SAINT KATHERINE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 5965 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida 32940

Church Phone: (321) 254-1045 fax (321) 821-0450 Church hall: (321) 254-1445 email: admin@saint-katherine.org - website: www.saint-katherine.org

FATHER DEMETRI TSIGAS

fatherdemetri@saint-katherine.org; cell phone: 321-615-4431

Orthros: 8:45 AM Divine Liturgy: 10:00 AM Fellowship Hour: Noon

Church office hours: Mon. through Fri. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. / Sat. closed & Sun. closed during Liturgy

~ VISION & MISSION STATEMENT ~ Our Vision (dream) is to be a growing, loving, united

Orthodox Christian family open to all. Our Mission (job) is to grow our faith in Christ through love and respect,

with humility and forgiveness.

15th SUNDAY OF LUKE

Apostle Timothy, Disciple of the Apostle Paul

Martyr Anastasios of Persia

Martyrs Manual, George, Peter, Leo, Sionios, Gabriel, John, Leo, Parodos, and the other three

hundred seventy-seven who were slain in Bulgaria

~ Welcome to Our Guests ~ We are delighted that you are with us today. Please keep in mind that according to the Holy Canons and teachings of the Orthodox Church, you must be a baptized and chrismated member of the Orthodox faith in good standing in order to receive Holy Communion. You are welcome to receive a portion of the blessed bread (antidoron) distributed at the end of the Divine Liturgy. Please join us for coffee hour following services.

Sunday, January 22, 2017 9th Morning Gospel - Plagal 2nd Mode

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Divine Liturgy of St. John the Chrysostom

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The angelic powers appeared at Your tomb, the soldiers guarding it be-

came as dead men, and Mary stood at Your grave seeking, seeking Your

most pure body. But You made hell captive; You were untouched by its

night. You came to the virgin and granted life. O Lord who rose from

the dead, glory to You.

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For the Apostle 4th Mode

Having learned kindness, and being always steady and sober, vested

with a good conscience as befits a priest, you drew out from the Chosen

Vessel the secrets of God. And having kept the faith, you have finished

the fair race, O Hieromartyr Timothy. Intercede with Christ our God, en-

treating Him to save our souls.

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For the Martyr 4th Mode

Your Martyr, O Lord, was worthily awarded by You * the crown of incorrup-

tion, in that he contested for You our immortal God. * Since he possessed Your

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power, he defeated the tyrants, * dashing the demons' powerless displays of

defiance. * O Christ God, at his fervent entreaties, save our souls.

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Apolytikion of St. Katherine - Plagal 1st Mode

The all-blessed bride of Christ let us extol in song * Katerina the di-

vine and protector of Sinai * our assistance and unfailing firm sup-

port; * for she did muzzle brilliantly * the ungodly clever men by the

power of the Spirit. And now as a crowned Martyr * the great mercy

she pleads for all of us.

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For our salvation You took flesh and You sanctified the Virgins

womb; You blessed the aged Simeon as You lay resting in his arms;

and having come to save us all, O Christ our God, to these troubled

times, bring Your lasting peace. Give strong and undaunted faith to

all Your people, O only lover of mankind.

The Reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to Timothy 4:9 -15 TIMOTHY, my son, the saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Till I come, attend to the public reading of scripture, to preaching, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophetic utterance when the council of elders

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laid their hands upon you. Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.

The Reading is from The Gospel of Luke 19:1-10 At that time, Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaios; he was a chief collector, and rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not, on account of the crowd, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaios, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaios stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have de-frauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost." Please pray for our: Brevard County, State of Florida & America Spiritual Leaders: Patriarch Bartholomew; Archbishop Demetrios; Metropolitan Alexios; & Fr. Demetri Civil Leaders: President Donald J. Trump, US Congress & Supreme Court; Governor Rick Scott; all our civil authorities and our armed forces. Parish Leadership: Parish Council, Philoptochos, Chanters, Choir, Sunday & Greek School teachers & students, Youth & Dance Group leaders and children. Those who are sick, awaiting surgery, recovering from surgery, in need of prayers and/or shut in: Alexandra Diamond, Peter Katsoulas, Mae Charos, Theresa Sempe-pos, Peter & Dorothy Pappademetriou, Bill & Ellen Werner, Olga, Despina Kalimnios, Nazieh & Yvonne Yacoub, Savannah & Zander Kelly, Vada Ganakos, Mirsini Sirounis, Suzanne Orosz, Faye Nicholas, John & JoAnne Macheras, John Cominos, Van Katehakis, Angela DeCosta, Marlaine & Jim Manus, Ann Prieston, George & Sue Kanazeh, Joseph, Jay & John Paul Figari, Jan & Mary, James Petersen, David & Ash-ley, James Pappas, Bill Kokotis, Leah Thomas, Mary & Pete Faines, Robert & Vel, Katie, Jamie, George & Steven, Kiki & Howard D, Georgia & Vasili, Brandon Gilsenan, Bob Dearmin, Aurelia Bocanu, Peter & JoAnn Zuras, Tom & Yvette, Kris & Jonathan, Athena Giglio, Peter, Alice & Jim Zavitsanos, Michael Cora & family, Irene Decker, Harry Paris, Samuel Smith, Fred Catalano, Costa, Anastasia, Maggie & Andromahi Theodorou. For those expecting: Nicole & Anthony Schultz For those with new babies: Those preparing for Baptism:

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Please turn your cell phones & pagers off or on vibrate before entering Church

IF THERE IS AN ICON ON THE CALENDAR AND A LITURGY IS NOT LISTED, PLEASE CALL THE CHURCH OFFICE AND REQUEST THAT LITURGY BE SERVED ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY. PLEASE GIVE AT LEAST 2 WEEKS NOTICE.

PLEASE BE SURE BEFORE ANY MINISTRY DECIDES TO HAVE AN EVENT OR NEEDS ANY OF OUR FACILITIES, PLEASE CHECK ON LINE FIRST AND THEN

CONFIRM WITH THE CHURCH OFFICE. Check our on line calendar for updates on Liturgies & events.

https://localendar.com/public/saintkatherine

Those serving in the Military: Joseph Abadiotakis, Jr., Elias Panayiotis Maldonado, Nicholas Tsamoutales, Yanni Tshontikidis, Harold David Ballard, Samuel Joseph III, Nicholas Cannaverde, Travis Hunter, Ethan Macheras, Matthew Ryan Stinnett, James Christian Figari. For the protection of Christians who are being persecuted for their faith. For the protection and freedom of the kidnapped Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi and Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim, both of Aleppo, Syria. Those preparing for Marriage: College Students: Arianna Bendlin, Michael Courey, Telly & Tony Galanopoulos, Alyssa Giglio, Alyssa, Marianthi & Callia Karas, Kimberley & Dana Marie Koines, Jen-nifer & Andrew Loso, Tommy Panouses, Catherine Psarakis, George & Jessica Saad, Catie & Sydney Sergis, Costas & Alex Stathis, Elizabeth Gaherty, Brandon Arena, Mela-nie Niarhos, Ronnie Rickard, Leah & Austen Thomas, Theodora Bendlin, Joseph Daniel Figari.

(If you know of anyone that should be added to this list, please call the Church office.)

HOUSE BLESSINGS

Fr. Demetri will be available to bless your home after the 1st of the year along with your Orthodox neighbors homes. Call some of your neighbors then call Fr. Deme-

tri. Lets build up the Body of Christ by building relationships with each other. Set up a table with or in front of your icons, a candle or kandili (oil lamp), a bowl of water, a bunch of fresh basil and a cen-ser with charcoal and incense.

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~ Today ~

~ Memorial Service ~

Soula Chrisafis - 9 days Merope (Mary) Catalano - 40 days Ekaterina Matsamakis - 40 days

Fellowship Hour is sponsored today by Eleni Perakis in memory of her beloved mother, Ekaterina

2nd tray today for Human Trafficking by Philoptochos See insert for the facts & prayer

FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER SIGN UP DAY! If you havent already signed up for the festival,

Christine & Betty will be in the Community Center to help you pick out the best day and times for you to help.

FESTIVAL RAFFLE TICKETS BEING SOLD NOW!

Chance to win $10,000. for $50 - Only 500 tickets will be sold See Spiros in the Community Center

Festival Meeting today in Conference Room 12:30 pm

~ Upcoming Liturgies & Events ~

Wed., Jan. 25th - St. Gregory - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am Sat., Jan. 28th - Philoptochos Annual Luncheon Mon., Jan. 30th - Three Hierarchs - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am Thurs., Feb. 2nd - Presentation of our Lord - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am Fri., Feb. 10th - Haralambos the Martyr - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am Sat., Feb. 18th - 1st Saturday of Souls - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am Thurs., Feb. 22nd - 11 am - ZOE meeting will be held to help pack pastries for the festival Sat., Feb. 25th - 2nd Saturday of Souls - DIVINE LITURGY 9 AM DUE TO FESTIVAL Sun., Feb. 26th - Vespers & Forgiveness Service - 6 pm Mon., Feb. 27th - LENT BEGINS

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VPK, Kindergarten & 1st grades - Brenda Roman - Jan 8 Last week we learned about Epiphany. All the kids learned the word and lis-tened to the story of the baptism of Jesus. (We read from the Action Bible and the kids loved it!) We then colored a picture of Jesus being baptized. We talked about all the different things and people in the picture as we remembered the story. For instance St. John the Baptist was wearing clothes made from camel fur! We finished class by making a dove from a paper plate. Jan 15 - Last Sunday we read the story of the wedding in Cana and learned about Jesus' first miracle of changing water to wine! We colored a picture of the story and talked about what we had learned and what was in the picture. We finished by performing our first miracle of turning water to "wine" by adding a packet of kool aid to a water bottle! Attendance: 8

2nd - 4th Grades - Jonna Myatt - Jan. 8 It was so good to see the kids again! This time we talked about Theophany and God's gift of water. The class put together a long list of Bible stories that men-tion water and we also learned about how we use water in the Orthodox church. Jan. 15 - We did a fun object lesson on the Ten Commandments. First we filled a balloon and watched it randomly dart around the room. Often people act like the balloon! It is easy for us to go this way and that and not know where we are going:) Next we taped the balloon to a straw. The straw had a long string going through it and one end of the string was attached to an icon of Christ on the wall. When we release the balloon, this time the balloon had a direction. It was propelled along the string to its goal! We can be like the balloon on the string if we follow God's rules:) Attendance: 6

5th - 6th Grades - Daphne Courey & Anastasia Theodorou We read about one of Jesus first teachings , the Sermon on the Mount. We learned what it means to be blessed and the values that Christ says are im-portant in life. When we trust in Jesus and obey His teachings we have the tools to meet all of our spiritual needs as citizens of the Kingdom of God. Attendance: 7

SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT FOR JANUARY 15

~ Vision Statement ~ To be a community of engaged and educated young Orthodox Christians.

~ Mission Statement ~ To encourage and foster spiritual growth of young people in our Orthodox Faith.

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2017 FESTIVAL

"THE PRESSURE IS ON!"

One of the most important parts to a successful Festival is proper staffing of Volunteers. We CAN NOT be successful without our volunteers! We need you! We'd like to THANK YOU, in advance, for signing up again this year. Please remember to CLEARLY write or print your name and phone #, so the Volunteer Committee can do a proper follow up when the time comes. FESTIVAL Committee will be meeting weekly. We need to begin getting our volunteers organized. Thank you again. Volunteer Chairperson Christine Balba - mbalba@cfl.rr.com

SIGN UP SHEETS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER. PLEASE CHOOSE CAREFULLY WHERE AND TIMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOL-UNTEER. DANCE PARENTS REMEMBER YOU MUST ALL PUT IN AT LEAST 1 SHIFT PER DAY, AS PART OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO DANCE.

COOKING SCHEDULE: 1. Grape leaves Rolling 1/17

& 1/18. Goal is 4000 - will need a dozen people.

2. Lamb Shanks - 1/24 & 1/25 Goal is 700 - need 4 people (one should be a heavy lift-er)

3. Pastitsio 2/7 & 2/8 goal 40 trays need 4 people

4. Galaktoboureko 2/15 Goal is 35 trays need 6 people

5. Green Beans 2/21 Need 3 people

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ZOE Hi to all our ZOE friends We had an amazing turnout for our January meeting in our church hall. A great way to start off 2017. The vegetable lasagna and Greek salad from Kel-sey's Restaurant in Rockledge was so delicious, Sonia's cakes were yummy, cookies delightfully fattening, and the movie 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' that was filmed in Kefalonia, was such a big hit with out ladies and gents. We had over 40 in attendance. Our February meeting has been changed from the 2nd Thursday in February to February 23rd so we can help with things that need to be done for the fes-tival which will be starting the very next day. There will be lots to do, we need helping hands for a few hours. The March 9th meeting will be an outing to 'Exploration Tower' in Port Ca-

naveral at the price of $4.00 + tax for seniors. You will be on your own for transportation. The muse-um-like tour is hands-on and the view from the Tower by floors, is truly scenic. There may be a price break for over 20 attending but $4.00 stated from their website, seems reasonable.

Afterwards lunch will be at Zachary's Restaurant in Cape Canaveral, not far from the Tower. More info on all as the time gets closer, we will need a headcount for the Tower and restaurant well ahead of time. April will be a 'NO meeting' month since preparation for Easter/Pascha will be in order and families will be busy. More info down the road, but May and June will end on high notes for anoth-er exciting year for our ZOE get-togethers ... Call Tresa Roman at 321 757 9404 or Christine Balba at cell # 603 233 4659 or

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Choir practice is held on Sundays at 9:30 am in the Community Center.

Please join us to give greater glory to God!

ANNUAL GREEK FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 24, 25 & 26

WE NEED EVERYONES PARTICIPATION IN ORDER TO BE A SUCCESS!

SEE CHRISTINA BALBA TO RESERVE YOUR VOLUNTEER SPOT!

OR EMAIL HER MBALBA@CFL.RR.COM Or call 321-213-6441

SIGN UP SHEETS ARE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE

COMMUNITY CENTER YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP ON LINE AT:

www.signup.com/go/F5ltl9

PLEASE LOOK THEM OVER AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN HELP!

If any parishioners, families, group of families, koumbari or friends would like to host a fellow-

ship hour following Sunday Liturgy please contact : Church office - 321.254.1045 Or email - admin@saint-katherine.org

This is a wonderful opportunity to extend our Christian hospitality with one another and any guests or visitors who attend our services.

Duties: Set up the two coffee pots in hall Provide a simple snack, Clean up

Available dates:

Feb. 5, 19

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St Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine 35th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Shrine

National Shrine Day Pilgrimage Weekend Saturday, February 4 - Monday, February 6, 2017

Schedule of Events The faithful are invited to support our first Shrine of our Greek Orthodox Arch-diocese as the St. Photios Foundation celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Dedication of the Shrine during the National Shrine Day Feast Day festivities on Sunday, February 5th and Monday, February 6th . Ecclesiastical services will begin 8:30 a.m. in the St. Photios Chapel on Sunday. Father Martin Ritsi and Deacon Athanasios Kartsonis will assist his Grace, Bish-op Gregory of Nyssa. Hospitality hour will follow the matins, hierarchical Di-vine Liturgy and Founders memorial. The National Shrine Feast Day banquet will begin at 1:00 p.m. His Grace, Bish-op Gregory of Nyssa, will give the keynote address. The St. Photios Award will be bestowed upon AHEPA Speedway Chapter #410 and Consul General Ada-mantia Klotsa. Nicholas Aliferakis will be recognized for his volunteer service to the Shrine. Tickets are $65.00. The faithful are invited to proceed to the Chapel of St. Photios where Rev. Dr. Nicholas Louh will celebrate Great Vespers and Artoklasia. All are then invited to depart for the Jacksonville Airport to welcome His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of America and Archdeacon Panteleimon. The celebratory welcome will continue at the Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine. On Monday, February 6, ecclesiastical services will begin at 8:00 a.m. in the chapel of St. Photios. Rev. Dr. Nicholas Louh and Archdeacon Panteleimon Papadopoulos will assist His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios, Geron of Amer-ica. His Eminence will tour the Shrine and then leave for the Orthodox Chris-tian Mission Center, where the public is invited to attend a reception and pro-gram highlighting the global work of this institution of the Assembly of Canon-ical Orthodox Bishops in America. Call Polly Hillier at 904 829 8205 for more information.

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STEWARDSHIP PRAYER

In the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ our God, accept our offerings as You have accepted the gifts of Your people throughout the ages. We offer these gifts to Your glory, for the support of the ministries of Your Holy Church, for the alleviation of suffering and hunger, and for the proclamation of Your Gospel to the whole world. Grant us Your blessing, Lord our Savior, that we may always be faithful stewards, continuing to share the gifts you have given us, by the power of Your grace, mercy and love. May Your name be glorified forever. Amen.

2017 STEWARDSHIP

51 Stewards Pledging $78,620. Average Stewardship per family $1,541.

2017 STEWARDSHIP FORMS ARE AVAILABLE

IN THE NARTHEX OR ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE

[For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:34

THE JESUS PRAYER

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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.