Troparion of All Saints
The 32nd Sunday after Pentecost
All Saints Orthodox Church, Raleigh NC
(www.allsaintsnc.org)
919-859-1332
The V. Rev. Fr. Nicholas R. A. Sorensen, Pastor
January 29, 2006
Kontakion of the Presentation–
Tone 1
Thou, O Christ God, who by thy Birth,
didst sanctify the Virgin's womb, and, as is
meet, didst bless Simeon's arms, and didst
also come to save us; preserve thy fold in
wars, and confirm them whom thou didst
love, for thou alone art the Lover of mankind.
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The Saints Whom We Remember
The translation of the relics of Ignatios the God-bearer of Antioch ;
New-martyr Demetrios of Chios.
Parish Notes
This Week’s Schedule
Today:
Wednesday:
Saturday:
Next Sunday:
(www.allsaintsnc.org)
8:00a Orthros; 9:00a Church School; 10:00a Divine Liturgy
9:00a Third Hour Prayer; 6:30p Eve. Div. Lit. for the Presentation
5:30p Great Vespers
8:00a Orthros; 9:00a Church School; 10:00a Divine Liturgy
Altar Servers Today
Nicholas Christopoulos, Christian
Christopoulos, William Christopoulos,
Joseph Bailey.
Special Attention:
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Third Antiphon
Little Entrance
Troparion of the Resurrection
Tone 7
Troparion of the Resurrection
Tone 7
Thou didst shatter death by Thy Cross; Thou
didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst
turn the sadness of the ointment bearing women into joy, and didst bid Thine Apostles proclaim a warning that Thou hast risen, O Christ,
granting to the world the great mercy.
See above.
Entrance Hymn
“O Come, let us worship . . .”
Troparion for St. Ignatios–Tone 4
Thou hast become like the Apostles in their
states, a successor to their throne, finding
indeed the intelligential ladder, O thou
God-inspired. Therefore, thou hast followed the Word of God in righteousness,
and striven unto blood for the Faith. O
Martyr among Priests Ignatios, intercede
with Christ God to save our souls.
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Church Cleanup. Our parish pays to
have the church thoroughly and
professionally cleaned once a week on
Monday night (usually). At all other
times during the week, if we make a
mess, we must clean it up ourselves.
Please do not assume that somebody
else will do it. We are a fapmily here
and this is our holy place of worship
and prayer. We all need to take our
responsibility seriously to respect and
care for the house of the Lord.
About the Pledge. All of the voters in
our congregation have received by now
a pledge form for 2006. On this form is
a place to indicate whether or not you
are tithing (10% of your income after
taxes). The tithe can be calculated by
adding together your pledge to the
General Fund and to the Building Fund.
If together they add up to 10% of your
income after taxes then you are tithing.
The importance of this rests in the
Scriptural and Orthodox understanding
that the tithe is the minimum that a
Christian should consider when giving
to the Church. One of the goals that we
are looking for before we begin to build
a new temple is 75% of our voting
membership giving at a tithing level or
above. As has been said many times,
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the tithe is not to be considered as
dues or payment for services rendered.
Rather, it is the way that we properly
worship God with the financial/material
part of our life.
Non-voting members of All Saints
are also encouraged to tithe. Pledge
forms are available on the Narthex
table.
May God bless all of you as you
consider this important issue in your
spiritual life.
Children at Coffee Hour and at Other
Church Social Events. Parents please
supervise your children. No food or
drink should be taken into the nave or
the narthex. Cups and plates should be
picked up (inside and outside the
church building) and thrown into the
trash containers. Running and yelling in
the building should be strongly
discouraged. Our parish council is
working on a plan to provide a new play
area for our children this year.
Hopefully that will allow the children the
freedom to “let off some steam”
appropriately.
Our New Temple Building Project.
Please take moment to look at the new
bulletin board in the narthex that
displays our progress toward building a
new temple. If you would like more
information about this please talk to
any member of your parish council.
Epistle and Gospel Readings
Birthday Thankyou! From the bottom of
my heat I want to thank the entire parish
for their generous and loving gift to me
and the delicious and beautiful surprise
party on the occasion of my 60th birthday.
All Saints is indeed a family, and the love
that we share in Christ will continue unto
the ages of ages. Year after year, I feel
more and more blessed to be serving
Christ and His Church here in Raleigh. I
love all of you and pray that God will
continue to bless our All Saints family
and each individual member with all
good things.
Your father in Christ, the unworthy
priest,
NicholasProkeimenon:
The Lord will give strength to
His people.
Bring to the Lord, O sons of
God, bring to the Lord honor
and glory.
†Epistle: 1 Tim. 4:9–15 (RSV)
9: The saying is sure and worthy
of full acceptance. 10: For to this
end we toil and strive, because we
have our hope set on the living
God, who is the Savior of all men,
especially of those who believe.
11: Command and teach these
things. 12: Let no one despise
your youth, but set the believers an
example in speech and conduct, in
love, in faith, in purity. 13: Till I
come, attend to the public reading
of scripture, to preaching, to
teaching. 14: Do not neglect the
gift you have, which was given
you by prophetic utterance when
the council of elders laid their
hands upon you. 15: Practice these
duties, devote yourself to them, so
that all may see your progress.
†Gospel: Luke 19:1–10 (RSV)
1: He entered Jericho and was
passing through. 2: And there was
a man named Zacchae'us; he was a
chief tax collector, and rich. 3:
And he sought to see who Jesus
was, but could not, on account of
the crowd, because he was small
of stature. 4: So he ran on ahead
and climbed up into a sycamore
tree to see him, for he was to pass
that way. 5: And when Jesus came
to the place, he looked up and said
to him, "Zacchae'us, make haste
and come down; for I must stay at
your house today." 6: So he made
haste and came down, and
received him joyfully. 7: And
when they saw it they all
murmured, "He has gone in to be
the guest of a man who is a
sinner." 8: And Zacchae'us stood
and said to the Lord, "Behold,
Lord, the half of my goods I give
to the poor; and if I have
defrauded any one of anything, I
Epistle and Gospel Readings
resto
re it fourfold." 9: And Jesus said
to him, "Today salvation has come
to this house, since he also is a son
of Abraham. 10: For the Son of
man came to seek and to save the
lost."
Prokeimenon:
The Lord will give strength to
His people.
Bring to the Lord, O sons of
God, bring to the Lord honor
and glory.
†Epistle: 1 Tim. 4:9–15 (RSV)
9: The saying is sure and worthy
of full acceptance. 10: For to this
end we toil and strive, because we
have our hope set on the living
God, who is the Savior of all men,
especially of those who believe.
11: Command and teach these
things. 12: Let no one despise
your youth, but set the believers an
example in speech and conduct, in
love, in faith, in purity. 13: Till I
come, attend to the public reading
of scripture, to preaching, to
teaching. 14: Do not neglect the
gift you have, which was given
you by prophetic utterance when
the council of elders laid their
hands upon you. 15: Practice these
duties, devote yourself to them, so
that all may see your progress.
†Gospel: Luke 19:1–10 (RSV)
1: He entered Jericho and was
passing through. 2: And there was
a man named Zacchae'us; he was a
chief tax collector, and rich. 3:
And he sought to see who Jesus
was, but could not, on account of
the crowd, because he was small
of stature. 4: So he ran on ahead
and climbed up into a sycamore
tree to see him, for he was to pass
that way. 5: And when Jesus came
to the place, he looked up and said
to him, "Zacchae'us, make haste
and come down; for I must stay at
your house today." 6: So he made
haste and came down, and
received him joyfully. 7: And
when they saw it they all
murmured, "He has gone in to be
the guest of a man who is a
sinner." 8: And Zacchae'us stood
and said to the Lord, "Behold,
Lord, the half of my goods I give
to the poor; and if I have
defrauded any one of anything, I
restore it fourfold." 9: And Jesus
said to him, "Today salvation has
come to this house, since he also
is a son of Abraham. 10: For the
Son of man came to seek and to
save the lost.”
Saintly Notes
The Three Hierarchs (January 30)
his common feast of these three teachers was instituted a
little before the year 1100, during the reign of the Emperor
Alexis I Comnenus, because of a dispute and strife that
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arose among the notable and virtuous men of that time.
Some of them preferred Basil, while others preferred Gregory, and
yet others preferred John Chrysostom, quarrelling among themselves over which of the three was the greatest. Furthermore, each
party, in order to distinguish itself from the others, assumed the
name of its preferred Saint; hence, they called themselves Basilians, Gregorians, or Joannites. Desiring to bring an end to the contention, the three Saints appeared together to the saintly John Mauropus, a monk who had been ordained Bishop of Euchaita, a city
of Asia Minor; they revealed to him that the glory they have at the
throne of God is equal, and told him to compose a common service for the three of them, which he did with great skill and beauty.
Saint John of Euchaita (Oct. 5) is also the composer of the Canon
to the Guardian Angel, the Protector of a Man’s Life. In his old
age, he retired from his Episcopal see and again took up the monastic life in a monastery in Constantinople. He reposed during the
reign of the aforementioned Emperor Alexis Comnenus (1081–
1118).
The 32nd Sunday After
Pentecost
January 29, 2006
(Taken from The Great Horologion, 1997,
Boston: Holy Transfiguration Monastery)
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