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July 12, 2015 Weekly.Indd St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church St. John The Baptist Mission Statement: Greek Orthodox Church To foster the spiritual maturity of the Orthodox Christian faithful of St. John the Baptist and reach out to inquirers, the unchurched and inactive Orthodox on the west side of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America * Metropolis of San Francisco metropolitan Portland through worship, the sacramental life, education, philanthropy, hospitality, fellowship and the practice of Christian Stewardship, thereby serving as an Rev. Fr. Theodore Dorrance * Rev. Fr. Timothy Pavlatos * Dn. Innocent Duchow-Pressley instrument in the growth and expansion of the Orthodox Christian Church. 14485 SW Walker Road, Beaverton, Oregon 97006 503.644.7444 Fax: 503.296.2507 * [email protected] Enroll at ASA: Combine our beautiful Orthodox faith with a rich academic environment and give your child a strong foundation for life. Openings available for 3-yr olds in our Montessori Primary Witnessing the Truth of Apostolic Christianity Visit our NEW Parish website at www.stjohngoc.org Classroom, as well as in our K/1 grade classroom. Contact Agia Sophia Academy at 503-641-4600 or online at www.asapdx.org to learn more! 6th Sunday of Matthew 20th Annual Greek Open Golf Tournament: Mark your calendars for Monday, September 21st for the Greek Open at Langdon Farms. Check-in for golfers is at 12:00 PM. Player registration fee $150 HOLY MARTYRS PROCLUS AND HILARION, ST. PAISIOS OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN before September 7th and includes lunch, golf, tee prize, auction and dinner. Cocktails and Dinner begin at 6:30 PM. Additional dinner tickets $50 each. Visit greekopen.com to register or to purchase tickets. JULY 12, 2015 SAVE THE DATE! St. John the Baptist’s Fall Women’s Retreat will be held September 25th-27th Plagal of the First Mode / 6th Morning Gospel at the Tilikum retreat center in Newberg. This year’s speaker will be our own Fr. Theodore Dorrance. St. Paisios was born July 25, 1924, in Farasa, Cappadocia and was given the name Arsenios Details coming soon! by St. Arsenios the Cappadocian, who baptized him,and foretold his monastic future. During the civil war in Greece following World War II, Arsenios served as a radio operator. He was continued from the front page: noted for his bravery, self-sacrifi ce and moral righteousness. By 1950, he had provided for suffering people of God. He received them all day long, dedicating the night to God in prayer, his sisters’ future and was free to begin his long-desired monastic vocation. He arrived on vigil, and spiritual struggle. When he was forced to leave the Holy Mountain for various Mount Athos in 1950. In 1954, Arsenios, having been a novice for four years, was tonsured reasons (often due to his illnesses) he would receive pilgrims for hours on end at the women’s a monk and was given the name Averkios. Soon after his tonsure, monk Averkios left the monastery at Souroti. In addition to his other illnesses, he suffered from hemorrhaging which Esphigmenou monastery and joined the brotherhood of Philotheou Monastery. He placed left him very weak. He would say that God is greatly touched when someone who is in great himself under obedience to the Elder Symeon, who gave him the Small Schema in 1956, with suffering does not complain, but rather uses his energy to pray for others. the new name Paisios. On October 5, 1993, the Elder left his beloved Holy Mountain for the last time. He was In 1958, Elder Paisios was asked to spend some time in his home village to support the diagnosed with cancer that needed immediate treatment. His last days were full of suffering, faithful against the proselytism of Protestant groups. Later, in 1962, he visited Sinai where but also of the joy of the martyrs. On July 11, 1994, he received Holy Communion for the last he stayed for two years. In 1964, on his return to Mt. Athos, Elder Paisios took up residence time. The next day, Elder Paisios gave his soul into God’s keeping. He was buried, according at the Iviron Skete before moving to Katounakia. In 1968, he resided at the Monastery of to his wishes, at the Monastery of St. John the Theologian in Souroti. Thousands of pilgrims Stavronikita helping with its spiritual as well as material renovation. While there he had the visit his tomb each year. Elder Paisios was glorifi ed on January 13, 2015, by the Holy and blessing of being in contact with the ascetic Elder Tikhon who lived in the Hermitage of the Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Holy Cross, near Stavronikita. Elder Paisios stayed by his side until his repose, serving him selfl essly as his disciple. It was during this period that Elder Tikhon clothed Fr. Paisios in the All non-Orthodox visitors to our parish are welcome and may receive the blessed bread at the end Great Schema. of the Divine Liturgy. To receive Holy Communion, you must be baptized and confi rmed in the Fr. Paisios stayed there until 1979, when he moved to his fi nal home on the Holy Mountain, Orthodox Church. You must also have prepared under the spiritual direction of your Father Confessor, the hermitage Panagouda, which belongs to the Monastery of Koutloumousiou. It was at which presumes participation in the Sacrament of Confession. Before approaching the Communion Panagouda that Elder Paisios’ fame as a God bearing elder grew, drawing to him the sick and Chalice, we should not have any foreign matter in or on our mouths; this includes food, gum, lipstick, continued on the back page: etc. 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: Taylor/Lindgren G: Reiter Altar Boys Team D: Nathaniel, Demetrius, Constantine, Athanasisos, Wade, Owen Clean-up Team 6: Ketrenos J & K, Luliner E, Lubliner J, Lubliner N, Goldman, Thienes, Tesfamicael, Taylor, Hatch SMALL ENTRANCE HYMNS PARISH ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 12TH Resurrectional Hymn for this Sunday (Plagal 1st Mode): Sunday, July 12th 6th Sunday of Matthew Coeternal with the Father and the Spirit is the Word, Who of a Virgin was begotten for our salvation. Orthros & Divine Liturgy 8:45 AM As the faithful we both praise and worship Him, for in the fl esh did He consent to ascend unto the GOYA Raft Trip after Liturgy Cross, and death did He endure, and He raised the dead unto life, through His glorious resurrection. Monday, July 13th GOYA Raft Trip (all day) Ton sinanarhon Logon Patri ke Pnevmati, ton ek Parthenu tekthenta is sotirian imon. Animnisomen pisti ke proskinisomen, oti ivthokise sarki anelthin en to stavro ke thanaton ipomine, ke eyire tus Wednesday, July 15th Choir Practice 7:00 PM tethneotas en ti en thoxo anastasi Aftu. Hymn of the Holy Martyrs (4th Mode): Saturday, July 18th Great Vespers 6:00 PM Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee * received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. * For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast Sunday, July 19th The Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council down the tyrants * and wholly destroyed the demons’ strengthless presumption. * O Christ God, by Orthros & Divine Liturgy 8:45 AM their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful. Hymn of Saint Paisios (1st Mode): Welcome Visitors! Stop by our Visitors’ Table near the Logos Bookstore so we can welcome you. O believers, let us honor that offspring of Farasa, *the pride and joy of Athos, and a vessel full of gifts of grace, *Paisios, the peer of the devout *monastic saints for imitating them. *He protects from all distress Parish Directory photos will be taken on: Monday, August 10th; Tuesday, August 11th; Tuesday, September and from worldly grief *the people who cry out with faith: * “Glory to Christ who gave you His might; 8th; and Wednesday, September 9th from 1:00 PM to 8:30 PM. You may begin signing up for your photo *glory to Him who put a crown on you; *glory to Him who through you is working cures for all.” times on our Parish website under Major Upcoming Events. Click the link Sign up for Picture Time and follow instructions to sign up. Please contact Demetri Mirras at 503-646-5955 or the Church Offi ce with any Hymn of St. John the Baptist (2nd Mode): questions. Volunteers will be available to assist with sign-ups after church on Sunday. The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise, but the Lord’s testimony is suffi cient for thee, O Forerunner; for thou hast proved to be truly more venerable than the Prophets, since thou wast House Available for rent beginning in mid-August. The 4 Bedroom, 2 bathroom home is located in granted to baptize in the stream Him Whom they proclaimed. Wherefore having contested for the Tigard, Oregon. For More information, contact Steve at [email protected] or 503-523-7851. truth, thou didst rejoice to announce the good tidings even to those in Hades: that God hath appeared in the fl esh, taking away the sin of the world and granting to us great mercy. The Building Fund Bake Sale in Forest Grove was a great success! We exceeded our goal and Kontakion for this Sunday (2nd Mode): made $537 from the event. A special thank you to everyone who supported the bake sale and our A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, reject not the vision of building a new church.
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