June 8, 2025

Pentecost

 

TO OUR VISITORS

Welcome! We hope your time with us is healing and worshipful. Please note that, although we have much respect for other Christian traditions, Holy Communion is reserved for properly prepared members of the Orthodox Church. Everyone is invited to partake of the blessed bread after the conclusion of the Liturgy. May God’s blessing be upon you!

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Hymns in Today’s Liturgy

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Resurrectional Apolytikion (Tone 6)

When Mary stood at Thy grave, looking for Thy sacred body, angelic powers shone above Thy revered tomb. And the soldiers who were to keep guard became as dead men. Thou led Hades captive and wast not tempted thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst give life to the world, O Thou, Who art risen from the dead, O Lord, glory to Thee.

 

Apolytikion of the Ascension (Tone 4)

Thou hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, and gladdened Thy Disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit, making them confident through the blessing that Thou art the Son of God, and Deliverer of the world.

 

Apolytikion of the Holy Fathers (Tone 8)

Thou, O Christ, art our God of exceeding praise Who didst establish our holy Fathers as luminous stars upon earth, and through them didst guide us unto the true Faith, O most merciful One, glory to Thee.

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Apolytikion of Mary of Egypt (Tone 8)
hrough thee, the divine likeness was securely preserved, O mother Mary; for thou didst carry the cross and follow Christ. By example and precept thou didst teach us to ignore the body, because it is perishable, and to attend to the concerns of the undying soul. Therefore, doth thy soul rejoice with the angels.

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Kontakion of the Ascension (Tone 6)

When Thou didst fulfill Thy dispensation for our sakes, uniting the terrestrials with the celestials, Thou didst ascend in glory, O Christ our God, inseparable in space, but constant without separation, and crying unto Thy beloved: I am with you, and no one shall be against you.

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​THE EPISTLE

Acts 2:1-11

WHEN THE DAY of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered, saying, "Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontos and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God."

THE GOSPEL

John 7:37-52; 8:12

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'" Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. When they heard these words, some of the people said, "This is really the prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" So there was a division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why did you not bring him?" The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!" The Pharisees answered them, "Are you led astray, you also? Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd, who do not know the law, are accursed." Nikodemos, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, "Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?" They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee." Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

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UPCOMING AT ST MARY OF EGYPT

 

Saturday

Ladies of St.Mary 10:00 @ Denny's

45RPM  17:00  @  Buck Creek Winery

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Sunday

Setup 08:30 @ Friedens

Orthros & Divine Liturgy 09:00 @ Friedens

Fellowship 11:15 @  Friedens

Takedown 12:00 @ Friedens

 

​​Monday

Book Study 19:00 @ Online

 

Wednesday

Parish Council 18:00 @ Venturas'​​

Tuesday

Christian Education / Catechism 19:00 @ Scotts'

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​Sunday

Setup 08:30 @ Friedens

Orthros & Divine Liturgy 09:00 @ Friedens

Fellowship 11:15 @  Friedens

Takedown 12:00 @ Friedens

 

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On the Road: We are now meeting in Hayden Hall at:

Friedens United Church of Christ
8300 S Meridian St
Indianapolis, IN 46217

for Orthros & Divine Liturgy at our normally scheduled time of 09:00. Please arrive at 08:30 to help set up. 

 

Our new mailing address is:

St. Mary of Egypt Orthodox Church
480 N Town Center Rd PMB 210
Mooresville, IN 46158-1379

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Kneeling Vespers: We will have a shortened Kneeling Vespers immediately after Liturgy this Sunday. Please plan to stay after Communion for this.

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It's a Girl! : Charlotte Mary Ræ Beaven was born 2025‑05‑07 to Drake and Morgan Beaven at St. Francis Hospital in Greenwood. Both mother and daughter are doing well. We are arranging meals and gift cards for them; see Connie Heermann or text her at (317)410‑3955 for more info on this.

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Parish Life Conference and Archdiocesan Convention: Registration for both the PLC in Louisville and the Archdiocesan Convention in Chicago is now open at https://antiochianevents.org.

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Workday: Our first workday to cull the storage units will be 2025‑06‑22 13:30–15:30 at Stor-a-Lot in Franklin.

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Coffee Hour:   Coffee Hour is our time of fellowship after the Liturgy. This week, group B (led by Bobbi Cornelius) will oversee a simplified coffee hour; next week, group C (led by Amal Hanania) will oversee coffee hour. To aid those with allergies, please label any dishes containing peanuts, avocado, pineapple, dairy, oregano, cilantro, or shellfish, as well as any spicy dishes. If you are not currently in a coffee group and would like to join, please contact Amal. Please also remember that, as guests of Friedens UCC, we do not currently have the use of a kitchen so everything we bring in must be taken out when we leave. We must also be finished in plenty of time to clean up and take down so that we are out of the building by 12:30 sharp.

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Restaurant Search: We are looking for restaurants in the area that have either or both of the following characteristics:

1. A private room that will seat 20–25

2. Will donate a percentage of their profits if we arrange for everyone to eat there

If you find a restaurant like this, please let Charles know.

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

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Seeking Ideas: If you have an idea for a community outreach ministry on which we can work while we are temporarily meeting at Friedens, please contact Amal.

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PARISH PRAYER REQUESTS

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Living:  Bp. Nicholas (06‑28); Archpriest Athanasius; Archpriest James; Archpriest Zachariah; Sdn. Alexander; Sdn. Mark; Abraham; Amal; Amber; Amira; Andrea; Bonnie; Deborah; Demetrios; Elen; Elena; Eric; Evgeni; Ezra; Hal; Hannah; Joanna; Kathy; Katya; Larry; Lee; Natalia; Robert; Robert; Roye; Sunday; Tanya; Terry; Thomas; Tonya; Vicki; Wanda; Gretchen (06‑08); Melodie (06‑11); Kenny (06‑29); Charlotte (07‑13)

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Departed:  Alexander (07‑01)

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​Please, notify Charles  of any new prayer requests by Wednesday for inclusion in the bulletin.

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SYNAXARION
 

On 1 June, in the Holy Orthodox Church, we commemorate Martyr Justin the Philosopher and his companions at Rome; and Archimandrite Justin Popovic of Serbia.

On this day, the seventh Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the first Œcumenical Council of the 318 God-bearing Fathers, which took place in Nicæa in Bithynia.

 

O ye light-bearing stars of the spiritual firmament,

enlighten my mind with your rays.

Calling the Son a stranger to the Father’s essence,

Arius proved to be a stranger to God’s glory.

 

Arius, the notorious heretic, began to blaspheme against God and His Son the Word, saying that the latter was not God consubstantial with the Father, but that He was created as a stranger to the Substance of the Father and His glory. Alexander, the Archbishop of Alexandria, tried to constrain Arius from disturbing the faithful with this teaching; even though Alexander excommunicated him, Arius did not cease his blasphemy, which spread throughout the Church in all nations. Thus, Emperor Constantine the Great called the First Œcumenical Council, which gathered bishops and teachers in the Church from all lands. They all proclaimed, as by one mouth, the equality of the Son of God with the Father in Substance, thus laying down the noble Confession of Faith, The Creed, which we Orthodox Christians recite to this day. The Church regards these divine Fathers as preachers of the Faith next to the holy Apostles.

 

By the intercessions of the 318 God-bearing Fathers, O Christ God, have mercy on us. Amen.