Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church

Three Hierarchs
Greek Orthodox Church
Champaign, Illinois www.threehierarchs.org
Father Michael Condos, Presbyter
Tel: 714-0758 E-mail: champaignpriest@aol.com
Christ is in our midst! Many Years! as we continue to celebrate the Feast of our Lord’s
Holy Baptism in the River Jordan and the Feast of St John the Baptist.
Fellowship Hour
Dina Kosmopoulos
Prosfora
Eleni Sofronis
January 8, 2012 Sunday After the Epiphany and Vasilopita Sunday
COMMEMORATIONS OF THE DAY: Carterios of Caesarea; Domnica of
Constantinople; George the Chozevite; Agathon of Egypt; Cyrus, Archbishop of
Constantinople; Elias of Egypt; Julian, Basilissa, Marcionilla, Celsus, Anthony,
Anastasius, seven children, and 20 soldiers at Antinoe; Theophilus the Deacon
and Helladius; Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople; Prophet Shemaiah; Gregory
of Ochrid; Gregory of the Kiev Caves; Gregory, hermit of the Kiev Caves; Paisius
of Uglich; Macarius of Vatopedi; Abo the Perfumer of Baghdad; Isidore and 72
others at Yuriev. Through their intercessions, O Christ our God, have mercy on us
and save us.
APOLYTIKION OF THEOPHANY
When You were baptized in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made
manifest. For the voice of the Father bore witness unto You, calling You the beloved
Son, and the Spirit in the form of a dove confirmed His word as sure and steadfast.
O Christ our God who has appeared and enlightened the world. Glory to You.
EPISTLE Ephesians
4:7–13
READERS: Dennis
Agallianos and Foti
Kutil
GOSPEL Matthew
4:12–17
SERMON
“The Meaning of
Zebulon; Naphtali
and Christ as the
Great Light in the
Contemporary
Celebration of Jesus’
Baptism.”
Ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομένου σου Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη
προσκύνησις· τοῦ γὰρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνὴ προσεμαρτύρει σοι, ἀγαπητὸν σε
Υἱὸν ὀνομάζουσα· καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς, ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τὸ
ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανεὶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, καὶ τὸν κόσμον φωτίσας δόξα σοι.
RESURRECTION HYMN (Tone 5) (Liturgical Resource, Page 14)
Eternal with the Father and the Spirit is the Word, Who of a Virgin was begotten for
our salvation. As the faithful we both praise and worship Him, for in the flesh did He
consent to ascend unto the Cross, and death did He endure and He raised unto life
the dead through His all glorious resurrection.
Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα
εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν, ὅτι ηὐδόκησε
σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς
τεθνεώτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ Ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.
This Week
at Three
Hierarchs
Monday
Orthodox Tradition
of House Blessings
begins
Wednesday
7:00 p.m.
Ecumenical
Dialogue @ St.
Matthew Church“The Liturgy
of the Church:
Introductory Rites”
Saturday
9:00 a.m. Divine
Liturgy @ St.
Barbara Chapel in
Danville
Coming in
January
Saturday 21st
6:00 p.m. Family
Night featuring
film & discussion
“Soul Surfer”
HYMN OF THE THREE HIERARCHS (Liturgical Resource, Pages 18, 19)
The three greatest luminaries of the Three-Sun Divinity, who with rays of dogmatic
teaching have set the universe a fire. The honey flowing rivers of wisdom who
have flooded all the creation with streams of divine knowledge. Basil the Great and
Gregory the Theologian, along with John the renowned, golden-mouth orator, all of
us admirers of their words, let us gather and with hymns honor them, for they to the
Trinity forever intercede for us.
KONTAKION (Tone 4)
Today You appeared to the world, and Your light, O Lord, has left its mark upon us
as in fuller understanding we sing to You: “You came, You were made manifest, the
unapproachable light.”
THRICE HOLY HYMN
Romanian: Sfinte Dumneze-ule, Sfinte tare, Sfinte far’de moarte, mil-u-yeshte-ne pe noi.
Arabic: Kudusan Alla Kudusan El Kowi Kudasan aladi li yia mout urhamna
Slavonic: Svyiati Boszhe, Svyiati Kriepki, Svyiati Besmertni Pomilu Nas
Greek: Ayios o Theos, Ayios Ee-S-hee-rhos, Ayios a-thanatos Ele–ee-son Eemas
English: Holy God, Holy Mighty Holy Immortal have mercy on us
THE 2012 OFFERING ENVELOPES and CHURCH CALENDARS are available
in the fellowship hall. (NOTE: we are using unnumbered and undated envelopes
this year. Please write your name on the envelopes when using cash.)
SPECIAL VASILOPITA OFFERING FOR ST. BASIL ACADEMY Near the end of
the Divine Liturgy, we will celebrate the Service of the Vasilopita. Following the Service, leaders of the different ministries of our parish will be invited to come forward
to receive the blessed St. Basil’s bread. And, at the end, all will be invited to receive it.
Please remember, our Philoptochos will be taking an offering for St. Basil’s Academy
in New York, which ministers to orphaned children. The Philoptochos will have an
offering tray present in addition to the tray that is normally passed at the end of the
Divine Liturgy.
LOUKOUMADES!—Youth Group Fundraiser—This Sunday our children will be
selling LOUKOUMADES during fellowship hour. All proceeds will go to Orthodox
Witness for upcoming Youth Programs.
FELLOWSHIP DINNER FOLLOWING NEXT WEEK’S DIVINE LITURGY.
Special thanks to the Lambros Family and Yianni Chasiotis for sponsoring the upcoming Fellowship Dinner next Sunday, January 15. We thank Ada, John and Anna
Lambros along with Yianni Chasiotis for sponsoring next week’s lamb dinner and
their generous donation.

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