March 22, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

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1 Sunday Bulletin March 22, 2015 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Hillcrest Road, Dallas, Texas Office Fax Reverend Father Christopher Constantinides Reverend Father Peter Kostakis Reverend Father John Essa Reverend Deacon Mark Pakes Reverend Deacon Athanasios Clint Sharpley

2 COMMUNION ETIQUETTE If you are either baptized and or confirmed as an Orthodox Christian and have spiritually prepared to receive Holy Communion, please come up from the middle aisle of the Church with reverence and humility, row by row, in a QUIET and ORDERLY fashion, and depart as directed. Please remain seated in your pews until a council member indicates your row should go forward. If you are standing in the back of the nave, please wait until all seated parishioners have gone forward and a council member indicates you should go ahead. In receiving Communion, you should place the cloth under your chin, recite your CHRISTIAN NAME, and wipe your mouth after receiving. Women, please remove your lipstick prior to receiving Communion. THANK YOU! PRAYERS FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN Robert Adler, Commander, USN Dale Alexander Michael Artemis, Marines Dana Ray Austin, USN Arthur John Athens, Commandant, USMC Chris Ballas, USN Reserves Brandon Bell, USAF Joseph Biasatti, US Army Michael Bocan-Collins, USN Joseph Bowley, US Army Stephen Cariotis, SSgt. USMC Angelo Carter, 1st Lt., US Army Reserves Peter Costas, Major USAF Michael Gomez, USN Fr. John Kalantzis, Commander, USN Konstantinos Kostibas, 2 nd Lt. USAF Chris Krucke, USN Jeff Lohmann, Lance Corporal, USMC Ryan Lontos, USNJ Nicholas D. Patitsas, USN John Politz, SSgt. US Army Stephen Serniak, Major, USAF David Thomas, Staff Sgt. US Army Dr. Jim Thornton, Commander, USN Raymond Walser, LTC, US Army Ben Winfrey, US Army Corey Zarras, ET3 USN 2

3 Sunday, March 22, 215 Hymns at the Small Entrance RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, PLAGAL FOURTH MODE GREEN BOOK, PAGE 89 FROM ON HIGH PRIEST ENTRANCE HYMN, SECOND MODE Come let us bow down to Christ and worship Him the Son of God. Save us O Son of God, who did arise from the dead. We sing to You, alleluia! RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, PLAGAL FOURTH MODE GREEN BOOK, PAGE 89 FROM ON HIGH HYMN FOR ST. JOHN CLIMACUS, PLAGAL FOURTH MODE With the rivers of your tears, you have made the barren desert fertile. Through sighs of sorrow from deep within you, your labors have borne fruit a hundred-fold. By your miracles you have become a light, shining upon the world. O John, our Holy Father, pray to Christ our God, to save our souls. HYMN FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, PLAGAL FOURTH MODE Remember Your servant, O Lord, since You are good, and forgive her every sin in this life; for no one is without sin, except You who are able to give rest to the departed. HYMN FOR THE CHURCH, PLAGAL FOURTH MODE GREEN BOOK, PAGE 115 O BLESSED ARE YOU KONTAKION, PLAGAL FOURTH MODE GREEN BOOK, PAGE 98 TO YOU AS CHAMPION 3

4 Epistle Reading St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20 BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. Gospel Reading Mark 9:17-31 At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and 4

5 convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise." Daily Commemoration of Saints Mar. 22 Euthemios the New Martyr; Basil the Holy Martyr of Ancyra; Kalliniki & Vassilisa the Martyrs Mar. 23 The Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples; Anatolios & Protoleon the Martyrs converted by the martyrdom of St. George; Luke the New Martyr of Mytilene Mar. 24 Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos; Artemon the Presbyter; Our Holy Father Theonas, Archbishop of Thessolonica; Zachariah the Recluse; Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow Mar. 25 Annunciation of the Theotokos Mar. 26 The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete; Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel; 26 Martyrs in Crimea; Irenaeus the Hieromartyr of Hungary Mar. 27 The Holy Matrona of Thessalonica; Paul, Bishop of Corinth Mar. 28 The Akathist Hymn; Hilarion the New; Herodion the Apostle of the 70; Stephen the Wonderworker 5

6 Calendar of Events Sunday, March 22 Sunday of St. John Climacus HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ISAIAH WILL PRESIDE OVER THE SERVICE 8:15 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S) 11:30 a.m. Centennial Event/Ministry Fair (Gym) 5-7 p.m. Centennial Event/Eastern Orthodox Religious Exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art 6 p.m. Pan Orthodox Lenten Vespers (St. Peter AOC, 7601 Bellaire Drive South, Ft. Worth, 76132) Catechetical School and Adult Catechetical School (C) following Holy Communion. Coffee hosted by the Parish Council immediately following Divine Liturgy (Community Center). 1 Year Memorial for Angeliki Georgelas Monday, March a.m. - 2 p.m. Yarn Guild 6 p.m. Great Compline (C) Tuesday, March a.m. - 1 p.m. Centennial Committee Mtg. (BR) 1:30-3:30 p.m. Pickleball (Gym) 5-8:30 p.m. HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 7 p.m. Choir Practice (S) 7 p.m. GFF Mtg. (BR) Wednesday, March 25 Annunciation of the Virgin Mary 8:30 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S) 5-8:30 p.m. HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 6 p.m. CANCELLED Pre Sanctified Liturgy (C) 7 p.m. Faith Enrichment (BR) Thursday, March 26 10:45 a.m. Adult Bible Study (BR) 6

7 5-6:30 p.m. HT Greek School (GS Rooms) 7-9 p.m. Pickleball (Gym) Friday, March 27 11:30 a.m. DOP baking for Bake Sale (K) 7 p.m. The Akathist Hymn Saturday, March 28 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. DOP baking for Bake Sale (K) 5 p.m. Great Vespers (C) Sunday, March 29 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt 8:15 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S) 6 p.m. Pan Orthodox Lenten Vespers (St. Seraphim Cathedral OCA, 4208 Wycliff Ave., Dallas, 75219) Catechetical School and Adult Catechetical School (C) following Holy Communion. Coffee hosted by the Parish Council immediately following Divine Liturgy (Community Center). HT Greek School Centennial Celebration for the Feast of Annunciation and Greek Independence Day (A,D,O) following Divine Liturgy 40 Day Memorial for Christina Velis Parish Council Schedule March 22 Tasos Kaiafas, Wade Stephens, Matt Naftis, Alin Voicu, Mary Ann Trapalis, Fotis Papanicolaou March 29 Jim Dolmas, Dimitri Tsevoukas, Kerry Tassopoulos, Jimmy Horiates, Tina Yampanis 7

8 Metropolis of Denver Oratorical Festival Held in Dallas This Weekend! Holy Trinity hosted the Denver Metropolis St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival for teenagers this weekend, March 20 through March 22. This year is the second time the festival has been held in Dallas. The event is sponsored by the Department of Religious Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Students from over fifty parishes in thirteen states participate. His Eminence Metropolitan Isaiah participated in the Salutations service on Friday night, attended the presentations on Saturday as well as presided at the awards banquet Saturday evening and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy today. The Oratorical Festival is a program that invites youth in Middle and Senior High School to speak about their faith, their church and their heritage. A list of topics has been given to the participants from which they may choose one on which they will deliver a 3-5 minute speech. The top two speakers from each Metropolis will speak at the Archdiocese National Festival which will be hosted by the Metropolis of San Francisco and the Parish of St. Anthony in Pasadena, CA on June 5-7! PAN ORTHODOX LENTEN VESPERS (6 p.m.) Sunday, March 22 Sunday, March 29 St. Peter AOC, 7601 Bellaire Drive South, Ft. Worth, St. Seraphim Cathedral OCA, 4208 Wycliff Ave., Dallas

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10 Join Philoptochos in our Lenten Philanthropic Project Shoes for Orphan Souls We will be collecting shoes throughout Great Lent to benefit this excellent program which provides new socks and shoes to orphans and vulnerable children in the United States and throughout the world. All shoes MUST be new. The greatest need is athletic shoes (adult size 4 through 12). You can drop off shoes and socks at our table in the ALS Community Center following Divine Liturgy each week throughout Lent. A collection box will be in the hall across from the church office. Make checks out to Philoptochos with Shoes for Orphan Souls on the memo line. To learn more about Shoes for Orphan Souls, visit their website Questions? Contact Lisa at ljlatray@tx.rr.com or Nancy Hebert We have a goal to collect 300 pairs of shoes! Please help us meet that goal. (At this time of year Wal-Mart often has tennis shoes on clearance for a very reasonable price) 10

11 The Centennial MARCH 25 TH CELEBRATION in honor of The Feast of the Annunciation & Greek Independence Day Sunday, March 29, 2015 Luncheon & Program begin immediately following Divine Liturgy Adults $12 Children $6 Reservations for tables of 8 or 10 and ticket sales began March 1st. George Nikolopoulos Endowment Scholarship Applications are now available for the Academic school year. Deadline for submission is April 30th. Information for applicants and applications are available on the Greek School website. For questions, contact Billy Karant at wkarant@gmail.com or Presvytera Alexandra Poulos at presvy@holytrinityacademy.com. 11

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14 S.A.L.T. (Spiritual Adults Learning Together) What? Seems everyone is so busy lately! More so than ever. How about taking a break and refocusing on your Lenten journey? We would love if you would join S.A.L.T. at Pre-sanctified Liturgy and Lenten Dinner afterwards in the hall. We will have a table at the dinner and have invited young adults from the surrounding Orthodox churches. If you've been meaning to come for one of these services (like me), this is a great time and the last chance as Holy Week starts the next week! Where? Our beloved Holy Trinity When? Wednesday, April 1 What is a Pre-sanctified Liturgy? See here: 14

15 As our Centennial Celebration continues, we are excited to move forward with the Agape Picnic on Sunday, April 12th. This year we are excited to include a Lamb Cook-Off, along with kids activities. In order to secure an entry, please contact Chris Canellos, prior to Palm Sunday. chris@burgerhouse.com or Claim your Chef bragging rights! Holy Thursday All-Night Vigil An all-night Vigil will take place immediately following the Holy Passion 12 Gospels Service on Thursday April 9 th. Scripture will be read continuously throughout the night as we keep vigil of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross. All are welcome to attend, and you may arrive at any time and stay for any length of time. The vigil will end at approximately 7 a.m. on Holy Friday morning. The church will remain locked throughout the night, so please text or call Antigoni when you arrive, and someone will open the door. You may also contact Antigoni in advance if you prefer to let her know what time you plan to arrive, and she will meet you at the door. 15

16 St. Barbara Ladies Philoptochos Palm Sunday Tsoureki Sale! Sunday April 5th Stop by after Liturgy to purchase your delicious, fresh-baked Tsoureki! Proceeds benefit the Philoptochos Education Assistance Fund. Not sure if you like it? Come taste a FREE sample! 16

17 HOLY WEEK SERVICES FOR PASCHA 2015 Saturday of Lazarus, April 4 8:30 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 5 p.m. Great Vespers Palm Sunday, April 5 8:15 a.m. Orthros 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 7 p.m. Bridegroom/Nymphios Holy Monday, April 6 9 a.m. Presanctified Liturgy 7 p.m. Bridegroom/Nymphios Holy Tuesday, April 7 9 a.m. Presanctified Liturgy 7 p.m. Bridegroom/Nymphios Holy Wednesday, April 8 7 a.m. Presanctified Liturgy 2:30 p.m. Holy Unction 7 p.m. Last Supper with Holy Unction Holy Thursday, April 9 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy of the Last Supper 7 p.m. Holy Passion 12 Gospels Holy Friday, April 10 8 a.m. Holy & Great Hours 3 p.m. Apokathelosis 7 p.m. Lamentations Service Holy Saturday, April 11 9 a.m. Pre Resurrectional Liturgy 11 p.m. Vigil and Resurrection Liturgy Holy Pascha/Easter, April a.m. Agape Service Agape Picnic to follow 17

18 HOLY WEEK 2015 During the celebration of Great and Holy Week, there are many items which are needed in order to facilitate these glorious celebrations. Please look over the following list and contact the Church Office if you would like to make a donation. Palms needed for Palm Sunday 2 Bottles of Rose Water Donations towards the Carnations and Greenery which will adorn the Icon of the Nymphios on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings. 1 Bottle of Olive oil and 10 Pounds of flour for the service of Unction Donations towards the Carnations which will adorn the Icon of the Last Supper on Holy Wednesday Evening Three Floral wreaths for the Cross of our Lord for Holy Thursday evening (2 for the Church and 1 for the Chapel) Donations towards the flowers and the Cross which will adorn the Kouvouklion (Tomb of our Lord) on Friday afternoon and Evening Donations towards all the flower petals that are needed to ring in the anticipation of our Lord s Resurrection on Saturday morning Donations needed for the flowers to adorn the Resurrectional Lavaron for Easter. 18

19 Please join HTA & HTGOC Centennial Committee For our 15th Annual Spiro Augustus Memorial Golf Outing Monday, May 11 th, :30 p.m. Shotgun Start $150 per player (rain or shine) Brookhaven Country Club A premier Dallas golf destination When it comes to world-class Dallas golf courses, it simply gets no better than Brookhaven Country Club! With 54 incredible holes of golf on three unique courses, Brookhaven offers spectacular golf for every level of player. The world-class driving range, reported to be the largest in Texas, and the five acres of practice bunkers and greens, provide the ideal place to play! We will be playing on the Championship Course! Includes: Greens fee, golf cart, range balls, lunch and BBQ dinner, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks. Call HTA to reserve your spot at

20 Dear Parishioners, Planning for the 2015 GFF (Greek Food Festival) is moving along. Every year the marketing team, led by Mary Carter, comes up with a tagline to use on our website, blogs, twitter, flyers and t-shirts. Given that this is the 100th anniversary of the Holy Trinity, we wanted to come up with something that tied into the celebration theme, but was also something snappy, short and easy to remember...we came up with #PartyGreek. We are going to stylize the letters that make up Party to look more 'Greek.' The St. Patrick s Day Parade float was tons of fun! HTHD will be performing at Central Market's Greek Week in March (thanks HTHD). We are also looking at expanding our advertising reach by placing ads in Plano Balloon Fest, Addison's Oktoberfest (in Sept.) and Grapevine's Grape Fest. We know that many of you are planning out your days off for the year. Make sure that you ask for Friday, September 25th off! We need your help to open for lunch on Friday. As soon as we know the baking dates, we will let all of you know, and of course you will be getting your voice messages from Yia-Yia and Papou Fritzopoulos (wink, wink). We had a number of parishioners us with suggestions. Many thanks, we got some great ideas. Thanks! Jason & Maria Ortigies Mark Fritz Co-Chairmans 2015 GFF Steering Committee mark.greekfoodfestivalofdallas@gmail.com 20

21 ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS AHEPA SCHOLARSHIPS APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE There are three scholarship applications available from AHEPA for college students. To get your application for the National, District 16, Local Chapter 20, follow these instructions: For the National AHEPA applications go to: Under Education Foundation click on 2015 AHEPA AEF Scholarship application and print the application. Applications are due March 31, 2015 For the District 16 AHEPA applications go to: Applications are due May 23, 2015 For the Local Chapter 20 applications, send an to An application will be ed to you. Applications are due May 31, 2015 If you have any questions please contact Bill Lane at

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23 Weekly Bulletin Stewardship Report as of 3/18/15 Contributions received 1/1/15 to 3/18/ Stewardship Pledges Number of Pledges $ 2015 Pledges No Change to Pledge 373 $423,234 Decreased Pledge 111 $109,946 Increased Pledge 187 $311,726 New Pledges 27 $40,280 $ Contributed to 2015 Stewardship % of 2015 Pledge Contributed TOTAL # of Pledges 698 $885,185 $239, % Jim Dolmas Harry Yianitsas 2015 Parish Council President 2015 Stewardship Chairman THE HOLY TRINITY BOOKSTORE WELCOMES YOU! Come by and see our new collection of books ordered for Great Lent. We are featuring the books Rejoice Panagia, the Akathist Hymn collection of books and Christ s Comfort for Those Who Sorrow by Anthony M. Coniaris. You may also wish to consider a popular book titled Heavenly Banquet that explains our Divine Liturgy. Many prayer books and The Orthodox Study Bible are important to have at home for every Orthodox Christian. New books are arriving every day. The hand-made byzantine jewelry from Gallery Byzantium in sterling silver and gold is exquisite. Also, see the Bob Munro porcelain collection of our Church. Any of these things would make lovely gifts for any occasion. We have a wide array of items to choose from including wedding crown holders, beautiful icons from the Monastery that have been blessed by the Priests and Monks, greeting cards, children s books, CD s, and ribbon crosses. We thank our many parishioners who have donated books to the Bookstore Library. Come in and browse around for a while! Your Bookstore Team: Mary Zotos, Betty Boyd, Alin Voicu, and Mary & John Benson Open Sundays after Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m and Wednesdays from 1:00 3:00 23

24 Money to Burn By Harry Yianitsas, Stewardship Chairman Ok folks, it s time for a short commodities lesson. (Please don t go to sleep on me now.) As you can see from the chart above, the price of gasoline in our own DFW Metroplex has plummeted over the last 7 months. But it doesn t take a chart like this to tell you that you feel it every time you fill up your car. Since July, my own cost to fill up has dropped from about $68 a tank down to about $40 every time I fill up. Hallelujah! In fact, gasoline is cheaper now than it was when I bought my car ten years ago! So, I m saving about $28 every time I fill my tank. Since, like many of us, I fill up once a week, I have realized a savings of about $112 a month simply because of the price drop in gasoline. Many of you are probably seeing this as well. According to energy experts, these low gasoline prices are expected to persist throughout Even with some seasonal price fluctuations, gas will stay relatively cheap this year. This means I ll see as much as an extra $1,456 in my pocket this year simply due to this windfall in gasoline prices! So while I ll still burn about the same amount of gas in my car s engine, my wallet will have a lot more money to burn as well! What can I do with this extra money to burn? Well, my health insurance went up, but not that much; so some of it can go to health care. I can put a bit more into savings this year. I can eat out a little more. I can shop for more stuff with this extra cash. You get the idea. We will all have a bit more money to burn this year. But, consider this. Let s go on and spend some of that monthly windfall on ourselves and our families. However, let s also consider using some of this windfall to increase our stewardship pledges. This is an opportunity to help your church community become fully-funded by stewardship, and the means to do it has been given to you without any effort on your part! Think about it... if each steward gave just $30 a month more from this money to burn, we would add over $250,000 to our pledge budget! We can do it because we have money to burn! Every time you fill up your tank, you have realized some savings. Please give a little of this back to your church. With this gas savings, you can help to fuel the future of our Holy Trinity community.