Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New Orleans, Louisiana FEBRUARY 10, 2019 SUNDAY OF THE CANAANITE Sunday, February 10 ~ 8:45 am Orthros, 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy Some Streets Closed Due to New Orleans Rock N Roll Marathon Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ Philoptochos Valentine Koulourakia Sale in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Sunday Church School Faculty Meeting in Room 210 Monday, February 11 ~ 6:00 pm ÓRAMA Youth Task Force Meeting in Boardroom 7:00 pm ~ ECYM Committee Meeting in Boardroom Tuesday, February 12 ~ 9:00 am Filmore North Group A Project Meeting in Coffee Room 9:30 am ~ Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 6:00 pm ~ Adult Beginner Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Adult Advanced Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Parish Council Meeting in Boardroom Wednesday, February 13 ~ 9:30 am Greek Festival Pastry Workshop 7:00 pm ~ Bible Study in Boardroom Thursday, February 14 ~ HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! 6:00 pm ~ Adult Elementary Greek School in Room 210 6:00 pm ~ Paraklesis Friday, February 15 ~ 9:45 am Cathedral Montessori School Chapel in Cathedral 5:00 pm ~ Youth Level A1 Greek School in Room 210 6:00 pm ~ Youth Advanced Greek School in Room 210 Saturday, February 16 ~ AHEPA - Daughters of Penelope Luncheon and Meeting OFFSITE 12:00 pm ~ Youth Level Junior A Greek School in Room 210 7:00 pm ~ Holy Trinity PTA Sponsored Apokriatiko Party in Gymnasium Sunday, February 17 ~ 8:45 am Orthros 10:00 am ~ Divine Liturgy SUNDAY OF THE PUBLICAN AND THE PHARISEE TRIODION BEGINS NO FASTING THIS WEEK Sunday Church School after Holy Communion 12:00 pm ~ Greek Festival Baklava Workshop in Gymnasium 12:00 pm ~ HTC to Host University of Kentucky Guests in Coffee Room 12:00 pm ~ Safety and Security Committee Meeting in Boardroom SUNDAY CHURCH SCHOOL FACULTY MEETING TODAY The Sunday Church School faculty members will meet today, Sunday, February 10, in Room 210 after church services. All faculty members are asked to please be present. 2019 VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL - REQUEST FOR INPUT Enclosed is a form requesting your input for the 2019 Vacation Church School program. Families are asked to fill out the form, specifying a week that is preferred, as well as the need for afternoon care. Completed forms may be left in the Narthex or in a designated box in the Upstairs Common Area. Your input will greatly assist with the planning stages of this vital summer youth ministry. If you have questions, please address them to Presvytera Harriet Wilson. GREEK FESTIVAL PASTRY WORKSHOPS BEGIN THIS WEEK Great fun! Good friends! Good food! Please join the Pastry Committee for weekly workshops every Tuesday and Wednesday beginning Tuesday, February 12, and Wednesday, February 13, except MARDI GRAS and HOLY WEEK. Tuesday evening workshops will be scheduled by Gail Psilos. Also, to assist the Pastry Committee, Vickie Catsulis will conduct a Baklava Workshop after church services next Sunday, February 17. The goal is to have forty (40) or more volunteers help with this inaugural attempt. Please make plans to attend. Saturday, February 16, 2019 7:00 pm - 12:00 am All members of Holy Trinity are welcome to bring their whole family to a fun, catered evening of dancing and costume fun! FREE ADMISSION, CASH BAR! PLEASE RSVP to HolyTrinityPTA@gmail.com

Message from Father George MODERN MIRACLES OF SAINT HARALAMBOS Saint Haralambos was a priest of the Christians in Magnesia, the foremost city of Thessaly in the diocese having the same name. He contested during the reign of Alexander Severus (222-235), when Lucian was Proconsul of Magnesia. At the time of his martyrdom, the Saint was 103 years of age. The following miracles are told by the nuns of Saint Stephen's Monastery at Meteora of Thessaly, which houses the holy skull of Saint Haralambos. EPIDEMIC ON MOUNT ATHOS: Saint Haralambos has a special gift of healing pestilential diseases and has often halted epidemics of typhus, cholera, and the plague. In 1908 a deadly epidemic reached Mount Athos, and the holy skull of the saint was taken from Saint Stephen's on Meteora to the Protaton on Mount Athos, where an all-night vigil was served. The epidemic halted immediately, and each year since then the monasteries celebrate an all-night vigil honoring Saint Haralambos - the only saint besides the Mother of God to be so honored by the entire population of the Holy Mountain. ENDURANCE FOR CHRIST: A man with an incurable and extremely painful disease prayed to Saint Haralambos frequently and fervently to heal him. Finally, one night the saint appeared and told him that his sufferings were much less than those endured by Christ and that it would be better for him to bear his illness patiently than to have it cured because it had been sent by God to help him work out his salvation. THE TWINS: In January 1995 a woman came to visit the monastery from the town of Trikala and told the sisters that she had been childless for the first nineteen years of her marriage and that doctors had told her she would never conceive. At the beginning of 1994, she began praying to Saint Haralambos, who appeared to her one night in a dream and said not "You will have a child," but "You will have children." Two months later the woman conceived and at the end of the year gave birth to twin boys. She comes often now to visit the monastery with her little sons. THE "MONASTERY PRIEST": In the early 1990s, a young man from the village in the area came to Saint Stephen's Monastery with the intent to commit suicide by throwing himself off the bridge that connects the pinnacle of the rock to the road. He was standing on the bridge looking down into the chasm and preparing to jump when an old priest came up and introduced himself as the spiritual father of the monastery. Although they had never met before, he began speaking to the young man about his life and trials and encouraged him not to despair, promising him that God would help him. The young man felt an inner joy and peace. Going back to his home, he began to attend Divine Liturgy regularly. A few weeks later he went to the monastery again and asked to speak to the old priest. The sister, whom he met at the door, told him there was no priest living there that priests only came occasionally from the outside to serve Divine Liturgy, nor had there been any priest there on the day he mentioned. She asked him what the old priest looked like, and he described in detail Saint Haralambos. From Evlogeite! A Pilgrim s Guide to Greece by Mother Nectaria McLees (pp 438-441) johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/02/8-modern-miracles-of-saint-haralambos.html HOLY TRINITY DIRECTORY A new membership directory is being compiled for Holy Trinity. If you have not yet submitted your directory information form and photo, please return everything to the Cathedral office by the extended deadline of Sunday, February 17. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation. Any questions may be directed to the Committee Co- Chairpersons Maria Anastasiou (504-722-7576) and Barbara Stavis Wolf (504-327-0067) or email completed form to hellenic2004@yahoo.com. PHILOPTOCHOS VALENTINE KOULOURAKIA FUNDRAISER Philoptochos will sponsor a Valentine Koulourakia Sale today Sunday, February 10. A dozen koulourakia packaged in a gift bag will be sold for $7. Remember your special friends and family on Valentine s Day and support the Philoptochos fundraiser. STEWARDSHIP The 2019 Stewardship packets were mailed this week. They include the 2018 Stewardship Statements for those that made a pledge last year. Also enclosed is the 2019 Stewardship Form, which all parishioners are asked to complete and return to the Cathedral office as soon as possible. Please consider increasing your pledge by at least 10%. Many people are still paying what they paid thirty years ago! The Church s bills have increased greatly in this time period. Moreover, do not forget that you can pay online by going to the Cathedral website (www.holytrinitycathedral.org) clicking on "Stewardship" along the top of the home page and then on "Online Form" within the body of the text. It is a fast, convenient method that uses a credit card and also allows you to schedule recurring payments. THEOLOGIAN TO PRESENT LECTURE ON FEBRUARY 20 The entire Cathedral family is invited to attend a lecture by the Greek Orthodox Theologian: Father Maximos Constas. He will speak on the topic of Maximus the Confessor: A Bridge Between the Churches as part of the annual Dathel and John Georges Lecture Series at Notre Dame Seminary Schulte Auditorium on Wednesday, February 20, at 6:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Father Maximos is a graduate of Holy Cross Seminary, where he is now a Senior Research Scholar. There will be no Bible Study at the Cathedral that night. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY GUESTS WILL VISIT NEXT SUNDAY Dr. Karen O. Skaff and fifty-four University of Kentucky juniors and chaperones will visit next Sunday, February 17. Holy Trinity Cathedral looks forward to welcoming them.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 ATTENDANCE 170 ~ CANDLE AND TRAY COLLECTIONS $579 Holy Trinity Cathedral Greek Orthodox Community of New Orleans 1200 ROBERT E. LEE BOULEVARD NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70122 Very Reverend Father George Wilson, Dean priest@holytrinitycathedral.org PHONE: (504) 282-0259 FAX: (504) 283-5586

10η ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2019 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΙZ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ (ΤΗΣ ΧΑΝΑΝΑΙΑΣ) ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΟΥΣ ΤΟΥ ΘΑΥΜΑΤΟΥΡΓΟΥ Ἑωθινόν Δ 10 TH FEBRUARY 2019 17 th SUNDAY OF MATTHEW (THE CANAANITE) HOLY HIEROMARTYR HARALAMBOS THE WONDERWORKER Eothion 4 Ἀπουλτίκιον τῆς Ἀνάστασης Ἦχος δ Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἡγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Ἀπουλτίκιον τοῦ Ἱεροµάρτυρος Ἦχος δ ' Ὡς στῦλος ἀκλόνητος, τῆς Ἐκκλησίας Χριστοῦ, καὶ λύχνος ἀείφωτος τῆς οἰκουµένης σοφέ, ἐδείχθης Χαράλαµπες, ἔλαµψας ἐν τῷ κόσµῳ, διὰ τοῦ µαρτυρίου, ἔλυσας τῶν εἰδώλων, τὴν σκοτόµαιναν µάκαρ διὸ ἐν παῤῥησίᾳ Χριστῷ, πρέσβευε σωθῆναι ἠµας. Ἀπολυτίκιον τῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδας Ἦχος πλ δ Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ πανσόφους τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ἀναδείξας, καταπέμψας αὐτοῖς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, καὶ δι' αὐτῶν τὴν οἰκουμένην σαγηνεύσας, φιλάνθρωπε, δόξα σοί. Κοντάκιον Ἦχος β Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε, Μὴ παρίδης ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὦς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοί. Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε. Resurrection Apolytikion Tone 4 When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world. Apolytikion for the Hieromartyr Tone 4 A pillar unshakable are you in Christ's holy Church, and, as your own name denotes, an ever radiant lamp, all-blessed Haralambos, shining throughout the whole world by your feats as a martyr, driving away the darkness of the worship of idols. With confidence, therefore, pray to Christ, entreating Him to save our souls. Apolytikion of the Holy Trinity Plagal Tone 4 Blessed are You, O Christ our God, who made fishermen all-wise, sending upon them the Holy Spirit and, through them, netting the world. O Loving One, glory to You. Kontakion Tone 2 Protector of Christians, champion undefeated, mediator most sure with our creator, disregard not the voice of prayer of sinners, but come quickly in your goodness, to help us who cry out to you with faith: Be swift to intercede, make haste to supplicate, Theotokos, protector always of those who honor you.

ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ Β Τιμόθεον β 1-10 Εὐφρανθήσεται δίκαιος ἐν Κυρίῳ. Εἰσάκουσον, ὁ Θεός, τῆς φωνῆς µου. Τέκνον Τιµόθεε, ἐνδυναµοῦ ἐν τῇ χάριτι τῇ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. Καὶ ἃ ἤκουσας παρ# ἐµοῦ διὰ πολλῶν µαρτύρων, ταῦτα παράθου πιστοῖς ἀνθρώποις, οἵτινες ἱκανοὶ ἔσονται καὶ ἑτέρους διδάξαι. Σὺ οὖν κακοπάθησον ὡς καλὸς στρατιώτης Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Οὐδεὶς στρατευόµενος ἐµπλέκεται ταῖς τοῦ βίου πραγµατείαις, ἵνα τῷ στρατολογήσαντι ἀρέσῃ. Ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις, οὐ στεφανοῦται ἐὰν µὴ νοµίµως ἀθλήσῃ. Τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν µεταλαµβάνειν. Νόει ἃ λέγω δῴη γάρ σοι ὁ κύριος σύνεσιν ἐν πᾶσιν. Μνηµόνευε Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐγηγερµένον ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἐκ σπέρµατος Δαυίδ, κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν µου ἐν ᾧ κακοπαθῶ µέχρι δεσµῶν, ὡς κακοῦργος ἀλλ# ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ δέδεται. Διὰ τοῦτο πάντα ὑποµένω διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ σωτηρίας τύχωσιν τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, µετὰ δόξης αἰωνίου. TΟ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ Ματθαίον ιε 21-28 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀνεχώρησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκραύγασεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, υἱὲ Δαυῒδ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτουν αὐτὸν λέγοντες Ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα Κύριε, βοήθει μοι. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν Οὐκ ἔστι καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. ἡ δὲ εἶπε Ναί, Κύριε, καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν. Τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ Ὦ γύναι, μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις! γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις. καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης. THE EPISTLE 2 Timothy 2:1-10 The righteous man shall be glad in the Lord. Hear my voice, O God. Timothy, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory. THE GOSPEL Matthew 15:21-28 At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." And he answered, "It is not fair to take the children s bread and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master s table." Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.