Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (EOC)



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Community Activities

Important Date!!

Sunday, May 31, will be our annual Paschal picnic.  Invite friends, relatives and neighbors!  More details coming soon....

Sunday School/Catechism/VBS schedule

Sunday School will resume today. Catechism will resume Sunday May 10. VBS will be June 8-11 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm. 

Dr George Bebawi lecture series starts

George’s lectures will begin this Thursday continuing until June 25. George will talk about "The Divine and Holy Trinity: Our Ground of Being and Life" and "Establishing Divine and Human Communion." Please plan to come and invite your friends. If anyone has the ability to video or audio tape these lectures, please contact Sherry Rediger.

Youth and Young Adult

“Time Out”

“The Upper Room” at Kurt Bringerud’s,

Wednesday evenings, 7:30 – 8:45pm

Pastoral & Administrative

Coffee Hour Food

We will be eating leftovers from our Paschal breakfast feast this week. A new schedule for coffee hour food will be available soon.

Ministry Meetings

Parish Council Meeting

TBA

Benevolence Ministry

1st Saturday of the month -

Jill Baar’s house, 4653 W. Mooresville Road

Building & Grounds Ministry

Church work days - 2nd Saturday each month

Library Ministry

See Blandina or John Rafferty

For Your Contemplation

Pray without Ceasing

As for the movements of our body:

When you sit to pray, you are sitting at the Right-hand of God the Father in Jesus Christ.

When you stand to pray, you are in the position of the resurrection with Christ our Lord.

When you kneel to pray, say the same words of our Lord in the garden and surrender daily to regain your peace the gift of God to us.

Enjoy sleeping as someone who is waiting to be raised by the Lord.

When getting dressed, pray that the Lord may take away the old life and give you the new one.

Give thanks for everything you eat and drink, for this is not in essence separated form the Holy Eucharist. If Christ is the food and the nourishment of your life then every meal will become a chance to pray to receive Him and to be nourished by Him waiting for the Meal that gave new meaning for every meal.

May your walking be always a renewal to commit your life to the Way of the One who is our only Mediator.

This does not mean, however, that for each of the above should be performed with particular words in fixed manners; nor does one fix a particular way of behavior because the sense of the presence of the Lord is the goal of prayer.

Our prayers and our behavior must be unified to adjust our life to our fellowship with the Lord.

Abba Philemon

Money Matters

We are continuing to collect money for the Paschal offering today.

Happy Birthday To:

April 27 – Sherry Rediger

April 29 – Sara Whittle

April 30 – Bob Coolman

May 1 - Jon Fuller

Happy Anniversary To:

Extra Announcements

PLEASE POST EXTRA ANNOUNCEMENTS ON

THE WHITE BOARD IN THE OVERFLOW

Bridal Shower for Amber Elsts - May 16

Beth Michie and Linda Allen will host a shower for Amber Elsts at Linda's home on Saturday, May 16th, at 11:30 am.  St. John's ladies please mark your calendars now to come and honor Amber before her upcoming marriage to Christian on May 17th. 

Baby Shower for Carrie Hodges - May 9

All ladies of St. John (and other friends of Carrie) are invited to a baby shower for Carrie Hodges on Sat., May 9, at 2pm, at St. Thomas Orthodox Church in Kokomo.  (Call if you need directions - it's about a 1 1/4 hr. drive)  The baby is due July 4, and we don't know the gender.  Carrie is registered at ToysRUs/BabiesRUs and at

Wal-mart.  Please RSVP to Becky Lashbrook on her cell phone (317)407-8307, or by e-mail blashbrook@indy..  Hope to see you then!

From the Benevolence Ministry

Sunday of The Holy Myrrh-bearers, May 3,

during Coffee Hour, we will assemble Crisis Family Care Kits for Mary Rigg and for us to use with families in need.  We will have an assembly line with the needed items. Bring your hearts and your hands to help that day.

A Note to our Visitors:

Thank you for choosing to worship with us. We're grateful for your prayers and participation.  Please join us in the basement for coffee and continued fellowship after the service!  If you are an Orthodox Christian and have the blessing of your priest, you may receive His Body and Blood after preparing for Holy Communion by prayer, worship, fasting and confession of sins. We are glad that you came to pray with us and we invite you to return as often as you are able.  For those interested in learning more about the Orthodox Church, please contact Fr. Joseph, Fr. Zachariah or one of our greeters.

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St John the Forerunner Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church in America

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+ Saint Thomas Sunday +

April 26, 2009

Acts 5:12-20

John 20:19-31

Matt. 6:14-21

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Matthew 2:1-12

Hymns for the Day

1ST Antiphon:

Through the prayers of the Theotokos, O Savior,

Save us!

2nd Antiphon:

O Son of God, Who arose from the dead, Save us

who sing to You: Alleluia!

3RD Antiphon:

Christ is Risen from the dead, trampling death

by death!  And upon those in the tomb, bestowing life!

The Troparion – Tone I

From the sealed tomb, You did shine forth O Life!

Through closed doors You did come to Your disciples, O Christ God! Renew in us, through them, an upright spirit, by the greatness of Your mercy, O Resurrection of all!

The Kondakion

THOMAS TOUCHED YOUR LIFE-GIVING SIDE WITH AN EAGER HAND, O CHRIST GOD, WHEN YOU DID COME TO YOUR APOSTLES THROUGH CLOSED DOORS. HE CRIED OUT WITH ALL: YOU ARE MY LORD AND MY GOD!

The Prokeimenon

READER: THE PROKEIMENON IN THE THIRD TONE:

Great is our Lord and abundant in power.

His understanding is beyond measure.

People: Great is our Lord and abundant in power.

His understanding is beyond measure.

Reader: Praise the Lord!

For it is good to sing praises to our God!

People: Great is our Lord and abundant in power.

His understanding is beyond measure.

Reader: Great is our Lord and abundant in power!

People: His understanding is beyond measure.

Paschal Hymn To The Theotokos:

The angel cried to the Lady Full of Grace: Rejoice, O Pure Virgin! Again I say: Rejoice! Your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb! With Himself He has raised all the dead! Rejoice, all you people!

Shine! Shine! O New Jerusalem! The Glory of the Lord has shone on you! Exalt now and be glad, O Zion! Be radiant, O Pure Theotokos, in the Resurrection of your Son!

Paschal Exclamations :

+ Christ is Risen!

Truly He is Risen!

+ Christos Anesti!

Ali-theos Anesti!

+ Christos voss kres se

Vo iss-ti-nou voss kres se

+ El messieh kahm!

Hak ken Kahm!

This Week’s Services

Thursday, April 30

Vespers 7 pm

Dr George lecture 7:30 pm

Saturday, May 2

Blood drive 9 am

Great Vespers 6 pm

Sunday, May 3

Holy Myrrh Bearers

Divine liturgy 9 am

Assemble Family Care kits during

the coffee hour

The Prayer of Thanksgiving for Communion

We thank You, O Master, Who loves mankind, Benefactor of our souls, that You have made us worthy this day of Your heavenly and immortal Mysteries. Make straight our path; strengthen us all in the fear of You; guard our life; make firm our steps; through the prayers and intercessions of the glorious Theotokos and Ever-virgin Mary, and of all Your Saints.

Priest: For You are our sanctification…..

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Antiphons: festal

Trisagion Hymn –

Byzantine

Alleluia: Ordinary

Cherubic Hymn:

Sanctus: Glagolev

Our Father: Kedrov

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