Second Sunday of Matthew

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1 Saints RAPHAEL, NICHOLAS, & IRENE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH Rev. Fr. Barnabas Powell, Proistamenos 3074 Bethelview Road, Cumming GA (770) facebook.com/sts Raphael, Nicholas and Irene Greek Orthodox Church Read our daily devotionals at June 10, 2018 Second Sunday of Matthew Future Sts Raphael Nicholas & Irene Greek Orthodox Church Cumming, Georgia Fast Day (Fish Allowed) Fish, oil and wine are allowed. Refrain from meat, dairy and eggs.

2 Welcome to all visitors who are worshiping with us this morning. Please join us for Coffee Hour afterwards in the Parish Life Center ( PLC ). Reminder: If there is ever a luncheon prepared for donations to the church and you wish not to participate, the coffee and treats table is always available to everyone without a donation. Fellowship is the main focus of this time together! Visitors Meet & Greet with Father Barnabas TODAY, June 10, 2018 Second Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthos 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Memorial: Xenophon Fonda Hatzispiros - husband of Tasia Hatzispiros Our beloved parishioner, Pam Powers, passed away on June 6, May her memory be eternal. Appointments with Father Barnabas: Fr. Barnabas will be hearing confessions every Saturday from 4-5 pm before Great Vespers. He will also hear confessions by appointment. Please contact the church office to schedule an appointment. Administrative Office Hours: Monday Friday; 10 a.m. 4:00 p.m. *Are you interested in being a part of the Orthodox Church? If so, the Journey to Fullness classes will resume in the Fall at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights. Please call the church office if you are interested in attending. Visit the Gift Shop at the PLC for Inspiration and Gifts Friendly Reminder: The Orthodox Church practices closed communion. This means only Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared to receive the Eucharist should approach the Chalice at communion. If you have any questions, please see Fr. Barnabas after service. Parish Council Ushers For Today: Rusty Waldron Coffee Hour: Boyd Family Welcome: Evan Papadakis Parish Council of 2018: Kosta Bozzuto, President; Rusty Waldron, Vice President; Len Vanerstrom, Secretary; David Chapman, Treasurer; Sandy Athenson, David Boyd, John Donkar, Tasso Kefalas, Helen McCart, Greg Pappas, Anne Trainor, and Plutarch Vamvakias Acolytes: Jacob and Jimmy Atkinson, Zackery Bethune, David Druffner, Spiro Kefalas, Christos Kaloudis, Thomas Miller, Mike Trainor, Aristotle & Alexander Theofilis, Alex & Niko Tzevelekos, Christos Zourzoukis, Senior Acolytes: Johnny Melts Please say a special prayer for the following Individuals: Ruth, Al, Ana S., Ashley, Ava, Austin Cohen, Bruce, Carrie, Elizabeth, Estelle S., Fred, Gus P., Jim, Katherine, Kim, Perry, A. Harris, D. Jeffrey, Jo, Lockie G., Mariann, Maria, Mary M., Mr. Moss, Nicole, A. Papandreou, Mary S., Victor, Patsy, Joanne, Walter, Vasilios and S. & K. Yalanzon. Mary Samaltanos is now in Long Term Care at Cumming Health and Rehab Center, 2775 Castleberry Road, Cumming, GA Phone (770) Please take a moment to visit her or send her a card.

3 Second Sunday of Matthew On this day we also commemorate: Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs; Timothy, Bishop of Proussa Our Holy Father Gregory, Bishop of Assos Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom Apolytikion for St. Raphael in the Fourth Tone Because of the finding of your holy relics, wise one, * the Island of Lesvos has been filled fully with the grace, * which God richly gave to you. * You, O devout martyr Raphael, paradoxically * appeared to many people, and you grant cures and healings. * And therefore we the faithful re-joice in all your miracles. Apolytikion for St. Raphael in the First Tone To the offspring of Ithaca, the pride and joy of Lesvos, * monastic martyrs glory, let us offer to Raphael our songs of praise; * for lately he appeared, and pours out cures and healings to us all. * Inexplicably he appears to believers, both in dreams and awake, who cry: * Glory to Christ who gave you His might. * Glory to Him who gave you miracles. * Glory to Him who through you fulfills our prayerful requests. Apolytikion in honor of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Having contended on Lesvos for the sake of Christ God, you have sanctified the island since the discovery of your sacred relics, O blessed ones; wherefore we honor you, O Godbearing Raphael, together with Nicholas and virgin Irene, as our divine protectors and intercessors with the Lord. Singers and Chanters: Richard Bethune, Tabitha Bethune, Anthony Birozes, David Boyd, Lynne Lucher, and Jimmy Smith Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Tone The stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, * and a guard of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. * You rose on the third day, O Lord * and Savior, granting life unto the world. * And therefore the powers of heaven cried to You, O Giver-of-Life: * Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ; * glory to Your kingdom; * glory to Your dispensation, only One who loves mankind. Kontakion for the Departed in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone Remember, Lord, your servants; for you are good. Forgive them all within they have erred in this life; for there is none without sins except for you, who are able to grant rest to the departed. Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone A protection of Christians unshameable, intercessor to our Holy Maker unwavering, reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead come to us for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you. Hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you.

4 EPISTLE READING Prokeimenon. Mode 1. Psalm 32.22,1 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us. Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous. The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16 Brethren, glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality. All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles who have not the law do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that what the law requires is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. Προκείμενον. Ήχος α'. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1 Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς. Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ Πρὸς Ρωμαίους 2:10-16 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα είναι απο Ἀδελφοί, δόξα δὲ καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι οὐ γάρ ἐστιν προσωποληψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. Ὅσοι γὰρ ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου κριθήσονται οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, ἀλλʼ οἱ ποιηταὶ τοῦ νόμου δικαιωθήσονται. Ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου ποιῇ, οὗτοι, νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες, ἑαυτοῖς εἰσιν νόμος οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν, συμμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως, καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου, διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

5 THE GOSPEL READING The Gospel According to Matthew 4:18-23 At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 4:18-23 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ανδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων. οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, Ιάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ιωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ Ζεβεδαίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς. οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ὁ Ιησοῦς διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ.

6 PRAYERS BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION I believe and confess, Lord, that You are truly the Christ, the Son of the living God, Who came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first. I also believe that this is truly Your pure Body and that this is truly Your precious Blood. Therefore, I pray to You, have mercy upon me, and forgive my transgressions, voluntary and involuntary, in word and deed, in knowledge or in ignorance. And make me worthy, without condemnation, to partake of Your pure Mysteries for the remission of sins and for eternal life. Amen. How shall I, who am unworthy, enter into the splendor of Your saints? If I should dare to enter into the bridal chamber, my vesture will condemn me, since it is not a wedding garment; and being bound up, I shall be cast out by the angels. Cleanse, O Lord, the filth of my soul, and save me, as You are the one Who loves mankind. In Your love, Lord, cleanse my soul, and save me. Master Who loves mankind, Lord Jesus Christ, my God, let not these Holy Gifts be to my judgment because I am unworthy, but rather for the purification and sanctification of both soul and body and the pledge of the life and Kingdom to come. It is good for me to cleave unto God and to place in Him the hope of my salvation. O Son of God, receive me today as a partaker of Your mystical supper. For I will not speak of the mystery to Your enemies, nor will I give You a kiss, as did Judas. But like the thief, I confess to You: Remember me, Lord, in Your Kingdom.

7 PARISH NEWS Our Vacation Church Camp starts tomorrow, Monday June 11. Please pray that the children will learn the many senses of the church and what they mean to their lives. Thank you to all of the counselors, shepherds, and runners for volunteering your time to this ministry. The Metropolis Clergy s monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday at Sts RNI. They will get a first-hand view of our wonderful church camp and volunteers. Evon Patrick and Deborah Bowen have been chosen to represent Sts RNI as their Archangel Michael award recipients this year. May God continue to bless them and Sts RNI in their continuing work for God. The honors banquet and program will be Saturday, November 10, If you are interested in attending, please contact Ethel Gerde at executiveassistant@atlmetropolis.org Men s Book Study: The new study has begun in the PLC after the service on Wednesday nights. The book is For the Life of the World and can be purchased from the book store in the PLC. John Patrick can assist you with the purchase. Family Promise Ministry will need volunteers for July 8 14 and August 26 Sept 1. If you have any questions, please contact Anthony Birozes at Anthony.Birozes@ejgallo.com or Anne Trainor at annetrainor@bellsouth.net. Philoptochos will have a members meeting on June 24th from 5-6:30 pm in the PLC. If you have any questions please contact Jennifer Tubbs at jmtubbs@gmail.com. Opportunities to Serve for our Family Promise ministry. July 4 th - We the Runners- Running event that benefits FP---Lots of volunteers needed. August 17 &18- Mega Garage Sale- all host churches will put this event on at Cumming First UMC. Contact Anthony Birozes at Anthony.Birozes@ejgallo.com for more information. Financial Review: For the week of 5/30/2018 to 6/04/2018 OPERATING ACCOUNT Income = $3, Expenses = $ Income last 4 weeks = $18, Expenses last 4 weeks = $19, MORTGAGE ACCOUNT Months of mortgage payments on deposit = 2 Sts RNI Greek Festival October Save These Dates

8 CALENDAR for May/June 2018 *All classes or meetings are held in the Parish Life Center (PLC) unless otherwise noted* Date Time Event June 10 -Sun June 11 - Mon June 12 - Tues June 13 - Wed 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:45 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 2 nd Sunday of Matthew Orthos Liturgy Memorial: Xenophon Fonda Hatzispiros - husband of Tasia Hatzispiros Faith Encouraged by Father Barnabas Live on Ancient Faith Radio Vacation Church Camp Boy Scouts Meeting (PLC) Vacation Church Camp Metropolitan of Atlanta Clergy Meeting (Chapel) Vacation Church Camp Small Paraklesis Service June 14 - Thurs 8:45 a.m. Vacation Church Camp June 15 - Fri 8:45 a.m. Vacation Church Camp June 16 - Sat 5:00 p.m. No Service Tonight Father Barnabas Out of Town June 16 June 24 June 17 - Sun 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 3 rd Sunday of Matthew Father s Day Orthos Liturgy Memorial for James Chekos, Thalia & Steven Thompson s father Father Greg Presiding June 18 - Mon 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Meeting (PLC) June 20 - Wed No Service Tonight June 21 - Thurs 7:00 p.m. Depression/Bipolar Meeting June 23 - Sat No Service Tonight

9 June 24 - Sun 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Nativity of John the Baptist Orthos Liturgy Father Greg Presiding Philoptochos Member Meeting (PLC) Faith Encouraged by Father Barnabas Live on Ancient Faith Radio June 25 Mon 7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts Meeting (PLC) June 27 Wed 6:30 p.m. Small Paraklesis Service June 28 - Thurs 6:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9 th Hour Prayers Liturgy Boy Scouts Meeting Adults Only (PLC) June 30 Sat 5:00 p.m. Great Vespers

10 Stewardship Commitment for 2018 (107 as of 6/6/18) Go to StsRNI.org website under Giving and fill out your Stewardship Card online Apesos, Thomas Athenson, Sandy & Julie Avery, Tori Barnard, Stephen & Deane Bauer, Ken ( Ted ) & Kim Bethune, Richard & Sophia Birozes, Anthony Birozes, Mabel Birozes, Renee Bowen, Deborah Bozzuto, Konstantinos & Carolyn Boyd, David & Michelle Brown, Dan & Sophia Brueggen, Geoff & Elise Buzyna, George & Helen Catapano, Athena Chapman, David & Marie Chason, Russell & Chyrisse Christy, Rick & Jan Condos, Connie Crosio, Russell & Stephanie Dimitrakakis, John & Alexis Donkar, George & Alexis Donkar, John & Athena Foxhall, Chris & Liz Gaspar, Bill & Margaret Gilbert, Rob & Carey Guano, Robert & Jennifer Hagen, Harald & Stamatia Harrell, Justin & Christina Hauge, Michael Hayes, Ann Costakis Henning, Robert (Paul) & Ana Hutka, Steven & Linda Jackson, Reed & Stephanie Johnson, Brent & Nichole Johnson, Jennie Kanellas, James Kazozakis Theodore & Soula Levendakis Kefalas, Spiros Kefalas, Tasso & Laura Kefalas, Thalia Klock, Jacqueline Koulouris, Maria Koulouris, Stanley & Suzanne Ladies Philoptochos Society of Sts RNI Levantis, Alex & Melpo Lopez, Frances Lucher, David & Lynne Lucido, Michael & Aristea Lytle, Archie and Florence Maheras, Tina Maniatis, Dimitris & Vasiliki Manolakis, Yianna Marianes, Bill & Audrey Martin, John & Valerie Marvos, R. Todd & E. Ann McCart, Al & Helen Melts, Johnny & Becky Milam, Bill & Mary Miller, Matthew & Anthanasia Moissiadis, Nikolaos & Argentina Olszowy, Steve & Noreen Oster, Scott & Maria Panos, Nicholas & Theodora Pantazopoulos Constantinos & Evelyn Papadakis, Evan & Nicki Pappas, Gus Pappas, Gregory & Mary Kizer Pappas, Thomas & Lillian Patrick, John & Evon Perry, Michele Midge Ponton, Larry & Marilyn Popa, Mihai & Heidi Powell, Fr. Barnabas & Pres. Connie Powers, Pam Ralston, Luke & Liz Ridjaneck, Melissa & Nick Smith Ryan, Chad & Joanne Sarmir, W. Jay & Carol Singleton, Kurt & Jen Sofikitis, George & Anna Sofikitis, Estelle Sparks, Dennis & Laura Sparks II, Dennis Sparks, Jacob Sts. RNI Goya Tadros, Koko & Carol Tanis, Jack & Georgi

11 Taylor, Patrick & Holli Theofilis, Gary & Barbara Thompson, Steven & Thalia Thompson, Craig & Michelle Trainor, Edward & Anne Trainor, Michael Tubbs, Brian & Jennifer Tyre, James & Sharon Tzevelekos, Greg & Evie Vamvakias, Plutarch & Augustina Vanerstrom, Len & Marina Voutas, Chrisoula Waldron, Rusty & Christine Walters, Diane Wilson, Jake & Katherine Yalanzon, Sam & Katherine Zazanis, George & Thalia Bruno Zourzoukis, John & Mildred