YOUR COOPERATION IS NEEDED! We remind our faithful that the Di-vine Liturgy begins at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. Please be prompt and on time! Please turn off cell phones before entering church. No conversation should take place during worship. During the reading of the Gospel people in the narthex should not be purchasing or lighting candles but standing reverently and listening to the reading. If possible avoid using center aisle during high points of Divine Liturgy. Lipstick and lip-gloss should be removed before kissing icons, receiv-ing Holy Communion and kissing the hand of the priest. When receiving anti-doron, please use both hands and do not allow the crumbs to fall to the floor.

HOLY LAND PILGRAMAGE: We are planning Holy Land Tr ip in Novem-ber of 2017. It is a truly once in a life time experience. Please speak to Fr. Chris-todoulos if you have any questions. We will have another meeting towards the beginning of November. So make your plans to join us in the Holy Land. The price is not finalized yet, but should be between $3,800-$4,000 and includes airfare, Hotel and most meals.

CALL YOUR GODPARENTS /GODCHILDREN: and invite them to our Sunday School Annual Breakfast on Sunday, October 30th. Following the Divine Liturgy, which will include a rededication and artoclasia; enjoy wonderful fellow-ship and a delightful array of good food, as always underwritten by the Sunday School’s Nouna Dr. Mary Dochios Kamberos.

LOOK FOR THE PURPLE BOXES TO HELP: In conjunction with National Domestic Violence Awareness month, we have been asked to help the Southwest Suburban Juniors in their Soap for Hope Toiletry Drive to benefit the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. We will be collecting items through Friday, October 21st in the purple boxes located in the school hallway and in the Community Center foy-er. Donations by check made payable to “Crisis Center of South Suburbia” are also welcome. Please see the enclosed list .

ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Our Adult Religious Education classes will begin on Wednesday, October 19th and will be following a different schedule. Classes will be offered at 11:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., so that everyone who wants to partake can. It will also be in 6 week increments. The first class will be a general catechism so that we can learn more about the basics of our faith.

BAKSETBALL NEWS: Calling all future basketball star s. The upcoming 2016 G.O.A.L. basketball league season is right around the corner. Practices have begun. The high school is having practices here on Wednesday’s from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. and biddy & grade school will practice at Saint Spyridon on Fridays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. If you would like to register your child for a season of fun, & fellowship, and good-clean competition, please complete a registration form available at the church office.

SAVE THE DATE FOR A NIGHT YOU’LL NEVER FORGET: J im Dailakis, comedian and comedy writer, will be entertaining us on Saturday, No-vember 5th, right here at St. Nicholas. Join us for an evening of comedy, fun and Greek and American appetizers for the whole family! The Performance will be in English. Please see our flyer for details.

DON’T FORGET TO EXPRESS YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT: In the Comedy Night Ad Book. Place an ad to remember someone dear, tell a joke or just share good wishes. Your support of the Church is needed and will be most

appreciated. Please see the enclosed form. Please see the enclosed fliers.

Fr. Christodoulos Margellos

Proistemenos

frchristos@gmail.com

10301 S Kolmar Ave.

Oak Lawn, IL 60453

(708)-636-5460

www.stnicholasil.org

Saint Nicholas

Greek Orthodox

Church

Sunday, October 9th, 2016

3rd Sunday of Luke

Saint James the Apostle, Son of Alphaeos

Saint Andronicos & his wife Athanasia of Egypt

Readings:

Epistle: II Cor inthians 6:1-10

Gospel: Luke 7:11-16

There will be no Coffee Hour due to the Choir Conference

Farewell Luncheon following the Divine Liturgy in the Dr . Mary Dochios

Kamberos Community Center. Guests must have purchased a ticket to attend.

THIS WEEK AT SAINT NICHOLAS

Monday, October 10th, 2016

Columbus Day-Office Closed

4:30 p.m. Greek School Classes

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

10:00 a.m. Philoptochos Baking

BAZAAR Set Up - All Week

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

10:00 a.m. Philoptochos Baking

4:30 p.m. Greek School Classes

7:30 - 9:00 p.m. High School Basketball Practice

Thursday, October 13th, 2016

10:00 a.m. Philoptochos Baking

Friday, October 14th, 2016

10:00 a.m. Philoptochos Baking

6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Biddy and Grade School Basketball at St. Spyridon

Saturday, October 15th, 2016

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Philoptochos BAZAAR

11:00 a.m. Baptism-Michael, son of Maria and Jay Hoots

5:00 p.m. Great Vespers

A Memorial will be held for all of those members of the Choir Federation who have fallen asleep in the Lord.

May their Memory be Eternal!

We warmly welcome and thank His Grace Bishop Demetrios, who will be

celebrating the Divine Liturgy with us. We are further blessed to have some 80

members of the Choir Federation join us in worship, singing the beautiful hymns

of our faith. We welcome them and thank them for their music that awakens

the sacred joy of the Holy Spirit within us.

THOUGHT: The average church goer often thinks nothing would be missed by staying home.

συνιστῶντες ἑαυτοὺς ὡς θεοῦ διάκονοι, ἐν ὑπομονῇ πολλῇ, ἐν θλίψεσιν, ἐν ἀνάγκαις, ἐν στενοχωρίαις, ἐν πληγαῖς, ἐν φυλακαῖς, ἐν ἀκαταστασίαις, ἐν κόποις, ἐν ἀγρυπνίαις, ἐν νηστείαις, ἐν ἁγνότητι, ἐν γνώσει, ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ, ἐν χρηστότη-τι, ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, ἐν ἀγάπῃ ἀνυποκρίτῳ, ἐν λόγῳ ἀληθείας, ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ, διὰ τῶν ὅπλων τῆς δικαιοσύνης τῶν δεξιῶν καὶ ἀριστερῶν, διὰ δόξης καὶ ἀτιμίας, διὰ δυσφημίας καὶ εὐφημίας· ὡς πλάνοι καὶ ἀληθεῖς· ὡς ἀγνοούμενοι, καὶ ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι· ὡς ἀποθνῄσκοντες, καὶ ἰδού, ζῶμεν· ὡς παιδευόμενοι, καὶ μὴ θανατούμενοι· ὡς λυπούμενοι, ἀεὶ δὲ χαίροντες· ὡς πτωχοί, πολλοὺς δὲ πλουτίζο-ντες· ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες, καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες.

St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10 BRETHREN, working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; be-hold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend our-selves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the pow-er of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet mak-ing many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 7:11-16 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐπορεύετο εἰς πόλιν καλουμένην Ναΐν· καὶ συνεπορεύοντο αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἱκανοὶ καὶ ὄχλος πολύς. ὡς δὲ ἤγγισε τῇ πύλῃ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξεκομίζετο τεθνηκὼς υἱὸς μονογενὴς τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὕτη ἦν χήρα, καὶ ὄχλος τῆς πόλεως ἱκανὸς ἦν σὺν αὐτῇ. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν ὁ Κύριος ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· μὴ κλαῖε· καὶ προσελθὼν ἥψατο τῆς σοροῦ, οἱ δὲ βα-στάζοντες ἔστησαν, καὶ εἶπε· νεανίσκε, σοὶ λέγω, ἐγέρθητι. καὶ ἀνεκάθισεν ὁ νε-κρὸς καὶ ἤρξατο λαλεῖν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ. ἔλαβε δὲ φόβος πάντας καὶ ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεόν, λέγοντες ὅτι προφήτης μέγας ἐγήγερται ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅτι ἐπεσκέψατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λόγος οὗτος ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ᾿Ιου-δαίᾳ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ περιχώρῳ.

The Gospel according to Luke 7:11-16 At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had com-passion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

ADULT RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES: Will begin on Wednesday, October 19th and be held every Wednesday for six weeks during the day at 11:00 a.m. and again in the evening at 6:30 p.m. This will allow more people to attend. The first six-week session will cover general education catechism about our faith. Everyone is welcome.

Resurrectional Apolotikion Ἦχος βαρύς

Κατέλυσας τῷ Σταυρῷ σου τὸν θάνατον, ἠνέῳξας τῷ Λῃστῇ τὸν Παράδεισον, τῶν Μυροφόρων τὸν θρῆνον µετέβαλες, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις κηρύττειν ἐπέταξας· ὅτι ἀνέστης Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, παρέχων τῷ κόσµῳ τὸ µέγα ἔλεος.

Grave Mode By means of Your Cross, O Lord, You abolished death. To the robber You opened Paradise. The lamentation of the myrrhbearing women You transformed, and You gave Your Apostles the order to proclaim to all that You had risen, O Christ our God, and granted the world Your great mercy.

Hymn for the Apostle Ἠχος γ

Ἀπόστολε Ἅγιε Ἰάκωβε, πρέσβευε τῷ ἐλεήµονι Θεῷ, ἵνα πταισµάτων ἄφεσιν, παράσχῃ ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἡµῶν.

Third Mode O holy Apostle James, make intercession to our merciful God, that He grant our souls forgiveness of offenses.

Hymn of Saint Nicholas Patron of our Parish Ἠχος δ

Κανόνα πίστεως καί εικόνα πραότητος, εγκρατείας Διδάσκαλον, ανέδειξέ σε τή ποίμνη σου, η τών πραγμάτων αλήθεια, διά τούτο εκτήσω τή ταπεινώσει τά υψη-λά, τή πτωχεία τά πλούσια, Πάτερ Ιεράρχα Νικόλαε, πρέσβευε Χριστώ τώ Θεώ, σωθήναι τάς ψυχάς ημών.

Fourth Mode A model of faith and the image of gentleness, the example of your life has shown you forth to your sheep-fold to be a master of temperance. You obtained thus through being lowly, gifts from on high, and riches through poverty. Nicholas, our father and priest of priests, intercede with Christ our God that He may save our souls.

Memorial Hymn Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, ὡς ἀγαθὸς τῶν δούλων σου, καὶ ὅσα ἐν βίῳ ἥμαρτον, συγχώρη-σον· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἀναμάρτητος, εἰμὴ σὺ ὁ δυνάμενος, καὶ τοῖς μεταστᾶσι δοῦναι τήν ἀνάπαυσιν.

Kontakion Ἠχος β

Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, µεσιτεία, πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀµετάθε-τε, µὴ παρίδῃς, ἁµαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡµῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιµώντων σε.

Second Mode O Protection of Christians unshamable, mediation with the Creator immovable, we sinners beg you, do not despise the voices of our prayers, but anticipate, since you are good, and swiftly come unto our aid as we cry out to you with faith: Hurry to intercession, and hasten to supplication, O Theotokos who defend now and ever those who honor you.

Πρὸς Κορινθίους β' 6:1-10 Ἀδελφοί, συνεργοῦντες δὲ καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν μὴ εἰς κενὸν τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ δέξασθαι ὑμᾶς - λέγει γάρ, Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι· ἰδού, νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἰδού, νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας - μηδε-μίαν ἐν μηδενὶ διδόντες προσκοπήν, ἵνα μὴ μωμηθῇ ἡ διακονία· ἀλλʼ ἐν παντὶ

LEND ME YOUR EARS: There is an old legend about someone who went to heaven and saw a lot of what looked like dried mushrooms. On closer examina-tion he discovered that they were human ears. They were the ears of people who on earth went to church every Sunday, listened with pleasure to the word of God, but did nothing about what they heard. The word of God never got beyond the ear. It never penetrated the mind and heart to become a life dedicated to the ser-vice of God. The result was that after death only their ears were saved; only their ears reached heaven. “He who has ears to hear,” said Jesus, “Let him hear.” One of the greatest compliments we can pay to another person is to listen to him. To listen is to show that you care, you love. The doctor will ask the patient: “Where are you hurting?” Then he will listen very carefully. Often the diagnosis is made as a result of his listening. How much we need to listen! If we listen to God, His voice will tell us to lis-ten in love to the hurts of people. So many people are hurting, and often they try to tell us where the pain is. But we cannot help them unless we hear them and are sensitive to their needs. Listening, is a gift you can give to anyone no matter who you are. And it doesn’t cost a cent. Yet to the person who is hurting inside, it is a gift precious beyond price. “If you love to listen, you will gain knowledge and if you incline your ear you will become wise” (Sicach 6:33). It is by listening, not talking, that we gain wisdom and knowledge.

STEWARDSHIP NOTE: We have concluded three-quarters of the year and there are still many parishioners who have not signed pledge cards for 2016 in support of our parish ministries. To date there is still over $55,000.00 in unpaid pledges. Also, others who have pledged have fallen very behind in their commit-ment. Remember it is the parishioners who make up the parish. Only with your support can we keep the doors of our church open. GIVE TO GOD AS HE HAS GIVEN TO YOU!

PARISH ASSEMBLY: On Sunday, October 23, 2016 immediately following the Divine Liturgy we will be holding our Fall Parish Assembly. Please note: To participate in the Fall Parish Assembly meeting, Stewards must have paid 66% of their current annual pledge prior to the Fall Parish Assembly meeting. Please don’t miss this important meeting.

FROM THE FATHERS: In the matter of piety, pover ty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it. Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a dispo-sition which is reasonable, mild, kindly, and loving, how could poverty stand in our way? For we accomplish these things not by spending money but by making the correct choice. Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who paid in the two mites was poorer than any human, but she outdid them all.

– St. John Chrysostom

CHUCKLE: A little boy opened the big, old family Bible with fascination. He looked at the old pages as he turned them. The Bible had belonged to his grandmoth-er. Then something fell out of the Bible. He picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed between pages. "Momma, look what I found", the boy called out. "What have you got there, dear?" his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boy's voice he answered, "I think it's Adam's suit!!!!!"