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ST. HARALAMBOS SUNDAY BULLETIN December 29, 2013
SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
Orthros 9:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy immediately following the Orthros.
ALTAR BOY SCHEDULE: January 5, 2014, Team B, Eve of Theophany
DECEMBER / JANUARY SCHEDULE: SUN. Dec. 29 Sr. Hellenic Dancers 2:00 p.m. MON. Dec. 30 Youth Christmas Party 5:30 p.m. TUE. Dec. 31 New Years Eve OFFICE CLOSED WED. Jan. 1 St. Basil the Great 9:00 a.m. OFFICE CLOSED SUN. Jan. 5 Eve of Theophany/Agiasmos 9:00 a.m. MON. Jan. 6 Holy Theophany Megas Agiasmos 9:00 a.m. Blessing of the Waters at Stadium Park 12:00 noon TUE. Jan. 7 St. John the Baptist 9:00 a.m. THUR. Jan. 9 Hellenic Dancers 4:20 p.m. SUN. Jan. 12 Sunday After Theophany 9:00 a.m. VASILOPITA SUNDAY
THE ST. HARALAMBOS
PRESERVATION FUND
Thank you all for your tremendous
support in making the Preservation Fund
pledge drive a huge success. We have
collected over $235,000 since Dec. 2011,
thanks to your pledges and donations!
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER...
The deadline is fast approaching!
Please fulfill your Preservation pledge
by December 30, 2013.
The new Church Directories are available for pickup in the church office
after services and during the week. One directory per household.
Thank you!
HUGGABLES FOR CHRIST Mrs. Lazorans Sunday School class is still collecting mittens, gloves, hats & scarves
for our Christmas Giving Project.
Scarves, hats and mittens will be collected until January 20, 2014.
Please bring donations to Mrs. Lazorans classroom. Thank you for your generosity!
PHILOPTOCHOS CHAPTER CHALLENGE
To date, we filled and delivered 50 buckets of cleaning supplies to the YWCA.
Our goal is 150 buckets. These items are needed when
women & children move to apartments from homeless shelters.
We will continue to place buckets in the lobby. Please bring your mops, brooms and
cleaning products TO FILL THE BUCKETS!
Thank you all for your support.
Mary Trifelos President
IMPORTANT! Year-End Reminder Its that time of year again!
Just a friendly reminder asking you to fulfill your 2013 STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE to the church.
To guarantee that your donations are credited toward 2013, payments must be received in the church office by
Monday, December 30th. The church office will be CLOSED on Tuesday, December 31st.
We thank you for your generosity and consideration!
ST. HARALAMBOS YOUTH CHRISTMAS PARTY
For all JOY or GOYA members & Hellenic Dancers:
Join us for a Christmas Gathering! Monday, December 30, 2013
St. Haralambos Cultural Center 5:30 p.m.
PLEASE BRING A COVERED DISH TO SHARE! Please use the following guideline:
Last name beginning with: A-F - a type of salad G-Q - main dish or side dish R-Z - dessert
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
HOLY THEOPHANY SERVICES
Wednesday, January 1st, 9:00 a.m. St. Basil the Great, Orthros/Divine Liturgy
Sunday, January 5th. 9:00 a.m. Eve of Theophany, Orthros/Divine Liturgy Agiasmos/Blessing of the Water
Monday, January 6th, 9:00 a.m. Holy Theophany, Orthros/Divine Liturgy Great Agiasmos/Blessing of the Water
Sunday, January 12th, 9:00 a.m. Sunday After Theophany, Orthros/Divine Liturgy Vasilopita/Coffee Hour after services
TODAYS MEMORIALS: 40 Days: Harry Papatheodorou
1 year: Georgia Karipides
May their memory be eternal. Todays coffee hour is lovingly sponsored the Giustino and Karipides families.
PRAY FOR THE SICK: Aultman Hospital: Corina Halkias
Anastasia Nicholas
Best Wishes for a Healthy,
Happy & Prosperous New Year!
OFFICE CLOSED
The Church Office will be closed on New Years Eve
& New Years Day. We will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on
Thursday, January 2nd. We wish you a healthy,
Happy New Year!
BEST WISHES FATHER YANNI! St. George GOC, Massillon
will host a Farewell Banquet for
Father Yanni Verginis & Family TODAY, Sunday, December 29, 2013, 1:00 PM
St. George Cultural Center 364 First St. SE, Massillon
$10 Adults, $5 Children or by Donation For tickets, contact St. George GOC: 330-832-3659.
HOLIDAY BOOKSTORE HOURS The Bookstore will be CLOSED beginning Monday, December 23rd.
Regular hours will resume on Sunday, January 5, 2014.
Appointments are still available by contacting Sophie Usner at 330-493-1314.
VASILOPITA SUNDAY
Sunday, January 12, 2014
The blessing and cutting of the Vasilopita will take
place next Sunday, in the Cultural Center,
following church services.
NEW YEARS EVE DANCE Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 8:30 p.m.
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church 129 S. Union Street, Akron, OH
Featuring:
The Fabulous Grecian Keys Tickets Include:
Hors Doeuvres, BYOB, Cash Bar, Soft drinks. Vasilopita, Champagne, Pork & Sauerkraut
at Midnight. Tickets: $30 Adults, $5 Children (9 or younger) Reserve your table by contacting Jason Adams at (330) 869-9849 or [email protected].
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December 29, 2013 Sunday Verses
Sunday After the Nativity
December 29, 2013 Sunday Verses
Sunday After the Nativity
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Mode 2 When You descended unto death, O Lord who yourself are immortal Life, then did
You mortify Hades by the lightning flash of Your Divinity. Also when You raised
the dead from the netherworld, all the Powers of the heavens were crying out: O
Giver of life, Christ our God, glory be to You.
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For the Feast. Mode 4. Your nativity, O Christ our God, has caused the light of knowledge to rise up
on the world. For therein the worshippers of the stars were by a star instructed to
worship You, the Sun of Righteousness, and to know You as Orient from on high.
Glory to You, O Lord.
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For the Ancestors of God. Mode 2. Annunciate the miracles to David the ancestor of God, O Joseph. You saw the
Virgin pregnant. You glorified with the shepherds. You worshipped with the Magi.
And you were warned by an Angel. Entreat Christ God to save our souls.
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Of the Church
As a pillar unshaken of Christs holy Church, and lamp ever-burning to all the world
you emerged, O wise Haralambos; in all the world you shined, with the martyrdom
you suffered, you dispelled the dark night, of the idols, O blessed; whence, with cour-
age do intercede, to Christ that we may be saved.
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December 25 - Christmas
Kontakion. Mode 3. Original Melody.
On this day the Virgin gives * birth to the Super-essential. * To the Unap-proach-able, *
earth is providing the grotto. * Angels sing and with the shepherds offer up glory. *
Following a star the Magi are still proceeding. * He was born for our salvation, * a
newborn Child, * the pre-eternal God.
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December 29, 2013 Sunday After the Nativity
St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19
December 29, 2013 Sunday After the Nativity
The Gospel according to St. Matthew Chapter 2:13-23
BRETHREN, I would have you know that the
gospel which was preached by me is not man's
gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor
was I taught it, but it came through a revela-
tion of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my
former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the
church of God violently and tried to destroy it;
and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of
my own age among my people, so extremely
zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
But when he who had set me apart before I
was born, and had called me through his
grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in
order that I might preach him among the Gen-
tiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor
did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were
apostles before me, but I went away into Ara-
bia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then
after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit
Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days.
But I saw none of the other apostles except
James the Lord's brother.
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When the wise men departed, behold, an angel
of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and
said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and
flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for
Herod is about to search for the child, to de-
stroy him." And he rose and took the child and
his mother by night, and departed to Egypt,
and remained there until the death of Herod.
This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by
the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my
son."
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been
tricked by the wise men, was in a furious rage,
and he sent and killed all the male children in
Bethlehem and in all that region who were two
years old or under, according to the time which
he had ascertained from the wise men. Then
was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet
Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah, wail-
ing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for
her children; she refused to be consoled, be-
cause they were no more." But when Herod
died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in
a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Rise, take
the child and his mother, and go to the land of
Israel, for those who sought the child's life are
dead." And he rose and took the child and his
mother, and went to the land of Israel. But
when he heard that Archelaos reigned over
Judea in place of his father Herod, he was
afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream
he withdrew to the district of Galilee. And he
went and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that
what was spoken by the prophets might be ful-
filled, "He shall be called a Nazarene."
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