Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria Monday, January 18th, 2016 Reading

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January 2016
Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Reading: In the half-century after the First Ecumenical Council held in Nicea in 325, if there was one man
whom the Arians feared and hated more intensely than any other, as being able to lay bare the whole error
of their teaching, and to marshal, even from exile or hiding, the beleaguered forces of the Orthodox, it was
Saint Athanasios the Great. This blazing lamp of Orthodoxy,
which imperial power and heretics' plots could not quench when
he shone upon the lampstand, nor find when he was hid by the
people and monks of Egypt, was born in Alexandria about the
year 296. He received an excellent training in Greek letters and
especially in the sacred Scriptures, of which he shows an exceptional
knowledge in his writings. Even as a young man he had a remarkable
depth of theological understanding; he was only about twenty years
old when he wrote his treatise "On the Incarnation." Saint
Alexander, the Archbishop of Alexandria, brought him up in
piety, ordained him his deacon, and after deposing Arius for his
blasphemy against the Divinity of the Son of God, took Athanasios
to the First Council in Nicea in 325. Saint Athanasios was to spend
the remainder of his life laboring in defense of this Holy Council.
In 326, before his death, Alexander appointed Athanasios his
successor.
In 325, Arius had been condemned by the Council of Nicea; yet through his hypocritical confession of
Orthodox belief, Saint Constantine the Great was persuaded by Arius's supporters that he should be received
back into the communion of the Church. But Athanasios, knowing well the perverseness of his mind, and
the disease of heresy lurking in his heart, refused communion with Arius. The heresiarch's followers then
began framing false charges against Athanasios. Finally Saint Constantine the Great, misled by grave charges
of the Saint's misconduct (which were completely false), had him exiled to Tiberius (Treves) in Gaul in 336.

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When Saint Constantine was succeeded by his three sons Constantine II, Constans, and Constantius, in 337,
Saint Athanasios returned to Alexandria in triumph. But his enemies found an ally in Constantius, Emperor
of the East, and he spent a second exile in Rome. It was ended when Constans prevailed with threats upon
his brother Constantius to restore Athanasios (see also Nov. 6). For ten years Saint Athanasios strengthened
Orthodoxy throughout Egypt, visiting the whole country and encouraging all: clergy, monastics, and lay folk,
being loved by all as a father. After Constans's death in 350, Constantius became sole Emperor, and
Athanasios was again in danger. On the evening of February 8, 356, General Syrianus with more than five
thousand soldiers surrounded the church in which Athanasios was serving, and broke open the doors.
Athanasios's clergy begged him to leave, but the good shepherd commanded that all the flock should
withdraw first; and only when he was assured of their safety, he also, protected by divine grace, passed
through the midst of the soldiers and disappeared into the deserts of Egypt, where for some six years he
eluded the soldiers and spies sent after him.
When Julian the Apostate succeeded Constantius in 361, Athanasios returned again, but only for a few
months. Because Athanasios had converted many pagans, and the priests of the idols in Egypt wrote to Julian
that if Athanasios remained, idolatry would perish in Egypt, the heathen Emperor ordered not Athanasios's
exile, but his death. Athanasios took a ship up the Nile. When he learned that his imperial pursuers were
following him, he had his men turn back, and as his boat passed that of his pursuers, they asked him if he
had seen Athanasios. "He is not far," he answered. After returning to Alexandria for a while, he fled again
to the Thebaid until Julian's death in 363. Saint Athanasios suffered his fifth and last exile under Valens in
365, which only lasted four months because Valens, fearing a sedition among the Egyptians for their beloved
Archbishop, revoked his edict in February, 366.
The great Athanasios passed the remaining seven years of his life in peace. Of his fifty-seven years as
Patriarch, he had spent some seventeen in exiles. Shining from the height of his throne like a radiant evening
star, and enlightening the Orthodox with the brilliance of his words for yet a little while, this much-suffering
champion inclined toward the sunset of his life, and in the year 373 took his rest from his lengthy sufferings,
but not before another luminary of the truth -- Basil the Great -- had risen in the East, being consecrated
Archbishop of Caesarea in 370. Besides all of his other achievements, Saint Athanasios wrote the life of Saint
Anthony the Great, with whom he spent time in his youth; ordained Saint Frumentius first Bishop of
Ethiopia; and in his Paschal Encyclical for the year 367 set forth the books of the Old and New Testaments
accepted by the Church as canonical. Saint Gregory the Theologian, in his "Oration On the Great
Athanasios", said that he was "Angelic in appearance, more angelic in mind; ... rebuking with the tenderness
of a father, praising with the dignity of a ruler ... Everything was harmonious, as an air upon a single lyre,
and in the same key; his life, his teaching, his struggles, his dangers, his return, and his conduct after his
return ... he treated so mildly and gently those who had injured him, that even they themselves, if I may say
so, did not find his restoration distasteful."
Saint Cyril was also from Alexandria, born about the year 376. He was the nephew of Theophilus, Patriarch
of Alexandria, who also instructed the Saint in his youth. Having first spent much time with the monks in
Nitria, he later became the successor to his uncle's throne in 412. In 429, when Cyril heard tidings of the
teachings of the new Patriarch of Constantinople, Nestorius, he began attempting through private letters to
bring Nestorius to renounce his heretical teaching about the Incarnation. When the heresiarch did not repent,
Saint Cyril, together with Pope Celestine of Rome, led the Orthodox opposition to his error. Saint Cyril
presided over the Third Ecumenical Council of the 200 Holy Fathers in the year 431, who gathered in
Ephesus under Saint Theodosius the Younger. At this Council, by his most wise words, he put to shame and
convicted the impious doctrine of Nestorius, who, although he was in town, refused to appear before Cyril.
Saint Cyril, besides overthrowing the error of Nestorius, has left to the Church full commentaries on the
Gospels of Luke and John. Having shepherded the Church of Christ for thirty-two years, he reposed in 444.

Apolytikion of Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria in the Third Tone
Shining forth with works of Orthodoxy, ye quenched every false belief and teaching and became trophy-
bearers and conquerors. And since ye made all things rich and with true piety, greatly adorning the Church
with magnificence, Athanasios and wise Cyril, ye both have worthily found Christ God, Who doth grant
great mercy unto all.
Kontakion of Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria in the Fourth Tone
O great Hierarchs of piety and brave champions of the Church of Christ, you watch over all who sing, "Save
us who in faith honor you, O Compassionate."
The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Reading: About the beginning of our Lord's thirtieth year, John the
Forerunner, who was some six months older than Our Saviour according to
the flesh, and had lived in the wilderness since his childhood, received a
command from God and came into the parts of the Jordan, preaching the
baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins. Then our Saviour also came
from Galilee to the Jordan, and sought and received baptism though He was
the Master and John was but a servant. Whereupon, there came to pass those
marvellous deeds, great and beyond nature: the Heavens were opened, the
Spirit descended in the form of a dove upon Him that was being baptized and
the voice was heard from the Heavens hearing witness that this was the
beloved Son of God, now baptized as a man (Matt. 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke
3:1-22). From these events the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the great mystery of the Trinity were
demonstrated. It is also from this that the present feast is called "Theophany," that is, the divine
manifestation, God's appearance among men. On this venerable day the sacred mystery of Christian baptism
was inaugurated; henceforth also began the saving preaching of the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Apolytikion of Holy Epiphany in the First Tone
Lord, when You were baptized in the Jordan, the veneration of the Trinity was revealed. For the voice of
the Father gave witness to You, calling You Beloved, and the Spirit, in the guise of a dove, confirmed the
certainty of His words. Glory to You, Christ our God, who appeared and enlightened the world.
The Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, & John Chrysostom

Reading: Saturday, January 30th, 2016
This common feast of these three teachers was instituted a
little before the year 1100, during the reign of the Emperor
Alexis I Comnenus, because of a dispute and strife that arose
among the notable and virtuous men of that time. Some of
them preferred Basil, while others preferred Gregory, and yet
others preferred John Chrysostom, quarreling among
themselves over which of the three was the greatest.
Furthermore, each party, in order to distinguish itself from the
others, assumed the name of its preferred Saint; hence, they
called themselves Basilians, Gregorians, or Johannites.
Desiring to bring an end to the contention, the three Saints
appeared together to the saintly John Mavropous, a monk who
had been ordained Bishop of Euchaita, a city of Asia Minor,
they revealed to him that the glory they have at the throne of
God is equal, and told him to compose a common service for
the three of them, which he did with great skill and beauty. Saint John of Euchaita (celebrated Oct. 5) is also
the composer of the Canon to the Guardian Angel, the Protector of a Man's Life. In his old age, he retired
from his episcopal see and again took up the monastic life in a monastery in Constantinople. He reposed
during the reign of the aforementioned Emperor Alexis Comnenus (1081-1118).
Apolytikion of Three Hierarchs in the First Tone
The three most great luminaries of the Three-Sun Divinity have illumined all of the world with the rays of
doctrines divine and true; they are the sweetly-flowing rivers of wisdom, who with godly knowledge have
watered all creation in clear and mighty streams: The great and sacred Basil, and the Theologian, wise
Gregory, together with the renowned John, the famed Chrysostom of golden speech. Let us all who love
their divinely-wise words come together, honouring them with hymns; for ceaselessly they offer entreaty for
us to the Trinity.
Kontakion of Three Hierarchs in the Second Tone
Receive, O Lord, the Sacred Heralds who preached God, the pinnacle of Teachers, unto the enjoyment of
Your riches and rest. You have received their labors and their suffering as being above and beyond all fruitful
offering. For You alone glorify Your Saints. (From GOARCH)
The Vasilopita Coin
Blessings of the New Year
THE TRADITION - One of the more beautiful and inspirational traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church
is the annual family celebration of the Vasilopita. This original event which happened in Cappadocia of
Caesarea in the last half of the fourth century, is very much alive in our Orthodox homes each year. The
Greek word Vasilopita is directly translated as “Sweet Bread of Basil”. When the Vasilopita is prepared,
a coin is baked into the ingredients. Sweet flavoring is added to the bread which symbolize the sweetness
and joy of life everlasting. It also symbolizes the hope that the New Year will be filled with the sweetness
of life, liberty, health, and happiness for all who participate in the Vasilopita Observance. When the
observance begins, usually on New Years Day, the bread is traditionally cut by the senior member of the
family, and the individual who receives the portion of the Pita which contains the coin is considered
Blessed for the New Year. Each portion of the Vasilopita are distributed as follows: The first portion is
cut in remembrance of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The second is for the Holy Mother of our Lord,
The Virgin Mary. The third is for St. Basil the Great, the other portions are cut for the members of the
family beginning with the eldest. Portions may also be cut for the Church, the house, the traveler, the
visitor and the poor.
Βασιλόπιτα

Η ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΗ - Ένα από τα πιο όμορφα και
εμπνευσμένα παραδόσεις της
Ελληνικής Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας είναι η ετήσια
γιορτή της οικογένειας της Βασιλόπιτας. Αυτή η
πρωτότυπη εκδήλωση που έγινε στην
Καππαδοκία της Καισαρείας στο τελευταίο μισό του τέταρτου αιώνα, είναι πολύ ζωντανή στην
Ορθόδοξη σπίτια μας κάθε χρόνο. Η ελληνική λέξη Βασιλόπιτα άμεσα μεταφράζεται ως «γλυκό
ψωμί του Βασίλη". Όταν η βασιλόπιτα είναι έτοιμη, ένα νόμισμα ψήνεται στα συστατικά. Γλυκό
αρωματική ουσία προστίθεται στο ψωμί, που συμβολίζουν τη γλυκύτητα και τη χαρά της αιώνιας
ζωής. Συμβολίζει επίσης την ελπίδα ότι η νέα χρονιά θα είναι γεμάτη με τη γλυκύτητα της ζωής, της
ελευθερίας, της υγείας, και την ευτυχία για όλους όσους συμμετέχουν στην Βασιλόπιτας Τήρηση.
Όταν η τήρηση αρχίζει, συνήθως Πρωτοχρονιά, το ψωμί παραδοσιακά κοπεί από . το αρχαιότερο
μέλος της οικογένειας, και το άτομο που λαμβάνει το τμήμα της πίτας που περιέχει το νόμισμα
θεωρείται Ευλογημένος για το Νέο Έτος Κάθε τμήμα της Βασιλόπιτας κατανέμονται ως εξής: Το
πρώτο τμήμα κόβεται σε ανάμνηση του Κυρίου μας και Σωτήρα, τον Ιησού Χριστό. Το δεύτερο είναι
για την Αγία Μητέρα του Κυρίου μας, την Παναγία. Το τρίτο είναι ο Μέγας Βασίλειος, τα άλλα
τμήματα κόβονται για τα μέλη της οικογένειας που αρχίζει με την παλαιότερη. Τμήματα μπορεί
επίσης να κοπεί για την Εκκλησία, το σπίτι, τον ταξιδιώτη, τον επισκέπτη και τους φτωχούς.
THE TRADITION SURROUNDING THE VASILOPITA

For centuries upon centuries, parents, grandparents and godparents have related the following to
Orthodox children about St. Basil and the Vasilopita. One year, during a time of terrible famine,
the emperor levied a sinfully excessive tax upon the people of Caesarea. The tax was such a heavy
burden upon the already impoverished people that to avoid debtors' prison each family had to
relinquish its few remaining coins and pieces of jewelry, including precious family heirlooms.
Learning of this injustice upon his flock, St. Basil the Great, the archbishop of Caesarea, took up
his bishop's staff and the book of the holy Gospels and came to his people's defense by fearlessly
calling the emperor to repentance.
By God's grace, the emperor did repent! He canceled the tax and instructed his tax collectors to
turn over to St. Basil all of the chests containing the
coins and jewelry which had been paid as taxes by the
people of Caesarea. But now St. Basil was faced with the
daunting and impossible task of returning these thousands
of coins and pieces of jewelry to their rightful
owners. After praying for a long time before the icons of
our Master Christ and His All-Holy Mother, St. Basil
had all the treasures baked into one huge pita. He then
called all the townspeople to prayer at the cathedral, and,
after Divine Liturgy, he blessed and cut the pita,
giving a piece to each person. Miraculously, each owner
received in his piece of Vasilopita his own valuables.
They all joyfully returned home, giving thanks to God
who had delivered them from abject poverty and to their
good and holy bishop St. Basil the Great! In
remembrance of that miracle wrought by God as a result of
St. Basil's love and defense of his people, Orthodox Christians have observed the tradition of the
Vasilopita each year on January 1st-- the date on which St. Basil reposed in the Lord in the year
379.
A sweet bread, large and round is prepared and pieces cut for Christ, the Theotokos/Virgin Mary,
and then for each member of the family. Hidden in the bread/Vasilopita (St. Basil's bread) is a
coin of some sorts...In times past, the coin was made of gold.... Usually a quarter or silver dollar
is hidden inside the pita....
Whoever gets the piece with the coin is considered to have good fortune and many blessings in
the new year.
News and Announcements

Parish Council Election Results

Congratulations to the newly elected members of the Parish Council
Stefanos Bouboulis Emmanuel Meimaris
Antonios Dakopoulos Nikitas Splagounias
Constantinos Ioakimidis Apostolos Tsitsopoulos
Vassilios Karras Theodore Speros

Board of Elections: Nicholas Darris (Chair), John Kalogeris,
Costas Kapetanakis, Arthur Papas and Vassilios Tsiaras
Elections were held on Sunday, December 13, from 11:30 to 2:00pm. 120 people voted.

The 8 elected join the 9 ongoing members: David Bowling, George Katsarakes,
S. Nicholas Kriketos, Peter Ladas, Vassilios Pantazopoulos, Charlie Pappas,
Eleanora Profis, Maria Tsaousidis and Mark Ypsilantis.

We thank the outgoing Parish Council members for their ministerial service to our Parish:
Athanasios Arvanitis and John Ioakimidis.

St. Athanasius Annual Dinner Dance

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St. Athanasius
Annual Dinner Dance
Saturday March 12, 2016
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Woburn, MA
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News and Announcements

50’s Plus
The Fifties Plus Ministry hosted their annual Christmas Luncheon on December 8th where over 60
people were in attendance. A lovely afternoon was spent in fellowship and Christmas cheer!
During this time of faith and family, may the true meaning of Christmas fill you with joy. Wishing you
a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.

St. Athanasius – Christmas Caroling

On Friday, December 18th, 2015, a number of parishioners from our St. Athanasius Greek Orthodox
Church gathered in the evening to brave the cold and sing Christmas Carols around the neighborhood.
The Christmas Carolers greeted neighbors and spread Christmas Cheer through the singing of holy
hymns dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
News and Announcements

Sunday Catechetical School

A Happy and Blessed New Year to all from the Catechetical Sunday School.

Teachers and students alike had a very busy end to the year. The December Advent season is always
filled with meaningful social action activities as we await the birth of Christ. This year, the children
visited the Hellenic Nursing Home (HNH) and collected toys for the Home for Little Wanderers. As it
happens every time, the visit to HNH left us with many sweet memories, touching moments, and the
desire to visit again soon. Enjoy some of these memories from the picture collage included elsewhere
in this bulletin.

The toy drive (coordinated by our first and second grade teachers Eleni & Marianna Terzakis and
students) was a tremendous success! Thank you to all who brought in toys for our toy-box or
purchased toys online.

With the help of the St. Athanasius PTO we organized the annual Family Communion Breakfast. Young
and old enjoyed the great tasting pancakes that dads (and this year also moms) cooked, the rich
program of our young Greek School students, and the traditional visit by none other than the St.
Athanasius Santa himself! A big thank you to the PTO that helped out in many ways to make this
beloved event a success.

On Sunday December 20th, the Sunday School children presented the annual St. Athanasius Youth
Christmas Pageant. Many people contributed much time and talent for the success of this beloved
events. We are especially thankful to all the students that took part in the pageant, as well as to our
talented soloists who enriched our program with their beautiful voices. A BIG thank you to our
teachers and pageant directors Cassandra Chamallas and Loula Boretos, our music coordinator Alexis
Mitchell and our all around helper Mr. Chuck Chamallas.

In closing, as we start 2016 filled with hope, promises and new year’s resolutions, we would like to
wish our students and their families a life journey full of light, a light bright and clear! A light that draws
from the one and only true light that comes from knowing and living a personal relationship with
Christ. For He said ‘I am the light of the world’ (John 8:12)

Let’s make a resolution to help our children and students become beacons of the true light of Christ’s
by attending with them the Divine Liturgy every Sunday and participating in the Catechetical Sunday
School activities. This way each child will keep on learning and “increasing in wisdom and in stature,
and in favor with God and man” as Christ did!

Our next staff meeting is scheduled for Sunday, January 10th immediately following the end of classes.