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3rd SUNDAY OF LUKE (Gal 1: 11-19) October 10th 2010

It is with great pain that the Apostle Paul writes his letter to the

Churche which he founded through the grace of God. He witnessed

the newly-enlightened being carried away easily and veering of the

road to salvation and so tears of pain welled up in his eyes. When he

received news of their spiritual troubles, he would fall to his knees and

with fervent prayers he would ask the Lord to support their Christian

faith and grant them guidance. For the spread of the Lords Gospel

Paul suffered a great deal. Even though he bore the physical pain of

his wounds, the insults, the terrible persecutions, ridicule, and

floggings; it was the pain caused by the spiritual loss of the Christians

that caused him to suffer unimaginably.

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This is a letter written with such deep spiritual pain, it was also written

while Paul was imprisoned in Rome and was addressed to the Church

in Galatia. It is with much love brethren, and also with much effort and

great persistence that I preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to

you. These things that I teach you, I have not learned from another

man, but from Christ Himself, therefore there can be absolutely no

doubt about their authenticity. With these words we begin the Epistle

reading in our Churches today. The aim of the Apostle is to draw our

attention, so that we place the proper importance on his public

confession. He was prepared to reveal all of the dark secrets of his

previous life to the public. They needed to know the past as it actually

occurred, and not as the fanatical Jewish Christians were spreading in

all directions and especially towards the Galatians.

The Galatians had learnt the Christian faith from the Apostle Paul, and

they had believed in Christs Gospel through his preaching. Their

Church was indeed founded by Paul, but with the unbreakable

foundation that is Christ. In their hearts the Galatians were able to

clearly perceive this. The Apostle Paul did not leave any of their

questions unanswered; the Galatians had no doubts and had fully

believed and loved Paul. What happened then? How were so many

doubts about Pauls apostleship created in the minds of the Galatians?

Why did they place their spiritual Father in such a difficult position?

This was done by the fanatical Jewish-Christians, and what was it that

these people spread? To explain this we will use contemporary

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language and terminology so that everybody will understand what was

said in order to change the minds and the feelings of the Galatians. In

past homilies false-brethren have been referred to, these were the

people who held onto the circumcision and the letter of the law, and

believed that without this salvation did not exist. It is these same

fanatics who were able to persuade the Galatians that Paul was still

Saul; the one who persecuted the Christians, and spread fear and

horror where ever he went. They also said that Paul was not an

Apostle, that he was not one of the twelve and that he had no authority

to teach anything other than the Mosaic Law.

The Galatians, despite having Paul in high regard and respect, listened

to these words, and slowly-slowly began to change their opinion. Paul

found himself in prison, suffering for the truth of the Gospel, when he

found out about the way that members of the Galatian Church had

betrayed him, and so immediately began to write a letter to them.

Today a part of this letter is read in our Holy Churches, it is the part of

the letter where Paul makes his public confession. He clearly states

for the Galatians and every generation of the faithful up to today, who

he was before meeting Christ and what he became through knowing

Christ. He was not embarrassed to confess publicly the truth and to

allow the people to make their own conclusions.

We hear him say to the Galatians today: you have been informed by

these false-brethren, that I was indeed a terrifying persecutor of

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Christians and the Gospel of Christ, you know that I spread terror

amongst every class of Christian. You know that I had no friendships

and that I had nothing to do with the twelve Apostles, except for Peter

for 15 days and for a short time with James the Brother of Christ. You

know all of these things that they have told you with such fanaticism.

You know that I was not taught about Christianity and about the eternal

life and salvation. It is necessary for me to tell you these things, since I

now find myself imprisoned for the sake of our Lord, while these false-

brethren who do not suffer at all tell you these things with a deceitful

and cunning aim.

I will therefore not focus on the things that you already know, but rather

on those that you do not. Christ Himself appeared to me, I saw Him

with my own two eyes, He spoke to me personally, and I heard Him

with my own ears. He sent me to preach His Gospel to the Nations.

He informed me of His mission of Salvation, and He enlightened me

with the Holy Spirit so that I would be able to properly guide the people

who have accepted the truth of his Gospel.

So for this reason dear brethren it is important that we love and take

care of our shepherds, the ones who are constantly at the bastions of

their spiritual mission for our spiritual protection and progress. We

should never become the cause of embitterment for them, but rather

we should offer them joy and peace.

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News from our Community-Parish

BaptismOn Saturday afternoon 2nd October, the baptism of the charming

daughter of Mr Matthew and Mrs Stavroula Vilios took place at our

Church. The godmother Mrs Haroula Makris gave her the name Chloe.

May the parents of the newly-baptized rejoice in her always joyful and

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blessed by God. May the godmother have enlightenment to counsel

and guide her according to Gods Holy Commandments.

Death-FuneralLast Monday morning 4th October 2010, Mrs Gregoria Lykoyiannis of

Kalyvia-Bartholomios-Ilia passed away in hospital, aged 87 years. Her

funeral took place at our Church last Friday. More details of the service

in the next Newsletter. The Priest, President and and the members of

the Executive Committee and Philoptohos extend their sincere

condolences to the children and family of the departed and pray they

may have strength and comfort from above.

Annual General Meeting of the PhiloptohosToday Sunday 10th October at 3 pm, the Annual General Meeting ofour Philoptohos will be held in our Community Centre Hall. Please

would all ladies who can spare a few hours to help their fellow-man join

the Committee of our Philoptohos. Many hands make light work. The

Church appeals to all ladies in our Parish to take part and allow those

heroines who have been serving our Parish faithfully for the last almost

fifty years to take a little rest.

Those who do not know what the important role of the Philoptohos

entails, come and learn more at the meeting today. People who offer

wholeheartedly their services are the first to taste the sweet fruits of

their labour. If you have not yet become a member, come and try. We

look forward to welcoming you.

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Annual General MeetingOn Sunday 24th October 2010 at 1 pm, the Annual General Meeting of

our Community-Parish will take place in the schoolroom of our

Community Centre. Invitations have been posted and you should soon

receive them. With the help of God and our devoted parishioners, our

Community-Parish has achieved a lot and continues its progress in all

spheres. For the success of the programs which every Executive

Committee plans, positive response from all the members of our

Community-Parish is vital. Please arrange your various activities so

that they do not hinder your participation at this meeting. The annual

membership subscription is only $5. Surely the cost cannot discourage

joining. We look forward to seeing you there.

Bible StudyWith the film of the Divine Liturgy in the Community Centre Hall last

Wednesday evening, the series of studies on our liturgical wealth came

to an end. This coming Wednesday evening, we shall be studying the

Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. The discussions take place in

the rooms of the Community Centre every Wednesday evening, 7 pm

8 pm. Everyone is welcome.

Sunday SchoolOur Community-Parish Sunday School runs three classes every

Sunday morning from 9.30 am 10.20 am. All children from 5 16

years old are welcome to take part in the singing, games and lessons.

The Sunday School teachers have asked the Newsletter Committee to

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write a few words every week from the basic catechism. In this way,

everyone can have reliable information about our Orthodox faith.

Creation: On the first day, God created light. On the secondday, He created the firmament and separated earth from sky.

On the third day, He separated the dry land from the sea and

created the vegetation of the earth. On the fourth day, He

created the sun, moon and stars. On the fifth day, He created

the fish and the birds. On the sixth day, He created animal andman. Before material creation, God created the angels and the

entire intelligible and invisible world. Afterwards, He created

the perceptible world and the entire physical creation and

finally, man. First, He created Adam and next, from his side,

Eve. Man comprises soul and body. Soul did not exist beforethe body nor the body before the soul, but man was created as

a whole. Man is the summary of all creation because he

consists of the intelligible and the perceptible. He is a

microcosm within the wider world. Paradise, where man was

placed when he was created, is perceptible and intelligible.

Perceptible, because it was a definite place and intelligible,

because man had the grace of God. That he was at one with

the grace of God is apparent from the fact that he was naked

yet did not feel naked.

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Then God said,

"Let Us make man

in Our image,

according to Our

likeness; let themhave dominion

over the fish of

the sea, over the

birds of the air,

and over the

cattle, over all the

earth and overevery creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

So God created man in His own image; in the image

of God He created him; male and female He created

them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them,

"Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it;

have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds

of the air, and over every living thing that moves on

the earth."

And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that

yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and

every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be

for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every

bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on theearth, in which there is life, I have given every green

herb for food"; and it was so.

Then God saw everything that He had made, and

indeed it was very good. So the evening and the

morning were the sixth day.