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The Orthodox Messenger 

Vol. I, Nos. 24-25 - Sundays, June 30/July 7, 2002

Hellenic Orthodox Mission of Hernando County
“A Pan-Orthodox Christian Community”
Ecumenical Patriarchate + Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America + Diocese of Atlanta
Services Held at St. Nicholas Chapel, 13460 Olympic Village Lane, Brooksville, FL -  (352) 796-8482
The Hellenic Orthodox Mission Website: http://worship.nu/hellenicorthodoxmission/index.htm 
FR. STANLEY S. HARAKAS, PROTOPRESBYTER - (352) 688-2382  (Afternoons and Evenings)
GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA
 July 4, 2002 Independence Day

 

My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
   On Independence Day we come together as families, as communities, and as a nation to celebrate freedom and to honor the history of a country that has offered people unprecedented opportunity for achievement and growth in all areas of lift. But as we gather on this day, we do so following the events of September 11, a day of national and world tragedy on which we witnessed the death of thousands of innocent people and a vicious attack on freedom.
   In the aftermath of these events we have affirmed our love of freedom and have manifested the strength that true freedom offers for overcoming destructive hatred and the unjust attacks of evil. As members of this society we know and experience freedom as a political and social reality that has tremendous potential for fostering and upholding what is good.
   Even more significant, though, as Orthodox Christians and members of the heavenly kingdom, we know and experience the eternal reality of freedom .in Christ, a freedom from the bondage of sin and death, an unsurpassable freedom that gives us abundant life and assurance that rests upon the promises of God.
   Therefore, our task on this day is not just one of remembrance and thanksgiving for the freedom that is offered in America. Our calling as the faithful of God and as carriers of the Hellenic legacy, a legacy that reveals the nobility of freedom, is to share with others a deeper understanding of freedom that will nurture and uphold the existence of a free society - an understanding of what it means to be truly free not only in the temporal world of uncertainty, but for all ages unto eternity.
May the life of true freedom    and unlimited blessings in the Lord be yours always.
With paternal love in Christ,
+ DEMETRIOS, Archbishop of America                            

 

Service Hours: Sundays and Feast days: Orthros at 9:30 a.m.; Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. Evening Services as announced.

 
1st Sunday of Matthew – ALL SAINTS
Saints: All Saints of the Holy Church; Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles;
Neomartyr Michael of Athens (+1771)

 

EPISTLE (For the 12 Apostles)– 2 Corinthians 4:7-16
   But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.  Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.  So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day.
 
GOSPEL (For All Saints) – Matthew 10:32-33, 37-38, 19:27-30
   So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Then Peter said in reply, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?" Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first.
 
GOSPEL ENTRANCE HYMNS   
Dismissal Hymn – For Pentecost
(Sing in Greek before the Entrance) (“Ex Ipsous Katelthess”). Hymnal,  89-90.
(Sing in English after the Entrance
    (“From on high did you descend”). Hymnal 89-90
Dismissal Hymn for All Saints
   (Read) Your Church, O Christ God, / has adorned herself / with the blood of Your martyrs / throughout all the world, / as if clothed in porphyry and purple. / Through them, she lifts her voice, crying, / “Turn with compassion to Your people / and grant peace to Your city / and Your great mercy.
 Dismissal Hymn of St. Nicholas
   (Sing in English) “An Example of the Faith” Hymnal 110-111
Dismissal Hymn for the Holy Apostles
   (Read) To the Creator of all things / all the world offers to You / as nature’s Lord, / the first-fruits of the God-bearing Martyrs, for they bore witness to You, / O Lord. / By their entreaties, O Savior, / preserve Your Church in most profound peace, / through the Pure Theotokos, / O You who are of great mercy.
Kontakion for All Saints
   (Read) Once, when He descended to earth / and confounded the tongues, / the Most High divided the nations; / and when He divided the tongues of fire, / He called all persons into unity; / so with one accord / we glorify the All-holy Spirit.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
   MEMORIAL SERVICES TODAY: A 40 Day Memorial Service will be conducted today for Alice Marty. Mr. Gus Marty and the family are hosting a a light luncheon for all the parishioners following services in the Fellowship Hall. Please attend. May Alice’s memory be eternal!
   Also, there will be a Memorial Service for Dinos Adamis, the homeless man buried from our Chapel on June 18. We thank Presbytera Mary Liadis for donating the Memorial Wheat (“Kolyva”) for his memorial service. May his memory be eternal!
   NO DIVINE LITURGY NEXT SUNDAY, JULY 7: Fr. Stanley and Pres-bytera Emily will be in California attending the Clergy-Laity Congress and participating in the baptism of their granddaughter, Alexandra Katherine. You are encouraged to worship at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Spring Hill, or St. George Church in New Port Richey. Services resume July 14; Orthros at 9:30 and the Divine Liturgy at 10:00 a.m. We look forward to seeing you!
   PARISH EDUCATION PROGRAM: There will be no P.E.P. session this coming Friday. Fr. Stanley will be away. The regular P.E.P. session will resume on Friday,  July 12 at 2:00 p.m., continuing our study of the Bible readings of the Sacrament of Holy Unction. Mark your calendar!
   STEWARDS OF PROSFORON BAKING  Venice Cosmadelis 6/30; Fran Mather 7/14; Connie Mourgides 7/21; Helen Nicolelis 7/28; George Nikas 8/4; Fran Triantafilon 8/6 (Transfiguration of the Lord); Cathy Lemonedes 8/11.
   SPONSOR “THE ORTHODOX MESSENGER”! You can sponsor an issue by donating $20. See Parish Council President Connie Mourgides. Your donation supports our Mission Parish’s outreach program, since the bulletin is mailed to those who are away.
   Please write the purpose of your donation on all your checks to the Church. Thanks!
  ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE to place a simple memorial stone on the grave of Dino Adamis, as a result of the generous donations of  members and friends of our mission parish. We will inform you when the stone is set in place.
   hospitalized at Bay Point Hospital in New Port Richey this past week was Harriet Pasisis. We pray for her rapid recovery.
   JULY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES will be acknowledged today at the Divine Liturgy.
   NEW MEMBERS: We welcome into membership George and Janice Vardakis with their two daughters Alexandria and Sophia! May you be blessed in many ways, and may your presence among us be a blessing to us!
   SUMMER! Two things happen in Florida during the summer. 1) Some people go North, leaving fewer to attend Church on Sundays. 2) With summer fun, people forget to send their check to our Hellenic Orthodox Mission of Hernando County. Don’t do either 1 or 2! Rather, a) COME TO CHURCH DURING THE SUMMER, and b) CONTRIBUTE TO OUR HELLENIC ORTHODOX MISSION each month!  Your support is needed!
   THE CLERGY-LAITY CONGRESS, held every two years, is the highest legislative and educative body of our Archdiocese. Established parishes send clergy and lay representatives to learn, discuss and decide regarding many important issues for our Church.
THIS WEEK’S SPONSOR: GUS MARTY
in memory of hIs beloved wife alice

                   

HELLENIC ORTHODOX MISSION
OF HERNANDO COUNTY
P.O. BOX 5566
SPRING HILL, FL 34611
“A Pan-Orthodox Christian Community”
  
 

 
 

 
Meeting at St. Nicholas Chapel, 13460 Olympic Village Lane, Brooksville. Florida
Ecumenical Patriarchate + Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America + Diocese of Atlanta
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