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Welcome to Saint Nicholas on this Sunday, February 17, 2019 Today we commemorate: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today Theodore the Tyro, Great Martyr Mariamne,

7,1 You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us. Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed. The reading is from St.

my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at lconion, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.

1 Welcome to Saint Nicholas on this Sunday, February 17, 2019 Today we commemorate: Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today Theodore the Tyro, Great Martyr Mariamne, Sister of Apostle Philip Righteous Auxentius EPISTLE READING St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15 Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 1. Psalm 11.7,1 You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us. Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed. The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15 TIMOTHY, my son, you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions, my sufferings, what befell me at Antioch, at lconion, and at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with

2 the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Πρὸς Τιμόθεον β' 3:10-15 Προκείμενον. Ήχος πλ. α'. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 11.7,1 Σὺ Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς. Στίχ. Σῶσον με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος. Πρὸς Τιμόθεον β' 3:10-15 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα Τέκνον Τιμόθεε, παρηκολούθηκάς μου τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, τῇ ἀγωγῇ, τῇ προθέσει, τῇ πίστει, τῇ μακροθυμίᾳ, τῇ ἀγάπῃ, τῇ ὑπομονῇ, τοῖς διωγμοῖς, τοῖς παθήμασιν, οἷά μοι ἐγένετο ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ, ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, ἐν Λύστροις, οἵους διωγμοὺς ὑπήνεγκα καὶ ἐκ πάντων με ἐρρύσατο ὁ κύριος. Καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ θέλοντες εὐσεβῶς ζῇν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διωχθήσονται. Πονηροὶ δὲ ἄνθρωποι καὶ γόητες προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον, πλανῶντες καὶ πλανώμενοι. Σὺ δὲ μένε ἐν οἷς ἔμαθες καὶ ἐπιστώθης, εἰδὼς παρὰ τίνος ἔμαθες, καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ βρέφους τὰ ἱερὰ γράμματα οἶδας, τὰ δυνάμενά σε σοφίσαι εἰς σωτηρίαν διὰ πίστεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

GOSPEL READING The Gospel According to Luke 18:10-14 The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

3 GOSPEL READING The Gospel According to Luke 18:10-14 The Lord said this parable, "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithes of all that I get.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 18:10-14 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, ὁ εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης. ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ταῦτα προσηύχετο ὁ Θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατῶ πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι. καὶ ὁ τελώνης μακρόθεν ἑστὼς οὐκ ἤθελεν οὐδὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐπᾶραι, ἀλλ ἔτυπτεν εἰς τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ λέγων ὁ Θεός, ἱλάσθητί μοι τῷ ἁμαρτωλῷ. λέγω ὑμῖν, κατέβη οὗτος δεδικαιωμένος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἢ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ὅτι πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται.

Welcome to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church If this is your first time visiting St. Nicholas, thank you for coming and we look forward to meeting you.

4 Welcome to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church If this is your first time visiting St. Nicholas, thank you for coming and we look forward to meeting you. Please fill out one of the visitor cards located in the pew pockets and place it in the offertory basket or hand them to one of our ushers. May God bless your time with us as we worship God The Father, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. If you are not familiar with Orthodox worship, please ask one of our ushers or one of the greeters in the fellowship hall after services. If you are in need of spiritual assistance or would like to know how to become an Orthodox Christian, please ask to speak with Father Andrew.

5 Calendar Sunday February 17 Sunday February 24 Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Orthros 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM

6 Announcements Church Bulletin Nicole Maverakis is now producing the weekly church bulletin. Please send any announcements to her at Articles should be submitted in text (*.txt) or Microsoft Word (*.docx) formats and pictures in JPEG (*.jpg *.jpeg *.jpe) format for inclusion in the bulletin. The deadline for submissions is on Friday 5:00 PM anything submitted after that time will not be included in the bulletin for the upcoming Sunday. Bible Study Bible Study will be Tuesday, February 19th beginning at 6:30. We will continue studying the Revelation. Please bring some dinner item to share with our group. Hope to see you all there. Sanctuary Lights The two Sanctuary Lights on the Holy Altar are replaced every Sunday and burn for one week. You may offer one or both of them for a loved one. Please contact Fr. Andrew if you would like to donate towards one or both. The cost is $10.00 each. What God Has Done In Your Life We need stories from parishioners on What God Has Done in Your Life The stories can be submitted to Rosemary Georgiou: rosemgeorgiou53@aol.com Your story will be run for the entire month. Ill Parishioners Reminder: If you know of any parishioners who are ill or hospitalized, please provide Father Andrew with the information as soon as possible. Church Bookmobile St. Nicholas Bookmobile is adding many new items for sale. You may purchase items after Liturgy on Sunday or by talking to Elaine Manneh at cell or house at Church Library A church library is now available in the church office. You may borrow books for a period of three weeks. Please write your name and telephone number on the library card. Consider sharing your reading in the bulletin. Children's books are available for borrowing in the Sunday School trailer. St. Nicholas Cookbook Our St. Nicholas cookbook is now available for sale. Copies are in the church office. The cost is $12. each. Consider buying several to give out as gifts. Thanks to all who contributed recipes to make this project a success. Greek School Greek School teacher Katia said classes will be at 5:30 PM from now on.

7 House Blessings House Blessings Please contact Fr. Andrew at or if you wish to have your house blessed. Ahepa and Daughters of Penelope Ahepa and Daughters of Penelope are offering an evening of friendship. They're sponsoring a chicken dinner on February 23rd at 5:00. The proceeds will go to our building fund. We are also offering a presale of candy bars. Please see Elaine. The profit also goes to the building fund. Prepayment is required. The children will also love you. The Ahepa/ Daughters of Penelope are sponsoring a community get-together to San Diego on May 18th. We'll be taking the Hornblower Cruise of the harbor. Following the two-hour cruise those who wish to join us we go to dinner (location to be determined near the harbor). The cost of the cruise is $20. a person for the two-hour cruise. There are only 30 seats available. The exact time will come in an additional . Please make a reservation with Elaine at church or call at Prepayment must be made at the time of the reservation and is nonrefundable. Please make out checks to DOP. Hope you'll join us.

8 STEWARDSHIP CORNER Stewardship 2019 FOOD FOR THOUGHT REMINDER When you are in the temple, you are in the living presence of our Lord God, that you stand before His face, before His eyes, in the living presence of the Mother of God, of the holy angels, and of the first born of the Church that is our forefathers, the prophets, Apostles, hierarchs, martyrs, reverend Fathers, the righteous, and all the Saints. Always have the remembrance and consciousness-of this when you are in the temple, and stand with devotion, taking part willingly and with all your heart in the Divine service. -St. John of Kronstadt STEWARDSHIP/MEMBERSHIP LIST FOR 2019*: *PLEASE NOTE, IF YOUR NAME DOES NOT APPEAR ON TODAYS LIST OF STEWARDS IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YOUR STEWARDSHIP/MEMBERSHIP CARD. If you haven t submitted your pledge card, please do so today! Thank you to all for supporting the Stewardship Ministry of St. Nicholas Church! There are pledge/membership cards in the pews, church office and in the Dean Hadjis Fellowship Hall!

9 LIST OF STEWARDS 2019 DIMITRIOS AND IOANNA ALEXOPOULOS MICHELE AKKERMAN PHOFY BACHAKES GEORGE AND MARY BARBAS NICK AND VASSO BOURAS ELIZABETH BOUTSIKAKIS DAN AND DANIELLE COOK PETER AND MARY COROMELAS KATHY EFTHIMIOU KARA EGGER CHARLES AND MELINDA FIELDS MARY GEORGES ROSEMARY GEORGIOU MACRINA HADJIS THOMAS AND MARIA HAM KLIO HARRIS ELIAS AND SAMAR HOUSEIN KOSTAS AND JUDY HIOTIS CHRIS AND KEMI INGRAM THEODORE AND ANNA IOANNIDES GEORGE KALOGIROU THELMA KATSUYANNIS MARLETTE KINNEY RONALD AND DEBORA KRUPINSKI REV. FR. ANDREW AND PRES. KAREN LESKO MICHAEL AND ALISA LINGOS ALEX AND ELENI MALANDRINOS REV. FR. GEORGE AND ELAINE MANNEH PERRY AND MARIANNE PETERS CHRIS AND FRANCES POULIS MIRCEA AND ANA PREDELEANU JOHN AND ANNA RADITSAS PETER AND MARIE REKATSINAS CHRIS AND ANDREA RONALDS PETER AND JULIE PEARL ROUMPOS KYLE AND RACHEL ROYCE JOHN AND ANGELAS RYAN MICHAEL H. RYMER SAMANTHA SALMAS ELENI SKAROPOULOSBOGDAN AND MARIANNA SOFIAN ANDJA SPASOSKI LEON AND LEANDA STAVROS DIMITRIOS AMD MARIA THIVEOS VASILIOS AND ELEA TSOUNIS EVAN AND KAREN TZAKIS/BADHAMIAN CHRISTINE TZATHAS RUBEN AND ELCI VARELA EVAN AND CATHERINE VASILIAKIS KAREN VESTAKIS

10 What God Has Done In My Life By: Rosemary Georgiou In honor of St. Valentine s Day, I wanted to write about love. Not that I really know or understand man s (human) love, but God s love I know that I ve tasted His love. In 1Corinthians 13:13, it says, now abide (live in) faith, hope & love; but the greatest of these is love. We as Christians have learned that the first commandment is to love God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind. This is the first and great commandment. The second is to love one another as we love ourselves. Love is the most valuable, prized possession there is. It s more precious than gold. Everyone wants to love and be loved. We need to have it, we need to give it. It cannot be bought or sold. It was the most precious gift that God gave to us. God gave us His Son because He loved us. God is Love. 1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is Love. We are created in the image of God. Love is in our DNA, it is in our nature! That is why we seek it so persistently, so tenaciously! Because God is Love, the most important lesson He wants us to learn is how to love. Now the love we have for God, is different than the love we have for one another, or the romantic love we have for the opposite sex. I believe the Greeks did put it in the right perspective. They had Phileo love, Eros love and Agape love. The bible speaks of Phileo and Agape love. Phileo refers to brotherly love, having feelings of warmth and affection as for best friends. Agape love is the most powerful, noblest type of love. It is sacrificial, unconditional love. That is the kind of love Christ has for us, and that is the kind of love we should have for one another. Then there is Eros love, which refers to passionate or sexual love. Eros love is what many relationships are made of, and that s why they don t sustain the test of time. Sacrifice, forgiveness and understanding, repeatedly done, is what keeps relationships alive. No matter what type of relationship it is husband and wife, family, or friends, this act really describes and is Agape Love. Now that I have shared with you a few words on love, let me share a with you an experience I had in It was during the time of Lent. I was on my way to St. Nicholas Church to attend a Salutation service of the Virgin Mary. As I was driving, I came to a light intersection, and as I waited for the light to change, I pulled out my hand lotion, removed my two rings and rubbed the lotion on my hands. I put one ring on my right hand and then as I was going to put on my other ring on my left hand I said to myself and to God, I m pointing this ring with the pointed part, pointing out, because I want to bring love to me. I want love to come to me. I m tired of being alone. l want love to come to me. I had always worn this little inexpensive, marcasite heart ring pointing towards myself. I wore this ring often because I always said that it represented my heart. But this night, I had changed the direction in which it pointed, in hopes of it bringing me the love that I so longed for!

11 The church service was really very nice, even though there were only a handful of people. After it was over, I remember talking with Evan the chanter, for only a very short time before heading home. As I entered my garage, I began to remove my jewelry. I removed my ring on my right hand, but when I reached for the ring on my left it was gone! Immediately, I thought, where s my heart ring? I checked my pockets, my purse, I looked around the seats of the car the whole time knowing that I had never touched the ring after putting it back on. I finally went inside and upstairs to change. The next morning, I opened the garage door, thinking that now there would be more light. I would back the car out a bit and be able to have a more clear view. As I was persistently looking inside the car, all of a sudden, a quieting thought came to me. I have your heart Rosemary and you have my love. I just sat in my car and let out a soft laugh. Yes I wanted to bring love to me, and it was as though God was telling me that I had His love. It was as though He was saying love Me Rosemary, let Me take your heart and heal it. Let Me take care of your heart, and for me that was such a comforting thought. I never found that ring, but I know without a doubt that God is supernatural, and He took that ring that signified my heart. He has my heart and is my first love. It s been six years since this happened and a month ago something rather strange occurred. On my key ring, I have another heart. It s a small metal Brighton heart. It s nearly impossible for it to come off or be taken off the ring. I ve had it for about seven years and have never taken it off or has it come off. One afternoon I went upstairs and, in my bathroom, on the counter, was the heart from my key ring. It was only the heart, not the keys or the key ring only the heart laying there next to the sink, on the counter! I m not sure what the meaning of that is. But I do know that God grants us the desires of our heart. My desire is to share my life with someone special one day. God has filled my heart with much love for family, friends, and people that I run into daily. God has definitely taken very good care of my heart, because there s been various times when if left up to me my heart would have been filled with such despicable feelings towards those who did me such harm and hurt. Every day I thank God for His love and every day I ask God to watch over my heart. I encourage all of you to give your heart to Jesus Christ our Lord and God and see what He does with it! Love and Hugs to all and have a Blessed Valentine s Day!

14 Philoptochos Special Services are offered. Memorials: Koliva Small Tray - $30.00 Large Tray - $60.00 Prosfora 3 Loaves - $20.00 Artoklasia 5 loaves - $40.00 Trisagion: For your special requests, please call Vaso Bouras at (951) or Phofy Bachakes at (951) Please call Vaso or Phofy to make arrangements for services or events. Saint Nicholas Bookstore: Visit the St. Nicholas Bookstore in the Church Hall. There are a variety of gifts and books available.

16 SUPPORT BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE PARISHIONERS OF OUR PARISH Want your Business listed? All you have to do is contact Father Andrew, it's that simple. ALENA NEWLOGICA PROFFSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY newlogica.com ALL DAY AUTO REPAIR AND SMOG, Via Montezuma, Temecula, ask for George A PLUS ORGANIZATION, LLC (Presv. Karen Lesko), Personal organization for your home, garage, or business, to fit your specific needs kmlesko@mail.com A TO Z BUILDERS & REMODELER, Boris Prohnitchi, General Contractor, Room Addition, Roofing Solution, Decorative Patios, Decks, Paving, Kitchen & Bathroom Flooring and Painting. San Jacinto, pbpgeneral@yahoo.com AVON CALLING! (Eleni Malandrinos) Your Avon representative. Need a Book? Need an Order? emalandrinos@aol.com BARBARIAN BAIL BONDS, Kristi Bartzis, Bail Agent serving So. Cal. With Bail Bonds 24/7 bailagentkristi@gmail.com Off: Cell: BEST FRIEND FINANCIAL TAX & IMMIGRATION SERVICES (Christina Nichols-Wainright, Jefferson Suite B, Temecula, Christina@FFF-Tax.com website BFF-Tax.com DEMIFIED HEALTH & HOME IMPROVEMENTS (Demi and Lawrence Mazzola), Providing health, home and business improvements that are always a work in progress! We also sell vitamins! demi@demified.com CHRYSANTHE PAPAZOGLOU Men's & Women's Alterations, Custom Window Treatments Oasis Resident, Menifee CA CLASS ACT PHOTO BOOTH (Chris Engel), classactphotobooth@gmail.com THE COLOUR PARLOR ( Janna Bozonelos) Clinton Keith Rd.. Suite A-102, Wildomar DIRTY PANELS - Provides solar panel cleaning. Contact Jordan Neal, P.O. Box 975, Murrieta, CA Phone dirtypanels@yahoo.com ELI-COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR (Elias Housein), Your Foreign & Domestic Specialist since 1985, Washington Ave. Unit B, Murrieta ENGLAND FAMILY MORTUARY, INC. Greg England, Funeral Director, Temecula Valley's Funeral Home Madison Ave., Temecula , EnglandFamilyMortuary.com EVEREST TOWN CAR SERVICE (for all your transportation needs), Serving the Temecula Valley Area or acedriver1@yahoo.com

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Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today

Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church 8306 NC HWY 751, Durham NC 27713 919-484-1600 fatherstavroforos2012@gmail.com, www.stbarbarachurchnc.org News & Announcements, February 5, 2017 Sunday of the Publican