PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS WELCOME to all who are visiting with us today! We hope you

will feel at home here and, if you do not already have a church

home, will consider becoming a part of the Saint Herman Church

community.

SOUP SUPPER AFTER PRESANCTIFIED LITURGIES –

please see Sue Ross if you can help cook for these meals

SATURDAY MARCH 3 – Liturgy for the Departed – On

Saturday morning we will commemorate all our loved ones who

have died. Please bring a legible list of the names of departed that

you want to commemorate, separating the Orthodox from the non-

Orthodox (I will use these lists to pray for your loved ones during

the Proskomedia for the next year)

A NOTE REGARDING HOLY COMMUNION Welcome! In the Orthodox Church, reception of the Holy Eucharist is

reserved for baptized, chrismated Orthodox Christians who have prepared

by prayer, fasting and a recent confession. If you are visiting from a non-

Orthodox church or otherwise are not prepared to commune today, you are

welcome to receive some of the unconsecrated, blessed bread which the

acolytes are holding. We pray for all to be united in the Body and Blood of

Christ! If you would like to learn how you can enter into communion with

the Orthodox Church, please speak with our clergy.

SAINT HERMAN ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

Diocese of Los Angeles and the West

PRIMATE and DIOCESAN HIERARCH

His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan JOSEPH

PASTOR

Rev. Fr. Matthew Howell

DEACON

Rev. Dn. Thomas Ross

Contact Information

6988 N. En Dove Road

Wasilla, Alaska 99654 Pastor’s Phone: (907)373-5254

priest@sainthermanwasilla.org

www.SaintHermanWasilla.org

1st Sunday of

Lent: Triumph of

Orthodoxy February 25, 2018

THIS WEEK’S SERVICES February 25 – March 4

Sun. Feb. 25 – 5:00pm: Sunday of Orthodoxy Vespers at Holy

Transfiguration Greek Church in Anchorage, with meal following

Mon. Feb. 26 – 6:00pm: Great Compline

Wed. Feb. 28 – 6:00pm: Presanctified Liturgy (soup supper after)

Fri. Mar. 2 – 6:00pm: Little Compline with Akathist Hymn

Sat. Mar. 3 – 9:00am: Divine Liturgy for Saturday of Souls

Sat. Mar. 3 – 6:00pm: Great Vespers

Sun. Mar. 4 – 9:00am: Orthros and Divine Liturgy

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

“COME LET US WORSHIP”: A LOOK AT THE DIVINE LITURGY Fr. Matthew’s catechism classes run Sundays from 12:15 – 12:45pm

in the parish hall basement. All who can sit and listen are invited.

Class resumes today Feb. 25 and will be held next week Mar. 4.

GOOD WORKS BASKET THROUGH APRIL 1

Baby Baskets for Heart Reach Center - Wasilla We will collect diapers, formula, and baby shower items during Lent

for babies in our community. Diaper and pull-up sizes most needed:

Newborn, 4, 5 and 6. NO size 1 diapers please. All formula brands

are helpful. Please take a ticket with items needed for baby baskets

from the bulletin boards, much like our “Adopt a family” tags at

Christmas. Drop off donations in the laundry baskets in the Parish

Hall by April 1. See Stephanie Hopkins with questions. Thank you!

V

THE EPISTLE 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 the Hebrews.

(11:24-26, 32-40)

Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called

the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment

with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. And

what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak,

Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets; who 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, and put

foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection.

Some were tortured, refusing to accept release 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

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.

THE GOSPEL The Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John. (1:43-51)

At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And He found Philip and

said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of

Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have

found Him of Whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote,

Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can

anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and

see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an

Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!” Nathanael said to Jesus, “How do

you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when

you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanael answered Him,

“Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God! Thou art the King of Israel!” Jesus

answered him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do

you believe? You shall see greater things than these.” And Jesus said to

him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the

angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

SAINTS AND FEASTS OF THE DAY First Sunday of Great Lent (Sunday of Orthodoxy); Tarasios the

confessor, archbishop of Constantinople; Hieromartyr Reginos, bishop

of Skopelos; Hieromartyr Markellos, bishop of Apamea in Syria;

Martyr Alexander of Markianopolis

A GOOD WORD “Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow

from you do not turn away.” – Matthew 5:42

“He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children

of the needy, he will crush the oppressor.” – Psalm 72:4

“Vigils and fasts and acts of mercy are methods advocated by the

saints to attain the spiritual life. But they must not stand alone, nor

must the Christian put his trust in them. Humility must have faith for

its principle, and fasting be combined with charity, that is, feed the

hungry, give water to the thirsty, clothe the naked.”

--St. Basil the Great

“Share what you have, lest you lose what you have. Spend what you

possess on the needs of others in order to keep what you possess.” –

St. John Chrysostom

“A holy soul cares for his neighbors, either close at hand or far

away. He cares where the homeless will spend the night, how the

hungry will be fed, with what the naked will be clothed. He cares

and he prays for the salvation of his neighbors: that their hearts may

be filled with love towards God, that their minds may be directed

towards God, that the wicked may turn from the paths of

wickedness, that the hesitant may be confirmed in the Faith, that the

firm may persevere, that the departed may behold the Face of God,

that the living may be written in the Book of Life in the Kingdom of

Light.” – St. Nikolai Velimirovich

“It is not right or proper for the rich to keep excess wealth when

there are many poor people in need of the means of existence, of

necessary clothing and proper dwellings, for we have nothing of our

own; everything belongs to God!” – St. John of Kronstadt

“If you give something to someone who is in need, then let a

cheerful face precede your gift, along with kind words and

encouragement for his suffering.” – St. Isaac the Syrian

“A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is

never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” – St. Basil the Great

SAINT HERMAN OF ALASKA ORTHODOX CHURCH 6988 N En Dove Rd - Wasilla, AK 99654

Reverend Matthew Howell, Pastor (907)373-5254

MARCH 2018Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Feb 25 Sunday of Orthodoxy

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine

Liturgy (bring anicon!)

5:00pm Sunday ofOrthodoxy Vespersat HolyTransfigurationGreek Church inAnchorage, followedby a meal

Fast: wine & oil

Feb 26

6:00pm GreatCompline

Fast

Feb 27

Fast

Feb 28

6:00pm PresanctifiedDivine Liturgy

Fast

1

Fast

2

6:00pm LittleCompline with theAkathist Hymn to theTheotokos (Stasis 2of 4)

Fast

3

9:00am - DivineLiturgy for Saturdayof Souls, withTrisagion Prayers forthe Departed

6:00pm GreatVespers

Fast: wine & oil

4 St. Gregory Palamas

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine

Liturgy

Fast: wine & oil

5

6:00pm GreatCompline

Fast

6

Fast

7

6:00pm PresanctifiedDivine Liturgy,hosting St. JuvenalyChurch

Fast

8

Fast

9

6:00pm LittleCompline with theAkathist Hymn to theTheotokos (Stasis 3of 4)

Fast

10

6:00pm GreatVespers

Fast: wine & oil

11 Veneration of the

Holy Cross

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine

Liturgy

Fast: Strict fast

12

6:00pm GreatCompline

Fast

13

Fast

14

6:00pm PresanctifiedDivine Liturgy ATST. JUVENALYCHURCH (noservice at St. HermanChurch)

Fast

15

Fast

16

6:00pm LittleCompline with theAkathist Hymn to theTheotokos (Stasis 4of 4)

Fast

17

6:00pm GreatVespers

Fast: wine & oil

18 St. John of the

Ladder (Climacus)

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine

Liturgy

Fast: wine & oil

19

6:00pm GreatCompline

Fast

20

Fast

21

6:00pm LittleCompline withCanon of St. Andrewof Crete and the Lifeof St. Mary of Egpyt

Fast

22

6:00pm PresanctifiedDivine Liturgy

Fast

23

6:00pm LittleCompline with theAkathist Hymn to theTheotokos (All 4Stases)

Fast

24

6:00pm GreatVespers with Litia

Fast: wine & oil

25 St. Mary of Egypt

ANNUNCIATION

9:00am Orthros 10:00am Divine

Liturgy

Fast: wine & oil

26

6:00pm GreatCompline

Fast

27

Fast

28

6:00pm PresanctifiedDivine Liturgy

Fast

29

Fast

30

6:00pm LittleCompline with theCanon for theRaising of Lazarus

Fast

31 Lazarus Saturday

9:00am Orthros 9:45am Divine

Liturgy with baptismof Steven Moore6:00pm GreatVespers with Litia

Fast: wine & oil

Please consult the Sunday bulletin for changes to the monthly calendar.

Food for Hungry People 2018 44th Anniversary

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

FEBRUARY 19

How many clocks do

you have in your

home? Deposit .15

for each in your Food

for Hungry People

Box because "time"

is running out for

those who are

starving.

20

"Put a little love in

your heart," get

FFHP off to a good

start. Put in a dime

for all the "loves" in

your life.

21

Count the number

of Bibles in your

home and deposit

.35 for each,

because Jesus said,

"I was hungry and

you gave me food."

22

Count the number

of soda cans or

water bottles in

your home. Put in

.10 each, because

Jesus said, "I was

thirsty and you

gave me drink."

23

How many tablets

do you own?

Deposit .20 each.

Tablets can be a

means of

communication.

Let's communicate

our love for the

hungry.

24

Count the number

of steps (inside and

outside) of your

home. Pay .05 for

each step. Help the

hungry "step" into a

new future.

25

How many mirrors

are in your home?

Pay .15 for each.

Let your "mirror"

reflect the image

of one who cares.

26

Count the locks in

your home. Pay .20

for each lock. Let's

"unlock" the door

that gives hope to

the hungry.

27

How many rings do

you have? Deposit

.15 per ring. This

will help us b"ring"

food to the hungry!

28

How many eggs are

in your refrigerator?

Pay .10 for each.

Hungry people have

to "scramble" for

their food.

MARCH 1

How many doors

does your home

have? Pay .10 for

each. Help open a

"door" to a better

future for the

world's hungry.

2

Have everyone in

the family deposit

all the loose change

they have in their

pockets or purses. It

makes "cents" to

help the hungry

3

How many electrical

outlets are in your

kitchen and living

room? Pay .10

each. You'll get a

"charge" out of

feeding the hungry.

4

"Button up your

overcoat" - so

simple to do. They

are not only

hungry but very

cold too. Deposit

.50 for each coat in

your home.

5

For every cellphone

in your home, pay

.25. It is "long

distance" to hungry

areas in most parts

of the world. Let's

make it a toll free

number.

6

How many

extension cords do

you have in your

home? Pay .20 for

each. Let's "extend"

a helping hand to

those who need it.

7

For each pie or cake

in your home,

deposit .30. We

should never

"dessert" the

hungry.

8

How many Apple

products do you

own? For every one

deposit .25. Let’s

never “tune out”

the hungry.

9

For every salt and

pepper shaker, pay

.20. Let's all

"sprinkle" their lives

with a little

seasoning.

10

For every TV show

that was watched

today pay .25. TV

helps us see around

the world, this

money will help us

feed the hungry

around the world.

11

How many

computers do you

own? Pay .25 for

each. Let’s take a

“byte” out of

hunger!

12

How many pictures

do you have on your

walls? Just "picture"

yourself without

food & deposit .10

for each picture.

13

Pay .25 for each

pair of contacts or

eyeglasses you

have. This will help

us "see" clearly the

need of caring for

the hungry.

14

Do you have

musical instruments

in your home? Pay

.75 for each. This is

a "key" to sharing

and caring.

15

How many phone

chargers can you

find in your home?

Pay .25 for each.

You’ll get a

“charge” out of

helping the hungry.

16

Count your tea or

coffee cups and

deposit .05 each.

Our "cup" runneth

over, so let's fill

theirs.

17

"I've got my love to

keep me warm,"

that's true, but the

hungry have only

you. Pay .10 for

each blanket in your

home.

18

How many cars

are in your family?

You can't "Dodge"

the hungry, but

you can af"Ford"

to pay .50 for each

car.

19

"Day by day," from

dawn till night,

Hunger knows no

hour - nor if it's day

or night. Pay .20 for

each lamp in your

home.

20

How many cameras

do you have? Pay

.25 for each. This

will help us make all

"negatives"

positives.

21

Pick up all the loose

change laying

around the house.

Put it in your FFHP

Box. This will help

make a "change" in

the world!

22

Count the scissors

you have in your

home and pay .25

for each pair. Let's

"cut-out" the

hunger in hunger-

y!

23

How many

members are in

your family? Pay

.10 for each. The

hungry have

families to feed

also; let's make this

a real "family

affair!"

24

How many towels

are in your home? If

you pay .05 for

each towel, this

may help us "wipe

out" hunger for all

people.

Food for Hungry People 2018 44th Anniversary

25

"Hey Big Spender"

drop a coin in the

slot - give unto

others what they

haven't got! Put in

a coin or bill of

your choice.

26

How many heads of

lettuce are in your

refrigerator? Pay .25

for each. "Lettuce"

show the hungry

that we care.

27

Count the cans in

your cupboard. Pay

.03 for each. Don't

let their cupboards

be like "Old Mother

Hubbard’s!"

28

How many friends

do you have on

Facebook? Pay .05

for each friend.

Let’s be-”friend”

those in need.

29

How many

sweaters do you

have? Pay .05 for

each. Sweaters

keep you warm.

This is one time

they won't mind if

we "pull the wool

over their eyes."

30

How many chairs

are in your home?

Pay .10 per chair.

We can't just "sit"

around when so

many people are

hungry.

31

How many

cookbooks do you

own? Pay .20 for

each. We will be

able to "cook up" a

better recipe for the

hungry to live by.

APRIL 1

How many eggs

are you going to

color for Pascha?

Pay .05 for each.

Let's help "color"

their world with

love!

2

"Brother can you

spare a dime?" or

maybe two? The

FFHP program really

depends on you. Put

your dimes in the

box.

3

How many songs

are on your playlist?

Pay .03 for each

song. Let's make

this a "record-

breaking" year for

FFHP!!!

4

How many songs

have you listened to

today? Pay .15 for

each. Let’s stay “in

tune” with the

hungry.

5

How many crosses

do you have? Pay

.15 each. Crosses

remind us of Christ's

suffering, let's not

make the hungry

suffer anymore.

6

"A dream is a wish

your heart makes,"

and our dream is for

hunger to stop. For

the wish that we are

wishing, is for FFHP

program to go over

the top!

7

We pray you have

been generous in

your almsgiving.

"For inasmuch as

you have done it

unto the least of

these my brethren,

you have done it

unto ME!"

8

PASCHA

Christ Is

Risen!

“The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch” (Acts 11: 26)

358 Mountain Road, P.O. Box 5238, Englewood, NJ 07631-5238 (201) 871-1355 T Archdiocese@antiochian.org (201) 871-7954 F

Great Fast, 2018

TO BE READ FROM THE PULPIT AND PRINTED IN THE BULLETIN If you cannot remember everything, instead of everything, I beg you, remember this without fail, that not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth but theirs.

-Saint John Chrysostom Beloved in Christ,

Greetings and blessings to you in the Name of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ!

As we look ahead to our journey into the Great Fast on Meatfare Sunday, our Holy Orthodox Church offers us a stark and fearful reminder of the coming of Our Lord in glory to judge all the tribes and nations of the earth. He teaches in the gospel reading that He will judge us according to whether we ministered to Him by our ministering to the needy, the sick, and the imprisoned. As we begin this time of fasting and increased attendance at divine services, we are thus reminded not to forget our calling to also increase our love and care for others – especially through almsgiving.

One of the truly beautiful ministries of our Archdiocese is the Food for Hungry Program. During these days of the Great Fast, we can sit together with our families and make the intentional decision to do with less that we may share with others. While we learn from experience that we can indeed live more simply, we should remember – as we are exhorted by Saint John in the quotation above – that the wealth we have is truly not ours but the possession of those without. I call on all of the faithful of our Archdiocese to offer bountiful support to this grace-bestowing, life-giving program.

As we begin our journey to the Life-giving and Saving Passion and Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord, let us offer to Him a pleasing fast that is not simply a time of abstaining from foods but a time of fervent love of God and neighbor, victory over our passions, reconciliation with our enemies, and generous outreach to the needy, infirm, and imprisoned.

Praying for all of you to be granted a holy, pure, and grace-filled fast, I remain,

Your Father in Christ,

+JOSEPH Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of all North America

ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA

His Eminence The Most Reverend

Metropolitan JOSEPH

Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of

All North America

Please help us collect baby gifts for

HeartReach Center in Wasilla

Baby Shower Baskets Take a tag from the bulletin board in the

Parish Hall or Narthex

Donations can be brought to the laundry baskets in the Parish Hall through April 1

Feel free to bring any small extras a new mother would appreciate, everything on tags is for a baby

Other HeartReach Center needs:

Diapers and pull-ups in sizes Newborn, 4, 5 and 6

Formula

See Stephanie Hopkins with any questions!

Please help us collect baby gifts for

HeartReach Center in Wasilla

Baby Shower Baskets Take a tag from the bulletin board in the

Parish Hall or Narthex

Donations can be brought to the laundry baskets in the Parish Hall through April 1

Feel free to bring any small extras a new mother would appreciate, everything on tags is for a baby

Other HeartReach Center needs:

Diapers and pull-ups in sizes Newborn, 4, 5 and 6

Formula

See Stephanie Hopkins with any questions!

YOU CAN HELP THE YOUTH GROUP OF SAINT HERMAN

ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH EARN DONATIONS JUST BY

SHOPPING WITH YOUR FRED MEYER REWARDS CARD!

Every quarter Fred Meyer sends a check to our church, which gets deposited into

our Youth Group account to be used for camp and retreat scholarships and other

activities. Here is how you can support our youth group:

1. Go to www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.

2. At the top right of the screen, click “Sign in” or “Register”

3. After signing in, click “Re-enroll or link your Rewards Card now” under the section

Are you a Fred Meyer Customer?

4. In the search box, enter 91379 or “Saint Herman Antiochian Orthodox Church”

5. Click the button next to our church’s name, then click “Enroll.”

Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping the Youth

Group of Saint Herman Church earn a donation! You still earn your Rewards Points,

Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today. If you do not have a Rewards Card, it is

available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store. For more

information, please visit www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.