BULLETIN, JUNE 18, 2023

Welcome to
DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Ι. Ν. ΚΟΙΜΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ
Somerville, MA
REV. FR. ANTHONY TANDILYAN
PRESIDING PRIEST
2 ND SUNDAY OF MATTHEW
Β΄ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΥ
6/18/2023
Orthros: 8:30 a.m. - Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.
Όρθρος 8:30 π.μ.—Θεία Λειτουργία 9:30 π.μ.

TROPARIA SUNG AFTER THE
ENTRANCE OF THE HOLY GOSPEL
Resurrectional Apolytikion
The stone having been sealed by the Pharisees
and chief priests, and Your allimmaculate
body being guarded by soldiers,
You rose on the third day, O Lord and Savior,
granting life unto the world. Then the
powers of the heavens cried out to You, O
Giver of Life, and shouted, "Glory to Your
resurrection, O Christ! Glory to Your eternal
rule! Glory to Your saving plan, O God
who love humanity!"
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
O Protection of Christians that never
falls, intercession with the Creator that never
fails, we sinners beg you, do not ignore
the voices of our prayers. O good Lady, we
implore you, quickly come unto our aid,
when we cry out to you with faith. Hurry to
intercession, and hasten to supplication, O
Theotokos who protect now and ever those
who honor you.
ΤΡΟΠΑΡΙΑ ΨΑΛΛΟΜΕΝΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΝ
ΕΙΣΟΔΟ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΥ
Αναστάσιμον Απολυτίκιον
Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν
Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων
τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης
τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ
τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν
οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα· Δόξα τῇ
ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ βασιλείᾳ
σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε
Φιλάνθρωπε.
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
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.

EPISTLE READING
ROMANS (2:10-16)
Brethren, glory and honor and peace for
every one who does good, the Jew first and
also the Greek. For God shows no partiality.
All who have sinned without the law will
also perish without the law, and all who
have sinned under the law will be judged by
the law. For it is not the hearers of the law
who are righteous before God, but the doers
of the law who will be justified. When Gentiles
who have not the law do by nature what
the law requires, they are a law to themselves,
even though they do not have the
law. They show that what the law requires is
written on their hearts, while their conscience
also bears witness and their conflicting
thoughts accuse or perhaps excuse them
on that day when, according to my gospel,
God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ
ΠΡΟΣ ΡΩΜΑΙΟΥΣ (2:10-16)
Ἀδελφοί, δόξα δὲ καὶ τιμὴ καὶ εἰρήνη παντὶ
τῷ ἐργαζομένῳ τὸ ἀγαθόν, Ἰουδαίῳ τε
πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνι· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν
προσωποληψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. Ὅσοι γὰρ
ἀνόμως ἥμαρτον, ἀνόμως καὶ ἀπολοῦνται·
καὶ ὅσοι ἐν νόμῳ ἥμαρτον, διὰ νόμου
κριθήσονται· οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἀκροαταὶ τοῦ
νόμου δίκαιοι παρὰ τῷ θεῷ, ἀλλʼ οἱ ποιηταὶ
τοῦ νόμου δικαιωθήσονται. Ὅταν γὰρ ἔθνη
τὰ μὴ νόμον ἔχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου
ποιῇ, οὗτοι, νόμον μὴ ἔχοντες, ἑαυτοῖς
εἰσιν νόμος· οἵτινες ἐνδείκνυνται τὸ ἔργον
τοῦ νόμου γραπτὸν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν,
συμμαρτυρούσης αὐτῶν τῆς συνειδήσεως,
καὶ μεταξὺ ἀλλήλων τῶν λογισμῶν
κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ ἀπολογουμένων, ἐν
ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὰ κρυπτὰ τῶν
ἀνθρώπων, κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν μου, διὰ
Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
GREAT VESPERS –Saturday , June 24 at 6:00 PM
(MUSIC PRACTICE 5PM—6PM)
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GOSPEL READING
MATTHEW (4:18-23)
At that time, as Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw
two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his
brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers
of men." Immediately they left their nets and followed
him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers,
James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left their boat and
their father, and followed him. And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues
and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and
every infirmity among the people.
Journey through the Daily Gospels
Sunday Sermons
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING TODAY
Harry Agritha, Guy Bressette & Anastasios Dres
ΜΕΛΟI ΤΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΥΠΕΥΘΥΝΟI ΣΗΜΕΡΑ
Χαράλαμπος Agritha, Guy Bressette & Αναστάσιος Ντρες

ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ
ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ (4:18-23)
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς
Γαλιλαίας εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον
Πέτρον καὶ ᾿Ανδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, βάλλοντας
ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν γὰρ ἁλιεῖς· καὶ λέγει
αὐτοῖς· δεῦτε ὀπίσω μου καὶ ποιήσω ὑμᾶς ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων.
οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὰ δίκτυα ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ
προβὰς ἐκεῖθεν εἶδεν ἄλλους δύο ἀδελφούς, ᾿Ιάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ
᾿Ιωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ μετὰ Ζεβεδαίου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν
καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτούς. οἱ δὲ εὐθέως ἀφέντες τὸ
πλοῖον καὶ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. Καὶ περιῆγεν ὅλην τὴν
Γαλιλαίαν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ
εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ
λαῷ.
Today we commemorate:
Leontius, Hypatius, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria
Leontios the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos
Aitherios the Martyr of Nicomedia

This week’s Sermon
Calling Twice.
St. Matthew 4 (18-23)
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ
In today's Gospel, our Lord walks to four fishermen and
asks them to follow Him. They leave everything and go after
him immediately. It is surprising how someone would leave everything and go after
someone else.
When we look at this story, we think that this is the first time that Christ
came to these men by the lake and called them but, this was the second time. In this
story, we learn a deep lesson for our lives in Christ and for the lives of others.
Sometimes we get frustrated that no matter how hard we try, we cannot be good disciples
of Our Lord. Something always goes wrong somewhere. It is even harder
with other people, our children, our friends, our neighbors. We really want everyone
to become disciples of Christ, but we find ourselves drifting away.
Today the Lord shows us that no matter how far we go He will not give up
on us. Today he came back from the desert, and he found His disciples drifted away
from Him. When he went into the desert to be tempted by the devil, His disciples
lost their way because he was not with them anymore. They got discouraged and
they went back to fishing, but the Lord did not give up on them. When he came
back, he went and found them. When he found them, he called them again and they
followed Him. After they followed Him, He always instructed them and encouraged
them to stay on a straight path. After Ηe went to heaven even then He did not leave
His disciples alone but sent them the Holy Spirit to guide them and lead them
throughout their lives.
When we feel weak, spiritually disappointed, or discouraged we need to remember
that the Lord knows it. He is there to call us again, to renew and encourage
us, and restore our trust in Him so that we also, like the apostles, can follow Him all
the days of our lives. The question is: “Do we delay our response or are we also
ready to leave all our worldly cares behind and follow Him immediately as these
apostles did?”.

Κύρηγμα της εβδομάδας
Αγαπητοί εν Χριστώ αδελφοί,
Στο σημερινό Ευαγγέλιο, ο Κύριός μας πλησιάζει
τέσσερις ψαράδες και τους ζητά να τον ακολουθήσουν.
Αυτοί αφήνουν τα πάντα και τον ακολουθούν αμέσως.
Είναι εκπληκτικό πώς κάποιος αφήνει τα πάντα πίσω του
και ακολουθεί κάποιον άλλο.
Όταν βλέπουμε αυτήν την ιστορία, νομίζουμε ότι είναι η πρώτη φορά που ο
Χριστός πλησίασε αυτούς τους ανθρώπους στη λίμνη και τους κάλεσε, αλλά στην
πραγματικότητα, αυτή ήταν η δεύτερη φορά. Με αυτήν την ιστορία, μαθαίνουμε
ένα βαθύ μάθημα για τη ζωή μας κοντά στο Χριστό και για τη ζωή των άλλων.
Μερικές φορές απογοητευόμαστε επειδή ανεξάρτητα από το πόσο σκληρά
προσπαθούμε, δεν μπορούμε να είμαστε καλοί μαθητές του Κυρίου μας. Πάντα
κάτι πηγαίνει στραβά κάπου. Είναι ακόμα πιο δύσκολο με άλλους ανθρώπους, τα
παιδιά μας, τους φίλους μας, τους γείτονές μας. Θέλουμε πραγματικά όλοι να
γίνουν μαθητές του Χριστού, αλλά απομακρυνόμαστε σιγά σιγά.
Σήμερα ο Κύριος μας δείχνει ότι ανεξάρτητα από το πόσο μακριά
πηγαίνουμε δεν θα μας εγκαταλείψει. Σήμερα, επέστρεψε από την έρημο και βρήκε
τους μαθητές του να απομακρύνονται από Αυτόν. Όταν πήγε στην έρημο για να
δεχτεί τον πειρασμό από τον διάβολο, οι μαθητές Του έχασαν το δρόμο τους επειδή
δεν ήταν πια μαζί τους. Αποθαρρύθηκαν και επέστρεψαν στο ψάρεμα, αλλά ο
Κύριος δεν παρετήθηκε. Όταν επέστρεψε πήγε και τους βρήκε. Όταν τους βρήκε,
τους κάλεσε πάλι και Τον ακολούθησαν. Αφού Τον ακολούθησαν, τους έδινε
πάντα οδηγίες και τους ενθάρρυνε να παραμείνουν στον ίσιο δρόμο. Ακόμα και
μετά που πήγε στον παράδεισο δεν άφησε τους μαθητές Του μόνους τους, αλλά
τους έστειλε το Άγιο Πνεύμα για να τους καθοδηγεί καθ 'όλη τη διάρκεια της ζωής
τους.
Όταν αισθανόμαστε αδύναμοι, απογοητευμένοι πνευματικά ή
αποθαρρυνμένοι, πρέπει να θυμόμαστε ότι ο Κύριος το γνωρίζει. Είναι εκεί για να
μας ξανακαλέσει, να μας ανανεώσει και να μας ενθαρρύνει, και να αποκαταστήσει
την εμπιστοσύνη μας σε Αυτόν, έτσι ώστε και εμείς, σαν τους αποστόλους, να
μπορούμε να Τον ακολουθούμε για όλη μας τη ζωή. Το ερώτημα είναι:
«Καθυστερούμε την απάντησή μας ή είμαστε επίσης έτοιμοι να αφήσουμε πίσω
μας όλες τις κοσμικές μας φροντίδες και να τον ακολουθήσουμε αμέσως, όπως
έκαναν οι απόστολοι».

Leontius, Hypatius, & Theodulus the Martyrs of Syria
The Holy Martyrs Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus were Roman soldiers.
The holy Martyr Leontius, a Greek by origin, served as a militarychief
in the imperial army in the Phoenician city of Tripoli during the
reign of Vespasian (70-79). Leontius was distinguished for his bravery
and good sense, and the people of Tripoli held him in deep respect because
of his virtue.
The emperor appointed the Roman senator Adrian as governor of the
Phoenician district, with full powers to hunt out Christians, and in case
of their refusal to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods, to give them over to
torture and death. And on his way to Phoenicia Adrian received a report
that Saint Leontius had turned many away from worshipping the pagan gods. The governor
sent the tribune Hypatius with a detachment of soldiers to Tripoli so as to find and arrest the
Christian Leontius. Along the way the tribune Hypatius fell seriously ill, and being near death,
he saw in a dream an angel, which said: “If you wish to be healed, you and your soldiers
should say three times: ‘God of Leontius, help me.’”
Opening his eyes Hypatius beheld the angel and said: “I was sent to arrest Leontius, how is it
that I should appeal to his God?” At this moment the angel became invisible. Hypatius told his
dream to the soldiers, among whom was his friend Theodulus, and all of them together asked
for help from the God Whom Saint Leontius confessed. Hypatius was immediately healed to
the great joy of his soldiers, but only Theodulus sat aside, pondering the miracle. His soul was
filled with love for God, and he told Hypatius to proceed twice as quickly to the city in search
of Saint Leontius.
Upon their arrival in the city, a stranger met them and invited them to his house, where he lavishly
hosted the travellers. Learning that their hospitable host was Saint Leontius, they fell on
their knees and asked him to enlighten them with faith in the True God. They were baptized
here, and when Saint Leontius prayed over them calling on the Name of the Most Holy Trinity,
a luminous cloud overshadowed the newly-baptized and poured forth rain. The remaining
soldiers in search of their commander arrived in Tripoli, where the governor Adrian had also
arrived. Learning what had happened, he ordered Saints Leontius, Hypatius, and Theodulus to
be brought to him. After threatening them with torture and death, he demanded that they renounce
Christ and offer sacrifice to the Roman gods.
All the martyrs firmly confessed their faith in Christ. Saint Hypatius was put under a column
and raked with iron claws, and Saint Theodulus was mercilessly beaten with rods. Seeing the
steadfastness of the saints, they beheaded them. And after torture, they sent Saint Leontius to
prison. In the morning he came before the governor. Adrian tried to entice the holy martyr
with honors and rewards, and accomplishing nothing, he gave him over to new tortures. The
holy martyr was suspended head downwards from a pillar with a heavy stone about his neck,
but nothing could make him renounce Christ. The governor gave orders to beat the sufferer
with rods until he died. They then threw the body of the holy Martyr Leontius outside the city,
but Christians reverently gave it burial near Tripoli. The death of the holy martyrs occurred
between 70-79.
The accusation against Saint Leontius, and his sufferings and death are recorded on tin tablets
prepared by the court scribe [commentarisius]. These tablets were placed at the grave of
the holy martyr.

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