BULLETIN -SUNDAY OF THE JUDGEMENT (MEATFARE) - MARCH 7TH, 2021

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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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For questions, please contact Fr. James Purdie. Blessings.


The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus, Ephraim, Eugene, Capito, Aetherius, Agathodorus, and Elpidius (Commemorated on March 7th) These holy Bishops were sent to Cherson on the Black Sea by Hermon, Bishop of Jerusalem, in the days of Diocletian, about the year 300, to preach the Gospel. Ephraim and Basileus were sent first. Basileus raised to life the dead son of a local ruler, because of which many were baptized. Those who remained in their unbelief, however, dragged him through the streets until he died. Ephraim, refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, was beheaded. After them, Euguene, Agathodorus, Capito, and Elpitius were sent by the Bishop of Jerusalem as heralds of the Faith, but they also were slain by the ungodly. Last of all, the Bishop of Jerusalem sent Aetherius; he was drowned during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great. *Bibliography- https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints 3


ANTIPHON tHE

RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE SIX When Mary stood at Thy grave, looking for Thy sacred body, angelic powers shone above Thy revered tomb; and the soldiers who were to keep guard became as dead men. Thou led Hades captive and wast not tempted thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world, O Thou, Who art risen from the dead, O Lord, glory to Thee. TROPARION OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT IN TONE ONE 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 4

of God, the nature of creatures, cultivating the character of mankind, O thou of kingly Priesthood, Basil. Wherefore, plead thou with Christ God to save our souls. KONTAKION FOR SUNDAY OF LAST JUDGMENT IN TONE ONE When Thou comest, O God, to earth with glory, and all creatures tremble before Thee, and the river of fire floweth before the Altar, and the books are opened and sins revealed, deliver me then from that unquenchable fire, and make me worthy to stand at Thy right hand, O righteous Judge.


EPISTLE tHE

The Lord is my strength and my song. With chastisement has the Lord chastened me!

and through your knowledge the weak brother perishes, for whom Christ died?

The Reading from the First And thus, sinning against the brethren, and Epistle of St. Paul to the wounding their conscience Corinthians. (8:8-9:2) when it is weak, you sin against Christ. Brethren, food will not bring us closer to God; for neither if we eat, are we the Therefore, if food causes better, nor if we do not eat, my brother to stumble, I will not eat meat forever, are we the worse. lest I cause my brother to stumble. But take heed lest by any means this authority of yours become a stumbling Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? block to those who are weak. Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not you my For if any one sees you, work in the Lord? as someone who has knowledge, reclining at a If to others I am not an table in an idol’s temple, apostle, yet at least I am will not the conscience of to you; for the seal of my the one who is weak be apostleship are you in the emboldened to eat of the Lord. things sacrificed to idols,

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GOSPEL THE

The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (25:31-46) The Lord said, “When the Son of man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. Before Him will be gathered all the nations, and He will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and He will place the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the King will say to those at His right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.’ Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see Thee hungry and feed Thee, or thirsty and give Thee drink? And when did we see Thee a stranger and welcome Thee, or naked and clothe Thee? And when did we see Thee sick or in prison and visit Thee?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’ Then He will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to Thee?’ Then He will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to Me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” 6


OFFERINGS

+ PRAYERS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE OFFERED FOR + Daniel, Daria + child, Christopher, Christopher, Daniel, Sophia, George, Nun Thecla, Ekaterina, Angelina, Igor, Alexander, Mark, Alexander, Whelan Fam, Marcia, June, Fr. John, Irene, Maria, Ana, Vasilii, Hylarion, Irina, Arthur + Fam, Stephen, Nicholas, John, Axenia, Lowry Fam, Maia + Fam, Mirela + Fam, John, Jones Fam, Fr. Milan, Vladimir, Maria, Maria, Megee Fam, Elena + Fam,

Dn. Chris + Fam, Ross Fam, Anne, Marian, Meaghan, Jon, Michael, David, Nicole, Maria, Catherine, Anna, Nasi Fam, The Families of Fr. James, Fr. Earl, Fr. Adam, Fr. Alexis, Fr. Isaac, Fr. Antonio, Fr. Gabriel, Dn. Steve, Dn. Kirk, The Families Lunsford, Zambonini, McAddis, Freedman, Leary, Hovarter, Holden, Klein, Thieme, Joiner, Cooper, Hovan, Fields, Jake, Adam, Susan, Charlie, Anastasia

+ PRAYERS OF LOVING MEMORY ARE OFFERED FOR + Lydia, Victor, Tatyana, Alexander, Connie, Priscilla, Dan, Marcie, Eudoria, Ephimia, Ephim, Lena, Gerhard, Mary, Roger, Kelly, Michael, Alexey, Alexander, Fr. Neil, Kh. Farha, Ephraim, Alexandra, Yuri, Boris, Valentin, Bishop Milutin, Fr, John, Fr. Valentina, Vladimir, Tatiana, John, ArchBp. Pimen, Almira, Sergei, Ion, Maria, Agrepina, Ion, Oksana, SDn. Nicolas, Paul, Ralph, Nadejda, Lubomir, Radovanka, Victor, Brenda, Fr. Ernesto, Fr. William, Steven, Lazar, John, Eugene, Fr. John, Fr. Daniel Holy Bread is offered by Dasha Saur for the health, safety and memory of her loved ones. 7


Sunday of the Last Judgement (Meatfare) The parable of the Last Judgement is about Christian love. Not all of us are called to work for “humanity,” yet each one of us has received the gift and the grace of Christ’s love. We know that all men ultimately need this personal love-- the recognition in them of their unique soul in which the beauty of the whole creation is reflected in a unique way. We also know that men are in prison and are sick and thirsty and hungry because that personal love has been denied them. And, finally, we know that however narrow and limited the framework of our personal existence, each one of us has been made responsible for a tiny part of the Kingdom of God, made responsible by that very gift of Christ’s love. Thus, on whether or not we have accepted this responsibility, on whether we have loved or refused to love, shall we be judged. For “inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, you have done it unto Me...” * Bibliography Excerpt from Great Lent, by Alexander Schmemann From Chapter 2: Preparation for Lent 8


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