ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΤΑΞΙΑΡΧΩΝ
TAXIARCHAE/ARCHANGELS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
25 Bigelow Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472 ♦ 617.924.8182—Phone ♦ 617.924.4124—Fax
Rev. Fr. Athanasios Nenes, Parish Priest
914.479.8096—Cell Phone
[email protected]—Email
MARCH 15, 2015 — SUNDAY OF THE HOLY CROSS
Tuesday, March 17—Greek School—4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 18—AHEPA Bowling
Wednesday, March 18—Pre-Sanctified Liturgy (Taxiarchae/Archangels)—6:00 pm
Thursday, March 19—Greek School—4:00 pm
Friday, March 20—AHEPA Drop-In (Atrium)
Friday, March 20—4th Heretismoi/Salutations to the Theotokos—7:00 pm
Saturday, March 21—Greek School—10:00 am
Sunday, March 22—Greek School Independence Program (after Liturgy)
Hymns of the Day
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode
By Your Cross, O Christ our God, You
destroyed death. You opened paradise to the
thief. You transformed the lament of the
Myrrh-bearing women, and You commanded
the Apostles to proclaim You are risen,
granting the world Your great mercy.
Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον,
ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν
Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον μετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς
σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας, ὅτι
ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ
μέγα ἔλεος.
Apolytikion for Sunday of the Holy Cross
in the First Mode
Lord, save Your people and bless Your
inheritance, granting our rulers to prevail over
a d v e r sa r ie s ,
and
pr o t e c ti n g
Your
commonwealth by Your Cross.
Σώσον Κύριε τόν λαόν σου καί ευλόγησον τήν
κληρονομίαν σου, νίκας τοίς Βασιλεύσι κατά
βαρβάρων δωρούμενος καί τό σόν φυλάττων
διά τού Σταυρού σου πολίτευμα.
Seasonal Kontakion in Plagal 4th Mode
To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender,
having been delivered from peril, I, your city,
dedicate the victory festival as a thank
offering. In your irresistible might, keep me
safe from all trials, that I may call out to you:
"Hail, unwedded bride!"
Τὴ ὑπερμάχω στρατηγῶ τὰ νικητήρια, ὡς
λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν εὐχαριστήρια,
ἀναγράφω σοὶ ἡ Πόλις σου Θεοτόκε, Ἀλλ' ὡς
ἔχουσα τὸ κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐκ παντοίων
μὲ κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον, ἵνα κράζω σοί,
Χαῖρε νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.
March 15—Sunday of the
Holy Cross
With the help of God, we have
almost reached the middle of
the course of the Fast, where
our strength has been worn
down through abstinence, and
the full difficulty of the labour
set before us becomes
apparent. Therefore our holy Mother, the
Church of Christ, now brings to our help the
all-holy Cross, the joy of the world, the
strength of the faithful, the staff of the just,
and the hope of sinners, so that by venerating
it reverently, we might receive strength and
grace to complete the divine struggle of the
Fast.
Journey with us through Great Lent
by attending the many church
services that are taking place!
Epistle Reading
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to
the Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:1-6
BRETHREN, since we have a high priest who
has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the
Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For
we have not a high priest who is unable to
sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who
in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sin. Let us then with confidence
draw near to the throne of grace, that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help in time of
need. For every high priest chosen from among
men is appointed to act on behalf of men in
relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for
sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and
wayward, since he himself is beset with
weakness. Because of this he is bound to offer
sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of
the people. And one does not take the honor
upon himself, but he is called by God, just as
Aaron was. So also Christ did not exalt himself
to be made a high priest, but was appointed by
him who said to him, "Thou art my Son, today I
have begotten thee"; as he says also in another
place, "Thou art a priest for ever, after the
order of Melchizedek.".
Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 4:14-16; 5:1-6
Ἀδελφοί, ἔχοντες οὖν ἀρχιερέα μέγαν,
διεληλυθότα τοὺς οὐρανούς, Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν
τοῦ θεοῦ, κρατῶμεν τῆς ὁμολογίας. Οὐ γὰρ
ἔχομεν ἀρχιερέα μὴ δυνάμενον συμπαθῆσαι ταῖς
ἀσθενείαις ἡμῶν, πεπειραμένον δὲ κατὰ πάντα
καθʼ ὁμοιότητα, χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας. Προσερχώμεθα
οὖν μετὰ παρρησίας τῷ θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος, ἵνα
λάβωμεν ἔλεον, καὶ χάριν εὕρωμεν εἰς εὔκαιρον
βοήθειαν. Πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεύς, ἐξ ἀνθρώπων
λαμβανόμενος, ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται τὰ
πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἵνα προσφέρῃ δῶρά τε καὶ
θυσίας ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν· μετριοπαθεῖν δυνάμενος
τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσιν καὶ πλανωμένοις, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς
περίκειται ἀσθένειαν· καὶ διὰ ταύτην ὀφείλει,
καθὼς περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ, οὕτως καὶ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ,
προσφέρειν ὑπὲρ ἁμαρτιῶν. Καὶ οὐχ ἑαυτῷ τις
λαμβάνει τὴν τιμήν, ἀλλὰ καλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ
θεοῦ, καθάπερ καὶ Ἀαρών. Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς
οὐχ ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασεν γενηθῆναι ἀρχιερέα, ἀλλʼ
ὁ λαλήσας πρὸς αὐτόν, Υἱός μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ
σήμερον γεγέννηκά σε. Καθὼς καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ
λέγει, Σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν
Μελχισεδέκ.
Gospel Reading
Sunday of the Holy Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1
The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after
me, let him deny himself and take up his cross
and follow me. For whoever would save his life
will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my
sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does
it profit a man, to gain the whole world and
forfeit his life? For what can a man give in
return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of
me and my words in this adulterous and sinful
generation, of him will the Son of man also be
ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his
Father with the holy angels." And he said to
them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some
standing here who will not taste death before
they see the kingdom of God come with
power."
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 8.34-38, 9.1
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν,
ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν
αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν
ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν
ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ
εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ
ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον
ὅλον, καὶ ζημιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει
ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς
γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους
ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ,
καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται
αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ
μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν
αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε
ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου
ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ
ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει.
PROSPHORO BAKERS NEEDED!
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The Holy Prosphoro Bakers
aints Spyridon and Nicodemus were monks in the caves
of Kievan Pechersk in the 12th century. They led very strict,
ascetic lives. They fulfilled their obedience by baking
prosphoro (holy bread used for Communion) for thirty years.
They did their work with unceasing prayer and singing of
Psalms. Once, while St. Spyridon was tending the oven, his
mantle caught fire. The fire was put out and the mantle
showed no sign of being burned.
We have a continuous need for Prosphoro, especially during the Lenten
season. Please consider making a regular offering of this holy bread. If you
need a recipe or instructions on how to make prosphoro, please call the
church office at 617.924.8182. Thank you!
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
2015-2016 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
NEW YORK – Applications and instructions for three scholarships administered by the Department of
Philanthropy of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are available for awards to be made for the
2015-2016 academic year. The George & Naouma (Gioule) Gioles Scholarship and the Katina John Malta
Scholarship are for undergraduate studies, and the Paleologos Scholarship is awarded for graduate work
of a non-theological nature. Each of these scholarships was established through generous gifts from
dedicated Greek Orthodox Christians who wanted to provide financial assistance towards the education of
young people from our Orthodox Christian community.
Applications can be accessed by visiting www.goarch.org (scholarships are listed in the ‘SPOTLIGHT’
section on the homepage).
For more information, please email [email protected] or call 212-774-0283. The deadline for
submitting an application for any of these scholarships is Monday, April 27, 2015.
2015 AHEPA DISTRICT #8 SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications are now available to high school seniors or undergraduate college students who will be or
are attending an accredited four year college or university; 24 scholarships will be awarded. Deadline for
applying is May 1, 2015. For more information, please call Athanasios Vulgaropulos—781.704.7870.
Chrysostom
Scholarship
New! FOUR-YEAR
TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
are now being awarded to senior and junior division,
1st, 2nd , and 3rd place finalists in each category
(oratory, essay, and poetry) of the St. John
Chrysostom Oratorical Festival, beginning at the
parish level and increasing in amount through the
national level.
Students must matriculate to Hellenic College from
high school and be accepted to take advantage of
their scholarship. Please see Hellenic College Terms
and Conditions for scholarship amounts and more
detailed information at:
www.hchc.edu/admissions/scholarships
Lenten Reading
All available in our Church Bookstore
Holy Week—Easter
is a book of the Holy
The Akathist Hymn—Profound,
devotional poem, which sings praises
of the Holy Mother and Ever-Virgin
Mary which we chant the first five
Friday’s during Lent.
Week Services.
The Lenten
Collection was
published at the
suggestion of His
Eminence
Metropolitan
Methodios of
Boston to help
guide in the
preparation of
Lenten meals.
The Lenten
Covenant is a
devotional
Commentary on
the Lenten
Triodion of the
Orthodox Church.
The Orthodox Study
Bible
The Lenten Spring is for all
Christians who undertake the
yearly journey to the blessed
Pascha of our Lord will find
inspiration and guidance in these
meditations..
Great Lent—Journey to Pascha
examines the meaning of Liturgy of
the Presanctified Gifts, the Prayer of
St Ephraim the Syrian, and other
neglected or misunderstood treasures
of Lenten worship.
Journey Through The
Great Fast is a book
that can serve as a map
for our Great Fast
journey.
Great Lent Unplugged is an
antidote to the human propensity
to overdo personal spiritual
loftiness. It is a book to put the
Lenten journey in perspective,.
“Let my prayer rise as incense before You . . .
And the lifting up of my hands, as an evening sacrifice.”
Lenten Pre-Sanctified Liturgies
Inter-parish prayer fellowship on the following dates:
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Annunciation Cathedral Chapel, 162 Goddard Ave., Brookline, MA—6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Taxiarchae/Archangels Church, 25 Bigelow Ave., Watertown, MA—6 p.m.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
St. Catherine Church, 119 Common Street, Braintree, MA—6 p.m.
Please note: Wednesdays—February 25, March 11, and March 25—
services will be held at home parishes at 6:00 p.m.
F
ollowing the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy on these days, the host community will offer
a Lenten dinner for all in attendance. An open discussion over dinner on a Lenten
theme will also take place.
All are invited to join in prayer on these days—young and old alike. Come and join
us as we progress through our journey of Great and Holy Lent.
Philoptochos Annual
Palm Sunday Bake Sale
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Homemade tsourekia, Greek desserts,
decorated Easter candles,
red eggs and much more!
Palm Sunday
Taxiarchae Family Luncheon
Sunday, April 5, 2015
12:30 p.m.
Adults
Complete Fish Dinner $25 per adult
Children Under 12
Pasta Dinner
$10 per child
Luncheon will be limited to 300 people. We ask that you please pay in advance. Please
call Lin in the church office at 617.924.8182 or email [email protected] to
make your reservation.
EARLY RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED!
Palm Sunday Family Luncheon Reservation Form
Name: ________________________________________________________________
Telephone: (
) _______________________________________________________
Amount of tickets you are buying:
Adults: _____
Children: _____
Please complete and return this form, along with your payment, to:
Taxiarchae/Archangels, 25 Bigelow Avenue, Watertown, MA 02472.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOME TO ALL VISITORS: Please join us for fellowship immediately following the Liturgy in the
social hall. For those visiting an Orthodox Church, please be aware that Holy Communion is a sign of
unity of faith which is only offered to Baptized or Chrismated Orthodox Christians. However, all present
are welcome to partake of the Antidoro (blessed bread) which is distributed at the end of the service.
MEMORIALS: Today we offer memorial prayers for Stella Panos (40 days). May her memory be eternal!
Αιωνία η Mνήμη!
PARKING: Help us be a good neighbor. When parking at the Watertown Savings Bank, the ATM
needs to be accessible to bank patrons, even on Sunday’s! Please be considerate.
GRECIAN FESTIVAL 2015: We are looking for a festival chairperson! If you know of someone who
would be interested, please call the church office at 617.924.8182. Thank you!
PRE-SANCTIFIED LENTEN MEAL: Taxiarchae is hosting the Lenten meal after the Pre-Sanctified
Liturgy this Wednesday, March 18. We are looking for: salads, bread (regular and pita), hummus,
tabouleh, halva, fruit platters, Lenten dishes. Thank you.
PALM SUNDAY PRE-BAKE SALE: Philoptochos has booked the church kitchen for Monday, March
30 and April 2 to bake cookies and whatever else we decide for the Palm Sunday Bake Sale. More details
to come.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Philoptochos is looking for volunteers on Good Friday morning to decorate the
Kouvouklion, the church, and anything else that needs to be done to prepare for the Resurrection of our
Lord. Please call the church office is you can help out.
PALM SUNDAY BAKE SALE: Bakers needed for the Palm Sunday Bake Sale. It is a busy time of year
for all of us, but please try to bring something for the bake sale. This is our biggest fundraiser!
LENTEN FOOD DRIVE: The Sunday School will once again sponsor a food drive during Lent. After
Liturgy, as you leave the church, Sunday School children will be at the back doors collecting donations.
Please also consider dropping off non-perishable food items to the church office. All donations will go to
the Holy Resurrection Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Allston to fill the shelves of their food pantry. Thank
you for your help.
GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY: Our Greek School will celebrate Greek Independence Day immediately
following the Divine Liturgy in the Metaxas Hall on Sunday, March 22. Our children have prepared a
beautiful program of poems and songs. Please join us in celebrating the birth of our Greek Nation in
recognition of the sacrifices made for our independence.
AHEPA SENIORS DROP-IN CENTER: Please stop by on Friday’s from 10 am-1 pm to play tavli
(backgammon) in the Atrium.
AHEPA BOWLING: Bowling takes place on Wednesdays. For more information, please call Demetri
Tsatsarones through the church office—617.924.8182.
SPECIAL FUND: The Metropolis of Boston has established a special fund to help the family of Fr.
Matthew Baker with expenses they will face immediately as well as in the long-term. Those wishing to
contribute may do so by sending a check to:
Metropolis of Boston
c/o Fr. Matthew Baker Fund
162 Goddard Avenue
Brookline, MA 02445
Take the Almsgiving Challenge
This Great Lent, we invite you to an intentional practice of the
connection between fasting and almsgiving.
In the day on which you fast you will taste nothing but bread and water; and having reckoned up the
price of the dishes of that day which you intended to have eaten, you will give it to a widow, or an
orphan, or to some person in want, and thus you will exhibit humility of mind, so that he who has
received benefit from your humility may fill his own soul, and pray for you to the Lord. If you observe fasting,
as I have commanded you, your sacrifice will be acceptable to God, and this fasting will be written down;
and the service thus performed is noble, and sacred, and acceptable to the Lord. These things, therefore,
shall you thus observe with your children, and all your house, and in observing them you will be blessed;
and as many as hear these words and observe them shall be blessed; and whatsoever they ask of the Lord
they shall receive.
From the Shepherd of Hermas, Book III, a second century early Christian text, considered scriptural by
many of the church fathers of the time
Join the Almsgiving Challenge on Facebook or visit the Almsgiving Challenge page
www.everygoodandperfectgift.org/ for updates on how other readers are putting consume less + give more
into practice. Email us at [email protected] with details about how you plan to put the
Almsgiving Challenge into practice. We’ll share your experience anonymously with our readers.
Holy Week and Pascha Decorations
Sunday, April 5—Sunday, April 12, 2015
We are still in need of general flower donations to
cover the cost of decorations.
Please mail donations to:
Taxiarchae/Archangels Greek Orthodox Church
25 Bigelow Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472
Taxiarchae/Archangels, 25 Bigelow Ave., Watertown, MA 02472
Name: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Donation Amount: ____________________________________________________________________________