JUBILEE 85TH ANNIVERSARY

SUNDAY WEEKLY BULLETIN May 18th , 2014 V. Rev. Archimandrite Eugene N. Pappas

Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 11:19-30

Προκείµενον. Ἦχος δ. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 103.24,1 Ὡς ἐµεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε, πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας. Στίχ. Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή µου τὸν Κύριον. Ἐν ταῖς ἡµεραῖς ἐκείναις, διασπαρέντες οἱ Ἀπόστολοι ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενοµένης ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ διῆλθον ἕως Φοινίκης καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀντιοχείας, µηδενὶ λαλοῦντες τὸν λόγον εἰ µὴ µόνον Ἰουδαίοις. Ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι, οἵτινες εἰσελθόντες εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, ἐλάλουν πρὸς τοὺς Ἑλληνιστάς, εὐαγγελιζόµενοι τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν. Καὶ ἦν χεὶρ κυρίου µετʼ αὐτῶν· πολύς τε ἀριθµὸς πιστεύσας ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον. Ἠκούσθη δὲ ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἐν Ἱεροσολύµοις περὶ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν Βαρνάβαν διελθεῖν ἕως Ἀντιοχείας· ὃς παραγενόµενος καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐχάρη, καὶ παρεκάλει πάντας τῇ προθέσει τῆς καρδίας προσµένειν τῷ κυρίῳ· ὅτι ἦν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ πλήρης πνεύµατος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως· καὶ προσετέθη ὄχλος ἱκανὸς τῷ κυρίῳ. Ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν ὁ Βαρνάβας ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον, καὶ εὑρὼν ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν, χρηµατίσαι τε πρώτον ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς µαθητὰς Χριστιανούς. Ἐν ταύταις δὲ ταῖς ἡµέραις κατῆλθον ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύµων προφῆται εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόµατι Ἄγαβος, ἐσήµανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύµατος λιµὸν µέγαν µέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφʼ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουµένην· ὅστις καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος. Τῶν δὲ µαθητῶν καθὼς εὐπορεῖτό τις, ὥρισαν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν εἰς διακονίαν πέµψαι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἀδελφοῖς· ὃ καὶ ἐποίησαν, ἀποστείλαντες πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους διὰ χειρὸς Βαρνάβα καὶ Σαύλου.

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman The Gospel of John 4:5-42 At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he." Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor." Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."

SERVICES THIS WEEK: Sunday May 18th Feast of the Samaritan Woman 12:00 PM Church Tuesday May 20th Vesper of Saints Constantine and Helen, 7:00 PM Cathedral

Wednesday May 21st Feast Liturgy of Saints Constantine and Helen 9:30 PM Church Wednesday May 21st Prayer and Healing Service 6:00 PM Church MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Tribute to the Deceased Sunday 25th 12:00 PM Church COFFEE HOUR FELLOWSHIP: is hosted today by the DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE DEMETRA CHAPTER #33 Please join us in refreshments in Whitehall Protocol Liturgical Notes: 1. Our salutations for the next 40 days will be CHRISTOS ANESTI ! followed by ALITHOS ANESTI ! rather than the secular cosmic greetings of ‘ good morning ‘ or ‘ good bye’ . This general reminder of the reason for the season will continue until ASCENSION THURSDAY MAY 29th. Which coincidentally falls on the same calendar date as the FALL of CONSTANTINOPLE ( MAY 29, 1453) and the end of the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE in CONSTANTINOPLE. 2. During the RESURRECTIONAL SEASON until PENTECOST (FIFTY DAYS AFTER PASCHA) Sunday, June 08th, we are not obliged to kneel at the Divine Liturgy ‘ consecration ‘ as we traditionally observe. Kneeling resumes on Pentecost Sunday, resolving the conclusion of the Paschal period. TODAY: we salute and honor the INTERNATIONAL A.H.E.P.A. and local Chapter #200 with an ‘artoklasia’ during the Divine liturgy.

The AHEPA was founded as a fraternity in Atlanta, Georgia in July 1922. Its initial mission was to promote the image of Greeks in America, assist them with citizenship and assimilation into American Culture, and combat prejudice. With the full assimilation of Greek Americans, its mission evolved toward philanthropy education, and promoting and preserving the Hellenic identity of the Greek Americans and the ethnic Greeks of other countries where AHEPA is present, such as Australia, Canada , the Bahamas as well as Greece and Cyprus. The mission of the AHEPA Family is to promote Hellenism, Education, Philanthropy, Civic Responsibility, and Family and Individual Excellence. CHICAGO CONFERENCE: Father Eugene as a Board Director of the R.C.A. Chicago Metropolis attended the National Meeting considering concerns of the elder retired clergy without pensions and the welfare requests for their needs. Many of our elder clergy in their late ‘80’s and 90’s served the immigrant church during the last century without proper compensation, pension and other benefits required in old age. THIS COMMITTEE TAKES CARE OF THEM FROM COAST TO COAST! Donations are always accepted for relief and welfare of these dedicated servants of the Lord. Checks may be made to the : GREEK ARCHDIOCESAN RETIRED CLERGY WELFARE FUND and mailed to our Church for proper disposition at the Archdiocese. Some of you may have been baptized by these same clergymen! Reach out and give a helping hand at any cost. SENIOR CLUB: Invites all Senior Citizens to join them in their WEDNESDAY afternoon gatherings from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M for lunches, trips, activities, theater, coffee and sweets, guest lecturers and BINGO ! Come on down, you are most welcomed! FLAGS! FLAGS! FLAGS! The response for an AMERICAN FLAG for the plaza flagpole was happily received with two large nylon flags ready for hoisting. However, we are still waiting for the donation of a GREEK FLAG for the plaza pole. Please see Father Eugene if you wish to be a benefactor in the appeal. A CYPRIOT FLAG now hangs from the balcony choit loft. Thank you, generous and patriotic donors. RADIO MINISTRY: Each Saturday at 1:15 PM Fr. Eugene hosts and produces the radio broadcast MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE NOW IN ITS 14TH YEAR OF BROADCASTING LIVE ON WNYE 91.5 COSMOS FM, with listener telephone participation. Subjects of interest regarding Greek Orthodox theology, faith and practice, as well as secular topics confronting the nation and the world are discussed. Tune in and join the dialogue by calling 718-204-8900. Check our live audio at LIVESTREAMINGPLAYER . The website address. W.W.W.gaepis.org (Click live audio)

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