THIS WEEK S SERVICES April 16 April 23 Sun. Apr 16 3:00pm: Agape Vespers followed by Feast Tue. May 3 6:30pm: Bright Week Vespers Sat. May 7 6:30pm: Great Vespers Sun. May 8 9:00am: Matins Sun. May 8 10:00am: Divine PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS WELCOME to all who are visiting with us today! We hope you will feel at home here and, if you do not already have a church home, will consider becoming a part of the Saint Herman Church community. AGAPE VESPERS: If you want to read the Gospel in a foreign language at Agape Vespers, then please contact Fr. Matthew PASCHA FEAST NEWS: Easter Egg hunt will be about 10 minutes after the end of Agape Vespers. From Pascha Sunday to the Sunday of Pentecost, the troparion O Heavenly King is not sung. PASCHAL PRAYERS: From the Great and Holy Sunday of Pascha through Bright Saturday, we read the Paschal Office in place of Morning and Evening Prayers at our homes, as well as in place of Compline, Midnight Office, the Hours, and the Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy Communion. It is also read on the leave-taking of Pascha. COUNTRY FAIR WILL BE JUNE 3 Mark your calendar and watch for information in the coming weeks. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION On break until August 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 Contact Information 6988 N. En Dove Road Wasilla, Alaska 99654 Pastor s Phone: (907)373-5254 priest@sainthermanwasilla.org www.sainthermanwasilla.org PASCHA!!! April 16, 2017 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 This is the day which the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad therein! O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; His mercy endureth forever. The Reading from the Acts of the Apostles. (1:1-8) In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up, after He had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen. To them He presented Himself alive after His passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, You heard from Me; for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. So when they had come together, they asked Him, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth. THE GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (1:1-17) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, yet the world knew Him not. He came to His own home, and His own people received Him not. But to all who received Him, who believed in His Name, He gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of THE GOSPEL (CONTINUED) grace and truth; we have beheld His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to Him, and cried, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me ranks before me, for He was before me. ) And from His fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. SAINTS & FEASTS OF THE DAY Sunday of Great and All-Holy Pascha A GOOD WORD If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in fasting, let him now receive his recompense Wherefore, enter you all into the joy of your Lord; and receive your reward, both the first, and likewise the second. You rich and poor together, hold high festival. You sober and you heedless, honor the day. Rejoice today, both you who have fasted and you who have disregarded the fast. The table is full-laden; feast ye all sumptuously. The calf is fatted; let no one go hungry away. Enjoy ye all the feast of faith: Receive ye all the riches of loving-kindness. Let no one bewail his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one weep for his iniquities, for pardon has shown forth from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Savior's death has set us free. He that was held prisoner of it has annihilated it. By descending into Hell, He made Hell captive. He embittered it when it tasted of His flesh. And Isaiah, foretelling this, did cry: Hell, said he, was embittered, when it encountered Thee in the lower regions. It was embittered, for it was abolished. It was embittered, for it was mocked. It was embittered, for it was slain. It was embittered, for it was overthrown. It was embittered, for it was fettered in chains. It took a body, and met God face to face. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took that which was seen, and fell upon the unseen. O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory? Christ is risen, and you are overthrown! Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen! Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice! Christ is risen, and life reigns! Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave! For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. To Him be glory and dominion unto ages of ages. Amen. -- The Paschal Homily of St. John Chrysostom
His Eminence The Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All North America ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA PASCHA 2017 All creatures have been filled with light, the heaven and the earth, and all that is below the earth. Let all creation, therefore, celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, in which it is strengthened. Paschal Canon, Ode 3 Beloved in Christ, CHRIST IS RISEN! INDEED HE IS RISEN! Having struggled together through the, we have arrived at the Tomb of Christ and joyfully find it transformed from a place of gloom into a source of brilliance that permeates all the regions in heaven and on earth and under the earth. (Phil. 2:10). In accord with His will, God has called us to be shepherds of His people in challenging times. It seems that, in so many corners of our contemporary world, the darkness is deepening and the reign of death is expanding. But as we now stand together before the empty Tomb, we receive a light never overtaken by night which dispels every shadow. We receive a new life that shatters the power of death. Darkness flees and death is slain! In this new light and life, we and indeed all creation are strengthened, confirmed in our zeal to proclaim glad tidings of the triumphant Resurrection, which has liberated the universe from the tyranny of corruption. My brothers and concelebrants, as we partake of Christ in the Kingdom s day, which setteth not, let us renew our bonds of faithfulness and unity in the Risen Christ, in whose High Priesthood we have been deemed worthy to share. +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
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The Paschal Office For use throughout Bright (Renewal) Week From the Great and Holy Sunday of Pascha through Bright Saturday, we read the Paschal Office in place of Morning and Evening Prayers at our homes, as well as in place of Compline, Midnight Office, the Hours, and the Prayers of Thanksgiving after Holy Communion. It is also read on the leave-taking of Pascha. The instructions below account for when we say the Paschal Office privately at home or in church worship. If said privately at home: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us, and save us. Amen. If said in church worship: PRIEST: Blessed is our God, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. READER: Amen. PASCHAL APOLYTIKION (Tone 5 or Plain Reading) Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death; and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! (thrice) IN THAT WE HAVE BEHELD (Plain Reading) In that we have beheld the Resurrection of Christ, let us bow down before the Holy Lord Jesus, the only sinless One. Thy Cross do we adore, O Christ, and Thy Holy Resurrection we praise and glorify: for Thou art our God, and we know none other beside Thee; we call upon Thy Name. O come, all ye faithful, let us adore Christ s Holy Resurrection. For lo, through the Cross is joy come into all the world. Ever blessing the Lord, let us sing His Resurrection: for in that He endured the Cross for us, He hath destroyed Death by death. (thrice) HYPAKOE OF PASCHA (Tone 4 or Plain Reading) They who were with Mary came before the dawn, found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher, and heard the angels say unto them: Why seek ye Him as man with the dead, Who dwells in light eternal? Behold the grave wrappings; make haste and declare to the world that the Lord is risen, and hath caused death to die; for He is the Son of God, the Savior of mankind. Great & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 1 Great & Holy Pascha
KONTAKION OF PASCHA (Tone 8 or Plain Reading) O Immortal One, when Thou didst descend into the tomb, Thou didst destroy the power of Hades; and Thou didst rise victorious, O Christ God. Thou hast said to the ointment-bearing women: Rejoice! And Thou gavest peace to Thy Disciples, O Bestower of Resurrection to those Who had fallen. TROPARIA OF THE PASCHAL OFFICE (Plain Reading) In the grave with the body but in Hades with the soul as God; in paradise with the thief, and on the throne with the Father and the Holy Spirit wast Thou, O Christ, filling all things, Thyself uncircumscribed. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As life-bearing, as more splendid than paradise and more radiant than any royal chamber, O Christ, is shown forth from Thy tomb the fountain of our Resurrection. Both now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Rejoice, O thou hallowed, divine abode of the Most High, for through thee, O Theotokos, was joy given unto those who cry aloud to thee: Blessed art thou among women, O allundefiled Lady. Lord, have mercy. (40 times) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, thou who without corruption bearest God the Word and art truly Theotokos: we magnify thee. If said privately at home: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us, and save us. Amen. If said in church worship: READER: Bless, father, in the Name of the Lord. PRIEST: Through the prayers of our holy fathers, O Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy upon us and save us. READER: Amen. Great & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 2 Great & Holy Pascha
When the Paschal Office is said in place of Compline or Evening Prayers, we insert the following prayer. In church, the priest offers it; in private, the layperson. A PRAYER OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Master Almighty, Who hast lightened the day with the light of the sun and hast illumined the night with flashes of fire, Who hast vouchsafed us to pass through the length of the day and to draw near to the beginning of the night; hearken to our prayer and to that of all Thy people; and, having pardoned us all our voluntary and involuntary sins, receive our evening supplications, and send down the multitude of Thy mercy and compassions upon Thine inheritance. Wall us in with Thy holy angels. Arm us with the armor of Thy righteousness. Make a bulwark about us with Thy truth. Guard us with Thy power. Deliver us from all oppression and every plot of the adversary. Grant us also that the present evening with the coming night and all the days of our life may be holy, perfect, peaceful and sinless, without stumbling-blocks and without fantasy, through the intercessions of the All-holy Theotokos and of all the saints, who in all ages have been well pleasing unto Thee. For Thine it is to have mercy on us and to save us, O our God, and unto Thee we ascribe glory: to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. PASCHAL APOLYTIKION (Tone 5 or Plain Reading) Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death; and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! (thrice) Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen. Lord, have mercy. (thrice) If said privately at home: Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death; and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! (once) If said in church worship: READER: Father, bless. This concludes the Paschal Office when said privately at home. Great & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 3 Great & Holy Pascha
THE DISMISSAL (**Offered only by the priest in church worship**) PRIEST: May He Who is risen from the dead, trampling down Death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life, Christ our true God, through the intercessions of His all-immaculate and all-blameless holy Mother; (on Pascha, say everything below) On Monday, say: by the protection of the honorable Bodiless Powers of Heaven; On Tuesday, say: at the supplication of the honorable, glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John; On Wednesday and Friday, say: by the might of the precious and life-giving Cross; On Thursday, say: at the supplication of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles; of our father among the saints, Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia; On Saturday, say: at the supplication of the holy, glorious and right-victorious Martyrs; of our venerable and God-bearing Fathers; If replacing post-communion prayers, add: of our father among the saints, John Chysostom, archbishop of Constantinople, whose Divine we have now celebrated; of our venerable and God-bearing father Herman of Alaska, the patron and protector of this holy community; of the holy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna; of Saints (Nn.), whose memory we celebrate today, and of all the saints: have mercy on us and save us, forasmuch as He is good and loveth mankind. If the Paschal Office will precede Vespers or Orthros, the choir sings Amen and the Priest immediately begins the next service with the words Glory to the Holy, Consubstantial, Life-giving and Undivided Trinity. Otherwise, finish the Paschal Office with the order below. PRIEST: PEOPLE: PRIEST: PEOPLE: PRIEST: PEOPLE: Christ is risen! (thrice) Indeed He is risen! (thrice) Glory to His Holy Third-day Resurrection! We adore His Holy Third-day Resurrection! Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life! Great & Holy Pascha Paschal Office 4 Great & Holy Pascha
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!
Page 1 of 2 SAINT HERMAN OF ALASKA ORTHODOX CHURCH 6988 N En Dove Rd - Wasilla, AK 99654 Reverend Matthew Howell, Pastor (907)373-5254 APRIL 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Mar 26 St. John of the Ladder (Climacus) Mar 27 Mar 28 Mar 29 Mar 30 Mar 31 1 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine : wine & oil allowed 6:00pm: Great Compline 6:00pm: Little Compline with complete Canon of St. Andrew 6:00pm: Presanctified followed by soup supper 6:00pm: Little Compline with the complete Akathist Hymn 7:00pm: Financial Peace University (8 of 9) 6:00pm Great Vespers 6:45pm Choir Practice : wine & oil allowed 2 St. Mary of Egypt 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lazarus Saturday 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine : wine & oil allowed 6:00pm: Great Compline 6:00pm: Presanctified followed by soup supper 6:00pm: Little Compline with Canon for St. Lazarus 7:00pm: Financial Peace University (9 of 9) Orthros 9:00am 9:45am 6:00pm Great Vespers with Litia 7:00pm Choir Practice : wine & oil allowed 9 PALM SUNDAY 10 11 12 13 14 15 9:00am Matins 10:00am Divine 6:00pm: Bridegroom Matins : fish, wine, & oil allowed 8:00am: Presanctified 6:00pm: Bridegroom Matins 8:00am: Presanctified 6:00pm: Bridegroom Matins with Hymn of Kassiani 8:00am: Presanctified 6:00pm: Holy Unction 8:00am: Vesperal of St. Basil the Great for the Mystical Supper 6:00pm: Holy Friday Matins with the 12 Passion Gospels 9:00am: Royal Hours 3:00pm: Great Vespers with the unnailing 6:00pm: Holy Saturday Matins with Lamentations followed by all-night vigil 9:00am: Vesperal with Chrismation of Joshua Elliott 11:00pm: Midnight Office, Rush Procession, Paschal Matins and of St. John Chrysostom 16 PASCHA 17 18 19 20 21 22 3:00pm: Agape Vespers followed by Feast and Easter egg hunt for children 6:00pm Bright Week Vespers 6:00pm Great Vespers free until Ascension 23 Thomas Sunday free 24 25 free free 26 free 27 28 free free 29 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine 6:00pm Daily Vespers 6:00pm Great Vespers 30 Myrrh-bearing Women, St. Joseph of Arimethea and St. Nicodemus 9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine May 1 May 2 6:00pm Daily Vespers free free May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 6:00pm Great Vespers http://sainthermanwasilla.org/calendar/month_print.php
YES (Youth Equipped to Serve) is the youth program of FOCUS North America. YES is coming to your community! WHEN? Friday, May 5 th Sunday, May 7 th, 2017 WHAT? WHO? A wonderful opportunity to serve and love our most needy neighbors in Anchorage, AK. 13 years old through College Students WHERE? We will meet at 5pm on Friday and stay Friday and Saturday nights at St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral: 401 Turpin St, Anchorage, AK 99504. The service learning weekend will come to a close following on Sunday, May 7 th. COST? A registration gift of $165 a person will cover all trip expenses, make it possible for the YES Program to prepare and execute the trip, and enable our service team to meet the needs of those we serve. HOW DO I REGISTER? ANY QUESTIONS? www.yesnorthamerica.org Please contact Katrina Bitar, YES Program Director: Kbitar@focusna.org or Christina Saad, Trip Leader: christinasaad89@gmail.com