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Welcome to<br />

DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY<br />

GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH<br />

Ι. Ν. ΚΟΙΜΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ<br />

Somerville, MA<br />

REV. FR. ANTHONY TANDILYAN<br />

PRESIDING PRIEST<br />

2 ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW<br />

Β΄ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ<br />

6/<strong>18</strong>/<strong>2023</strong><br />

Orthros: 8:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.<br />

Όρθρος 8:30 π.μ.—Θεία Λειτουργία 9:30 π.μ.


TROPARIA SUNG AFTER THE<br />

ENTRANCE OF THE HOLY GOSPEL<br />

Resurrectional Apolytikion<br />

The stone having been sealed by the Pharisees<br />

and chief priests, and Your allimmaculate<br />

body being guarded by soldiers,<br />

You rose on the third day, O Lord and Savior,<br />

granting life unto the world. Then the<br />

powers of the heavens cried out to You, O<br />

Giver of Life, and shouted, "Glory to Your<br />

resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Your eternal<br />

rule! Glory to Your saving plan, O God<br />

who love humanity!"<br />

Apolytikion of St. Catherine<br />

Let us praise the most auspicious bride of<br />

Christ, the divine Katherine, protectress of<br />

Sinai, our aid and our help. For, she brilliantly<br />

silenced the eloquence of the impious<br />

by the sword of the spirit, and now,<br />

crowned as a martyr, she asks great mercy<br />

for all.<br />

Apolytikion of the Church<br />

Ιn giving birth, you did preserve your virginity;<br />

in your dormition you did not forsake<br />

the world O Theotokos. You were<br />

translated onto life, since you were the<br />

Mother of life; And by your intercessions do<br />

you redeem our souls from death.<br />

Kontakion<br />

O Protection of Christians that never<br />

falls, intercession with the Creator that never<br />

fails, we sinners beg you, do not ignore<br />

the voices of our prayers. O good Lady, we<br />

implore you, quickly come unto our aid,<br />

when we cry out to you with faith. Hurry to<br />

intercession, and hasten to supplication, O<br />

Theotokos who protect now and ever those<br />

who honor you.<br />

ΤΡΟΠΑΡΙΑ ΨΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ<br />

ΕΙΣΟΔΟ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΥ<br />

Αναστάσιμον Απολυτίκιον<br />

Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν<br />

Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων<br />

τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης<br />

τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ<br />

τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν<br />

οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα· Δόξα τῇ<br />

ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ βασιλείᾳ<br />

σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε<br />

Φιλάνθρωπε.<br />

Απολυτίκιον της Αγίας Αικατερίνης<br />

Τήν πανεύφημον νύμφην Χριστού<br />

υμνήσωμεν, Αικατερίναν τήν θείαν καί<br />

πολιούχον Σινά, τήν βοήθειαν ημών καί<br />

αντίληψιν, ότι εφίμωσε λαμπρώς, τούς<br />

κομψούς τών ασεβών, τού Πνεύματος τή<br />

μαχαίρα, καί νύν ως Μάρτυς στεφθείσα,<br />

αιτείται πάσι τό μέγα έλεος.<br />

Απολυτίκιον του Ναού<br />

Εν τη γεννήσει την παρθενίαν εφύλαξας,<br />

εν τη κοιμήσει τον κόσμον ου κατέλιπες,<br />

Θεοτόκε. μετέστης προς την ζωήν, Μήτηρ<br />

υπάρχουσα της ψυχής και ταις πρεσβείαις<br />

ταις σαις λυτρουμένη εκ θανάτου τας<br />

ψυχάς ημών.<br />

Κοντάκιον<br />

Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν<br />

ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία, πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν<br />

ἀμετάθετε, μὴ παρίδῃς, ἁμαρτωλῶν<br />

δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς<br />

ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς<br />

κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς<br />

πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ<br />

προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν<br />

τιμώντων σε.


EPISTLE READING<br />

ROMANS (2:10-16)<br />

Brethren, glory and honor and peace for<br />

every one who does good, the Jew first and<br />

also the Greek. For God shows no partiality.<br />

All who have sinned without the law will<br />

also perish without the law, and all who<br />

have sinned under the law will be judged by<br />

the law. For it is not the hearers of the law<br />

who are righteous before God, but the doers<br />

of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles<br />

who have not the law do by nature what<br />

the law requires, they are a law to themselves,<br />

even though they do not have the<br />

law. They show that what the law requires is<br />

written on their hearts, while their conscience<br />

also bears witness and their conflicting<br />

thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them<br />

on that day when, according to my gospel,<br />

God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.<br />

ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ<br />

ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ (2:10-16)<br />

Ἀδελφοί, δόξα δὲ καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ<br />

τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε<br />

πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν<br />

προσωποληψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. Ὅσοι γὰρ<br />

ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται·<br />

καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου<br />

κριθήσονται· οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ<br />

νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, ἀλλʼ οἱ ποιηταὶ<br />

τοῦ νόμου δικαιωθήσονται. Ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη<br />

τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου<br />

ποιῇ, οὗτοι, νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες, ἑαυτοῖς<br />

εἰσιν νόμος· οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον<br />

τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν,<br />

συμμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως,<br />

καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν<br />

κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων, ἐν<br />

ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν<br />

ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου, διὰ<br />

Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.<br />

ADDITIONAL SERVICES<br />

GREAT VESPERS –Saturday , June 24 at 6:00 PM<br />

(MUSIC PRACTICE 5PM—6PM)<br />

APOSTLES PETER & PAUL -Thursday, June 29 at 8:30 AM<br />

ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΕΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΕΣ<br />

ΑΠΟΔΕΙΠΝΟΣ - Σαββάτο 24 Ιουνίου στις 6:00 μμ<br />

(ΠΡΟΒΑ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ 5μμ-6μμ)<br />

ΠΕΤΡΟΥ & ΠΑΥΛΟΥ –Πέμπτη 29 Ιουνίου σις 8:30 πμ


GOSPEL READING<br />

MATTHEW (4:<strong>18</strong>-23)<br />

At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw<br />

two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his<br />

brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.<br />

And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers<br />

of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed<br />

him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers,<br />

James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father,<br />

mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and<br />

their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues<br />

and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and<br />

every infirmity among the people.<br />

Journey through the Daily Gospels<br />

Sunday Sermons<br />

PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING TODAY<br />

Harry Agritha, Guy Bressette & Anastasios Dres<br />

ΜΕΛΟI ΤΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ<br />

ΥΠΕΥΘΥΝΟI ΣΗΜΕΡΑ<br />

Χαράλαμπος Agritha, Guy Bressette & Αναστάσιος Ντρες


ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ<br />

ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ (4:<strong>18</strong>-23)<br />

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς<br />

Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον<br />

Πέτρον καὶ ᾿Ανδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας<br />

ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς· καὶ λέγει<br />

αὐτοῖς· δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων.<br />

οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ<br />

προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, ᾿Ιάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ<br />

᾿Ιωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ Ζεβεδαίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν<br />

καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς. οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ<br />

πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν<br />

Γαλιλαίαν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ<br />

εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ<br />

λαῷ.<br />

Today we commemorate:<br />

Leontius, Hypatius, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria<br />

Leontios the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos<br />

Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia


This week’s Sermon<br />

Calling Twice.<br />

St. Matthew 4 (<strong>18</strong>-23)<br />

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ<br />

In today's Gospel, our Lord walks to four fishermen and<br />

asks them to follow Him. They leave everything and go after<br />

him immediately. It is surprising how someone would leave everything and go after<br />

someone else.<br />

When we look at this story, we think that this is the first time that Christ<br />

came to these men by the lake and called them but, this was the second time. In this<br />

story, we learn a deep lesson for our lives in Christ and for the lives of others.<br />

Sometimes we get frustrated that no matter how hard we try, we cannot be good disciples<br />

of Our Lord. Something always goes wrong somewhere. It is even harder<br />

with other people, our children, our friends, our neighbors. We really want everyone<br />

to become disciples of Christ, but we find ourselves drifting away.<br />

Today the Lord shows us that no matter how far we go He will not give up<br />

on us. Today he came back from the desert, and he found His disciples drifted away<br />

from Him. When he went into the desert to be tempted by the devil, His disciples<br />

lost their way because he was not with them anymore. They got discouraged and<br />

they went back to fishing, but the Lord did not give up on them. When he came<br />

back, he went and found them. When he found them, he called them again and they<br />

followed Him. After they followed Him, He always instructed them and encouraged<br />

them to stay on a straight path. After Ηe went to heaven even then He did not leave<br />

His disciples alone but sent them the Holy Spirit to guide them and lead them<br />

throughout their lives.<br />

When we feel weak, spiritually disappointed, or discouraged we need to remember<br />

that the Lord knows it. He is there to call us again, to renew and encourage<br />

us, and restore our trust in Him so that we also, like the apostles, can follow Him all<br />

the days of our lives. The question is: “Do we delay our response or are we also<br />

ready to leave all our worldly cares behind and follow Him immediately as these<br />

apostles did?”.


Κύρηγμα της εβδομάδας<br />

Αγαπητοί εν Χριστώ αδελφοί,<br />

Στο σημερινό Ευαγγέλιο, ο Κύριός μας πλησιάζει<br />

τέσσερις ψαράδες και τους ζητά να τον ακολουθήσουν.<br />

Αυτοί αφήνουν τα πάντα και τον ακολουθούν αμέσως.<br />

Είναι εκπληκτικό πώς κάποιος αφήνει τα πάντα πίσω του<br />

και ακολουθεί κάποιον άλλο.<br />

Όταν βλέπουμε αυτήν την ιστορία, νομίζουμε ότι είναι η πρώτη φορά που ο<br />

Χριστός πλησίασε αυτούς τους ανθρώπους στη λίμνη και τους κάλεσε, αλλά στην<br />

πραγματικότητα, αυτή ήταν η δεύτερη φορά. Με αυτήν την ιστορία, μαθαίνουμε<br />

ένα βαθύ μάθημα για τη ζωή μας κοντά στο Χριστό και για τη ζωή των άλλων.<br />

Μερικές φορές απογοητευόμαστε επειδή ανεξάρτητα από το πόσο σκληρά<br />

προσπαθούμε, δεν μπορούμε να είμαστε καλοί μαθητές του Κυρίου μας. Πάντα<br />

κάτι πηγαίνει στραβά κάπου. Είναι ακόμα πιο δύσκολο με άλλους ανθρώπους, τα<br />

παιδιά μας, τους φίλους μας, τους γείτονές μας. Θέλουμε πραγματικά όλοι να<br />

γίνουν μαθητές του Χριστού, αλλά απομακρυνόμαστε σιγά σιγά.<br />

Σήμερα ο Κύριος μας δείχνει ότι ανεξάρτητα από το πόσο μακριά<br />

πηγαίνουμε δεν θα μας εγκαταλείψει. Σήμερα, επέστρεψε από την έρημο και βρήκε<br />

τους μαθητές του να απομακρύνονται από Αυτόν. Όταν πήγε στην έρημο για να<br />

δεχτεί τον πειρασμό από τον διάβολο, οι μαθητές Του έχασαν το δρόμο τους επειδή<br />

δεν ήταν πια μαζί τους. Αποθαρρύθηκαν και επέστρεψαν στο ψάρεμα, αλλά ο<br />

Κύριος δεν παρετήθηκε. Όταν επέστρεψε πήγε και τους βρήκε. Όταν τους βρήκε,<br />

τους κάλεσε πάλι και Τον ακολούθησαν. Αφού Τον ακολούθησαν, τους έδινε<br />

πάντα οδηγίες και τους ενθάρρυνε να παραμείνουν στον ίσιο δρόμο. Ακόμα και<br />

μετά που πήγε στον παράδεισο δεν άφησε τους μαθητές Του μόνους τους, αλλά<br />

τους έστειλε το Άγιο Πνεύμα για να τους καθοδηγεί καθ 'όλη τη διάρκεια της ζωής<br />

τους.<br />

Όταν αισθανόμαστε αδύναμοι, απογοητευμένοι πνευματικά ή<br />

αποθαρρυνμένοι, πρέπει να θυμόμαστε ότι ο Κύριος το γνωρίζει. Είναι εκεί για να<br />

μας ξανακαλέσει, να μας ανανεώσει και να μας ενθαρρύνει, και να αποκαταστήσει<br />

την εμπιστοσύνη μας σε Αυτόν, έτσι ώστε και εμείς, σαν τους αποστόλους, να<br />

μπορούμε να Τον ακολουθούμε για όλη μας τη ζωή. Το ερώτημα είναι:<br />

«Καθυστερούμε την απάντησή μας ή είμαστε επίσης έτοιμοι να αφήσουμε πίσω<br />

μας όλες τις κοσμικές μας φροντίδες και να τον ακολουθήσουμε αμέσως, όπως<br />

έκαναν οι απόστολοι».


Leontius, Hypatius, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria<br />

The Holy Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus were Roman soldiers.<br />

The holy Martyr Leontius, a Greek by origin, served as a militarychief<br />

in the imperial army in the Phoenician city of Tripoli during the<br />

reign of Vespasian (70-79). Leontius was distinguished for his bravery<br />

and good sense, and the people of Tripoli held him in deep respect because<br />

of his virtue.<br />

The emperor appointed the Roman senator Adrian as governor of the<br />

Phoenician district, with full powers to hunt out Christians, and in case<br />

of their refusal to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods, to give them over to<br />

torture and death. And on his way to Phoenicia Adrian received a report<br />

that Saint Leontius had turned many away from worshipping the pagan gods. The governor<br />

sent the tribune Hypatius with a detachment of soldiers to Tripoli so as to find and arrest the<br />

Christian Leontius. Along the way the tribune Hypatius fell seriously ill, and being near death,<br />

he saw in a dream an angel, which said: “If you wish to be healed, you and your soldiers<br />

should say three times: ‘God of Leontius, help me.’”<br />

Opening his eyes Hypatius beheld the angel and said: “I was sent to arrest Leontius, how is it<br />

that I should appeal to his God?” At this moment the angel became invisible. Hypatius told his<br />

dream to the soldiers, among whom was his friend Theodulus, and all of them together asked<br />

for help from the God Whom Saint Leontius confessed. Hypatius was immediately healed to<br />

the great joy of his soldiers, but only Theodulus sat aside, pondering the miracle. His soul was<br />

filled with love for God, and he told Hypatius to proceed twice as quickly to the city in search<br />

of Saint Leontius.<br />

Upon their arrival in the city, a stranger met them and invited them to his house, where he lavishly<br />

hosted the travellers. Learning that their hospitable host was Saint Leontius, they fell on<br />

their knees and asked him to enlighten them with faith in the True God. They were baptized<br />

here, and when Saint Leontius prayed over them calling on the Name of the Most Holy Trinity,<br />

a luminous cloud overshadowed the newly-baptized and poured forth rain. The remaining<br />

soldiers in search of their commander arrived in Tripoli, where the governor Adrian had also<br />

arrived. Learning what had happened, he ordered Saints Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus to<br />

be brought to him. After threatening them with torture and death, he demanded that they renounce<br />

Christ and offer sacrifice to the Roman gods.<br />

All the martyrs firmly confessed their faith in Christ. Saint Hypatius was put under a column<br />

and raked with iron claws, and Saint Theodulus was mercilessly beaten with rods. Seeing the<br />

steadfastness of the saints, they beheaded them. And after torture, they sent Saint Leontius to<br />

prison. In the morning he came before the governor. Adrian tried to entice the holy martyr<br />

with honors and rewards, and accomplishing nothing, he gave him over to new tortures. The<br />

holy martyr was suspended head downwards from a pillar with a heavy stone about his neck,<br />

but nothing could make him renounce Christ. The governor gave orders to beat the sufferer<br />

with rods until he died. They then threw the body of the holy Martyr Leontius outside the city,<br />

but Christians reverently gave it burial near Tripoli. The death of the holy martyrs occurred<br />

between 70-79.<br />

The accusation against Saint Leontius, and his sufferings and death are recorded on tin tablets<br />

prepared by the court scribe [commentarisius]. These tablets were placed at the grave of<br />

the holy martyr.


CONFESSION— Fr. Anthony is available for confessions. You can call or text his cell<br />

phone at 978-223-8224, email him at franthony@dormitionchurch.org or call the church<br />

office at 617-625-2222 for an appointment.<br />

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στο franthony@dormitionchurch.org ή να καλέσετε το γραφείο της εκκλησίας στο 617-<br />

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at your Service 24/7<br />

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Διαθέσιμος 24/7<br />

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