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

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 12:27-31; 13:1-8

Brethren, you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Luke 16:19-31
5th Sunday of Luke

The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted ...Read Full Text >

5th Sunday of Luke
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Cosmas & Damianos the Holy Unmercenaries & their mother Theodota
November 1 ...Read Full Text >

David the Righteous of Evia
November 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 Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee. - Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery
The man who has once chosen pleasure in this life, and has not cured his inconsiderateness by repentance, places  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Gregory of Nyssa

For if any one becomes wholly and thoroughly carnal in thought, such as one with every motion and energy of the  ...Read Full Text >
-St. Gregory of Nyssa

A modern monk heard it said, and taught his brothers, that money is like manure. Unless it is quickly spread  ...Read Full Text >
- Evergetinos

If your tongue is used to chattering, your heart will remain dim and foreign to the luminous intuitions of the  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John of Dalyatha, Homily on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

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

 
October 29, 2009
Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for the Feast of the Holy Unmercenaries - November 1, 2009
November 1, 2009
Feast of the Holy Unmercenaries
Saints Cosmas and Damian
          
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October 29, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS WELCOMES HIS ALL-HOLINESS ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW
Message to Welcome His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, to Whom belongs all glory, honor and worship. Amen.

Your All-Holiness, Your Eminence, Archbishop Donoghue, my brother Hierarchs, honored guests, my con-celebrants the ...Read Full Text >
Upcoming Services and Events at Holy Trinity
Wednesday, November 4, 2009: Parish Council Meeting: 7:00 PM

Thursday, November 5, 2009: Adult Religious Education/ Catechumen Class: 6:00 PM

Sunday, November 8, 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 >

Congratulations...
Sofia Angeline Peters was born on September 18, 2009. Her parents are Jason and Kelly Peters, big brother is Christopher Peters and "Yia Yia" and "Papou" are Paula and George Peters. May God grant Sofia good health and many years!!!


Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in the Wall Street Journal

October 26, 2009
His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was published this morning on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal in an op-ed piece entitled: "Our Indivisible Environment."  ...Read Full Text >
Previous Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Bulletins
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Publish Date:October 18, 2009
Publish Date:October 11, 2009
Publish Date:September 13, 2009
Publish Date:September 6, 2009
Publish Date:August 30, 2009
Publish Date:August 23, 2009
Publish Date:August 16, 2009
 
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