Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Bluff City, Tennessee PUBLISH DATE: March 1, 2009

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4

Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Matthew 6:14-21
Forgiveness Sunday

The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; ...Read Full Text >

Forgiveness Sunday
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Eudokia the Martyr of Heliopolis
March 1 ...Read Full Text >

Andonina the New Martyr
March 1 ...Read Full Text >
Resurrectional Apolytikion Fourth Tone
Amen. When the tidings of the resurrection from the glorious angel was proclaimed unto the women disciples and our ancestral sentence also had been abolished to the Apostles with the boasting did they proclaim that death is vanquished ever more and Christ Our God has risen from the dead and granted to the world His great mercy. - Translation from Green Hymnal

Apolytikion of the Church
O blessed are You O Christ our God, Who by sending down the Holy Spirit upon them made the fishermen wise and through them Illumined the world. And to You the universe was ever drawn, all glory to You O Lord.

Kontakion
O Master, Prudence, Guide of Wisdom, Instruction to the foolish and Defender of the poor, strengthen my heart and grant it discernment. Give me words, Word of the Father, for behold, I shall not keep my lips from crying out to You, "O Merciful One, have mercy on me who has fallen." - Translation by Narthex Press
Spiritual delight is not enjoyment found in things that exists outside the soul.
-St. Isaac of Syria, Unknown, 7th century


Do we forgive our neighbors their trespasses? God also forgives us in His mercy. Do we refuse to forgive? God,  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Tikhon of Zadonsk, Unknown, 18th century


. . .humble men like this are not men who have been converted, who have repented. They are men who are being  ...Read Full Text >
-Archimandrite Vasileios, Hymn of Entry, 20th Century


It is required that not only with the body should we fast, but with the soul. Now the soul is humbled when it does  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Athansios of Alexandria

Matins
SUNDAY 9:30AM - 10:30 AM

Liturgy
SUNDAY 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Bible Study
WEDNESDAYS @ 7:00 PM

Parish Information
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
150 Elizabeth Ann Circle
Bluff City, Tennessee 37618

Phone: 423-538-0701
Fax: 423-538-0701
Website: holytrinitybluffcity.org
Email: holytrinitybluffcity@gmail.com

Proistamenos: Fr. Kevin Millsaps

 
February 23, 2009
SCOBA Encyclical for the Sunday of Orthodoxy - March 8, 2009
This is the Faith that has established the world.
- The Synodikon of Orthodoxy

March 8, 2009
The Feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy

The Hierarchs of the Standing Conference
of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas

To all the Clergy and the Laity of the Holy ...Read Full Text >

February 27, 2009
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios on the Beginning of Great and Holy Lent
Protocol 17/09

March 2, 2009
Great and Holy Lent


“Let us set out with joy upon the season of the Fast….”
Vespers of the Sunday of Forgiveness


To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and ...Read Full Text >
February 26, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS ON THE BEGINNING OF GREAT LENT

Do not lose heart, O soul, do not grieve; pronounce not over thyself a final judgment for the multitude of thy sins; do not commit thyself to fire; do not say: The Lord has cast me from His face.

Such words are not pleasing to God. Can it be that he who has fallen cannot get up? Can ...Read Full Text >
Upcoming Services and Events at Holy Trinity
Sunday, March 1, 2009: Orthros: 9:30 AM; Divine Liturgy: 10:30 AM, Forgiveness Vespers: 11:30 AM

Tuesday, March 3, 2009: Ladies Philoptochos Meeting: 7:00 PM

Wednesday, March 4, 2009: Pre-Sanctified Liturgy: 7:00 PM, Parish Council Meeting

Sunday, March 8, 2009: Orthros: 9:30 AM; ...Read Full Text >

In our Prayers
"Lord, Jesus Christ, Who suffered and died for our sins that we may live, if during our life we have sinned in word, deed or thought forgive us in Your goodness and love. All our hope we put in You; protect your servants from all evil. We submit to Your will and into Your hands we commend our souls and ...Read Full Text >
Previous Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Bulletins
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Publish Date:February 1, 2009
Publish Date:January 25, 2009
Publish Date:January 18, 2009
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