Sunday Bulletin

January 15, 2017

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

13555 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, Texas 75240 Office 972-991-1166 Fax 972-661-1717

www.holytrinitydallas.org

Reverend Father Christopher Constantinides Reverend Father Peter Kostakis

Reverend Father John Essa Reverend Deacon Mark Pakes

Reverend Deacon Athanasios “Clint” Sharpley Reverend Deacon Christopher Stern

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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. Please remain

seated in your pews until a council member indicates your row should go

forward. 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.

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!

PRAYERS FOR OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN

We are currently updating the list of active service members.

Please submit the name of the person/s you would like added to this prayer list.

972-991-1166 or vwells@holytrinitydallas.org

PRAYERS FOR HEALING

Brandon Bell, USAF

Michael Bocan-Collins, PO1 US Navy

1st Lt. Thomas C. Bouras, US Army

Nicholas Patitsas, 1st Lt., US Marine Corps

Haylie Marie Pike, US Navy

Stephen Serniak, Major, USAF Space Command

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Sunday, Janary 5 , 2057 Hymns at the Small Entrance

RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, PLAGAL OF THE FIRST TONE

GREEN BOOK PAGE 85 – THE ETERNAL WORD

PRIEST ENTRANCE HYMN, SECOND TONE

Come let us bow down to Christ and worship Him the Son of God.

Save us O Son of God, who did arise from the dead. We sing to You,

alleluia!

RESURRECTIONAL HYMN, PLAGAL OF THE FIRST TONE

GREEN BOOK PAGE 85 – THE ETERNAL WORD

HYMN FOR THE SAINT, FOURTH TONE

Since thou hadst with fervour longed after the Lord from thy youth,

* thou leftest the world with its delights and nobly didst strive in

valiant ascetic deeds. * Thou didst pitch thy hut before the gates of

thy parents; * thou didst break the demons' snares, O all-blessed

Father. * And therefore, as is meet, hath Christ God glorified thee,

O John.

HYMN FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, PLAGAL FOURTH

TONE

Remember Your servants, O Lord, for you are good, and forgive

their every sin in this life, for no one is without sin, except you,

who are able to give rest to the departed.

HYMN FOR THE CHURCH, PLAGAL OF THE FOURTH TONE

GREEN BOOK - PAGE 115

KONTAKION OF THE FEAST, FIRST TONE

Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the

hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our

God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and

strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving

One.

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Epistle Reading

St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11.

BRETHREN, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will

appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in

you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness,

which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming

upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you

lived in them. But now put them all away; anger, wrath, malice,

slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another,

seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and

have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge

after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew,

circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free

man, but Christ is all, and in all.

Gospel Reading

Luke 17:12-19

At that time, as Jesus entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who

stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master,

have mercy on us." When He saw them He said to them, "Go and show

yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. Then

one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God

with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet, giving Him

thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then said Jesus: "Were not ten

cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give

praise to God except this foreigner?" And He said to him: "Rise and go

your way; your faith has made you well."

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Jan. 15 Paul of Thebes; John the Hut-Dweller; Pansophios the

Martyr of Alexandria

Jan. 16 Veneration of Apostle Peter's Precious Chains; Romilo the

Monk of Mount Athos; Peusippos, Elasippos, and

Mesippos the siblings, and their grandmother Neonilla;

Nicholas the New-Martyr of Mytilene; Righteous Hierodeacon

Makarios of Kalogeras

Jan. 17 Anthony the Great; Anthony the New of the Berropas Skete;

George the New Martyr of Ioannina; Theodosius the Emperor

Jan. 18 Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria; Zenia the

Martyr

Jan. 19 Macarius the Great of Egypt; Mark, Bishop of Ephesus;

Arsenius of Corfu; Makarios of Alexandria; Makarios,

Hierodeacon of Kalogera, Patmos; Removal of the

Honorable Relics of Saint Gregory the Theologian;

Branwallader, Bishop of Jersey

Jan. 20 Righteous Euthymius the Great; Zacharias the New

Martyr of Patra; John the Hieromartyr

Jan. 21 Maximus the Confessor; Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea;

Martyrs Neophytos, Agnes, Patroclus, Maximus the

Greek and Eugene of Trebizond

Daily Commemoration of Saints

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Sunday, Jan. 15 Basketball Tournament

7:00 a.m. Orthros (Intercontinental Hotel)

8:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy

8:15 a.m. Orthros (Holy Trinity)

9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S)

40 Day Memorial for Constantin Bournias

10 Year Memorial for George Georgelas

NO CLASSES TODAY

Coffee hosted (Community Center) immediately following Divine Liturgy.

7 p.m. Trisagion for James Mariades (S)

Monday, Jan. 16 Basketball Tournament

OFFICE CLOSED for Martin Luther King Day

10 a.m. Funeral for James Mariades (S)

Tuesday, Jan. 17 St. Anthony

8:30 a.m. Orthros

9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (C)

11:30 a.m Sr. Fellowship Luncheon (A)

1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Pickleball (Gym)

5 - 6:30 p.m. Greek School (GS Rooms)

6:30 p.m. Parish Council Meeting (A)

7 - 8 p.m. Adult Evening Bible Study (BR)

7 - 8:30 p.m. Adult HT Greek School (GS Room)

Wednesday, Jan. 18 St. Athanasios

8:30 a.m. Orthros

9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (C)

2 - 5:45 p.m. Holy Trinity Bookstore OPEN

5 - 6:30 p.m. Greek School (GS Rooms)

6 p.m. Paraklesis (C)

7 p.m. Faith Enrichment (BR)

7 p.m. Philoptochos General Meeting (A)

Thursday, Jan. 19

10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. Adult Bible Study (BR)

5 - 6:30 p.m. Greek School (GS Rooms)

7 p.m. Men’s Basketball (Gym)

Calendar of Events

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Parish Council Schedule January 15

Ari Rigopoulos, Christina Hochleutner,

Jim Chappel, Bill Zaemes, Peter Hronas

January 22 Tasos Kaiafas, Wade Stephens, Alin Voicu,

Mary Ann Trapalis, Fotis Papanicolaou, Mary LeBrecht

7 - 8:30 p.m. S.A.L.T. (A) For info FrPeter@holytrinitydallas.org

7 p.m. IV Fundraiser Meeting (BR)

Friday, Jan. 20

No Activities

Saturday, Jan. 21

5 p.m. Great Vespers (C)

Sunday, Jan. 22

8:15 a.m. Orthros

9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy (S)

40 Day Memorial for Constantinos Goundanis (Presv. Athanasia’s

grandfather)

40 Day Memorial for John Austin

Catechetical School (Community Center) and Adult Catechetical School

(Chapel) after Holy Communion. Coffee hosted (Community Center)

immediately following Divine Liturgy.

10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. BLOOD DRIVE (Gym)

12:30 - 2:30 p.m. HTHD Practice (Gym) Jr GOYA 12:30 p.m.; Sr

GOYA 1:30 p.m.

Holy Trinity Bookstore

Holy Trinity Bookstore is open 2 - 5:45 p.m. on

Wednesdays. After 5 enter at the south (Greek

School) door.

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S.A.L.T. Dinner & Discussion

WHAT?

Topic: What will bring us hope for this new year?

January can be a difficult month! Can our faith and

practice help us to look forward to the new year and to our growth?

For our discussion springboard, we will select some Maxims

from Fr. Hopko's "55 Maxims of the Christian Life" because they have

some famous new-year resolutions but also some help for us to take

the small step to begin!

We will also be serving some Italian food for dinner, so RSVP,

and please consider a bringing a donation to offset any church

expenses!

WHERE?

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Community Center.

WHEN?

Thursday, January 19 at 7-8:30 p.m. (Reminder: We meet the third

Thursday of every month)

RSVP:

Please reply to FrPeter@holytrinitydallas.org for dinner planning

purposes if you plan on attending. Thanks!

Happy New Year! Please join us at our first luncheon in 2017 . . .

date : Tuesday, January 17th place: 11:30 a.m. - Community Center

Plans for the next few months will be discussed.

See you on the 17th!

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The Three Hierarchs

HOLY TRINITY GREEK SCHOOL NEWS

HAPPY NEW YEAR! KALI HRONIA!!

Sunday, January 29, students will celebrate the annual “Three

Hierarchs” Day. Immediately following Divine Liturgy,

students will give short presentations in Greek and English

honoring the Three Hierarchs.

Also on Sunday, January 29, the Greek School PTA will

host the coffee hour. Tiropitas will be on sale.

Who are the Three Hierarchs?

The title Three Hierarchs refers to three holy men of God

from the 4-5th centuries AD – Basil the Great, John Chrysostom,

and Gregory the Theologian. All Christians are indebted to

these “Pillars of Faith” for their defense of the Divinity of Jesus

Christ and their faithful articulation of the doctrine of the Holy

Trinity. For their extraordinary pastoral and theological

prowess they are called “Great Hierarchs and Universal

Teachers.”

From the website of Three Hierarchs Church,

Wenatchee, Washington

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St. John Chrysostom 2017 Oratorical Festival Students can sign up to participate by filling out the online form here:

https://goo.gl/forms/AiIEO4XDvAUWwFVI3

Visit the Dallas Oratorical Festival for topics and tips:

http://tinyurl.com/ofdallas

Questions can be directed to Lindsey Petropoulos

propshot@hotmail.com or 214-862-4054

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2017

AHEPA Scholarships

APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE

There are three scholarship applications available from

AHEPA for college students. To get your application for the

National, District 16 and Local Chapter 20, follow these

instructions:

For the National AHEPA applications

go to the website: www.ahepa.org

Under Education & Scholarships, print the application.

Applications due March 31, 2017

For the District 16 AHEPA applications go to:

www.ahepad16.org

Applications are due 3 weeks (July 3, 2017) before

the District Convention (July 24-29, 2017)

For the Local Chapter 20 applications, send an email to

ahepascholarship@gmail.com

An application will be emailed to you.

Applications are due May 31, 2017

If you have any questions please contact

Bill Lane at 214-497-1119

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Jim Dolmas Harry Yianitsas

2016 Parish Council President 2016 Stewardship Chairman

Holy Trinity Bookstore

We hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday season. The

bookstore is having a 50% off sale for a large number of Christmas

related items. We have a number of coloring books for children as well

as family themed books. Additionally, we have a limited number of

ornaments for sale.

The featured icons this week are of Saint Athanasius the Great,

celebrated on January 18th and The Baptism of Our Lord which took

place on January 6th. Both are 8x10 and available for $25/each in January

only.

Hours: Sundays after Divine

Liturgy until 12:30 p.m. &

Wednesdays 2 - 5:45 p.m.

Your Bookstore Team!

Weekly Bulletin 2016 Stewardship Report as of 12/31/16 Contributions received 1/1/16 to 12/31/16 and 1/10/17 post

2016 Stewardship Pledges

Number of Pledges

$ 2016 Pledges

$ Contributed to 2016 Stewardship

% of 2016 Pledge Contributed

No Change to Pledge 342 $417,109

Decreased Pledge 141 $157,929

Increased Pledge 210 $313,553

New Pledges 64 $35,265

TOTAL # of Pledges 757 $923,856 $864,958 93.62%

Why Are We Here?

What made you get up this morning? The alarm clock? Did you offer a prayer

of thanks for this day? Why? What makes today so great that you’d want to say

thanks? What did you plan on doing today? Coming to church? Staying home?

Giving yourself some “downtime”? Why? Why do you think you need

“downtime”? Why did you plan to stay home? Why did you come to church?

Why are we here?

Before we came to church, why did we bother to get all dressed up? Why

bother? Once we got to church, was the church still here? What makes us so

confident that it would be open when we arrived? Were we relieved that it was

still here and open when we got here, or do we just expect it to be around forever

just “because”? Once we went inside, did we immediately look around for our

friends and family? Did we immerse ourselves in prayer? Did we allow ourselves

to feel the presence of God as we entered His holy house, or did we drag the

outside secular world inside with us? Did we come to church, or did we become

the church?

Why are we here?

As we knelt during the consecration, did we close our eyes to the world and

allow the Holy Spirit to engulf us, or did we count the threads in the carpet while

waiting to rise again? Did we take communion, or did we allow the body and

blood of Christ to come inside our souls and bodies? Did we stay until the

completion of liturgy, or did we “walk the red carpet” right out the door of the

church to be the first to grab some coffee, or better yet, keep walking to the car to

leave and get on with all those “things” that simply can’t wait the extra ten

minutes the liturgy takes to complete?

Why are we here?

While we fellowshipped in the community center, did we continue the same

old conversations with our familiar friends, or did we notice someone new and

introduce ourselves? Do we unconsciously exclude others from feeling they

belong to this community, or do we encourage and invite them to join us as part

of a church that serves God and his people?

Why are we here?

What is the reason we feel the need to come here? What do we offer to our

community? Do we serve our greater community with our own personal time,

talent, and treasure? Or, do we allow ourselves to be served by the time, talent,

and treasure of others? Have we fulfilled our pledges without pleading, or are

we waiting for pleading before pledging?

Do we feel unsettled with more questions than answers? Then I ask you again,

Why are we here?

Harry Yianitsas

Stewardship Chairman