10748 E. 116 th Street Fishers, Indiana 46037 (317) 845-7755 www.stgindy.org V. Rev. Father Nabil L. Hanna, Pastor (317) 919-0841 pastor@stgindy.org Rev. James A. Childs, Deacon (317) 626-3943 jachilds555@gmail.com A Parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest TONE 6 AUGUST 7, 2016 EOTHINON 7 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST POST-FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST MARTYRS DOMETIOS OF PERSIA AND SOZON OF NICOMEDIA HIEROMARTYR NARCISSOS, PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM VENERABLE THEODOSIOS THE NEW OF THE PELOPONNESOS NIKANOR THE WONDERWORKER OF MT. KALISTRATOS SPECIAL CONCELEBRATION WITH THE CLERGY AND FAITHFUL OF HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, CARMEL, INDIANA Together for 100 years and counting Though St. George parish was established 90 years ago (1926), the people of Holy Trinity and of what would become St. George have been worshipping together for over a 100 years. The detail of the label on this historic photograph from 1916 shows the Greeks and the Syrians all together after a Hierarchical Liturgy with a visiting Archbishop from Syria.
WELCOME, HOLY TRINITY! A warm Welcome Fr. Vasilios (Bill) Bartz and to all the faithful of Holy Trinity to this joyful family reunion. A special welcome to Dn. Lucas Christensen, who is be celebrating his first Sunday as the new pastoral assistant at Holy Trinity and is our homilist today. God grant him and his family Many Years! Holy Trinity chanters, choir members, altar servers, ushers, etc., are invited to join in those respective functions. So that everyone s stewardship commitments will continue, uninterrupted, please clearly label checks or cash intended for Holy Trinity, and it will be directed to the right parish. Schedule of Regular Weekly Services Sundays: Matins, 8:50 AM Confession: After Saturday Vespers Divine Liturgy, 10 AM Wednesdays: Vespers, 6:30 PM Saturdays: During Sunday Matins Or by Appointment Great Vespers, 5 PM Remember to turn cell phones off! See Calendar for Feast Days and Other Weekday Services Scheduled Order for Holy Communion A Warm Welcome to Our Guests Members of the Orthodox Church age seven and above must prepare for Holy Communion with a recent confession, prayer, fasting from all food and drink from midnight (unless medical condition preclude it), being in church before the Epistle and Gospel readings, and being at peace with everyone. We are glad you are worshipping with us. Please note that Holy Communion is limited to members of the Orthodox Church in good standing, who have prepared with prayer, fasting and confession. As there are NO CHURCH SCHOOL classes today, children should sit with their parents and come to Communion with them. An usher will dismiss your row from the center aisle. Then return to your place by a side aisle for the prayers of thanksgiving and the final blessing and dismissal. Please let choir members pass when they come down for Communion. For all others though we cannot share Communion with you, since it is an expression of membership and full unity in faith you are welcome to come forward after the dismissal, receive a blessing and partake of the blessed bread (in the large bowls). Please also sign our guest book, and introduce yourself to Fr. Nabil during the coffee hour. You may inquire with him how you can become a member.
PA RT I : L I T U RGY VA R I AT I O N S 1 ST ANTIPHON (PSALMS 47.1; 64.7; 103.2; 97.9 LXX) Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. Refrain: Through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O Savior, save us. Who settest fast the mountains by Thy strength, Who art girded round about with power. Refrain Confession and majesty hast Thou put on, Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment. Refrain The mountains shall rejoice before the Lord, for He is come to judge the earth. Refrain Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Refrain 2 ND ANTIPHON (PSALM 86.1, 2, 5 LXX) His foundations are in the holy mountains. Refrain: Save us, O Son of God, Who wast transfigured on Mount Tabor, who sing unto Thee: Alleluia. The Lord loveth the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Refrain Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O City of God. Refrain A man will say: Sion is our Mother; and: that man was born in her; and: The Most High Himself hath founded her. Refrain Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. O only-begotten Son and immortal Word of God.
3 RD ANTIPHON (PSALM 88.1, 14, 15 LXX): APOLYTIKION OF THE FEAST AS REFRAIN (TONE 7) Of Thy mercies, O Lord, will I sing forever. Refrain: When Thou, O Christ our God, wast transfigured on the mountain, Thou didst reveal Thy glory to Thy disciples in proportion as they could to bear it. Let Thine everlasting light also enlighten us sinners, through the intercessions of the Theotokos. O Thou Bestower of light, glory to Thee. Μετεμορφώθης ε ν τώ ο ρει Χριστε ο Θεο ς, δει ξας τοι ς Μαθηται ς σου τη ν δο ξαν σου, καθώς η δυναντο. Λα μψον και η μι ν τοι ς α μαρτώλοι ς, το φώς σου το α ι διον, πρεσβει αις τη ς Θεοτο κου, φώτοδο τα δο ξα σοι. مل ا ج تجل ي جت أه يا املس يح ا إلهل عىل اجلبل اظهجرجت جمججد جك ل لتجالمي ذ جحسب ام اسجتطاعوا فأ ش ق لنا أيضا حنن الج جطأة نو جر جك الجزيل ب جشفاعا ت وا ل ج ة ا إلهل اي مان جح الن ور املججد كل. The heavens shall confess Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of saints. Refrain O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall they walk, and in Thy name shall they rejoice all the day long, and in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted. Refrain Clergy: Come, let us worship and fall down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, Who art risen from the dead, ENTRANCE HYMN People: who sing to Thee: Alleluia. APOLYTIKIA AFTER THE ENTRANCE When Mary stood at Thy grave, looking for Thy sacred body, angelic powers shone above Thy revered tomb, and the soldiers who were to keep guard became as dead men. Thou ledest Hades captive and wast Troparion of the Resurrection (Tone 6) Troparion of the Transfiguration (Tone 7) When, O Christ our God, Thou wast transfigured. not tempted thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world, O Thou, Who art risen from the dead, O Lord, glory to Thee.
Troparion of Pentecost (Tone 8, for Holy Trinity Parish) Blessed are You, O Christ our God, Who have shown the fishermen as wise men by sending down Your Holy Spirit upon them, and through them the whole world You drew into Your net, O Lover of mankind, glory to You. Ευ λογητο ς ει, Χριστε ο Θεο ς η μών, ο πανσο φους του ς α λιει ς α ναδει ξας, καταπε μψας αυ τοι ς το Πνευ μα το α γιον, και δι' αυ τών τη ν οι κουμε νην σαγηνευ σας φιλα νθρώπε, δο ξα σοι. Liberator of captives, Defender of the poor, the Physician of the sick and the Champion of kings, O Trophy-bearer, Great-martyr George, intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved. Troparion for St. George (Tone 4, Byzantine) مبا انك للمأ سوري جن حمر ر و معتق و للفقراء و املساكني عاضد و انرص و للمرىض طبيب و شاف و عن امللوك ماكحف و حمارب ا يا العظمي يف الشهداء جاورجيوس الالبس الظفر تشف ع اىل املس يح الاهل يف خالص نفوس نا. Thou wast transfigured on the mount, and Thy Disciples, insofar as they were able, beheld Thy glory, O Christ our God, so that, when they should see Thee crucified, they Kontakion of the Transfiguration (Tone 7) would remember that all Thy suffering was voluntary, and could declare to all the world that Thou art truly the effulgent Splendor of the Father. SCRIPTURE LESSONS Prokeimenon (Tone 6; Psalm 27.9, 1) O Lord, save your people, and bless your inheritance. Verse: To You, O Lord, have I cried, O my God. Reading from St. Paul s Letter to the Romans (15.1-7; 7 th Sunday after Pentecost) BRETHREN, we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves; let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him. For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell on me. For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures, we might have hope. May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with
one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew (9.27-35; 7 th Sunday of Matthew) AT THAT TIME, when Jesus was passing by, two blind men followed Him, crying aloud and saying, Have mercy on us, Son of David. When He entered the house, the blind men came to Him; and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. Then Jesus touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done to you. And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, See that no one knows it. But they went away and spread his fame through all that district. As they were going away, behold, a dumb demoniac was brought to Jesus. And when the demon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, Never was anything like this seen in Israel. But the Pharisees said, He casts out demons by the prince of demons. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity of the people. HOLY OBLATIONS AND PRAYER REQUESTS By the parish of St. George, for the good health of Metropolitan Nicholas of Detroit, of the Protopresbyter Vasilios Bartz, Dn. Lucas, Stacey, Theodore and Genevieve Christensen, and to all the faithful of Holy Trinity Church in Carmel. For safe travel and God s strength for the Protopresbyter Peter Chamberas and the Mission Team that is working in Guatemala and will be traveling back this week. by Hala and Riyad Bannourah, for the health of Tala and Tanya, and the health of the Bannourah, Shomaly, Musleh, Khoury, Abu-Sa'da and Ba'boul families, and for the repose of Suad Bannourah (5-year-memorial) and Basima Abu-Sa'da (5-year-memorial). By Susanne and Vicki Mesalam, eternal flowers for Gerry Reyes. By Wanda and Tony Nasser, eternal flowers for Gerry Reyes. By Marjorie Mesalam, eternal flowers for Gerry Reyes. By Jim and Debra Bell, eternal flowers for Gerry Reyes. By Jeffrey and Kathryn Deakyne, eternal flowers for Gerry Reyes. By Sotiris Avgoustis and Jean Molleston, eternal flowers for Gerry Reyes. By Gregory Mitchell, for the health of Edwin Jankura, Sr. A sign-up sheet for baking and offering the prosphora (altar bread) is posted on the bulletin board, next to the elevator. You can also contact Thelma Hoover at (317) 782-1633.
WE WILL RECITE THE LORD S PRAYER IN THREE LANGUAGES Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Πα τερ η μών, ο ε ν τοι ς ου ρανοι ς, α γιασθη τώ το ο νομα σου, ε λθε τώ η βασιλει α σου, γενηθη τώ το θε λημα σου ώς ε ν ου ρανώ και ε πι τη ς γη ς. Το ν α ρτον η μών το ν ε πιου σιον δο ς η μι ν ση μερον, και α φες η μι ν τα ο φειλη ματα η μών, ώς και η μει ς α φι εμεν τοι ς ο φειλε ταις η μών, και μη ει σενε γκῃς η μα ς ει ς πειρασμο ν, α λλα ρ υ σαι η μα ς α πο του πονηρου. أابان اذلي يف الساموات ل جي جتقجد س امس جك. ليأ ت ملكوت جك. لتكن مشيئت جك كام يف السام ء كذ جكل عىل الرض. خ جزبان اجلوهري أعط نا اليو جم. واتر ك لنا ما علينا كام نرت ك حنن ل جمن لنا عليه ول ت دخ لنا يف تربة لكن ن نا م جن الرشير. PA RT I I : A N N O U N C EMEN TS JOIN US FOR FELLOWSHIP FOLLOWING THE LITURGY: Coffee hour is hosted today by Brent and Elaine Eckhart and George Freije. Holy Trinity Church, to welcome Dn. Lucas, Stacey, Theodore and Genevieve Christensen on their first Sunday. The sign-up sheet for hosting coffee hour is on the bulletin board next to the elevator. We need people to sign up for the regular coffee hour as well as for the Church School snack. (Something simple is all that s expected, though you re welcome to do more for a special occasion.) PLEASE REGISTER YOUR CHILDREN FOR CHURCH SCHOOL Please see Superintendent Kathy Tingwald during coffee hour to register your children for the coming school. Even if your children were registered last year, please submit a new form for this year to verify our records. Children need to be at least three years old and potty trained. Classes will start on Sunday, August 21.
CELEBRATING THE DORMITION OF CHRIST S HOLY MOTHER Paraklesis (Supplication) to the Theotokos: 6:30 pm this Monday & Wednesday Please bring a list of the names of the sick or of any other living persons in need of prayer, to be remembered. Matins/Divine Liturgy for the Feast: 9/10 am Monday, August 15 MISSION TEAM TO EVANSVILLE: AUGUST 12-14 To help our St. Ananias mission church tear out a false floor and walls, to help prepare the building that they just purchased for renovation for Orthodox worship. Meals and hotel accommodations will be provided by the Evansville community. We will carpool from St. George, leaving Friday at 6 pm, August 12, and they will have dinner for us at the Acropolis Restaurant. We will work all day Saturday, and worship with them Sunday morning before returning. Contact Brad Tingwald (dbtingwald@sbcglobal.net) or Fr. Nabil (pastor@stgindy.org) for more information and to sign up. SIGN UP TO WORK AT TWO GREAT FESTIVALS Greek Fest Holy Trinity s Greek Fest will be August 26-28. Many of our parishioners worked at the Greek Festival the last two years, and members of Holy Trinity were a great help to us for our first Festival in Fishers, last year. Let us continue to help each other and learn from each other. Please consider volunteering at the Greek Fest. See Kevin Perry during the coffee hour today to sign up to help.
ST. GEORGE FESTIVAL Date and time: Sept. 16, 5:00-11:00 pm; Sept. 17, 12:00 to 11:00 pm. Please mark these dates and times on your calendar and prayerfully consider how you can help. St. George Festival presents our heritage of faith, hospitality, good food, music and crafts from our roots in the Holy Land, the Middle East and the cultures that make up our congregation. The family-oriented festival includes Middle Eastern foods, music, dancing, silent auction, church tours, a zip line and children s entertainment. The three purposes of the festival are: (1) Reaching out to the community and communicating the faith of Orthodox Christianity to the public; 2) Building community and strengthening fellowship within the congregation; and (3) Raising funds to support the building fund and other physical needs of the church. Silent Auction Coordinators: This is a critically important revenue source for the Festival. Dave (317-627-4135) and Randy George (317-544-5207, Randy@insurancebygeorge.com) are chairing it, but we still need everyone to help in soliciting items. They also have letters of introduction and donor forms you can use when you visit businesses to ask for items or gift certificates. Volunteers: We need YOU for volunteers for the following tents and areas: Grills, gyros, lamb shanks, falafel, vegetarian, honey balls, bar, bake shop, cash registers, church office, drinks, parking, runners, set-up and take-down, silent auction, and welcoming on the parking shuttles. See Sheila George (stgvolunteer@gmail.com) during coffee hour. Vendors: We are offering space (the size of an 8 table) for vendors for $150 indoors and $200 outdoors (as long as they are not duplicating something that the church is offering. See Riyad Bannourah (riyadsb61@aol.com), Festival Chairman. The deadline for vendor registration is August 15. Sponsorships: We need individual and corporate sponsors willing to donate $200, $500, or $1,000 to support the festival. Corporate and group sponsors will receive mention in all festival advertising and marketing material. See Duke Haddad (dhaddad324@gmail.com) or Scott Arbuckle (arsmar77@gmail.com). Deadline is August 15.
Cooking Workdays: Grape leaves, August 19 & 20, starting 9 am Kafta, 4:30 pm Thursday, August 25 3 pm Friday, August 26 9 am Saturday, August 27 More workdays to be announced Dancing: If you haven t yet, please see Samantha Saba for signing up your children and teens for dancing at the festival. Practice will be on Sundays, plus some Saturdays when we get close to the Festival. Adults, please see Diana Najjar. Advance Purchase Discount Coupons: See Vicki Mesalam to obtain discount coupons for your family and to give as gifts and to help us sell them. Every $25 coupon book, includes a bonus $5 coupon. Note: if you buy books for gifts, you are welcome to take them apart and to give only as many of the individual coupons as you want. Help us Spread the Word: Please take flyers and posters to put on bulletin boards at work or other public places. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stgfestival/ - get updates and invite your friends Get more information on our website at www.stgfest.org, where you your friends can also buy discount coupons only Follow us on Twitter @stgindyfest For questions about the above or anything else regarding the Festival, contact Chairman Riyad Bannourah (riyadsb61@aol.com), Assistant Chairman Scott Arbuckle (arsmar77@gmail.com), or the church office.
PARISH PRAYER LIST Please include in your daily prayers the following those struggling with acute illness and those newly departed this life from our parishioners and those for whom they have requested our prayers. (Names are kept for 40 days, the date indicated after the name, and may be renewed upon request of the patient/family.) LIVING Metropolitan Paul and Archbishop John Fr. Boniface Black, Philadelphia, 9/11 Fr. Matthew Gilbert, friend of Kh. Elaine, 8/15 Fr. Patrick Kinder, from Madison, Wisconsin, 8/10 The Mission Team traveling back from Guatemala: Fr. Peter Chamberas, Michael Young, Helen Young, Michael Julovich, Christine Julovich, Emily Neuendorf, Francis Anderson, Thomas Rigby, Patricia Rigby, Karen Gibson, Anastacia Young, and Mother Ines and all the nuns and orphans at the Hogar Raphael Ayau Messai Belayneh, on medical mission in Ivory Coast Persecuted Christians and All people suffering violence, captivity or homelessness throughout the world John Nasser, 9/12 Natalie Ashanin, Marquette Manor Health Center, 8/22 Robert Abraham, Riverview Hosp., 8/13 Kenneth Hanna, Clearvista Rehab., 8/9 Kh. Loretta Wilson, 9/15 Kristin Smith, friend of Sleders, 9/14 Zoe Denas, friend of Kh. Elaine, 8/20 Matthew Cooper and Dawn Michaelis, friends of Claire Dickinson, 8/20 Roger Dickinson, Brian s father, 8/20 Edwin Jankura Sr., Barbara Mitchell s father, 8/19 Donald Moffitt, cousin of Tony and Wanda Nasser, 8/14 Juanita Phillips, friend of Charles Thomas, 8/11 William Chance, friend of Thomas Kiritsis, 8/9 DEPARTED ST. GEORGE PARISH CALENDAR August 2016 Sun. 7 Holy Trinity Worshipping at St. George Matins, 8:50 am Choir practice, 9 am Divine Liturgy, 10 am Mon. 8 Paraklesis, 6:30 pm Wed. 10 Paraklesis, 6:30 pm Fri. 12 Sun. 14 Mission Work Trip to Evansville, depart St. George at 6 pm Friday Sat. 13 NO Vespers Service Sun. 14 Matins, 8:50 am Choir practice, 9 am Divine Liturgy, 10 am Mon. 15 Great Feast of the Dormition Matins, 9 am Divine Liturgy, 10 am Church School staff, 7 pm Tue. 16 Parish Council, 7 pm Wed. 17 Vespers, 6:30 pm Fri. 19 Festival Workday: grape leaves, 9 am Festival Workday: grape leaves, 9 am Great Vespers and confession, 5 pm Sat. 20 Fr. Jacques (Hamel) and all the victims of violence in recent terror attacks Fred Wilson, Fr. Athanasius brother, 9/15 Dusica, Fr. Dragan s grandmother, 9/13 Future Dates to Remember Richard Arbuckle, Scott s father, 8/13 Holy Trinity Festival: August 26-28 Arthur, Alexios Sleder s brother-in-law, 8/30 St. George Festival: September 16-17 Gerardo Reyes, brother of Eloisa Khoury, 8/26 Parish 90th Anniversary Celebration with George Boutros, Fr. Nabil's great uncle, 8/14 Metropolitan Joseph and Bishop Anthony: October 7-9 See the full calendar and the latest additions and updates at www.stgindy.org/calendar