HOLY APOSTLES OF THE SEVENTY: , NICANOR, TIMON AND

Saints Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon and Parmenas were among the first deacons in the Church of .

In the Acts of the Holy Apostles (6:1-6), it is said that the twelve Apostles chose seven men: Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicholas, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and appointed them to serve as deacons.

They are commemorated together on July 28, although they died at various times and in various places.

At first, St. Prochorus accompanied the holy Apostle Peter, who made him bishop in the city of Nicomedia. After the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Prochorus was a companion and coworker of the Holy Apostle John the Theolo- gian and was banished with him to the island of Patmos. There he wrote down the concerning the final fate of the world. Upon returning to Nicomedia, St. Prochorus converted pagans to Christ in the city of , where he suffered martyrdom.

St. Nicanor suffered on the same day that the holy Protomartyr Stephen and many other were killed by stoning.

St. Timon was later appointed by the Apostles as bishop of the city of Bostra in Arabia and suffered from the Jews and pagans for preaching the . He was thrown into a furnace, but by the power of God, he came out from it unharmed. The tradition of the Roman Church says that SAINTS NICANOR, TIMON, PARMENAS AND PROCHORUS St. Timon died by crucifixion.

St. Parmenas zealously preached Christ in Macedonia. HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH He died after being afflicted with an illness, although some say that he suffered martyrdom under Trajan (98-117) during the 6822 BROADVIEW ROAD final year of his reign. PARMA, OHIO 44134 www.oca.org THE TRINITARIAN

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BULLETIN 39 - VOLUME LVI TONE 5 JULY 28, 2019

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER Holy Apostles of the Seventy and Deacons: Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas Julian of Dalmatia; Eustathius, of Apamea; Ven. Paul of Xeropotamou; Ven. Moses, Wonderworker, of the Kiev Caves; St. Pitirίm, Bishop of Tambov; The Smolensk “ODIGÍTRIA” Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos

“You were holy deacons and eye-witnesses of the Word, and chosen vessels of the faith, O glorious Nicanor, Prochorus, Parmenas and Timon. Therefore today we celebrate your sacred memory, blessing you in gladness of heart.” Kondakion, Tone I

TODAY’S : ROMANS 12:6-14 TODAY’S GOSPEL: MATTHEW 9:1-8

HOLY WORSHIP THIS WEEK:

Please Note: There will be no Vespers at HTOC this Saturday, August 3.

Daily Scripture Readings

Monday, July 29 I Corinthians 5:9-6:11 Matthew 13:54-58 Tuesday, July 30 I Corinthians 6:20-7:12 Matthew 14:1-13 Wednesday, July 31 I Corinthians 7:12-24 Matthew 14:35-15:11 Thursday, August 1 I Corinthians 1:18-24 John 19:6-11,13-20,25-28,30-35 (7 Martyrs) Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Matthew 10:32-36; 11:7 (Lesser Blessing of Waters) Hebrews 2:11-18 John 5:1-4 Friday, August 2 I Corinthians 7:24-35 Matthew 15:12-21 I Corinthians 7:35-8:7 Matthew 15:29-31 Saturday, August 3 Romans 12:1-3 Matthew 10:37-11:1

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, IS THE BEGINNING OF THE DORMITION FAST.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY Bulletin 39 - Volume LVI July 28, 2019

COMING EVENTS JULY: 28, TODAY Parish Picnic AUGUST: 3, Saturday (No Vespers at HTOC) Parking help for Pokrova festival 18, Sunday 11:00 a.m. Parish Council meeting 26, Monday Cooking for St. Herman’s House

PARISH PICNIC: HELP NEEDED: The Annual Parish Picnic will be today, following For the past several years our parish has graciously the Divine Liturgy. provided use of our parking lot to our neighbors at Pokrova Ukrainian during the SOCIAL MEDIA: weekend of their Annual Festival. This year it will be Don’t forget to visit our website for updates. If you on August 2-4. Our own parishioners were on site at are on Facebook, please like and follow our page to see our parking lot, overseeing and directing cars. As we photos, announcements and motivating messages. If have lost some of our regular volunteers, we are you are not on Facebook, you can still view from our appealing for help for this year’s festival. Please see website (upper right corner). coordinator Mark Karpowicz for more information. http://www.holy-trin.org COFFEE HOUR: TRINITARIAN COVERS AND FLOWERS: We are in need of volunteers for our weekly The covers and flowers today are offered by Diane refreshments on September 1. As always, your help is Hastings. greatly appreciated.

The evil spirit tries to scatter prayer as if it were a sandheap, tries to turn the words into dry sand without moisture. That is to say, without fervor of heart. Thus the prayer must become a house built on sand or a house built on a rock. Those who build on sand who pray without faith, absently, coldly; such prayer is scattered of itself and does not bring any profit to him. Those build on a rock who, during the whole time of prayer, have their eyes fixed on God, and pray to Him as to a living person, conversing face to face with Him.”

St. John of Kronstadt

THE GIFTS WE OFFER TO THE LORD WE LOVE

REGULAR COLLECTION, JULY 21 $ 3598.00 CHURCH ADMINISTRATION ASSESSMENT 437.00 BUILDING FUND 175.00 MORTGAGE FUND 45.00 CANDLES 154.00 ORTHODOX SEMINARIES 10.00 COFFEE HOUR, 7/14/19 94.00

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THE SAINTS AMONG US - ST. PANTELEIMON

July 27 is the feast day of one of the most beloved of Christian healer saints, St. Panteleimon. Among the Western Christians, he is usually known as St. Panteleon; and he was regarded as one of the special saints who are prayed to for healings. But his veneration in the West has largely diminished. In the he has been and continues to occupy great veneration and a position of significance among saints, one whose memory is often observed liturgically, even on weekdays. His formal title is St. Panteleimon, Great Martyr and Unmercenary Healer. Within the category of Unmercenary Healers, like Sts. Cosmas and Damien, he typically occupies the first place.

St. Panteleimon lived in the city of Nicomedia (in present Turkey) at the concluding period of the early Church, the end of the second century and beginning of the fourth. This was the final period of martyrdom but was also a time of widespread growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire. St. Panteleimon was born to well-off parents, Eustorgius and Eubula. The mother was a devout Christian, commemorated as a on March 30. Unsuccessful to persuade the father, Eustorgius, to be a Christian, she was influential in her son’s upbringing. As a child of means, St. Panteleimon received a good education and became a successful physician, eventually being called into the service of the emperor. While thus employed, he became acquainted with another physician, St. Hermolaus, who was a Christian. The Saint’s life thus related the encounter: “One day as Panteleimon was discoursing with the holy priest Hermolaus, the latter, after praising the study of medicine, said, ‘But, my friend, of what use are all the acquirements in the art of medicine, if you are ignorant of the science of salvation?’” Inspired by Christ’s life and teachings, St. Panteleimon used his good medical skills to help others in a Christian spirit of compassion and charity without expecting any remuneration. Becoming the object of much love and gratitude, the unmercenary physician and saint provoked the jealousy among colleagues who denounced him to the emperor. Refusing imperial pressure to renounce Christianity, St. Panteleimon was variously tortured and eventually beheaded.

Veneration of St. Panteleimon is ancient. Providentially his name, “Panteleimon,” can be translated from Greek to mean “all merciful one.” Of course, the supreme “All Merciful One” is Christ Himself, but as His mercy is revealed in His Saints, the practice of saintly veneration is one way in which intimacy and immediacy is established between humans and God. By venerating St. Panteleimon and appealing for his intercessions, we are in effect praying to God, whose mercies, compassion and love are revealed in healing, patience and comfort. As healing is something that everyone requires every now and then, it is not surprising that venerating the “unmercenary healer saints” like St. Panteleimon is a popular Christian tradition. This is especially true in Orthodox lands, like Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, where people are named “Panteleimon” and churches are dedicated to him. In our Orthodox Church in America, there is a St. Panteleimon Church in our Diocese, in the suburbs of Chicago, Summit, where my father served as a priest, where I grew up. In our church, St. Panteleimon is among other saints on the large southern wall, in the middle row. He is holding what appears to be a box of candy (!), which is the case with medicines which physicians used at that time.

Fr. Alexander Garklavs

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY 6822 BROADVIEW ROAD; PARMA, OHIO 44134 VERY REVEREND ALEXANDER GARKLAVS AUGUST 2019

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Beginning of the Dormition (No Vespers at Fast HTOC)

4 7th Sunday 5 6 Holy 7 8 9 10 after Pentecost Transfiguration

Holy Seven of our Lord

Youths of 9:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Ephesus Divine Liturgy; 5:00 p.m. Vigil of the Blessing of Fruit Great Vespers; Transfiguration Confessions

11 8th Sunday 12 13 14 15 16 17 after Pentecost Dormition of Afterfeast of the Theotokos the 9:00 a.m. Transfiguration 6:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy 5:00 p.m. Vigil of the Great Vespers Dormition

18 9th Sunday 19 20 21 22 23 24 after Pentecost Afterfeast of the Dormition 5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. Great Vespers; Parish Council Confessions meeting

25 10th Sunday 26 27 28 29 Beheading 30 31 after Pentecost Cooking for St. Serving Dinner of St. John the Herman’s at St. Herman’s Baptist House House 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Divine Liturgy Great Vespers 6:00 p.m. Vespers