S t . B a s i l t h e G r e a t A nt i o c h i a n O r t h o d o x C hu r c h
S t . B a s i l t h e G r e a t A nt i o c h i a n O r t h o d o x C hu r c h His Eminence Metropolitan JOSEPH, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America.
His Grace Bishop THOMAS, Auxiliary Bishop of The Diocese of Oakland, Charleston, and the Mid-Atlantic.
REV. FATHER JAMES PURDIE, PASTOR 1520 Todds Lane Hampton, VA 23666 Phone: Office (757) 223-4159, Cell: (412) 327-4099 Email: OrthodoxHampton@gmail.com Web Site: www.OrthodoxHampton.com
Welcome visitors! If you are visiting with us for the first time, we greet you in the Holy Name of Christ, our Saviour, and hope you will join us in fellowship after worship. We are genuinely pleased to have you with us today. We must remind you that while the Orthodox Church prays for the unity of all, we do not practice “open Communion.� Only those Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves with prayer, fasting, and regular confession should approach the chalice.
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Saint Quotes
“Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because evil is but a chance misfortune, an illness, a devilish reverie. But the very essence of the person is the image of God, and this remains in him despite every disfigurement.” ~ St. John of Kronstadt
“One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain. Those who are devout and whose intellect enjoys the love of God participate in the life of virtue; the ordinary intellect, however, is worldly and wavering, producing both good and evil thoughts, because it is changeful by nature and directed towards material things. But the intellect that enjoys the love of God punishes the evil which arises spontaneously because of man’s laziness.” ~ Anthony the Great
“For indeed, what is more dire than the evils which today afflict the world? What is more terrible for the discerning than the unfolding events? What is more pitiable and frightening for those who endure them? To see a barbarous people of the desert overrunning another’s lands as though they were their own; to see civilization itself being ravaged by wild and untamed beasts whose form alone is human.” ~ ― Maximus the Confessor
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RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE SEVEN
TROPARION OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT IN TONE ONE
Thou didst shatter death by Thy Cross, Thou didst open paradise to the thief; Thou didst turn the sadness of the ointment-bearing women into joy.
In all the earth that received thy sayings, thy melody did resound, O righteous father, through which thou didst go about and proclaim, as worthy of God, the nature of creatures, cultivating the character of mankind, O thou of kingly Priesthood, Basil.
And didst bid Thine Apostles proclaim a warning, that Thou hast risen O Christ, granting to the Wherefore, plead thou with Christ world the Great Mercy. God to save our souls. APOLYTIKION OF ST. ANTHONY KONTAKION OF THE THE GREAT IN TONE FOUR PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN TONE ONE Thou didst become like the zealous Elijah in his condition, Thou, O Christ God, Who by Thy and followed John the Baptist Birth, didst sanctify the Virgin’s in his upright ways, becoming womb, and, as is meet, didst bless a dweller in the wilderness and Simeon’s arms, and didst also come an establisher of the universe to save us; preserve Thy fold in wars, by thy prayer, O Father Anthony. and confirm them whom Thou didst Wherefore, intercede thou with love, for Thou alone art the Lover of Christ God to save our souls. mankind. 4
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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. What shall I render to the Lord for all that He has given me?
have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.
The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (13:17-21)
Now may the God of peace Who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
Brethren, obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this joyfully, and not sadly, for that would be of no advantage to you. Pray for us, for we are sure that we
the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in you that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
GOSPEL THE
The reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke. (17:12-19) At that time, as Jesus entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When He saw them He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving Him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus said, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”
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KOINONIKON ( COMMUNION HYMN)
Praise the Lord from the Heavens; Praise Him in the highest; Alleluia.
Post Communion Prayer of St. Basil the Great (pray silently after receiving the Holy Gifts) O Master, Christ our God, King of all ages and Maker of all things, I thank Thee for all the good things which Thou hast given me and of partaking of Thine immaculate and life-giving Mysteries. Wherefore, I pray Thee, who art good and loves mankind, keep me under Thy protection and in the shadow of Thy wings, and grant me a pure conscience, even unto my last breath to partake of Thy Holy Gifts for unto Thee we ascribe glory and thanksgiving, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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OFFERINGS + Prayers of Health and Safety are offered for +
The Edens Fam, Celeste, Sheldon Fam, Brown Fam, Bowman Fam, Howell Fam, Sarah, Erin & Fam, Josiah, Magnos Fam, June, Elias Fam, Wheelan Fam, Marcia, Nelly, Deacon Chris & Fam, Ross & Fam, Fr. John, Maria, Ana, Vasilii, Arthur & Fam, Irina, John, Axenia, Maria, Gabby, Patricia, Asanaketch, William, Lazar. Radovanka. Steven, John, Connie, Rita, Samantha, Sherry 8
Sidor, Maia, Mirela, Magee, Simerick, Jones, Lowry & families, John, James, Rick, Hylarion, Fr. Milan, Maria, Vladimir, Bill, Lois, Pamela, Christine. Philip, Susan, Jason, Frank. Daniel, Irina, Christopher, Daria & child, Christopher, Daniel, Sophia, George, Nun Thekla, Ekaterina, Angelina, Igor, Alexander, Marc, Alexander. Ray, Dan, Virginia
OFFERINGS +++ Prayers of Loving Memory are offered for +++
Marcie, Lena, Gerhard, Roger, Kelly, El Ephraim, Kr. Farha, Bishop Militin, Fr.Isaac, Fr. John, Bp. Pimen, Armira, Oksana Paschenko, Fr. Michael, Fr. Joseph, Fr. Michael, Tatiana, Ion, Maria, Agrepina, Ion, Gheorghe, Victor, Elisabeta, Margareta
Alexander, Yuri, Boris, Valentin, Valentina, Vladimir, Elena, Evlokia, Leonard, Raymond, Mary Jane, Nadejda, Sergei, Lydia, Tatjana, Alexander, Evlokia, Ephimia, Ephim, Alexey, Victor, Aurelian, Gheorghe, Dumitru, NO Leonard, NO Giuseppina
Holy Bread is offered by Anna Mary Vogt for the health, safety, and memory of her loved ones. 9
Leprosy was an affliction that represented uncleanness. A leper was disenfranchised from his community. He could not enter into the temple, and he could not even come near a Jew, much less touch one. Someone who came close to him or touched him would be considered unclean, until he fulfilled various ceremonies prescribed in the law. A leper was truly an exile among his own people. These lepers were “afar off”. They were afar off because they had to stay away from the Jews, because of their uncleanness. They also were afar off because we cannot approach God, being full of sins. Leprosy is a metaphor for our sins. A man who has sins is certainly afar off from God. When they lifted up their voices to ask God to have mercy, this reminds us of the two blind men. In another place, it says: “two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.” [3] They were insistent, just as these lepers must have been insistent. Being afar off, they must have had to shout loudly and often, since with the bustle and press of the crowd, it would have been hard to make their voices known. They must have insistently had to cry out for mercy to God, far away from Him, in their sins. At least they knew they were fall away. So many of us don’t understand how far away we truly are, and how much we need to call out to God, and ask forgiveness for our sins, like the publican [4], or like the blind men [5], or like these lepers. Bibliography: Old Believer Sermon for the 29th Sunday after Pentecost (unpublished) “Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke”, St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas