Saint Basil Greek Orthodox Church

733 South Ashland Ave Telephone: (312) 243-3738 Chicago, Illinois 60607 Office Fax: Fax (312) 243-7691 [email protected] www.stbasilchicago.org Rev. Fr. Dimitri Tobias, Proistamenos Parish Council President: Ms. Jayme Schenk

Sunday, August, 5 2018 Saints and Feasts:  Eusignius the Martyr of Antioch  10th Sunday of Matthew  Our Righteous Father Eugene of  Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Aitola Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Yet if his unbelief was the cause ... why does He blame the disciples? Signifying, that even without persons to bring the sick in faith, they might in many instances work a cure.

For as the faith of the person presenting oftentimes availed for receiving the cure, even from inferior ministers; so the power of the doers oftentimes sufficed, even without belief in those who came to work the miracle. St. John Chrysostom Homily 57 on Matthew 17, 4th Century

Narthex Duty: Kalliope Dimitrakopoulos & Arthur Harris Welcoming Ministry: Melita Green Orthros Reader: Marina Arvanitis Coffee Hour: Philoptochos: Melanie Hillock & Melita Green Memorial: George Kouros - 3 years May His memory be Eternal

We welcome His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago

Before The Creed When the Priest says: Christ is in our midst. The Congregation responds: He is and always will be, now and ever and to the ages of ages.

Communion Guidelines: As a reminder, only Baptized and Chrismated Orthodox Christians who are in “good standing” may receive Holy Communion. Follow the Ushers row by row and please exit towards the out- side aisles. Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

Our Lord had spoken to His disciples many times not only concerning His Passion, Cross, and Death, but also concerning the coming persecutions and afflictions that they themselves would endure. Since all these evils were near at hand, but the enjoyment of good things which they hoped to receive in their stead was yet to come, our Savior desired to give them full assurance, evidently and openly, concerning that glory which is prepared for those who endure to the end. Therefore, fulfilling that which He had promised shortly before, that "there be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom" (Matt. 16:28), He took His three foremost disciples and ascended Mount Tabor, where He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as the light. Suddenly, together with this dread and marvelous effulgence of light, there appeared those pinnacles of the Prophets, Moses and Elias, who spoke with the Lord Jesus concerning His saving Passion which was about to take place. Standing before Him as reverent servants, they showed that He is the Lord of both the living and the dead, for Moses came forth from Hades, having died many centuries before, and Elias, as it were from heaven, whither he had been taken up while yet alive. After a little while a radiant cloud overshadowed them and out of the cloud they heard that same voice which had been heard at the Jordan at the Baptism of Christ, testifying to the Divinity of Jesus and saying: "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well-pleased; hear ye Him" (Matt. 17: 5).

Such are the marvels, truly worthy of God, celebrated in this present feast, which is an image and prefiguring of the future state of the righteous, whose splendor the Lord spoke of, saying: "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun" (Matt. 13:43). It is because of this that the Kontakion of this Feast is said daily (when there is not a great feast) in the Service of the Typica in perpetual commemoration of the glory that will be the lot of the Saints. According to tradition, the Lord's Transfiguration came to pass forty days before His Crucifixion; this is why the Transfiguration is celebrated forty days before the Exaltation of the Cross.

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Resurrectional Apolytikion Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἀναστάσιμον 1st Tone Ήχος α’ Although Your tomb was sealed with a stone Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, by the Judeans and Your most sacred body, O καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν Savior, was guarded by soldiers, You rose on σου Σῶμα, ἀνέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, the third day, O Christ, and gave life to all the δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν ζωήν· διὰ τοῦτο αἱ world. Wherefore all the heavenly Powers Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι ζωοδότα· proclaimed that You are the Giver of Life. Δόξα τῇ Ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ Glory to Your Resurrection, O Christ. Glory βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε to Your Kingdom. Glory to Your φιλάνθρωπε. Dispensation, O You, who alone love mankind.

Apolytikion for Forefeast of the Απολυτίκιον Transfiguration 4th Tone Ήχος δ' Come, let us all welcome the Transfiguration Χριστού τήν Μεταμόρφωσιν of Christ, and joyously celebrate the bright προϋπαντήσωμεν, φαιδρώς πανηγυρίζοντες τά prefestival, O ye faithful, and let us cry: Nigh προεόρτια, πιστοί καί βοήσωμεν, Ήγγικεν η at hand now is the day of God-given ημέρα τής ενθέου ευφροσύνης, άνεισιν εις τό gladness, as the Sovereign Master goeth up όρος τό Θαβώρ ο Δεσπότης, τής θεότητος on Mount Tabor to flash forth with the αυτού απαστράψαι τήν ωραιότητα. beautiful light of His Divinity.

Apolytikion for the Church Απολυτίκιον τοῦ Ναοῦ 1st Tone Ήχος α' Your proclamation went forth into all the Εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος σου, ὡς earth, for it accepted your word, through δεξαμένην τὸν λόγον σου, δι' οὗ θεοπρεπῶς which you taught the dogmas befitting God, ἐδογμάτισας, τὴν φύσιν τῶν ὄντων you expounded on the nature of all that is, ἐτράνωσας, τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἤθη and you arranged the morals of society. A κατεκόσμησας, Βασίλειον Ἱεράτευμα, Πάτερ royal priesthood! Devout father Basil, Ὅσιε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, intercede with Christ our God, to grant us His δωρήσασθαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. great mercy. Kontakion Κοντάκιον 4th Tone 4th Tone All of mortal nature now divinely shineth on Εν τή θεία σήμερον Μεταμορφώσει, η this day with the divine Transfiguration ere βροτεία άπασα, φύσις προλάμπει θεϊκώς, εν the time; and in great gladness, she crieth out: ευφροσύνη κραυγάζουσα, Μεταμορφούται Christ is transfigured, and saveth the race of Χριστός, σώζων άπαντας. man.

THE EPISTLE / Ο ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ

Prokeimenon. Mode 1. Psalm 32.22,1 Προκείμενον. Ήχος α'. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς.

Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 4:9-16 τὸ Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16 ἀνάγνωσμα είναι απο

Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους as last of all, like men sentenced to ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους· ὅτι death; because we have become a θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ spectacle to the world, to angels and to ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἀνθρώποις. Ἡμεῖς μωροὶ men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but διὰ Χριστόν, ὑμεῖς δὲ φρόνιμοι ἐν you are wise in Christ. We are weak, Χριστῷ· ἡμεῖς ἀσθενεῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ but you are strong. You are held in ἰσχυροί· ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄτιμοι. honor, but we in disrepute. To the Ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν, καὶ present hour we hunger and thirst, we διψῶμεν, καὶ γυμνητεύομεν, καὶ are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, κολαφιζόμεθα, καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν, καὶ and we labor, working with our own κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν· hands. When reviled, we bless; when λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν· διωκόμενοι persecuted, we endure; when slandered, ἀνεχόμεθα· βλασφημούμενοι we try to conciliate; we have become, παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ and are now, as the refuse of the world, κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα the off-scouring of all things. I do not ἕως ἄρτι. Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλʼ ὡς τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ write this to make you ashamed, but to νουθετῶ. Ἐὰν γὰρ μυρίους παιδαγωγοὺς admonish you as my beloved children. ἔχητε ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀλλʼ οὐ πολλοὺς For though you have countless guides πατέρας· ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ in Christ, you do not have many εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα. fathers. For I became your father in Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge γίνεσθε. you, then, be imitators of me. THE HOLY GOSPEL / ΤΟ ΘΕΙΟΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ

The Gospel According to Matthew Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 17:14-23 17:14-23 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα

At that time, a man came up to Jesus and Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν πρὸς kneeling before him said, "Lord, have τὸν ὄχλον προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic γονυπετῶν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· Κύριε, and he suffers terribly; for often he falls ἐλέησόν μου τὸν υἱόν, ὅτι σεληνιάζεται into the fire, and often into the water. And καὶ κακῶς πάσχει· πολλάκις γὰρ πίπτει εἰς I brought him to your disciples, and they τὸ πῦρ καὶ πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ. καὶ could not heal him." And Jesus answered, προσήνεγκα αὐτὸν τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου, καὶ "O faithless and perverse generation, how οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν αὐτὸν long am I to be with you? How long am I θεραπεῦσαι. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς to bear with you? Bring him here to me." εἶπεν· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη! And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon ἕως πότε ἔσομαι μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν; ἕως πότε came out of him, and the boy was cured ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετέ μοι αὐτὸν ὧδε. καὶ instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν privately and said, "Why could we not ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ ἐθεραπεύθη ὁ cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of παῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης. Τότε your little faith. For truly I say to you, if προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ κατ᾿ you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ἰδίαν εἶπον· διατί ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν you will say to this mountain, 'Move ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό; ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· hence to yonder place,' and it will move; διὰ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὑμῶν. ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω and nothing will be impossible to you. But ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον this kind never comes out except by σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, μετάβηθι prayer and fasting." As they were ἐντεῦθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ "The Son of man is to be delivered into ἐκπορεύεται εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ the hands of men, and they will kill him, νηστείᾳ. ᾿Αναστρεφομένων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς and he will be raised on the third day." τὴν Γαλιλαίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μέλλει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται. καὶ ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα.

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael (Symeonides) of Chicago is of Pontic and Asia-Minor ancestry, and was born in Thessaloniki, Greece (1978). He is the third child of Irene and Vasilios Symeonides. He received his early education from the Greek American Institute of the Zoodochos Peghe Parish of the Bronx, NY. He later graduated from Hellenic College (BA, 2000) and from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (MDiv, 2003). He earned an STM (2003) in Christian Ethics and a ThD (2007) in Bioethics from Boston University. Fr. Nathanael has also studied the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

He has served as a guest professor of Orthodox Christian Ethics and Bioethics at Fordham University, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, and Saint Vladimir Theological School. He has authored numerous articles in theology and bioethics. He has delivered a series of presentations to clergy of the Archdiocese and to regional pan-Orthodox clergy associations.

Metropolitan Nathanael is a brother of the historic monastery of St. George Epanosifis in Crete, Greece. He was ordained a deacon (2003) and a presbyter (2010) by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America. Prior to his ordination to the episcopacy, His Eminence served as the Deacon to Metropolitan Methodios (2003-2006); Deacon to the Archbishop (2006-2010); presiding priest of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, NYC (2010-2013), and interim-pastor of the Holy Resurrection Church of Brookville, NY and the Saints Constantine and Helen Cathedral of Brooklyn, NY. As a parish priest in Manhattan, Metropolitan Nathanael developed a unique urban ministry, Orthodox Professionals in Action (OPA), which provided over 400 young professionals the opportunity to minister to the most vulnerable in society.

From September 2013-March 2018, His Eminence served as the Director of the Office of Inter- Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In this capacity, he managed and cultivated relationships between the Archdiocese and numerous religious organizations, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and Permanent Missions to the United Nations. He also served as Director of the Archdiocesan Committee on Science and Technology (AACST).

His Eminence coordinated the Archdiocesan commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Selma (2015), and represented the Archdiocese on the National Council of Churches (NCC) Special Task Force to End Racism in America. He serves as a member of a special non-partisan and interreligious working group in Washington, D.C., which seeks to advance religious freedom and pluralism in the Middle East. He is also a member of Tanenbaum’s Communications Committee. During his tenure at the Archdiocese, Metropolitan Nathanael also served as the Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA and on the Assembly’s Secretariat. His Eminence also established a Graduate Fellowship Program that provided graduate and post-graduate students the opportunity to serve the Church at the United Nations.

In 2016, Metropolitan Nathanael attended the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church and assisted the press office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

On February 7, 2018, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously elected him Metropolitan of Chicago, succeeding His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of blessed-memory. He was ordained a Bishop on March 17th in the Holy Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New York, and was enthroned on March 24th in the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation, Chicago

Calendar for the Week Ahead - Sunday, August 5, 7:00pm - Great Vespers for Transfiguration of our Lord Monastery (Harvard, IL monastery) - Monday, August 6, 8:30am - Orthros and Divine Liturgy for Transfiguration of our Lord - Monday, August 6, 7:00pm - Parish Council Meeting - Tuesday, August 7, 6:00pm - Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary - Wednesday, August 8, 6:00pm - Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary - Thursday, August 9, 6:00pm - Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary - Friday, August 10, 6:00pm - Paraklesis (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary - Sunday, August 12, 8:15am - Orthros and Divine Liturgy

Parish News and Events

We need your help - You Might be Missing Out Stewardship - Have You Become A Steward For 2018? We have started a new weekly St. Basil E-Bulletin- which If not, know that everything we have is God's and we are goes out early each week - and, for some of you, this email just managers during this brief life. Become a steward is going into "spam" or "trash". Please take a look at your today. "He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for spam and trash files and if you see it there, with most food will supply and multiply your resources and increase servers there's a button you can push to stop it's going the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in into trash/spam. Or, enter [email protected] every way for great generosity, which through us will into your email contacts list. Thanks! produce thanksgiving to God" (2 Cor. 9:10-11).

Byzantine Music Classes with John Lambros - The new St. John the Almsgiver Ministry Starting May 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM. Parking in back or in Has assembled over 30 Survival Packs, which our parish is front of building on Cicero ave. Future dates and times to providing to our neighbors in need. Each pack includes the follow. following items: 1 Jewel gift card ($10), 1 CTA single-transit ticket, 1 white t-shirt, 1 pair of white tube socks, 1 toothbrush, 1 TaxBloom travel-sized toothpaste, 1 comb, 6 Band-aids, 3 ‘Wet Ones’ 7300 N Cicero #106 pocket-size singles hand wipes, 1 granola bar, and 1 bottle of Lincolnwood, IL 60712 water. We have distributed 30 packs to date. Please ask Fr. Dimitri, Nick Books for Prisoners Katsoulis, and Pat and Steve Cole about the rewarding Many inmates with whom we correspond through the experiences they’ve had distributing the packs! If you would like prison ministry request books to read. Topics include self- to contribute to these efforts by distributing packs, please see help, vocational training, orthodoxy, history, and fiction. If Vicky Crosby in the church office. She will show you where to you can make a small donation to defray the cost of sign out packs. If you would like to contribute money or items to create more packs, please speak to Vicky Crosby or Marina purchasing and sending books, please see Vicky in the Arvanitis. church office. Any size donation is appreciated.

Ronald McDonald House - For five years, Ladies Coffee Hour Today Is Hosted by: Philoptochos has been supporting families staying at Ronald Melanie Hillock, Melita Green & Vivien Kouros McDonald House while their children receive treatment at one Thank you for your tasty treats. of the local hospitals. Among our 40 guests for breakfast last Saturday were families from destitute and war torn countries where treatment for their children's birth defects and developmental disabilities is unavailable. We thank you for supporting our bake sales and other fundraisers for making the day possible. And we hope YOU will join us next time.

St. Basil Greek Orthodox Church August 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 6:00 pm Paraklesis 6:00 pm Paraklesis 6:00 pm Paraklesis (Supplication Service) (Supplication Service) (Supplication Service) to the Virgin Mary to the Virgin Mary to the Virgin Mary

5 Coffee Hour: Melita 6 7 8 9 10 11 Green & Claudette 8:30 am "Orthros and Divine 6:00 pm Paraklesis 6:00 pm Paraklesis 6:00 pm Paraklesis 6:00 pm Paraklesis Hillock Liturgy for Transfigura- (Supplication Service) (Supplication Service) (Supplication Service) (Supplication Service) 8:15 am Orthros and Divine tion of our Lord" to the Virgin Mary to the Virgin Mary to the Virgin Mary to the Virgin Mary Liturgy 7:00 pm Parish Council Meet- 7:00 pm "Great Vespers for ing Transfiguration of our Lord Monastery (at Harvard, IL monastery)" 12 13 14 15 16 17 Greek Festivals 18 Greek Festivals 8:15 am Orthros and Divine 6:00 pm Paraklesis 7:00 pm "Great Vespers for 8:30 am "Orthros and Divine Liturgy (Supplication Service) Assumption of Virgin Liturgy for Dormition of 11:30 am Philoptochos writing to the Virgin Mary Mary (at Chicago-area the Virgin Mary" notes to Lincoln Park parishes)" Community Shelter 12:30 pm Teacher meeting

19 Coffee Hour: Angela 20 21 22 23 24 Greek Festivals 25 Greek Festivals Panousakis & Chris- tina Gountanis Panagiri for St. Basil Greek Festivals 8:15 am Orthros and Divine Liturgy

26 Ministry Fair 27 28 29 30 31 Greek Festivals Sunday School Registration 8:30 am "Orthros and Divine Greek Festivals Liturgy for Beheading 8:15 am Orthros and Divine of St. John the Bap- Liturgy tist" 11:30 am Philoptochos making sack lunches for Lincoln Park Commu- nity Shelter. Matthew 25:35-36 - The Last Judgment For I was hungry, and you gave me food, I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: Please donate food for the needy.

I was a stranger, and you took me in: Please welcome our Catechumens and Guests

Naked, and you clothed me: Please consider donating clothes to the local shelter.

I was sick, and you visited me: Please pray for the speedy recovery of: Nicholas, Anthony, Aphrodite

I was in prison, and you came unto me: Please pray for: Robert, Choice, Centrell, Maurice, Tyree, Clarence, Pierre, Anthony, Bryant, Angelo, Pierre, Timothy, Arthur, Kerwin, Willie, Bryant, Darron, Pablo, Lee, Derrick, Eugene, Clarence, Demetrius, Rashee, Joseph, Damien, Terrell, Lamar, Clarence, Antwon, James, John, Donald, Eddie, James Please pray for and consider visiting our shut-ins. Please also see Pat Cole to see about writing Letters to those Incarcerated through our prison ministry. It means the world to them to receive love. VISITATION POLICY If you would like Fr. Dimitri to visit you in the hospital, please call him or have a family member call. Fr. Dimitri will not go unless he is asked by the family. This is in compliance with both HIPAA and patient privacy.

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This is how Valerian begins the biography of his companion, St. Pontius: "Who can believe, if God does not grant it? Who can lead a life of asceti- cism, if the Lord does not help? Who can receive the wreath of martyr- dom, if Christ does not give it?" God can do all and God wills all that is for the salvation of men, if only men pray to Him. By prayer, St. Nonna converted her husband Gregory and her son, Gregory the Theologian, to Christianity. By prayer, Monica brought Augustine back from a wayward life to the path of good works and faith. By prayer, St. Basil converted his teacher Evulios. By prayer, King Hezekiah prolonged his life for fifteen years. By prayer, St. Simeon the Stylite turned back the Persians and Scythians that they not attack the land of Greece with an army already prepared. Furthermore, all the stars in the heavens will be more readily counted then all the miracles worked on earth by prayer.