BULLETIN, APRIL 24, 2022

Welcome to
DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Ι. Ν. ΚΟΙΜΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ
Somerville, MA
REV. FR. ANTHONY TANDILYAN
PRESIDING PRIEST
GREAT & HOLY PASCHA
ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΠΑΣΧΑ
04/24/2022
Orthros: 8:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
Όρθρος 8:30 π.μ.—Θεία Λειτουργία 10:00 π.μ.

TROPARIA SUNG AFTER THE
ENTRANCE OF THE HOLY GOSPEL
Apolytikion of St. Catherine
Let us praise the most auspicious
bride of Christ, the divine Katherine,
protectress of Sinai, our aid and our
help. For, she brilliantly silenced the
eloquence of the impious by the
sword of the spirit, and now, crowned
as a martyr, she asks great mercy for
all.
Apolytikion of the Church
Ιn giving birth, you did preserve your
virginity; in your dormition you did
not forsake the world O Theotokos.
You were translated onto life, since
you were the Mother of life; And by
your intercessions do you redeem our
souls from death.
Kontakion
Though You went down into the
tomb, O Immortal One, yet You
brought down the dominion of Hades;
and You rose as the victor, O Christ
our God; and You called out
"Rejoice" to the Myrrh-bearing women,
and gave peace to Your Apostles,
O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection.
ΤΡΟΠΑΡΙΑ ΨΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ
ΕΙΣΟΔΟ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΥ
Απολυτίκιον της Αγίας
Αικατερίνης
Τήν πανεύφημον νύμφην Χριστού
υμνήσωμεν, Αικατερίναν τήν θείαν
καί πολιούχον Σινά, τήν βοήθειαν
ημών καί αντίληψιν, ότι εφίμωσε
λαμπρώς, τούς κομψούς τών
ασεβών, τού Πνεύματος τή
μαχαίρα, καί νύν ως Μάρτυς
στεφθείσα, αιτείται πάσι τό μέγα
έλεος.
Απολυτίκιον του Ναού
Εν τη γεννήσει την παρθενίαν
εφύλαξας, εν τη κοιμήσει τον
κόσμον ου κατέλιπες, Θεοτόκε.
μετέστης προς την ζωήν, Μήτηρ
υπάρχουσα της ψυχής και ταις
πρεσβείαις ταις σαις λυτρουμένη
εκ θανάτου τας ψυχάς ημών.
Κοντάκιον
Εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες Ἀθάνατε,
ἀλλὰ τοῦ ᾅδου καθεῖλες τὴν
δύναμιν· καὶ ἀνέστης ὡς νικητής,
Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, γυναιξὶ
Μυροφόροις φθεγξάμενος,
Χαίρετε, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις
εἰρήνην δωρούμενος, ὁ τοῖς
πεσοῦσι παρέχων ἀνάστασιν.

ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ
ΠΡΑΞΕΙΣ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ (1:1-8)
Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ
πάντων, ὦ Θεόφιλε, ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς
ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας,
ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ
πνεύματος ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο, ἀνελήφθη·
οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ
παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, διʼ
ἡμερῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος
αὐτοῖς, καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας
τοῦ θεοῦ. Καὶ συναλιζόμενος παρήγγειλεν
αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὴ χωρίζεσθαι,
ἀλλὰ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ
πατρός, Ἣν ἠκούσατέ μου· ὅτι Ἰωάννης
μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ
βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ
πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας. Οἱ μὲν οὖν
συνελθόντες ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες,
Κύριε, εἰ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ
ἀποκαθιστάνεις τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ;
Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστιν
γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ
ἔθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ. Ἀλλὰ λήψεσθε
δύναμιν, ἐπελθόντος τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς· καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι μάρτυρες ἔν τε
Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ
Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. .
EPISTLE READING
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES (1:1-8)
In the first book, O Theophilos, I have dealt
with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
until the day when he was taken up, after he
had given commandment through the Holy
Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
To them he presented himself alive after his
passion by many proofs, appearing to them
during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom
of God. And while staying with them
he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for the promise of the Father,
which, he said, "you heard from me,
for John baptized with water, but before
many days you shall be baptized with the
Holy Spirit."
So when they had come together, they
asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore
the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to
them, "it is not for you to know times or
seasons which the Father has fixed by his
own authority. But you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;
and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem
and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end
of the earth."
Today we commemorate:
Elizabeth the Wonderworker
Savvas the General of Rome
Nicholas the New-Martyr of Magnesia
Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury

GOSPEL READING
JOHN (1:1-17)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning
with God; all things were made through him, and without
him was not anything made that was made. In him
was life, and the life was the light of men. The light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome
it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through
him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.
The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world,
and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own
home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed
in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor
of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have
beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and
cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was
before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law
was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ
ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ (1:1-17)
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν,
καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος. Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν
Θεόν. Πάντα δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ
ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἓν ὃ γέγονεν. Ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ
ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ
φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα
αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης· οὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν, ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός, ἵνα πάντες
πιστεύσωσι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ. Οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός. Ἧν
τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ
ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω. Εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθε, καὶ
οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον. Ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα
Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων, οὐδὲ ἐκ
θελήματος σαρκός, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
Καὶ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ,
δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας. Ἰωάννης μαρτυρεῖ
περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγε λέγων· Οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον, ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν
μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν. Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες
ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος· ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ
ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.

This week’s Sermon
Today we celebrate the Resurrection of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In the past
throughout our lives, we have celebrated this
awesome event many times. I pray we have
enlightened our lives every year as we sing
Christ is Risen because that is the purpose of
the incarnation of our Lord. We learn in today’s
Gospel that: “In him was life; and the life was the light of
men” (John 1-4). He came into this world as light penetrates the darkness
and the darkness could not overcome it.
If we chose to sit in darkness however and not embrace His light as
the Gospel proclaims we simply will wither away. That is what we learn today
about two opposing phenomena. The light came into the world and the
darkness could not overcome it but on the other hand, we see that His own
received Him not. As we all have gathered together to experience the light
of His Resurrection let us open the eyes of our hearts that His lifegiving
Light will penetrate into our Souls and make us children of Light. Because
as many as received him, to them he gave the power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe in His name.

Κύρηγμα της εβδομάδας
Σήμερα γιορτάζουμε την Ανάσταση του
Κυρίου και Σωτήρα μας Ιησού Χριστού. Στο
παρελθόν σε όλη μας τη ζωή, έχουμε γιορτάσει
πολλές φορές αυτό το καταπληκτικό γεγονός.
Προσεύχομαι να έχουμε φωτίσει τη ζωή μας
κάθε χρόνο καθώς τραγουδάμε Χριστός
Ανέστη, γιατί αυτός είναι ο σκοπός της
ενσάρκωσης του Κυρίου μας. Στο σημερινό Ευαγγέλιο μαθαίνουμε ότι: «Σε
αυτόν υπήρχε η ζωή. Και η ζωή ήταν το φως των ανθρώπων» (Ιωάν. 1-
4). Ήρθε σε αυτόν τον κόσμο όπως το φως διαπερνά το σκοτάδι και το
σκοτάδι δεν μπόρεσε να το υπερνικήσει.
Αν όμως επιλέξουμε να παραμείνουμε στο σκοτάδι και να μην
αγκαλιάσουμε το φως Του όπως διακηρύσσει το Ευαγγέλιο, απλώς θα
μαραθούμε. Αυτό είναι που μαθαίνουμε σήμερα για δύο αντίθετα
φαινόμενα. Το φως ήρθε στον κόσμο και το σκοτάδι δεν μπόρεσε να το
υπερνικήσει, αλλά από την άλλη, βλέπουμε ότι οι δικοί Του δεν Τον
δέχτηκαν. Καθώς όλοι έχουμε συγκεντρωθεί για να βιώσουμε το φως της
Ανάστασής Του, ας ανοίξουμε τα μάτια της καρδιάς μας και το ζωογόνο
Φως Του θα διεισδύσει στις Ψυχές μας και θα μας κάνει παιδιά του Φωτός.
Γιατί όσοι τον δέχτηκαν, σε αυτούς έδωσε τη δύναμη να γίνουν υιοί του
Θεού, ακόμη και σε αυτούς που πιστεύουν στο όνομά Του.

Elizabeth the Wonderworker
Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker was from Constantinople, and
was chosen for the service of God at birth. It was revealed to her
mother that the girl would become a chosen vessel of the Lord
(Acts 9:15).
The parents sent their daughter to a monastery as a child. She
grew up in an atmosphere of fasting and constant prayer, and received
the gift of healing physical and spiritual infirmities.
The sisters chose her to be abbess of the Saints Cosmas and
Damian Monastery. She wore a coarse hairshirt all year round. Her body was chilled in
winter, but her spirit blazed with ardent love for God.
The saint’s asceticism was very strict. For many years she ate only grass and vegetables,
but would not partake of bread, wine, or oil. Many times Saint Elizabeth ate nothing at all
during the forty days of the Great Fast. Imitating the Publican in humility, for three years
she did not lift up her eyes to the heavens, but she looked constantly to God with her spiritual
eyes. At midnight prayers, the saint shone with a heavenly light.
Saint Elizabeth performed many miracles: a vicious serpent was killed by her prayer, she
healed a woman with issue of blood who had been ill for many years, and she cast out unclean
spirits from people. At her tomb many were healed of various illnesses, and the
blind received their sight. Many were cured with just some earth from her grave.
We do not know exactly when Saint Elizabeth lived, but it was probably between the sixth
and ninth centuries.
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING TODAY
Eleni Raschi, Angela Shermnopoulos & Peter Tsourianis
ΜΕΛΟI ΤΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΥΠΕΥΘΥΝΟI ΣΗΜΕΡΑ
Ελένη Ράση, Αγγέλα Σερμανόπουλος & Πέτρος Τσουριάνης

Questions from the Sunday School Students
In the result of an open mic lesson that took place the past 2 Sundays, our
children have presented us with excellent questions that create a wonderful learning
opportunity, not only for Sunday school, but also for the entire community.
Every Sunday Fr. Anthony will be selecting one question and answering it during
children’s sermon right after the reading of the Gospel during Sunday Liturgies.
1.) Why does it take longer to prepare Communion during Lent? We noticed that
we sang the praises all the way to the end and repeated the slow version at the beginning
until Father Anthony was ready.
2.) Why are the royal doors closed during Lent?
3.) Why does Father wear purple during Lent?
4.) Are there different liturgical prayers during Lent?
5.) Why do we fast from meat and dairy? Why is fish allowed?
6.) Why is communion for Wednesday liturgy prepared on Sunday?
7.) How many times does the priest use the censor during liturgy?
8.) Why are Pascha eggs dyed?
9.) Why do we read the Gospel in different languages on Easter Sunday instead of
Pentecost?
10.) Why does the big cross only leave the altar during Holy Week and not on the
feast days of the Cross?
11.) Why is Lent 40 days? What is the significance of the number 40 in the Bible?

The Archpastoral Visit
of
His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston
for the Celebration of the Sunday Nymphios Service

EASTER DONATIONS
CANDLES - Two Axion Estin Iconostasion Candles for
each Holy Week Service — $20 each (12 Services)
Louise Lambrukos—5 Candles
One Anastasi Pascal Candle for Fr. Anthony – $100 –Donated by Frances Cicalis
Palms for Palm Sunday— $200—Donated by Effie Mellos
8 Palm Trees to Decorate for Palm Sunday – $75 each
Wreath for Crucifix—$225—Donated by Ann Nemphos
Crucifix basket – $175—Donated by Frances Cicalis
Nymphios Icon Flowers—$250—Donated By Peter & Georgia Eldridge
Crucifixion Icon Flowers— $250—Donated by Mark & Sandra Miminos
Resurrection Icon— $250—Donated by Bill & Evelyn Bozaglu
Resurrection Lavaron Banner – $275 Donated by Diane Karavitis
5 Floral Vases—$150 each
Altar Table Floral Vases - $150 each
Bay Leaves—$200—Donated by Kostas & Joy Tomadakis
20 Lily Plants - $35 each
Presv. Sultana Volaitis – 1 Lily Plant
Eleni Gagas—6 Lily Plants
Epitaphio Flowers—$1000 Donated by
Vlahakis & Curtis Families $1,000
Toula Diakopoulos $250
John & Evagelia Toufas $50

Incense from Holy Mountain—Four boxes - $70 each
Donated by James & Christine Gogos—2 Boxes
Donated by Alec & Katina Biliardis—2 Boxes
Olive Oil for Oil lamps– Donated by Alec & Katina Biliardis
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On behalf of Fr. Anthony Tandilyan
Parish Council President, Diane Karavitis
Parish Council Members & Parish Ministries
HAPPY EASTER! KALO PASCHA!
CONFESSION— Fr. Anthony is available for confessions. You can call or text his cell
phone at 978-223-8224, email him at franthony@dormitionchurch.org or call the church
office at 617-625-2222 for an appointment.
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στο franthony@dormitionchurch.org ή να καλέσετε το γραφείο της εκκλησίας στο 617-
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