THIS WEEK S SERVICES April 1 8 Sun. Apr. 1 6:00pm: Bridegroom Matins Mon. Apr. 2 7:00am: Presanctified Mon. Apr. 2 6:00pm: Bridegroom Matins Tues. Apr. 3 7:00am: Presanctified Tues. Apr. 3 6:00pm: Bridegroom Matins with Hymn of Kassiani Wed. Apr. 4 7:00am: Presanctified with Hymn of Kassiani Wed. Apr. 4 6:00pm: Holy Unction (a Holy Sacrament) Thur. Apr. 5 8:00am: Vesperal for Mystical Supper Thur. Apr. 5 6:00pm: Matins with reading of 12 Passion Gospels Fri. Apr. 6 9:00am: Royal Hours (1 st, 3 rd, 6 th, 9 th ) and Typika Fri. Apr. 6 3:00pm: Great Vespers with the Unnailing of our Lord Fri. Apr. 6 6:00pm: Matins with Lamentations for our Lord Sat. Apr. 7 9:00am: Vesperal 1 st Paschal Sat. Apr. 7 11:00pm: PASCHA! Midnight office, Rush Procession, Matins and Sun. Apr 8 3:00pm: Agape Vespers followed by Feast SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Diocese of Los Angeles and the West PRIMATE and DIOCESAN HIERARCH His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH PASTOR Rev. Fr. Matthew Howell DEACON Rev. Dn. Thomas Ross CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Fr. Matthew s Sunday School Class is on break until April 22 PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL-NIGHT VIGIL FRIDAY APRIL 6 There will be a vigil after Lamentations at the tomb of Christ reading psalms. Please sign up for a 30 minute slot, and do it with your children! RED EASTER EGGS will be dyed Friday night April 6 in the hall. Please contact Jessica Morphis if you can donate a dozen hard boiled eggs on Thursday or Friday to be dyed. PASCHA FEAST See insert and please pay for your family with Kim Meals. Also, please sign up to help set up or clean up. Thank you. AGAPE VESPERS GOSPEL READINGS If you would like to read the gospel (John 20: 19-25) in a foreign language at Agape Vespers (April 8 at 3pm), then please contact me. This is assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis. EASTER EGG HUNT will begin 10 minutes after Agape Vespers ends next Sunday. Contact Information 6988 N. En Dove Road Wasilla, Alaska 99654 Pastor s Phone: (907)373-5254 priest@sainthermanwasilla.org www.sainthermanwasilla.org Palm Sunday April 1, 2018 A NOTE REGARDING HOLY COMMUNION Welcome! In the Orthodox Church, reception of the Holy Eucharist is reserved for baptized, chrismated Orthodox Christians who have prepared by prayer, fasting and a recent confession. If you are visiting from a non- Orthodox church or otherwise are not prepared to commune today, you are welcome to receive some of the unconsecrated, blessed bread which the acolytes are holding. We pray for all to be united in the Body and Blood of Christ! If you would like to learn how you can enter into communion with the Orthodox Church, please speak with our clergy.
THE EPISTLE V Blessed is He Who cometh in the Name of the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians. (4:4-9) Brethren, rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, these do; and the God of peace will be with you. THE GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (12:1-18) Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus who had died was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with Him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, Simon s son, one of His Disciples (he who was to betray Jesus), said, Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? This he said, not because he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the moneybox he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said, Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of My burial. The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have Me. When the great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus also to death, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, Hosanna! Blessed is He Who cometh in the Name of the Lord, the King of THE GOSPEL (CONTINUED) Israel! And Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey s colt! His Disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of Him and had been done to Him. The crowd that had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. The reason why the crowd went to meet Jesus was that they heard He had done this sign. SAINTS & FEASTS OF THE DAY Palm Sunday: Entrance of Our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem A GOOD WORD VITAMINS FOR THE SOUL O Thou Who ridest upon the cherubim, and Who art praised by the seraphim, Thou didst ride upon a colt, O holy, Davidic One. And the youths were praising Thee as befitteth God. And the Jews did blaspheme against Thee wickedly. Thy sitting on an ass foreshadowed the transformation of the bolting of the Gentiles from infidelity to faith. Glory to Thee, O Christ, Who alone art merciful and the Lover of mankind. Great Vespers Aposticha for Palm Sunday Today hath the Savior come to Jerusalem to fulfill the Scriptures; and all did take in their hands branches of palm trees. And they spread their clothes for Him, knowing that it was He, our Lord, to Whom cherubim unceasingly call out, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed art Thou Who art possessed of bountiful mercies: have mercy upon us. Aposticha for Palm Sunday O immortal Lord, Thou hast bound Hell, slain Death, and raised the world: therefore the children, carrying palms, sing praise to Thee as Victor, O Christ, and they cry aloud to Thee this day: Hosanna to the Son of David! For no more, say they, shall the little children be slain because of Mary s Child; but Thou alone art crucified for all, both young and old. No more shall the sword be drawn against us, for Thy side is pierced by a spear. With great rejoicing, then, we cry: Blessed art Thou that comest to call back Adam. Oikos from Matins for Palm Sunday
Pascha Meat Prime Rib served with au jus and horseradish Sliced Baked Ham SIDES MENU Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Au Gratin Potatoes Broccoli Supreme a baked broccoli, bacon and cheddar dish Drinks Root Beer and Cream Soda on tap from the Glacier Brewhouse Lemonade Dessert Carrot, Bavarian & White Cakes from North Star Bakery Cheesecake Root Beer Floats Feast BADULT...$12 CHILD...$5 (age 10 and under) The Feast will be partially catered by North Star Bakery. Please see Kim Meals with your payment. Credit cards will be accepted Please sign-up to help with set-up and clean-up for the Feast. Sign-up sheets will be in the Parish Hall. Since we are not asking anyone to bring food, we hope that everyone can pitch-in in some way so that we all can enjoy this joyous Feast Day. BKids Table Menu Hot Dogs Potato Chips Veggies & Dip Von Sunday's at coffee hour.
2018 Lazarus Saturday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week & Pascha Friday, March 30-6:00 PM: Little Compline with the Canon of the Raising of Lazarus (45 minutes) Lazarus Saturday, March 31 9:00 AM: Festal Orthros 9:45 AM: Divine of St. John Chrysostom with Baptism of Stephen Moore 6:00 PM: Great Vespers with Litia & Artoklasia for Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, April 1 9:00 AM: Festal Orthros 10:00 AM: Divine of St. John Chrysostom for Palm Sunday with Procession commemorating Christ s Entrance into Jerusalem 6:00 PM: Bridegroom Matins for Holy Monday (1 hour) Holy Monday, April 2 7:00 AM: Presanctified Divine (1.5 hours) 6:00 PM: Bridegroom Matins for Holy Tuesday (1 hour) Holy Tuesday, April 3 7:00 AM: Presanctified Divine (1.5 hours) 6:00 PM: Bridegroom Matins for Holy Wednesday with Hymn of Kassiani (1 hour) Holy Wednesday, April 4 7:00 AM: Presanctified Divine (1.5 hours) 6:00 PM: Holy Unction Service this is a holy sacrament of healing and forgiveness (1.5 hours) Holy Thursday, April 5 8:00 AM: Vesperal Divine of St. Basil commemorating the Mystical Supper (1.5 hours) 6:00 PM: Orthros with the Twelve Passion Gospels for Holy Friday with procession of the Cross by the priest and the arrest, trial, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ (2.5 hours) Holy Friday, April 6 9:00 AM: The Royal (Great) Hours on Holy Friday (1.5 hours) 3:00 PM: Great Vespers for Holy Saturday with the Unnailing of our Lord (1 hour) 6:00 PM: Orthros with the Lamentation Service for Holy Saturday and the Procession Commemorating the Harrowing of Hades (2.5 hours), followed by Psalm-Reading Vigil at our Lord s Tomb Holy Saturday, April 7 9:00 AM: Vesperal Divine of St. Basil (Bay leaves, rose pedals, and white vestments!) (2 hours) 11:00 PM: Great and All-Holy PASCHA!!!!!!!! Resurrection (Rush) Service, Paschal Orthros and Paschal Divine of St. John Chrysostom, with blessing of Paschal Baskets (2.5 hours) PASCHA, Sunday April 8 3:00 PM: Agape Vespers, with Gospel Reading in many languages and blessing of cemetery (1 hour) 4:00 PM: Paschal Feast ( the table is full! )
His Eminence The Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA Beloved in the Lord: Palm Sunday 2018 To Be Read from the Pulpit and Printed in the Bulletin A blessed feast of our Lord s triumphant entry into Jerusalem to you and your families. I pray you all completed a spiritually rewarding and are now ready to enter into Passion Week which culminates with our Lord s glorious resurrection from the dead next Sunday as we celebrate Great and Holy Pascha. Today, as we rejoice in this feast, we also pause to take time to remember our beloved Mother Church headed by our Patriarch, His Beatitude JOHN X. We were blessed to have him make a short visit to us last fall to bring the message of peace and love to our government leaders in the United States. We pray that our Lord will bless him and all the people of that area of the world that continues to endure suffering and pain on a daily basis. Each year on this special day, we ask you, the faithful of our God-protected Archdiocese for an offering of love to send to His Beatitude from his spiritual children here in North America. His Beatitude faces an enormous challenge as he tries to alleviate the pain and suffering of those affected by the war in Syria and the effects of the same war on his flock in Lebanon, Iraq and other areas. With hundreds of thousands of displaced people as a result of the civil war, the needs and demands on our Patriarchate are great. Churches have been destroyed and vandalized by terrorists and families have been driven from their homes and are in desperate need of our help. With that in mind, we hope you will be as generous as possible. Wishing you a prayerful Holy Week and a most joyous Pascha, I remain, Your Father in Christ, +JOSEPH Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch (Acts 11: 26) 358 Mountain Road, P.O. Box 5238, Englewood, NJ 07631-5238 (201) 871-1355 T Archdiocese@antiochian.org (201) 871-7954 F
SAINT HERMAN OF ALASKA ORTHODOX CHURCH 6988 N En Dove Rd - Wasilla, AK 99654 Reverend Matthew Howell, Pastor (907)373-5254 APRIL 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 PALM SUNDAY 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine 6:00pm Bridegroom Matins : fish, wine, & oil allowed 8 PASCHA 2 HOLY MONDAY 7:00am Presanctified 6:00pm Bridegroom Matins 9 3 HOLY TUESDAY 7:00am Presanctified 6:00pm Bridegroom Matins 10 4 HOLY WEDNESDAY 7:00am Presanctified 6:00pm Holy Unction 11 5 HOLY THURSDAY 8:00am: Vesperal of St. Basil the Great for the Mystical Supper 6:00pm: Holy Friday Matins with the 12 Passion Gospels 12 6 HOLY FRIDAY 9:00am Royal Hours & Typika 3:00pm Great Vespers with the unnailing of Christ 6:00pm Holy Saturday Matins with the Lamentations 13 7 HOLY SATURDAY 9:00am: Vesperal (1st Paschal ) 11:00pm: Midnight Office, Rush Procession, Paschal Matins and of St. John Chrysostom 14 3:00pm Agape Vespers followed by feast free 15 Thomas Sunday free free 16 17 18 free free 19 20 free 6:00pm Great Vespers free 21 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine 6:00pm Great Vespers free free 22 Myrrh-bearing Women, St. Joseph of Arimethea and St. Nicodemus 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine 23 24 25 free 26 27 free 28 6:00pm Great Vespers 29 Paralytic 30 May 1 May 2 Mid-Pentecost May 3 May 4 May 5 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine 6:00pm Great Vespers free free Please consult the Sunday bulletin for changes to the monthly calendar.
YOU CAN HELP THE YOUTH GROUP OF SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH EARN DONATIONS JUST BY SHOPPING WITH YOUR FRED MEYER REWARDS CARD! Every quarter Fred Meyer sends a check to our church, which gets deposited into our Youth Group account to be used for camp and retreat scholarships and other activities. Here is how you can support our youth group: 1. Go to www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. 2. At the top right of the screen, click Sign in or Register 3. After signing in, click Re-enroll or link your Rewards Card now under the section Are you a Fred Meyer Customer? 4. In the search box, enter 91379 or Saint Herman Antiochian Orthodox Church 5. Click the button next to our church s name, then click Enroll. Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping the Youth Group of Saint Herman Church earn a donation! You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today. If you do not have a Rewards Card, it is available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store. For more information, please visit www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.
2018 Parish Life Conference Portland Don t Miss It! Dates: July 4 8, 2018 Venue: Red Lion Hotel on the River Hosted by: St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church Room rate: $129 (early bird) Hotel perks: Free high-speed Internet, free parking free shuttle to light rail station (easy access to downtown and other shopping areas tax-free shopping!) Here s what people are saying about Portland: Best U.S. tourism destination (U.S. Tourism Quality Performance Report) Food and drink capital of America (London Telegraph) One of 10 best food cities in America (Washington Post) #1 on American Greenest Cities list (Travel + Leisure) Best food town (Sunset)
2018 PLC in Portland The Highlights Early Bird Ticket Book: $170 (adults) $165 (teens) $125 (children) Room Rate: Portland) $129 (early bird great rate for Thursday Hospitality Night: Independence Day Party with Talent Show Friday Night: Bible Bowl followed by Swing Dance and Dessert Reception Saturday Morning: Brunch with Sayedna and Awards Saturday Afternoon: Oratorical Contest and Choir Festival Saturday Night: Hafli Sunday: Hierarchical Divine
Paschal Greetings Language Greeting Response English Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Greek Christos anesti! Alithos Anesti! Arabic El Messieh kahm! Hakken kahm! Russian Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese! Yupik Chris-toosaq Iloomun Ung-oiktuq! Ung-oiktuq! Spanish Cristo ha resucitado! En berdad ha resucitado! Romanian Hristos a inviat! Adevărat a înviat! German Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden! Paschal Greetings Language Greeting Response English Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Greek Christos anesti! Alithos Anesti! Arabic El Messieh kahm! Hakken kahm! Russian Khristos voskrese! Voistinu voskrese! Yupik Chris-toosaq Iloomun Ung-oiktuq! Ung-oiktuq! Spanish Cristo ha resucitado! En berdad ha resucitado! Romanian Hristos a inviat! Adevărat a înviat! German Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!