Sunday, November 24, 2019 St. Herman of Alaska Orthodox Church A PARISH OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA—EASTERN AMERICAN DIOCESE Great Vespers & Confessions each Saturday at 6 pm – Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 pm – Divine Liturgy each Sunday at 10 am 60 Clifton Chapel Lane, Stafford, Virginia 22555 – Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1295, Stafford, VA 22555 – Website: www.sthermanorthodox.org Liturgical Services/Activities: Sun. Nov. 24/Nov. 11 23 rd Sunday after Pentecost. Venerable Theodore the Confessor, abbot of the Studion (826 AD) and Martyr (304 AD) 9:00 a.m. Baptism 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy 12:15 p.m. Special Fellowship Hour and Presentation Wed. Nov. 27/Nov. 14 Holy and All-praised Apostle Philip (1st c.) No Adult Religious Education Class Sat. Nov. 30/Nov. 17 Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303 AD). 5:15 p.m. Confessions 6:00 p.m. Great Vespers Sun. Dec. 1/Nov. 18 24 th Sunday after Pentecost. Martyr Platon of Ancyra (266 AD) 8:45 a.m. Matins 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy followed by Fellowship

Attendance Great Vespers, 11/16 – 15 Divine Liturgy, 11/17 – 62

2019 Finances The Parish needs $1,742.51 /week to meet budget Week Amount Received Difference from amount needed Year-to-date $ 91,891.29 + $ 11,139.86 November 10 $ 2,442.00 + 699.49 November 17 $ 1,146.70 - 595.81 Honor the Lord from your righteous labors and offer Him the first fruits from the fruits of righteousness, that your storehouses may be filled with an abundance of grain and your wine presses may gush with wine. J Intercessory Prayer List Metropolitan requests that you send him the full name and general reason for intercessory prayer (such as health or illness, unemployment, family issues, military deployment to Afghanistan, etc.) for his pastoral care. Only the names of the living (and recently deceased) will be included in the prayer list in the weekly bulletin. He also requests that the faithful who have requested intercessory prayers for various persons let him know when there is no longer a specific need for prayer, so that we may keep the list current. LIVING: Met. Jonah, Rebecca Laymon, Judith (Maria) Cook, Ann Yuschak, Sarah Heitke, Presbytera Monica Pappas, Paisley Joanna Milligan, Charles Jordan, Emma Nichole Parkinson, Rob Cornwell, Beth Baggett, Archpriest Alexander Webster, Reader Swift, Matushka Veronica Sirko and baby, Brianna Lessin and Brayden, the Atanasov family, Sarah Elizabeth Francis, Father Methodius, Donna Colaianni, Archpriest Sekela, Deacon Gregory Jewett, Patricia Connerley, Martha Connerley, Kathy Sekela, Mark Laymon, Kristin Blaylock, Janis Sergeant, Millicent Novic, Ray Liddick, Chad Gallagher, Matushka Cindy Joanna Mitchell, Protodeacon Brian Patrick Mitchell, Presvytera Flora Chioros, Father Stanley Voyiazakis, Anthony (West Virginia), Archpriest George Larin, Matushka Masha Potopav, Matushka Sophia Doubleday, Evdokiya Bykon, Kevin McCarthy, Archpriest Victor Potapov, Archpriest Theodore Shomsky, Archimandrite Iov (Holy Trinity ), Jo Ann Swift, Abbess Makaria, James and Bryce Wilt, Ryan Wilt, Logan Peters, Sandra Brown, Glen A. Cooper, Kiernan Green, Protodeacon Nicholas Lukianov, Matushka Nadejda Revitsky, Archpriest George Johnson, Lisa King Buka. Richard Buka Sr., Larry Terrell, Matushka Larisa Hutnyan, Jackie Leopold, Ellaine Baron, Protodeacon Pavel Wolkow, Mother Theodora, Archpriest Alexander Veronis, James Kushiner, Michael Gann, Anders Bjorklund, Maria Papademetriou, Peter and Laura Roshak and baby Mark, Archpriest George Kallaur, Archpriest Paul Ivanov, Christina Spannic, Ksenia Resnikoff, Maximos Andreas Winans, Father Nicholas Pappas, Elizabeth Orlowsky, Conley Rohall, Jean Manco, Katherine Katsikas, Michael Kyle, Julia, Mark, Marie Liller, Jessica Anne Swift, Matushka Eugenia Neherbecki, James Perry, Debbie Vatistas, George Katsikas, Timothy Vlahos, Vasilliki, Maria, Yiorgos, Vasiliki, Aggeliki, Ioanna and Konstantinos Dimitrakopoulou, Kaliope Sauter, Maria and Evaggelia Petrelli, Kevin McDonald, Rachel Brenke, Leonidas and Sophia Stylianopoulos, Valentina Suchkova, Maria Illarionova, Victor Illarionova, Khouria Rebecca Alford, Maia and Sion Weaver, Baby Mercy, the captive Orthodox from Aleppo, Syria: His Eminence Archbishop Boulos (Yazigi) and Mar Archbishop Youhanna Ibrahim

MEMORY ETERNAL: Vassiliki, Maria Readings for the Week of Thank You! November 24th @ @ A big Thank You! To Becky Petro for agreeing to be our liason for Sunday 11/24 S.E.R.V.E., and to Chuck McLeod for agreeing to be in charge of Building Fellowship Hour Matthew 28:16-20 (1st Matins Gospel) and Grounds Maintenance. We greatly appreciate your commitment. Nov. 24~ Fellowship provided by Ephesians 2:4-10 Building Committee and Luke 10:25-37 HELP NEEDED Team 4 Monday 11/25 Dec. 1~ Fellowship provided by 1 Thessalonians 2:20-3:8 Plastic bags are needed for the bathrooms. Please contact Judith if you are Team 1 Luke 14:12-15 able to help with this. Thanks If anyone would like to join a team or Tuesday Reading be put on the list of substitutes, or is 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 14:25-35 interested in hosting a particular There will be a Baby Shower for baby ESunday please contact Nancy St. Clair. Tuesday 11/26 Elisabeth Sirko on st @ @ John 10:1-9 Matins Gospel Dec. 1 during Fellowship Hour. Hebrews 7:26-8:2 St. John All are welcome! Reader Schedule John 10:9-16 St. John

Nov. 24~ Sdn. Nektarios Harrison Wednesday 11/27

Dec. 1~ Rdr. Michael Yuschak John 21:15-25 Matins Gospel Icon For Auction during December 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 If you are interested in assisting with the Luke 15:1-10 Nicolay donated a hand painted medieval Bulgarian reading and becoming a tonsured reader 1 Corinthians 4:9-16 Apostle icon of St. Nicholas to the Sisterhood of the Myrrh- please contact Deacon Alexander. John 1:43-51 Apostle Bearing Women.

@ @ Thursday 11/28 The dimensions are 23 x 10 and has a quality 1 Thessalonians 5:1-8 certificate on the back with the artist’s name. Prosfora Luke 16:1-9 We will be holding a silent auction for the icon during Nancy St. Clair and Brianna Lessin are the month of December. currently providing the Prosfora. If you Friday 11/29 are interested in helping to make John 21:15-25 Matins Gospel The starting g bid will be $500.00 Prosfora for the church, please contact 1 Thessalonians 5:9-13, 24-28 Nancy St. Clair. Luke 16:15-18; 17:1-4 1 Corinthians 4:9-16 Apostle Matthew 9:9-13 Apostle Have great care of your children. We live at a time when much freedom is given to the expression of thought, but little care is taken that thoughts Saturday 11/30 should be founded on truth. Teach them to love truth. 2 Corinthians 11:1-6 Luke 9:57-62 - Elder Macarius of Optina We are registered with two broadcast media weather alert systems: (1) television: WJLA-TV (channel 7) and The Children’s Word News Channel 8, and (2) radio: WTOP radio (103.5, 103.9, 107.7 – all FM) and The One Who Showed Mercy WTOP.com Any closings will also be Have you ever wondered how many times we say, “Lord, have mercy!” in the Liturgy? We say it almost 50 times! We posted on the home page of our website say it so many times because we want God to hear us. We want God to forgive us, and keep us with Him even though and via email to those who have asked to we don’t always do the right thing! We know that only God has the power to do these things for us. Today we hear the be on our electronic mailing list. Gospel reading about the Good Samaritan. You know, the story told about the man who was robbed and beaten up on a trip. Two holy men walked by, but it was a stranger who took care of him. At the end of the story, Jesus asked, “Which of these three acted as a good neighbor?” And of course the answer was, “The one who showed mercy.” We ask God for mercy all the time. We say, “Lord, have mercy!” so many times. We want God to be nice to us and to help us even when we do the wrong thing. God has the power to do that. But sometimes we don’t always show mercy to other people. We aren’t always nice to other people and we don’t always help them when they need help. We have the power to do that for others! Let’s remember how much we need God’s mercy. Then, every day, let’s try to be “the one who showed mercy” too! : He Brought Others to Christ! Have you ever introduced one of your friends to another friend? This week we celebrate the feastday of one of the apostles, Saint Philip. We hear about Saint Philip a few times in the Gospel. The first time we hear about him is when Jesus told Philip, “Follow me.” Then, Philip told his friend Nathaniel the special Person he had met. So, Philip introduced his friend to his friend, our Lord, Jesus Christ! Saint Philip spent a few years following Christ, while our Lord was preaching and healing people on earth. Then, he spent the rest of his life following Christ, too. He introduced more people to his friend and teacher, Jesus Christ, too. Our Church tells us that Saint Philip lived in Galilee (where Jesus was from) after Jesus went up to heaven. He told people about Christ there. He also healed many people, with the power of God. One time, a baby had died, and Saint Philip prayed to God and raised the little child up. Saint Philip introduced strangers to Christ, too! He went to Greece and told people who believed in idols about Christ. Many people became Christian because of him. Finally, the saint was crucified on a cross, because the governor did not want to believe. We celebrate Saint Philip on Nov. 27th. Taken from: http://myocn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Childrens-Word-352.pdf