408 E. 11 STREET AUSTIN, TX (512)

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1 SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2018 Fifth Sunday of Pascha Sunday of the Samaritan Woman Righteous Job the long-suffering; Venerable Seraphim of Mount Domvu; translation of the relics of Sabbas, first archbishop of Serbia. Tone 4 Eothinon 7 // SAINT ELIAS ORTHODOX CHURCH 408 E. 11 STREET AUSTIN, TX (512) TH WELCOME to all our visitors worshipping with us! Please be sure to sign the Guest Book or fill out a Visitor s Card and drop it in the collection plate (or give it to a greeter). Please be our guest downstairs in the Fellowship Hall for coffee and refreshments after the service this morning. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you personally to Saint Elias. We re glad you re here!

2 ST ELIAS ORTHODOX CHURCH A Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and the Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America METROPOLITAN JOSEPH, PRIMATE BISHOP BASIL, BISHOP OF WICHITA Parish Office: The Parish Office is located at: Research Blvd, Ste. A110 Austin, TX Church Office Phone: (512) Church Hall Phone: (512) Office Hours: Tuesday Friday 10:00 AM 4:00 PM Church & Clergy addresses: Office: office@sainteliaschurch.org Very Rev. Fr. David Barr, Pastor frdavidbarr@gmail.com Rev. Fr. Raphael Daly, Assistant Pastor synaxis@gmail.com Very Rev. Fr. Traian Buican tbuican@yahoo.com Reverend Archdeacon Niketas Sanders niketas@yahoo.com Reverend Deacon Gregory Farman gregfarman@gmail.com Reverend Deacon Elisha Long rlongsummer@gmail.com Parish Council: Officers: Mark Cherry, Chairman Philip Gunter, Vice Chairman Adam Wall, Treasurer Imad Zaccak, Secretary Members: Nesreen Khoury Dn. Elisha Long David Jabour James Mercier Michael Friends Alexandre Rourk Sam Ibrahim Organizational Representatives: Choir: Bill Attal Church School: Dn. Elisha Long OYA: Adam Wall Ladies Guild: Danielle Wolf Check out our parish website: Sacraments: Baptism, Matrimony, Adult Initiation Contact the Church Office and set up an appointment with the Pastor to discuss the arrangements for these sacraments. Pastoral Care of the Sick Please call the Parish Office with names of the sick and hospitalized of the parish so they can receive proper pastoral care. Offering the Holy Bread Sign up to offer Holy Bread by calling the Church Office. Become a Member of St. Elias We would love to have you be a part of our community! Please talk to the Pastor or call the Church Office to get an information packet on becoming a member of the parish. Times for Confession: Confessions are heard before Vespers on Saturday evenings, and by appoint-ment during the week. One of the priests will be available in the church starting at 5:00 PM prior to Vespers. You may also call the church office or one of the priests to set up an appointment for confession. To indicate your desire to go to Confession, come to the front right pew and wait for the priest.

3 THE DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM 8:30 AM Liturgy: Congregational Singing We will be using the blue-covered Congregational Liturgy books found in the pews this morning for the 8:30 AM Divine Liturgy. Check the Early Liturgy supplement for music for the Troparia of the day. 10:30 AM Liturgy: St. Elias Choir The Divine Liturgy may be found in the white Visitor s Liturgy books. When we reach the point in the service for Antiphons and hymns, the ones for today's service are listed below and on the next page. Singing of Christ is Risen. Immediately after Blessed is the Kingdom, the priest will sing the Paschal Troparion (Christ is risen ) once, with the choir/chanters/congregation singing it again twice. 1st Antiphon (from Psalm 66) Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth! Sing of His name, give glory to His praise! Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Saviour, save us. Say to God: How awesome are Thy deeds! So great is Thy power that Thy enemies cringe before Thee! Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Saviour, save us. Let all the earth worship Thee and praise Thee! Let it praise Thy name, O Most High! Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Saviour, save us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Saviour, save us. 2nd Antiphon (from Psalm 115) God be bountiful to us and bless us! Show the light of Thy countenance upon us and have mercy on us! O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia! That we may know Thy way upon the earth, and Thy salvation among all nations! O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia! Let the people give thanks to Thee, O God! Let all the people give thanks to Thee! O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, save us who sing to Thee: Alleluia! Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. and Only-begotten Son

4 3rd Antiphon Paschal Troparion (from Psalm 68) Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; let those who hate Him flee from before His face! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. As smoke vanishes, so let them vanish; as wax melts before the fire! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. So the sinners will perish before the face of God; but let the righteous be glad! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life. PASCHAL GREETINGS & RESPONSES: Arabic: Al-Masseeh Qam! Haqan Qam! English: Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! Eritrean: Christos Ten-si-ou! Ba-Ha-ke Ten-si-ou! Georgian: Kriste Agzdga! Cheshmaritad! German: Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden! Greek: Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti! Romanian: Hristos a înviat! Adevarat a înviat! Slavonic: Christos Voskrese! Voistínu Voskrese! Spanish: Cristo ha Resucitado! En Verdad ha Resucitado!

5 Entrance Hymn Led by the Clergy n the congregations bless ye God the Lord from the springs of I Israel. Save us, O Son of God, who art risen from the dead, who sing to Thee: Alleluia! The Daily Hymns: Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 4) aving learned the joyful proclamation of the resurrection H from the angel, the women disciples of the Lord cast from them the ancestral condemnation, and gladly told the news to the disciples, saying: Death hath been spoiled. Christ God is risen, granting the world great mercy. The Troparion of Mid-Pentecost (Tone 8) n the midst of this feast, O Saviour, let my thirsty soul drink of I the waters of true worship; for thou didst proclaim to all, saying. Whosoever is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Wherefore, O Christ our God, Fountain of life, glory to thee. Troparion of the Prophet Elias (Tone 4) he incarnate Angel and the Prophets summit and boast, the T forerunner of the second coming of Christ our God, Elias the glorious, from above sent down his grace upon Elisha; he doth cast out sickness and doth also cleanse lepers; and unto all that honour him, he poureth forth streams of cures. Kontakion for Pascha (Tone 8) Led by the Clergy hou didst descend into the tomb, O Immortal. Thou didst T destroy the power of death. In victory didst thou arise, O Christ God, proclaiming rejoice to the myrrh-bearing women, granting peace to Thine apostles, and bestowing Resurrection on the fallen.

6 The Lectionary Prokeimenon in Tone 4 (from Psalm 104) How magnified are Thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made them all. Bless the Lord, o my soul; O Lord my God, Thou hast been magnified exceedingly. The Reading is from the Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30 n those days, those apostles who were scattered because of the I 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 so they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. Alleluia Verses in Tone 4 (from Psalm 44): Bend thy bow, and proceed prosperously, and be king, because of truth and meekness and righteousness. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity. Wherefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness more than thy fellows. The Holy Gospel St. John 4:5-42 t that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the A 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

7 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 forever; 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 there 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 worshipped on this mountain; and you say that in 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 worshippers 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 spirit and truth. The woman said to him, I know that Messiah is coming [he who is called Christ]; when he comes, he will tell 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 said to 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 any one 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 the 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 said to 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 words. They said to the woman, It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world. The Sermon: Father Raphael Daly

8 Today s Commemorations Holy Bread is offered by Victoria Deyeaux of the 40th day of the repose of her son Tristan Alexander Holmes, and for the health of the Archpriest Barnaba and his family,the Archpriest James and his family and the parishioners of St. George, the nun Eisodia, the nun Katherine, Sh. Priscilla, Benjamin, Stephen, Patricia, Elizabeth, Angelica, Michael, and Victoria, and in memory of the Archpriest James, Basil, Arthur Jabour and Louis Mecey. Holy bread is offered by Claire Lively for the health of Christians in Syria. Prayers are requested for the health of Ron Bradberry by Martha Calhoun and family. Prayers are requested for the health of Mary and Zaid by Nesreen Khoury. Prayers are requested for those on the St. Elias Prayer List: Nader Jaber, Khouriya Anne Kenna, Martha Dent, Adele Homsieh, as well as Emily, Yekaterina, and Yvonne Debs. Prayers are requested for our catechumens: Joshua Demerin, Donna Kindred, Luke Kubena, Raul, Ali and Simon Scully, and Matthew, Amanda, Rileigh, Malaki, and Maisie Sims. Prayers are requested by Bishop BASIL for Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo, Syria, and the Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Youhanna (John), also from Aleppo, Metropolitan Saba and the clergy and people of our sister diocese of Bosra-Hauran, Marie Dunaway-Bell, Khouriya Elizabeth Bethoney, Asher Bourqin, Father Michael Evans, Father Daniel Griffith, Father Michael and Khouriya Angelina Keiser, John & Khouriya Cheryl Morris, Archdeacon George and Shamassy Linda Palmer, Father Stephen and Khouriya Joan Walinski, and Khouriya Jody Williams. Prayers are requested for the repose of Gus Palios ( 5/12/1967) and Cynthia Susan Mallios ( 5/12/1988). These names come from the parish dyptichs the record of those who have been buried from St. Elias. May their memory be eternal. At the Divine Liturgy during the Great Entrance, we normally commemorate only Orthodox Christians by name among the living and departed since this is the Church praying for the Church. Non-Orthodox are remembered liturgically in prayers at Vespers and other intercessory services of the Church.

9 On Receiving Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church: Only Orthodox Christians who are prepared through prayer, fasting, and a recent sacramental confession should approach the Chalice for the Eucharist. The Orthodox Church does not practice open communion and has no intercommunion with other churches (non-orthodox). If you have any questions concerning this, please talk to one of the priests before taking communion. And Remember to receive Holy Communion, one should be present at the Divine Liturgy no later than the time for the Epistle and Gospel readings. We feed both our minds and our hearts as part of the Orthodox Christian life. To feast on the Lord without listening to his words is disrespectful. REMEMBER there is no kneeling (or prostrations) between Pascha and Pentecost as we celebrate our Lord s Resurrection. Hymn to the Theotokos (Tone 1) Instead of It is truly meet : he angel cried to the Lady full of Grace: Rejoice, O Pure Virgin! Again I say: Rejoice! Your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb! With Himself He has raised all the dead! Rejoice, all ye people! and then we sing the following in Tone 1: ejoice and be glad, O gate of the divine Light; for Jesus Who disappeared in the tomb hath risen with greater radiance than the sun, illuminating all believers, O Lady favored of God. Communion Hymn from Psalm 147 Receive ye the body of Christ. Taste ye of the fountain immortal. Instead of We have seen the true Light hrist is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon C T R those in the tombs bestowing life. (once) Trisagion Prayers are requested for Tristan Alexander Holmes by his mother Victoria Deyeaux on the 40th day.

10 Announcements for Sunday, May 6 Our Greeters this morning are Barbara and Maury Miller (8:30) and Travis Barnes (10:30). Thank you for this important ministry of hospitality. Next week s greeters are Julia Bechara (8:30) and James Mercier (10:30). Thank you for this important ministry of hospitality. Are you on our E-News list? f you aren t, sign up is easy. Simply us at the office and we can I put you on, or go to our website and follow the links at the bottom of the Announcements page ( We want to do the best we can to keep you informed of what is happening at St. Elias! Coffee Hour Schedule May 6: May 13: May 20: May 27: A-C D-I J-Q R-Z Mark your calendars for your week and participate in this ministry of fellowship in our parish. And remember, help clean up afterwards on your Sunday Sunday School Schedule May 6 May 13 May 20 The Epistles of Paul Writings of John Church School Party Chanting Practice Starting Starting this week, the chanters will have a rehearsal/practice led by John Daly at 5:00PM each Saturday before Vespers. If you are interested in chanting but unsure where to start, this is your opportunity Birthdays and Annivesaries Today being the first Sunday of the month, we wish to recognize all the birthdays and anniversaries in April and May. Many Years!

11 2018 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference Santa Fe, NM June th Eldorado Hotel & Spa oly Trinity in Santa Fe is this year s host of the PLC 2018! To learn H more go to College Scholarship Time More Scholarships Available: For more information on several different scholarships available for our college students, please go to Deadlines for many of these Scholarships is May 15. Book Store News Check out our parish book and gift store for wonderful reading material for kids and adults alike. First service volunteer: Ron Slockett Second service volunteer: Elaine Schele We need volunteers for the second service; if you can help please contact the church office.. Did You Know? The church reminds us about the liturgical seasons and feasts in many ways. We know that at certain times the lights are dimmed or the censer without bells is used. But did you know that the colors of the vestments, robes and altar cloths change according to what feast the church is celebrating? For example, for two months after the celebration of the Resurrection, all church vestments and altar cloths are bright white or red whereas during the solemn Lenten season they are dark purple. Green is seen at Pentecost (often called Green Sunday). The change in vestment colors serves to express the mood of the church and is another visual clue for the worshipers. Vacation Church School Save the Date! t looks like the week of July 30-Aug 2 is going to be our week for I Vacation Church School this year. Contact Christina Folger vcfolger@gmail.com. If you d like to volunteer.

12 This Week at St. Elias Saturday, May 12 Sunday, May 13 5:45 PM 9 th Hour 6:00 PM Great Vespers Sunday of the Blind Man 8:10 AM 3 rd & 6 th Hours 8:30 AM Divine Liturgy 9:45 AM Church School Session 1 10:30 AM Divine Liturgy 11:45 AM Church School Session 2 Looking ahead Thursday, May 17 Sunday, May 27 Sunday, June 3 Ascension Pentecost All Saints Day St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church Vacation Church School Mon., July 30 th - Thurs., Aug. 2 nd 9:30am-12:30pm This year, we will learn about North American Saints Sign Up Now!

13 North Campus Update This is what is happening on the North Campus this week. Site Plan: The Site Plan has been submitted to the City of Austin for Completeness Check and returned with a question/issue on the detention pond. Once the questions are fully answered (work is being done on this), the plans will be resubmitted again for another Completeness Check. That process takes up to 45 days. Assuming they don't find anything else, then we can do the final submission to the City of Austin. That final submission is what begins the 3-6 month waiting period. Storage Mart Easement: Dcn. Gregory is working with an attorney to negotiate the easement with our Storage Mart neighbors so we can tie into their private fire prevention water line. This negotiation will save us approximately $40,000. Building Plans: Our contractor has given us the final building plans and will now bid out the construction job and within 2 weeks will have a final construction budget for our review. Interior Design: Natalia Smith and Chase Navarro have been working on design options such as lighting and flooring and will continue meeting to make decisions as we move towards construction. Keep the North Campus in your prayers. And pray how God will use you to help bring this about to His glory