Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Bluff City, Tennessee PUBLISH DATE: August 23, 2009

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 9:2-12

BRETHREN, you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Matthew 18:23-35
11th Sunday of Matthew

The Lord said this parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to ...Read Full Text >

11th Sunday of Matthew
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Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
August 23 ...Read Full Text >

Our Holy Father Ireneaus, Bishop of Lyons
August 23 ...Read Full Text >

Our Holy Father Kallinikos, Patriarch of Constantinople
August 23 ...Read Full Text >

Luppus the Martyr & Slave of St. Demetrios of Thessaloniki
August 23 ...Read Full Text >

Our Righteous Father Nicholas of Sikelion
August 23 ...Read Full Text >

38 Martyrs of Thrace
August 23 ...Read Full Text >
Resurrectional Apolytikion Second Tone
When you descended to the realm of death You as life immortal rendered to Hades a mortal blow by Your all radiant dignity. And when You from infernal depths and the darkness below did raise the dead. All the hosts of heaven's powers did proclaim and cry out, O life giving Christ and our God we give glory. - Translation from Green Hymnal

Apolytikion for Apodosis of the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your intercessions. -Translation by Narthex Press

Kontakion
In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life." - Translation by Narthex Press
When then you are minded to be revengeful, consider that against yourself are you revengeful, not against another;  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 61 on Matthew 18, 4th 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

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

 
August 20, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` MESSAGE TO COLLEGE STUDENTS
My dear spiritual children,


“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” (John 20:21)

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we look forward to the beginning of a new Ecclesiastical and academic year, I pray that our Lord ...Read Full Text >
Upcoming Services and Events at Holy Trinity
Sunday, August 23, 2009: Orthros: 9:30 PM; Divine Liturgy: 10:30 AM

Wednesday, August 26, 2009: Adult Religious Education Class: 6:00 PM

August 30, 2009: Orthros: 9:30 PM; Divine Liturgy: 10:30 AM


In our Prayers
"Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and healing shall spring up quickly." Isaiah 58:8

"Who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes we were healed."
I Peter 2:24

"Who forgiveth ...Read Full Text >
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