Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church

800 Westridge Road, Greensboro, NC 27410

Rev. Father Sarantis Loulakis Emergency Mobile: 516-526-1475

Office Phone: 336-292-8013 Fax: 336-256-9908 www.dormition.nc.goarch.org

office@dormition.nc.goarch.org

Bulletin for Sunday, April 19, 2020 Holy Pascha, the Feast of Lights

Our mission… is to become Disciples of Christ, through thought, word and deed, humbly submitting to the will of the Father, while seeking the Holy Spirit

to achieve Salvation. Our Vision… with the Grace of God, is to provide a loving community

where all belong to Christ, through worship, sanctification, education, witness, compassion and fellowship.

UPCOMING SERVICES

Friday April 17 Holy Friday Vespers and Apokathelosis Service 1 pm Epitaphios Service 5 pm

Saturday April 18 Holy Saturday Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil

9am

Sunday April 19 Easter Sunday Resurrection Service 9am Divine Liturgy followed by Agape Vespers 10am

Sunday April 26 Thomas Sunday Matins 9am Divine Liturgy 10am

Parish Council meeting Tuesday, April 21, 7:30pm by Zoom

*** Due to the Corona virus outbreak the service schedule is subject to change. Watch your email or listen for a phone message with any changes.

CHRISTOS ANESTI! – ALITHOS ANESTI! CHRIST IS RISEN!!! HE IS TRULY RISEN!!!

HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER!

It is with heartfelt brotherly love that on behalf of the Presi-dent of the Parish Council, Mr. Philip Vavalides, the entire PC Membership, the Ladies Philoptochos, our youth and Presvytera Norma, I would like to extend to ALL of you a very happy and blessed Easter. Christos Anesti! He is truly risen!

It is my indisputable belief that although we did not have the opportunity to re-live together in our beloved church the Lord’s Holy Passion and celebrate His Holy Resurrection, I know in my heart we were together in spirit in your “little church,” your homes. Together, we shared not only tears for His great compassion for our “souls and bodies”, but also (continued on next page)

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Thank you for joining with us in prayer and fellowship.

We would appreciate getting to meet you, but due to restrictions imposed because of the Covid-19 outbreak we are not having a fellowship hour. If you would like to speak with Father Sarantis or a parish council member please call the church office and leave your name and phone number and Father Sarantis will return your call.

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chanted praises of gratitude for His abundance love for all of us. We wish to thank, Philip and Michelle, and their assistants, for the amazing and most important tireless effort to assist me in the many venues to produce the Ho-ly services virtually to all of you every single day. In addition, I would like to thank all of you, firstly, for being part of our virtual congregation, not only our parishioners and friends of our beloved Parish, but al-so those who virtually prayed with us from afar such as Palestine, Australia, Greece, UK, NY, CT, Texas, and many more. This is Faith! Secondly, I would like to thank all of you who supported and keep supporting our church with your financial support of stewardship and lighting virtual candles. It meant a lot to all of us knowing that although you were not present in body you acknowledged that our beloved church, the Dormition of the The-otokos’ financial needs were still there during these unprecedented times. We are grateful! God bless you! MANY HEALTHY YEARS TO ALL!!!

Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας,

καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!

Transliteration: Christós anésti ek nekrón, thanáto thánaton patísas,

ké tís en tís mnímasi, zoín charisámenos!

Christ is Risen from the dead, trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!

The Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Great and Holy Pascha – The Feast of Lights

The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Doxology omitted, instead: – Tone 5

(… - Christ is risen…) Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death and to those in the tombs He has granted life. 3rd Antiphon: Hymn of the Feast – Tone 5:

(…) Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Eisodikon (Hymn of the Entrance): (…) Bless God in the churches, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. Save us, O Son of God, who arose from the dead. We sing to You, Alleluia. The Apolytikion of the Feast – Tone 5:

(…) Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death and to those in the tombs He has granted life. The Hymn of the Feast – Tone 4:

(...) When the women with Mary had come before dawn and they found that the stone had been rolled away from the sepulcher, they heard from the Angel, “Why do you seek among the dead as a mortal man the One who exists in everlasting light. See the grave clothes in the sepulcher. Run and proclaim to the world that the Lord has risen and put death to death for He is the Son of God who saves the hu-man race.” Kontakion of the Feast – Tone 8: () Into the grave You descended, Immortal One, yet You destroyed the power of Hades; and as victor You arose, O Christ our God; You proclaimed to the Myrrh-bearing women a greeting of joy, You brought peace to holy Your Apostles, and to the fallen You granted resurrection. The Trisagion Hymn () You who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ, Alleluia. (3)

Epistle Reading: Acts 1:1-8 IN THE FIRST BOOK, O Theophilos, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given command-ment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, for John baptized with wa-ter, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall re-ceive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my wit-nesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth."

Gospel Reading: John 1:1-17 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Megalynarion (Pascha) – Tone 8: (-The angel cried…) The Angel cried aloud to the Lady full of grace: Rejoice, O pure Virgin; and again I say Rejoice. Your Son has truly risen from the grave on the third day.

Communion Hymn (Koinonikon) (-Receive the body of Christ…) Receive the Body of Christ; taste from the immortal fount. (Alleluia omitted)

Chanters: Hymn after Communion (… -Christ is risen…) Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Chanters: Apolysis (Dismissal)

… -Christ is risen…) Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Great and Holy Pascha

Mary Magdalene, and the other women who were present at the burial of our Savior on Friday evening, returned from Golgotha to the city and prepared fragrant spices and myrrh, so that they might anoint the body of Jesus. On the morrow, because of the law which forbids work on the day of the Sabbath, they rested for the whole day. But at early dawn on the Sunday that followed, almost thirty-six hours since the death of the Life-giving Redeemer, they came to the sepulcher with the spices to anoint His body. While they were considering the difficulty of rolling away the stone from the door of the sepulcher, there was a fearful earthquake; and an Angel, whose countenance shone like lightning and whose garment was white as snow, rolled away the stone and sat up-on it. The guards that were there became as dead from fear and took to flight. The women, however, went into the sepulcher, but did not find the Lord's body. Instead, they saw two other Angels in the form of youths clothed in white, who told them that the Savior was risen, and they sent forth the women, who ran to proclaim to the disci-ples these gladsome tidings. Then Peter and John arrived, having learned from Mary Magdalene what had come to pass, and when they entered the tomb, they found only the winding sheets. Therefore, they returned again to the city with joy, as heralds now of the supernatural Resurrection of Christ, Who in truth was seen alive by the disciples on this day on five occasions. Our Lord, then, was crucified, died, and was buried on Friday, before the setting of the sun, which was the first of His "three days" in the grave; observing the mystical Sab-bath, that "seventh day" in which it is said that the Lord "rested from all His works" (Gen. 2:2-3), He passed all of Saturday in the grave; and He arose "while it was yet dark, very early in the morning" on Sunday, the third day, which, according to the Hebrew reckoning, began after sunset on Saturday.

Albanian Krishti u Ungjall Vertet Unjal!

Arabic Al Massih Qam! Haken Qam!

Armenian Krisdos haryav ee

merelotz!

Orhnyal eh harootiunun

Krisdosee!

Bulgarian Hristos Voskrese! Vo Istina Voskrese!

Castilian Cristo ha Resucitado! En Verdad ha Resucita-

do!

English Christ Is Risen! Truly He Is Risen!

French Le Christ est Ressuscite! En Verite Il est

Ressuscite!

Georgian Kriste agsdga! C'esmarit'ad agsdga!

German Christus ist Erstanden! Er ist Wahrhaftig

Erstanden!

Greek Christos Anesti! Alithos Anesti!

Italian Cristo `e Risorto! Veramente `e Risorto!

Latin Christus Resurrexit! Vere Resurrexit!

Romanian Hristos a Inviat! Adevarat a Inviat!

Russian Khristos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!

Serbian Hristos Voskrese! Vaistinu Voskrese!

Spanish ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad ha resucitado!

Swahili Kristo Amefufukka! Kweli Amefufukka!

Turkish Hristos Diril-di! Hakikaten Diril-di!

Ukranian Khristos Voskres! Voistinu Voskres!

Ladies Philoptochos The deadline for the Philoptochos and Pete Harris Scholarship Applications has been extended until 12 Noon, Sunday, June 7th. Please contact Gwen Varsamis, Chapter Corresponding Secretary, 336-601-6717or by email gwen.varsamis@gmail.com if you need additional information, or to request an application electronically.

Graduation Sunday has been postponed until a later date and will be resched-uled after the COVID 19 restrictions have been lifted. At that time, High School and College Graduates, and all former Philoptochos Scholarship recipi-ents, will be honored in addition to the 2020 Philoptochos and Pete Harris Scholarship recipients. We are asking this year’s graduates and former recipients, (or family or friends of graduates or former recipients), to please send their email addresses to Catherine Stuman, (ccstuman@yahoo.com) by May 1 so they may be contacted about this special day.

STEWARDSHIP One day, a person complained to his priest that the Church and Christianity is one contin-ual “give, give, give.” To which the priest re-plied, “Thank you very much for the finest definition of Christianity I have ever heard. You’re right, Christianity is all about a con-stant “give, give, give.” God giving His only Son to the world to show His unconditional love. His Son Jesus giving His life on the cross to forgive our sins and destroy death. Then our Lord’s disciples giving all they had

to make sure God’s Good News of love was preached to all people everywhere. They not only gave away their homes and businesses, but even gave up their lives as martyrs in gratitude to God!

IN TIMES OF ILLNESS

"Come, O blessed of my father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was sick and you visited me." \ (Matt. 25:31-46).

When a member of our Parish is ill and has been hospitalized or may be recuperat-ing at home, the immediate family should contact Father Sarantis at (516) 526-1475 or call the church office. It is beneficial to both the body and the soul when our priest prays for us when we are healthy or ill.

Sunday School Class Spring Schedule

Classes are cancelled until further notice

COVID-19 Information Dear Parishioners As our country continues to deal with the corona virus outbreak things change on a daily basis. The parish council has recently received a number of encyclicals and instructions from His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, and His Emi-nence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, directing the priests and parish councils of the archdiocese to implement certain procedures in an effort to protect us from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) virus. Your parish council is working hard to implement these instructions to protect everyone’s health. All social events are canceled until further notice. The church office is closed, all work must be by phone or email. Please mail your offering checks to the church. Services are being held by Father Sarantis with the assistance of two chanters and one parish council member. The schedule is on the front of this bulletin. We are steaming all services live on YouTube and Facebook.