Episodes
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday of the Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council - July 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Reading
On the Sunday that falls from the 13th to the 19th of the present month, we chant the Service to the 630 Holy and God-bearing Fathers who came together for the 4th Ecumenical Council who assembled in Chalcedon in 451, to condemn Eutyches, who taught that there was only one nature, the divine, in Christ after the Incarnation, and Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria, who illegally received Eutyches back into communion and deposed Saint Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople, who had excommunicated Eutyches.
Apolytikion of Sunday of the Holy Fathers
You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You.
Kontakion of Sunday of the Holy Fathers
The Church was strengthened into one faith through the preaching of the Apostles and the doctrines of the Fathers. The Church is robed in truth woven of the word of God from above. It teaches truth, and glorifies the great mystery of faith.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Paraklesis - July 15, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Kontakion
A protection of Christians unshamable,
Intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering,
Please reject not
The prayerful cries of those who are in sin.
Instead, come to us, for you are good;
Your loving help bring unto us,
Who are crying in faith to you: Hasten to intercede
And speed now to supplicate,
As a protection for all time,
Theotokos, for those who honor you.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Fifth Sunday of Matthew - July 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Matthew 8:28-34; 9:1
At that time, when Jesus came to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Vespers - July 11, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Gladsome light of holy glory of the holy, blessed, heavenly, immortal Father, O Jesus Christ: arriving at the hour of sunset and having seen the evening light, we praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God. It is worthy for You to be praised at all times with happy voices, O Son of God and Giver of life; and therefore the world glorifies You.
-Hymn from Great Vespers
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Feast Day of Great Martyr Euphemia, Divine Liturgy - July 11, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Apolytikion of Great Martyr Euphemia
O Euphemia, Christ's comely virgin, thou didst fill the Orthodox with gladness and didst cover with shame all the heretics; for at the holy Fourth Council in Chalcedon, thou didst confirm what the Fathers decreed aright. O all-glorious Great Martyr, do thou entreat Christ God that His great mercy may be granted unto us.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Fourth Sunday of Matthew - July 5, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Matthew 8:5-13
At that time, as Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress." And he said to him, "I will come and heal him." But the centurion answered him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." When Jesus heard him, he marveled, and said to those who followed him, "Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth." And to the centurion Jesus said, "Go; be it done for you as you have believed." And the servant was healed at that very moment.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Vespers - July 4, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Gladsome light of holy glory of the holy, blessed, heavenly, immortal Father, O Jesus Christ: arriving at the hour of sunset and having seen the evening light, we praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, God. It is worthy for You to be praised at all times with happy voices, O Son of God and Giver of life; and therefore the world glorifies You.
-Hymn from Great Vespers
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Paraklesis - July 1, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Kontakion
A protection of Christians unshamable,
Intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering,
Please reject not
The prayerful cries of those who are in sin.
Instead, come to us, for you are good;
Your loving help bring unto us,
Who are crying in faith to you: Hasten to intercede
And speed now to supplicate,
As a protection for all time,
Theotokos, for those who honor you.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles - June 30, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Apolytikion of Synaxis of the 12 Apostles
O Holy Apostles, intercede to our merciful God, that He may grant our souls forgiveness of sins.
Kontakion of Synaxis of the 12 Apostles
O Lord, receive the steadfast and divinely voiced preachers, the pinnacle of Your disciples, unto their rest and the enjoyment of Your blessings. You received, above every offering, their labors and their life. You alone know what the heart holds.
Father Mark Pakes offers the homily.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - June 29, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Apolytikion of Apostles Peter and Paul
First in prominence among the Apostles, and teachers to the Universe, intercede to the Master of all for peace in the world and for our souls great mercy.
Kontakion of Apostles Peter and Paul
O Lord, receive unto the enjoyment of Your good things and Your rest, the steadfast preachers of Godly words, the pinnacle of Your Disciples. Receive their pain and death above every sacrifice, for You alone know the hearts of men.
Father Peter Kostakis offers the homily.