Church Bulletin - Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

PUBLISH DATE: August 4, 2009

Epistle Reading
I Cor. 3:9-17

BRETHREN, we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Matthew 14:22-34

At that time, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, ...Read Full Text >

Commemoration of St. Spyridon's Miracle in Corfu against the Turkish invasion of 1716
August 11 ...Read Full Text >

The Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
August 15 ...Read Full Text >

Apolytikion of the Church
O Commanders of the Heavenly Host, we the unworthy beseech you, that through your entreaties you will fortify us, guarding us in the shelter of the wings of your ethereal glory, even as we fervently bow before you crying: "Deliver us from all danger, as Commanders of the Powers on high!

Kontakion
You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father. - Translation by Narthex Press

Apolytikion for Matthias, Apostle of the 70
O Holy Apostle Matthias, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins. -Translation by Narthex Press

Kontakion
Truly, into all the world thy sound hath gone forth as a brightly-beaming sun; and it enlighteneth by grace the Church of all nations on the earth, O wonderworking Matthias, Apostle of Christ. - Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery

So absolutely nothing does it avail to be near Christ, if not being near Him by faith .... Signifying therefore ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 50 on Matthew 14, 4th Century

The principle and source of the virtues is a good disposition of the will, that is to say, an aspiration for ...Read Full Text >
-St. Gregory of Sinai, On Commandments and Doctrines no. 83, Philokalia Vol. 3 edited by Palmer, Sherrard and Ware; Faber and Faber pg. 228, 14th century

Let us, then, cry out loudly with Peter's words, "Lord, save us." And if we are willing to receive Christ into ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, The Gospel Commentary, edited by Hieromonk German Ciuba, 2002, 4th Century

Parish Information
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta
2480 Clairmont Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Phone: 404-634-9345
Fax: 404-634-2471
Website: www.atlmetropolis.org
Email: info@atlmetropolis.org

Proistamenos: His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios

FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP
Fr. Anthony Stratis, HOLY TRINITY, New Orleans, LA
While Jesus walked on this earth, there occurred a particular moment, on a mountaintop, when exceptional proof was given of His identity and purpose! On the feast of the Transfiguration, we chant: “Moses who saw God and Elias who rode in the Chariot of fire, passing across the heavens unconsumed, beheld You in the cloud at Your Transfiguration, O ...Read Full Text >

July 29, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS ON THE TRANSFIGURATION
This next week we will celebrate the historical event of the Transfiguration, which took place before our Lord’s Passion and Crucifixion. That is why we celebrate our Lord’s Transfiguration 40 days before the Elevation of the Holy Cross, and why, in the service of Orthros, the hymns refer ...Read Full Text >

July 29, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS ON THE DORMITION
As you know, the month of August is dedicated to the Panagia, and her Dormition. Of course, in predominantly Orthodox countries, we would really experience the spirit and the significance of this holy and blessed season. However here in the United States, Orthodox Christians are a minority so that ...Read Full Text >

THE PANAGIA
When I look at the icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos, I see how much Jesus loved His mother. When I see in the icon Jesus holding a baby in His arms, I know that this is the soul of the beloved Mary, and that she has not died, but is entering a new existence in which she is received, re-made and refashioned, by the loving arms of her Son, Jesus. He Who had once been wrapped in swaddling clothes by Mary, now wraps her in the swaddling clothes of eternal glory. The Son has become a parent to His own mother! Is that a wonder! I notice also that while the arms of Jesus are accepting the soul of Mary, her body is not ignored. One of the apostles is swinging a censer at the top of the bier. Our whole being, body and soul, is worthy of salvation and preservation. You see why the Orthodox Church does not cremate a body. This is what the Resurrection is all about. Is that a wonder!
It is easy to forget the Panagia, just as it is easy to exaggerate our veneration ...Read Full Text >

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