church 2. Greek Reading will be also taught at the School, to give the students the Baptism: community by participating at the opportunity to approach the rich September 29, 2012: Cosima Analogion during Church services. variety of byzantine music books, Margaret Livesay, daughter of The Byzantine School is located at since almost all of them are first Andrew and Mary (Goekjian) Livesay. Holy Trinity Cathedral in Portland written in Greek and only a few have The Godparent is Konstantina Bill Oregon. been translated into English. George. 3. Both Greek and English languages hopefully for the first 2-3 We know that not all students use the will be used at the Services. months. Then we will be introduced Greek text at their parish Services. 4. At the end of each year tests will be to the Anastasimatario. We will learn But if we want to approach the contracted to evaluate students for progressively all the modes of the authentic Byzantine Music we should placement in the advanced level Music. learn how to read the Greek text. We classes. do not have to study the Greek 5. The Instructor-Director will How much English/Greek? language. We only learn how to read recommend to the Board at what During the Services, as well as during Greek. The good news is that it is level an individual student may be the classes, we will learn to chant the really easy to learn to read Greek, placed based on the tests. hymns in Greek. Why? because we pronounce the Greek letters with the same way always, like the Latin or the Spanish language. For all the above reasons, we will be teaching how to read Greek for the last 30 minutes of each class, until we are comfortable with it. Again, the students do not have to understand the Greek text, just know how to read it. They will be able to understand the meaning of the hymns using the English translation.

Style In Byzantine Music we are NOT allowed to have our own “style”. We follow respectfully what we have received from the Great Chanters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. There are many 6. When a student has successfully First, because the Music serves the different styles in Greece and even completed the five (5) levels of text, as it is written in Greek and not some in the States. It is very easy to required studies and passed a final test vise versa. That also means that it is get off the track and to believe that he will be presented with a Certificate based on the accent of the words in you can have your own style. But we in Byzantine Music. order to express the meaning of the should be aware that Byzantine Music 7. It is the objective of the School hymns in the best possible way. That is not like Jazz Music or Country that through audio files from live is why the connection between the Music, or even Religious Western recordings of the Patriarchate Byzantine Music and the Greek text is Music. Our model is the most chanters to give the students a real really unique. When we translate the authentic source, and that is the taste of what chanting in our Eastern text we do the opposite. We try to fit Capital of the Byzantium, the Fanar, Orthodox Church should be. the text to the music. The result is the Ecumenical Patriarchate of 8. The School will be offering an that we usually miss the most Constantinople. Anything else is annual immersion Byzantine Music important part of the Byzantine misguiding and improper. Camp at Ranch in Music, the expression of the hymns. The question is: How can we Dunlap CA, in order to give the Second, because almost all the approach the Chanters of the opportunity to people from other Byzantine Music books were written Ecumenical Patriarchate? areas of our Metropolis to learn the in Greek and through the years, only The students will be given authentic Byzantine Music. very few have been translated into audio files from live recordings of English, some of which without a many Great Chanters of the What are we going to learn? successful connection between the Patriarchate. It is an objective of the We will start with the “alphabet” of text and the music according to our School to be based on those the Byzantine Music, and that is the tradition. As it is obvious, when a recordings. byzantine music notation. Before we student learns how to read Greek, The right way to learn to express the learn how to chant hymns, we will be then he/she will able to read a huge hymns is only by listening to the doing many exercises in order to variety of Byzantine Music books. authentic, the original psaltic art practice and learn the music notation, according to our tradition. If we approach the Byzantine Music tradition respectfully, instead of request financial assistance from their without the right sounds, we do not chanting in an individual style, like Communities. The Board will express the hymns. What we actually many chanters of our age like to do. evaluate any requests for financial do, is to read the music in a dry way. assistance for the members of the We might read the music correctly, What we are going to learn besides Cathedral. but we miss the most important the Byzantine Music? 10. It is suggested to the Students to thing, which is to express the hymns We will try to approach the give a donation for the School for the in the way that the Byzantine Music “Patriarchiko Yfos”. The Yfos of the operation expenses. The instructor is Tradition requires. If we do not use Patriarchate. When we not paid at all. the role-models of our Byzantine say “Patriarchiko Yfos” we mean the Music tradition, the great psalters of unique way of expressing the Dates and hours: the Patriarchate, the result will not be hymns. We will also learn many other Beginners: Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 PM the same. values of the Byzantine Music, such (First day: October 16th) Last, we should be aware that it is as, Advanced: Thursdays: 7:00 - 8:30 PM completely different to sing the 1. Our behavior at the Analogion (First day: October 18th) Western Music rather than (Chanter’s Stand). The first class is the Orientation to chant the Byzantine Music. 2. The Typikon. The order of the Class. hymns during the Services. 3. The unrecorded Typikon (Üãñáöïí For further information please visit Ôõðéêüí). Many-many details of the our website: Typikon that we cannot find recorded www.ByzantineMusicSchool.com in books because they were verbally transmitted from one generation to Father Dimosthenis the other. 4. Our appearance/behavior during ------the Services.

Student Requirements Save The Date 1. Students must have love for It’s time for Tavli! The Hellenic- Is the authentic Byzantine Music Byzantine Music. American Cultural Center & Museum style prayerful to me? 2. Attend every class! It is difficult to (HACCM) presents its 3rd annual This is a huge topic. First of all, we make up for the work missed during Tavli event. Mark your calendars for usually like to reject whatever we do absences. Absences create problems Saturday, November 3rd fromd 1-4 not know or understand. What is for all, fellow students and teachers. pm. Instead of having a tournament really prayerful to us depends on how 3. When a student has three (3) this year, we are opening it up to we have grown up in the orthodox unexcused absences or eight (8) total playing and just having fun. faith. For example, if someone grew absences in a school year one will not Instruction will be available for those up with an organ, the organ is be eligible to participate in that year’s who’d like a refresher course. All ages prayerful for him. If someone grew final exams. Any exception of this are invited. Participation fee is $10. up with a particular chanter, this rule is at the Board’s discretion. Bring your own board. To register or chanter is prayerful for him. But we 4. Students must follow the teacher’s for more information, email us at are not here to define what is orders willingly and respectfully. [email protected] or call 503- prayerful in an intellectual way. We 5. Students must come prepared to 858-8567. are here to study the authentic style of the class. ------the Byzantine Music as it is provided 6. Students must attend both Put Your Running by our Patriarchate. However, this classroom studies and participate in particular style of the Byzantine the Analogion on Saturday’s Vespers Shoes On… Music, regardless whether it is and Sunday’s Orthros Services. We are thinking about getting a prayerful to us or not, has become a 7. Students must provide their own running team together to represent safe way towards holiness for many- books and supplies for the class as our community for the 2013 Hood- many chanters in the past, because recommended by the teacher. To-Coast relay. All interested runners chanting for them, was not a 8. Students must provide their own who would like to be considered for performance at a theater, but a way to robe (exorasson) during Services. the Holy Trinity 2013 Hood-To- approach the holiness. They were 9. Students who cannot afford to pay Coast relay team, please contact the very serious about keeping the for their books, supplies and robe can church office at 503-234-0468. Let’s not seek the sands of comfort throughout the year and help support Commitment or and convenience, but instead pray our many ministries. Convenience? your “free will” will put on the heart and mind of Christ. Let us give back If you haven’t yet made a gift to your Do you ever find yourself wondering to God with a glad heart the gifts He Holy Trinity, please do not wait any if your life is actually pleasing to God? has so freely given us. We all live busy longer! Your gifts further the mission of How do we really know? Maybe, the lives, and it’s easy to get caught up in the Church and all gifts are appreciated. more relevant question should be the demands, distractions and “why care?” As I continue on in this trappings of this world which Satan ------journey of life, I find myself asking strategically uses to deceive us. Join these questions. When I’m open, me, as we come together in Love to honest and without judgment nor serve Christ through His Holy Camp Angelos News justification of my thoughts and Orthodox Church. Pray and be still! It’s been a wonderfully busy summer actions, I find myself surprised. If Trust God, and He will guide your at the Camp. We’ve had several you’re anything like me, you’ve time, talents and resources to fulfill weddings on weekends and week-long become all too attached to the His ministries right here at Holy church groups, including our own comforts and conveniences of this Trinity! Camp Agape and GOYA Church world. Camp. Gus’ Fish Camp continues to If you have not yet offered your be a highlight of summer at Camp Fr. Jordan recently spoke on the topic Stewardship Commitment this year, Angels. The grounds look beautiful of convenience. It was a very please take the time to open your and we have many projects planned impactful sermon that I still reflect hearts and specifically pray about it. to improve them. The Limnes picnic upon today. He posed the question, Give according to your ability. and Holy Trinity picnic were big are we Christians of Convenience or Together, we will live our lives in a successes as always. Christians of Commitment? manner pleasing to God so that when Moving into Autumn there are some “Convenience doesn’t change lives, the day comes we are facing the upcoming events that we are proud to but commitment does.” What a judgment, we all may hear the voice share with you. On October 21, the beautiful thought. How committed of God saying “this is My child, in Shriners will again hold a Kids’ to Jesus Christ are you? It’s a whom I am well pleased!” May God Fishing Day at the camp from 12-3 question we should all be asking Bless, Protect, Nurture and Guide pm. Our lake is handicapped ourselves. Are we committed to you through your journey of life. accessible thanks to the generosity of allowing Christ to live through us, or Bill Kravas, John Sopmarakis, Telly are we merely living a Christian life of “God hasn’t called me to be successful. He’s Gjinos, Steve Hunt and the entire convenience? Do we serve only when called me to be faithful” AHEC Board. We are grateful to Rod it’s convenient, or when we are Mother Teresa Brobeck for his part in coordinating called? Are we building our houses this activity. Rod also organizes Fish upon the sand, or upon Christ? Sincerely, Camp and oversees the week from Comfort and convenience are the start to finish. sand in which the world so John Carandanis Mary Jo Brobeck is busy booking desperately seeks! We, as Orthodox Stewardship Chair weddings and group meetings for Christians must strive through prayer, 2013 and the calendar is filling fast. fasting and faith, to rise above what ------Please consult the website we see at our work, in our www.campangelos.org if your family Stewardship Update or organization is interested in renting neighborhoods, schools, and even Stewardship gifts through sometimes in our own families. It is September reached $320,330 – the camp. Please mark your calendars for our critical that we struggle with all our surpassing the previous year’s hearts, minds and souls not to fall comparable year to date by annual Lamb and Salmon dinner, into the temptations of the world. I approximately $3,600. This month, Sunday, December 9, 2012. Hope to see everyone there! know it’s difficult, but Christ parishioners will receive their promises to help us through it! Only quarterly statements reflecting gifts John Melonas through Christ will our souls taste the through September. Please review sweet glory of victory and eternal your record and thoughtfully plan for salvation! That’s the reason why we these final months of 2012. Many, should all care! many families give generously A Taste Of Byzantium and the Sounds of Hagia Sophia

November 3, 2012, 6:00 p.m. The University Club of Portland Journey to Constantinople through Music Dishes inspired by Byzantine (Roman) culture form the centerpiece of an evening with Cappella Romana, now entering its third decade as the ensemble specializing in music of the Orthodox Church. Also featured will be a screening of a short film, produced at Stanford University, on the acoustics of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the largest Christian church in the world for over a 1000 years. Stanford University's of Sound project has combined technology, and the research and artistry of Cappella Romana's authentic musical performance, to recreate the aural environment of Hagia Sophia, the Great Church of Christ. The film features Cappella Romana chanting 11th-century melodies--inside of Hagia Sophia! How is this possible? You'll have to attend "A Taste of Byzantium" to find out. The event will also feature a silent and live auction with Byzantine-themed treasures, two round-trip airline tickets on Alaska Airlines, and, should you win, a quartet of Cappella Romana singers to perform at your private party. The event is $100 per person and all proceeds will support Cappella Romana's continued work in music of the new and ancient inspired by our Christian faith. For more information, contact Sue Fischer, event chair, 503-841-7829, [email protected]

Invitation at cappellaromana.org NEW SUPPLEMENTAL ADULT CHRISTIAN OCF @ OSU EDUCATION CLASS BEGINS OCT. 17 Orthodox Campus Fellowship 2012 Fall Adult Christian Education at Holy Trinity Oregon State University Greek Orthodox Cathedral The Other Scriptures II: Readings From Holy OCF @ OSU will be meeting on Texts Not in the New Testament Tuesday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 23 We will be meeting in the Memorial Union @ Many sacred early Christian texts 5:00 pm. Dinner will be provided. Father Jordan existed in a world with no official and Father Stephen will be on campus with the Orthodox Canon of Scripture. Some students. OCF is a wonderful ministry, and a eventually made it into the official great opportunity to grow both in your Canon, including the 27 works which relationship with Christ, and church family on comprise the New Testament Canon. campus. Some were in at one time and removed For more information or questions, please later. Some were added later. Many were contact Father Jordan @ declared totally heretical and fell into [email protected] or the Holy Trinity disuse, except among Gnostic and Church @ 503-234-0468 or Father Stephen Soot schismatic sects. And some, highly @ [email protected] or 541-745-6982. revered by the Church, never permanently made it into the Canon Father Stephen Soot serves the St. Anne of Scripture, but have continued to inspire the Orthodox Church Orthodox Church located in Corvallis. The Parish to this day. is close to the campus. Father Stephen extends a This class will continue in the tradition of the previous class in welcome to all students to feel welcome to the subject, as a relaxed reading and discussion of more "extra- worship at the St. Anne Parish. Divine Liturgy is canonical" holy texts. Readings will include Gospels of Peter and @ 10 am on Sunday. A meal is offered after Nicodemos, Acts of Paul, Pontius Pilate, and Thekla, Epistles of Sunday Services. The address of the parish is the early bishop-martyrs Ignatios and Polycarp, and Apologetic 6000 Elliot Circle, Corvallis, OR. writings of Anthenagoras and Justin Martyr. Chronologically we ------will move from the Apostolic Age(AD 50-150) to the very Early Attention Students Attending Fathers(AD 150-250). the University of Oregon! Time and Location: 7-9pm, Wednesdays, Museum, Holy Trinity Father Gerry Markopoulos, parish priest of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 3131 NE Glisan, PDX, OR St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Eugene, is Instructor: Fr. Dn. David B. Cole ([email protected]) the OCF chaplain for the OU. Father Gerry can Texts: Peter Kirby: www.earlychristianwritings.com, 2012; Bart be reached at [email protected]. Students C. Ehrman: Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the at OU are always welcome to attend services at New Testament, 2005; Ron Cameron, The Other Gospels: Non- the St. George parish. The address of the church Canonical Gospel Texts, 1982; Cyril C. Richardson, Early is 202 Hillview Lane #1, Eugene, (541) 683-3519 Christian Fathers, 1996. OCF CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Dates and Course of Study: ------Oct. 17: Introduction: the Canon of Scripture and St. Anne Orthodox Church 9th Apostolic Writing Oct. 24: "The Gospel of Peter" and "The Apocalypse of Peter" Annual GREEK FEST Oct. 31: "Acts of Paul," "Acts of Thekla," and "Third October 13 & 14, 2012 Corinthians" Saturday 11-7, Sunday Noon-6 Nov. 4: "Epistles of Ignatios of Antioch" Lewisburg Grange Hall Nov. 14: "Epistles of Ignatios of Antioch" 6000 NE Elliot Circle, Corvallis, OR Nov. 28: "Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians" and "Acts Adults $13 ~ Seniors $10 ~ Children $8 of Martyrdom of Polycarp" Dec. 5: "Gospel of Nicodemos/Acts of Pontius Pilate" per plate - Lamb, Spanakopita, Grapeleaves Dec. 12: "Supplication for Christians", "On the Resurrection of and much more! Choose your favorites! Bodies," and "Letter to Diognetos" Desserts and Drinks also offered Dec. 19: "Apology I," "Apology II," and "On the Live Music ~ Dancing Resurrection" of Justin Martyr Family Friendly! Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral NON-PROFIT ORG 3131 NE Glisan Street U.S. POSTAGE Portland, OR 97232 PAID PERMIT NO. 64 PORTLAND, OREGON

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YOUTH CORNER Service Schedule for October: Jr. GOYA October 13 Tuesday, October 16: Feast of St. Longinos 10:00 am Homeless Feed Liturgy 7:00 am 6:30 pm Fellowship

Thursday, October 18: Feast of St. Luke Hope/Joy Lock in Fall Festival Orthros 8:00 am, Liturgy 9:00 am October 19, 6:30 pm- October 20, noon

Saturday, October 20: Feast of St. Gerasimos Sr. GOYA Fellowship Orthros 8:00 am, Liturgy 9:00 am October 20, 6:30 pm

Tuesday, October 23: Feast of St. James Service Project @ St. Francis Liturgy 7:00 am, October 14 & 28, 3:00 pm Friday, October 26: Feast of St. Dimitrios Orthros 8:00 am, Divine Liturgy 9:00 am College Ministry - OCF @ OSU October 9 & 23, 5:00 pm

Game Night: Masquerade Ball October 27, 6:30 pm