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Seventeenth
Sunday after Pentecost and
Conception of the Prophet and Forerunner,
John the Baptist
Tone: 8
+ Eothinion: 6
+ In the
Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit +
"ان
زخريا العظيم
يتهلل
بابتهاج مع
زوجته
اليصابات الكلية
الفخر. اذ قد
حملت
باستحقاق
يوحنا السابق الذي
بشر به رئيس
الملائكة
فرحا. ونحن
البشر نكرمه
باستحقاق
واجب . بما انه
مسار للمسيح.
Next Sunday’s
Epistle:
II Corinthians (9:6-11) Holy Gospel: St. Luke (
THE
EPISTLE
The righteous
shall rejoice in the Lord. O God, hear my prayer.
The
(Chapter 4:22-27)
Brethren,
Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born
according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, which things
are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which
gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia,
and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children-
but the Jerusalem above is free, which
is the mother of us all. For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break
forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the
desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
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The Holy Gospel +
The Reading is
from the Holy Gospel according to St. Luke
(Chapter 5:1-11)
At that time,
Jesus was standing by the
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ü Church Beautification
“Blessed
are those who love the beauty of Thy House, O Lord”
Our Iconographer may
unfortunately be retiring in the near future and we are looking to finish
(while we still can) the empty area over the Choir Loft with a beautiful new
set of icons. Some icons left for selection are:
v The Holy Hymnographers
& Antiochian Saints (For Example: St. Andrew of Crete, St.
Joseph of Damascus, St. Isaac the Syrian, Sts. Peter & Paul holding the Church
of Antioch in their hands, Sts. Sergios & Bachos the Unmercenary Healers. OR any other Orthodox Saint you
would like to honor and have depicted on the walls of our Cathedral.
If you are interested in donating any icons, please contact
Fr. Ghattas in the office or speak to him after the Divine Liturgy.
ü Fellowship of
Weekly Meeting every Tuesday from
SEPTEMBER is the month of
the Fellowship of
Epistle reading: (English) Ramia
Ibrahim; (Arabic) Tony El-Tawil
Tray
collection: Katya Zeidan, Nicolas El-Laham, Abraham Wehbi,
Bachir Tamer
ü Cathedral Bookstore
The Cathedral Bookstore was established in
order to provide our parishioners with resources that will help educate and
nurture their spiritual health. There are numerous books that should be read by
everyone. We should not ignore 2000 years of Holy Wisdom, which has been passed
down to us from generation to generation. If you have any specific book you are
looking for, we will do our best to get it for you. If you have any questions
please speak to Sub-Deacon George after the Divine Liturgy in the bookstore.
Explanation
of the Nicene Creed – Part 15
(Taken from:
Orthodox Faith - Volume 1 - Doctrine)
…Incarnation…
(4)
The critical words in the definition of faith of
the Council of Chalcedon are the following:
"Following the holy fathers we teach with one
voice that the Son of God and our Lord Jesus Christ is to be confessed as one
and the same [Person], and He is perfect in Divinity and perfect in Humanity,
true God and true Man, of a rational soul and [human] body consisting, of one
essence with the Father as touching His Divinity and of one essence with us as
touching His Humanity; made in all things like unto us, with the exception of
sin only; begotten of His Father before all ages according to His Divinity: but
in these last days, for us men and for our salvation, born [into the world] of
the Virgin Mary, Theotokos, according to His Humanity. This one and the same
Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son [of God] must be confessed to be in two
natures, without mixture and without change, without separation and without
division [i.e., without fusing together Divinity and Humanity so that the
proper characteristics of each are changed or lost; and also without separating
them in such a way that there might be considered to be two Sons and not One
Son only] and that without the distinction of natures being removed by such
union, but rather that the peculiar property of each nature being preserved and
being united in one Person and Hypostasis, not separated or divided into two
persons, but one and the same Son and only begotten, God the Word, our Lord
Jesus Christ, as the Prophets of old have spoken concerning Him [e.g., the
Immanuel of Isa 7:14], and as Jesus Christ has taught us, and as the Creed of
the fathers has delivered to us.
A number of Christians did not accept the Council
of Chalcedon and broke communion with those who did accept it. They did so
because they thought that the council had in fact resurrected the wrong
doctrine of Nestorius by insisting on the "two natures" after the
incarnation, however strongly and firmly the "union" of the two
natures was insisted upon. These Christians were called the monophysites
(from the term meaning "one nature" after the incarnation), and they
continue until today in separation from the Chalcedonian Orthodox in the
Coptic, Ethiopian, and Armenian churches. Hopefully, one day, by God's grace,
this dispute will be resolved and those who adhere to Chalcedon -- the Eastern
Orthodox Christians, as well as the traditional Roman Catholics and Protestants
-- will come to a unity of faith with those who reject Chalcedon in regard to
its explication of the union of the divine and the human in the one person of
Christ our Lord. Whatever the future may hold by God's grace, however, it is
still the firm teaching of the Orthodox Church that the Council of Chalcedon is
in strict adherence with the anti-Nestorian doctrines of Saint Cyril and the
third ecumenical council in
Emperor Justinian and the 5th Ecumenical Council
In the sixth century, the Byzantine Emperor
Justinian wanted to reaffirm the fact that the followers of the council of
Chalcedon really believed that Jesus Christ is the incarnate Son and Word of God,
one of the Holy Trinity. He wanted to do this primarily to convince those who
did not accept the fourth council that its definition did not reintroduce the
error of Nestorius. To do this, the Emperor called the council now known as the
fifth ecumenical council in
If anyone understands the expression "one
Person only of our Lord Jesus Christ" in this sense, that it is the union
of many hypostases [or persons], and if he thus attempts to introduce into the
mystery of Christ two hypostases or two persons, and after having introduced
two persons speaks of one Person only in the sense of dignity, honor, or
worship ... [and] shall calumniate the holy council of Chalcedon, pretending
that it used this expression [one hypostasis and person] in this impious sense
... let him be anathema.
If anyone shall not call in a true acceptation ... the holy, glorious and
ever-virgin Mary, the Theotokos ... believing that she bare only a simple man
and that God the Word was not incarnate of her ... [and] shall calumniate the
holy synod of Chalcedon as though it has asserted the Virgin to be Theotokos
according to the impious sense ... let him be anathema.
(To be continued…)
In Honour of
Fr. Mark Arsenios, Khouriyee Rola
& Baby
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TEEN SOYO
If you are 13-19 years old and a
member of this parish you are eligible to be a member of Teen SOYO. Our weekly
“Teen Night” is held every Friday at
Remember that the church
is the house of God and behave accordingly. Please enter with respect and
reverence. You are kindly asked to wear appropriate modest dress. Entering
the church, please refrain from talking and greeting friends. Please switch
off mobile phones. Children should be watched by their parents during the
service and not allowed to be noisy. During
the service try not to move around without need.
Movement is discouraged during certain parts of the service (such as during
the reading of the Gospel; the great entrance; the Creed; and especially
during the Eucharistic Canon.) At these solemn moments one should not enter
or exit the church, fix candles, etc. It is best to buy and put candles at
the beginning of the service and the rest of the time to pray without
distraction. Even if you do not know the order of the service, try to follow
the reading and singing. Please feel free to ask questions later. For
making the sign of the cross and bowing, see what others are doing. Everybody is welcome to
attend the services. However, only Orthodox Christians, duly prepared, can
receive Holy Communion. For confession, please come early before the Divine
Liturgy. Arriving late for the
Divine Liturgy is not acceptable. Those who would like to receive Holy
Communion should be at Liturgy before it begins and after it has concluded.
Nobody would arrive at somebody’s home late for dinner and leave
immediately after eating. The Divine Liturgy is a Banquet where we are all
invited to sit at the Lord’s Table and eat His Holy Body and drink His
Precious Blood. At the end of the service, please depart quietly. You are
kindly asked to refrain from talking at the time when people are venerating
the cross and the final prayers are being said. Please go downstairs if you
wish to share a cup of coffee usually offered after the Divine Liturgy. If you have any further questions please do not
hesitate to speak to Fr. Ghattas following the Divine Liturgy in the
Cathedral Hall.
Behavior in the Church
+ St. Elias Antiochian
Orthodox Cathedral +
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Cathedral Office:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1V 6N1
Telephone: (613) 738-2222, Fax: (613) 737-4392
Email:
info@steliascathedral.com,
Website: www.steliascathedral.com
The Rt. Rev. Bishop ALEXANDER
Bishop of
The Very Rev. Father Ghattas Hajal – Dean
The
Very Rev. Father Daniel Matheson – Emeritus