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THE LIGHT Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church Webster, Massachusetts THE LIGHT Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church Webster, Massachusetts www.schwebster.org Our Beautiful Church during the Christmas season Vol. 14, No. 12 December 2018 WHAT SHALL WE OFFER YOU? CHRIST IS BORN! “What shall we offer you, of His Son, our Lord Jesus O Christ, who for our sake Christ. How the world has GLORIFY HIM! appeared on earth as a changed because of this un- human? Every creature fathomable gift! made by you offers you LIVING BREAD thanksgiving. The angels On one hand, the world LUNCHEON offer you a hymn. The doesn’t seem to have changed 12:30-1:30PM heavens, a star. The magi, much. We still have violence, gifts. The shepherds, their wars, corruption and greed, DEC 1 wonder. The earth, its cave. illness, suffering, and death. The wilderness, a manger. Yet one fundamental thing has And we offer to you changed indeed changed! God CHRISTMAS a Virgin Mother.” has entered the world, tasted RETREAT every aspect of our life except This beautiful hymn we sing sin, including death itself, and 9AM DEC 8 during the Vespers of Christ- has opened up a new path for mas reminds us of an essen- all humanity to follow. ST NICHOLAS tial part of Christmas - gift- giving. Yes, gift-giving is es- Through this gift of Jesus SUNDAY sential, but not in the sense Christ, we now have a con- DEC 9 that most of us think about it. crete example of a perfect life From childhood, we dream of and a true human being in the Christmas because of all the midst of a fallen society. Our CHRISTMAS gifts we will receive. Even as Lord did not just teach about we grow older, we take de- love, but incarnated divine and PAGEANT light in offering our own chil- unconditional love both to- DEC 23 dren many gifts. wards his neighbor, and even towards his enemies. Jesus CHRISTMAS EVE Well, the essence of Christ- showed us that the greatest vir- mas is about gifts, not about tue in life is to love uncondi- 5:00PM DEC 24 the gifts we give our chil- tionally, humbly serving and CHRISTMAS DAY dren, but about the greatest sacrificing for the other. We gift that our Heavenly Father now know very clearly the life 10AM DEC 25 offered to the world - the gift we are called to live. Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church 37 Lake Parkway, PO Box 713 Webster, MA 01570 Church Telephone: (508) 943-8361 website: www.schwebster.org Facebook: St Constantine Helens (Church) Church Office Hours: Monday, Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm The mission of Sts. Constantine and Helen Church is to proclaim the Good News of Salvation through the Orthodox Christian Faith for the glory of our Triune God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We are a community of believers who journey towards our Lord Je- sus Christ and one another through our WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, WITNESS, and SERVICE. We invite all people to join us on this journey in the Kingdom of Heaven. We are under the jurisdiction of His Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of America His Eminence, Metropolitan Methodios of Boston Father Luke A. Veronis Telephone: (508) 949-7623 (h) (774) 230-6985 (cell) email: [email protected] 2018 PARISH COUNCIL Festival Chair: Lisa Healy & Marie McNally President: Neal Neslusan Vice President: Michael Chito Gyro Fest Chair: Michael Chito, Secretary: Debby Raymond Joey Gliniecki Treasurers: Leah DiDonato, Bill Golf Tournament Chair: Arthur Bilis Thompson Arthur Darlagiannis Joseph Gliniecki Cantor: Demetrios Milios, Joseph Lisa Healy Sandi Kunkel Gliniecki, Anestis Jordanoglou Marie McNally Evelyn Pappas, Choir Directors: Tony and Nike Beaudry Olga Poloukhine Rayne Purcell Jared Quill Nick Seferi Greek Dance Group: Nike Beaudry PHILOPTOCHOS President: Evelyn Pappas Sunday School Teachers: Vice President: Sara Darligiannis Anton Cojocaru, Sara Darlagiannis, George Secretary: Marie McNally Dunning, Anesti Jordanoglou, Evis Jor- Treasurer: Sandi Kunkel danoglou, George Linderman, Pauline Mueller, Stephanie Quill, Rayne Purcell, GOYA: President: Louisa Foisy, Vice Pres. Faith Veronis President: Panayiota Veronis, Secre- tary: Kara Bilis Ecclesiarchs: Rayne Seraphim Purcell and Charlie Chito Church Secretary: Mary Seferi Bookstore: Tina Colello & Olga Polouhkine Sexton: Mike Kokoszka Social Media : Kristina Mironidis Grounds: Nick Popiak The Light - December 2018 And the gift of Jesus not only set a perfect example for us, but even more important- “All things are filled with joy today, ly, this gift has delivered us from our for Christ is born of a Virgin… greatest fear and enemy - death itself. All the angels in heaven greatly Christmas Day is the beginning of our sal- rejoice today, the whole creation vation, because Christ came on earth for leaps with joy, for the Savior one purpose, to destroy the power of death and Lord is born in Bethlehem.” by His own death! Hymns from the As we make our way towards Christmas Christmas Service Day, with all our shopping and buying presents for one another, let us pause to reflect upon the greatest gift of the season, Heaven and earth are united today, the priceless gift that our Heavenly Father for Christ is born! Today God has offers to each of us, and let us find ways come upon earth and we have gone to express our sincere and wholehearted gratitude back to Him. up to heaven. Today all can see the One is who by nature invisible. Probably the best way we can show our Let us give glory and praise Him. thankfulness is by imitating His generous From the Great Vespers gift-giving, but giving especially to those of Christmas less fortunate, and to those in need! And in order to imitate God, we must offer our best back to Him. We are called to offer our very lives in humble service to our “Do not be afraid; for behold, fellow humanity and to God Almighty. I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for Here lies the secret to a truly meaningful all the people. For today and blessed life. True living comes through giving - of ourselves, of our time, in the city of David a Savior of our material possessions, of everything has been born for you who is we have to help others. As Jesus said, “It Christ the Lord. is more blessed to give than to receive.” Luke 2:13-14 May we all grow in our desire to give, and thus, carry this Christmas spirit with us “Therefore the Lord Himself throughout the year will give you this sign: The Virgin shall be with child and bear a son, A most blessed and joyous Christmas to you!!! and shall name Him Emmanuel.” Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Isaiah 7:14 +Luke 1 The Light - December 2018 GOD’S NEW NAME FOR EACH OF US What is your name? What’s the name people call you, and what is the name that God knows you by? Names hold an important place throughout the Bible. We read in many places throughout the Scriptures Christ is how God changes people’s name. Abram becomes Born! Abraham. Jacob becomes Israel. Simon becomes Pe- ter the rock. Saul the persecutor becomes Paul the Glorify Apostle to the nations. Him! Jesus uses names and even titles to describe each one of us. Sometimes He calls us servants, followers, dis- ciples, and co-workers. The names become more inti- mate as we enter into a deeper relationship with Him - He calls us friends, His prize possession, His holy ticular family lineage to make a point. He has nation. He even reminds us that we are His children, come to help lift people up from their broken- His heirs, living stones of a new temple, even temples ness, their bondage, their sinfulness, their dark- of His Holy Spirit. ness, and to give them new names, names that will help them fulfill the potential that God has Names are important. They identify who we are, placed within them. We heard this clearly from the where we came from, whose family we are a part of. angel who told Joseph in the Christmas story, “Do Maybe that is why Matthew begins His Gospel with a not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for that which genealogy, a list of 42 names, which we read today as is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit and she will the beginning of the Christmas story. He reminds His bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Je- reader of the earthly lineage from which Jesus came. sus, for He will save His people from their This list of names reminds us that Christmas is funda- sins.” (Mt 1:20-21) mentally about God entering into a human family. Remember, Jesus became one of us, He became fully Jesus enters into a particular family, and into the human without giving up His divine nature. world itself at a specific time, to save each and eve- ry sinner from their sins, from that which separates What is so fascinating, though, is that the 42 names them from God, and even from the curse of sin, in the lineage of Jesus are full of diverse people, from which is death itself! heroic saintly men to shameful sinners. They’re all part of Jesus’ earthly family. An example of this Here is the “good news of great joy” which Christ- would be to look at the women’s names in the line- mas brings – we have a Savior who will take us as age. Since Matthew offers a Jewish lineage, it would we are and change us into something new.
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