ST. ELIAS THE PROPHET September 1 GREEK ORTHODOX …steliasnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Newsletter-2015-09-10.pdfGREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015 The glorious Elias,

ST. ELIAS THE PROPHET GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015

The glorious Elias,

incarnate messenger of God,

pillar of prophets,

and second forerunner of the coming of Christ

sent grace from on high

to Elisha that he might cleanse lepers

and heal sickness

Ecclesiastical New Year + September 1

"O Word of the Father from before the

ages, Who, being in the form of God,

broughtest creation into being out of noth-

ing; Thou Who hast put the times and sea-

sons in Thine own power: Bless the crown

of the year with Thy goodness; give peace

unto Thy churches, victory unto Thy faith-

ful hierarchs, fruitfulness unto the earth,

and Great Mercy unto us."

--Orthros of the Feast, Tone 3

A WELCOME NOTE TO OUR GUESTS:

We are glad to have you worshipping with us today.

Please sign our Guest Register

and introduce yourself to Father Dimitrios after the service.

Please join us for lunch following the Divine Liturgy.

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver

The MOST Rev. Metropolitan Isaiah, Primate

Reverend Fr. Dimitrios A. Pappas, Priest

St. Elias the Prophet

46 Calle Electra

Santa Fe, NM 87508

(505) 466-0015 office (505) 204-4655 cell [email protected]

www.stelias.nm.goarch.org

SERVICES FOR SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER

Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am

TUESDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER


SUNDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER


MONDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER






SERVICES FOR OCTOBER

SUNDAY, 5 OCTOBER


SUNDAY, 11 OCTOBER


SUNDAY, 18 OCTOBER Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am

SUNDAY, 25 OCTOBER Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am

MONDAY, 26 OCTOBER Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am

SERVICES AND INFORMATION Times of Services:

Sundays: Orthros/Matins - 9:00am; Divine Liturgy - 10:00am

September 1 is the beginning of the Orthodox ecclesiastical year.

According to Tradition, it was on September 1 that our Lord and Saviour entered the synagogue in

his hometown of Nazareth and was given to read a scroll from the prophet Isiah. It was customary

at that time for the Jewish male to read in the synagogue once he had reached his thirtieth year. It

was not a coincidence that Christ read prophetic words which referred to Him personally. It was the

will of God for Him to be revealed in this manner. When

He stood to read these were the words He uttered:

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath

anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent

me to heal the broken- hearted, to preach deliverance

to the captives, and recov- ering of sight to the blind, to set

at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the accept-

able year of the Lord” (Isiah 61:1-2).

St. Luke’s gospel tells us Christ then “closed the book,

and gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the

eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened

on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare

him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth” (Luke 4:20-

22). The Church, in her wisdom, decided the appropriate day to begin the Church year was the very

day on which Christ began His ministry, the day He began to “preach the acceptable year of the

Lord”.

Interestingly, the ecclesiastical year begins and ends with the Theotokos. On September 8 we cele-

brate her nativity, just one week into the new Church year. We celebrate her dormition, or falling

asleep, on August 15, two weeks before the end of the Church year.

I don’t think we can view this as a coincidence. Our salvation begins with her as she was the long-

awaited one; without her Christ would not have been born. So her own nativity is a kind of

“beginning of our salvation” (Troparion of the Nativity of Christ). Her falling asleep and being es-

corted by her Son to Paradise is the appropriate ending. Taking our cue from the Lady Theotokos an

appropriate “new year’s resolution” should be to die with Christ so that we can live with Him, to en-

dure so that we too will reign.

“For if we have died with him, we will also live with him; and if we endure we shall also reign with

him” (2 Tim. 2:11).

THE DESERT FATHER’S AND MOTHER’S

BOTTOM ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: ST. MAXIMOS KAFSOKALIVITIS, ST. IERONYMOS

(JEROME), ST. CHARITON, ST. ANTONIOS THE GREAT, ST. MARIA OF EGYPT, ST. SIMEON

THE STYLITES, ST. SISOIS WITH ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ST. SAVVAS, ST. PACHOMIOS,

ST. GERASIMOS IORDANITIS. TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: ST. ATHANASIOS ATHONITE, ST.

PROPHIRIOS THE KAFSOKALIVITIS (NEWLY CANONIZED SAINT 2013) ST, THEODORE THE

STOUDITIS, ST. ARSENIOS THE CAPPADOCIAN, ST. GERASIMOS OF KAFALONIA, ST. MELE-

TIOS OF IPSENI OF RHODES (NEWLY CANONIZED SAINT 2013) ST. PAUL THE THIVAIOS.

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St. Sisois mourns in front of Alexander the Great’s tomb (July 6th) St. Sisoi’s icon (below) is to be found in the Monastery of Varlaam, Meteora (central Greece). It depicts a unique theme, whereby St. Siois is mourning in front of Alexander the Great’s tomb, the most famous Greek king ever to have lived.

St. Sisois the Great is a saint of the Orthodox Church. He was a famous ascetic, and was from Egypt. He lived in the dessert and later on the mountain, where St. Anthony died. St. Sisois lived during the 4th and 5th century and died in 429, after 62 years of ascetic life. We remember him on the 6th of July. The fact that St. Sisois mourned in front of the tomb of this great king, shows that there is a tomb, which, for some unknown reason, is hard to find. Today, no one knows where this tomb lies; is it in Greece, is it in Egypt, Babylon, India…? The fact that

SAINTS OF ORTHODOX COUNTRIES

BOTTOM ROW LEFT TO RIGHT:ST. NEKTARIOS (GREECE ),ST. KOSMAS AITOLOS (GREECE),

ST. SAVVAS (SERBIA) ST. PARASKEVE THE NEW EPIVATINI “PETKA”(ROMANIA/ BURGARIA),

ST. MOSES (ETHIOPIA), THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS AND EVER VIRGIN MARY PROTEC-

TOR OF SANTA FE, ST. JOHN MAXIMOVICH OF SAN FRANCSICO (AMERICA), ST. PETER

ALEUT OF ALASKA “NATIVE AMERICAN” (AMERICA), ST. TIKHON (RUSSIA), ST. MITROFANIS

THE PRIEST MARTYR (CHINA) TOP ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: ST.SEBASTIAN (ITALY) ST. CICILIA

(ITALY), ST. NICHOLAS VELIMIROVICH (SERBIA) ST. VERONICA “THE ONE WHO WIPED THE

FACE OF CHRIST ON THE TO HIS CRUCIFIXION “, ST. PATRICK (IRELAND), ST. MOTRONA

THE BLIND (RUSSIA), ST. LUKE THE DOCTOR (UKRAINE), ST. MARTIN POPE OF ROME

(ITALY)____________________________________________________________________________________

ST. VERONICA

(July 12th)

Saint Veronica, who wiped Christ's face as He went to his crucifixion. Saint Veronica (also Berenice) is known as the woman who wiped Christ's face as He carried His cross to-wards Golgotha and as the woman who Christ cured of the issue of blood, who is also traditionally identified as Herod the Great's niece. The Church celebrates her feast day on July 12. Traditionally, Veronica came to believe in Christ when He healed her of an ailment that had afflicted her for twelve years. The next episode that we hear of in her life is the famous cloth incident during Christ's crucifixion. When Christ paused in exhaustion, Veronica was able to give the Lord her handkerchief. When she looked at the cloth again, she realized that an image of Christ's face had appeared on it; this is often called the first icon.

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http://orthodoxwiki.org/Jesus_Christ

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http://orthodoxwiki.org/Iconography

September and October 2015 6 September (Sunday) prosforon and coffee hour April Del-las and Jerry Schwartz 13 September (Sunday) prosforon Mary Santikos, coffee hour Bonnie Hardwick 20 September (Sunday) prosforon Diane Tintor, coffee hour Michelle Armijo 27 September (Sunday) prosforon and coffee hour Anna Pat-salis

4 October (Sunday) prosforon and coffee hour Shirley Denko 11 October (Sunday) prosforon and coffee hour Niki Con-stantaras 18 October (Sunday) prosforon and coffee hour Anastasia Stevens 25 October (Sunday) prosforon and coffee hour Frederika Vaupen Prosfora must be at the church by 9:00 a.m.

To change your day you must find and give sufficient notice to someone to take

your place.You're also responsible for coffee room clean up.

Memory Eternal

It is with great sadness that Burton Vaupen fell

asleep on August 31th. Husband of Frederika Vau-

pen. Mermoril Contribution can be made to St. Elias

church 46 Calle Electra SF, NM 87508 or to Alz-

heimer’s Association 811 St. Michels Dr. Ste. 106

SF, NM 87505 or to Beit Tikv 2230 Old Pecos Trail

87502.

May his memory be eternal

Stewardship 2015

We have collected so far $50, 500 in stewardship this

year . Our budget for the year is $135,000. If you have

not yet signed your Stewardship card . Please do so.

Every Steward is very important to us, If you need a

card, you may pick one up at the church or please call

Alexiou, Gay Lynn

Alexis, Dean & Cynthia

Armijo, Michelle

Argos, Potitsa

Ballas, Peter

Boone-Van Zandt,

Dennis & Tonya

Brophy, Judith

Carl, Melissa

Constantaras, Dr. Alex &

Niki

Constantaras, Alexia

Cook, Bess & Leslie

Daskalos, Chris & Milly

Dellas, Mike and April

Denko John & Shirley

Denko Katherine

Eddings Scott & Lena

Ennis, Mac

Grivas, Peter

Hardwick, Bonnie

Hondros, Maria

Kalangis, Alex & Svenja

Karalis, Pano

Kassisieh Qustandi

Kefal, Nymphe

Kitsos, Vasilos&Christina

Knutson, Kristofer

Komis, Lemonia & Peter

Kurtz, Eva

Lamn, Diana

Manos, Peter

Martinez, Matthew &

Maryol, Georgia

Margo, Carol

Nicholson, DJ & Marga-

ret

O’Brien, Mary

Panagopoulos, Pavlos

Pappas, Alex & Rena

Pappas, Fr. Dimitrios

Pappas, George A.

Pappas, Dean & Jennifer

Parry, Eugenia

Patsalis, Ignatios & Anna

Pavlakos, Costa

Pavlakos, Niko & Marina

Pavlakos, Vasilios &

Evange

Proestos, Paul & Susan

Robeson, Steven & Besty

Razatos, Leonardo

Round, Raphal and

Juliana

Sander, Vicki

Santikos, Mary

Santikos , Violeta Schwartz, Jerry

Shea, Michael and Gael

Levings

Skinas, Hellen

Sleder, Al & Martha

Steven, Joe and Anastasia

Tintor, Diane

Topakas, George & Lu-

rani

Tramontanas, Kerry

Tramontanas, Tracey

Vaupen, Burt &

Frederika

Zrilic, Djuro

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Thomas Sunday

Orthros 9:00am

Divine Liturgy 10:00am

2 3 4 5 6 7

Vespers 6:00pm

8 Myrrh bearers

St. John the Theologian

Orthros9:00am


MOTHERS DAY

9 10 11 12 13 14

Wedding 4:30pm

No Vespers

15 Paralytic

Orthros9:00am


16

17 18

Mid– Pentecost

Orthros 9:00am


19 20

21 St. Constantine and

Helen

Orthros 9:00am


Vespers 6:00pm

22 Samaritan Women

Orthros 9:00am


23 24

25

26

27 28

Vespers 6:00pm

29 Blind Man

Orthros 9:00am


30

MEMORIAL DAY

31


1 Thomas Sunday

Orthros 9:00am


2 3 4 5 6 7

Vespers 6:00pm

8 Myrrh bearers


Orthros9:00am


MOTHERS DAY

9 10 11 12 13 14

Wedding 4:30pm

No Vespers

15 Paralytic

Orthros9:00am


16

17 18

Mid– Pentecost

Orthros 9:00am


19 20


Helen

Orthros 9:00am


Vespers 6:00pm

22 Samaritan Women

Orthros 9:00am


23 24

25

26

27 28

Vespers 6:00pm

29 Blind Man

Orthros 9:00am


30

MEMORIAL DAY

31


1 Thomas Sunday

Orthros 9:00am


2 3 4 5 6 7

Vespers 6:00pm

8 Myrrh bearers


Orthros9:00am


MOTHERS DAY

9 10 11 12 13 14

Wedding 4:30pm

No Vespers

15 Paralytic

Orthros9:00am


16

17 18

Mid– Pentecost

Orthros 9:00am


19 20


Helen

Orthros 9:00am


Vespers 6:00pm

22 Samaritan Women

Orthros 9:00am


23 24

25

26

27 28

Vespers 6:00pm

29 Blind Man

Orthros 9:00am


30

MEMORIAL DAY

31


1 Thomas Sunday

Orthros 9:00am


2 3 4 5 6 7

Vespers 6:00pm

8 Myrrh bearers


Orthros9:00am


MOTHERS DAY

9 10 11 12 13 14

Wedding 4:30pm

No Vespers

15 Paralytic

Orthros9:00am


16

17 18

Mid– Pentecost

Orthros 9:00am


19 20


Helen

Orthros 9:00am


Vespers 6:00pm

22 Samaritan Women

Orthros 9:00am


23 24

25

26

27 28

Vespers 6:00pm

29 Blind Man

Orthros 9:00am


30

MEMORIAL DAY

31


1 Thomas Sunday

Orthros 9:00am


2 3 4 5 6 7

Vespers 6:00pm

8 Myrrh bearers


Orthros9:00am


MOTHERS DAY

9 10 11 12 13 14

Wedding 4:30pm

No Vespers

15 Paralytic

Orthros9:00am


16

17 18

Mid– Pentecost

Orthros 9:00am


19 20


Helen

Orthros 9:00am


Vespers 6:00pm

22 Samaritan Women

Orthros 9:00am


23 24

25

26

27 28

Vespers 6:00pm

29 Blind Man

Orthros 9:00am


30

MEMORIAL DAY

31


*SHADED AREAS ARE

FASTING DAYS*

1

2

3

4

Orthros 9:00 am

Divine Liturgy 10:00 am

5

6 7 8

9 10

11 Parish council

Orthros 9:00 am


12 13 14 15

16

17

18 ST. LUKE THE EVANGALIST

Orthros 9:00 am


19 20 ST. GERASIMOS 21 22 23 ST. IAKOVOS 24

25

Orthros 9:00 am


26 ST. DIMITRIOS

Orthros 9:00 am


27 ST. NESTOR 28 OXI DAY 29 30 31

OCTOBER 2015

SEPTEMBER 2015


1 Thomas Sunday

Orthros 9:00am


2 3 4 5 6 7

Vespers 6:00pm

8 Myrrh bearers


Orthros9:00am


MOTHERS DAY

9 10 11 12 13 14

Wedding 4:30pm

No Vespers

15 Paralytic

Orthros9:00am


16

17 18

Mid– Pentecost

Orthros 9:00am


19 20


Helen

Orthros 9:00am


Vespers 6:00pm

22 Samaritan Women

Orthros 9:00am


23 24

25

26

27 28

Vespers 6:00pm

29 Blind Man

Orthros 9:00am


30

MEMORIAL DAY

31


1 ECCLESSIASTICAL NEW

YEAR

2 3 4

5

6

Orthros 9:00am


7

Labor day

8 BIRTH OF THE THEOTO-

KOS

Orthros 9:00am


9

10

11

12

13 ELAVATION OF THE

HOLY CROSS

Parish Council Meeting

Orthros 9 00am


14 ELAVATION OF THE

HOLY CROSS

Orthros 9 00am


15

16

17

18

19

20

Orthros 9:00am


21

22 23

24 Panagia Myrtigiotissa

25

St. Efrosini

26

27

Orthros 9:00am


28

29

30

*SHADED AREAS ARE

FASTING DAYS*

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ST. ELIAS THE PROPHET September 1 GREEK ORTHODOX …steliasnm.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Newsletter-2015-09-10.pdfGREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015 The glorious Elias,