BULLETIN, MARCH 24, 2024

Welcome to
DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY
GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Ι. Ν. ΚΟΙΜΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ
Somerville, MA
REV. FR. ANTHONY TANDILYAN
PRESIDING PRIEST
SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY
ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ
3/24/24
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
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 plan for saving us,
only benevolent God!”
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 Champion General, I your City now inscribe
to you
Triumphant anthems as the tokens of
my gratitude,
Being rescued from the terrors, O
Theotokos.
Inasmuch as you have power unassailable,
From all kinds of perils free me, so
that unto you
I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded
Bride.
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
Τῇ ὑπερμάχῳ στρατηγῷ τὰ νικητήρια,
Ὡς λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν εὐχαριστήρια,
Ἀναγράφω σοι ἡ Πόλις σου Θεοτόκε.
Ἀλλʼ ὡς ἔχουσα τὸ κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον,
Ἐκ παντοίων με κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον,
Ἵνα κράζω σοι· Χαῖρε νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.

EPISTLE READING
HEBREWS (11:24-26, 32-40)
Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was
grown up, refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to
share ill-treatment with the people of God
than to en-joy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
He consid-ered abuse suffered for the
Christ greater wealth than the treasures of
Egypt, for he looked to the reward.
And what more shall I say? For time would
fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson,
Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the
proph-ets -- who through faith conquered
kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises,
stopped the mouths of lions, quenched
raging fire, es-caped the edge of the sword,
won strength out of weakness, became
mighty in war, put for-eign enemies to
flight. Women received their dead by resurrection.
Some were tortured, refusing to
accept release, that they might rise again to
a better life. Others suffered mocking and
scourging, and even chains and imprisonment.
They were stoned, they were sawn in
two, they were killed with the sword; they
went about in skins of sheep and goats, desti-tute,
afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the
world was not worthy -- wandering over
deserts and mountains, and in dens and
caves of the earth.
And all these, though well attested by their
faith, did not receive what was promised,
since God had foreseen something better
for us, that apart from us they should not be
made perfect.apart from us they should not
be made perfect.
ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ
ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ (11:24-26, 32-40)
Ἀδελφοί, πίστει Μωϋσῆς μέγας γενόμενος
ἠρνήσατο λέγεσθαι υἱὸς θυγατρὸς Φαραώ,
μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συγκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ λαῷ
τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ πρόσκαιρον ἔχειν ἁμαρτίας
ἀπόλαυσιν· μείζονα πλοῦτον ἡγησάμενος
τῶν Αἰγύπτου θησαυρῶν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν
τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἀπέβλεπεν γὰρ εἰς τὴν
μισθαποδοσίαν. Καὶ τί ἔτι λέγω; Ἐπιλείψει
γὰρ με διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών,
Βαράκ τε καὶ Σαμψών καὶ Ἰεφθάε, Δαυίδ
τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν· οἳ διὰ
πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας,
εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον
ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων,
ἔσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός, ἔφυγον στόματα
μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας,
ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ,
παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων. Ἔλαβον
γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς
αὐτῶν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν, οὐ
προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα
κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν· ἕτεροι δὲ
ἐμπαιγμῶν καὶ μαστίγων πεῖραν ἔλαβον, ἔτι
δὲ δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς· ἐλιθάσθησαν,
ἐπρίσθησαν, ἐπειράσθησαν, ἐν φόνῳ
μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον· περιῆλθον ἐν
μηλωταῖς, ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν,
ὑστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι
- ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος - ἐν ἐρημίαις
πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσιν καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ
ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ οὗτοι πάντες,
μαρτυρηθέντες διὰ τῆς πίστεως, οὐκ
ἐκομίσαντο τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ
ἡμῶν κρεῖττόν τι προβλεψαμένου, ἵνα μὴ
χωρὶς ἡμῶν τελειωθῶσιν.

GOSPEL READING
JOHN (1:43-51)
At that time, Jesus decided to go to
Galilee. And he found Philip and said to
him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from
Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
Philip found Nathanael, and he 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."
Nathanael said to him, "Can anything
good come out of Nazareth?" Philip
said to him, "Come and see." Jesus
saw Nathanael coming to him, and said
of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in
whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to
him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered
him, "Before Philip called you,
when you were under the fig tree, I saw
you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi,
you are the Son of God! You are the
King of Israel!" Jesus answered him,
"Because I said to you, I saw you under
the fig tree, do you believe? You shall
see greater things than these." And he
said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened, and the angels
of God as-cending and descending
upon the Son of man."
ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ
ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ (1:43-51)
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ
᾿Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν·
καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ·
ἀκολούθει μοι. ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ
Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ᾿Ανδρέου
καὶ Πέτρου. εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν
Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὃν ἔγραψε
Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται,
εὑρήκαμεν, ᾿Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ
᾿Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. καὶ εἶπεν
αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί
τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος·
ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. εἶδεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τὸν
Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ
λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ· ἴδε ἀληθῶς
᾿Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι.
λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· πόθεν με
γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν
αὐτῷ· πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι,
ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε.
ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ·
ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ
βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ. ἀπεκρίθη
᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὅτι εἶπόν σοι,
εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς,
πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει. καὶ
λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾽
ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα,
καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ
ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ
τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Today we commemorate
Forefeast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos
SAINTS
Righteous Artemon, Bishop of Seleucia
Our Holy Father Theonas, Archbishop of Thessalonica
Zachariah the Recluse
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
ANNUNCIATION OF THE THEOTOKOS –Monday, March 25 at 8:30 AM
GREAT COMPLINE –Monday, March 25 at 6:00 PM
PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGY –Wednesday, March 27 at 6:00 PM
2ND SALUTATIONS -Friday, March 29 at 6:30 PM
ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΕΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΕΣ
ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ –Δευτέρα, 25 Μαρτίου στις 8:30 πμ
ΑΠΟΔΕΙΠΝΟΣ –Δευτέρα, 25 Μαρτίου στις 6:00 μμ
ΠΡΟΗΓΙΑΣΜΕΝΗ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ - Τετάρτη, 27 Μαρτίου στις 6:00 μμ
2οι ΧΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΜΟΙ –Παρασκευή, 29 Μαρτίου στις 6:30 μμ

Fr. Anthony’s Thoughts about the Sunday Gospel
Sunday of Orthodoxy
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ
This week we are celebrating the Sunday of Orthodoxy.
This is a day that makes us happy because we have the gift of venerating our holy
Icons. We rejoice because the truth about the Incarnation revealed through our
practice of iconography prevailed. But today is also one of the days that cause us to
wonder why it takes so much effort and suffering for the Truth to be accepted. In
order to keep the icons in the church, our fathers had to go through martyrdom.
Like always the truth won, but the question is how long it takes for the truth to be
revealed and how much patient suffering is required.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
The truth speaks about itself and we need to put our selfishness aside and
look at reality from the perspective of the other. The second thing we need to consider
is that when there is a disagreement usually both sides have a shortcoming
and the safest side to be is the side of the Truth. We need to be on the side of the
Truth who is Christ because HE, the Living Truth, sets us free. We need to go
ahead and live our lives in the freedom of Christ given to us through Holy Orthodoxy
so that we can practice Truth and be glad in it.
Journey through the Daily Gospels
Sunday Sermons

Οι σκέψεις του π. Αντωνίου για το Ευαγγέλιο της Κυριακής
Σήμερα γιορτάζουμε την Κυριακή της Ορθοδοξίας, μια
μέρα που μας κάνει ευτυχισμένους, επειδή έχουμε το δώρο
να προσκυνούμε τις ιερές εικόνες μας. Χαιρόμαστε γιατί
επικράτησε η αλήθεια για την ενσάρκωση, που
αποκαλύφθηκε μέσω της εικονογραφίας. Αλλά και σήμερα είναι μια από τις
ημέρες που μας κάνει να αναρωτηθούμε γιατί απαιτείται τόση προσπάθεια και
πόνος για την αποδοχή της Αλήθειας. Προκειμένου να διατηρηθούν οι εικόνες
στην εκκλησία, οι πατέρες μας έπρεπε να περάσουν από μεγάλο μαρτύριο. Όπως
πάντα κέρδισε η αλήθεια, αλλά το ερώτημα είναι, πόσο καιρό χρειάζεται για να
αποκαλυφθεί η αλήθεια και πόσο μαρτύριο απαιτείται.
Αγαπητοί εν Χριστώ αδελφοί,
Η αλήθεια μιλάει από μόνη της και πρέπει να βάλουμε στην άκρη τον
εγωισμό μας, και να δούμε την πραγματικότητα από την οπτική γωνία του άλλου.
Επίσης, αυτό που πρέπει να εξετάσουμε είναι ότι όταν υπάρχει διαφωνία συνήθως
έχουν λάθος και οι δύο πλευρές, και η ασφαλέστερη πλευρά είναι αυτή της
Αλήθειας. Πρέπει να είμαστε στο πλευρό της Αλήθειας που είναι ο Χριστός, η
Ζωντανή Αλήθεια, που μας ελευθέρωσε. Πρέπει να προχωρήσουμε και να
ζήσουμε τη ζωή μας στην ελευθερία του Χριστού που μας δίνεται μέσω της Ιεράς
Ορθοδοξίας, ώστε να μπορούμε να ασκήσουμε την Αλήθεια και να χαρούμε με
αυτήν.
PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING TODAY
Anastasios Dres, Evangelos Kechris & Katerina Leventis
ΜΕΛΟI ΤΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ
ΥΠΕΥΘΥΝΟI ΣΗΜΕΡΑ
Αναστάσιος Ντρες, Ευάγγελος Κεχρής & Κατερίνα Λεβέντης

GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
Join us for the 28th Greek Independence Day Parade on April 7th. The bus will depart
from the church at 11:30 AM. Please call the office at 617-625-2222 to reserve your
seat.
Ελάτε μαζί μας για την 28η Παρέλαση της Ελληνικής Ημέρας της Ανεξαρτησίας στις 7
Απριλίου. Το λεωφορείο θα αναχωρήσει από την εκκλησία στις 11:30 π.μ. Καλέστε το
γραφείο στο 617-625-2222 για να κρατήσετε τη θέση σας.
FAMILY TABLE PANTRY
Please Join us this Lenten season by donating Non-Perishables to
help us start our new Family Table Pantry.
This Pantry will be available to people in our community who are
in need.
The box for donations will be located outside of the office.

LENTEN SPEAKER SERIES
Wednesdays at 7:00 PM
March 27th– Fr. Phillip Halikias -Interfaith Marriage in the Orthodox Church
April 10th -Dr. Bruce Beck –The Scriptures in the Liturgy & in Our Daily Lives
April 17th -Dr. James Skedros –Iconography as Windows to Heaven
April 24th -Pesv. Kellie Tandilyan –The Formation of Our Children in
the Image of Christ
JOURNEY THROUGH LENT DISCUSSION
Mondays at 7:00 PM for the next 6 weeks
Led By Nicholas Lamb
In Person at the Church’s Library
INQURER’S CLASS
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM
Led by Fr. Anthony
In Person at the Church’s Library
• Worship/Latreia (practicing private prayer and participating in corporate worship)
• Community/Koinonia (sharing in the total life of the Church)
• Discipleship/Matheteia (learning and growing in Christ)
• Service/Diakonia (serving the needs of others)
• Witness/Martyria (fulfilling Christ’s mission in the world)

Presiding Priest Fr. Anthony Tandilyan
at your Service 24/7
Προϊστάμενος π. Αντώνιος Ταντίλυαν
Διαθέσιμος 24/7
franthony@dormitionchurch.org
978-223-8224
Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church
29 Central St., Somerville, MA 02143
Tel: 617-625-2222—email: office@dormitionchurch.org