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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Quotes from Saints
“As thou takest thy seat at table, pray. As thou liftest the loaf, offer thanks to the Giver. When thou sustainest thy bodily weakness with wine, remember Him Who supplies thee with this gift, to make thy heart glad and to comfort thy infirmity. Has thy need for taking food passed away? Let not the thought of thy Benefactor pass away too. As thou art putting on thy tunic, thank the Giver of it. As thou wrappest thy cloak about thee, feel yet greater love to God, Who alike in summer and in winter has given us coverings convenient for us, at once to preserve our life, and to cover what is unseemly. Is the day done? Give thanks to Him Who has given us the sun for our daily work, and has provided for us a fire to light up the night, and to serve the rest of the needs of life. Let night give the other occasion of prayer. When thou lookest up to heaven and gazest at the beauty of the stars, pray to the Lord of the visible world; pray to God the Arch-artificer of the universe, Who in wisdom hath made them all. When thou seest all nature sunk in sleep, then again worship Him Who gives us even against our wills release from the continuous strain of toil, and by a short refreshment restores us once again to the vigour of our strength. Let not night herself be all, as it were, the special and peculiar property of sleep. Let not half thy life be useless through the senselessness of slumber. Divide the time of night between sleep and prayer. Nay, let thy slumbers be themselves experiences in piety; for it is only natural that our sleeping dreams should be for the most part echoes of the anxieties of the day. As have been our conduct and pursuits, so will inevitably be our dreams. Thus wilt thought pray without ceasing; if thought prayest not only in words, but unitest thyself to God through all the course of life and so thy life be made one ceaseless and uninterrupted prayer.� - St. Basil the Great, from Homily V. In martyrem Julittam, quoted in the Prolegomena in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series II Volume 8 3
ANTIPHON THE
RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION IN TONE EIGHT From the heights Thou didst descend, O compassionate One, and Thou didst submit to the threeday burial, that Thou might deliver us from passion; Thou art our life and our Resurrection,O Lord, glory to Thee. APOLYTIKION OF ALL SAINTS IN TONE FOUR Thy Church, O Christ God, hath regaled herself in the blood of Thy Martyrs throughout the entire world, as in porphyry and purple. Through them she lifteth her voice crying: Turn with Thy compassion toward Thy people, and grant peace to Thy city, and to our souls the Great Mercy. APOLYTIKION OF ST. BASIL THE 4
GREAT TONE ONE Thy sound hath gone forth into all the earth that received thy word. Thereby thou hast divinely taught the Faith; Thou hast made manifest the nature of things that be; Thou hast adorned the ways of man. O namesake of the royal priesthood, our righteous Father Basil, Intercede with Christ God that our souls be saved. KONTAKION OF ALL SAINTS IN TONE EIGHT As first-fruits of our nature to the Planter of created things, * the world presenteth the God-bearing martyred Saints in off’ring unto Thee, O Lord. * Through their earnest entreaties, * keep Thy Church in deep peace and divine tranquility, * through the pure Theotokos, O Thou Who art greatly merciful.
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God is wonderful among His saints. Bless God in the congregations. The Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews. (11:3312:2) Brethren, all the saints through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment.
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—of whom the world was not worthy— wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfection of our faith. 5
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The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew. (10:32-33, 37-38; 19:27-30)
Then Peter said in reply, “Lo, we have left everything and followed Thee. What then shall we have?”
On the last day of the feast, the great The Lord said to His disciples, “Everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father Who is in heaven; but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before My Father Who is in heaven.
Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the New World, when the Son of Man shall sit on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.” 6
And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My Name’s sake, will receive a hundred fold, and inherit eternal life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first.”
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KOINONIKON (COMMUNION HYMN)
KOINONIKON (COMMUNION HYMN) OF ALL SAINTS IN TONE EIGHT Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous; praise is meet for the upright. 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 +
Christopher, Daria, Christopher, Daniel, Sophia, George, Daniel, Irina, Nun Thecla, Ekaterina, Angelina, Igor, Alexander. Renee and child Anne, David, Nichole Maksimenke Family, Wenker Family, Mariya, Fritts Family, Emely, Bob, Elena, Tomasherskiy Family, Daneee, Chris, Bill, Yelena, Svetlana, Alexander, Victor, Neonila, Lyubov, Victoria, Anne, Jim, Maria, Ana, Vasilii, Irina, Hylarion, Arthur and family, Hovan Family, Hovarter Family, Sherry, Brenda, Fr. John, Irene, Sidor Family, Whean 8
Family, Daniel, Irina, Christopher, Daria, Christopher, Daniel, Sophia, George, Nun Thecla, Ekaterina, Angelina, Igor, Alexander, Mark, Alexander, Zinaida, Voron Family, Slagy Family, Paul, Daniel, Elizabeth, Graley Family, Jazmin, Meigs Family, Father Dean, Diana Aiden Sophia, Camron, Jared, Karl, LouAnna, Jared, Basil, Klen Family, Nasi Family, Koshelle & child, Charlie & Anastasia, Jack & child, Fr. Earl & Family, Fr. Elia & Family, Brigid, Riske Family, Fr. James & Family
OFFERINGS +++ Prayers of Loving Memory are offered for +++
Lydia, Victor, Tatyana, Alexander, Evdokia, Ephimia, Ephim, Michael, Alexander, Alexey, Yuri, Boris, Valentin, Vladimir, Priscilla and Dan, Fr. John Winfrey (priest), AJ, Eric, Caroline, Dustin, Aysem, El Ephraim, Kh. Farha, Justin, Lazar, Steven, John, Lydia, John, Victor, Tatyana, Ephimia, Evdoria, Ephrim, Michael, Alexey, Alexander, Alexandra, Boris, Valentin, Valentina, Vladimir, Fr. Nid,
Ephim, Michael, Alexander, Prayers for my father Daniel and grandmother Margaret. Alexey, Yury, Boris, Valentin, Vladimir Glenn and Patrick Fr John Matusiak, Johsua, James, Lana Memory eternal Lydia, Victor, Tatyana, Alexander, Evdokia, Ephimia, Ephim, Michael, Alexander, Alexey, Yuri, Boris, Valentin, Vladimir
Holy Bread is offered by Dasha Saur for the health, safety, and memory of her loved ones.
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SUNDAY OF ALL SAINTS The first Sunday after the Feast of Holy Pentecost is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of All Saints. This day has been designated as a commemoration of all of the Saints, all the Righteous, the Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Shepherds, Teachers, and Holy Monastics, both men and women alike, known and unknown, who have been added to the choirs of the Saints and shall be added, from the time of Adam until the end of the world, who have been perfected in piety and have glorified God by their holy lives. Honoring the friends of God with much reverence, the Prophet-King David says, “But to me, exceedingly honorable are Thy friends, O Lord” (Ps. 138:16). And the Apostle Paul, recounting the achievements of the Saints, and setting forth their memorial as an example that we might turn away from earthly things and from sin, and emulate their patience and courage in the struggles for virtue, says, “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every burden, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1). This commemoration began as the Sunday (Synaxis) of All Martyrs; to them were added all the ranks of Saints who bore witness (the meaning of “Martyr” in Greek) to Christ in manifold ways, even if occasion did not require the shedding of their blood. Therefore, guided by the teaching of the Divine Scriptures and Apostolic Tradition, we honor all the Saints, the friends of God, for they are keepers of God’s commandments, shining examples of virtue, and benefactors of mankind.