August 19, 2018

SAINT SOPHIA CATHEDRAL

MIAMI, FLORIDA

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

Andrew the General & Martyr & his 2,593 soldiers

During the reign of Maximian, about the year 289,
Antiochus the Commander-in-Chief of the Roman
forces sent Andrew with many other soldiers against
the Persians, who had overrun the borders of the Ro-
man dominion. Saint Andrew persuaded his men to
call upon the Name of Christ, and when they had de-
feated the Persians with unexpected triumph, his sol-
diers believed in Christ with him. Antiochus, learning
of this, had them brought before him. When they confessed Christ to be God, he had
Andrew spread out upon a bed of iron heated fiery hot, and had the hands of his fel-
low soldiers nailed to blocks of wood. Antiochus then commanded some thousand sol-
diers to chase the Saints beyond the borders of the empire. Through the instructions
of Saint Andrew, these soldiers also believed in Christ. At the command of Antio-
chus, they were all beheaded in the mountain passes of the Taurus mountains of
Cilicia.

Rev. Fr. Spiro D. Bobotas

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Liturgical Guide

Resurrectional Apolytikion –Tone 3
Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια,

Let the heavens sing for joy, and let everything on earth be glad. * For with His Arm the
Lord has worked power. * He trampled death under foot by means of death; * and He be-
came the firstborn from the dead. * From the maw of Hades He delivered us; * and He grant-

ed the world His great mercy.

Apolytikion for Apodosis of the Dormition in the First Mode
Εν τή Γεννήσει τήν παρθενίαν εφύλαξας,

In giving birth, thou didst preserve thy virginity; in thy dormition, thou didst not forsake the
world, O Theotokos. Thou wast translated unto life, since thou art the Mother of Life; and
by thine intercessions dost thou redeem our souls from death.

Apolytikion for St. Sophia Tone 3
Χαίρει ἔχουσα ἡ Ἐκκλησία, .

Having you and your three daughters, as a sacred boast the Church rejoices, and with glad-
ness she praises you, You are to me my pride and joy, as are the most precious relics of your

children; Oh Glorious Martyrs: Sophia, Faith, Hope and Love, intercede to Christ our
God to save our souls.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode
Τήν εν πρεσβείαις ακοίμητον Θεοτόκον

Neither the grave nor death could contain the Theotokos, the unshakable hope, ever vigilant
in intercession and protection. As Mother of life, He who dwelt in the ever-virginal womb
transposed her to life.

TRISAGION
Sophia Kentrianou
Beloved Mother of Maria Kalogeropoulos
Yiayia of Olga Kalogeropoulos

Scripture Readings

Epistle Reading:

The Reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 15:1-11

BRETHREN, I would remind you in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which
you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast - unless you
believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that
Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he
was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to
Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at
one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared
to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also
to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I perse-
cuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward
me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not
I, but the grace of God which is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and

so you believed.

Gospel Reading:

The Reading is from Matthew

At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what
good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you call me
good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He
said to him, "Which?" And Jesus said, "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery,
You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and
You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The young man said to him, "All these I have
observed; what do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what
you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow





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me." When the young man heard this he Carlos and Evangelia Prevolis
went away sorrowful; for he had great present their new daughter
possessions.. And Jesus said to his disci-
ples, "Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for Anastasia
a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to for the traditional 40 day blessing
go through the eye of a needle than for a
rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
When the disciples heard this they were
greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can

be saved?" But Jesus looked at them
and said to them, "With men this is
impossible, but with God all things
are possible."