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Sunday Bulletin
October 26, 2014
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
13555 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, Texas 75240
Office 972-991-1166 Fax 972-661-1717
www.holytrinity.info
Reverend Father Christopher Constantinides
Reverend Father Peter Kostakis
Reverend Father John Essa
Reverend Deacon Mark Pakes
Reverend Deacon Athanasios “Clint” Sharpley
COMMUNION ETIQUETTE
If you are either baptized and or confirmed as an Orthodox Christian and have
spiritually prepared to receive Holy Communion, please come up from the middle
aisle of the Church with reverence and humility, row by row, in a QUIET and
ORDERLY fashion, and depart as directed.
All those receiving Communion should be baptized and or confirmed Orthodox
Christians. If you are married, your marriage must also have been blessed by the
Orthodox Church.
In receiving Communion, you should place the cloth under your chin, recite your
CHRISTIAN NAME, and wipe your mouth after receiving. Women, please
remove your lipstick prior to receiving Communion.
THANK YOU!
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PRAYERS FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
Fr. John Kalantzis, Commander, USN
Konstantinos Kostibas, 2nd Lt. USAF
Chris Krucke, USN
Jeff Lohmann, Lance Corporal, USMC
Ryan Lontos, USNJ
Nicholas D. Patitsas, USN
John Politz, SSgt. US Army
Stephen Serniak, Major, USAF
David Thomas, Staff Sgt. US Army
Dr. Jim Thornton, Commander, USN
Raymond Walser, LTC, US Army
Ben Winfrey, US Army
Corey Zarras, ET3 USN
Robert Adler, Commander, USN
Dale Alexander
Michael Artemis, Marines
Dana Ray Austin, USN
Arthur John Athens, Commandant, USMC
Chris Ballas, USN Reserves
Brandon Bell, USAF
Joseph Biasatti, US Army
Michael Bocan-Collins, USN
Joseph Bowley, US Army
Stephen Cariotis, SSgt. USMC
Angelo Carter, 1st Lt., US Army Reserves
Peter Costas, Major USAF
Michael Gomez, USN
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Sunday, October 6
, 614
Hymns at the Small Entrance
RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, 3RD MODE
GREEN BOOK PAGE 83 – LET ALL THINGS REJOICE…
PRIEST ENTRANCE HYMN
Come, let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us O Son of God,
who did arise from the dead. We sing to You, alleluia!
RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, 3RD MODE
GREEN BOOK PAGE 83 – LET ALL THINGS REJOICE…
HYMN FOR THE EARTHQUAKE of 740, PLAGAL 4 TH MODE
O You Who look on the earth and make it tremble, deliver us from the
fearful menace of earthquake, O Christ our God, and by the
intercessions of the Theotokos, send down upon us Your mercies in
abundance and save us.
HYMN OF THE MARTYR, 3 RD MODE
The world has found in you a great champion in time of peril, as you
emerged the victor in routing the barbarians. For as you brought to
naught the boasts of Lyaios, imparting courage to Nestor in the
stadium, in like manner, holy one, great Martyr Dimitrios, invoke
Christ God for us, that He may grant us His great mercy.
HYMN OF THE CHURCH, PLAGAL 4TH MODE
GREEN BOOK PAGE 115 – O BLESSED ARE YOU
KONTAKION, 2ND MODE
A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our holy maker
unwavering. Please reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in
sin. Instead, come to us for you are good. Your loving help bring unto
us, who are crying in faith to you. Hasten to intercede and speed now
to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos for those who
honor you.
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Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10
TIMOTHY, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and
what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful
men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good
soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian
pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete
is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the
hardworking farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in
everything.
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as
preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing
fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I
endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain
salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.
Gospel Reading
Luke 8:26-39
At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met
him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn
no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he
saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud
voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I
beseech you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean
spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was
kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the
bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked
him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had
entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into
the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside;
and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave.
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the
herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When
the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled, and told it in the city and
in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and
they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had
gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they
were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been
possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the
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surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them;
for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned.
The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with
him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare
how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming
throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Daily Commemoration of Saints
Sun., Oct. 26
Commemoration of the Great Earthquake in
Constantinople; The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the
Myrrh-streamer
Mon., Oct. 27
Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki; Kyriakos, Patriarch of
Constantinople
Tues., Oct. 28
The Holy Protection of the Theotokos; Holy Martyrs
Terrence and Eunice; Our Righteous Father Steven the
Sabbaite; Athanasius, Patriarch of Constantinople; Angelis,
Manuel, George, & Nicholas, New Martyrs of Crete
Wed., Oct. 29
Anastasia the Martyr of Rome; Our Righteous Father
Abramius
Thur., Oct. 30
Cleopas, Apostle of the 70; The Holy Martyrs Zenobius
and His Sister Zenobia
Fri., Oct. 31
Amplias, Apelles, Stachys, Urban, Aristobulus &
Narcissus of the 70; The Holy Martyr Epimachus of
Egypt; Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios
Sat., Nov. 1
Bishop Raphael Hawaweeny of Brooklyn; Cosmas & Damian
the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia, & their mother Theodota;
David the Righteous of Evia
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Calendar of Events
Sunday, October 26
Saint Demetrios the Great Martyr
8:15 a.m.
Orthros
9:30 a.m.
Divine Liturgy (S)
6 - 8 p.m.
IOCC Dinner (A,D,O)
Catechetical School and Adult Catechetical Class (C) following Divine Liturgy.
Greek School/OXI Day Celebration in the Co mmunity Center fo llow ing
Divine Liturgy.
40 Day Blessing for Jack & Sam Baldwin (mother Christina)
Monday, October 27
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
7 - 9 p.m.
Yarn Guild (BR)
Pickleball (Gym)
Tuesday, October 28
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
5 - 8:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
Pickleball (Gym)
Greek School (GS Rooms)
Choir Practice (Downstairs)
Wednesday, October 29
5 - 8:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 - 8 p.m.
7 - 8 p.m.
Greek School (Children & Adults)
PARAKLESIS (C)
GOYA B-Ball Practice (Gym)
Adult Faith Enrichment (BR)
Thursday, October 30
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Adult Bible Study
Greek School (Children)
Friday, October 31
No Activities
Saturday, November 1
8:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
5 p.m.
Saints Kosmas & Damianos
Orthros
Divine Liturgy (C)
GREAT VESPERS (C)
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Sunday, November 2
Daylight Saving Time Ends
8:15 a.m.
Orthros
9:30 a.m.
Divine Liturgy (S)
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.
HTHD Practice (Gym)
2 - 10 p.m.
GOYA Basketball Practice (Gym)
Catechetical School and Adult Catechetical Class (C) following Divine Liturgy.
Coffee hosted by Philoptochos in the Community Center following Divine
Liturgy.
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour
on Sunday, November 2, 2014
CENTENNIAL HISTORY PROJECT
The History Questionnaire is available for download on Holy Trinity's website
at: http://www.holytrinity.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/
HTGOC-Ancestry-Questionaire-2014-15.pdf.
Just click the link and download it to your computer or print it out. We urgently
need everyone to fill out the questionnaire and either email it to
[email protected] or drop it off at the church office. Include photos
being certain to name the event, date and people in the photo if at all possible.
FAITH ENRICHMENT WEDNESDAY
Join us for Faith Enrichment every Wednesday after Paraklesis at 7:00 p.m. in
the Boardroom of the Community Center. We look forward to seeing you there.
Parish Council Schedule
October 26
Tasos Kaiafas Wade Stephens Matt Naftis
Alin Voicu Mary Ann Trapalis Fotis Papanicolaou
November 2
Jim Dolmas Nicholas Cimino Kerry Tassopoulos
Jimmy Horiates Tina Yampanis
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Holy Trinity Greek School
& St. Barbara’s Philoptochos
Holy Trinity Parishioners
For OXI Day, Let’s say “NAI/YES!” to the
Greek & Cypriot Relief
A joint effort hosted by
Holy Trinity Greek School
& St. Barbara Philoptochos Society
Join us for the Coffee Hour featuring
The October 28 – OXI Day Celebration
Sunday, October 26, after Divine Liturgy
The Annual OXI Day Celebration
Students (see below) who passed the Certificate of Attainment
in Greek will receive their Certificates at the Celebration.
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Come meet IOCC Gift Officer, Nick Kasemeotes, and learn about
IOCC’s humanitarian response to families in Syria, Greece and others in
need around the world.
Adults - $20 Donation
Children 12 and under - $5 Donation
For more information and to register or donate online,
go to www.IOCC.org/dallas
Questions? Contact Mike Petridis at 972-217-5758 or
[email protected]
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January 16-18, 2015
We are excited to announce early registration is now open
for the 2015 Metropolis of Denver Basketball Tournament.
Early Registration is now until Oct 31st
Cost is $190.00
Late Registration is from Nov 1st - Nov 30th
Cost will be $230.00
Please click on the link below for registration
http://youth.denver.goarch.org/events/2015-events/
2015-basketball-event-weekend/
We will provide additional information and details
in the weeks to come.
This is a great event where all of our GOYANS across our
Metropolis come together for Fun and Faith.
Any questions regarding the Tournament please contact
Fr. Peter at [email protected]
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A Message from the Parish Council
As we’ve all surely noticed, with families back from summer vacation
and catechetical school back in session, attendance at Divine Liturgy has
increased significantly. Gone are the light crowds of summertime and our
beautiful church is once again full on Sundays. With the larger crowds, though,
come challenges with some aspects of our services—in particular, with the
reception of Holy Communion.
The parish council is there to make sure that everyone who wishes to
partake of Communion can do so, coming forward in a reverent, orderly fashion.
Our goal is to ensure the process takes place efficiently and, more importantly,
with the solemnity appropriate to this beautiful sacrament.
We therefore humbly ask for your cooperation in this effort by following
a couple simple guidelines:
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Please remain seated in your pews until a council member indicates your
row should go forward.
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If you are standing in the back of the nave, please wait until all seated
parishioners have gone forward and a council member indicates you should
go ahead.
Please note that these guidelines are for Sunday school students and
teachers also. Our experience has shown us that the best way to get everyone to
class promptly is for the whole process to be conducted in an efficient and
orderly manner.
Finally, we understand there will often need to be accommodations
made, typically for our elderly parishioners, or for others who may have trouble
standing in line. Please don’t hesitate to ask a parish council member for
assistance in these circumstances.
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions for how we can
better serve the parish, please feel free to contact any member of the Parish
Council. You can also email us with your thoughts at
[email protected].
In Christ’s service,
Your 2014 Parish Council
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Please join the Holy Trinity Adult Bible Study
each Thursday at 10:45 a.m. in the Board Room of the
Arthur L. Sarris Community Center. We will begin this
year with a study of 2 Corinthians.
Do you allow your weaknesses to rule over you?
Do you have hardships that overwhelm you?
Do you beg God to remove obstacles from your life?
The apostle Paul delighted in his weaknesses, welcomed
hardship as a friend and thanked God for obstacles that offered
opportunities to experience God's power. Was he crazy? In everything
Paul teaches you to rely, as he did, on God's great promise: "My grace is
sufficient for you."
Please join us as we study 2 Corinthians!
The Holy Trinity Bookstore
Welcomes You!
We are excited about the new books for the Fall & Winter
season that we have ordered, and the new hand-made
Byzantine Jewelry from Gallery Byzantium. We have new icons
and gift selections for your home and family. This month we are highlighting
two books to better understand the Divine Liturgy: “The Orthodox Church” by
Timothy Ware and “The Heavenly Banquet” by Father Emmanuel Hatzidakis.
The staff is ready to help you with all of your bookstore needs, so do come and
see the prayer books, incense burners, charcoal, icons, Christmas items and
much, much more!
Your Bookstore Team: Mary Zotos, Betty Boyd & Alin Voicu
Open Sundays after Divine Liturgy until 12:30 p.m.
& Wednesdays, 1 - 3 p.m.
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Dear Parishioner,
The recent Festival was a great success! Thank you for all of your
hard work and dedication. Believe it or not the planning for our
59th Festival will begin shortly. The Festival is a yearlong
project for the Festival Steering Committee. The committee
continues to make great strides in improving the festival. We are looking for
new committee members to help to keep this positive momentum going.
The Greek Food Festival Steering Committee has four open positions. We are
looking for people who can bring ideas, a good work ethic and enjoy being part
of our faith, food and culture. We ask those applying to be comfortable making
a 3 year commitment. That includes time commitment early in the year for
monthly meetings and as the festival approaches the meetings increase.
Committee members are expected to attend all meetings whenever possible.
Please see the application on Page 19. The application must be submitted no
later than December 31st. You may drop it off in the Church Office deposit box
in an envelope marked “Greek Food Festival of Dallas Committee
Nomination.”
We will review all applicants and will provide responses by January 15th.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact any one of our
members.
In His Service,
Your Greek Food Festival Steering Committee
Fr. Christopher Constantinides
Jason Ortgies Maria Ortgies Terry Moros Stamati Arakas
Bernie Everson Ari Rigopoulos Harry Yianitsas Mary Carter
Mary LeBrecht Yvonne Schifelbein Lisa LaTray Billy Karant
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Greek Food Festival Steering Committee
Candidate Information
Name: _____________________________________________
Date:
___________________________
Personal Information: Career/Business, years as a member of Holy
Trinity, etc.
Qualities/Traits: that would make you a productive member of the
Greek Food Festival Committee including past leadership positions in
the Church.
Have you chaired an area at the GFF? If so please list:
Areas of Improvement or enhancements for the Greek Food Festival (in
your opinion):
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YOUTH CHOIR
We sing with the
Adult Choir on
Nov. 2nd and Dec. 7th
Rehearsals on
November 2nd
& December 14th
in the Greek School Room of
the Community Center
9:30 to 10:00 a.m.
For more information contact:
Mary LeBrecht at
[email protected]
or 972-464-7445
Tom Thumb Pharmacy Flu Shot Clinic
November 16, 2014 in the Community Center
1. Consent and release forms required and are
available in the Church Office. Dead line: No vem ber 10, 2014
2. Please bring medical and prescription insurance cards, as
many plans are now covering the shot.
3. Regular flu shot - $25. (Cash - exact change only. Make checks
payable to “Tom Thumb.” NO CREDIT CARDS)
4. Ages 8 years and up ONLY.
* High Dose flu shots will be available for people over 65 years of age.
Medicare is accepted. (Red, white and blue card.)
* Each person who gets a flu shot will receive a coupon good for 10% off a
grocery purchase at any Tom Thumb Store. Some exclusions apply. Coupon
expires 1/3/2015.
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Ninth Annual Night with Norm
Featuring Norm Hitzges & Special Guests
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
13555 Hillcrest Road
Dallas, TX 75240
Norm Hitzges
Platinum Sponsorship--$10,000
Special Guests
 Randy Galloway
 Rick Gosselin
 Gordon Jago
 Chuck Morgan
 Randy White
Two tables of eight (8) guests, plus one Night with
Norm Celebrity and their guest at each table
Exclusive seating
Name recognition on printed materials and program
Event naming opportunity
Gold Sponsor--$3,000
One table of ten (10) guests
Preferred seating
Name recognition on printed materials and program
Silver Sponsor--$1,500
One table of ten (10) guests
Name recognition on printed materials and
program
Individual ticket--$50
For more information contact Becca Leonard - 214-421-1108
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Weekly Bulletin Stewardship Report as of 10/22/14
Contributions received 1/1/14 to 10/22/14
2014 Stewardship
Pledges
Number of $ 2014 $ Contributed to % of 2014 Pledge
Pledges
Pledges 2014 Stewardship Contributed
No Change to Pledge
345
$432,250
Decreased Pledge
150
$84,009
Increased Pledge
175
$311,394
New Pledges
TOTAL # of Pledges
73
743
$49,449
$877,102
Chris Canellos
2014 Parish Council President
$656,140
74.81%
Harry Yianitsas
2014 Stewardship Chairman
If you play any instrument i.e. Clarinet, Flute, French Horn,
Trumpet, Guitar, Violin, Viola, etc. and would like to play
during the Christmas season, please
call Maria Carayannopoulos at 972-931-7943.
We also need soloists for the Christmas Recital,
Tree Lighting Ceremony and Caroling
on Saturday, the 6th of December.
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Why Toothpaste Makes Food Taste Funny
By Harry Yianitsas, Stewardship Chairman
Interesting information from Colin Schultz at Smithsonian.com:
All food is made of chemicals - even food that grows on trees or in the ground. (Bananas,
eggs and blueberries still have component parts like glucose, aspartic acid, butraldehyde
and phenylalanine.) Some of these chemicals nourish us; others are connected to taste or
color. And like any chemicals, the chemicals in food interact in sometimes curious ways.
Take, for instance, the disgusting taste that comes from putting pretty much any food
stuff in your mouth after you've just brushed your teeth. What's going on there?
The American Chemical Society explains that one toothpaste chemical in particular—
sodium lauryl sulfate*—seems to alter your mouth's ability to detect tastes. What we
call "taste" is, actually, chemicals in food binding to specialized receptors on your
tongue—your taste buds. Sodium lauryl sulfate, The American Chemical Society
explains, blocks the receptors that sense “sweet” and ramps up the ones for “bitter.”
With your sense of sweet temporarily cooked, it's no wonder everything suddenly tastes
a little weird.
*Also found in shampoo and other cosmetic items. Note to self: Drinking shampoo will
also make food taste funny.
So now we know why doing this essential daily task leaves a strange and
sometimes bad taste in our mouth - grapefruit after toothbrushing anyone?
However, most of us older than 8 years old wouldn’t think of ignoring the care
of our teeth, no matter how funny or bad things may taste for a while after
brushing. After all, our teeth have to last us a lifetime. Frequent attention of the
teeth rewards the good dental steward with a lifetime of good health.
You know, frequent stewardship to your church is sometimes like
toothbrushing. Many times it may leave us with a funny taste, but it too is
essential for our own spiritual health and the health of our church. One
difference though - most of us don’t think about taking care of our church as
often as we take care of our own teeth. What difference could it make if we
thought about stewardship every time we brushed our teeth? …. I bet we could
all taste that difference.