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 jasonadams@neo.rr.com.

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.

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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