Weekly Bulletin
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
15625 S. Bell Road - Homer Glen, IL 60491 - 708-645-0652Fr. Sotirios Dimitriou, Pastor
Sunday July 28, 2019 - 6th Sunday of Matthew
Sts. Prochoros, Nicanor, Timon, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70,
St. Irene the Righteous of Chrysovalantou & Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamos
Epistle Lesson: Romans 12:6-14 Gospel Lesson: Matthew 9:1-8
Services This Week:
Thursday, August 1st – Paraklesis 7:00 p.m.
Friday, August 2nd - Paraklesis 7:00 p.m.
We Would Like to Welcome All Visitors to Our Community Today!
When receiving Holy Communion, we ask that you kindly come up, row by row and follow the direction of the Parish Council Member.
WHO CAN RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION
Receiving Holy Communion and any other Sacraments is an expression of our acceptance of the dogmatic and moral teachings of the Orthodox Church. Only Orthodox Christians (by Baptism or Chrismation) in good standing may participate. For this reason, persons who do not agree with these teachings, or are not in good standing (for example, married outside the Church, or civilly divorced but not ecclesiastically divorced), must return to good standing in order to participate in the Sacramental life of the Church. For the same reasons, Orthodox Christians cannot receive sacraments in non-Orthodox.
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν, ὅτι ηὐδόκησε σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ Ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.
Let us worship the Word, O ye faithful, praising Him that with the Father and the Spirit is co-beginningless God, Who was born of a pure Virgin that we all be saved; for He was pleased to mount the Cross in the flesh that He assumed, accepting thus to endure death. And by His glorious rising, He also willed to resurrect the dead.
Apolytikion of Synaxis of John the Forerunner in the Second Tone
Μνήμη δικαίου μέτ' ἐγκωμίων, σοὶ δὲ ἀρκέσει ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Κυρίου Πρόδρομε, ἀνεδείχθης γὰρ ὄντως καὶ Προφητῶν σεβασμιώτερος, ὅτι καὶ ἐν ῥείθροις βαπτίσαι κατηξιώθης τὸν κηρυττόμενον. Ὅθεν τῆς ἀληθείας ὑπεραθλήσας, χαίρων εὐηγγελίσω καὶ τοὶς ἐν ἅδῃ, Θεὸν φανερωθέντα ἐν σαρκί, τὸν αἴροντα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ παρέχοντα ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise, but the Lord's testimony is sufficient for thee, O Forerunner; for thou hast proved to be truly even more venerable than the Prophets, since thou was granted to baptize in the running waters Him Whom they proclaimed. Wherefore, having contested for the truth, thou didst rejoice to announce the good tidings even to those in Hades: that God hath appeared in the flesh, taking away the sin of the world and granting us great mercy.
Apolytikion of Dormition of the Theotokos in the First Tone
Εν τή Γεννήσει τήν παρθενίαν εφύλαξας, έν τή Κοιμήσει τόν κόσμον ού κατέλιπες Θεοτόκε, Μετέστης πρός τήν ζωήν, μήτηρ υπάρχουσα τής ζωής, καί ταίς πρεσβείαις ταίς σαίς λυτρουμένη, εκ θανάτου τάς ψυχάς ημών.
In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your intercessions.
Kontakion of Holy Transfiguration - Grave Tone
Επί τού όρους μετεμορφώθης, καί ως εχώρουν οι Μαθηταί σου τήν δόξαν σου, Χριστέ ο Θεός εθεάσαντο, ίνα όταν σε ίδωσι σταυρούμενον, τό μέν πάθος νοήσωσιν εκούσιον, τώ δέ κόσμω κηρύξωσιν, ότι σύ υπάρχεις αληθώς, τού Πατρός τό απαύγασμα.
You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father.
Epistle Lesson: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 12:6-14 - BRETHREN, having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
The Gospel of Matthew 9:1-8 - At that time, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven." And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic -- "Rise, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Community News
Just a friendly reminder, the Orthros begins at 8:30 a.m. and the Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. And now that we have entered into summer, many of us feel the need to take a vacation from Church. In other words, the children are out of school, many of us are planning trips, and so forth. Thus, we have this mentality that we do not have to attend church during the summer, because we are on vacation. Now, just imagine for a moment, if our Lord stopped watching over us, and went on vacation. The choice is clear and simple for us. Let’s try to make an extra effort to be in church throughout the summer months. Just think, after praying on Sunday morning, you have the entire day left to spend relaxing.
Greek Fest 2019 - On behalf of the Parish Council Members, The Ladies Philoptochos members, all the volunteers who prepared the delicious food and pastries, all those who worked non-stop the entire weekend setting up and cleaning and serving, those working in the bar, the words thank you are not enough.
I want to personally thank everyone who helped make this year’s Festival a success despite the extreme heat and rain. With all your love and help, it was an enjoyable weekend. Thank you to all our donors .... without your gift of love, this festival would not be possible. Thank you to Magi Speaks and Ormi Orchestra for providing our festival and all the attendees the best music and entertainment. Thank you to the Cathedral Dancers for such wonderful dance performances. But most of all, thank you to all our members for the continued support of our parish of the Assumption. Each year our Festival has grown and grown, and it is because of the support of the entire community! So once again, thank to my Assumption Family, for your love and support and we look forward to next year’s Festival!
God Bless
Fr. Sam
Thank You to everyone to made this year’s raffle a success! At this time, we would like to congratulate the following winner of this year’s raffle:
1st Place $5,000.00 #0692 – Zachery Manta
2nd Place $2,000.00 - #1801 – John Nomikos
3rd Place $1,000.00 - #1008 – John Skordas
4th Place $500.00 - #0142 – Andy Catemis
5th Place $500.00 - #1437 - Jason Panagos
Tent & Flower Donations needed for Panagias… This year, in order to help make this year’s Vespers Service more enjoyable and more comfortable for not only our parishioners, but for our visitors, we will be renting a tent for the Vesper Service and the Divine Liturgy. After the Vespers Service on August 14th, the faithful will be given the opportunity to enter the main church to venerate the icon of St. John the Baptist and be anointed while the Paraklesis Service is being chanted.
The cost of the tent and chairs is $2,500. We are collecting donations to help offset the cost of the tent and there will be an offering tray after the Divine Liturgy. Monies collected from this tray will be used for this purpose. Along with donations needed for the tent, we are asking if anyone would like to donate towards the flowers which will be needed to decorate the Icons of the Panagia, please see Mary Liontakis or Fr. Sam. The large icon on the icon screen is $300.00, the medium icon used is $200.00, and the small icon used for the procession is $100.00.
Feast of the Dormition … This year’s Panagia’s Luncheon will take place on Thursday, August 15th immediately following the Divine Liturgy. The cost of the Luncheon is $10 per adult and $5 per child. All monies raised from the luncheon will be used to benefit the many ministries of our Philoptochos Society.
Greek School News… September 11 th, will be our first day of Greek School. The Greek School Program is offered to children from pre-school ages and up. Classes will be held on Wednesday afternoons. From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The cost of the Greek School this year is $400 per child and $500 per child for non members. For families with more than one child enrolled in Greek school, the cost is $300 for each addition child. If you are interested or have any questions, please call Father Sam at the Church office at 708-645-0652. Registration forms are available at the Church and also in this month’s issue of the Ladder.
Fellowship Hour .. Each week, we all enjoy the fellowship hour immediately following the Divine Liturgy. In order for us to continue enjoying each others company every Sunday, we are in need of hostesses or even hosts to sponsor the fellowship. Also, the free will offering tray which is placed on the table for coffee has been neglected. All are asked, or rather, encouraged to make a small donation for the coffee. If you were to go to Star Bucks, Dunkin Donuts or even a restaurant for a cup of coffee, it would cost you at least $1.50 to $2.00. Thus, we are kindly asking you to donated at least a $1 to the basket. Money that is collected each week is used to buy coffee and the paper supplies.
Going Green Collection Program! Our parish will be participating in a recyclable program, but we are not going to be collecting plastic bottles and papers. Instead the recyclables we are collecting are clothing, blankets and shoes. A GOIN’ GREEN Drop of box is placed on the Church grounds that will be visible to not only our parishioners, but also to the general public. This is an opportunity for our parish to give back to the community at large and to participate at recycling goods that will help those who are less fortunate than us. So now, when we have clothes, blankets, coats or shoes that we don’t need anymore, we can bring them to Church and drop them off in the GOIN’ GREEN Drop box. For more information about this program, please see Fr. Sam.
IN THE HOSPITAL, LET FATHER KNOW! In order to assist Father in his pastoral duties, please inform him if you or a family member has been hospitalized. Our hospitals DO NOT have a policy of informing the church if they have a parishioner as their patient.
ADDRESS CHANGED? Please help us keep our membership and mailings as accurate as possible by notifying Father of address, name or phone number changes. Thank you for your assistance.
15625 S. Bell Road - Homer Glen, IL 60491 - 708-645-0652Fr. Sotirios Dimitriou, Pastor
Sunday July 28, 2019 - 6th Sunday of Matthew
Sts. Prochoros, Nicanor, Timon, & Parmenas the Apostles of the 70,
St. Irene the Righteous of Chrysovalantou & Our Righteous Father Paul of Xeropotamos
Epistle Lesson: Romans 12:6-14 Gospel Lesson: Matthew 9:1-8
Services This Week:
Thursday, August 1st – Paraklesis 7:00 p.m.
Friday, August 2nd - Paraklesis 7:00 p.m.
We Would Like to Welcome All Visitors to Our Community Today!
When receiving Holy Communion, we ask that you kindly come up, row by row and follow the direction of the Parish Council Member.
WHO CAN RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION
Receiving Holy Communion and any other Sacraments is an expression of our acceptance of the dogmatic and moral teachings of the Orthodox Church. Only Orthodox Christians (by Baptism or Chrismation) in good standing may participate. For this reason, persons who do not agree with these teachings, or are not in good standing (for example, married outside the Church, or civilly divorced but not ecclesiastically divorced), must return to good standing in order to participate in the Sacramental life of the Church. For the same reasons, Orthodox Christians cannot receive sacraments in non-Orthodox.
Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν, ὅτι ηὐδόκησε σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ Ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.
Let us worship the Word, O ye faithful, praising Him that with the Father and the Spirit is co-beginningless God, Who was born of a pure Virgin that we all be saved; for He was pleased to mount the Cross in the flesh that He assumed, accepting thus to endure death. And by His glorious rising, He also willed to resurrect the dead.
Apolytikion of Synaxis of John the Forerunner in the Second Tone
Μνήμη δικαίου μέτ' ἐγκωμίων, σοὶ δὲ ἀρκέσει ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Κυρίου Πρόδρομε, ἀνεδείχθης γὰρ ὄντως καὶ Προφητῶν σεβασμιώτερος, ὅτι καὶ ἐν ῥείθροις βαπτίσαι κατηξιώθης τὸν κηρυττόμενον. Ὅθεν τῆς ἀληθείας ὑπεραθλήσας, χαίρων εὐηγγελίσω καὶ τοὶς ἐν ἅδῃ, Θεὸν φανερωθέντα ἐν σαρκί, τὸν αἴροντα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ παρέχοντα ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.
The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise, but the Lord's testimony is sufficient for thee, O Forerunner; for thou hast proved to be truly even more venerable than the Prophets, since thou was granted to baptize in the running waters Him Whom they proclaimed. Wherefore, having contested for the truth, thou didst rejoice to announce the good tidings even to those in Hades: that God hath appeared in the flesh, taking away the sin of the world and granting us great mercy.
Apolytikion of Dormition of the Theotokos in the First Tone
Εν τή Γεννήσει τήν παρθενίαν εφύλαξας, έν τή Κοιμήσει τόν κόσμον ού κατέλιπες Θεοτόκε, Μετέστης πρός τήν ζωήν, μήτηρ υπάρχουσα τής ζωής, καί ταίς πρεσβείαις ταίς σαίς λυτρουμένη, εκ θανάτου τάς ψυχάς ημών.
In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your intercessions.
Kontakion of Holy Transfiguration - Grave Tone
Επί τού όρους μετεμορφώθης, καί ως εχώρουν οι Μαθηταί σου τήν δόξαν σου, Χριστέ ο Θεός εθεάσαντο, ίνα όταν σε ίδωσι σταυρούμενον, τό μέν πάθος νοήσωσιν εκούσιον, τώ δέ κόσμω κηρύξωσιν, ότι σύ υπάρχεις αληθώς, τού Πατρός τό απαύγασμα.
You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father.
Epistle Lesson: St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 12:6-14 - BRETHREN, having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
The Gospel of Matthew 9:1-8 - At that time, getting into a boat Jesus crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven." And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming." But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Rise and walk?' But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" he then said to the paralytic -- "Rise, take up your bed and go home." And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Community News
Just a friendly reminder, the Orthros begins at 8:30 a.m. and the Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. And now that we have entered into summer, many of us feel the need to take a vacation from Church. In other words, the children are out of school, many of us are planning trips, and so forth. Thus, we have this mentality that we do not have to attend church during the summer, because we are on vacation. Now, just imagine for a moment, if our Lord stopped watching over us, and went on vacation. The choice is clear and simple for us. Let’s try to make an extra effort to be in church throughout the summer months. Just think, after praying on Sunday morning, you have the entire day left to spend relaxing.
Greek Fest 2019 - On behalf of the Parish Council Members, The Ladies Philoptochos members, all the volunteers who prepared the delicious food and pastries, all those who worked non-stop the entire weekend setting up and cleaning and serving, those working in the bar, the words thank you are not enough.
I want to personally thank everyone who helped make this year’s Festival a success despite the extreme heat and rain. With all your love and help, it was an enjoyable weekend. Thank you to all our donors .... without your gift of love, this festival would not be possible. Thank you to Magi Speaks and Ormi Orchestra for providing our festival and all the attendees the best music and entertainment. Thank you to the Cathedral Dancers for such wonderful dance performances. But most of all, thank you to all our members for the continued support of our parish of the Assumption. Each year our Festival has grown and grown, and it is because of the support of the entire community! So once again, thank to my Assumption Family, for your love and support and we look forward to next year’s Festival!
God Bless
Fr. Sam
Thank You to everyone to made this year’s raffle a success! At this time, we would like to congratulate the following winner of this year’s raffle:
1st Place $5,000.00 #0692 – Zachery Manta
2nd Place $2,000.00 - #1801 – John Nomikos
3rd Place $1,000.00 - #1008 – John Skordas
4th Place $500.00 - #0142 – Andy Catemis
5th Place $500.00 - #1437 - Jason Panagos
Tent & Flower Donations needed for Panagias… This year, in order to help make this year’s Vespers Service more enjoyable and more comfortable for not only our parishioners, but for our visitors, we will be renting a tent for the Vesper Service and the Divine Liturgy. After the Vespers Service on August 14th, the faithful will be given the opportunity to enter the main church to venerate the icon of St. John the Baptist and be anointed while the Paraklesis Service is being chanted.
The cost of the tent and chairs is $2,500. We are collecting donations to help offset the cost of the tent and there will be an offering tray after the Divine Liturgy. Monies collected from this tray will be used for this purpose. Along with donations needed for the tent, we are asking if anyone would like to donate towards the flowers which will be needed to decorate the Icons of the Panagia, please see Mary Liontakis or Fr. Sam. The large icon on the icon screen is $300.00, the medium icon used is $200.00, and the small icon used for the procession is $100.00.
Feast of the Dormition … This year’s Panagia’s Luncheon will take place on Thursday, August 15th immediately following the Divine Liturgy. The cost of the Luncheon is $10 per adult and $5 per child. All monies raised from the luncheon will be used to benefit the many ministries of our Philoptochos Society.
Greek School News… September 11 th, will be our first day of Greek School. The Greek School Program is offered to children from pre-school ages and up. Classes will be held on Wednesday afternoons. From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The cost of the Greek School this year is $400 per child and $500 per child for non members. For families with more than one child enrolled in Greek school, the cost is $300 for each addition child. If you are interested or have any questions, please call Father Sam at the Church office at 708-645-0652. Registration forms are available at the Church and also in this month’s issue of the Ladder.
Fellowship Hour .. Each week, we all enjoy the fellowship hour immediately following the Divine Liturgy. In order for us to continue enjoying each others company every Sunday, we are in need of hostesses or even hosts to sponsor the fellowship. Also, the free will offering tray which is placed on the table for coffee has been neglected. All are asked, or rather, encouraged to make a small donation for the coffee. If you were to go to Star Bucks, Dunkin Donuts or even a restaurant for a cup of coffee, it would cost you at least $1.50 to $2.00. Thus, we are kindly asking you to donated at least a $1 to the basket. Money that is collected each week is used to buy coffee and the paper supplies.
Going Green Collection Program! Our parish will be participating in a recyclable program, but we are not going to be collecting plastic bottles and papers. Instead the recyclables we are collecting are clothing, blankets and shoes. A GOIN’ GREEN Drop of box is placed on the Church grounds that will be visible to not only our parishioners, but also to the general public. This is an opportunity for our parish to give back to the community at large and to participate at recycling goods that will help those who are less fortunate than us. So now, when we have clothes, blankets, coats or shoes that we don’t need anymore, we can bring them to Church and drop them off in the GOIN’ GREEN Drop box. For more information about this program, please see Fr. Sam.
IN THE HOSPITAL, LET FATHER KNOW! In order to assist Father in his pastoral duties, please inform him if you or a family member has been hospitalized. Our hospitals DO NOT have a policy of informing the church if they have a parishioner as their patient.
ADDRESS CHANGED? Please help us keep our membership and mailings as accurate as possible by notifying Father of address, name or phone number changes. Thank you for your assistance.
