St. Nicholas Church, Lexington, MA PUBLISH DATE: January 31, 2010

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 6:12-20

Brethren, "all things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Luke 15:11-32
Sunday of Prodigal Son

The Lord said this parable: "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to ...Read Full Text >

Sunday of Prodigal Son
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Cyrus & John the Unmercenaries
January 31 ...Read Full Text >

Tryphon the Martyr
February 1 ...Read Full Text >

Bridget of Ireland
February 1 ...Read Full Text >

The Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple
February 2 ...Read Full Text >

Symeon the God-Receiver, Anna the Prophetess
February 3 ...Read Full Text >

Stamatios, John, & Nicholas, New Martyrs of Chios
February 3 ...Read Full Text >

Isidore of Pelusium
February 4 ...Read Full Text >

Saturday of Souls
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Photios, Patriarch of Constantinople
February 6 ...Read Full Text >

Bucolos, Bishop of Smyrna
February 6 ...Read Full Text >

Barsonouphios the Great
February 6 ...Read Full Text >
Resurrectional Apolytikion First Tone
The stone had been secured with a seal by the Judeans, * and a guard of soldiers was watching Your immaculate body. * You rose on the third day, O Lord * and Savior, granting life unto the world. * For this reason were the powers of heaven crying out to You, O Life-giver: * Glory to Your resurrection, O Christ; * glory to Your eternal rule; * glory to Your dispensation, only One who loves mankind. -Translation by Fr. Seraphim Dedes

Τού λίθου σφραγισθέντος υπό τών Ιουδαίων, καί στρατιωτών φυλασσόντων τό άχραντόν σου σώμα, ανέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τώ κόσμω τήν ζωήν. Διά τούτο αι Δυνάμεις τών ουρανών, εβόων σοι Ζωοδότα. Δόξα τή Αναστάσει σου, Χριστέ, δόξα τή βασιλεία σου, δόξα τή οικονομία σου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.

Apolytikion of the Church
Κανόνα πίστεως καί εικόνα πραότητος, εγκρατείας Διδάσκαλον, ανέδειξέ σε τή ποίμνη σου, η τών πραγμάτων αλήθεια, διά τούτο εκτήσω τή ταπεινώσει τά υψηλά, τή πτωχεία τά πλούσια, Πάτερ Ιεράρχα Nicholas, πρέσβευε Χριστώ τώ Θεώ, σωθήναι τάς ψυχάς ημών.

The truth of your manner of life manifested you to your flock as a rule of faith and an icon of gentleness and a teacher of self-control. By humility, therefore, you acquired the things on high, and riches through poverty. Father Holy Hierarch Nicholas, intercede with Christ our God, entreating that our souls be saved. -Translation by Fr. Seraphim Dedes

Kontakion
Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One. -Translation by Narthex Press
But if he had despaired of his life, and, ... had remained in the foreign land, he would not have obtained what he  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, AN EXHORTATION TO THEODORE AFTER HIS FALL, 4th Century


... but since he repented, and did not despair, he was restored, even after such great corruption, to the same  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, AN EXHORTATION TO THEODORE AFTER HIS FALL, 4th Century


For "these many years," saith he "do I serve thee, neither transgressed I thy commandment at any time, and yet  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, AN EXHORTATION TO THEODORE AFTER HIS FALL, 4th Century


Thank God every day with your whole heart for having given to you life according to His image and likeness - an  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ: Part 1; Holy Trinity Monastery pgs. 104-105, 19th century

Matins
Sunday 8:15am
Weekday 8:45am (when chanter is available)

Liturgy
Sunday 9:30am
Weekday 9:30am

Bible Study
Gospel According to John every Thursday 11am - 12pm.

Parish Information
St. Nicholas Church
17 Meriam Street
Lexington, MA 02420

Phone: (781) 862-6453
Fax: (781) 862-5612
Website: http://www.stnicholaslex.org/
Email: st.nicholas.lex@verizon.net

Proistamenos: Father Demetri Costarakis
Email: demetric@imail.goarch.org

Other Parish Info
Church School Classes every Sunday, following Holy Communion

Greek School every Saturday 9am - 12pm

 
Email to Parishioners
Fr. Demetri Costarakis, January 28
Hello Family and Friends of St. Nicholas,

First I want to thank all of you who participated in purchasing, donating and assembling the IOCC Hygiene Kits! We were able to pack 566 individual kits! Some had also donated funds for the shipping of these kits to IOCC. We were able to have the boxes full of the kits placed on a pallet and shipped to IOCC, by ...Read Full Text >
January 27, 2010
Encyclical Of Archbishop Demetrios For The Feast Of Three Hierarchs And The Celebration Of Greek Letters - January 30, 2010
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel;
it is the power of God for salvation
to every one who has faith…. (Romans 1:16)
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Sunday, January 31
-Orthros 8:15
-Divine Liturgy 9:30
-Church School Classes following Holy Communion
-Presentations by Greek School and Church School Students
Narthex Servers: Bill Brown, Marilyn Nichols, Vanie Puopolo
Chanters: Tim Patitsas, Efthemia Zervoglos, Rob Spaliotis

Please note...
For Holy Communion, all the faithful are to form a line in the center aisle only when receiving Holy Communion. Please allow the church school staff and students to go first.

TRISAGION
For the soul of Dimitra Kalaitzakis.
Beloved grandmother of Nector Ritzakis, may her memory be eternal.

THREE HIERARCHS/GREEK LETTERS TODAY
Today, students of our Greek and Church Schools will give presentations.

Fellowship Hour
We wish to thank Penelope Tzougros for sponsoring today’s Fellowship Hour.

Our thanks to the Vafiades Family for hosting last week’s.

W E E K – I N – R E V I E W
* Mon., Feb. 1 Parish Council Mtg. 7:00p.m.

+ Tues., Feb. 2
Presentation of our Lord
Orthros 8:45 a.m.
Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.

* Wed., Feb. 3 40-4 10:30 a.m.

* Thurs., Feb. 4 Bible Study 11:00 a.m.

+ Sat., Feb. 6
1st Saturday of Souls
Orthros:  ...Read Full Text >

FAMILY NIGHT
We wish to thank all who purchased and helped assemble the Hygiene Kits for Haiti. 566 Hygiene Kits have been sent to IOCC. For those who have purchased items for the Emergency Bucket List, we ask you to hold on to them until we hear from IOCC.

WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY
THURSDAYS 11AM: We meet from 11am to 12pm, and we review and discuss the Gospel According to John. We encourage all to attend.

HOUSE BLESSING REGIONS LIST
Please see the section "message from your parish priest" of this bulletin for more information. The dates are as follows:

Regional Schedule

Region 1: January 11-17 Central: Lexington, Lincoln, Woburn, Winchester, Medford

Region 2: January 18-24 North: Bedford, Billerica, ...Read Full Text >

APOKRIATIKO GLENDI
Saturday, Feb 6 - Please join us for an evening of Greek Food, Music and Traditional Greek dance. All proceeds to benefit our Saint Nicholas Greek School.

SCOUT SUNDAY, NEXT SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7
We encourage members of the Boys Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts USA, and the Camp Fire Boys and Girls Programs to be with us in their uniform next Sunday. This year is special because the Boy Scouts of America celebrates 100 yrs of service to our Nation. A special prayer will be said and a picture ...Read Full Text >

ST. JOHN ORATORICAL FESTIVAL TOPICS ONLINE
For those interested, the 2010 topics for the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival are now online, you may find it by visiting http://www.goarch.org/archdiocese/departments/religioused/sjcof
We encourage all of our young people to participate in this Festival. If anyone has any question please ...Read Full Text >

Home/Hosptial/Nursing Home Visitations for Holy Communion
Please contact Fr. Demetri in order for him to visit our fiathful who are unable to come to Church and to offer them Holy Communion. If there is someone you know that needs such a visit, please call 781-862-0315 as soon as possible.
Next Sunday:

Teaching Divine Liturgy

All are asked to be in Church at 9:30!
Fr. Demetri will begin at 9:30am with the services of Vesting and Preparation
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