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Published by Spiro Bobotas, 2018-12-13 13:29:57

December 16, 2018

December 16, 2018

SAINT SOPHIA CATHEDRAL
MIAMI, FLORIDA

Sunday, December 16th, 2018
Sunday of the Forefathers

On the Sunday that occurs on or immediately after
the eleventh of this month, we commemorate Christ's
forefathers according to the flesh, both those that
came before the Law, and those that lived after the
giving of the Law.
Special commemoration is made of the Patriarch
Abraham, to whom the promise was first given, when
God said to him, "In thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed" (Gen. 22:18). This promise was
given some two thousand years before Christ, when Abraham was seventy-five
years of age. God called him and commanded him to forsake his country, 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); for this cause, that land
was called the "Promised Land," which later became the country of the Hebrew peo-
ple, and which is also called Palestine by the historians. There, after the passage of
twenty-four years, Abraham received God's law concerning circumcision. In the one
hundredth year of 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 venera-
ble elder full of days.

Rev. Fr. Spiro D. Bobotas

Telephone 305- 854-2922 * Fax: 305-858-1854
Website: stsophiamiami.org
2401 S.W. 3rd Avenue, 33129

Mailing Address: 244 SW 24th Road Miami, Fl. 33129

Liturgical Guide

Resurrectional Apolytikion - Tone 4
Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα,

When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of
the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles
triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to

the world.

Apolytikion for 11th Sun. of Luke in the Second Mode
Ἐν πίστει τοὺς Προπάτορας ἐδικαίωσας ...

By faith didst Thou justify the Forefathers, when through them Thou didst betroth Thy-
self aforetime 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 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 Tone 3
Ἡ Παρθένος σήμερον

On this day the Virgin cometh to the cave to give birth to * God the Word ineffably, * Who
was before 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.

MEMORIAL
6 6 Months—Georgia Pitsoulakis

Remembered by her loving Framily and Friends

Scripture Readings

Epistle Reading:

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11.

BRETHREN, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him
in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil
desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is
coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them.
But now put them all away; anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices
and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of
its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, bar-

barian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.

Gospel Reading:
The Reading is from Luke 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 command-
ed has been done, and there is still room.' And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to
the highways and hedges, 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.'"

Silver Bells and & O’ Christmas Tree

Christmas Pageant
2018

If you would like to take an ad out in the 2019 Festival album please
fill out the agreement below.

December
19th

JOIN US ON DECEMBER 19th TO HELP FEED OUR
BROTHERS & SISTERS DURING THIS MOST HOLY TIME OF

THE YEAR.

Call the office to let us know you will be joining us.
We will meet on Wednesday at 2:30 in the Church office

2019 St. Sophia

Greek Festival

Community Meeting

Please come Join us !
December 18th at
7:00 PM
Karnegis Hall



UPCOMING EVENTS

December - 11th Sunday of Luke - Matins: 9:00 AM
- Liturgy: 10:00 AM

We congratulate the following individuals who were
elected to the parish council

Anthony Hados, Eleni Monas , Tony Pitsoulakis
& Evan Mekras Scurtis

If you are looking for
Melamakarina and Kourimbiedes

for the holidays,
see Fotini in the Fellowshipo hall

immediately after the
Liturgy

CHRISTMAS
FUN

Can you name the
Christmas songs
depicted in these

whimsical
drawings?
Answers on page 4

Christmas Service Schedule
December 24th
Hours @ 8:00 AM

Christmas Eve –December 24th
Matins–4:30 PM - Divine Liturgy –5:00 PM


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