Rev. Fr. Patrick Henre, Pastor

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1 Sat Andrew Orthodox Church Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese North America Diocese Wichita Mid-America Metropolitan JOSEPH, Primate Bishop BASIL, Bishop Wichita Rev. Fr. Patrick Henre, Pasr Welcome all our visirs worshippg with us! We look forward meetg you after service welcomg you personally Sat Andrew. We re glad you re here! September 16, 2018 Sunday after Elevation Holy Cross Great-martyr Euphemia all-praised Martyrs Vicr Sosnes Chalcedon; Martyr Melita Marcianopolis Tone 7, Eothon 5 Antiphons First Antiphon v. O God, my God, hear me; why hast Thou forsaken me (Ps. 21:2)? Znamenny Chant Refra Through ter Sav ior, save us. ces sions The o Fley kos, O And same refra after each followg verses. v. Far from my salvation are words my fallgs s (Ps. 21:2). v. O my God, I cry day-time, Thou hearest not (Ps. 21:3).

2 v. For Thou dwellest holy place, O Thou praise Israel (Ps. 21:4). v. Glory Far Son Holy Spirit; both now ever, un ages ages. Amen. Second Antiphon v. O God, why hast Thou so utterly rejected us (Ps. 73:1)? Znamenny Chant Refra O Son save us who God sg who wast Thee: Al cru ci le lu fied ia. Fley flesh, And same refra after each followg verses. v. O remember congregation, which Thou hast purchased old (Ps. 73:2). v. This holy hill Zion, where Thou hast dwelt. (Ps. Ps. 73:2). v. But God is our Kg before ages; He hath wrought salvation midst earth (Ps. 73:12). v. Glory Far Son Holy Spirit, both now ever, un ages ages. Amen. Only Begotten Son... as service book Third Antiphon v. The Lord is Kg, be peoples never so impatient; He that sitteth upon Cherubim, be earth never so unquiet (Ps. 98:1). v. The Lord is great Zion, high above all people (Ps. 98:2). v. Let m give thanks un great Name, for it is terrible holy (Ps. 98:3).

3 Tone 1 Byzante ance, O Lord, grant sar ies, The es g tate. save by peo peo pow ple ple er vic bless ry o The ver Cross, all pre her ad serv Barr it ver g Tone 7 Byzante Thou o pen sad that ness didst didst par thou bid a Entrance Hymn As service booklet. Hymns Day For Resurrection shat hast dise the ris ter ot A en, death ment pos O by thief; bear tles Christ, thy thou g wo pro cross; claim grant didst men g a thou turn warn Kazan didst joy, g world

4 great mer cy. Tone 1 Byzante ance, O Lord, grant sar ies, The es g tate. save by For Cross peo peo pow ple ple er vic bless ry o The ver Cross, all pre her ad serv Barr it ver g Tone 4 Byzante Joseph was amazed... a O great seek g am cru Lord Je voice: Thee, ci For Sat Euphemia sus, I O fied un my now Bride con Thee test, groom, ied. bur St. Anthony Monastery lamb Thee with I doth suf I fer cry love; bap for with tism

5 sake, die, out fice. sce that that I I long may may g reign live Lord, Thou save our with Thee souls art great mer Thee; Thee: as a through ac for spot cept less her cy. me sake ter sac ces I fered ri sions, Tone 4 Byzante As ir first lead For Sat Andrew called er, O A pos drew, An tles, en broth treat Mas souls ter great all grant mer cy. peace world Barr er our Kontakion for Elevation Cross Tone 4 Byzante Thou Who wast raised up on Cross HTM The

6 own will, named our vic com pas af most Or ry help tro O ter sions Christ phy o Thee. tho up dox ver war may v ci our on Glad ev' hier ry y ble. God, this, den with archs, false pos sess do new teach Thou com sov' vouch be mon reign g; wea pon safe sw wealth might m as peace, Trisagion Hymn The usual Trisagion as service booklets. The Epistle Galatians 2:16-20 How great are works, O Lord! In wisdom hast Thou made m all (Ps. 103:24). v. Bless Lord, O my soul (Ps. 103:1)! Brethren, you know that a man is not justified by works law but through faith Jesus Christ. Even we have believed Christ Jesus, order be justified by faith Christ, not by works law, because by works law shall no one be justified. But if, our endeavor be justified Christ, we ourselves were found be sners, is Christ n an agent s? Certaly not! But if I build up aga those thgs which I

7 re down, n I prove myself a transgressor. For I through Law died Law, that I might live God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ Who lives me; life I now live flesh I live by faith Son God, Who loved me gave Himself for me. The Gospel Mark 8:34-9:1 v. O remember congregation, which Thou hast purchased old (Ps. 73:2). v. But God is our Kg before ages; He hath wrought salvation midst earth (Ps. 73:12). The Lord said, If any man would come after Me, let him deny himself take up his cross follow Me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; whoever loses his life for My sake Gospel s will save it. For what does it prit a man, ga whole world forfeit his soul? For what can a man give return for his soul? For whoever is ashamed Me My words this adulterous sful generation, him will Son man also be ashamed, when He comes glory His Far with holy angels. And He said m, Truly, I say you, re are some stg here who will not taste death before y see Kgdom God come with power. Cherubic Hymn Yupik Chant settg; see service booklet for music. Megalynarion Namie settg; see service booklet for music. Communion Hymn Praise ye, praise ye Lord Voronkf

8 from praise a. hea Him Al le vens, lu i praise high a. est. Al Him, le lu praise Him, Verses from Psalm 148 may be chanted between each refra. i On Receivg Holy Communion Orthodox Church Only Orthodox Christians who are prepared through prayer, fastg, a recent confession should approach Chalice for Communion. All ors are encouraged come receive a blessg from priest partake Holy Bread as y exit Communion le. The remader Liturgy concludes as usual. Kontakion Ikos The power death no longer rules over us, for Christ hath come destroyg crushg its power. Hades is bound prophets ger proclaim: The Savior hath appeared sayg faithful; come forth Resurrection. Today, Hades death tremble before One Trity. The earth quakes gates Hades, seeg Thee, art seized with fear. All creation, ger with prophets, doth rejoice sg a hymn vicry our God Savior Who hath trampled power death. Let us cry out shout Adam, those Adam: This Tree leads paradise; come, faithful, Resurrection.

9 Synaxarion On September 16 Holy Orthodox Church we contue celebrate Elevation Holy Cross. We commemorate holy glorious Greatmartyr Euphemia All-praised, along with Martyrs Vicr Sosnes Chalcedon, executioners who believed Christ through her. Thou who was sla by a bear s jaw for God thy Maker, Art be crowned, O Euphemia, with laudations. On sixteenth a bear Euphemia slew. Euphemia was a beautiful virg body soul. When Proconsul Priscus held a feast fered sacrifices Ares Chalcedon, 49 Christians avoided this foul sacrificial ferg hid mselves. However, y were discovered brought before Priscus, cludg Euphemia. When arrogant Priscus asked m why y defied imperial decree, y replied that y would defy any comm given by him or emperor contrary God Heaven. For 19 consecutive days, Priscus imposed various rtures on m. On twentieth day he separated Euphemia from ors began flatter her for her beauty, attemptg w her over idolatry. As his flattery was va, he ordered that virg be rtured aga, yet she was preserved by power God. Upon seeg this, two soldiers Vicr Sosnes came believe Christ, for which y were thrown wild beasts, thus gloriously ended ir earthly lives. Euphemia was fally thrown wild beasts, with a prayer thanksgivg God, gave up her spirit year 304. On this day, we also commemorate Martyr Melita Marcianopolis Thrace. By tercessions Sats, O Christ God, have mercy upon us. Amen.

10 Protectg Church from Falsehood Heresy by Fr. Thomas Hopko Near end first century on second century, many false writgs about Christ were produced. Some se were so-called apocryphal writgs (not be confused with Old Testament Apocrypha), or pseudepigrapha (see volume one on Scripture). These writgs, each one usually bearg name an Apostle or anor proment New Testament figure an attempt give it more authority, troduced Christian circles many fanciful, legendary sries about childhood Christ, life Virg Mary, activities Apostles. Toger with pseudepigrapha, re also appeared false teachgs Gnosticism, a group related heresies which sought transform Christianity a kd spiritualistic, dualistic, tellectualistic philosophy (see Scripture). The first great Church Fars, Sat Irenaeus, Bishop Lyons (c. 130 c. 200), wrote a monumental work called Agast Heresies, which powerfully refuted various forms Gnosticism. In this work, Sat Irenaeus emphasized three crucial ways by which distguish heretical groups from true Christian Churches. First, all true Churches, no matter where y are located, hold same basic doctres, known ger as rule faith. In contrast, various Gnostic groups disagree among mselves ir beliefs. Second, all auntic Churches can trace ir origs back one origal Apostles, with ir bishops comg down direct descent from that Apostle; this is known as aposlic succession. The Gnostic groups, however, could not claim a similar leage back Apostles. Third, whereas various Gnostic groups each had ir own writgs which y followed, true Churches only considered Gospels accordg Evangelists Matw, Mark, Luke, John be dively spired. Sat Irenaeus s strong affirmation se four Gospels helped solidify first crucial step very long tremendously important process by which organized Church selected 27 books which would eventually comprise New Testament Scriptures. In this canonization process Church had determe which many writgs circulatg among various Christian communities were be accepted as Scripture, which ones were be rejected. The canonization process was not completed until end 4th century. In fact, earliest list exactly 27 New Testament books

11 that we have day was not compiled until 367 A.D. This list, drawn up by Sat Athanasius Great, was based on usage his Church Alexria, Egypt. Anor dangerous threat stability tegrity Church 2nd century arose about year 160 central Asia Mor sect known as Montanism. This strict, rigorist, fundamentalistic group arose partly protest what was perceived as a growg laxity spiritual fervor moral purity among majority Christians. Like many such groups throughout Christian hisry, y were overly apocalyptic, beg convced that Christ would return ir own day. And y also had an over-emphasis on supernatural manifestations such as prophecy, probably also speakg ngues. Montanism was founded by a man named Montanus, who claimed that he his two prophetesses, Priscilla Maximilla, were chosen struments for dawng End Times a new, purer, more spiritually advanced Age Spirit. However, y prophesied a strange, frenzied way, contrary Sat Paul s junctions 1 Cor Also, some ir prophetic messages contradicted Gospels Sat Paul s epistles for stance, y forbade fleeg from persecution (violatg Christ s words Mt 24.16); y strictly prohibited second marriages (supersedg Sat Paul s words 1 Cor Tim 5.14). For se reasons, also because movement s judgmentalism divisiveness, Church condemned Montanism several local councils Asia Mor by year 200. Excerpt from The Orthodox Faith, Vol. 2: Worship.

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13 Tuesday, September 18 7:00 pm, Choir Rehearsal This Week Wednesday, September 19 6:00 pm, Daily Vespers 6:30 pm, Dive Liturgy Class Saturday, September 22 5:00 pm, Great Vespers Fr. Patrick is available for confession followg Service. Sunday, September 23 9:00 am, Orthros 10:00 am, Dive Liturgy Prosphora Schedule Sept. 23: Heckenlively Sept. 30: Eden Oct. 7: OPEN Oct. 14: Wgerd Oct. 21: Fisher Oct. 28: OPEN Nov. 4: OPEN Nov. 11: OPEN To add your name this list, please notify Don Cox. You can also sign up onle at Cfee Hour Hosts Sept. 16: Monthly Potluck Sept. 23: Wgerd Sept. 30: Clayn Oct. 7: Henre Oct. 14: Cox Oct. 21: Monthly Potluck Oct. 28: McNeil Nov. 4: Manitzas Nov. 18: Wgerd To add your name this list, please notify Paul or Ama Fisher. You can also sign up onle at

14 September Epistle Readers Sept. 2: Jug Sept. 9: Graham Sept. 16: Dutschmann Sept. 23: Telep Sept. 30: Miller Pasral Care If you have pasral needs (illness, confession, etc.) please contact Fr. Patrick Henre at (605) , or by Prayer Requests LIVING: Thespa, Matushka Priscilla, Helen, Tunas Family, Gabriela, Youngblood family, Aileen Shocklee, Georgeta Paltl, Amy Kathryn, Priest Peter, Matushka Nadia, Priest Vasili, Matushka Lesya, Luanne Klaras, Mary her unborn child, Judy Charles, Emilia her unborn child, Joyce, Madelee Ladd, Chrispher, Jason, Shelley, Chrispher McNeil, Laura, Mason, George DEPARTED: Bishop John, Just Announcements Dive Liturgy Class Fr. Patrick is leadg a class on services Church on Wednesdays through Ocber 10th after Daily Vespers. Please jo us! 2019 DOWAMA Parish Life Conference The 2019 PLC will be hosted by St. Peter Ft. Worth, TX, Wednesday- Saturday, June 19th-22nd, which is fast-free week followg Pentecost. The me is The Antiochian Village, Past, Present, Future: I can do all thgs through Christ who strengns me. The study pics for Bible Bowl are Epistles Holy Apostle Paul Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians. The Orarical me is Philippians 4:13. Our featured guest speaker will be Fr. James Coles (frjames@cox.net) St. Ignatius Mesa, AZ. Mark your calendars now!

15 Fundraisg Ideas If you have parish fundraisg ideas, please provide m form a written proposal Donna Manitzas or Fr. Patrick. Sunday School Collection On first Sunday every month, kids will be takg up a collection at end service help fund Sunday School expenses. Sunday School takes place after Communion. We now have 4 levels two accommodate our growg parish, expenses are growg! Orthodox Christian Fellowship (College Mistry) OCF will be meetg on Thursday evengs at 7:00. Patrick or Magdalayna if you are terested. Please see Fr. Monday Monday is Fr. Patrick s scheduled day f. Unless it s an emergency, please save all s, texts, phone calls for Tuesday through Sunday. Choir Practice Choir practice is on Tuesday evengs at 7:00 pm. If you are terested sgg, please contact Tim Heckenlively. Sign-Up List for Monthly Cleang Day The sign-up list for monthly cleang day is posted on bullet board parish hall. Team #1 is currently need at least two more members. Please be sure check list see which team you are on, contact your Team Leader with any questions. Prayer List For all submissions or changes Prayer List for Livg Departed, please notify Don. A person will stay on list for livg for 30 days n aumatically drop f, unless y are renewed by someone parish. The list for departed will clude people for 40 days after ir fallg asleep, y can be commemorated aga on anniversary ir repose. Confession Fr. Patrick is available for Confession before or after Great Vespers on Saturday, by appotment.

16 Holy Bread Cfee Hour Please take time check sign up lists for Cfee Hour Prosphora bakg. This is a great opportunity serve Church is really appreciated by everyone. And remember, hostg cfee hour only means that you promise brg light refreshments for everyone. You are welcome brg more, but it is not expected. Do you have news? Please forward announcements, news, prayer requests, etc. Paul or Ama Fisher (paulamafisher@gmail.com) before 5:00 pm on Wednesday if you would like m appear weekly bullet enews. Sat Andrew Orthodox Church, 401 Estates Drive, Woodway TX Visit us onle at You can also follow us at