Church Bulletin - October 20, 2002 - Sixth Sunday of Luke

Sixth Sunday of Luke - October 20, 2002
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THE HOLY MARTYR ARTEMIUS

In the early years of the 4th century, the great persecutions of Christians were ended by the Emperor Constantine, who established Christianity as the official religion of his empire. Under his orders, pagan temples were destroyed and idol worship was abolished.

Old ways, however, do not die so easily. After the death of Constantine, a bitter struggle for his throne ensued between his sons and other members of the imperial family. The ultimate winner in this battle for supreme power was Constantine's nephew Julian, who immediately renounced Christ and began a campaign to restore paganism to its former prominence.

One of the first to raise his voice in protest was ARTEMIUS, the regional governor of Alexandria. Artemius had been a high ranking official in the court of Constantine the Great, distinguishing himself as a military leader as well. For his loyal service to the Emperor, the title of "Duke" was bestowed upon Artemius.

When Julian began to torture the respected leaders of the Church, Artemius went to directly confront the Emperor, who is referred to in Church History as the "apostate." Julian urged the aged Artemius to join him in renouncing Christ, commanding him to offer sacrifice to the ancient idols. When he refused, the Emperor ordered him to submit to a series of brutal tortures. Despite suffering severely, Artemius remained steadfast in his allegiance to Christ. Julian ordered him beheaded, but Artemius left him to ponder his dying words: "Your end is already near, and in a short time, your memory will perish with a resounding noise." The saint's words were prophetic. 1n less than a year, the Emperor was killed in a fierce battle with the Persians, and the new ruler quickly overturned the government's stance on the Christian Church.

KURIAKH ST J LOUKA
jArtemivou Megalomavrturo~ kaiv tou`
JOsivou Gerasivmou tou` ejn Kafallhniva/

Anastavsimon jApolutivkion

JEx u{you~ kath`lqe~ oJ eu[splagcno~, tafhvn katedevxw trihvmeron, i{na hJma`" ejleuqerwvsh/~ tw`n paqw`n. JH zwhv kaiv hJ ajnavstasi~ hJmw`n, Kuvrie dovxa soi.

SIXTH SUNDAY OF LUKE
Artemios the Great Martyr and
Gerasimos the Venerable of Cephalonia

Resurrection Dismissal Hymn

O Merciful One, You came from on high, and condescended to Your three-day burial to save us from passions. You are our life and our Resurrection. Glory to You.

jApolutivkion tou` JAgivou

JO mavrtu~ sou Kuvrie, ejn th`/ ajqlhvsei aujtou`, tov stevfo~ ejkomivsato th`~ ajfqarsiva~, ejk sou` tou` Qeou` hJmw`n: e[cwn gavr thvn ijscuvn sou, touv~ turavnnou~ kaqei`len: e[qrause kaiv daimovnwn, tav ajnivscura qravsh. aujtou` tai`~ iJkesivai~ Cristev, oJ Qeov~, sw`son tav~ yucav~ hJmw`n.

Dismissal Hymn of the Saint

For his struggle, O Lord, Your Martyr received, the crown of immortality from You our God. Armed with Your might he defeated the tyrants. He also crushed the arrogance of demons. By his intercessions, O Christ our God, save our souls.

Qeotokivon

JTov ajp j aijw`no~ ajpovkrufon, kaiv jAggevloi~ a[gnwston musthvrion, diav sou` Qeotovke, toi`~ ejpiv gh`~ pefanevrwtai: Qeov~ ejn ajsugcuvtw/ eJnwvsei sarkouvmeno~ kaiv Staurovn eJkousivw~ uJpevr hJmw`n katadexavmeno~: di j ou| ajnasthvsa~ tovn prwtovplaston, e[swsen ejk qanavtou tav~ yucav~ hJmw`n.

Theotokion

O Theotokos, the mystery hidden from all ages, unknown even to the angels, has been revealed in you to all who live upon the earth. God in perfect union becomes incarnate. For our sake, He willingly endured the Cross through which He raised up the first man He had fashioned, and saved our souls from death.

jApolutikion tou` JAgivou Nikolavou

Kanovna pivstew~ , kaiv eijkovna praovthto~, ejgkrateiva~ Didavskalon, ajnevdeixev se th`/ poivmnh/ sou, hJ tw`n pragmavtwn ajlhvqeia: diav tou`to ejkthvsw th`/ tapeinwvsei tav uJyhlav, th`/ ptwceiva/ tav plouvsia, Pavter iJeravrca Nikovlae: prevsbeue Cristw`/ tw`/ Qew`/, swqh`nai tav~ yucav~ hJmw`n.

Dismissal Hymn of St. Nicholas

An example of the Faith and a life of humility, as a teacher of abstinence you did inspire and lead your flock and through your truthfulness of your deeds were exalted by greatness through your humility uplifting all and by poverty gaining wealth. Father and hierarch Nicholas intercede with Christ our God that our souls be saved.

Kontavkion

Prostasiva, tw`n cristianw`n ajkataivscunte, mesiteiva, prov~ tovn poihthvn ajmetavqete, mhv parivdh/~, aJmartwlw`n dehvsewn fwnav~, ajllav provfqason, wJ~ ajgaqhv, eij~ thvn bohvqeian hJmw`n, tw`n pistw`~ kraugazovntwn soi: Tavcunon eij~ presbeivan, kaiv speu`son eij~ iJkesivan, hJ prostateuvousa ajeiv, Qeotovke, tw``n timwvntwn se.

Kontakion

Champion of Christians not put to shame, advocate before the Maker always steadfast, do not spurn sinners’ voices raised in prayer. In your goodness respond to bring help to us who devoutly petition you. Hasten your intercession and urgently make entreaty; for you unfailingly defend, Theotokos, those who honor you.

jjApovstolo~
Prokeivmenon. \Hco~ baruv~. (Yalmov~ xg j).
Eujfranqhvsetai divkaio~ ejn tw`/ Kurivw/
Stivc. Eijsavkouson, oj Qov~, th`~ fwnh`~ mou.
Prov~ Timovqeon B j jEpistolh`~ Pauvlou
tov jAnavgnwsma.
B Timovqeon b j 1<10

Tevknon Timovqee, ejndunamou` ejn th`/ cavriti th`/ ejn Cristw`/ jIhsou`, kaiv a{ h[kousa~ par j ejmou` diav pollw`n martuvrwn, tau`ta paravqou pistoi`~ ajnqrwvpoi~, oi{tine~ iJkanoiv e[sontai kaiv eJtevrou~ didavxai. Suv ou\n kakopavqhson wJ~ kalov~ stratiwvth~ jIhsou` Cristou`. Oujdeiv~ strateuovmeno~ ejmplevketai tai`~ tou` bivou pragmateivai~, i{na tw`/ stratologhvsanti ajrevsh/. JEavn dev kaiv ajqlh`/ ti~, ouj stefanou`tai, ejavn mhv nomivmw~ ajqlhvsh/. Tovn kopiw`nta gewrgovn dei` prw`ton tw`n karpw`n metalambavnein. Novei a{ levgw: dw/vh gavr soi oJ Kuvrio~ suvnesin ejn pa`si. Mnhmovneue jIhsou`n Cristovn ejghgermevnon ejk nekrw`n, ejk spevrmato~ Daui?d, katav tov eujaggevliovn mou, ejn w|/ kakopaqw` mevcri desmw`n wJ~ kakou`rgo~: ajll j oJ lovgo~ tou` Qeou` ouj divdetai. Diav tou`to pavnta uJpomevnw diav touv~ ejklektouv~, i{na kaiv aujtoiv swthriva~ tuvcwsi th`~ ejn Cristw`/ jIhsou` metav dovxh~ aijwnivou.

Epistle
Prokeimenon. Seventh Tone. Psalm 63.10,1
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord.
Verse. O God. Hear my prayer.
The reading is from Saint Paul’s
Second Letter to Timothy.
2 Timothy 2: 1-10

TIMOTHY, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witness entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descended from David, as preached in my gospel, the gospel for which I am suffering and wearing fetters like a criminal. But the word of God is not fettered. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus with its eternal glory.

Eujaggevlion
JEk tou` katav Louka`n.
Kef. h j (8), 27<39.

Tw`/ kairw`/ ejkeivnw/, ejlqovnti tw`/ jIhsou` eij~ thvn cwvran tw`n Gadarhnw`n, uJphvnthsen aujtw`/ ajnhvr ti~ ejk th`~ povlew~, o{~ ei\ce daimovnia ejk crovnwn iJkanw`n, kaiv iJmavtion oujk ejnediduvsketo, kaiv ejn oijkiva/ oujk e[menen, ajll j ejn toi`~ mnhvmasin. JIdwvn dev tovn jIhsou`n, kaiv ajnakravxa~, prosevpesen aujtw`/, kaiv fwnh`/ megavlh/ ei\pe: Tiv ejmoiv kaiv soiv, jIhsou`, UiJev tou` Qeou` tou` JUyivstou; devomaiv sou, mhv me basanivsh/~. Parhvggeile gavr tw`/ pneuvmati tw`/ ajkaqavrtw/ ejxelqei`n ajpov tou` ajnqrwvpou. Polloi`~ gavr crovnoi~ sunhrpavkei aujtovn, kaiv ejdesmei`to aJluvsesi kaiv pevdai~ fulassovmeno~, kaiv diarjrJuvsswn tav desmav, hjlauvneto uJpov tou` daivmono~ eij~ tav~ ejrhvmou~. JEphrwvthse dev aujtovn oJ jIhsou`~ levgwn: Tiv soiv ejstin o[noma; JO dev ei\pe: Legewvn: o{ti daimovnia pollav eijsh`lqen eij~ aujtovn: kaiv parekavlei aujtovn i{na mhv ejpitavxh/ aujtoi`~ eij~ thvn a[busson ajpelqei`n. \Hn dev ejkei` ajgevlh coivrwn iJkanw`n boskomevnwn ejn tw`/ o[rei: kaiv parekavloun aujtovn i{na ejpitrevyh/ aujtoi`~ eij~ ejkeivnou~ eijselqei`n: kaiv ejpevtreyen aujtoi`~. JExelqovnta dev tav daimovnia ajpov tou` ajnqrwvpou, eijsh`lqen eij~ touv~ coivrou~: kaiv w{rmisen hJ ajgevlh katav tou` krhmnou` eij~ thvn livmnhn, kaiv ajpepnivgh. JIdovnte~ dev oiJ bovskonte~ tov gegenhmevnon, e[fugon, kaiv ajpelqovnte~ ajphvggeilan eij~ thvn povlin kaiv eij~ touv~ ajgrouv~. JExh`lqon dev ijdei`n tov gegonov~, kaiv h\lqon prov~ tovn jIhsou`n, kaiv eu|ron kaqhvmenon tovn a[nqrwpon, ajf j ou| tav daimovnia ejxelhluvqei, iJmatismevnon kaiv swfronou`nta, parav touv~ povda~ tou` jIhsou`, kaiv ejfobhvqhsan. JAphvggeilan dev aujtoi`~ oiJ ijdovnte~, pw`~ ejswvqh oJ daimonisqeiv~. Kaiv hjrwvthsan aujtovn a{pan tov plh`qo~ th`~ pericwvrou tw`n Gadarhnw`n, ajpelqei`n ajp j aujtw`n, o{ti fovbw/ megavlw/ suneivconto. Aujtov~ dev ejmbav~ eij~ tov ploi`on, uJpevstreyen. JEdeveto dev aujtou` oJ ajnhvr, ajf j ou| ejxelhluvqei tav daimovnia, ei\nai suvn aujtw`/: ajpevluse dev aujtovn oJ jIhsou``~, levgwn: JUpovstrefe eij~ tovn oi\kon sou, kaiv dihgou` o{sa ejpoivhsev soi oJ Qeov~. Kaiv ajph`lqe, kaq j o{lhn thvn povlin khruvsswn o{sa ejpoivhsen aujtw`/ oJ jIhsou`~.

Gospel
From the Gospel according to St. Luke
Chapter 8: 27-39

At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me."

For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

When the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned, The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

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