Sts. Raphael, Nicholas and Irene
Greek Orthodox Church
Rev. Fr. Barnabas Powell, Proistamenos
Paul Bilson, Psaltis
3074 Bethelview Road † Cumming GA 30040
(770) 781-5250 cell (770) 861-3544 www.stsrni.org
We are an intentional Orthodox Christian Community for North Georgia!
FIFTH SUNDAY OF
MATTHEW
Sunday, July 8th, 2012
WORSHIP
Fifth Gospel/Tone - Fourth
We are so very glad you have joined us today, and we pray you will be inspired
and encouraged by your time with us.
The Orthodox worship service is an ancient and timeless expression of how
people have loved, served and worshipped God for many centuries, but it may be a bit of
a different experience for you. Please feel free to use a service book or not and simply
allow the words of the service to wash over you.
The central act of our worship culminates in people receiving communion.
This is a very special time for us all and we have some specific beliefs about our com-
munion together. This is why we never impose this service on those who are not pre-
pared or are not baptized Orthodox. This service may raise questions in your mind.
Please feel free to ask Fr. Barnabas or Fr. Paul anything you wish after the service.
At the end of the service EVERYONE is invited to come forward and receive a
portion of the “blessed bread” from Fr. Barnabas. No one should leave church
“hungry!”
Know you are welcome and we are glad you are here.
May God bless you and your family.
Apolytikion in honor of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene
Having contended on Lesvos for the sake of Christ God, you have sanctified the island
since the discovery of your sacred relics, O blessed ones; wherefore we honor you, O
Godbearing Raphael, together with Nicholas and virgin Irene, as our divine protectors
and intercessors with the Lord.
Prosforo: Is lovingly offered by the Prosforo Ministry Team
Schedule for the Week Wednesday, July 11th - 6:30 p.m. Vespers followed by “Ask Father”
Saturday, July 14th - Noon Baptism of Jessie Mae Smith, Joseph & Jewel Reynolds
Chrismation of Eric & Donna Smith, Laramie Smith, Sharon Tyre
5 p.m. Great Vespers
Confessions will be heard following Great Vespers by Fr. Paul
Parish Council On Duty Today - Vic Pryles & David Chapman
Welcoming Ministry - Margaret Manos
Ushering Ministry - Men’s Club
ACOLYTES
James Blane, Nathan Frazier, Spiros Kefalas, Dean Pryles, Nicholas Pryles, Mike Manos,
Giovanni Ray, Tommy Roberts, Luke Sulyma, Mike Trainor, Connor Walters, Roney
Walters, Thomas Miller and Christos Zourzoukis
TODAY WE REMEMBER
Fifth Sunday of Matthew Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone: When the women Disci-ples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Res-urrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world. Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone: O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O des-pise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theoto-kos, them that honor thee. Resurrectional Kontakion in the Fourth Tone: Savior and Deliverer is He who raised up from the tomb and from the bonds those born on earth, for He is God; and He destroyed Hades' bars and gates, and on the third day arose, as the Master of all.
We Also Remember The Holy Great Martyr Procopius
Theophilios the Myrrhbearer of Pantokrator Monastery
Appearance of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Kazan
Please pray for those faithful who are currently in need of our most fervent interces-
sions: Andrew, Archie, Bill, Bill, Carrie, Demetra, Dina, Donna, Efthymios,
Elaine, Elizabeth, Christina, Gus, Heidi, Igli, James, Jerry, Joe, John, Maria, Mi-
chael, Nomiki, Oni, Paul, Sarah, Taki, Tara and Violeta
Epistle Reading
The Reading is from St. Paul's
Second Letter to Timothy 3:10-15
The Reading is from St. Paul’s Letter
to the Romans 10:1-10
BRETHREN, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may
be saved. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but it is not en-
lightened. For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and
seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
For Christ is the end of the law, that every one who has faith may be justi-
fied. Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is
based on the law shall live by it. But the righteousness based on faith says, Do
not say in your heart, "Who will ascend into heaven?" (that is, to bring
Christ down) or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ
up from the dead). But what does it say? The word is near you, on your lips
and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach); because, if you
confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For man believes with his heart
and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.
Α Ω
Ἀδελφοί, ἡ μὲν εὐδοκία τῆς ἐμῆς καρδίας καὶ ἡ δέησις ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν
ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ ἐστιν εἰς σωτηρίαν. Μαρτυρῶ γὰρ αὐτοῖς ὅτι ζῆλον θεοῦ
ἔχουσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ κατʼ ἐπίγνωσιν. Ἀγνοοῦντες γὰρ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ
δικαιοσύνην, καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν δικαιοσύνην ζητοῦντες στῆσαι, τῇ
δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐχ ὑπετάγησαν. Τέλος γὰρ νόμου Χριστὸς εἰς
δικαιοσύνην παντὶ τῷ πιστεύοντι. Μωϋσῆς γὰρ γράφει τὴν δικαιοσύνην
τὴν ἐκ τοῦ νόμου, ὅτι ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὰ ἄνθρωπος ζήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς. Ἡ δὲ
ἐκ πίστεως δικαιοσύνη οὕτως λέγει, Μὴ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, Τίς
ἀναβήσεται εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν; - τοῦτʼ ἔστιν Χριστὸν καταγαγεῖν - ἤ, Τίς
καταβήσεται εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον; - τοῦτʼ ἔστιν Χριστὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναγαγεῖν.
Ἀλλὰ τί λέγει; Ἐγγύς σου τὸ ῥῆμά ἐστιν, ἐν τῷ στόματί σου καὶ ἐν τῇ
καρδίᾳ σου· τοῦτʼ ἔστιν τὸ ῥῆμα τῆς πίστεως ὃ κηρύσσομεν· ὅτι ἐὰν
ὁμολογήσῃς ἐν τῷ στόματί σου κύριον Ἰησοῦν, καὶ πιστεύσῃς ἐν τῇ
καρδίᾳ σου ὅτι ὁ θεὸς αὐτὸν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν, σωθήσῃ· καρδίᾳ γὰρ
πιστεύεται εἰς δικαιοσύνην, στόματι δὲ ὁμολογεῖται εἰς σωτηρίαν.
Gospel Reading
The Reading is from Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1
At that time, when Jesus came to the other side, to the country of
the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs,
so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried
out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come
here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine
was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged
him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." And
he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine;
and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the
sea, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into
the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demo-
niacs. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when
they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And
getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
Α Ω
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντος τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς τὸ πέραν εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν
Γεργεσηνῶν ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι ἐκ τῶν μνημείων
ἐξερχόμενοι, χαλεποὶ λίαν, ὥστε μὴ ἰσχύειν τινὰ παρελθεῖν διὰ τῆς
ὁδοῦ ἐκείνης.καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔκραξαν λέγοντες· τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί, ᾿Ιησοῦ υἱὲ
τοῦ Θεοῦ; ἦλθες ὧδε πρὸ καιροῦ βασανίσαι ἡμᾶς;ἦν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ᾿
αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη.οἱ δὲ δαίμονες παρεκάλουν
αὐτὸν λέγοντες· εἰ ἐκβάλλεις ἡμᾶς, ἐπίτρεψον ἡμῖν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν
ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων.καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· ὑπάγετε. οἱ δὲ ἐξελθόντες
ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων· καὶ ἰδοὺ ὥρμησε πᾶσα ἡ ἀγέλη
τῶν χοίρων κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ἀπέθανον ἐν
τοῖς ὕδασιν.οἱ δὲ βόσκοντες ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὴν πόλιν
ἀπήγγειλαν πάντα καὶ τὰ τῶν δαιμονιζομένων.καὶ ἰδοὺ πᾶσα ἡ πόλις
ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν παρεκάλεσαν
ὅπως μεταβῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν. Καὶ ἐμβὰς εἰς πλοῖον διεπέρασε
καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν.
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Congratulations Father Barnabas
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Saturday, July 14th, Noon
Baptism of Jessie Mae Smith daughter of Donna & Eric Smith
Godparent Presvytera Connie
Baptism of Joseph & Jewel Reynolds children of Virginia Reynolds
Godparent Lisa Boston
Followed by Chrismation of
Eric & Donna Smith - Sponsors Dennis & Ginny Kostulakos
Laramie Smith – Sponsor Lisa Boston
Sharon Tyre - Sponsor Florence Lytle
Friday, July 27th, 9 a.m. - Prosforo Baking
Contact Stamatia Hagen at [email protected]
Sunday, August 5th - Father Barnabas’ 2nd anniversary at
Sts. Raphel, Nicholas & Irene
GOYA BIBLE STUDY WITH FR. BARNABAS
August 19th, 5-6:00 p.m. @ home of Jessica Catapano
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Summer’s just started, but we’re looking ahead to September.
Watch for announcements on September Special Events!!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MONDAY, August 20th - Cumming Open Golf Classic at the Polo
Golf & Country Club
$100/golfter (4 person scramble) Deadline August 15th, 2012
Hole Sponsorship $200 - Golf Cart Sponsor $50
All sponsor information needs to be sent in by August 5th so signs
can be printed for tournament.
For more information contact:
678-572-6420 or [email protected]
Quay Farr at 770-686-2293 or [email protected]
Julie Chokos @ 404-557-3925 or [email protected]
for more information.
Flyers available in the Narthex
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Sts. RNI Choir
Practice — Tuesday Evenings at 6:45 p.m. in the Blue House
Contact Marie Chapman for more information.
770-205-7220 or [email protected]
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WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY
The Wednesday morning Bible Study is on summer hiatus.
The Wednesday evening class “Exploring the Liturgy” will be on summer hiatus. It
will be replaced with a summer series of “Ask Father”
following each of the Wednesday evening Vespers.
All are invited to attend.
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Book Club
For more information call Lisa Boston at 770-826-1212
or contact Donna Smith at [email protected]
GREEK FEST 2012
TODAY - Parish Festival Meeting in the Chapel
Please Attend
The Festival Steering Committee has been meeting the last
several weeks and with the approval of the Parish Council has
decided to enlarge our Festival to three days in 2012.
Save the dates: Friday, October 19 from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Saturday, October 20 from 11 am to 10:00 pm
Sunday, October 21 from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm
We also need help for: Set-up: Thursday, October 18
Clean-up: Monday, October 22
It will be a lot of work for all of us and we are praying that our
entire parish family be available in the preparations and im-
plementation of the festival. We hope by giving early notice
everyone will plan to give of their Time and Talents for this
five day period to help make the 2012 festival a huge success.
Questions, concerns, and to volunteer to help plan the festival
should be emailed to Johnny Melts at [email protected].
Please sign up to volunteer now so we can firm up our
plans and schedules. A sign-up table will be in the Narthex
or outside (weather permitting).
OPA!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUMMER OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday, 9 a.m. to Noon
Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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5th Annual St. Philothea Golf Classic
to benefit
Bread for Life, Inc. and St. Philothea Orthodox Church
Monday, September 17, 2012 at The Georgia Club, Statham,
GA
Register by August 17th—$100.00 per person
Register after August 17th—$125.00 per person
Register online at www.breadforlifeathens.org
For additional information call 770-725-5035 or email in-
[email protected] Flyers available in the Narthex
February-March-April 2012 Income / Expense Summary
Month Income Expense Diff +/- February $25,525.29 $21,359.52 $ 4,165.77 March $17,109.33 $18,363.16 ($ 1.253.83)April $18,333.23 $22,028.60 ($ 3,695.37)
Totals $60,867.85 $61,751.28 ($ 783.43)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FELLOWSHIP HOUR
Our 2011-2012 Fellowship Hour Donation Campaign has begun. We hope you have
enjoyed the refreshments provided over the past year and will continue to support
the Fellowship Committee’s efforts to serve you each Sunday.
For the 2011-2012 year, donations have been made by the following families:
2012 PARISH COUNCIL
Dennis Kostulakos (President), John Patrick (Vice President), Paul Ray (Secretary),
Vic Pryles (Treasurer), David Chapman, Harald Hagen , Harriet Howell and Florence Lytle
Saints Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Greek Orthodox Church
Our Vision & Mission
Our vision as Saints Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Greek Orthodox
Church is to grow as a family in Christ.
Our mission as a Greek Orthodox Church is to serve God and neigh-
bor, strengthen the family and reach out to the community.
Andropoulos
Birozes
Bozzuto
Chapman
Chihlas
Doulgerakis
Druffner
Hayes
Johnson
Jordan
Kanellos
Kefalas
Klock
Kostulakos
Koulouvaris
Livaditis
Lytle
Manos
Marvos
McCart
Melts
Milam
Miller
Moissiades
Morris
Panos
Pappas
Patrick
Pardinas
Philoptochos
Pournaras
Powell
Pryles
Ray
Sulyma
Trainor
Willis
To date the 91 families below have returned
Stewardship Commitment Cards for 2012.
Nicholas & Varvara Alexiou
Jim & Angie Andropoulos
Richard & Sophia Bethune
Paul & Elaine Bilson
Anthony & Mary Birozes
Renee Birozes
Katherine Blanos
Joseph (Ike) Bonnelli-Barbara Selwa
Jordan & Lisa Boston
Niko & Helen Bouboulis
Kosta & Carolyn Bozzuto
Thalia Bruno
Athena Catapano
David & Marie Chapman
Grace Chihlas
Julie Chokos
Arthur Costakis
Jamie Crossno
Dean & Jenny Demos
Wesley & Donna Dennison
Keith & Mary Druffner
Quay & Trissie Farr
Chris & Liz Foxhall
Dan & Sonia Frazier
Paul & Caroline Geertgens
Robert & Jennifer Guano
Harald & Stamatia Hagen
Kevin & Allison Hammond
Christine Hatcher
Michael & Ann Hayes
Harriet Howell
Mark & Jennie Johnson
Eleni Jordan
Bill & Mary Kaloudis
Jim Kanellos
Maria Kalou Kardomateas Theodoros & Aphrodite Kazazakis-Levendakis
Tasso & Laura Kefalas
Jackie Klock
Dennis & Ginny Kostulakos
Jonathan & Kelley Kostulakos
Louis & Dianne Koulouvaris
Alex & Melpo Levantis
Earnest & Elizabeth Livaditis
Leon & Frances Lopez
Archie & Florence Lytle
Connie Machoudy
Harry & Tina Maheras
Kiki Manolakis
Emanuel Manos
William & Margaret Manos
Bill & Audrey Marianes
Riley & Elizabeth Marvos
Al & Helen McCart
Johnny & Becky Melts
Bill & Mary Milam
Matt & Athena Miller
Nik Moissiades
Patricia Morris
Nick & Teddie Panos
Constantinos & Evelyn Pantazopoulos
Gus & Albie Pappas
John & Evon Patrick
Lawson & Susan Plummer
Mihai & Heidi Popa
Fr. Barnabas & Pres. Connie Powell
Pam Powers
Katherine Prattes
Vic & Suzi Pryles
Paul & Gigi Ray
Earl & Marina Raymond
David & Mary Roberts
Jimmy & Pat Roney
Bill & Debbie Sarandis
Dina Sarandis
Taka & Kathryn Shoji
Eric & Donna Smith
George & Anna Sofikitis
Stamatia (Estelle) Sofikitis
Dennis & Laura Sparks
Robert & Alexis Sulyma
Tohotmos & Carol Tadros
Mike & Estelle Theodosion
Nikolaos & Eva Thrasivoulou
Ed & Anne Trainor
Brian & Jennifer Tubbs
James & Jane Vlahos
Plutarch & Tina Vamvakias
Tim & Diane Walters
Steve & Smara Wolff
Sam & Katherine Yalanzon
