كنيسة مار نقوال االنطاكية االثوذكسية St. Nicholas Weekly Bulletin

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1 كنيسة مار نقوال االنطاكية االثوذكسية St. Nicholas Weekly Bulletin Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church Antiochian Archdiocese of North America Diocese of Los Angeles and the West 5200 Diamond Hts. Boulevard, San Francisco, CA Tel: (415) Pastor, V. Rev. Fr. George Baalbaki (586) Pastor Emeritus, V. Rev. Fr. Gregory Ofiesh Rev. Deacon Niphon Sweiss Sub-Dn. Michel Khoury Parish Council Chairman: Salim Qaru Sunday, May 4 th, 2014 Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Al Maseeh Qam! Haqan Qam! Kristos Anesti! Alithos Anesti! كل عام وأنتم بخير-- المسيح قام! حقا قام Sunday, May 4 th, days Memorial Service for His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIPof Thrice memory offered by the entire Archdiocese, St. Nicholas Parish and the Saliba, Malouf and Nicola Families. May his blessed memory be eternal! "In essence, the very characteristic of Metropolitan Philip was his identity as a shepherd, a father who cared for and labored diligently for his flock.. Before setting of the sun each day, Metropolitan Philip reflected upon the future wellbeing of his beloved spiritual sons and daughters. Each of you has felt his paternal love in a most personal manner. It was Metropolitan Philip who ordained and enthroned so many of the bishops of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America; he helped educate and ordain countless parish priests; he joined so many of you in holy matrimony and celebrated with you as he baptized your children and grandchildren; he even wept and mourned with you with the passing of your loved ones." ~Archbishop Demetrios of America, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese

2 Sunday, May 4 th, week memorial service for the Handmaiden of God Najla Jamil Haddad offered by brothers: Jamal, Joal, Nader and Rafat and their families and sisters: Najat, Juliet, Najwa, Nadia, Majdoleen and Nariman and their families. May her memory be eternal! Holy Bread of Oblation is being offered by Nadia Shatara and Family In yearly remembrance of mother and grandmother Farideh Manauel Nazzal. May her memory be eternal! Epistle: Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7 IN THOSE DAYS, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists murmured against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the body of the disciples and said, "it is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." And what they said pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochoros, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaos, a proselyte of Antioch. These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands upon them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. الرسالة: أعمال الرسل 7-6:1 في تلك األيام لم ا تكاثر التالميذ حدث تذم ر من اليونانيين على العبرانيين بأن أراملهم كن ي هملن في الخدمة اليومية فدعا اإلثنا عشر جمهور التالميذ وقالوا: ال يحسن أن نترك نحن كلمة هللا ونخدم الموائد فانتخبوا ايها اإلخوة منكم سبعة رجال مشهود لهم بالفضل ممتلئين من الروح القدس والحكمة فن قيمهم على هذه الحاجة ونواظب نحن على الصالة وخدمة الكلمة. فحس ن الكالم لدى جميع الجمهور فاختاروا استفان س رجال ممتلئا من االيمان والروح القدس وفيلبس وبروخور س ونيكانور وتيم ن وبرمناس ونيقوالوس دخيال أنطاكي ا. وأقاموهم أمام الرسل فصل وا ووضعوا عليهم األيدي. وكانت كلمة هللا تنمو وعدد التالميذ يتكاثر في أورشليم جدا. وكان جمع كثير من الكهنة ي طيعون االيمان. THE GOSPEL Mark 15:43-16:8 At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

3 اإلنجيل: مرقس 6:61-51:64 في ذلك الزمان جاء يوسف الذي من الرامة مشير تقي وكان هو أيضا منتظرا ملكوت هللا. فاجترأ ودخل على بيالطس وطلب جسد يسوع. فاستغرب بيالطس أنه قد مات هكذا سريعا واستدعى قائد المئة وسأله: هل له زمان قد مات ولما عرف من القائد وهب الجسد ليوسف فاشترى كت انا وأنزله ولف ه في الكتان ووضعه في قبر كان منحوتا في صخرة ودحرج حجر ا على باب القبر. وكانت مريم المجدلية ومريم أ م يوسي تنظران أين و ضع. ولما انقضى السبت اشترت مريم المجدلية ومريم أ م يعقوب وسالومة حنوط ا ليأتين ويدهن ه. وبك رن جدا في أول األسبوع وأتين القبر وقد طلعت الشمس وك ن يقلن في ما بينهن: من يدحرج لنا الحجر عن باب القبر فتطلعن فرأين الحجر قد د حرج ألنه كان عظيما جدا. فلما دخلن القبر رأين شابا جالسا عن اليمين البسا ح ل ة بيضاء فانذهلن. فقال لهن : ال تنذهلن. أتطلبن يسوع الناصري المصلوب قد قام ليس هو ههنا. هوذا الموضع الذي وضعوه فيه. فاذهبن وقلن لتالميذه ولبطرس إنه يسبقكم الى الجليل هناك ترونه كما قال لكم. فخرجن سريعا وفررن من القبر وقد أخذتهن الرعدة والدهش ولم يق لن ألحد شيئا ألنهن كن خائفات Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and to those in the tombs bestowing life When thou didst submit thyself unto death, O Thou deathless and immortal one, then Thou didst destroy Hell with Thy Godly pow'r, and when Thou didst raise the dead from beneath the earth, all the pow'rs of heaven did cry aloud unto Thee O Christ thou giver of life glory to Thee. The pious Joseph, having brought down thy pure body from the Tree, wrapped it in fine linen, embalmed it with ointment, provided for it, and laid it in a new tomb. But thou didst verily rise, after three days, O Lord, granting the world Great Mercy. Verily, the angel came to the tomb and said to the ointment-bearing women, The ointment is meet for the dead, but Christ is shown to be remote from corruption. But cry ye, The Lord is risen, granting the world the Great Mercy. Though thou, O deathless One, didst descend into the grave, thou didst destroy the power of hell and, as Victor, thou didst rise again, O Christ our God. Thou didst greet the ointment-bearing women, saying, Rejoice! Thou didst bestow peace upon thy Disciples, and resurrection upon those that are fallen. (The angel spake to her that is full of grace, saying, O pure virgin, rejoice; and I say also, Rejoice; for thy Son is risen from the tomb on the third day. Shine, shine, O new Jerusalem; for the glory of the Lord hath risen upon thee. Rejoice and exult now, O Zion, and thou, O pure one, Theotokos, rejoice at the Resurrection of thy Son.) قناديل الهيكل Altar Candles & Coffee Hour المسيح قام من بين األموات ووطئ الموت بالموت ووهب الحياة للذين في القبور. عندما انحدرت إلى الموت أيها الحياة الذي ال يموت حينئذ أمت الجحيم ببرق الهوتك وعندما أقمت األموات من تحت الثرى صرخ نحوك جميع القوات السماويين أيها المسيح اإلله معطي الحياة المجد لك. ان يوسف المتقي احدر جسدك الطاهر من العود ولفه بالسباني النقية وحنطه بالطيب وجهزه ووضعه في قبر جديد لكنك قمت في اليوم الثالث يا رب مانحا العالم الرحمة العظمى. ان المالك حضر عند القبر قائال للنسوة الحامالت الطيب: اما الطيب فهو الئق باألموات وأما المسيح فقد ظهر غريبا من الفساد لكن اصرخن هاتفات: قد قام الرب مانحا العالم الرحمة العظمى. ولئن كنت نزلت الى قبر يا من ال يموت اال أنك درست قوة الجحيم وقمت غالبا ايها المسيح االله. وللنسوة الحامالت الطيب قلت افرحن ووهبت رسلك السالم يا مانح الواقعين القيام. (ان المالك تفوه نحو المنعم عليها ايتها العذراء النقية افرحي وايضا اقول افرحي ألن ابنك قد قام من القبر في اليوم الثالث. استنيري استنيري يا اورشليم الجديدة ألن مجد الرب قد اشرق عليك. افرحي االن وتهللي يا صهيون وأنت يا نقية يا والدة االله اطربي بقيامة ولدك) Michael, Nadia, Tariq, and Rami Rantisi for the good health of Yousef Rantisi on the occasion on his Name's Day. Many Years!! Sponsors for Sunday s are needed. Please make checks payable St. Nicholas Church in the amount of $25.00 or more. Ladies Auxiliary meeting will take place on Sunday, May 4 th after the Divine Liturgy in the church St. John the Evangelist church in Orinda, 5 th Annual fashion Show Date: Saturday, May 3, 2014, 11:30 AM, Location: Round Hill Country Club3169 Round Hill Road, Alamo, Ca For more information and tickets, please contact Lynn Farradj at ( ). Theme: The Great Gatsby please feel free to dress in Gatsby attire if you like, it will add to the decor!

4 Basket Ball PLAYOFFS Thursday, May 1 Annunciation 7:30 Adult B #3 St. Nicholas 2 SF vs. #6 St. James Saturday, May 3 Annunciation 1:00 Adult B #1 St. Nicholas 1 SF vs. lowest remaining seed 4:00 Adult A #2 St. Gregory vs. #3 St. Nicholas SF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ من يدحرج الحجر عن باب كل قلب في إنجيل اليوم األحد الثاني بعد الفصح المعروف ايض ا بأحد حامالت الطيب كان تساؤل النسوة في طريقهن الى القبر: "من يدحرج لنا الحجر عن باب القبر ". كان الجواب من السماء انه قد قام وليس هو ههنا. عمن تبحثن يسوع الناصري اطلبنه في السماء. ظهر المسيح غالبا وهو حي الى األبد بعد ان انطلق من مملكة الموت الى ملكوت الحياة وساد األزمنة كلها كل ما كان منها وما سيأتي وعاد الى اآلب حيث يهيمن على الكون كله. ولكننا ال نعي هذا. عند الكثرة من المسيحيين انه قد جاء وانه قد غاب. يرت بون حياتهم او ال يرت بونها. مقاطع صغيرة من اإلنجيل يذكرونها هنا وهناك حسب ممارسات هزيلة يقومون بها. ولكن ال يبدو ان يسوع المسيح مسيطر على قلوب أتباعه او من ظنوا انهم أتباعه. أغنية غنوها خالل موسم الفصح وذهبت. لو كنا واعين حقا أن المسيح قد قام فال يمكننا ان نتصرف كما نتصرف اليوم ولك ن ا جعلنا المسيح حقا ظافرا في قلوبنا طافحا فينا فرح ا وبشرى ومنقذا إيانا من كل بلى. عندما قال المالك للنسوة القديسات انه قد قام ليس هو ههنا قال لنا نحن المسيحيين: "غي روا نفوسكم حتى تطلبوا المسيح في نفوسكم المتغي رة. هو يدحرج الحجر عن باب كل قلب بقوة القيامة". ماذا يقول المسيحيون اليوم يقدمون أعذار ا: أنا ضعيف انجرفت زلقت انا من تراب... وقعت في التجربة غر ني المال انجذبت بالشهوة... هذا كالم لم يرد في اإلنجيل الذي به نؤمن. ما ورد في كتابنا ان المسيح حي واننا أحياء في اللحم والدم وأن كال منا مدعو أن يصير مسيحا منذ اآلن. وأما هذه الهزالة المسيحية القائلة اننا سنخلص من بعد موت من بعد ان ندفن وان هلل الرحمة الكثيرة وانه شفوق ولذلك ال بأس ان ننغمس في كل ما تطلبه نفوسنا اآلن... هذه بالضبط خيانة يهوذا هذه تزكية لكل خياناتنا. المسيحي المؤمن ال يخاف من قبره وال من موته وال من الركام الذي تحت القبر. المسيحي المؤمن يهتم بأن يحيا مع المسيح. قال يوحنا الذهبي الفم: "قام المسيح وليس من ميت في القبور". هل نحيا نحن اآلن وكأننا نؤمن حقا ان ليس من ميت في القبور وان كال منا تجاوز موته منذ اآلن وداس خطيئته وصار مسيح ا منذ اآلن أهذه قناعتنا هذا في كل حال إيماننا: المسيح قام وليس من ميت في القبور. مهمتنا ان نأتي مع ا لنعلن قيامته ونبش ر ذوينا وأصدقاءنا بأنهم محضونون منذ اآلن محضونون من المسيح الظافر. قام المسيح وليس من ميت في القبور. قام المسيح وانت غلبت. قام المسيح واستقرت الحياة. قام المسيح والحجر قد د حرج. لماذا تطلبون الحي بين األموات ال يندبن أحد عن آثام ألن الصفح بدا من القبر. ال يخافن أحد من الموت ألن موت المخل ص قد حررنا. فلنسر في خطاه أ ناسا قياميين. جاورجيوس مطران جبيل والبترون وما يليهما )جبل لبنان(.

5 The Myrrhbearing Women Fr. Ihor Kutash But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away for it was very large (Mark 16:4) On the third Sunday after Pascha the Church remembers the early-morning journey of the Myrrh-bearing Women to the tomb of Our Lord. We who walk thrice around the Church on the night of Pascha represent those blessed Women and they represent the Church which continually seeks the Presence of the Lord and always emerges from darkness into glorious light and joy! It was not an easy journey for those dear Ladies. It was still dark when they left and they could have been easy prey for thieves who could have robbed them of the spices they bore for the rites of burial to sell them to unscrupulous merchants. And there was the troubling question: who would roll away the stone from the Tomb? They had seen it rolled into place and knew that there was a seal placed on it. There were also guards watching to prevent a zealous disciple from stealing the Body and pretending that the Master had risen. Imagine their surprise when they found that the stone was already rolled away! And there was no guard in sight either! What happened? Mark the Evangelist describes the event thus. He begins with their question: Who will roll away the stone from the door of the Tomb for us? He goes on to say: But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away for it was very large. Now that is a strange way to put it! The words for it was very large may have made some sense as an explanation for the anxiety of the Women. If the stone was not very large perhaps they might have been able to roll it away themselves. Then it would have been an easy matter for them to go into the Tomb to do their work of love and duty and complete the preparation of the Body for entombment. They had not been able to do that after the Lord s death upon the Cross since the Sabbath was upon them. But it seems that the stone was not so terrifically heavy, for the same Evangelist has written a few sentences earlier that Joseph of Arimathea rolled the stone into place (this would have been along a groove cut into the stone at the foot of the opening of the Tomb) apparently singlehandedly. If he has been able to do it by himself then a few women should certainly have been able to do it. To place this phrase after the statement about the Women looking up and seeing that the stone had already been rolled away - is odd. The conjunction kai ( and ) would seem to be more suitable than gar ( for or because ), as the Greek text puts it. In fact that is exactly the way some translations render it so it would not stand out so jarringly. And would indicate that the size of the stone made its displacement an even greater miracle. But there is a good reason for Mark to write as he does. Тhere was no need to roll away the stone in order for the Risen Lord to emerge from the Tomb and then it would be open for the Women to come in. Jesus did not need that. Remember that in one of His Resurrection appearances He appeared in the midst of His disciples who were sitting - in a room where the doors were locked! (John 20:19). Probably referring to this same appearance, the Evangelist Luke says that our Lord, to show that He was not a phantom Who could pass thus through closed doors, asked for something to eat and then ate before His amazed disciples (Luke 24:41-43). The stone was rolled away for the Women so that they could see that the Tomb was empty! It was rolled away for them. Their eyes could then see the miracle of the empty Tomb and their hearts could believe in the Lord s triumph over death on behalf of all mankind. Today we too rejoice over the empty Tomb. Each year the faithful gather before it in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday and receive the annual miracle of the Holy Fire which spontaneously lights the candles inside - and sometimes even outside the Tomb, attesting to the miraculous victory over death by the Lord, Who is the Light of Light. And we pray that our hearts might become ever more open to receive the Risen Lord into them by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit Whom He sent upon His disciples as Tongues of Fire after His Ascension to the Right Hand of the Father. May we too, as we fret about the stones that must be rolled away for us to do Lord s work, recall the courage, love, faith and hope of the Myrrhbearers. As we move forward in faith we too shall find that stone has been rolled away and we shall encounter the Risen Lord in the good works that we do and the good words that we speak in His Name, by His power, love and mercy. Amen.

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