Today Memorials: Flora Boardman - 40 days Irene Vlangas - 6 month Louis Vlangas - 4 years Chrissy Karavas - 39 years Alexandra Likakis - 5 years Konstantinos Likakis - 28 years Stella Likakis - 55 years Eleni Likakis - 43 years Leonidas Georgoulis - 50 years Anastasia Georgoulis - 18 years Philoptochos offers the Artoclasia today in honor of Saints Cosmas and Damianos. We thank our Day Sponsors, William and Esther Samios for choosing to sponsor today, October 30th in honor of their wedding anniversary. Please join us in the Father Constantine Monios Social Hall for a Coffee Hour sponsored by Vula Rizakos and Paula Kosmakos in memory of their parents Leonidas and Anastasia Georgoulis. The Women’s Guild Luncheon and General meeting with presentation begins at the Annunciation Orthodox Center (AOC) following Divine Liturgy. If you are visiting the Cathedral today, please introduce yourself to Fr. Anastasios. Youth & Young Adult We are interested in having a Christmas pageant on Dec 18, following Divine Liturgy, and are looking for a few volunteers to help organize with the priest, teachers, and choir. Hope/Joy - Please join us at Weber’s Farm on Sun, Nov 6 at 2:30pm for a Fall Harvest Festival. Tickets must be purchased in advance ($7 for anyone 2 years old and up). https://weberscidermillfarm.ticketspice.com/ webers-farm-fall-harvest-days-2022 Contact Dorothea: hopejoy@annunciationbaltimore.org GOYA – Join us for an evening at the Beachmont Corn maze on Fri, 11/4. Contact goya@annunciationbaltimore.org. GOYA Basketball practices are starting in the social hall in Nov. Contact goya@annunciationbaltimore.org for more info. 5th Annual Weekend Backpacks Hats Gloves and Scarves Drive is collecting new hats, gloves and scarves for children ages 5-14 (children’s small to adult sizes) until November 30. Collection bins are outside of church and Sunday School offices. Or drop off a monetary donation or check payable to Philoptochos (Indicate WBHK on memo line of check) in our tray at the back of the Narthex for us to do the shopping for you. Our goal is to provide each of 2,000 children a hat, a pair of gloves and a scarf. Questions? Please contact Effie Theodore at etheodore@cox.net. COMMUNITY Our Philoptochos Chapter has had a very busy October and there is much more to come. Last Sunday, we hosted a reception welcoming Fr. Anastasios and Presvytera Collette and their family to the community. We wish them many years of service in Baltimore. We will also kick-off our sale of Peace Doves to benefit the MudGirls Studios, which helps improve the lives of homeless and other disadvantaged women. The Baltimore Station Chili Cookoff will be held 11/5/2022 at Orioles Park Camden Yards. Philoptochos is sponsoring a booth. Come and join the fun and vote for our chili entry! Our Philoptochos and Baltimore Station invite you to join in the fun for the entire family. The Baltimore Station Chili Cookoff Sat 11/5 at Orioles Park Camden Yards. Philoptochos is sponsoring a booth and a chili entry! Tickets include all you can eat/drink chili (9 competitors), food truck offerings, soda, beer & wine. Children's entertainment includes face painting, a balloon artist, petting zoo and other games. Continuous music. $45/adults, $35/veterans, $25/ages 11-20 and free for children under 10. Free parking in Lot A. Buy tickets online at https://Chow2022.givesmart.com. Contact Judy Georges 443-301-5041 (text) or Connie Rogers at connierogers2@hotmail.com. Loaves and Fishes will resume on 11/12/2022 at 10am and all are invited to assemble casseroles that will be sent to My Sisters Place. Bring your children and grandchildren old enough to help. Philoptochos Christmas Baking dates are Fri. 11/4, Sat. 11/5 and Fri. 11/18. Philoptochos is extending an invitation to all of the women in our community to attend their Autumn Luncheon Meeting on Sat., Nov. 19 from 11am-1:30pm at Pappas Restaurant on Cranbrook Road. RSVP by Nov. 13 to Fifi Nichols, fnichols1@verizon.net or Connie Rogers, 410-804-9109, connierogers2@hotmail.com. Please consider bringing your Weekend Backpacks donations (hats, scarfs, and gloves) to the luncheon. There is a very limited supply of full-size pans of food, pastries, and amazing wines available for sale on our website. Please go to the link below to order. Hurry because inventory is very low. All sales will be handled through our website to manage inventory on a first come basis. Again, thank you for your support and all of the effort put into an amazing Festival. https://greek-orthodox-cathedral-of-the-annunciation--- baltimore.square.site The Cathedral Choir is pleased to announce the Annunciation Concert Series will start on Sun, Nov. 13 at the AOC. Featuring artists: Cellist Pei Lu, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Violinist Airi Yoshiola, UMBC, and our own Dr. Teodora Adzharova, Peabody Conservatory of Music on piano. Program includes Franz Schubert, Piano Trio in E♭ and Sergei Rachmaninoff, Trio Elegiaque in G minor. More details to follow soon. Hellenic Heritage Museum of Maryland is collecting donated items that identify our culture and the journey of families who established this community. To arrange a drop off contact: Fotini Batlatzis, tinabaltatzis@gmail.com, 410-823-0139; or Harry C. Maistros, 410-467-1836, harry.maistros@comcast.net. Do not leave items without identifying their origination. The Cathedral Choir is recruiting new members and would love to have you join! This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the faith, hymns, and Divine Liturgy. Together we share an uplifting love of music and comradery. Contact Fotini Fifi Nichols, fnichols1@verizon.net or 443-745-9686. 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To subscribe, text the ministry keyword below to phone number 84576: Sunday School → AnnunSunSch Hope/Joy → HopeJoy GOYA → GOYA Greek School → AnnunGrkSch Young Adults → YoungAnnun Men’s Fellowship → MensFellowship Weekly Calendar Tues, 11/1 9:00am – Orthros & Divine Liturgy for Sts. Cosmas and Damian Wed, 11/2 7:00pm – GOYA Basketball 7:00pm – Choir Practice Thurs, 11/3 7:00pm – Technology Committee Meeting 8:00pm – GOYA Board Meeting Fri, 11/4 9:30am – Little Angels 11:00am – Chant Class 5:15pm – Greek School 7:00pm – GOYA Meeting Sat, 11/5 10:00am – Women’s Bible Study Sun, 11/6 8:00am – Orthros 9:30am – Divine Liturgy 10:45am – Sunday School 11:15am – Dance Practice (Diamantia & Evangelakia) 2:30pm – Hope/Joy 5:00pm – AA and Al-Anon View all events at: annunciationbaltimore.org/calendar.
Presiding Priest Father Anastasios Bourantas fr.anastasios@annunciationbaltimore.org Pastoral Assistant Trevor Bullock tbullock@annunciationbaltimore.org 24 W. Preston St. Baltimore, MD 21201 410-727-1831
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation Baltimore, MD October 30, 2022
Resurrectional Apolytikion Let the heavens sing for joy, and let everything on earth be glad. * For with His Arm the Lord has worked power. * He trampled death under foot by means of death; * and He became the firstborn from the dead. * From the maw of Hades He delivered us; * and He granted the world His great mercy. Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος, ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Apolytikion for the Saints Your Martyrs, O Lord, were worthily awarded by You * the crowns of incorruption, in that they contested for You our immortal God. * Since they possessed Your power, they defeated the tyrants, * dashing the demons' powerless displays of defiance. * O Christ God, at their fervent entreaties, save our souls. Οἱ Μάρτυρές σου Κύριε, ἐν τῇ ἀθλήσει αὐτῶν, στεφάνους ἐκομίσαντο τῆς ἀφθαρσίας, ἐκ σοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· σχόντες γὰρ τὴν ἰσχύν σου, τοὺς τυράννους καθεῖλον, ἔθραυσαν καὶ δαιμόνων, τὰ ἀνίσχυρα θράση. Αὐτῶν ταῖς ἱκεσίαις, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, σῶσον τὰς ψυχὰς ἡμῶν. Apolytikion of the Parish Today is the summary of our salvation, and the revelation of the age-old mystery. For the Son of God becomes the Son of the Virgin, and Gabriel announces the good news of grace. Therefore, let us join him, and cry aloud to the Theotokos: "Rejoice, Maiden full of grace! The Lord is with you." Σήμερον τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν τὸ κεφάλαιον, καὶ τοῦ ἀπ' αἰῶνος μυστηρίου ἡ φανέρωσις· ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, Υἱὸς τῆς Παρθένου γίνεται, καὶ Γαβριὴλ τὴν χάριν εὐαγγελίζεται. Διὸ καὶ ἡμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ τῇ Θεοτόκῳ βοήσωμεν· Χαῖρε Κεχαριτωμένη, ὁ Κύριος μετὰ σοῦ. Kontakion A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, please reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you. Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.
Sts. Zenobios & Zenobia the Martyrs The Hieromartyr Zenobius, Bishop of Aegea, and his sister Zenobia suffered a martyr’s death in the year 285 in Cilicia. From childhood they were raised in the holy Christian Faith by their parents, and they led pious and chaste lives. In their mature years, shunning the love of money, they distributed away their inherited wealth giving it to the poor. For his beneficence and holy life the Lord rewarded Zenobius with the gift of healing various maladies. He was also chosen bishop of a Christian community in Cilicia. By order of Licius, they nailed him to a cross and began the torture. The bishop’s sister, seeing him suffering, wanted to stop it. She bravely confessed her own faith in Christ before the governor, therefore, she also was tortured. By the power of the Lord they remained alive after being placed on a red-hot iron bed, and then in a boiling kettle. The saints were then beheaded. The priest Hermogenes secretly buried the bodies of the martyrs in a single grave.
Entrance Hymns
Readings
The Apostolic Reading (Galatians 1:11-19) 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 revelation 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 Gentiles, 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 Arabia; 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. Ἀδελφοί, γνωρίζω ὑμῖν τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τὸ εὐαγγελισθὲν ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐγὼ παρὰ ἀνθρώπου παρέλαβον αὐτό, οὔτε ἐδιδάχθην, ἀλλὰ διʼ ἀποκαλύψεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. 'Ηκούσατε γὰρ τὴν ἐμὴν ἀναστροφήν ποτε ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ, ὅτι καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν ἐδίωκον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἐπόρθουν αὐτήν, καὶ προέκοπτον ἐν τῷ Ἰουδαϊσμῷ ὑπὲρ πολλοὺς συνηλικιώτας ἐν τῷ γένει μου, περισσοτέρως ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τῶν πατρικῶν μου παραδόσεων. Ὅτε δὲ εὐδόκησεν ὁ Θεός, ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ, ἵνα εὐαγγελίζωμαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εὐθέως οὐ προσανεθέμην σαρκὶ καὶ αἵματι, οὐδὲ ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀποστόλους, ἀλλὰ ἀπῆλθον εἰς Ἀραβίαν, καὶ πάλιν ὑπέστρεψα εἰς Δαμασκόν. ῎Επειτα μετὰ τρία ἔτη ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἱστορῆσαι Πέτρον, καὶ ἐπέμεινα πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε· ἕτερον δὲ τῶν ἀποστόλων οὐκ εἶδον, εἰ μὴ Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ Κυρίου. The Gospel Reading (Luke 16:19-31) The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.' ". Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· Ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος, καὶ ἐνεδιδύσκετο πορφύραν καὶ βύσσον εὐφραινόμενος καθʼ ἡμέραν λαμπρῶς. Πτωχὸς δέ τις ἦν ὀνόματι Λάζαρος, ὃς ἐβέβλητο πρὸς τὸν πυλῶνα αὐτοῦ ἡλκωμένος καὶ ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου· ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ κύνες ἐρχόμενοι ἐπέλειχον τὰ ἕλκη αὐτοῦ. ἐγένετο δὲ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πτωχὸν καὶ ἀπενεχθῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἰς τὸν κόλπον Ἀβραάμ· ἀπέθανε δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος καὶ ἐτάφη. καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις, ὁρᾷ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ. καὶ αὐτὸς φωνήσας εἶπε· πάτερ Ἀβραάμ, ἐλέησόν με καὶ πέμψον Λάζαρον ἵνα βάψῃ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ ὕδατος καὶ καταψύξῃ τὴν γλῶσσάν μου, ὅτι ὀδυνῶμαι ἐν τῇ φλογὶ ταύτῃ. εἶπε δὲ Ἀβραάμ· τέκνον, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἀπέλαβες σὺ τὰ ἀγαθά σου ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου, καὶ Λάζαρος ὁμοίως τὰ κακά· νῦν δὲ ὧδε παρακαλεῖται, σὺ δὲ ὀδυνᾶσαι· καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις μεταξὺ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται, ὅπως οἱ θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἔνθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς μὴ δύνωνται, μηδὲ οἱ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερῶσιν. εἶπε δέ· ἐρωτῷ οὖν σε, πάτερ, ἵνα πέμψῃς αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός μου· ἔχω γὰρ πέντε ἀδελφούς· ὅπως διαμαρτύρηται αὐτοῖς, ἵνα μὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔλθωσιν εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον τῆς βασάνου. λέγει αὐτῷ Ἀβραάμ· ἔχουσι Μωϋσέα καὶ τοὺς προφήτας· ἀκουσάτωσαν αὐτῶν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· οὐχί, πάτερ Ἀβραάμ, ἀλλʼ ἐάν τις ἀπὸ νεκρῶν πορευθῇ πρὸς αὐτούς, μετανοήσουσιν. Εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· εἰ Μωϋσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἀκούουσιν, οὐδὲ ἐάν τις ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ πεισθήσονται.