St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church
440 Whitehall Road
Albany, NY 12208
Tel: (518)489-4442

SUNDAY BULLETIN
July 18, 2010


 

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WELCOME TO ST. SOPHIA July 18,  2010

Welcome to the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. Please join us in worship in the nave-- the church proper. Enter with joy, reverence, and thanksgiving. The glass enclosed narthex is designated for parents with infants and very young children. However, please remain in the narthex during the "Small Entrance," "Great Entrance," "Epistles," and "Gospel Readings" before entering the church. We also ask that you please turn off all cell phones and beepers during church services.  If you are a visitor or a newcomer, we are very pleased to have you with us, and we invite you to sign our guest book at the Pangari. Please remember that only those who have been baptized and/or chrismated and in good standing in the Eastern Orthodox faith may participate in the Holy Sacraments of the Church. Please join us in the parish hall for our fellowship hour following church services.  Our website is http: //stsophia.net   

Today:
Sunday of the Holy Fathers

On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to the 19th of the present month, we chant the Service to the Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together in the Seven Ecumenical Councils, that is: the First Council, of the 318 Fathers who assembled in Nicaea in 325 to condemn Arius, who denied that the Son of God is consubstantial with the Father; the Fathers of the First Council also ordained that the whole Church should celebrate Pascha according to the same reckoning; the Second Council, of the 150 Fathers who assembled in Constantinople in 381 to condemn Macedonius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who denied the Divinity of the Holy Spirit; the Third Council, of the 200 Fathers who assembled in Ephesus in 431, to condemn Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, who called Christ a mere man and not God incarnate; the Fourth Council, of the 630 who assembled in Chalcedon in 451, to condemn Eutyches, who taught that there was only one nature, the divine, in Christ after the Incarnation, and Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who illegally received Eutyches back into communion and deposed Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had excommunicated Eutyches; the Fifth Council in 535, of the 165 who assembled in Constantinople for the second time to condemn Origen and Theodore of Mopsuestia, the teacher of Nestorius; the Sixth Council in 680, of the 170 who assembled in Constantinople for the third time, to condemn the Monothelite heresy, which taught that there is in Christ but one will, the divine; and the Seventh Council in 787, of the 350 who assembled in Nicaea for the second time to condemn Iconoclasm.

40-Day Blessing for Zephyros
Son of Stephanie Sokaris & Vineel Shah
 

Sunday of the Holy Fathers

July 18, 2010–July 24, 2010

2010
July 18

Sunday

9:30 am


 Divine Liturgy

 

19

Monday

11:00 am 

Senior Exercise

20

Tuesday

12:30 pm

Senior Program

    4:30 pm

NNORC Supper & a Movie Nite

21

Wednesday

11:00 am

 Senior Exercise

    1:00 pm

The "Knitters"

    7:30 pm

  Bingo  "D"

22

Thursday

12:30 pm

Seniors

PARISH NEWS & EVENTS  

Father Dennis will be covering for Father Pat while he is on vacation.

Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin were disunited and then reunited in the not-quite-rated PG movie "Its Complicated". For mature audiences only, this comedy gives Meryl an opportunity to frolic and have fun with her "ex" as portrayed by Alec Baldwin. Supper will be provided by Sam’s Restaurant. Reservations are required. Call NNORC at 514-2023. The cost is $8.50 for members; $10 for non-members.

Two outings to the Valley Cats baseball games are coming up.

    The first is a benefit for  Habitat for Humanity  on Tuesday, August 3. Tickets for a picnic supper and the game are $30 per adult; $20 for children under 12. This is a fundraising event for a most worthy cause. Call Maria Gezerlis at 641-2374 or the church office.

   The second outing is for the altar boys on Friday, August 20th. This night has become a fun annual event. There is no charge for the altar boys. The cost is $10 per ticket for anyone else attending. See Jim Diamantopoulos or call the church office for reservations.

A notice from St. Sophia and Holy Wisdom Senior Housing. HUD has raised the income eligibility for one year. The eligibility for a single person occupancy is $42,300; $48,350 for a couple. The housing is open to the community-at-large. Please share this information with friends or family who may be considering down-sizing to a senior living complex.

Epistle Reading

The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15

TITUS, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Holy Fathers

The Reading is from Matthew 5:14-19

The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."