December 15, 2019

11th Sunday of Luke

Parish Council Elections

Saint On the Sunday that occurs on or im-
Sophia mediately after the eleventh of this
month, we commemorate Christ's
Cathedral forefathers according to the flesh,
both those that came before the Law,
Miami, and those that lived after the giving
Florida
of the Law.
December 15th, Special commemoration is made of
2019 the Patriarch Abraham, to whom the
promise was first given, when God
Telephone: said to him, "In thy seed shall all the
305- 854-2922 nations of the earth be blessed" (Gen.
22:18). This promise was given some
Fax: two thousand years before Christ,
305-858-1854 when Abraham was seventy-five
years of age. God called him and commanded him to forsake his country,
Website: parents, and kinsmen, and to depart to the land of the Canaanites. When he
arrived there, God told him, "I will give this land to thy seed" (Gen. 12:7);
stsophiamiami.org for this cause, that land was called the "Promised Land," which later be-
came the country of the Hebrew people, and which is also called Palestine
Address: by the historians. There, after the passage of twenty-four years, Abraham
2401 S.W. received God's law concerning circumcision. In the one hundredth year of
3rd Avenue his life, when Sarah was in her ninetieth year, they became the parents of
Isaac. Having lived 175 years altogether, he reposed in peace, a venerable
Mailing : elder full of days.
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Liturgical Guide

Resurrectional Apolytikion –Tone 1

Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews and the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate
Body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Saviour, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the
powers of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Lifegiver: Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. Glo-

ry to Thy Kingdom. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Friend of man

Apolytikion for the 11th Sunday of Luke

Ἐν πίστει τοὺς Προπάτορας ἐδικαίωσας
By faith didst Thou justify the Forefathers, when through them Thou didst betroth Thyself afore-
time to the Church from among the nations. The Saints boast in glory that from their seed there is a
glorious fruit, even she that bare Thee seedlessly. By their prayers, O Christ God, save our souls

.

Apolytikion for Hieromartyr Eleutherios and Anthia in the Fourth Mode

Ἱερέων ποδηρει κατακοσμούμενος
Being comely adorned in thy sacred priestly robes and newly drenched with the streams of thy pure
and sanctified blood, thou didst soar aloft to stand before thy Master, Christ; hence never cease to
intercede for those honouring with faith thy mighty and blessed contest, thou overthrower of Satan,

O wise and blessed Eleutherius.

Apolytikion for 11th Sun. of Luke in the Second Mode
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 gladness she
praises you, You are to me my pride and joy, as are the most precious relics of your children; Oh Glo-

rious Martyrs: Sophia, Faith, Hope and Love, intercede to Christ our God to save our souls

Seasonal Kontakion in Tone 3

Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον

On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to * God the Word ineffably, * Who was be-
fore all the ages. * Dance for joy, O earth, on hearing * the gladsome tidings; * with the Angels and the
shepherds now glorify Him * Who is willing to be gazed on * as a young Child Who * before the ages is

God.

Scripture Readings

Epistle Reading:

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy1:8-18.

TIMOTHY, my son, do not be ashamed then of testifying to our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share
in suffering for the gospel in the power of God, who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue
of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace which he gave us in Christ Jesus ages ago, and
now has manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought
life and immortality to light through the gospel. For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle
and teacher, and therefore I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am
sure that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me. Follow the pattern of the
sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus; guard the truth
that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. You are aware that all who are in
Asia turned away from me, and among them Phygelos and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the
household of Onesiphoros, for he often refreshed me; he was not ashamed of my chains, but when he ar-
rived in Rome he searched for me eagerly and found me - may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the

Lord on that Day and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesos.

Gospel Reading:
The Reading is from Luke 14:16-24

The Lord said this parable: "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited
many; and at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who
had been invited, 'Come; for all is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to
him, 'I have bought a field, and I go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I have
bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.' And another said, 'I
have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.' So the servant came and reported this to his master.
Then the householder in anger said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and
bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.' And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has
been done, and there is still room.' And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedg-
es, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were
invited shall taste my banquet. For many are called, but few are chosen.'"

WE THANK THE STE

1. Ms. Dimitra Alatzas 50. Mr. Nick Hados
2. Dr. Plato Alexander 51. Mr. & Mrs. Aleco Haralambides
3. Mrs. Nicolette Alexiou 52. Mrs. Adis Haralambides
4. Mr. Tim Anagnost 53. Mr. Alan Hasrbach
5. Mrs. Mary Andersen 54. Mrs. Fani Hatzichristofis
6. Marina Angleton 55. Mr. & Mrs. George Heropoulos
7. Mrs. Alexandra Arjona 56. Dr. Marinos Hionis
8. Mr. Panagiotis Arvanites 57. Mr. & Mrs. Dean Hofmeister
9. Ms. Sarah Arvantis 58. Mr. & Mrs. Bret Jenkins
10. Ms. Jane Baloras 59. Mr & Mrs. W. Steven Joachim
11. Father & Presvitera Spiro Bobotas 60. Mr. & Mrs. George Kakouris
12. Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Bouchillon 61. Mr. & Mrs. Vasillaq Kalaveshi
13. Ms. Josephine Cagigal 62. Mr. & Mrs. Nick Kallergis
14. Ms. Sheila Callesis 63. Ms. Katherine Kallergis
15. Mr. Nicholas Callesis 64. Mr. Nicholas Kallergis Jr.
16. Dr. Panagiota Caralis 65. Ms. Olga Kalogeropoulos
17. Mr. Thomas Carlos 66. Mrs. Maria Kalogeropoulos
18. Mrs. Jean Cavalaris 67. Mr. John Kandara
19. Mr. & Mrs. George Cavalaris 68. Mrs. Lucille Kanelidis
20. Ms. Mary Cavalaris 69. Mr. & Mrs. George Kanistras
21. Ms. Marilyn Charles 70. Mr. & Mrs. Alex Karakhanian
22. Mr. & Mrs. George Charnota 71. Ms. Esther Karamanlakis
23. Mr. & Mrs. Chris Charouhis 72. Mr. & Mrs George Karavetsos
24. Mr. Paul Chirdaris 73. Mr. Theo Karantsalis
25. Ms. Lynn Christ 74. Mr. & Mrs. James Karnegis
26. Ms. Catherine Christofis 75. Mr. & Mrs. Stamatios Kasselakis
27. Ms. Alice Christy 76. Mr. & Mrs. Charalambos Kasselakis
28. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cocotos 77. Mrs. Fani Katsoufis
29. Mr,. & Mrs Thomas Copulos 78. Mr. & Mrs. John Katsoulis
30. Mr. John Couriel 79. Mr.& Mrs. Theodore Kays
31. Ms. Vasiliki Couyutas 80. S.A & Maria Ketsios
32. Mr. George Cozonis 81. Ms. Victoria Khalil
33. Mr. & Mrs. Albert De Nicola 82. Mr. John Kiskinis
34. Ms. Virginia Demery 83. Ms. Pamela Kolonias
35. Mr. & Mrs. Angelo Demos 84. Mr. Andreas Konnafis
36. Mr. & Mrs. Spiros Dimitropoulos 85. Mr. & Mrs. Nick Kos
37. Mr. & Mrs. Allen Donelan 86. Mr. & Mrs. Andrey Kotov
38. Mr. & Mrs. Fokas Drakalovich 87. Mrs. Stella Kounelis
39. Ms. Julia Economou 88. Mr. Pierre Koussiafes
40. Mr. Gus Efthimiou 89. Mr. & Mrs. Christos Lagos
41. Mr. Nicholas Efthimiou 90. Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lailas
42. Ms. Carolyn Eissa 91. Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Lallas
43. Mr. Giorgios Farazoulis 92. Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Lambrou
44. Mr. & Mrs. David Gonzalez 93. Mrs. Betty Lantz
45. Dr. Dame Evangeline Gouletas 94. Mr. & Mrs. Perry Lantz
46. Mr. & Mrs. Jose Godur 95. Mr. & Mrs. Mario Larice
47. Dr. & Mrs. John Hadjilogiou 96. Mr. George Liappas
48. Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hadjilogiou 97. Ms. Irene Lirakis
49. Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Hados 98. Ms. Virginia Lopez Rey

EWARDS FOR 2019

99. Mr. Stephen Macricostas 147.Dr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Roussakis
100.Ms. Vange Makris 148.Mr. & Mrs. Farzad Safi
101.Mrs. Angela Makriyannakis 149.Mr. & Mrs. Rene Sagebien
102.Mr. & Mrs. Dimitris Maratos 150.Ms. Stacey Samonides
103.Ms. Bia Marsellos 151.Mr. & Mrs. James Sanders III
104.Mrs. Dimitra Marsellos 152.Dr & Mrs. Theodore Sarafoglu Margaret
105.Mr. Evangelos Marsellos 153.Mr. & Mrs. John Scurtis
106.Mrs. Maroula Marsellos 154.Mr. & Mrs David Schneinder
107.Mrs. Nancy Martini 155.Mr. & Mrs. Aristides Simopoulos
108.Mr. & Mrs. Lazaros Mavrides 156.Mr. Martin Ross & Ms. Leslie Snyder
109.Mr. & Mrs. John G Mekras 157.Ms. Thalia Sotus
110.Dr. & Mrs. John Mekras 158.Mr. Isos Stamelos-Monroe
111.Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mekras 159.Mrs. Sephany Stathopoulos
112.Mr. & Mrs. Demosthenes Mekras 160.Mrs. Vanessa Stathopoulos
113.Mr. Samuel Mekras 161.Mr. Robert Taukus
114.Mrs. Satira Mekras 162.Mrs. Olga Tsagaris
115.Mr. & Mrs. Themis Michalakos 163.Mrs. Anastasia Tsiplis
116.Ms. Stavroula Mihalakea 164.Drs. Andreas & PatriciaTzakis
117.Mr. & Mrs. James Mitchell 165.Mr. & Mrs. Georgios Vougiatzis
118.Mrs. Nicki Mitseas 166.Mrs. Mary Venable
119.Ms. Eleni Monas 167.Mr. Stratos Vranas
120.Mr. & Mrs. Sotirios Moulinos 168.Mr. & Mrs. Peyton Watson
121.Mrs Kyriaki Nares 169.Mr. & Mrs. Craig Wensley
122.Claudiu Nelersa & Maria Nelersa 170.Mr. & Mrs. Tian Ying
123.Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Nieves 171.Mr. George Zissimos
124.Ms. Marianna Page 172.Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Zervas
125.Mrs. Barbara Panagakos
126.Mr. Savvas Pantelides If you don’t see your name in error please contact the office
127.Mr. Aris Papadopoulos
128.Mrs. Triana Papasake
129.Mr. & Mrs. James Pappas
130.Mr. & Mrs. Harry Pasquier
131.Dr. Athena Pefkarou
132.Mrs. Matilda Kalaveshi Pelettier
133.Mr. & Mrs. William Petros
134.Mr. Nicholas Pisaris
135.Mr. & Mrs. Tony Pitsoulakis
136.Mr. & Mrs. George Potter
137.Mr. Chris Poulos
138.Mr. & Mrs. John Poulos
139.Mr. & Mrs. Nick Poulos
140.Mrs. Anastasia Prevolis
141.Ms. Emmanuela Prevolis
142.Mr. & Mrs. John Priovolos
143.Ms. Cindy Sboukas
144.Mr. & Mrs. Brian Rader
145.Mr. Antoni Rodolakis
146.Ms. Maria Ritsi

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LIDAYS



Those who are are looking ot get married
please note that in order to get your ecclesiasti-
cal marriage in the Metropolis of Atlanta need

to attend the Journey to Marriage Seminar.
Please not that the next Journey to Marriage is

January 18th in Fort Myers.
Success!!! With your help, Troop 1825 will be donating over 100 toys to foster
children receiving services through the Children’s Home Society. We want to give a
special thanks to Father Spiro and the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society for
assisting our Troop in coordinating the Toy Drive. We would also like to thank every-
one who who donated a new unwrapped toy. We could have never done this without

your help.

The Christmas Pageant

Our annual traditional Christmas Pageant will be
Performed

immidiatelly following today’s Divine Liturgy.
We thank our Sunday School Teachers, Parents,

Students and or Director Nancy Poulos

Our Parish Council Elections will be held Today,
December 15th immediately following the Divine liturgy

UPCOMING EVENTS

December - 11th Sunday of Luke - Matins: 9:00 AM

- Liturgy: 10:00 AM

Christmas Pageant

December 15th -Parish Council Elections–

December 22th - Sunday before Nativity - Matins: 9:00 AM
- Liturgy: 10:00 AM

GOYA CAROLING

If you would like to have our G.O.Y.A present their Christmas
Carols to you please speak to one the Goyans or their advisors

Following the Divine Liturgy

40 DAY BLESSING

Anthula &Ruben Cabezuelo

present their Child

Isabella
&

Panagioti and Alexandra Nakos

Present their Daughter

Ioanna Maria
For the Traditional 40 Day Blessing