Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Sunday Orthros @ Divine Liturgy
2025-03-30 08:45 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
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No Sacraments
2025-03-30 12:00 - 13:00

Greek School March 25th Program
2025-03-30 12:00 - 13:00

Senior Hellas Dancers
2025-03-30 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Hall

The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra
2025-03-31
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 03/31/2025
Saints and Feasts: The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra; Theophilos the Martyr and those with him; Innocent, Enlightener of Siberia & Alaska; Akakios the Confessor
Strict Fast
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 37:33-38:6
“Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege mound against it. By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the LORD. For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.” And the angel of the LORD went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh. And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, slew him with the sword, and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order; for you shall die, you shall not recover.” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, and said, “Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and defend this city.
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 13:12-18
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, while Lot dwelt among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the LORD.
The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; for all the land which you see I will give to you and to your descendants for ever. I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” So Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 14:27-15:4
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined. He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot. He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him. The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity. Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding, but it is not known in the heart of fools. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully. A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly. The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Ιερομάρτυρος και θαυματουργού Υπατίου, Επισκόπου Γαγγρών
2025-03-31
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Δευτέρα, 31 Μαρτίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Ιερομάρτυρος και θαυματουργού Υπατίου, Επισκόπου Γαγγρών; ο Μάρτυρος Θεόφιλος και οι σύν αυτώ; Μητροπολίτης Ιννοκέντιος της Μόσχας; Ακάκιος Ομολογητής
Αυστηρή Νηστεία
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Ησαΐας 37:33-38:6
Διά τούτο ούτω λέγει Κύριος επί βασιλέα ᾿Ασσυρίων· ου μή εισέλθη εις την πόλιν ταύτην ουδέ μή βάλη επί αυτήν βέλος ουδέ μή επιβάλη επ᾿ αυτήν θυρεόν, ουδέ μή κυκλώση επ᾿ αυτήν χάρακα, αλλά τη οδώ ή ήλθεν, εν αυτή αποστραφήσεται και εις την πόλιν ταύτην ου μή εισέλθη. τάδε λέγει Κύριος· υπερασπιώ υπέρ της πόλεως ταύτης του σώσαι αυτήν δι᾿ εμέ και διά Δαυίδ τον παίδά μου. Και εξήλθεν άγγελος Κυρίου και ανείλεν εκ της παρεμβολής των ᾿Ασσυρίων εκατόν ογδοηκονταπέντε χιλιάδας, και αναστάντες το πρωΐ εύρον πάντα τα σώματα νεκρά. και απήλθεν αποστραφείς Σενναχηρείμ βασιλεύς ᾿Ασσυρίων, και ᾤκησεν εν Νινευή. και εν τω αυτόν προσκυνείν εν τω οίκω Νασαράχ τον πάτραρχον αυτού, ᾿Αδραμέλεχ και Σαρασάρ οι υιοί αυτού επάταξαν αυτόν μαχαίραις, αυτοί δε διεσώθησαν εις ᾿Αρμενίαν· και εβασίλευσεν ᾿Ασορδάν ο υιός αυτού αντ᾿ αυτού.
᾽Εγένετο δε εν τω καιρώ εκείνω εμαλακίσθη ᾿Εζεκίας έως θανάτου· και ήλθε πρός αυτόν ῾Ησαΐας υιός ᾿Αμώς ο προφήτης και είπε πρός αυτόν· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· τάξαι περί του οίκου σου, αποθνήσκεις γαρ σύ και ου ζήση. και απέστρεψεν ᾿Εζεκίας το πρόσωπον αυτού πρός τον τοίχον και προσηύξατο πρός Κύριον λέγων· μνήσθητι, Κύριε, ως επορεύθην ενώπιόν σου μετά αληθείας, εν καρδία αληθινή, και τα αρεστά ενώπιόν σου εποίησα· και έκλαυσεν ᾿Εζεκίας κλαυθμώ μεγάλω. και εγένετο λόγος Κυρίου πρός ῾Ησαΐαν λέγων· πορεύθητι και ειπόν ᾿Εζεκία· τάδε λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός Δαυίδ του πατρός σου· ήκουσα της προσευχής σου και είδον τα δάκρυά σου. ιδού προστίθημι πρός τον χρόνον σου δεκαπέντε έτη· και εκ χειρός βασιλέως ᾿Ασσυρίων ρύσομαί σε και την πόλιν ταύτην και υπερασπιώ υπέρ της πόλεως ταύτης.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Γένεσις 13:12-18
῞Αβραμ δε κατῴκησεν εν γή Χαναάν, Λώτ δε κατῴκησεν εν πόλει των περιχώρων και εσκήνωσεν εν Σοδόμοις· οι δε άνθρωποι οι εν Σοδόμοις πονηροί και αμαρτωλοί εναντίον του Θεού σφόδρα. ῾Ο δε Θεός είπε τω ῞Αβραμ μετά το διαχωρισθήναι τον Λώτ απ᾿ αυτού· ανάβλεψον τοις οφθαλμοίς σου και ίδε από του τόπου, ού νύν σύ εί, πρός βορράν και λίβα και ανατολάς και θάλασσαν· ότι πάσαν την γήν, ήν σύ οράς, σοί δώσω αυτήν και τω σπέρματί σου έως αιώνος. και ποιήσω το σπέρμα σου ως την άμμον της γής· ει δύναταί τις εξαριθμήσαι την άμμον της γής, και το σπέρμα σου εξαριθμηθήσεται. αναστάς διόδευσον την γήν εις τε το μήκος αυτής και εις το πλάτος, ότι σοί δώσω αυτήν και τω σπέρματί σου εις τον αιώνα. και αποσκηνώσας ῞Αβραμ, ελθών κατῴκησε παρά την δρύν την Μαμβρή, ή ήν εν Χεβρώμ, και ᾠκοδόμησεν εκεί θυσιαστήριον τω Κυρίω.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Παροιμίαι 14:27-15:4
Πρόσταγμα Κυρίου πηγή ζωής, ποιεί δε εκκλίνειν εκ παγίδος θανάτου. εν πολλώ έθνει δόξα βασιλέως, εν δε εκλείψει λαού συντριβή δυνάστου. μακρόθυμος ανήρ πολύς εν φρονήσει, ο δε ολιγόψυχος ισχυρώς άφρων. πραΰθυμος ανήρ καρδίας ιατρός, σής δε οστέων καρδία αισθητική. ο συκοφαντών πένητα παροξύνει τον ποιήσαντα αυτόν, ο δε τιμών αυτόν ελεεί πτωχόν. εν κακία αυτού απωσθήσεται ασεβής, ο δε πεποιθώς τη εαυτού οσιότητι δίκαιος. εν καρδία αγαθή ανδρός αναπαύσεται σοφία, εν δε καρδία αφρόνων ου διαγινώσκεται. δικαιοσύνη υψοί έθνος, ελασσονούσι δε φυλάς αμαρτίαι. δεκτός βασιλεί υπηρέτης νοήμων, τη δε εαυτού ευστροφία αφαιρείται ατιμίαν. Οργή απόλλυσι και φρονίμους, απόκρισις δε υποπίπτουσα αποστρέφει θυμόν, λόγος δε λυπηρός εγείρει οργάς. γλώσσα σοφών καλά επίσταται, στόμα δε αφρόνων αναγγέλλει κακά. εν παντί τόπω οφθαλμοί Κυρίου, σκοπεύουσι κακούς τε και αγαθούς. ίασις γλώσσης δένδρον ζωής, ο δε συντηρών αυτήν πλησθήσεται πνεύματος.

Greek School
2025-03-31 17:15 - 18:30
First day back.
5/14/22 GB

Mary of Egypt
2025-04-01
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/01/2025
Saints and Feasts: Mary of Egypt; Euthemios of Suzdal; Gerontios & Vasilides the Martyrs
Strict Fast
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 40:18-31
Thus says the LORD: To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him? The idol! a workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains. He who is impoverished chooses for an offering wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skilful craftsman to set up an image that will not move.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; who brings princes to nought, and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows upon them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? Says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hid from the LORD, and my right is disregarded by my God”? Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 15:1-15
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; and a slave born in my house will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; your own son shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” And he believed the LORD; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness.
And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” And he brought him all these, cut them in two, and laid each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. And when birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him. Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be slaves there, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years; but I will bring judgment on the nation which they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. As for yourself, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:7-19
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness. There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way; he who hates reproof will die. Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD, how much more the hearts of men! A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise. A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast. Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it. Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it. A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention. The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

Μαρία η Αιγυπτία
2025-04-01
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Τρίτη, 1 Απριλίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Μαρία η Αιγυπτία; Ευθυμίου του θαυματουργού του Ρώσου; Μάρτυρες Γερόντιος και Βασιλίδης
Αυστηρή Νηστεία
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Ησαΐας 40:18-31
τίνι ωμοιώσατε Κύριον και τίνι ομοιώματι ωμοιώσατε αυτόν; μή εικόνα εποίησε τέκτων, ή χρυσοχόος χωνεύσας χρυσίον περιεχρύσωσεν αυτόν, ομοίωμα κατεσκεύασεν αυτόν; ξύλον γαρ άσηπτον εκλέγεται τέκτων και σοφώς ζητεί πώς στήσει εικόνα αυτού και ίνα μή σαλεύητε.
ου γνώσεσθε; ουκ ακούσεσθε; ουκ ανηγγέλη εξ αρχής υμίν; ουκ έγνωτε τα θεμέλια της γής; ο κατέχων τον γύρον της γής, και οι ενοικούντες εν αυτή ως ακρίδες, ο στήσας ως καμάραν τον ουρανόν και διατείνας ως σκηνήν κατοικείν, ο διδούς άρχοντας ως ουδέν άρχειν, την δε γήν ως ουδέν εποίησεν.
ου γαρ μή φυτεύσωσιν, ουδέ μή σπείρωσιν, ουδέ μή ριζωθή εις την γήν η ρίζα αυτών· έπνευσεν επ᾿ αυτούς και εξηράνθησαν, και καταιγίς ως φρύγανα λήψεται αυτούς.
νύν ούν τίνι με ωμοιώσατε και υψωθήσομαι; είπεν ο άγιος. αναβλέψατε εις ύψος τους οφθαλμούς υμών και ίδετε, τίς κατέδειξε ταύτα πάντα; ο εκφέρων κατ᾿ αριθμόν τον κόσμον αυτού πάντας επ᾿ ονόματι καλέσει· από πολλής δόξης και εν κράτει ισχύος αυτού ουδέν σε έλαθε.
Μή γαρ είπης, ᾿Ιακώβ, και τί ελάλησας, ᾿Ισραήλ· απεκρύβη η οδός μου από του Θεού, και ο Θεός μου την κρίσιν αφείλε και απέστη; και νύν ουκ έγνως ει μή ήκουσας; Θεός αιώνιος ο Θεός ο κατασκευάσας τα άκρα της γής, ου πεινάσει, ουδέ κοπιάσει, ουδέ εστιν εξεύρεσις της φρονήσεως αυτού· διδούς τοις πεινώσιν ισχύν και τοις μή οδυνωμένοις λύπην. πεινάσουσι γαρ νεώτεροι, και κοπιάσουσι νεανίσκοι, και εκλεκτοί ανίσχυες έσονται· οι δε υπομένοντες τον Θεόν αλλάξουσιν ισχύν, πτεροφυήσουιν ως αετοί, δραμούνται και ου κοπιάσουσι, βαδιούνται και ου πεινάσουσιν.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Γένεσις 15:1-15
Μετά δε τα ρήματα ταύτα εγενήθη ρήμα Κυρίου πρός ῞Αβραμ εν οράματι, λέγων· μή φοβού ῞Αβραμ, εγώ υπερασπίζω σου· ο μισθός σου πολύς έσται σφόδρα. λέγει δε ῞Αβραμ· δέσποτα Κύριε, τί μοι δώσεις; εγώ δε απολύομαι άτεκνος· ο δε υιός Μασέκ της οικογενούς μου, ούτος Δαμασκός ᾿Ελιέζερ. και είπεν ῞Αβραμ· επειδή εμοί ουκ έδωκας σπέρμα, ο δε οικογενής μου κληρονομήσει μοι. και ευθύς φωνή Κυρίου εγένετο πρός αυτόν λέγουσα· ου κληρονομήσει σε ούτος, αλλ᾿ ός εξελεύσεται εκ σού, ούτος κληρονομήσει σε. εξήγαγε δε αυτόν έξω και είπεν αυτώ· ανάβλεψον δή εις τον ουρανόν και αρίθμησον τους αστέρας, ει δυνήση εξαριθμήσαι αυτούς. και είπεν· ούτως έσται το σπέρμα σου. και επίστευσεν ῞Αβραμ τω Θεώ, και ελογίσθη αυτώ εις δικαιοσύνην. είπε δε πρός αυτόν· εγώ ο Θεός ο εξαγαγών σε εκ χώρας Χαλδαίων, ώστε δούναί σοι την γήν ταύτην κληρονομήσαι. είπε δέ, Δέσποτα Κύριε, κατά τί γνώσομαι ότι κληρονομήσω αυτήν; είπε δε αυτώ· λάβε μοι δάμαλιν τριετίζουσαν και αίγα τριετίζουσαν και κριόν τριετίζοντα και τρυγόνα και περιστεράν. έλαβε δε αυτώ πάντα ταύτα και διείλεν αυτά μέσα και έθηκεν αυτά αντιπρόσωπα αλλήλοις, τα δε όρνεα ου διείλε. κατέβη δε όρνεα επί τα σώματα, επί τα διχοτομήματα αυτών, και συνεκάθησεν αυτοίς ῞Αβραμ. περί δε ηλίου δυσμάς έκστασις επέπεσε τω ῞Αβραμ, και ιδού φόβος σκοτεινός μέγας επιπίπτει αυτώ. και ερρέθη πρός ῞Αβραμ· γινώσκων γνώση ότι πάροικον έσται το σπέρμα σου εν γή ουκ ιδία, και δουλώσουσιν αυτούς και κακώσουσιν αυτούς και ταπεινώσουσιν αυτούς τετρακόσια έτη. το δε έθνος, ώ εάν δουλεύσωσι, κρινώ εγώ· μετά δε ταύτα εξελεύσονται ώδε μετά αποσκευής πολλής. σύ δε απελεύση πρός τους πατέρας σου εν ειρήνη, τραφείς εν γήρα καλώ.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Παροιμίαι 15:7-19
Χείλη σοφών δέδεται αισθήσει, καρδία δε αφρόνων ουκ ασφαλείς. θυσίαι ασεβών βδέλυγμα Κυρίω, ευχαί δε κατευθυνόντων δεκταί παρ᾿ αυτώ. βδέλυγμα Κυρίω οδοί ασεβούς, διώκοντας δε δικαιοσύνην αγαπά. παιδεία ακάκου γνωρίζεται υπό των παριόντων, οι δε μισούντες ελέγχους τελευτώσιν αισχρώς. ᾅδης και απώλεια φανερά παρά τω Κυρίω· πώς ουχί και αι καρδίαι των ανθρώπων; ουκ αγαπήσει απαίδευτος τους ελέγχοντας αυτόν, μετά δε σοφών ουχ ομιλήσει. καρδίας ευφραινομένης πρόσωπον θάλλει, εν δε λύπαις ούσης σκυθρωπάζει. καρδία ορθή ζητεί αίσθησιν, στόμα δε απαιδεύτων γνώσεται κακά. πάντα τον χρόνον οι οφθαλμοί των κακών προσδέχονται κακά, οι δε αγαθοί ησυχάζουσι διαπαντός. κρείσσον μικρά μερίς μετά φόβου Κυρίου ή θησαυροί μεγάλοι μετά αφοβίας. κρείσσων ξενισμός μετά λαχάνων πρός φιλίαν και χάριν ή παράθεσις μόσχων μετά έχθρας. ανήρ θυμώδης παρασκευάζει μάχας, μακρόθυμος δε και την μέλλουσαν καταπραΰνει. μακρόθυμος ανήρ κατασβέσει κρίσεις, ο δε ασεβής εγείρει μάλλον. οδοί αεργών εστρωμέναι ακάνθαις, αι δε των ανδρείων τετριμμέναι.

Titus the Wonderworker
2025-04-02
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/02/2025
Saints and Feasts: Titus the Wonderworker; Theodora the Virgin-martyr of Palestine; Amphianos & Aedesios the Martyrs of Lycia
Strict Fast
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 41:4-14
Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am He. The coastlands have seen and are afraid, the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come. Every one helps his neighbor, and says to his brother, “Take courage!” The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who smoothes with the hammer him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend; you whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called from its farthest corners, saying to you, “You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you off”; fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all. For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 17:1-9
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come forth from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. And I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 15:20-16:9
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother. Folly is a joy to him who has no sense, but a man of understanding walks aright. Without counsel plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is! The wise man’s path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath. The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but maintains the widow’s boundaries. The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, the words of the pure are pleasing to him. He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live. The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones. He whose ear heeds wholesome admonition will abide among the wise. He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding. The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility goes before honor. The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished. By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil. When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. A man’s mind plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

Τίτος ο Θαυματουργός
2025-04-02
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Τετάρτη, 2 Απριλίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Τίτος ο Θαυματουργός; Αγία Παρθενομάρτυς Θεοδώρα; Αυτάδελφοι Αμφιανός και Αιδέσιος
Αυστηρή Νηστεία
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Ησαΐας 41:4-14
Τίς ενήργησε και εποίησε ταύτα; εκάλεσεν αυτήν ο καλών αυτήν από γενεών αρχής· εγώ Θεός πρώτος, και εις τα επερχόμενα εγώ ειμι. είδοσαν έθνη και εφοβήθησαν, τα άκρα της γής ήγγισαν και ήλθον άμα, κρίνων έκαστος τω πλησίον και τω αδελφώ βοηθήσαι και ερεί· ίσχυσεν ανήρ τέκτων και χαλκεύς τύπτων σφύρη άμα ελαύνων· ποτέ μέν ερεί· σύμβλημα καλόν εστίν· ισχύρωσαν αυτά εν ήλοις, θήσουσιν αυτά και ου κινηθήσονται.
Σύ δέ, ᾿Ισραήλ, παίς μου ᾿Ιακώβ, όν εξελεξάμην, σπέρμα ῾Αβραάμ, όν ηγάπησα, ού αντελαβόμην απ᾿ άκρων της γής και εκ των σκοπών αυτής εκάλεσά σε και είπά σοι· παίς μου εί, εξελεξάμην σε και ουκ εγκατέλιπόν σε· μή φοβού, μετά σού γάρ ειμι· μή πλανώ, εγώ γάρ ειμι ο Θεός σου ο ενισχύσας σε και εβοήθησά σοι και ησφαλισάμην σε τη δεξιά τη δικαία μου.
ιδού αισχυνθήσονται και εντραπήσονται πάντες οι αντικείμενοί σοι· έσονται γαρ ως ουκ όντες και απολούνται πάντες οι αντίδικοί σου· ζητήσεις αυτούς και ου μή εύρης τους ανθρώπους, οί παροινήσουσιν εις σέ· έσονται γαρ ως ουκ όντες και ουκ έσονται οι αντιπολεμούντές σε. ότι εγώ ο Θεός σου ο κρατών της δεξιάς σου, ο λέγων σοι· μή φοβού, ᾿Ιακώβ, ολιγοστός ᾿Ισραήλ· εγώ εβοήθησά σοι, λέγει ο Θεός σου, ο λυτρούμενός σε, ᾿Ισραήλ.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Γένεσις 17:1-9
᾽Εγένετο δε ῞Αβραμ ετών ενενηκονταεννέα, και ώφθη Κύριος τω ῞Αβραμ και είπεν αυτώ· εγώ ειμι ο Θεός σου· ευαρέστει ενώπιον εμού και γίνου άμεμπτος, και θήσομαι την διαθήκην μου ανά μέσον εμού και ανά μέσον σού και πληθυνώ σε σφόδρα. και έπεσεν ῞Αβραμ επί πρόσωπον αυτού, και ελάλησεν αυτώ ο Θεός λέγων· και εγώ ιδού η διαθήκη μου μετά σού, και έση πατήρ πλήθους εθνών, και ου κληθήσεται έτι το όνομά σου ῞Αβραμ, αλλ᾿ έσται το όνομά σου ῾Αβραάμ, ότι πατέρα πολλών εθνών τέθεικά σε. και αυξανώ σε σφόδρα σφόδρα και θήσω σε εις έθνη, και βασιλείς εκ σού εξελεύσονται. και στήσω την διαθήκην μου ανά μέσον σού και ανά μέσον του σπέρματός σου μετά σέ, εις τάς γενεάς αυτών, εις διαθήκην αιώνιον, είναί σου Θεός και του σπέρματός σου μετά σέ. και δώσω σοι και τω σπέρματί σου μετά σέ την γήν, ήν παροικείς, πάσαν την γήν Χαναάν, εις κατάσχεσιν αιώνιον και έσομαι αυτοίς εις Θεόν. και είπεν ο Θεός πρός ῾Αβραάμ· σύ δε την διαθήκην μου διατηρήσεις, σύ και το σπέρμα σου μετά σέ εις τάς γενεάς αυτών.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Παροιμίαι 15:20-16:9
Υιός σοφός ευφραίνει πατέρα, υιός δε άφρων μυκτηρίζει μητέρα αυτού. ανοήτου τρίβοι ενδεείς φρενών, ανήρ δε φρόνιμος κατευθύνων πορεύεται. υπερτίθενται λογισμούς οι μή τιμώντες συνέδρια, εν δε καρδίαις βουλευομένων μένει βουλή. ου μή υπακούση ο κακός αυτή, ουδέ μή είπη καίριόν τι και καλόν τω κοινώ. οδοί ζωής διανοήματα συνετού, ίνα εκκλίνας εκ του ᾅδου σωθή. οίκους υβριστών κατασπά Κύριος, εστήρισε δε όριον χήρας. βδέλυγμα Κυρίω λογισμός άδικος, αγνών δε ρήσεις σεμναί. εξόλλυσιν εαυτόν ο δωρολήπτης, ο δε μισών δώρων λήψεις σώζεται. θεωρών οφθαλμός καλά ευφραίνει καρδίαν, φήμη δε αγαθή πιαίνει οστά. ός απωθείται παιδείαν, μισεί εαυτόν, ο δε τηρών ελέγχους αγαπά ψυχήν αυτού. φόβος Θεού παιδεία και σοφία, και αρχή δόξης αποκριθήσεται αυτή. πάντα τα έργα του ταπεινού φανερά παρά τω Θεώ, οι δε ασεβείς εν ημέρα κακή ολούνται. ακάθαρτος παρά Θεώ πάς υψηλοκάρδιος, χειρί δε χείρας εμβαλών αδίκως ουκ αθωωθήσεται. αρχή οδού αγαθής το ποιείν τα δίκαια, δεκτά δε παρά Θεώ μάλλον ή θύειν θυσίας. ο ζητών τον Κύριον ευρήσει γνώσιν μετά δικαιοσύνης, οι δε ορθώς ζητούντες αυτόν ευρήσουσιν ειρήνην.

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5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
2025-04-03
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/03/2025
Saints and Feasts: 5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete; Nicetas, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium; Joseph the Hymnographer; Theodosia and Irene the Martyrs
Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:5-16
Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: “I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. I am the LORD, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to graven images. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants. Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands. The LORD goes forth like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his fury; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.
For a long time I have held my peace, I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant. I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools. And I will lead the blind in a way that they know not, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 18:20-33
Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry which has come to me; and if not, I will know.” So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom; but Abraham still stood before the LORD. Then Abraham drew near, and said, “Wilt thou indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou then destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” And the LORD said, “If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.” Abraham answered, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Wilt thou destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.” Again he spoke to him, and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.” Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.” He said, “Behold, I have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.” Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.” And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 16:17-17:17
The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. He who gives heed to the word will prosper, and happy is he who trusts in the LORD. The wise of heart is called a man of discernment, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness. Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it, but folly is the chastisement of fools. The mind of the wise makes his speech judicious, and adds persuasiveness to his lips. Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. A worker’s appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on. A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire. A perverse man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. A man of violence entices his neighbor and leads him in a way that is not good. He who winks his eyes plans perverse things, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass. A hoary head is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly from the LORD.
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tries hearts. An evildoer listens to wicked lips; and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue. He who mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers. Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend. A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs, rather than a fool in his folly. If a man returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out. He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD. Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom, when he has no mind? A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Πέμπτη Ε΄ των Νηστειών: Ακολουθίαν του Μεγάλου Κανόνος
2025-04-03
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Πέμπτη, 3 Απριλίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Πέμπτη Ε΄ των Νηστειών: Ακολουθίαν του Μεγάλου Κανόνος; Νικήτας ο Ομολογητής; Άγιος Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος; Μαρτύρων Θεοδοσία και Ειρήνη
Ημέρα Νηστείας (Κατάλυσις οίνου και ελαίου)
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Ησαΐας 42:5-16
ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός ο ποιήσας τον ουρανόν και πήξας αυτόν, ο στερεώσας την γήν και τα εν αυτή και διδούς πνοήν τω λαώ τω επ᾿ αυτής και πνεύμα τοις πατούσιν αυτήν· εγώ Κύριος ο Θεός εκάλεσά σε εν δικαιοσύνη και κρατήσω της χειρός σου και ενισχύσω σε και έδωκά σε εις διαθήκην γένους, εις φώς εθνών ανοίξαι οφθαλμούς τυφλών, εξαγαγείν εκ δεσμών δεδεμένους και εξ οίκου φυλακής καθημένους εν σκότει. εγώ Κύριος ο Θεός, τούτό μού εστι το όνομα· την δόξαν μου ετέρω ου δώσω ουδέ τάς αρετάς μου τοις γλυπτοίς. τα απ᾿ αρχής ιδού ήκασι, και καινά, ά εγώ αναγγέλλω, και πρό του αναγγείλαι εδηλώθη υμίν.
῾Υμνήσατε τω Κυρίω ύμνον καινόν, η αρχή αυτού· δοξάζετε το όνομα αυτού απ᾿ άκρου της γής, οι καταβαίνοντες εις την θάλασσαν και πλέοντες αυτήν, αι νήσοι και οι κατοικούντες αυτάς. ευφράνθητι, έρημος, και αι κώμαι αυτής, επαύλεις και οι κατοικούντες Κηδάρ· ευφρανθήσονται οι κατοικούντες Πέτραν, απ᾿ άκρων των ορέων βοήσουσι· δώσουσι τω Θεώ δόξαν, τάς αρετάς αυτού εν ταις νήσοις αναγγελούσι. Κύριος ο Θεός των δυνάμεων εξελεύσεται και συντρίψει πόλεμον, επεγερεί ζήλον και βοήσεται επί τους εχθρούς αυτού μετά ισχύος.
εσιώπησα, μή και αεί σιωπήσομαι και ανέξομαι; ως η τίκτουσα εκαρτέρησα, εκστήσω και ξηρανώ άμα. ερημώσω όρη και βουνούς και πάντα χόρτον αυτών ξηρανώ, και θήσω ποταμούς εις νήσους και έλη ξηρανώ. και άξω τυφλούς εν οδώ, ή ουκ έγνωσαν, και τρίβους άς ουκ ᾔδεισαν, πατήσαι ποιήσω αυτούς· ποιήσω αυτοίς το σκότος εις φώς και τα σκολιά εις ευθείαν· ταύτα τα ρήματα ποιήσω και ουκ εγκαταλείψω αυτούς.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Γένεσις 18:20-33
Είπε δε Κύριος· κραυγή Σοδόμων και Γομόρρας πεπλήθυνται πρός με, και αι αμαρτίαι αυτών μεγάλαι σφόδρα. καταβάς ούν όψομαι, ει κατά την κραυγήν αυτών την ερχομένην πρός με συντελούνται, ει δε μή, ίνα γνώ. και αποστρέψαντες εκείθεν οι άνδρες ήλθον εις Σόδομα. ῾Αβραάμ δε έτι ήν εστηκώς εναντίον Κυρίου. και εγγίσας ῾Αβραάμ είπε· μή συναπολέσης δίκαιον μετά ασεβούς και έσται ο δίκαιος ως ο ασεβής; εάν ώσι πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι εν τη πόλει, απολείς αυτούς; ουκ ανήσεις πάντα τον τόπον ένεκεν των πεντήκοντα δικαίων, εάν ώσιν εν αυτή; μηδαμώς σύ ποιήσεις ως το ρήμα τούτο, του αποκτείναι δίκαιον μετά ασεβούς, και έσται ο δίκαιος ως ο ασεβής. μηδαμώς· ο κρίνων πάσαν την γήν, ου ποιήσεις κρίσιν; είπε δε Κύριος· εάν ώσιν εν Σοδόμοις πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι εν τη πόλει, αφήσω όλην την πόλιν και πάντα τον τόπον δι᾿ αυτούς. και αποκριθείς ῾Αβραάμ είπε· νύν ηρξάμην λαλήσαι πρός τον Κύριόν μου, εγώ δέ ειμι γή και σποδός· εάν δε ελαττονωθώσιν οι πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι εις τεσσαρακονταπέντε, απολείς ένεκεν των πέντε πάσαν την πόλιν; και είπεν· ου μή απολέσω, εάν εύρω εκεί τεσσσαρακονταπέντε. και προσέθηκεν έτι λαλήσαι πρός αυτόν, και είπεν· εάν δε ευρεθώσιν εκεί τεσσαράκοντα; και είπεν· ου μή απολέσω ένεκεν των τεσσαράκοντα. και είπε· μή τι κύριε, εάν λαλήσω; εάν δε ευρεθώσιν εκεί τριάκοντα; και είπεν· ου μή απολέσω ένεκεν των τριάκοντα. και είπεν· επειδή έχω λαλήσαι πρός τον κύριον· εάν δε ευρεθώσιν εκεί είκοσι; και είπεν· ου μή απολέσω, εάν εύρω εκεί είκοσι. και είπε· μήτι κύριε, εάν λαλήσω έτι άπαξ· εάν δε ευρεθώσιν εκεί δέκα; και είπεν· ου μή απολέσω ένεκεν των δέκα. απήλθε δε ο Κύριος, ως επαύσατο λαλών τω ῾Αβραάμ, και ῾Αβραάμ απέστρεψεν εις τον τόπον αυτού.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Παροιμίαι 16:17-17:17
Τρίβοι ζωής εκκλίνουσιν από κακών, μήκος δε βίου οδοί δικαιοσύνης. ο δεχόμενος παιδείαν εν αγαθοίς έσται, ο δε φυλάσσων ελέγχους σοφισθήσεται. ός φυλάσσει τάς εαυτού οδούς, τηρεί την εαυτού ψυχήν, αγαπών δε ζωήν αυτού φείσεται στόματος αυτού. πρό συντριβής ηγείται ύβρις, πρό δε πτώματος κακοφροσύνη. κρείσσων πραΰθυμος μετά ταπεινώσεως ή ός διαιρείται σκύλα μετά υβριστών. συνετός εν πράγμασιν ευρετής αγαθών, πεποιθώς δε επί Θεώ μακαριστός. τους σοφούς και συνετούς φαύλους καλούσιν, οι δε γλυκείς εν λόγω πλείονα ακούσονται. πηγή ζωής έννοια τοις κεκτημένοις, παιδεία δε αφρόνων κακή. καρδία σοφού νοήσει τα από του ιδίου στόματος, επί δε χείλεσι φορέσει επιγνωμοσύνην. κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί, γλύκασμα δε αυτού ίασις ψυχής. εισίν οδοί δοκούσαι είναι ορθαί ανδρί, τα μέντοι τελευταία αυτών βλέπει εις πυθμένα ᾅδου. ανήρ εν πόνοις πονεί εαυτώ και εκβιάζεται την απώλειαν εαυτού, ο μέντοι σκολιός επί τω εαυτού στόματι φορεί την απώλειαν. ανήρ άφρων ορύσσει εαυτώ κακά, επί δε των εαυτού χειλέων θησαυρίζει πύρ. ανήρ σκολιός διαπέμπεται κακά, και λαμπτήρα δόλου πυρσεύει κακοίς και διαχωρίζει φίλους. ανήρ παράνομος αποπειράται φίλων και απάγει αυτούς οδούς ουκ αγαθάς. στηρίζων δε οφθαλμούς αυτού διαλογίζεται διεστραμμένα, ορίζει δε τοις χείλεσιν αυτού πάντα τα κακά· ούτος κάμινός εστι κακίας. στέφανος καυχήσεως γήρας, εν δε οδοίς δικαιοσύνης ευρίσκεται. κρείσσων ανήρ μακρόθυμος ισχυρού, ο δε κρατών οργής κρείσσων καταλαμβανομένου πόλιν. εις κόλπους επέρχεται πάντα τοις αδίκοις, παρά δε Κυρίου πάντα τα δίκαια.
Κρείσσων ψωμός μεθ᾿ ηδονής εν ειρήνη ή οίκος πλήρης πολλών αγαθών και αδίκων θυμάτων μετά μάχης. οικέτης νοήμων κρατήσει δεσποτών αφρόνων, εν δε αδελφοίς διελείται μέρη. ώσπερ δοκιμάζεται εν καμίνω άργυρος και χρυσός, ούτως εκλεκταί καρδίαι παρά Κυρίω. κακός υπακούει γλώσσης παρανόμων, δίκαιος δε ου προσέχει χείλεσι ψευδέσιν. ο καταγελών πτωχού παροξύνει τον ποιήσαντα αυτόν, ο δε επιχαίρων απολλυμένω ουκ αθωωθήσεται· ο δε επισπλαγχνιζόμενος ελεηθήσεται. στέφανος γερόντων τέκνα τέκνων, καύχημα δε τέκνων πατέρες αυτών. 6α του πιστού όλος ο κόσμος των χρημάτων, του δε απίστου ουδέ οβολός. ουχ αρμόσει άφρονι χείλη πιστά, ουδέ δικαίω χείλη ψευδή. μισθός χαρίτων η παιδεία τοις χρωμένοις, ού δ᾿ άν επιστρέψη ευοδωθήσεται. ός κρύπτει αδικήματα, ζητεί φιλίαν, ός δε μισεί κρύπτειν, διΐστησι φίλους και οικείους. συντρίβει απειλή καρδίαν φρονίμου, άφρων δε μαστιγωθείς ουκ αισθάνεται. αντιλογίας εγείρει πάς κακός, ο δε Κύριος άγγελον ανελεήμονα εκπέμψει αυτώ. εμπεσείται μέριμνα ανδρί νοήμονι, οι δε άφρονες διαλογιούνται κακά. ός αποδίδωσι κακά αντί αγαθών, ου κινηθήσεται κακά εκ του οίκου αυτού. εξουσίαν δίδωσι λόγοις αρχή δικαιοσύνης, προηγείται δε της ενδείας στάσις και μάχη. ός δίκαιον κρίνει τον άδικον, άδικον δε τον δίκαιον, ακάθαρτος και βδελυκτός παρά Θεώ. ινατί υπήρξε χρήματα άφρονι; κτήσασθαι γαρ σοφίαν ακάρδιος ου δυνήσεται. ός υψηλόν ποιεί τον εαυτού οίκον, ζητεί συντριβήν, ο δε σκολιάζων του μαθείν εμπεσείται εις κακά. εις πάντα καιρόν φίλος υπαρχέτω σοι, αδελφοί δε εν ανάγκαις χρήσιμοι έστωσαν· τούτου γαρ χάριν γεννώνται.

Bible Study
2025-04-03 13:00 - 14:00

Stewardship Committee Meeting
2025-04-03 19:00 - 20:30

George the Righteous of Maleon
2025-04-04
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/04/2025
Saints and Feasts: George the Righteous of Maleon; Righteous Plato the Studite; Theonas, Archbishop of Thessaloniki, Founder and Renovator of the Sacred Monastery of Saint Anastasia of Pharmakolytria, Halkidiki; Nicetas the Hieromartyr, Struggler of Serrai (1808); Theodoulos and Agathopous of Thessaloniki; Righteous Zosimas
Strict Fast
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:11-17
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Will you question me about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands? I made the earth, and created man upon it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. I have aroused him in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,” says the LORD of hosts.
Thus says the LORD: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours, they shall follow you; they shall come over in chains and bow down to you. They will make supplication to you, saying: ‘God is with you only, and there is no other, no god besides him.'” Truly, thou art a God who hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior. All of them are put to shame and confounded, the makers of idols go in confusion together. But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity.
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 22:1-18
After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; and he cut the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place afar off. Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the ass; I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.” And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father! “And he said, “Here am I, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. Then Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.” He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. So Abraham called the name of that place The LORD will provide; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the LORD it shall be provided.” And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, and said, “By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies, and by your descendants shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice.”
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 17:17-18:5
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. A man without sense gives a pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor. He who loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity. A stupid son is a grief to a father; and the father of a fool has no joy. A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones. A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom to pervert the ways of justice. A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong. He who restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment. A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream. It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.

Γεώργιος ο εν Μαλεώ
2025-04-04
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Παρασκευή, 4 Απριλίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Γεώργιος ο εν Μαλεώ; Πλάτων, της Στουδίου; Θεωνάς, Αρχιεπίσκοπος Θεσσαλονίκης, κτήτορος και ανακαινιστού η εν Χαλκιδική Ιεράς Μονής της Αγίας Αναστασίας της Φαρμακολυτρίας; Νικήτα ιερομάρτυρος του εν Σέρραις αθλήσαντος; Θεόδουλος και Αγαθόπους οι εν Θεσσαλονίκη; Όσιος Ζωσιμάς
Αυστηρή Νηστεία
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Ησαΐας 45:11-17
Ότι ούτω λέγει Κύριος ο Θεός ο άγιος ᾿Ισραήλ ο ποιήσας τα επερχόμενα· ερωτήσατέ με περί των υιών μου και περί των θυγατέρων μου και περί των έργων των χειρών μου εντείλασθέ μοι. εγώ εποίησα γήν και άνθρωπον επ᾿ αυτής, εγώ τη χειρί μου εστερέωσα τον ουρανόν, εγώ πάσι τοις άστροις ενετειλάμην. εγώ ήγειρα αυτόν μετά δικαιοσύνης βασιλέα, και πάσαι αι οδοί αυτού ευθείαι. ούτος οικοδομήσει την πόλιν μου και την αιχμαλωσίαν του λαού μου επιστρέψει ου μετά λύτρων, ουδέ μετά δώρων, είπε Κύριος σαβαώθ. Ούτω λέγει Κύριος σαβαώθ· εκοπίασεν Αίγυπτος και εμπορία Αιθιόπων, και οι Σεβωείμ άνδρες υψηλοί επί σέ διαβήσονται και σοί έσονται δούλοι και οπίσω σου ακολουθήσουσι δεδεμένοι χειροπέδαις και διαβήσονται πρός σε, και προσκυνήσουσί σοι και εν σοί προσεύξονται, ότι εν σοί ο Θεός εστι και ουκ εστι Θεός πλήν σού· σύ γαρ ει Θεός, και ουκ ᾔδειμεν, ο Θεός του ᾿Ισραήλ σωτήρ. αισχυνθήσονται και εντραπήσονται πάντες οι αντικείμενοι αυτώ και πορεύσονται εν αισχύνη. εγκαινίζεσθε πρός με, νήσοι. ᾿Ισραήλ σώζεται υπό Κυρίου σωτηρίαν αιώνιον· ουκ αισχυνθήσονται ουδέ μή εντραπώσιν έως του αιώνος έτι.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Γένεσις 22:1-18
Και εγένετο μετά τα ρήματα ταύτα ο Θεός επείρασε τον ῾Αβραάμ και είπεν αυτώ· ῾Αβραάμ, ῾Αβραάμ. ο δε είπεν· ιδού εγώ. και είπε· λαβέ τον υιόν σου τον αγαπητόν, όν ηγάπησας, τον ᾿Ισαάκ, και πορεύθητι εις την γήν την υψηλήν και ανένεγκον αυτόν εκεί εις ολοκάρπωσιν εφ᾿ έν των ορέων, ών άν σοι είπω. αναστάς δε ῾Αβραάμ το πρωΐ επέσαξε την όνον αυτού· παρέλαβε δε μεθ᾿ εαυτού δύο παίδας και ᾿Ισαάκ τον υιόν αυτού και σχίσας ξύλα εις ολοκάρπωσιν, αναστάς επορεύθη και ήλθεν επί τον τόπον, όν είπεν αυτώ ο Θεός, τη ημέρα τη τρίτη. και αναβλέψας ῾Αβραάμ τοις οφθαλμοίς αυτού, είδε τον τόπον μακρόθεν. και είπεν ῾Αβραάμ τοις παισίν αυτού· καθίσατε αυτού μετά της όνου, εγώ δε και το παιδάριον διελευσόμεθα έως ώδε και προσκυνήσαντες αναστρέψομεν πρός υμάς. έλαβε δε ῾Αβραάμ τα ξύλα της ολοκαρπώσεως και επέθηκεν ᾿Ισαάκ τω υιώ αυτού· έλαβε δε μετά χείρας και το πύρ και την μάχαιραν, και επορεύθησαν οι δύο άμα. είπε δε ᾿Ισαάκ πρός ῾Αβραάμ τον πατέρα αυτού· πάτερ. ο δε είπε· τί εστι, τέκνον; είπε δέ· ιδού το πύρ και τα ξύλα· πού εστι το πρόβατον το εις ολοκάρπωσιν; είπε δε ῾Αβραάμ· ο Θεός όψεται εαυτώ πρόβατον εις ολοκάρπωσιν, τέκνον. πορευθέντες δε αμφότεροι άμα, ήλθον επί τον τόπον, όν είπεν αυτώ ο Θεός.
και ᾠκοδόμησεν εκεί ῾Αβραάμ το θυσιαστήριον και επέθηκε τα ξύλα, και συμποδίσας ᾿Ισαάκ τον υιόν αυτού, επέθηκεν αυτόν επί το θυσιαστήριον επάνω των ξύλων. και εξέτεινεν ῾Αβραάμ την χείρα αυτού λαβείν την μάχαιραν σφάξαι τον υιόν αυτού. και εκάλεσεν αυτόν άγγελος Κυρίου εκ του ουρανού και είπεν· ῾Αβραάμ, ῾Αβραάμ. ο δε είπεν· ιδού εγώ. και είπε· μή επιβάλης την χείρά σου επί το παιδάριον μηδέ ποιήσης αυτώ μηδέν· νύν γαρ έγνων, ότι φοβή σύ τον Θεόν και ουκ εφείσω του υιού σου του αγαπητού δι᾿ εμέ. και αναβλέψας ῾Αβραάμ τοις οφθαλμοίς αυτού είδε, και ιδού κριός εις κατεχόμενος εν φυτώ Σαβέκ των κεράτων· και επορεύθη ῾Αβραάμ και έλαβε τον κριόν και ανήνεγκεν αυτόν εις ολοκάρπωσιν αντί ᾿Ισαάκ του υιού αυτού. και εκάλεσεν ῾Αβραάμ το όνομα του τόπου εκείνου, Κύριος είδεν, ίνα είπωσι σήμερον, εν τω όρει Κύριος ώφθη. και εκάλεσεν άγγελος Κυρίου τον ῾Αβραάμ δεύτερον εκ του ουρανού, λέγων· κατ᾿ εμαυτού ώμοσα, λέγει Κύριος, ού είνεκεν εποίησας το ρήμα τούτο, και ουκ εφείσω του υιού σου του αγαπητού δι᾿ εμέ, ή μήν ευλογών ευλογήσω σε, και πληθύνων πληθυνώ το σπέρμα σου, ως τους αστέρας του ουρανού και ως την άμμον την παρά το χείλος της θαλάσσης, και κληρονομήσει το σπέρμα σου τάς πόλεις των υπεναντίων· και ενευλογηθήσονται εν τω σπέρματί σου πάντα τα έθνη της γής, ανθ᾿ ών υπήκουσας της εμής φωνής.
Ανάγνωσις Παλαιᾱς Διαθήκης: Παροιμίαι 17:17-18:5
εις πάντα καιρόν φίλος υπαρχέτω σοι, αδελφοί δε εν ανάγκαις χρήσιμοι έστωσαν· τούτου γαρ χάριν γεννώνται. ανήρ άφρων επικροτεί και επιχαίρει εαυτώ, ως και ο εγγυώμενος εγγύη των εαυτού φίλων. φιλαμαρτήμων χαίρει μάχαις, . ο δε σκληροκάρδιος ου συναντά αγαθοίς. ανήρ ευμετάβολος γλώσση εμπεσείται εις κακά, καρδία δε άφρονος οδύνη τω κεκτημένω αυτήν. ουκ ευφραίνεται πατήρ επί υιώ απαιδεύτω, υιός δε φρόνιμος ευφραίνει μητέρα αυτού. καρδία ευφραινομένη ευεκτείν ποιεί, ανδρός δε λυπηρού ξηραίνεται τα οστά. λαμβάνοντος δώρα αδίκως εν κόλποις ου κατευοδούνται οδοί, ασεβής δε εκκλίνει οδούς δικαιοσύνης. πρόσωπον συνετόν ανδρός σοφού, οι δε οφθαλμοί του άφρονος επ᾿ άκρα γής. οργή πατρί υιός άφρων και οδύνη τη τεκούση αυτόν. ζημιούν άνδρα δίκαιον ου καλόν, ουδέ όσιον επιβουλεύειν δυνάσταις δικαίοις. ός φείδεται ρήμα προέσθαι σκληρόν, επιγνώμων, μακρόθυμος δε ανήρ φρόνιμος. ανοήτω επερωτήσαντι σοφίαν σοφία λογισθήσεται, ενεόν δέ τις εαυτόν ποιήσας δόξει φρόνιμος είναι.
Προφάσεις ζητεί ανήρ βουλόμενος χωρίζεσθαι από φίλων, εν παντί δε καιρώ επονείδιστος έσται. ου χρείαν έχει σοφίας ενδεής φρενών, μάλλον γαρ άγεται αφροσύνη. όταν έλθη ασεβής εις βάθος κακών, καταφρονεί, επέρχεται δε αυτώ ατιμία και όνειδος. ύδωρ βαθύ λόγος εν καρδία ανδρός, ποταμός δε αναπηδύει και πηγή ζωής. θαυμάσαι πρόσωπον ασεβούς ου καλόν, ουδέ όσιον εκκλίνειν το δίκαιον εν κρίσει.

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5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn
2025-04-05
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/05/2025
Saints and Feasts: 5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn; Monk-Martyrs Claudius, Diodore, Victor, Victorinus, Pappias, Nicephorus, and Serapion; Theodora the Righteous of Thessaloniki; Agathopodes and Theodulos the Martyrs; George the new Martyr
Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 9:1-7
BRETHREN, the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. For a tent was prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence; it is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain stood a tent called the Holy of Holies, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, which contained a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made, the priests go continually into the outer tent, performing their ritual duties; but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-49, 56
In those days, Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.” And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.

Σάββατον Ε΄ των Νηστειών
2025-04-05
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Σάββατο, 5 Απριλίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Σάββατον Ε΄ των Νηστειών ; Μαρτύρων Κλαυδίου, Διοδώρου, Ουίκτωρος, Ουϊκτωρίνου, Παππίου, Νικηφόρου και Σεραπίωνος; Θεοδώρα η έν Θεσσαλονίκη; Αγαθοπόδης και Θεόδουλος, Μάρτυρες; Νεομάρτυρος Γεωργίου
Ημέρα Νηστείας (Κατάλυσις οίνου και ελαίου)
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Εβρ. 9:1-7
Αδελφοί, είχεν η πρώτη σκηνή δικαιώματα λατρείας, το τε άγιον κοσμικόν. Σκηνή γαρ κατεσκευάσθη η πρώτη, εν ή ή τε λυχνία και η τράπεζα και η πρόθεσις των άρτων, ήτις λέγεται άγια. Μετά δε το δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνή η λεγομένη άγια αγίων, χρυσούν έχουσα θυμιατήριον, και την κιβωτόν της διαθήκης περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίω, εν ή στάμνος χρυσή έχουσα το μάννα, και η ράβδος Ααρών η βλαστήσασα, και αι πλάκες της διαθήκης· υπεράνω δε αυτής Χερουβίμ δόξης κατασκιάζοντα το ιλαστήριον· περί ών ουκ έστιν νύν λέγειν κατά μέρος. Τούτων δε ούτως κατεσκευασμένων, εις μέν την πρώτην σκηνήν διά παντός εισίασιν οι ιερείς, τάς λατρείας επιτελούντες· εις δε την δευτέραν άπαξ του ενιαυτού μόνος ο αρχιερεύς, ου χωρίς αίματος, ό προσφέρει υπέρ εαυτού και των του λαού αγνοημάτων·
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Λουκάν 1:39-49, 56
Εν ταις ημέρας εκείνας, αναστάσα δε Μαριάμ εν ταις ημέραις ταύταις επορεύθη εις την ορεινήν μετά σπουδής εις πόλιν ᾿Ιούδα, και εισήλθεν εις τον οίκον Ζαχαρίου και ησπάσατο την ᾿Ελισάβετ. και εγένετο ως ήκουσεν η ᾿Ελισάβετ τον ασπασμόν της Μαρίας, εσκίρτησε το βρέφος εν τη κοιλία αυτής· και επλήσθη Πνεύματος ῾Αγίου η ᾿Ελισάβετ και ανεφώνησε φωνή μεγάλη και είπεν· ευλογημένη σύ εν γυναιξί και ευλογημένος ο καρπός της κοιλίας σου. και πόθεν μοι τούτο ίνα έλθη η μήτηρ του Κυρίου μου πρός με; ιδού γαρ ως εγένετο η φωνή του ασπασμού σου εις τα ώτά μου, εσκίρτησε το βρέφος εν αγαλλιάσει εν τη κοιλία μου. και μακαρία η πιστεύσασα ότι έσται τελείωσις τοις λελαλημένοις αυτή παρά Κυρίου. Και είπε Μαριάμ· Μεγαλύνει η ψυχή μου τον Κύριον και ηγαλλίασε το πνεύμά μου επί τω Θεώ τω σωτήρί μου, ότι επέβλεψεν επί την ταπείνωσιν της δούλης αυτού. ιδού γαρ από του νύν μακαριούσί με πάσαι αι γενεαί· ότι εποίησέ μοι μεγαλεία ο δυνατός και άγιον το όνομα αυτού. ῎Εμεινε δε Μαριάμ σύν αυτή ωσεί μήνας τρείς και υπέστρεψεν εις τον οίκον αυτής.

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
2025-04-06
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/06/2025
Saints and Feasts: Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt; Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople; 120 Martyrs of Persia; Gregory of Sinai; Platonis the Nun of Nisibis
Fast Day (Wine and Oil Allowed)
Matins Gospel Reading: John 20:11-18
At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.” Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and she told them that He had said these things to her.
Epistle Reading: Hebrews 9:11-14
BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Gospel Reading: Mark 10:32-45
At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise.” And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” And they said to him, “We are able.” And Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Κυριακή Ε' των Νηστειών - Οσίας Μητρός ημών Μαρίας της Αιγυπτίας
2025-04-06
Άγιοι, εορταί, και Αναγνώσεις – Κυριακή, 6 Απριλίου 2025
Άγιοι και εορταί: Κυριακή Ε’ των Νηστειών – Οσίας Μητρός ημών Μαρίας της Αιγυπτίας ; Ευτύχιος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Των εν Περσίδι 120 αγίων Μαρτύρων; Γρηγορίου του Σιναίτου; Πλατωνίς
Ημέρα Νηστείας (Κατάλυσις οίνου και ελαίου)
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου Όρθρου: Κατά Ιωάννην 20:11-18
Τω καιρώ εκείνω, Μαρία ειστήκει πρός το μνημείον κλαίουσα έξω· ως ούν έκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εις το μνημείον, και θεωρεί δύο αγγέλους εν λευκοίς καθεζομένους, ένα πρός τη κεφαλή, και ένα πρός τοις ποσίν, όπου έκειτο το σώμα του Ιησού, και λέγουσιν αυτή εκείνοι· Γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αυτοίς· Ότι ᾖραν τον Κύριόν μου, και ουκ οίδα πού έθηκαν αυτόν· και ταύτα ειπούσα εστράφη εις τα οπίσω, και θεωρεί τον Ιησούν εστώτα, και ουκ ᾒδει ότι Ιησούς εστι. Λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς· Γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητείς; εκείνη δοκούσα ότι ο κηπουρός εστι, λέγει αυτώ· Κύριε, ει σύ εβάστασας αυτόν, ειπέ μοι πού αυτόν έθηκας, κᾀγώ αυτόν αρώ· λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς· Μαρία· στραφείσα εκείνη λέγει αυτώ· Ῥαββουνί· ό λέγεται Διδάσκαλε· λέγει αυτή ο Ιησούς, Μή μου άπτου· ούπω γαρ αναβέβηκα πρός τον πατέρα μου, πορεύου δε πρός τους αδελφούς μου, και ειπέ αυτοίς· Αναβαίνω πρός τον πατέρα μου και πατέρα υμών, και Θεόν μου και Θεόν υμών· έρχεται Μαρία η Μαγδαληνή απαγγέλλουσα τοις μαθηταίς ότι εώρακε τον Κύριον· και ταύτα είπεν αυτή.
Ανάγνωσις Επιστολής: Εβρ. 9:11-14
Αδελφοί, Χριστός δε παραγενόμενος αρχιερεύς των μελλόντων αγαθών, διά της μείζονος και τελειοτέρας σκηνής, ου χειροποιήτου, τούτʼ έστιν, ου ταύτης της κτίσεως, ουδέ διʼ αίματος τράγων και μόσχων, διά δε του ιδίου αίματος εισήλθεν εφάπαξ εις τα άγια, αιωνίαν λύτρωσιν ευράμενος. Ει γαρ το αίμα ταύρων και τράγων, και σποδός δαμάλεως ραντίζουσα τους κεκοινωμένους, αγιάζει πρός την της σαρκός καθαρότητα, πόσω μάλλον το αίμα του Χριστού, ός διά πνεύματος αιωνίου εαυτόν προσήνεγκεν άμωμον τω θεώ, καθαριεί την συνείδησιν υμών από νεκρών έργων, εις το λατρεύειν θεώ ζώντι;
Ανάγνωσις Ευαγγελίου: Κατά Μάρκον 10:32-45
Τω καιρώ εκείνω, παραλαβάνει ο Ιησούς τους δώδεκα μαθητάς αυτού και ήρξατο αυτοίς λέγειν τα μέλλοντα αυτώ συμβαίνειν, ότι ιδού αναβαίνομεν εις ῾Ιεροσόλυμα και ο υιός του ανθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοις αρχιερεύσι και γραμματεύσι, και κατακρινούσιν αυτόν θανάτω και παραδώσουσιν αυτόν τοις έθνεσι, καί εμπαίξουσιν αυτώ και μαστιγώσουσιν αυτόν και εμπτύσουσιν αυτώ και αποκτενούσιν αυτόν, και τη τρίτη ημέρα αναστήσεται. Και προσπορεύονται αυτώ ᾿Ιάκωβος και ᾿Ιωάννης υιοί Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ίνα ό εάν αιτήσωμεν ποιήσης ημίν. ο δε είπεν αυτοίς· τί θέλετε ποιήσαί με υμίν; οι δε είπον αυτώ· δός ημίν ίνα εις εκ δεξιών σου και εις εξ ευωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν εν τη δόξη σου. ο δε ᾿Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς· ουκ οίδατε τί αιτείσθε. δύνασθε πιείν το ποτήριον ό εγώ πίνω, και το βάπτισμα ό εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήναι; οι δε είπον αυτώ· δυνάμεθα. ο δε ᾿Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς· το μέν ποτήριον ό εγώ πίνω πίεσθε, και το βάπτισμα ό εγώ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε· τό δε καθίσαι εκ δεξιών μου και εξ ευωνύμων ουκ έστιν εμόν δούναι, αλλ᾿ οίς ητοίμασται. Και ακούσαντες οι δέκα ήρξαντο αγανακτείν περί ᾿Ιακώβου και ᾿Ιωάννου. ο δε ᾿Ιησούς προσκαλεσάμενος αυτούς λέγει αυτοίς· οίδατε ότι οι δοκούντες άρχειν των εθνών κατακυριεύουσιν αυτών και οι μεγάλοι αυτών κατεξουσιάζουσιν αυτών· ουχ ούτω δε έσται εν υμίν, αλλ᾿ ός εάν θέλη γενέσθαι μέγας εν υμίν, έσται υμών διάκονος, καί ός εάν θέλη υμών γενέσθαι πρώτος, έσται πάντων δούλος· καί γαρ ο υιός του ανθρώπου ουκ ήλθε διακονηθήναι, αλλά διακονήσαι, και δούναι την ψυχήν αυτού λύτρον αντί πολλών.

Sunday Orthros @ Divine Liturgy Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
2025-04-06 08:45 - 12:00

GOYA Meeting
2025-04-06 12:00 - 14:00

General Assembly
2025-04-06 12:30 - 13:30

Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs
2025-04-07
Saints, Feasts, and Readings for 04/07/2025
Saints and Feasts: Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs; George, Bishop of Mytilene; Gerasimos the God-Bearer of Byzantium; Righteous Father Savvas the New of Kalymnos; Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America
Strict Fast
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 48:17-49:4
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. O that you had hearkened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea; your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.”
Go forth from Babylon, flee from Chaldea, declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it, send it forth to the end of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!” They thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he cleft the rock and the water gushed out. “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.”
Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me away. And he said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.”
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 27:1-41
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son, and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.” He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me, and prepare for me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat; that I may bless you before I die.” Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, ‘Bring me game, and prepare for me savory food, that I may eat it, and bless you before the LORD before I die.’ Now therefore, my son, obey my word as I command you. Go to the flock, and fetch me two good kids, that I may prepare from them savory food for your father, such as he loves; and you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.” But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.” His mother said to him, “Upon me be your curse, my son; only obey my word, and go, fetch them to me.” So he went and took them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared savory food, such as his father loved. Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son; and the skins of the kids she put upon his hands and upon the smooth part of his neck; and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
So he went in to his father, and said, “My father”; and he said, “Here I am; who are you, my son?” Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your first-born. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that you may bless me.” But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the LORD your God granted me success.” Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.” So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.” Then he said, “Bring it to me, that I may eat of my son’s game and bless you.” So he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed! May God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be every one who curses you, and blessed be every one who blesses you!”
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. He also prepared savory food, and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your first-born, Esau.” Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? – Yes, and he shall be blessed.” When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” But he said, “Your brother came with guile, and he has taken away your blessing.” Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright; and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” Isaac answered Esau, “Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. Then Isaac his father answered him: “Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high. By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you break loose you shall break his yoke from your neck.” Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 19:16-25
He who keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises the word will die. He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed. Discipline your son while there is hope; do not set your heart on his destruction. A man of great wrath will pay the penalty; for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again. Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established. What is desired in a man is loyalty, and a poor man is better than a liar. The fear of the LORD leads to life; and he who has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm. The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to his mouth. Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
