Nativity of Our Lord Orthodox Church
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| Nativity of Our Lord Orthodox Church http://nativityorthodox.com/ 8911 Weems Road Manassas, Virginia 20110 Fr. Nectarios Trevino opriest@gmail.com 703.629.0414 May 28, 2017 Let all who enter our Holy Church heed the words of the Cherubic Hymn: “Let us now lay aside all earthy cares” The reason why God has accorded us this present life is to give us a place for repentance. Were this not the case, a person who sinned would at once be deprived of this life. For otherwise of what use would it be to him? St. Gregory Palamas DAILY SCRIPTURE READING & LIVES OF THE SAINTS SAINTS AND FEASTS Fathers of the 1st Council The Holy Hieromartyr Eutychius, Bishop of Melitene Nikitas, Bishop of Chalcedon Eutechios, Bishop of Mytilene ΛΩ
Page 1 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin Prayers & Readings Saints Prayer Before Reading Holy Scripture O Master Who loves mankind, illuminate our hearts with the pure light of Your divine knowledge and open the eyes of our mind to understand the teachings of Your Gospel. Instill in us also the fear of Your blessed commandments, that we may overcome all carnal desires, entering upon a spiritual life and understanding and acting in all things according to Your holy will. For You are the enlightenment of our souls and bodies, O Christ God, and to You we give glory together with Your eternal Father and Your all-holy, gracious and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.
Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36 Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Daniel 3.26,27 Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers. Verse: For you are just in all you have done. IN THOSE DAYS, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Fathers of the 1st Council The Gospel According to John 17:1-13 At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God,
St. Anna, Mother of the Theotokos St. Elizabeth, Mother of the Forerunner St. Sabbas the Sanctified of Palestine St. Irene Chrysovolantou For Safe Childbirth St. Eleftherios For the Care & Protection of Infants St. Stylianos For Young People Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Wonderworker Delivery from Sudden Death St. Barbara the Great Martyr
Holy Martyr Boniface & the Righteous Aglais
St. Nicholas: in general, & specifically for sea travel
St. John the Russian: for transport, auto, busses St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople: for safety at sea
St. Eustathius the Page 2 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now, Father, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made. "I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are mine; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."
Prayer Of Saint Basil I thank you, Christ and Master our God, King of the ages and Creator of all things, for all the good gifts you have given me, and especially for the participation in your pure and life-giving mysteries. I, therefore, pray to you, good and loving Lord: keep me under your protection and under the shadow of your wings. Grant that to my last breath I may with a pure conscience partake worthily of your gifts for the forgiveness of sins and for eternal life. For you are the bread of life, the source of holiness, the giver of all good things, and to you we give glory, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
O You Who on the sixth day and hour nailed to the cross the sin which rebellious Adam committed in Paradise, Tear asunder also the bond of our iniquities, O Christ our God, and save us. Prayer of St. Basil God, Lord of hosts and Maker of all creation, who in Your great compassion and mercy sent down Your Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for the redemption of mankind and by His precious Cross destroyed the record of our sins, triumphing over the source and power of darkness: O Lord and Lover of mankind, accept also the thanksgiving and fervent prayers of us sinners. Deliver us from every dark and harmful transgression and from all the visible and invisible enemies that seek to Cobbler of Georgia
St. Panteleimon The Holy Unmercenaries, Saints Cosmas & Damian
St. Euphrosynos the Cook St. Sergius of Radonezh: for baking Sts. Spyridon & Nikodim of Kievo-Pechersk: Prosphora making For Trading St. Paraskeva For Headaches Holy New Martyr Demas of Smyrna
St. Paraskeva For Ears St. Spyridon the Wonderworker
St. Antipas of Pergamum For Hernias & Intestinal Disorders Holy Great Martyr Artemius St. Artemius of Verkola For Throat St. Blaise of Sebastia For Finding Employment St. Xenia of St. Petersburg
Page 3 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin destroy us. Nail our flesh to the fear of You, and do not incline our hearts to deceitful words or thoughts, but wound our souls with love for You, that always looking to You, guided by Your light, and seeing You, the eternal and ineffable Light, we may give You unceasing praise and thanksgiving: to the Father without beginning, with Your Only-Begotten Son and Your all-holy, good and life-giving Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen. 1.
In his youth, he renounced the world and withdrew to a life of monastic asceticism. Shining with virtues as the sun, he was noticed by the elders of the Church and was elevated to the episcopal throne of Chalcedon. As a bishop, he was especially merciful toward the less fortunate and greatly concerned himself about orphans, widows and the poor. When the evil Leo the Armenian rose up against icons Nicetas courageously stood up in defense of icons denouncing the emperor and explaining the meaning of icons. Consequently, he endured great humiliation, calumny and imprisonment. Finally, he was banished into exile for his confession of faith and in his labors and sufferings presented himself to the Lord to receive the wreath of glory in the kingdom of God. 2. THE HOLY FEMALE MARTYR HELICONIS Heliconis was born in Thessalonica and was educated in Christian piety. During the reign of Gordian and Philip, she moved to Corinth where she openly denounced all those who offered sacrifices to the idols. When Perinus the mayor counseled her to offer a sacrifice to the idol Aesculapius, this martyr of Christ said to him: "Hear me, I am a handmaiden of Christ and who Aesculapius is, I do not know. Do with me what you will." For this, she was brought to trial and endured terrible tortures. She was cast into fire and much blood poured from her body which extinguished the fire and she remained alive. She was cast before lions but the lions did not touch her but fawned around her. Admitted into the temple, allegedly to offer sacrifices to the idols, she destroyed the idols, and by this, embittered the torturer even more. Lying wounded in prison, the Lord Himself appeared to her with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. He healed her wounds, comforted and strengthened her. After that she was led to the scaffold to be beheaded. Before her beheading, Heliconis raised her arms high and prayed that God receive her and unite her with His lambs in the heavenly enclosure. When she completed her prayer, a voice was heard from heaven: "Come daughter, a wreath and a throne is prepared for you!" Finally, she was beheaded and received the wreath of glory from God to Whom, out of love, she sacrificed herself as an innocent and pure lamb. 3. SAINT IGNATIUS OF ROSTOV As a hierarch, he governed the flock of Christ for twenty-six years with great love and compassion. When he died and as his body was being placed in church, some of those who were present witnessed as his body rose from the coffin into the air above the church and from the heights, he blessed the people and the town. Afterward his body returned to his coffin. Many other miracles appeared over his grave. He presented himself to the Lord on May 28, 1288 A.D. The Three Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory the
Theologian St. Sergius of Radonezh St. John of Kronstadt St. Justin the Philosopher For Church-Chanting St. Romanos the Melodist
St. Luke the Apostle and Evangelist St. John of Damascus For Patient Endurance of Affliction St. Job the Much- Suffering Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia: especially in freezing cold weather Holy Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion For Protection Against Thieves St. Gregory the Wonderworker of Kievo- Pechersk
For Stone-workers Holy Martyrs Florus & Laurus
Holy Archangel Michael St. George the Great Martyr
St. Barbara the Great Martyr
For Spiritual Help, Consolation & Compunction Page 4 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin HYMN OF PRAISE SAINT HELICONIS Heliconis, courageous martyr, Pure of soul, most beautiful countenance, In Corinth, the city of idols Proclaimed the word about the only God Corinthians, by darkness deceived, In demonical bonds, tied You worship all and all things But, not the One God Most High! God is One, the idols are many, God is One, the devils are many. One God is the Creator, the Omnipotent, Of all creation, the good Provider, He created all, He sustains all To everything living, He gave the breath of life, He moves everything with power and wisdom, Caresses all with divine mercy. He is the Lord of earth and heaven, Him only we should worship. Corinthians wealthy and glorious Why, in the faith, are you such a nothing? REFLECTION Only a proud man is always prepared to equate Christ with other great men. Even though it is obvious at first glance, that great men are one thing and the Lord Christ another, just as creation is one thing and the Creator is another. Christ is not only great but He is the Creator and Source and Inspirer of every true greatness in the history of mankind. Napoleon, one of the transient great men in exile and misery on the island of St. Helena, uttered these words: "Alexander, Caesar, Hannibal, Louis XIV, with all their genius, are nothing. They have conquered the world and were unable to gain one friend. And behold, Christ calls and instantly entire generations are united in a bond closer and stronger than the bond of blood. Christ ignites the fire of love which consumes all egoism and surpasses whatever kind of love you desire." CONTEMPLATION To contemplate the Grace of God the Holy Spirit in the Mystery [Sacrament] of Holy Matrimony: 1. How that Grace, during marriage, lawfully sanctifies the physical bond of two human beings for the sake of the procreation of children; 2. How It unites, illumines and strengthens, through love, the union of two souls: husband and wife. HOMILY
About the power of the Mystery [Sacrament] of Matrimony "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cling to his wife St. Ephraim the Syrian St. Alexis the Man of God St. Seraphim of Sarov For a Good End to One's Life Holy Archangel Michael St. Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople For Captives and Court Cases St. Onouphrios the Great St. Peter of Athos St. George the Great Martyr
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker St. John the Almsgiver of Alexandria St. John of Kronstadt For Finding Things St. Phanourios the Great Martyr St. Menas the Great Martyr of Egypt For Meeting a Difficult Situation, an Interview, Etc. St. David the Prophet, Psalmist & King The Holy Unmercenaries & Healers SS. Cosmas & Damian of Rome SS. Panteleimon & Hermolaus St. Julian the Martyr St. John of Kronstadt St. Nectarios of Aegina Holy Archangel Raphael Page 5 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin and they shall be one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is God's will that the human race multiply; it is God's artful manner how the human race is being multiplied. It is God's mystery how man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife. To leave your parents does not mean to abandon your parents but rather to become parents yourself. When children become parents, they are no longer only children, but are companions of their parents. When wedded sons learn of the mystery and pain of childbirth, they then respect their parents even more. The marital union can never free a man from having respect and obedience toward his parents. The original commandment of God to honor your parents must be fulfilled. But, according to the natural cycle of things, a man leaves his parents and becomes a parent himself; he becomes a founder of a new future while his parents depart, having completed their role in the world. However, everything is not in "leaving" the parents. By a certain incomprehensible mystery, man clings to his wife and detaches himself from his parents. St. Theodoretus writes: "Christ Himself left his Father on high and united Himself to the Church." My brethren, matrimony is a great and miraculous mystery, one of the greatest mysteries of God's plan. A pure and honorable marriage is overly replete with sublimeless. A pure and honorable marriage, in the fear of God, is a vessel of the Grace of the Holy Spirit. Whoever disdains marriage disdains the Spirit of God. Whoever defiles marriage with impurity, blasphemes against the Spirit of God. Whoever abstains from marriage for the sake of the kingdom of God must, in a different manner, prepare himself as a vessel of the Holy Spirit and, in the spiritual realm, make himself fruitful in order not to be cut down as the barren fig tree. O God, Holy Spirit Almighty, assist those who are in the state of matrimony, that in purity, fear and mutual love be as the Church of God in which You joyfully abide and govern all things for good.
St. George: cattle & herds St. Parthenius of Radovysdius: cattle SS. Spevsippus, Elesippus & Melevsippus: horses
St. Tryphon: geese For Protection of Crops from Pests St. Michael of Synnada For the Protection of Gardens Against Pests Holy Great Martyr Tryphon: also for hunters and Patron of Moscow Against Demons & Witchcraft SS. Cyprian & Justina St. Theodore Sykeote St. Mitrophan of Voronezh
St. John the Forerunner St. Demetrios the Great Martyr
St. John the Much- Suffering Holy Martyr Theodore the Byzantine Holy Martyr Ignatios of Athos
St. Mary of Egypt St. Joseph the All-Comely St. Susanna [Old Testament] For Mental Disorders St. Naum of Ochrid St. Anastasia St. Gerasimos of Cephalonia: the possessed Page 6 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin Against Plague St. Haralambos St. Marina the Great Martyr
For Help Against Quick- Temper & Despondency St. Tikhon of Zadonsk For Workers in Hospitals Holy Unmercenaries Saints Cosmas & Damian St. Dositheus, Disciple of Abba Dorotheus
Holy Apostle Nathaniel & St. Paul the Simple * Reprinted from Orthodox Family Life. Volume 3, Issue 3. Spring 1998 ***
Wednesday – 10:00 A.M. Spanish Liturgy – Saturday – 6:30 P.M. Sunday English Divine Liturgy – 10:00 A.M. VESPERS Saturday – 5:00 P.M. CONFESSIONS Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:00 P.M. By appointment Before Sunday Divine Liturgy ORTHODOX WORKER MEALS TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS – 11:30 A.M TO 1:00 P.M
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Page 8 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin MIND THE SPIRITUAL GAP! WHEN DID YOU LAST INITIATE THE HOLY MYSTERY OF REPENTANCE? * IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS OCCURRING IN GOD'S CHURCH, ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN HIS CHURCH. AND YOU MAY ASK! “Only two kinds of men publicly admit to doing evil: those who repent of their deeds and are willing to accept the consequences for having acted wrongly, and those who are comfortable with their conduct and believe that no serious consequences will come from divulging it.” Page 9 of 9 | Sunday Bulletin Yüklə 297,05 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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