Sunday Bulletin. Saint Sophia Greek Cathedral. 22 May 2011 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Greek Orthodox Community. God s people, serving God s people

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1 Sunday Bulletin 22 May 2011 Sunday of the Samaritan Woman God s people, serving God s people Saint Sophia Greek Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community 1324 South Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles, Office: Fax: Very Reverend Father John S. Bakas, Dean Allan Boyd, Pastoral Assistant

2 CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK Sunday, May 22 nd Orthros :00am Studies in Faith.....9:15am Memorials :45am Divine Liturgy :00am Monday, May 23 rd Bible Study with Fr. John: Philoptohos Women s Bible Study...10:30am Men s Bible Study...12:30pm Bible Study with Allan Boyd: Orthodoxy 101-Feasts :30pm Tuesday, May 24 th Bible Study with Fr. John has been cancelled until the fall. Wednesday, May 25 th Bible Study with Allan Boyd: Kingdom of Heaven Bible Study 7:30pm Saturday, May 28 th Hellenic Academy - children.... 9:00am Hellenic Academy - children.... 9:30am Hellenic Academy adults :30am Coffee Hour will be held in the Fellowship Tent EPISTLE READER Constantinos Felios USHERS Electra Koutsoukos, Gene Chronopopulos Please note the church office will be closed Monday May 30 th in observance of Memorial Day. 2

3 DAILY VITAMINS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH 3

4 MEMORIALS Kyriakoula Apallas, Xristo Apallas, Konstantinos Sdrou, Pericles Lambros, Vasiliki Lambros, Georgou Lambros, Ioana Lambros- Shainin, Elias Koutsoukos, Stavroula Koutsoukos, Georgou Athanasopoulos, Nicholas G. Andrew, Dimitris Christofides (1 year), Basil Fovos, Euvoxia Koumbanios, Kosta Koumbanios, Michael Koumbanios, Helen Nicholas, Helen Sergios ALTAR CANDLES Both sides offered in loving memory of Pericles, Vasiliki and Georgou Lambros, Ioana Lambros-Shainin, Elias & Stavroula Koutsoukos, Georgou Athanasopoulos and Nicholas G. Andrew by Electra Koutsoukos COFFEE HOUR Sponsored in loving memory of AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope Chapters, Hesperia, Hollywood, Alkandre and Melita members PERPETUAL LIGHT Offered in loving memory of Dimitris Christofides by his family 4

5 Υμνος Τροπαριον του Ναου, Ηχος πλ δ Ευλογητος ει Χριστε ο Θεος ημων, ο πανσοφους του αλιεις αναδειξας, καταπεμψας αυτοις το Πνευμα το Αγιον, και δι αυτων την οικουμενην σ αγηνευσας, φιλανθρωπε, δοξα σοι. 5

6 HYMNS OF THE DAY Apolytikion Christ is risen from the dead and by His death He has trampled upon death and to those in the tombs He granted life, everlasting life! (x3) Isodikon In the congregations bless God, Lord, who springs out of Israel. Save us O Son of God who rose from the dead, as we sing we to You, Alleluia. Tone Five Oh Faithful, let us sing a hymn of praise and worship to the Logos Who is Co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, Who was born of the Virgin for our salvation. Of His own will, He went upon the Cross in the flesh and suffered death, to raise the dead through His glorious Resurrection. Troparion of Saint Sophia (Holy Wisdom) Blessed are You O Christ our God, Who as all wise the fishermen You showed forth; by sending your Holy Spirit down upon them and through them the universe You drew unto Your net. O lover of mankind glory to You. Tone Eight Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades power, and rose the victor, Christ God. To the myrrhbearing women, saying Hail and granting peach to Your disciples, You are He Who rises up the fallen. 6

7 ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 11:19-30 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμεραῖς ἐκείναις, διασπαρέντες ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ διῆλθον ἕως Φοινίκης καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀντιοχείας, μηδενὶ λαλοῦντες τὸν λόγον εἰ μὴ μόνον Ἰουδαίοις. Ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι, οἵτινες εἰσελθόντες εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, ἐλάλουν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλληνιστάς, εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν. Καὶ ἦν χεὶρ κυρίου μετ αὐτῶν πολύς τε ἀριθμὸς πιστεύσας ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον. Ἠκούσθη δὲ ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν Βαρνάβαν διελθεῖν ἕως Ἀντιοχείας ὃς παραγενόμενος καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐχάρη, καὶ παρεκάλει πάντας τῇ προθέσει τῆς καρδίας προσμένειν τῷ κυρίῳ ὅτι ἦν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως καὶ προσετέθη ὄχλος ἱκανὸς τῷ κυρίῳ. Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν ὁ Βαρνάβας ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον, καὶ εὑρὼν ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν, χρηματίσαι τε πρώτον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς. Ἐν ταύταις δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις κατῆλθον ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων προφῆται εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόματι Ἄγαβος, ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος λιμὸν μέγαν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅστιςn καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος.N 29 Τῶν δὲ μαθητῶν καθὼς εὐπορεῖτό τις, ὥρισαν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν εἰς διακονίαν πέμψαι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἀδελφοῖς ὃ καὶ ἐποίησαν, ἀποστείλαντες πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους διὰ χειρὸς Βαρνάβα καὶ Σαύλου. 7

8 EPISTLE READING Let Us Be Attentive.. Verse: Oh Lord, how magnificent are Your works. You have made all things in wisdom. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Wisdom.. The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30 Let us be Attentive.. IN THOSE DAYS, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea, and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. 8

9 GOSPEL READING The Reading is from John 4:5-42 At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in 9

10 spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he." Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him. Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor." Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world." 10

11 PHILOPTOHOS NEWS MINISTRY NEWS Change from the Heart Contribute to Pennies & Prayers A penny is a gift, a prayer of thanks, a reminder that we come together to further the work of Christ our Lord. Pennies & Prayers is a Commission for Orthodox Missions and Evangelism (C.O.M.E.), which is all about bringing Christ to our neighbor. Without these funds our missions throughout the world will not be able to preach the gospel or provide for many needy people. Your family s spare change can help support our current mission parishes and begin new ones. Keeping a jar in the home is a way to remind ourselves of Christ s calling to go to all people everywhere and make them His Disciples. How to Participate in Pennies & Prayers Please make a donation today! Any amount is welcome. Take home a Pennies & Prayers canister and place your spare change into the canister. The whole family is encouraged to participate, especially during the Lenten Season. Return the filled canisters by Pentecost Sunday, June 12, to the church office in care of Philoptochos. All proceeds will be sent to Pennies & Prayers to continue this valuable work for our Orthodox missions. Make this valuable work a family project! If you have any questions or need further information, please call Sophie Mastor, Chairperson, at (310)

12 PHILOPTOHOS VIP NEWS MINISTRY NEWS (continued) Senior Citizen of the Year Luncheon We are happy to announce that on Thursday, May 26, 2011, we will honor Dorothea and John Stamatiades as our VIP Philoptohos Senior Citizens of the Year Please plan to attend this special day honoring Dorothea and John, who both have served our community in various activities for many years. In addition to honoring these loyal and generous parishioners, you will enjoy a delicious luncheon and meet with many friends. COST: $25.00 TIME: 11:30 am LOCATION: TAIX Restaurant 1911 West Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (between Alvarado & Glendale Blvd, on north side of Sunset Blvd). For directions to the restaurant, call (213) or visit their website at For reservations please call Kiki Pappas at (310) or our Event Chairperson, Petsa Schwartz at (310) Please address your check to Philoptohos VIP and send it to: Kiki Pappas, 920 Roscomare Road, LA, Lecture and Lunch Please come on Thursday, June 23, 2011 and join us for an afternoon of fellowship and friendship in the Fellowship Tent at 11:00am and listen to an interesting lecture on a subject that is of concern to many of us: Indentity Theft and Current Marketing Scams Directed at the Elderly. Learn how to protect yourself and your assets by taking useful preventive measures. Duration of the lecture is about half hour. Lunch will be served for a donation of $10. For reservations please call Stella Morris at (818) or Vivi Demopoulos at ( Attention parishioners: ******************************************* There are only 5 plaques remaining for the Walk of the Blessing Hand. Reserve your space now before it s too late! 12

13 ST. SOPHIA STEWARDSHIP MINISTRY NEWS (continued) The Joy of Belonging through Christian Stewardship Christian Stewardship is our expression of thanksgiving and gratitude to God for His love and countless blessings. It provides the foundation for our Orthodox Faith, and enhances the spiritual and cultural growth of our community entrusted to our care. Our parishioner s stewardship giving during the first quarter of our Stewardship Campaign is a welcome blessing to the many financial needs of our Church. We would like to thank those who are current in their stewardship giving and send a friendly reminder to those who have not yet pledged for 2011 to please do so, as the stewardship income is vital to the daily operation of our Cathedral and its ministries. We kindly ask you to please take a few moments this week to make your 2011 Stewardship Pledge using one of the following methods: Complete and return your Pledge Card Call our office at our office at office@stsophia.org or at accountant@stsophia.org Visit our website at stsophia.org and click Stewardship Regardless of what your financial commitment to the parish for this year will be, we thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Invest your Love in our Community of Faith and Experience the Joy of Belonging 13

14 YOUNG ADULT FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY NEWS (continued) The "Brown Bag Book Study" continues today in the Nursery Classroom (inside the Sunday School portable building) after the Liturgy with a discussion of "Addressing God," Chapter 5 in the book "Beginning to Pray," by Anthony Bloom. In this chapter, Bloom discusses the significance of names in our all too "anonymous society" and relates his discussion to our personal relationship with the living God. This chapter concludes our study of "Beginning to Pray." We will begin another book study in the fall. Please join us today for snacks, lively discussion, and fellowship! ******************************************* PHILANTHROPIA MINISTRY NEWS USED CLOTHING and CANNED GOODS: Thank you for all the wonderful used clothing and canned goods. The two new receptacles, for used clothing and canned goods, are working great. They are located side by side, in the general area of the chapel. Please identify your clothing donations on the outside of the bags, by indicating whether they are for men, women or children. Thank you! Take care and God Bless. Father Peter ******************************************* SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS SAVE THE DATE - After church on Sunday, June 5 th Who Let the Dawgs Out? End of Sunday School Paniyiri Celebration. Meal tickets will go on sale today after Divine Liturgy $7 for a Build Your Own Hot Dog, Chips & Drink, $9 for a Build Your Own Italian Beef Sandwich, Chips & Drink. Come prepared to party, with fun music & Inflatable Water Bouncers (kids need to bring a towel & extra clothes for getting wet). Ice Cream, Snow Cones & extra drinks will also be available to purchase. 14

15 COMMUNITY NEWS PLEASE NOTE: THE HERALD NEWSLETTER To All Stewards: If your anniversary/birthday is not already listed in our monthly Herald newsletter and you wish for it to be listed in the appropriate issue for your month, please your information to: Stephanie Caiopoulos Lubian Please note the deadline due date is listed on the front cover of each issue. Please send your articles to Stephanie If you wish to view the Herald online, please go to the cathedral website: stsophia.org and click on the HERALD link. SUNDAY WEEKLY BULLETIN Please note the deadline for articles is Wednesday at noon of each week. Please send your articles to either Stephanie or Christina The Weekly Bulletin is now accessible online at the cathedral website: stsophia.org. To navigate from the Home page, hover over the HERALD link on the tool bar, and then select WEEKLY from the drop-down menu. 15

16 COMMUNITY NEWS (continued) Pentecost Vespers Celebration Sunday, June 12 at 7:00pm Let us rejoice together as we celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives and worship the Holy Trinity. Join us for Vespers and take some time to reflect on the many blessings we receive from God. The strength we draw from the Holy Spirit allows Him to dwell in and work through us. We will kneel in prayer for the first time since Holy Week. Our Feast day Liturgy for Saint Sophia Monday, June 13 Orthros~ 8:30am Liturgy~ 9:30am We will continue our Cathedral Name Day celebration and once again have the opportunity for a beautiful weekday Liturgy in our Chapel. May the Holy Wisdom of God lead us as we thank Him on our feast day for all the progress we have made in our community. Come and be part of a special day of remembrance and be blessed. ALLAN BOYD TO BE ORDAINED DEACON With Metropolitan Gerasimos blessing, our Pastoral Assistant, Allan Boyd will be ordained to the Holy Deaconate during the Divine Liturgy on the Feast Day of our Saint Sophia Cathedral, Monday June 13 th. Metropolitan Gerasimos will ordain Allan to the first rank of the priesthood in an impressive and spiritually uplifting ceremony. We encourage our parishioners to be present for this special event on the Feast Day of the Holy Spirit. Congratulations to Allan and Danita on this new phase of Allan s life and ministry. 16

17 COMMUNITY NEWS (continued) ST. ALBAN S FAITH AND REASON SERIES PRESENTS ELDER PAVLOS, HIEROMONK OF ST. CATHERINE S MONASTERY SINAI The Spiritual Tradition of Desert Monasticism at St. Catherine s Monastery in the Sinai Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and the UCLA Department of History Thursday, May 26 th 5:00 p.m. St. Alban s Episcopal Church 580 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA At 7:00 p.m., there will be an occasion to share fellowship with Elder Pavlos during a simple meal. A limited amount of seating is available on a first come, first served basis, (suggested donation: $25). To sign up for the dinner please contact Nancy John: saw580hilgard@yahoo.com Elder Pavlos is the senior monk and elder ascetic of Saint Catherine s Monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt, the oldest Christian monastery in continuous existence. A 1972 graduate of the School of Theology of the University of Athens, Elder Pavlos is a desert ascetic himself with four decades of immersion in the tradition of desert asceticism that reaches back to the foundational period of early Christianity. 17

18 COMMUNITY NEWS (continued) Become an active Steward at Saint Sophia join a Ministry!! Altar Service Festival Parish Council Basketball Foundation Philanthropia Bookstore/Gift Shop GOYA, JR.GOYA Philoptohos Society Bible Studies Greek Folk Dancing Philoptohos VIP BLQ Hellenic Academy Stewardship Program Camp Zoe Hospitality - Coffee Hour Summer Camp Childcare Hospitality Welcome - Golf Choir Mr. & Mrs. Club - Tennis Docents Narthex Service Sunday School Program Easter Picnic Parenting Support Fellowship ******************************************* Holy Cats up for Adoption The kittens born at Saint Sophia together with their sweet mother have all been rescued and taken safely to the Friends of Animals Foundation on Sepulveda Blvd in West L.A. There are five kittens named Constantine, Augusta, Cyril, Ambrose and Basil. Their mother is Sophy, who is not much more than a kitten herself. They are all very good natured and would be grateful for a good home. If you are interested in adopting one or more of these little ones, please e mail Melissa at mkenady@earthlink.net or call the shelter at: (310) Also, if you have any extra time to give, even if it s only a couple hours a week, month, or year, the shelter is always looking for volunteers to help socialize the cats. Any time you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 18

19 Saint Sophia Summer Camp 2011 The Saint Sophia Camp Committee has been hard at work planning a fantastic summer camp season for our Orthodox youth. Our summer camping program will continue with a shortened season at Camp Seely. There will be two weeks of camp. The first week is scheduled from Sunday, July 31 st through Saturday, August 6 th ; and the second week will be from Saturday, August 6 th through Saturday, August 13 th. We recommend the first week for the younger campers. Camp Seely is located close to Lake Gregory and the Village of Crestline. You can check out Camp Seeley at To register online and for additional information please visit our website: You may also contact our administrative assistant, Whitney O Regan phone: or saintsophiacamp@gmail.com for more information or registration forms. Apply now to be a counselor at Saint Sophia Camp! The Saint Sophia Camp Committee is looking for highly motivated, responsible and enthusiastic young adults over 18 to be camp counselors this summer. The first week is scheduled from Sunday, July 31 st through Saturday, August 6 th ; and the second week will be from Saturday, August 6 th through Saturday, August 13 th. There will be a $100 weekly stipend offered to counselors. We will be holding camp this summer at Camp Seeley which is located in the San Bernardino Mountains. Applications are available online at You may also contact our administrative assistant, Whitney O Regan phone: or saintsophiacamp@gmail.com for more information. 19

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