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St.
Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church
Sunday Bulletin – October 23rd, 2011 A.D.
Roman Persecution of Christians in
the first few centuries of the Church
St. Ignatius of Antioch was an early Orthodox Bishop and
was fed to the lions…
Although this type of “Roman entertainment” ended long ago,
Did you know that Christians today are still persecuted for
their faith
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Church Address: 80 de Castelnau Est, Montreal, QC, H2R 1P2
– Office: 514-270-9788; Fax: 514-270-6424;
Hall: 514-276-3102; Pastoral Emergency: 514-926-7875 - www.stnicholasmtl.org/office@stnicholasmtl.org
+ Fr. Mark-Arsenios Wyatt (Pastor)
+ The Holy Epistle (Galatians
1:11-19) +
Brethren,
I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man’s
gospel. For I did not receive it from
man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus
Christ. For you have heard of my former
life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to
destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my
people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I
was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to
me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with
flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before
me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after
three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him
fifteen days. But I saw none of the
other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.
(Note: The Arabic Epistle is on the back Cover of this Bulletin)
+ The Holy Gospel (St. Luke 8:26-39) +
At that time, Jesus arrived at
the country of Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. And as he stepped out on
land, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had
worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw
Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What
have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not
torment me.” For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.
[For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with
chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the
wilderness.] Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”;
for many demons had entered him. And they begged Jesus not to command them to depart
into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside;
and they begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the
demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the
steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what had
happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people
went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man
from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his
right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he
who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the
surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked Jesus to depart from them; for they
were seized with great fear; so he got into a boat and returned. The man from
whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with Jesus, but Jesus sent him
away, saying, “Return to your home, and declare all that God has done for you.”
And he went away, proclaiming through the whole city all that Jesus had done
for him.
في
ذلكَ الزمانِ
أتى يسوعُ إلى
كورَةِ الجرجِسيين
فاستقبَلَهُ
رجُلٌ من
المدينةِ بهِ
شياطينُ
مُنْذُ زمانٍ
طويلٍ ولَمْ
يَكُنْ يَلْبَسُ
ثَوْباً ولا
يأوِي إلى
بيتٍ بَلْ إلى
القبورِ* فلَمَّا
رأى يسوعَ
صاحَ وخَرَّ
لَهُ وقالَ بصوتٍ
عظيمٍ ما لي
ولَكَ يا
يسوعُ ابنُ
اللهِ العَلِيِّ.
أطلُبُ إليكَ
ألاّ
تُعَذّبَنِي*
فإنَهُ أمَرَ
الرّوحَ
النَجِسَ أنْ
يَخْرُجَ من
الإنسانِ
لأنَهُ كانَ
قد اختطَفَهُ
مُنْذُ زمانٍ
طويلٍ وكانَ
يُرْبَطُ
بسلاسِلَ ويُحْبَسُ
بقيودٍ
فيَقطَعُ
الرُّبُطَ
ويُسَاقُ من الشيطانِ
إلى البراري*
فسألَهُ
يسوعُ قائِلاً
ما اسمُكَ.
فقالَ له
لَجِيُون
لأنَّ شياطينَ
كثيرينَ
كانوا قد
دَخَلُوا
فيهِ* وطَلَبُوا
إليهِ أنْ لا
يأمرَهُم
بالذَهابِ
إلى الهاويةِ*
وكان هُنَاكَ
قطيعُ
خنازيرَ
كثيرَةٍ تَرْعَى
في الجبَلِ*
فطَلَبُوا
إليهِ أنْ
يأذَنَ لَهُمْ
بالدخولِ
فيها فأذِنَ
لَهُمْ*
فخَرَجَ
الشياطينُ من
الإنسانِ
ودخَلُوا في
الخنازيرِ
فوَثَبَ
القطيعُ عن
الجُرْفِ إلى
البحيرةِ
فاختَنَقَ*
فلَمّا رأى
الرعاةُ ما
حَدَثَ
هَرَبُوا
فأخبَرُوا في
المدينةِ وفي
الحقولِ* فخَرَجُوا
لِيَرَوْا ما
حَدَثَ
وأتُوا إلى يسوعَ
فوجَدُوا
الإنسانَ
الذي خرَجَت
منهُ الشياطينُ
جالِساً عندَ
قدَمَيِّ
يسوعَ لابساً
صحيحَ العقلِ
فخافوا*
وأخبَرَهُم
الناظِرُونَ
أيضاً كيفَ
أُبرِئَ
المجنونُ*
فسأَلَهُ
جميعُ جمهورِ
كورةِ
الجرجسيينَ
أنْ ينصرِفَ
عنهُمْ
لأنَهُ
اعتراهُمْ
خَوْفٌ عظيمٌ.
فَدَخَلَ السفينةَ
وَرَجَعَ*
فسأَلَهُ
الرجُلُ الذي
خَرَجَتْ
منهُ
الشياطينُ أن
يكونَ مَعَهُ.
فصَرَفَهُ
يسوعُ
قائِلاً
إرجَعْ إلى
بيتِكَ وحَدِّثْ
بِمَا صَنَعَ
اللهُ إليْكَ.
فَذَهَبَ وهو
ينادِي في
المدينةِ
كُلِّها بما
صَنَعَ إليهِ
يسوع.
* Announcements *
v
Every Saturday: Great Vespers at 5:00
p.m.
v
Every Sunday: Orthros at 9:30 a.m. &
Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m.
v
Confession: in the Church and by
appointment only.
v
Church
Bookstore - open after all
Church Services & upon request. (See
Fr. Mark).
Ø
Bazaar
Follow-up Meeting: October 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Ø
Annual
Turkey Lunch: October 30th after the Divine Liturgy. For tickets please contact Sylvia
Mefrige 514-344-0550. Limited tickets left and no tickets will be sold at the
door.
Ø
Antiochian
Women Meeting: November 2nd at 7:15 p.m.
Ø
Sunday
School Meeting: November 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Ø
Fall
Delegates Meeting in Brockville: November 4th & 5th
Ø
Teen
SOYO Pizza Party: November 6th after the Divine Liturgy
Ø
Parish
Council Meeting: November 7th at 7:00 p.m.
Ø
St.
Nicholas Feast Day Delicious Sea-food & Lenten Brunch: December 4 in Church
Hall following the Divine Liturgy. See Dianne Barbara for Tickets (514-744-6526) $20/Adult & $10/Child.
Ø
Arabic
Lessons at St. Nicholas Church! Interested?
Call the Church Office to register your name.
Ø
Thank you to those who donated last Sunday towards
the Special Olympics Fundraiser at the Antiochian Village. We collected
$220.00.
Ø
Thank you to all volunteers who helped at the Pie
Bake & Youth Event last Sunday.
Ø
We give our condolences to the Saoumaa Family on
the recent repose of Nagdat Sawmah. Memory Eternal!
Ø
Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Walid Wardi on
the Baptism of their daughter Maria-Teresia last Saturday & to Mr. &
Mrs. Amin Shahda on the Baptism of their daughter Sonia last Sunday. God
grant them all many years!
Ø
For your information: This Year we reinstated the
practice of mailing birthday cards out to our Sunday School Children signed by
Fr. Mark & the Church School Staff. Also a Christmas Card will be sent from
the Church to all registered homes.
Ø
We still need approximately 400 emails of our 600
registered Parishioner Homes. A committee will be contacting all 400 homes for
that purpose, however we ask that you help us by submitting your emails (and
those of your children) so that you can receive important messages from the
Church and know what is going on. Thank you!
Ø
We would like to see you every Sunday at our Coffee
Hours downstairs. If you don’t already do so, please join us for a cup of
coffee and a bit of Fellowship before you go home. We are looking into starting
the practice of offering food with refreshments and not just coffee, and maybe
even pot-luck lunches. We would like to hear your opinion or suggestions
concerning this issue, and we hope that you will help us improve our Coffee
Hours, especially by joining us. Please speak with Fr. Mark or any member of
the Parish Council if you have any constructive ideas to share with us. If you
are visiting our Church, please introduce yourself to Fr. Mark at the end of the
Service, and join us also downstairs for Coffee. Thank you!
Ø The Cedars Home (CHSLD) needs a full-time Social
Worker with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work; is a member of the Ordre
des travailleurs sociaux du Québec; must speak English, French & Arabic.
Please consult www.centrelescedres.ca (Job Postings) or call 514-389-1023 to apply or for more information.
يا
إخوةُ
أعلِمُكم
أنَّ
الإنجيلَ
الذي بَشَّرتُ
بهِ ليسَ
بحسبِ
الإنسانِ*
لأني لم أتَسَلَّمْهُ
أو
أتعلَّمْهُ
مِنْ إنسانٍ
بل بإعلانِ
يسوعَ
المسيحِ
فإنَّكم قد
سمعتُم بسِيرتي
قديماً في
مِلَّةِ
اليهودِ أنّي
كنتُ اضطهِدُ
كنيسةَ اللهِ
بإفراطٍ
وأدمِّرُها*
وأزيدُ تقدُّماً
في مِلَّةِ
اليهودِ على
كثيرينَ من أترابي
في جِنسي
بكَوني أوفرَ
مِنهم غَيرةً
على
تَقليداتِ
آبائي* فلمَّا
ارتضَى اللهُ
الذي
أفرَزَني مِن
جوفِ أمِّي
ودعاني
بنعمَتِهِ*
أنْ يُعلِنَ
ابنَهُ فيَّ
لأبَشِّرَ
بهِ بينَ
الأُمَمِ
لساعتي لم
أُصغِ إلى
لحمٍ ودمٍ* ولا
صَعِدْتُ إلى
أورَشَليمَ
إلى الرسلِ
الذينَ قبلي
بل انطَلَقتُ
إلى ديارِ
العَرَبِ وبعدَ
ذلكَ رَجَعتُ
إلى دِمشقَ*
ثمَّ إنّي
بعدَ ثلاثِ
سنينَ
صَعِدتُ إلى
أورَشَليمَ
لأزورَ بطرسَ
فأَقمتُ
عندَهُ خمسةَ
عَشَرَ يوماً*
ولم أرَ
غيرَهُ مِنَ
الرُّسُلِ
سوى يعقوبَ أخي
الربِّ.
Dear Parishioners: You have no doubt noticed the
new railing on the stairs. This railing was installed to prohibit the local
skate-boarders from skating up and down and leaving black marks on the
granite. The noise that was generated
was also disturbing. At the same time, the fence was repaired as required. The
total cost for these changes is $5000.00 If anyone would like to support these
repairs and make a special donation please
contact the Parish Council Chairman Mounir Abou Assaleh or Aida in the Church Office. We are also planning to install four new metal
doors in the side of the Church as well as the front doors repairing the front
doors or replacing them with new doors. However the front doors will remain as
wood, as we do not want to change the look of the Church. The cost of the metal
doors is approximately $2000.00 per door, and the cost of the wood doors is
approximately $10,000 per door. If you wish to support the new doors please
contact the people mentioned above. Thank you!
Today’s Holy Oblation is offered for the Good Health of:
Michel Eid (Marie-Eve ,Clara), Joseph El Chacra
(Joanne), Nimr El Chacra (Amal, Helene, George, Suzanne, Michelle), Nadim El
Hage (Catherine, Danny, Chuck, Cindy), Douglas Elie (Joy, Stephanie, Christine,
Caroline), Edward Elie (Theresa), John Elie (Kathleen), Victoria Elie, Reginald
Emery (Christine, Adam, Todd), Elias Farah (Marie-Claude, Claudine, Paul-Michel),
Ghassan Fares (Maggie, Sacha, Crystel, Anthony), Elayn Farr (Stephanie), Bachir
Fattal (Nicole), Jean Fattal (Tony, Nadia, Sami), Aura Fornade, Gordon Frampton
(Donna-Marie, Jessica, Chelsea), Louise George, Eva Gebara, Barbar Ghazi (Kelly,
Emmanuel), Wadih Ghazi (Therese), Alfred Gibara (Laurice, Mary, Eddy), Caroline
Gibara, Elie Gibara (Cynthia, Christopher, Kayla), James Gibara (Jacqueline),
Raymond Gibara (Christine, Randall, Mark), Evelyn Gibson, Daniel Gosselin (Rhonda,
Alexandra, Ashley), Edith Grimm, Mario Guerrera (Christine, Nicholas, Karl),
Rosette Habak, (Remi, Nicholas, Maryse), Souad Hachem (Mona), Gabriel Haddad
(Danny, Kristina, Matthew, Sarah Rita), Ghassam Haddad (Eghni, Abddla, Fady),
Ghassan Haddad (Amal, Fadi, Jason, Michael), Madeleine Haddad, Nancy
Haddad(Frederic, Jesse), Nuhad Haddad (Sadie, Randa), Peter Haddad (Joyce),
Ritchie Haddad (Norma, Jacob, Rachel), Ronald Haddad (Rabab, Jason, Michael),
Said Haddad (Millie, Caroline, Salim), Therese Haddad (George), Eddy Hajaly,
Paul Hajaly (Elizabeth, Dayna, Amanda), Peter Hajaly (Catherine, Nicholas),
Stephen Hajaly (Lorraine, Susan, Christopher), Lorraine Hajaly, Nicola Hakim
(Maha, Antoun, Raymond).
Today’s Memorial Service:
* 1st Year for Esther Barbara (Remembered also: George and Carole).
Offered by the Barbara Family.
Today’s Tray Collectors & Ushers:
As October is Teen SOYO Month, Members of the
Teen SOYO will be assisting the Parish Council with collecting the Offering
Trays and Ushering today.
Today’s Youth Reader:
Nicholas Zakaib (Epistle)
Thank you to our 2011 Church Bulletin Sponsor:
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