THE HOLY THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD, GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST 

(BAPTISM OF THE LORD)

30th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

THE REPOSE OF ST. THEOPHAN THE RECLUSE, BISHOP OF TAMBOV (1894)

Confessions heard, Third and Sixth Hours– 9:30 AM

Divine Liturgy – 10:00 AM

Prayer List: Mother Raphaela and Arleen (Pauluch)

Sunday, January 19th, Divine Liturgy offered:

For the Health of: 

Peter, Anna, Nicholas, Alaric, Natalia, Alexei, Elya, Andrew, Vadim by Seasholtz Family

For the Memory of Departed servants: 

+Reader Samuel (Sokoluk, Jr) by Alexei, Lucia and Amelia

+Valentina (Kunasz) and +Samuel Sr (Sokoluk) on their birthdays by Kunasz / Williams Family

+Doris (Patrick) by The Patrick Family

Flowers on the tetrapod and on the altar are in memory of +Reader Samuel (Sokoluk, Jr.), and +Samuel Sr (Sokoluk) and +Valentina (Kunasz) on their birthdays, by Alexei, Lucia and Amelia Vechnaya Pamyat! Memory Eternal! 

Schedule of Services:

Theophany Sunday, January 19, Divine Liturgy and Second Blessing of Water 10 AM

Sunday, January 26, Divine Liturgy 10 AM Annual Meeting after Divine Liturgy

Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Sunday January 26 after Divine Liturgy. 

Troparion of the Sunday, Tone V  Let us, the faithful, praise and worship the Word, / Co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, / born for our salvation from the Virgin, / for He willed to be lifted up on the cross in the flesh, / to endure death / and to raise the dead by His glorious resurrection.

Kontakion of the Sunday, Tone V  Thou didst descend into hell, O my Savior, / shattering its gates as almighty; / resurrecting the dead as Creator, / and destroying the sting of death. / Thou hast delivered Adam from the curse, O Lover of Man, / and we all cry to Thee: "O Lord, save us!"

Theophany of our Lord, Troparion, Tone I  When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan,/ the worship of the Trinity was made manifest;/ for, the voice of the Father bare witness unto Thee,/ calling Thee His beloved Son;/ and the Spirit in the form of a dove/ confirmed the certainty of His word./ O Christ our God, Who hast appeared and enlightened the worlds,// glory be to Thee!

Kontakion, Tone IV Thou hast appeared today to the whole world,/ and Thy light, O Lord, hath been signed upon us/ who hymn Thee with understanding./ Thou hast come, Thou hast appeared,/ the Light unapproachable.

EPISTLE TITUS 2:11-14; 3:4-7  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

GOSPEL MATTHEW 3:13-17  Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?" But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

EPISTLE 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-4 (BLESSING OF WATERS) Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

GOSPEL MARK 1:9-11 (BLESSING OF WATERS) It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."