SAINT KATHERINE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 5965 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne, Florida 32940

Church Phone: (321) 254-1045 fax (321) 821-0450 Church hall: (321) 254-1445 email: admin@saint-katherine.org - website: www.saint-katherine.org

FATHER DEMETRI TSIGAS

fatherdemetri@saint-katherine.org; cell phone: 321-615-4431

Orthros: 9:00 AM Divine Liturgy: 10:00 AM Fellowship Hour: Noon

Church office hours: Mon. through Fri. 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. / Sat. closed & Sun. closed during Liturgy

~ VISION & MISSION STATEMENT ~ Our Vision (dream) is to be a growing, loving, united

Orthodox Christian family open to all. Our Mission (job) is to grow our faith in Christ through love and respect,

with humility and forgiveness.

2nd Sunday of Pascha THOMAS SUNDAY

Apostle, Evangelist & Theologian John

Father Arsenius the Great

Saint Meles the Hymnographer

~ Welcome to Our Guests ~ We are delighted that you are with us today. Please keep in

mind that according to the Holy Canons and teachings of the

Orthodox Church, you must be a baptized and chrismated

member of the Orthodox faith in good standing in order to

receive Holy Communion. You are welcome to receive a portion

of the blessed bread (antidoron) distributed at the end of the

Divine Liturgy. Please join us for coffee hour following services.

Sunday, May 8, 2016 1st Morning Gospel

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Divine Liturgy of St. John the Chrysostom

Ἀπολυτίκιον - Ήχος Πλ. Α΄ - σ. 152

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν

τοῖς μνήμασι ζωὴν χαρισάμενος.

Christ is Risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death

and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Ἀπολυτίκιον - Ήχος Βαρύς - σ. 154 - 156

Ἐσφραγισμένου τοῦ μνήματος, ἡ ζωὴ ἐκ τάφου ἀνέτειλας Χριστὲ ὁ

Θεός· καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, τοῖς Μαθηταῖς ἐπέστης ἡ πά-

ντων ἀνάστασις, πνεῦμα εὐθὲς δι’ αὐτῶν ἐγκαινίζων ἡμῖν, κατὰ τὸ

μέγα σου ἔλεος.

Apolytikion - Grave Mode- p. 155 - 157

While the tomb was sealed You shone forth from it as light, O our life,

Christ our God. And though the doors were closed You appeared in

the midst of Your disciples. O resurrection of all, through them restore

in us a new spirit in Your great mercy.

Τοῦ Ὰποστόλου - Ήχος Βαρυς

Ἀπόστολε, Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ ἠγαπημένε, ἐπιτάχυνον, ρῦσαι λαὸν

ἀναπολόγητον· δέχεταί σε προσπίπτοντα, ὁ ἐπιπεσόντα τῷ στήθει

καταδεξάμενος· ὃν ἱκέτευε Θεολόγε, καὶ ἐπίμονον νέφος ἐθνῶν δια-

σκεδάσαι, αἰτούμενος ἡμῖν εἰρήνην, καὶ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

For the Apostle - Grave Mode

O Apostle, the beloved of Christ God, hasten to deliver us, a people that

has no excuse. He accepts you supplicating Him, for He condescended

at the Supper to let you lean on Him. Entreat Him, O Theologian, that

He scatter the persistent cloud of hostile nations, and pray for us, for

peace and great mercy.

Κοντάκιον - Πλ Δ΄- σ. 274 - 276

Εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες, Ἀθάνατε, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ᾅδου καθεῖλες τὴν

δύναμιν· καὶ ἀνέστης ὡς νικητής, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, γυναιξὶ μυροφόροις

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φθεγξάμενος Χαίρετε, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις εἰρήνην δωρούμε-

νος, ὁ τοῖς πεσοῦσι παρέχων ἀνάστασιν.

Kontakion – Plagal 4th Tone - p. 275 - 277

Into the grave You descended, Immortal One, yet You destroyed the

power of Hades and as victor You arose, O Christ our God; You pro-

claimed to the myrrbearing women a greeting of joy, You brought

peace to Your holy apostles, and to the fallen You granted resurrec-

tion.

Epistle Reading is from St. John’s First Universal Letter 1:1-17 THAT WHICH WAS from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life - the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

The Gospel Reading is from John 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but be-lieving." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to Him: "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

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Brevard County, State of Florida & America Spiritual Leaders: Patriarch Bartholomew; Archbishop Demetrios; Metropolitan Alexios; & Fr. Demetri Civil Leaders: President Barack Obama, US Congress & Supreme Court; Governor Rick Scott; all our civil authorities and our armed forces. Parish Leadership: Parish Council & Philoptochos members, Chanters & Choir, Dance, Sunday & Greek School teachers and students, our Youth Group leaders and children. Those who are sick, awaiting surgery, recovering from surgery, in need of prayers and/or shut in: Sophia Tenreiro, Alexandra Diamond, Peter Katsoulas, Mae Charos, Theresa Sempepos, Peter & Dorothy Pappademetriou, Nicholas, Gus Drivas, Bill & Ellen Werner, Olga, Despina Kalimnios, Ashley, Elias Corpas, Nazieh & Yvonne Yacoub, Savannah & Zander Kelly, Vada Ganakos, Mirsini Sirounis, Katherine, Don, Penny, Princeton, Suzanne Orosz, Faye Nicholas, Gerry & Chris, Veton, Mark, Ayad Saad & family, JoAnne Macheras, John Cominos, Van Katehakis, Lisa Waddell, Mi-chael Donohue, Angela DeCosta, Marlaine & Jim Manus, Ann Prieston, Anna, Kris Stamatis, Anastasia, Kyriaki, Renee, Olga Taran, George & Sue Kanazeh, Joseph, Jay & John Paul Figari, Matina, Gabriel & Markos Pongpipat, George, Mirek, James Burkhardt, Maria, Mary Katsenes, Lisa, Sylvia Demopoulos, Alexandra, Joyce Stav-rakis, Taylor Pappas, Rosemary George, Connie Ortolani, Maria Brewster, Maria, Iakovos, Efstratia, Sarah Wells, Jan & Mary, James Petersen, Denis Frawley, David Buckles, James Pappas, Bill Kokotis, Lori, Debbi Walker, Michelle Orosz, Leah Thom-as, Mary & Pete Faines, Robert & Vel, Tony Niarhos, Mary Catalano, Katie, Mike, Nicole, Andromahi, Rick Zelvis, Kathy S., Pauline Contakos, Jessie, Elaine Demopou-los, Mary Donedini, Christina, Jerry & Joseph Figari, Jamie. For those expecting: Patricia & Andre, Ryan & Natalie Yacoub-Pugh For those with new babies: Those serving in the Military: Joseph Abadiotakis, Jr., Elias Panayiotis Maldonado, Nicholas Tsamoutales, Yanni Tshontikidis, Harold David Ballard, Samuel Joseph III, Nicholas Cannaverde, Travis Hunter, Ethan Macheras, Matthew Ryan Stinnett, James Christian Figari. For the protection of Christians who are being persecuted for their faith. For the protection and freedom of the kidnapped Metropolitan Boulos Yazigi and Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim, both of Aleppo, Syria. Those preparing for Marriage: Sotiria Tutzarakis & Matthew Stinnett, Alexis Zavitsanos & Kraig Tharp, Nicolas Melitas & Julie Noble. College Students: Arianna Bendlin, Telly & Tony Galanopoulos, Alyssa Giglio, Sade & Jamila Jelani, Alyssa, Marianthi & Peter Karas, Kimberley & Dana Marie Koines, Jennifer & Andrew Loso, Esther Muradov, Tommy Panouses, Ashley P. Buckles, Cath-erine Psarakis, George & Jessica Saad, Noha Saliba, Catie Sergis, Costas & Alex Stathis, Mary Jane Tutzarakis, Elizabeth Gaherty, Brandon Arena, Melanie Niarhos, Ronnie Rickard, Leah & Austen Thomas (If you know of anyone that should be added to this list, please call the Church office.)

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~ Upcoming Liturgies & Events ~

Sun., May 15th - Last day of Sunday School & AHEPA Sunday AHEPA Breakfast following Divine Liturgy Sun., May 15th - Festival Meeting following AHEPA breakfast in the conference room Thurs., May 19th - Mon., May 23rd - Office closed Fri & Sat, May 20 & 21 - Yard Sale - 9 am - 2 pm - see p. 18 for more details Sun., May 22nd - Sunday School Awards & presentations Mon., May 30th - Memorial Day - Office closed Sun., June 5th - Philoptochos Meeting following Divine Liturgy Sat., June 11th - End of Year Philoptochos Luncheon TBA Thurs., June 9th - Holy Ascension - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am Sat., June 18th - Saturday of Souls - Orthros 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am

Please turn your cell phones & pagers off

or on vibrate before entering Church

Flowers for Mother’s day are sponsored by AHEPA

ANY STUDENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE GRADUATING PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL THE CHURCH OFFICE

WITH A PICTURE AND YOUR GRADUATION INFORMATION, AND WHERE YOU WILL BE ATTENDING AND STUDYING

THANK YOU.

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Thank you!

For your donations for Pascha Flowers throughout Lent, Holy Week & Pascha

Alexander, Georgia Allred, Helene (in memory of her mother, Alexis) Anonymous Bakolia, Eleni Balba, Mark & Christine Beaudry, Richard & Ourania (in loving memory of brother, Ioannis, mother, Archonto & father, Damianos) Beebe, Georgia Bilissis, Leo & Linda Blougouras, Dan & Vicki Brewster, John & Eleni Brewster, Maria & Danny Catalano, Alfred & Mary Cincimino, Kevin & Patricia Costopoulos, Maria Demopoulos, Sylvia Diminture, John Dishaw, James & Maria Echevarria, Dail & Despina Ellis, John & Clara Fotopoulos, Evangelia Frawley, Stephanie

Grant, Merrill & Despina Haley, John (in memory of Jane Haley) Halkias, Martha Hamilakis, Paul & Saundra Hassel, Brent & Evangelia Hawkins, Mike & Ioanna Karas, Steven & Valerie Kolcun, Michael & Thalia Kyparrisiotis, Kostas & Margaret Kyriakidis, Philip & Janet Ladis, George & Nicolet Lagges, Charlie & Marianthi Loso, Stephen & Patricia Marinos, Julia Mayzes, Charles & Andrea Menegas, Vasilios & Georgia Orosz, William & Karen Panouses, Kurt & Tracy Papageorge, James & Diana Potamos, James & Eileen Regas, Frank Roman, Andrew & Evangelia Fotopoulos

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Roman, George & Elaine Roman, Tresa Sarpoolaki, Nasser & Zoy T. Schultz, Anthony & Nicole Sebekos, Helen (in memory of her daughter, Joanne) Sergis, Peter & Catherine Tsamoutales, Frank & Kim-berly Whitehead, Evangeline Xenakis, Anastasia Yacoub, Nazieh & Yvonne Yanas, Nick & Nora Thomas & Gloria Zannis Zarnas, Esther Zavitsanos, James & Stephanie Zuras, Peter & JoAnn

Next Sunday May 15th

AHEPA Breakfast following Divine Liturgy

$10 Adults $6 Children 12 & Under

Bring your items to donate on Sundays ONLY and see either Cindy Paterakis, Vanna Rickard or leave in the

double classroom in the education building.

NO CLOTHES PLEASE! Pick up can be arranged for larger items Contact Vanna at vascro@hotmail.com or

Cindy at cindypaterakis@yahoo.com

Proceeds from yard sale benefit St. Katherine Philoptochos

Fri & Sat, May 20 & 21 9 am - 2 pm

St. Katherine Education Building

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My Beloved Ones, I consider myself blessed by almighty God to have had the opportunity to re-live our Lord’s sacred Passion and His Glorious Resurrection in my spiritual birthplace; that is the Monastery of Vatopedi, where, in 1963, I was tonsured a monk, thereafter a deacon, and then a priest. It was indeed a blessing to visit there again, and I would like thank His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patri-arch Bartholomew for issuing his permission for my visit. Having returned to our Metropolis and faced once again with the reality of the society in which we live, I continue to think on the celebrations that com-memorated the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, remembering His last days on earth—and of course, the Resurrection. In particular, I am focused on the Resurrection, which is the most important thing that our Almighty God, through His Son Jesus Christ, has offered to the human race. For as St. Paul says, “If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:14) It is not enough to proclaim our belief in Jesus Christ, as many Christians do, but we have to believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, who has been resurrected. For with the Resurrection, we have received the “ticket” in order to enter Par-adise, allowing us to meet our God and Creator, and to grow closer to Him. That was the goal of our Lord Jesus Christ and the reason our Father chose for his son to be incarnate in the flesh. The Resurrection is the fulfillment of His destiny. The risen Christ is here in the world! He is here and wants us to know that our real hope lies, not in our possessions or in the honors we receive; not in the degrees or in the jobs we hold; not even in the stocks or bonds we leave to our grandchildren. Our real hope lies in the risen Christ, for through knowing Him, we can have eternal life. XRISTOS ANESTI! Christ is Risen! +ALEXIOS Metropolitan of Atlanta

MESSAGE FROM HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS

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Thank you to Stephanie Zavitsanos for taking the lead on organizing all the flowers for

Pascha this year! Thank you to everyone who came

and helped decorate the flowers and the Kouvouklion and prepared the Church

for Anastasi. Without everyone’s help we couldn’t

have done it without you.

Hosting Fellowship Hour

This is a wonderful opportunity to extend our Christian hospitality with one another and any guests or visitors who attend our services.

Duties: Set up the two coffee pots in hall Provide a simple snack, Clean up

If any parishioners, families, group of families, koumbari or friends would like to host a fellowship hour following Sunday Liturgy please contact : Church office - 321.254.1045 Or email - admin@saint-katherine.org Available dates:

May 8 June 5, 12, 19 & 26

During fasting periods, store bought cookies w/o egg or dairy products are: Nabisco Classics (oatmeal raisin, cinnamon swirls) Nabisco Social Tea Biscuits, Oreos.

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Fr. Demetri does his best to be available whenever needed. He can be reached via email (fatherdemetri@saint-katherine.org), cell phone (321-615-4431) or at the church (321-254-1045). He tries to take off on Mondays and he tries to be present during church office hours

(9:30AM-2PM) during the rest of the week. He makes a special effort to be in the office from Noon-4 on Wednesdays and 10-2 on Thursdays. He often has meetings, services and emergencies that call him away even during these hours. If you would like to meet with him, please call or email to make an appointment.

Thursday, May 12th – The Zoe meeting for the month of May will be a PERSONAL SAFETY presentation with Corporal Pam Hibbs from the Community Relations Department of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Of fice. The meeting will begin at 1PM. All are welcome to this event.

Lunch will be at noon prior to the presentation. We are bringing sandwiches in. The cost is $5 per person. And

again, we need a headcount to know how much to order. Please RSVP to Christine Balba at 321-213-6441 or mbalba@cfl.rr.com so we may obtain a head count of all those interested.

ZOE

mailto:fatherdemetri@saint-katherine.org

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Thank you to everyone who attended & supported

the Pascha Luncheon! I also want to thank

everyone for their hard work and participation

with cooking, set up, serving, and clean up. As the saying goes it takes a village!

Spiros Theodoropoulos

PC President

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You are cordially invited to join the St. Katherine Dinner Club!

Membership is free!

Each couple who joins will be having an exciting dining experience

once a month with two other couples in the club!

This is how it works:

You agree to host dinner at your home for two other couples in the

club every third month. You will be invited in return to other parish-

ioners homes the other two months.

The host for the month will be sent the contact information for the

other couples, and it will be up to them to coordinate the time.

FAQs

What if I am not part of a couple?

No problem! Find a buddy, or simply fill in the form as single.

Can I pick who I have dinner with?

NO!! This is the beauty of the club! We will be meeting new people

from church that we might not otherwise. Couples will be paired at

random.

Do I have to invite all four Roman boys if I get paired with Dan and

Brenda Roman?

No, this is a club for adults. It is not expected that you invite the

children. If the host wants to invite the children, they may, but

again, this is a club for adults.

How do I sign up?

Please see Brenda Roman in the hall for sign up forms, or email her

at brock0187@yahoo.com. Please include your name & the name

of your spouse, or buddy. Also include email addresses for both,

phone numbers, and home addresses.

See you at dinner!!

ST. KATHERINE DINNER CLUB

mailto:brock0187@yahoo.com

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You can now share our website with your family and friends and have them buy their cookbooks directly from our website. We are now set

up with PayPal for cookbook purchases and eventually

stewardship and donations!

We now have a new landscape company servicing our needs owned by parishioners Spiros & Costas Theodoropoulos. Call 321-888-0474

WHAT A BLESSING: THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED SO FAR.

OUR ANNUAL BILL HAS ALREADY DROPPED BY 12%! IF MORE PARISHIONERS PARTICIPATE WE CAN GET THIS COST DOWN TO “0”.

SO PLEASE, CONTACT COSTAS THEODOROPOULOS IN ORDER TO SAVE YOURSELVES & THE CHURCH MONEY.

PROPOSAL FOR PRICE REDUCTION PROGRAM:

STEWARDSHIP PRAYER

In the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ our God, accept our offerings as You have accepted the gifts of Your people throughout the ages. We offer these gifts to Your glory, for the support of the ministries of Your Holy Church, for the alleviation of suffering and hunger, and for the proclamation of Your Gospel to the whole world. Grant us Your blessing, Lord our Savior, that we may always be faithful stewards, continuing to share the gifts you have given us, by the power of Your grace, mercy and love. May Your name be glorified forever. Amen.

2016 STEWARDSHIP

106 Stewards Pledging $121,442.

Paid to Date $55,538.

HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR 2016 STEWARDSHIP FORM TO HELP

YOUR CHURCH?

48 Friends of St. Katherine paid $23,708. [For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Luke 12:34

THE JESUS PRAYER

Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Υἱέ Θεοῦ,

ἐλέησόν με τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν.

(τὴν ἁμαρτωλόν if prayed by a female)

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

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