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St. Thomas the Apostle
Orthodox Christian Church 914 W. Taylor St. Kokomo, IN 46901
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Fr. Philip Lashbrook, Rector
1st SUNDAY OF LENT— Tone 4. The Sunday of Orthodoxy.
Martyr Conon of Isauria (1st c.). Finding of the Relics of Rt. Blv. Theodore, Prince
of Smolensk and Yaroslavl’, and his children Ss. David and Constantine,
Wonderworkers of Yaroslavl’ (1463). Monk Martyr Adrian of Poshekhónsk
(Yaroslavl’—1550). Martyr Onesimus of Isauria (1st c.). Martyr Conon the
Gardener, of Pamphylia (3rd c.). Virgin martyr Irais (Raíssa) of Antinoë in Egypt
(ca. 308). Martyr Eulogius, of Palestine. Martyr Eulampius, of Palestine. St. Mark
the Faster, of Egypt (5th c.). St. Hesychius the Faster, of Bithynia (ca. 790).
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Sunday, March 5, 2017
No doubt about it!
Witnessing ancient
Christianity in the
modern world since
1994.
This week’s bulletin:
Liturgical Music
Epistle & Gospel
2-3
Welcome!
Announcements
4
Scripture Readings
Luke 24:1-12
Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2
John 1:43-51
Clergy
Father Philip Lashbrook, Priest
Fr. Deacon Raphael (Gary Fadil),
Deacon
Readers
Glenn Alexander McCroskery
Jerry Columba Roberts
Altar Servers
Eli Attalah
Nathanael Fadil
Jay Gabriel Faust
Glenn Alexander McCroskery
David Mykut
Joseph Mykut
Blain Seraphim Perkins
Jerry Columba Roberts
Choir
Mat. Rebecca Lashbrook
Rick Gregory Boudreau
Don Patrick Daily
Lisa Fadil
Hannah Fadil
Sarah Fadil
Arlen Peter Hartman
Shirley Mary Hartman
Jenny Eugenia Trusty
Michael Trusty
Parish Council
Carmen Roberts, President
Dawn Mykut, Vice President
Arlen George Hartman, Treasurer
Roukoz Elias Atallah, Secretary
Fr. Deacon Raphael (Gary Fadil),
Member-at-large
Announcements
We thank you for attending St. Thomas today. If this is your first time in an
Orthodox Church, you may find the Liturgy books at the entrance of the nave
helpful for following along (just ask if you feel a little lost!). Sometimes, simply
maintaining a worshipful presence, open to the Holy Spirit, is a good way to start.
After Divine Liturgy, please join us in the back for coffee and conversation.
If Orthodoxy is new to you, you may have lots of questions! We’ll do our best to
help. During Holy Communion, non-Orthodox Christians are warmly welcome to
seek a blessing from the priest, and/or partake of the blessed bread on the small
table — if you’d like. The Eucharist in the Orthodox Church is intended for those
who have been educated in, and accepted, the beliefs and practices of the Ortho-
dox Christian Faith, and who have been baptized and/or chrismated into that
Faith. We would not impose on you any profession of belief (through Communion
or any other practice) with which you may not agree or feel comfortable.
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Welcome, Visitors!
For more details, please visit the Upcoming Events/Service
Schedule page on our blog.
WORSHIP
Sat. 3/4 @ 6:00 pm Great Vespers
Sun. 3/5 @ 10:00 am Divine Liturgy
Birthdays
3/8 Jerry Roberts
3/9 Adrian Mihail
3/10 Matthew McCroskery
Anniversaries
3/11 Jim & Nancy Shepherd
Church Cleaning Day Sat. 4/1 will be the Church cleaning day in preparation Pascha. Schedule of Services through St. Thomas Sunday Sun. 3/5 @ 10:00 am Sunday of Orthodoxy Sun. 3/5 @ 5:00 pm Lenten Vespers @ Holy Trinity, Carmel Wed. 3/8 @ 6:00 pm Pre-Sanctified Fri. 3/10 @ 6:00 pm Akathist to the Theotokos Sun. 3/12 @ 10:00 am St. Gregory of Palamas Sunday Sun. 3/12 @ 5:00 pm Lenten Vespers @ Ss. Constantine & Elena, Indy Wed. 3/15 @ 6:00 pm Pre-Sanctified Fri. 3/17 @ 6:00 pm Akathist to the Theotokos Sun. 3/19 @ 10:00 am Veneration of the Cross Sun. 3/19 @ 5:00 pm Lenten Vespers @ St. John The Forerunner, Indy Wed. 3/22 @ 6:00 pm Pre-Sanctified Fri. 3/24 @ 6:00 pm Akathist to the Theotokos Sat. 3/25 @ 10:00 am Divine Liturgy for Annunciation Sun. 3/26 @ 10:00 am St. John of the Ladder Sunday
Sun. 3/26 @ 5:00 pm Lenten Vespers @ St. George, Terre Haute\ Wed. 3/29 @ 6:00 pm Pre-Sanctified Fri. 3/31 @ 6:00 pm Akathist to the Theotokos Sun. 4/2 @ 10:00 am St. Mary of Egypt Sunday Sun. 4/2 @ 5:00 pm Lenten Vespers @ St. Stephen, Indy Wed. 4/5 @ 6:00 pm Pre-Sanctified Sat. 4/8 @ 10:00 am Lazarus Saturday Divine Liturgy Sun. 4/9 @ 10:00 am Entry of our Lord into Jerusalem Sun. 4/9 @ 6:00 pm Bridegroom Matins Mon. 4/10 @ 6:00 pm Bridegroom Matins Tue. 4/11 @ 6:00 pm Bridegroom Matins Wed. 4/12 @ 6:00 pm Unction Service Thur. 4/13 @ 10:00 am Vesperal Liturgy Thur. 4/13 @ 6:00 pm Matins with the Reading of the 12 Gospels Fri. 4/14 @ 9:00 am Royal Hours (3rd, 6th and 9th) Fri. 4/14 @ 3:00 pm Holy Friday afternoon Taking Down from the Cross Fri. 4/14 @ 6:00 pm Holy Friday Entombment/Lamentation, All Night Vigil Sat. 4/15 @ 9:30 am Vesperal Liturgy with the 15 O.T. readings Sat. 4/15 @ 11:00 pm Holy Saturday – Paschal Service Sun. 4/16 @ 12:00 pm Holy Pascha Vespers Sun. 4/23 @ 10:00 am St. Thomas Sunday
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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT — Tone 4. Sunday of Orthodoxy.
Tone 4 Troparion (Resurrection) When the women Disciples of the Lord learned from the Angel the joyous message of the Resurrection, they cast away the ancestral curse and elatedly told the Apostles: “Death is overthrown! Christ God is risen,// granting the world great mercy!” Glory …
Tone 2 Troparion (Sunday of Orthodoxy) We venerate Your most pure image, O Good One; and ask forgiveness of our transgressions, O Christ our God. Of Your good will You were pleased to ascend the cross in the flesh and deliver Your creatures from bondage to the Enemy. Therefore with thankfulness we cry aloud to You: “You have filled all with joy, O our Savior,// for You alone have come to save the world.”
Now and ever …
Tone 8 Kontakion (from the Lenten Triodion) No one could describe the Word of the Father; but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos, He accepted to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former state by uniting it to divine beauty.// We confess and proclaim our salvation in words and images.
Tone 4 Prokeimenon (Song of the Fathers) Blessed are You, O Lord God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is Your name forever! (Song of the three Holy Children, v. 3) v: For You are just in all that You have done for us! (v. 4)
Epistle (NKJV): Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-12:2
11:24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called
the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with
the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of
sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures
in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
11:32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell
of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and
Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms,
worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out
of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight
the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life
again.
Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might
obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and
scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned,
they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They
wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted,
tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in
deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith,
did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better
for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily
ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before
us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the
joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Tone 4 Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! v: Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel also was among those who called on His Name. (Ps 99/100:6) v: They called to the Lord and He answered them. (Ps 99/100:6)
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Gospel (NKJV): John 1:43-51
1:43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and
said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and
Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses
in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israel-
ite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under
the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You
are the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the
fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to
him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels
of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
(Instead of “It is truly meet … ,” we sing the following:) Hymn to the Theotokos All of creation rejoices in you, O Full of Grace: the assembly of Angels and the race of men. O sanctified temple and spiritual paradise, the glory of virgins, from whom God was incarnate and became a Child – our God before the ages. He made your body into a throne, and your womb He made more spacious than the heavens. All of creation rejoices in you, O Full of Grace.// Glory to you!
Communion Hymns Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the highest! (Ps 148:1) Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous; praise befits the just! (Ps 32/33:1) Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!