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.
Quotes
“All of us sin constantly. We slip and fall. In reality, we fall into a trap set by the demons. The Holy Fathers and the Saints always tell us, ‘It is important to get up immediately after a fall and to keep on walking toward God’. Even if we fall a hundred times a day, it does not matter; we must get up and go on walking toward God without looking back. What has happened has happened – it is in the past. Just keep on going, all the while asking for help from God.” + Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica, Our Thoughts Determine our Lives
“We ought to have the most lively spiritual union with the heavenly inhabitants, with all the saints, apostles, prophets, martyrs, prelates, venerable and righteous men, as they are all members of one single body, The Church of Christ, to which we sinners also belong, and the living Head of which is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. This is why we call upon them in prayer, converse with them, thank and praise them, It is urgently necessary for all Christians to be in union with them, if they desire to make Christian progress; for the saints are our friends, our guides to salvation, who pray and intercede for us.”Book St John Kronstadt My Life in Christ + St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ
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ANTIPHON THE
RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE FIVE Let us believers praise and worship the Word; coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation. For, He took pleasure in ascending the Cross in the flesh to suffer death; and to raise the dead by His glorious Resurrection.
O righteous Father, through which Thou didst go about and proclaim as worthy of God the nature of creatures, cultivating the character of mankind,
APOLYTIKION OF THE HOLY FATHERS IN TONE EIGHT Thou, O Christ, art our God of exceeding praise Who didst establish our Holy Fathers as luminous stars upon earth, and through them didst guide us unto the true Faith, O most merciful One, glory to Thee.
ORDINARY KONTAKION IN TONE TWO O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the Creator most constant,
TROPARION OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT (TONE 1) In all the earth that receiveth thy sayings, thy melody did resound 4
O Thou of kingly priesthood Basil, wherefore plead thou with ChristGod to save our souls.
O despise not the suppliant voices of those who have sinned; but be thou quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession, and speed thou to make supplication, thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
EPISTLE THE
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, the God of our Fathers. For Thou art just in all that Thou hast done for us. The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to St. 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 Tychicus 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 greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. 5
GOSPEL THE
The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. 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, until 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.�
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KOINONIKON ( COMMUNION HYMN)
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. 7
OFFERINGS + Prayers of Health and Safety are offered for +
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Jones fam, Maia fam, Mirela, Simerick fam, Ana Mary, Klein fam, McAddis fam, Zambomi fam, Freedman fam, Leary fam, Linsford fam, Holden fam, Cooper fam, Jared Basil, Fr. James & fam, Fr. Milton & fam, Fr. Adam & fam, Fr. Elia & fam, Fr. Joseph & fam, Nathan, Margaret, Charlie & Anastasia. Margaret Kathy, Irene, Maria, Justin, Taylor, Whelan fam, Palomino fam, Goodson fam, Nadia Nassee, Rachel Shi, Robert, Angel, Xavier, Roger, Jerome, Renee & child, Fr. John, Ana, Vasilii, John, Axenia, Sidor fam, Maria, Katerina, Nikolai, Scott Aaron, Cameron, Karl, Ben & Emily, Matt & Steph, Roshelle & Child, Tim, Jared, Daniel, Paul, Louanna, Melissa, Elizabeth, Voron fam, Fr. Dean, Graley fam, Jazmin, Slagy fam, Esra, Seamus, Stephen, Susan, Crawford fam, Fritts fam, Elena, Edens fam, Brown fam,
Vigil fam, Cleste, Popps fam, Kanavaros fam, Bennett fam, Bouman fam, Sheldon fam, Bob, Emmanuel,Grace, Meron, Kati, Jared, Aiden & Sophia, Debbie Foxwell, Kevin Foxwell, Basil Foxwell, Stephen, Irene, Hylarrion, Maria, George & fam, Mariann, Nathaniel, Tom, Cory, Maria, Vasily, Anna, Vladimir, John & fam, Betka & fam, Anne, David & fam. Fr. Milan, Stuard, The Whelan Family, Christopher, Daria, Christopher, Daniel, Sophia, George, Daniel, Irina, nun Thecla, Ekaterina, Angelina, Igor, Alexander. Vic and Laura, Neal Family, Butler Family, Thompson Family, Gervais Family, Durfee Family, DiGiacobbe Family, Lazarou Family, Hoffman Family, Christine and child, Tarka Family, Szall Family, Michael, Tanya, Kristina, Matthew, Maryann, Olesnovitch Family, Father Ted, Edith
OFFERINGS +++ Prayers of Loving Memory are offered for +++
Radovanka, william , Lazar Lydia, Victor, Tatyana, Alexander, Evdokia, Ephimia, Ephim, Michael, Alexander, Alexey, Yuri, Boris, Valentin, Vladimir Glenn and Patrick, Anna, Christopher, Julia, Elena, Helen, Angeline, Edward, Conrad, Edward, Adelard, Marie, Bill, Katherine, Charles, Alexander, Eva Michael, Olga, Nadja, Joan, Joey, Joanne, Mary, Aanna, Anna-Louisa-Julia-Helen-AngelineWalter-Katherine-Elena-Charles Priscilla & Dan, William, Mary, Michael, Maria, Thomas, Joseph, Maria, John, George, Peter, Anna, John, George, Anna, Nela, Fr. Neil, Tatiana, Sergei, Ion, Maria, Agrepina, Fr. John, El Ephraim, Fr. Farha
Olga, Mihail, Fr. Ted, Nadje, Asnoketa, Joey, Edith, Maria, Ivan, Alecsandra, Vladimir, Klaudiya, Agrafena, Pavel, Iakov, Vladimir, Evgenia. Alexander, Elena, Nina, AJ, Eric, Caroline, Dustin, Aysen, Jaime. Patricia, Esther, Jose, Diana, Marvin, Erica, Lydia, Victor, Tatjana, Alexander, Evdoria, Ephim, Michael, Alexey, Alexander, Turi, Boris, Valentin, Valentina, Elena, Vladimir, Evdoria, Marcie, Lena, Dorothy, Roger, Kelly, Gerhard, Bill, Nun Sophia, Nikolay, Maria, Sophia, Natela, Zhana, Raymond, Giorgi-Lary, Mary Jane. Leonard, Mariya, Ivan, Alexander, Vladimir, Klaudiya, Agpafena, Pavel, Vladimir, Tatyana, Ephim, Boris, Sergei
Holy Bread is offered by Dasha Saur for the health, safety, and memory of her loved ones.
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Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to the 19th of the present month, we chant the Service to the 630 Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together for the 4th Ecumenical Council 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. In the Slavic tradition, on this Sunday, the Fathers of the first six Ecumenical Councils are all commemorated.