SERVICES AND EVENTS
Saturday, September 10, 6:30pm Vespers
Sunday, September 11, 9am Matins 10am Divine Liturgy
Tuesday, September 13, 6:30pm Vespers for Exaltation of the Cross
Wednesday September 14, 9am Divine Liturgy for Exaltation of the Cross
Saturday, September 17, 6:30pm Vespers
Sunday, September 18, 9am Matins 10am Divine Liturgy
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Church School Starts Sept. 11
Parish Council Meets Sept. 18
Fellowship of St. Moses the Black Annual Conference takes place Oct. 14-16 online and in person (Pittsburgh, PA). The theme is “Baptizing Culture”. Register here: http://mosestheblack.org/conferences/2022-conference/
Birthdays: Natalie Wilson (9/12)
Tone 4 Troparion (Resurrection)
When the women disciples of the Lord
learned from the angel the joyous message of Thy Resurrection, they cast away the ancestral curse
and elatedly told the apostles:
“Death is overthrown!
Christ God is risen,//
granting the world great mercy!”
Tone 4 Troparion (Feast) Your nativity, O Virgin,
has proclaimed joy to the whole universe! The Sun of righteousness, Christ our God, has shone from you, O Theotokos.
By annulling the curse,
He bestowed a blessing.//
By destroying death, He has granted us eternal life.
Tone 8 Troparion (St. Theodora)
The image of God was truly preserved in you, O Mother,
for you took up the Cross and follow Christ.
By so doing, you taught us to disregard the flesh for it passes away; but to care instead for the soul, for it is immortal.//
Therefore your spirit, venerable Theodora, rejoices with the angels.
Tone 4 Kontakion (Resurrection) My Savior and Redeemer
as God rose from the tomb and delivered the earth-born from their chains. He has shattered the gates of hell,
and as Master,//
He has risen on the third day!
Tone 2 Kontakion (St. Theodora)
You depleted your bodily strength by fasting, vigil, and prayers, entreating the Creator to grant forgiveness of your sin;
having received it, you showed us the way of repentance,// venerable Mother Theodora.
Tone 4 Kontakion (Feast)
By your nativity, O most pure Virgin,
Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness,
Adam and Eve — from the corruption of death.
And we, your people, freed from the guilt of sin, celebrate and sing to you:// “The barren woman gives birth to the Theotokos, the nourisher of our Life.”
Tone 6 Prokeimenon (Sunday Before)
O Lord, save Your people, / and bless Your inheritance! (Ps. 27:9a)
V. To You, O Lord, will I call. O my God, be not silent to me! (Ps. 27:1a)
My soul magnifies the Lord, / and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. (Lk. 1:46-47)
Galatians 6:11-18 (Epistle, Sunday Before)
See with what large letters I have written to you with my own hand! As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these would compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For not even those who are circumcised keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may boast in your flesh. But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
1 Corinthians 16:13-24 (Epistle)
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. I urge you, brethren – you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints – that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us. I am glad about the coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men. The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. The salutation with my own hand – Paul’s. If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. O Lord, come! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Tone 1
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
V. I have exalted one chosen out of My people. (Ps. 88:18b)
V. For My hand shall defend him and My arm shall strengthen him. (Ps. 88:20) V. Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear! (Ps. 44:9a)
John 3:13-17 (Gospel, Sunday Before)
No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Matthew 21:33-42 (Gospel)
Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?