ST. MARKELLA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 1960 JONES AVENUE NORTH ● WANTAGH NY REV. FATHER SARANTIS LOULAKIS Visit us at: Page 2 Page 7 ΑΓΓΕΛΙΕΣ - Upcoming Events and Announcements Thursday, May Annual Memorial Day Festival!!! Saturday, June 4- St. Markella 27 th Anniversary Gala Honoring Mr. Nicholas Malafis at Terrace On The Park…………………………7:00pm Saturday, June 11- Greek School Graduation!! ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΕ ΕΒΔΟΜΑΔΟΣ Κυριακή, 29 Μαΐου-Της Σαμαρείτιδος. Όρθρος….8:30πμ. Θεία Λειτ…10:00πμ Κυριακή, 5 Ιουνίου- Κυριακή του Τυφλού. Όρθρος………………………………………..….8:30πμ. Θεία Λειτ…………….10:00πμ SUNDAY BULLETIN Our Sunday Bulletin may now be available to you by . If you wish to receive the Sunday Bulletin, please Fr. Sarantis at stating that you wish to receive the Bulletin and provide him with your address. Thank Sunday, 29 May- Sunday of the Samaritan Woman. Orthros…………………………………………….8:30am. Div. Lit……….……………….10:00am Sunday, 5 June- Sunday of the Blind Man. Orthros………………………………..….8:30am. Div. Lit……………………….10:00am Memorial Service- μνημόσυνο Κυριακή, 29 Μαΐου- Τελούμε το 40-ήμερο μνημόσυνο της αδελφής εν Κυρίω, Μαρίας Νικολή. Αιωνία η μνήμη αυτής. Η αδελφική ώρα προσφέρεται από την οικογένεια. Sunday, 29 May- We will celebrate the 40-Day memorial service for our beloved sister in the Lord Maria Nikolis. May her memory be eternal. The fellowship hour is offered by the family.

Page 3 The Gospel Reading according to John 4:5-42 At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw. "Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he. "Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him. Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.“ Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world." Η συντροφιά των χρυσών χρόνων! Η ομάδα των ηλικιωμένων έχει ανασυνταχθεί. Η συνάντησης λαμβάνει χώρα κάθε Πέμπτη, από τις 12 μεσημέρι έως τις 2 το απόγευμα προς το παρόν στην αίθουσα της εκκλησίας.Παρακαλείσθε να έρθετε και να ενωθείτε μαζί μας! Senior Citizens - Golden Stars Our Senior Citizens Group has been regrouped and meets every Thursday at noon until 2pm for now, in the church hall. Please come and join us! CHURCH OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday 9:00am-2:00pm Father Sarantis’ Office Hours Monday- office closed- Memorial Day Tuesday Wednesday- HOSPITAL MINISTRY SERVICE/BY APPT Thursday- 9-2 Friday- 9-2 *If Pastoral assistance is needed outside of the posted office hours, kindly phone the Parish Office and your needs will be addressed in a timely fashion, Page 6

Page 5 Το Αγιο Ευαγγέλιο ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ Δ´ Ε ἰ σοδικόν - Χριστ ὸ ς ἀ ν έ στη ἐ κ νεκρ ῶ ν, θαν ά τ ῳ θ ά νατον πατ ή σας, κα ὶ το ῖ ς ἐ ν το ῖ ς μν ή μασι, ζω ὴ ν χαρισ ά μενος. ΧΟΡΟΣ - ψάλλοντάς σοι, Ἀ λληλούϊα. Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. Choir: We sing to You, Alleluia. Ὕ μνοι μετ ὰ τ ὴ ν Μικρ ὰ ν Ε ἴ σοδον - Ἀ πολυτίκιον Ἀ ναστάσιμον. Ἦ χος δ ʹ. Τ ὸ φαιδρ ὸ ν τ ῆ ς Ἀ ναστ ά σεως κ ή ρυγμα, ἐ κ το ῦ Ἀ γγ έ λου μαθο ῦ σαι α ἱ το ῦ Κυρ ί ου Μαθ ή τριαι, κα ὶ τ ὴ ν προγονικ ὴ ν ἀ π ό φασιν ἀ πορρ ί ψασαι, το ῖ ς Ἀ ποστ ό λοις καυχ ώ μεναι ἔ λεγον· Ἐ σκ ύ λευται ὁ θ ά νατος, ἠ γ έ ρθη Χριστ ὸ ς ὁ Θε ό ς, δωρο ύ μενος τ ῷ κ ό σμ ῳ τ ὸ μ έ γα ἔ λεος. Τ ῆ ς Ἑ ορτ ῆ ς. Ἦ χος πλ. δ ʹ. Μεσο ύ σης τ ῆ ς ἑ ορτ ῆ ς, διψ ῶ σ ά ν μου τ ὴ ν ψυχ ή ν, ε ὐ σεβε ί ας π ό τισον ν ά ματα ὅ τι π ᾶ σι Σωτ ὴ ρ ἐ β ό ησας· ὁ διψ ῶ ν, ἐ ρχ έ σθω πρ ό ς με κα ὶ πιν έ τω· Ἡ πηγ ὴ τ ῆ ς ζω ῆ ς, Χριστ ὲ ὁ Θε ὸ ς δ ό ξα σοι. Του Αγίου Νεκταρίου - Ἀ πολυτ ί κιον Ἦ χος α’. (Τ ῆ ς ἐ ρήμου πολίτης.) Σηλυβρίας τ ὸ ν γόνον κα ὶ Α ἰ γίνης τ ὸ ν ἔ φορον, τ ὸ ν ἐ σχάτοις χρόνοις φανέντα ἀ ρετ ῆ ς φίλον γνήσιον, Νεκτάριον τιμήσωμεν πιστοί, ὡ ς ἔ νθεον θεράποντα Χριστο ῦ, ἀ ναβλύζει γ ὰ ρ ἰ άσεις παντοδαπ ὰ ς το ῖ ς ε ὐ λαβ ῶ ς κραυγάζουσι. Δόξα τ ῷ σ ὲ δοξάσαντι Χριστ ῷ, δόξα τ ῷ σ ὲ θαυματώσαντι, δόξα τ ῷ ἐ νεργο ῦ ντι δι ὰ σο ῦ π ᾶ σιν ἰ άματα. ΜΝΗΜΟΣΥΝΟ – Μνήσθητι Κύριε......του δούλου σου... Της Αγίας Μαρκελλας - Ἦ χος α ´. (Το ῦ λίθου σφαγισθ έ ντος) Το ῦ Κυρίου το ῖ ς νόμοις, κα ὶ το ῖ ς θείοις διδάγμασι, πειθομένη Μαρκέλλα, κα ὶ ἀ μέμπτως φυλάττουσα, τ ὴ ν βίαν πτοηθε ῖ σα το ῦ πατρ ὸ ς, ὦ Νύμφη ἀ κήρατε Χριστο ῦ, ἐ ν το ῖ ς ὄ ρεσιν η ὐ λίζου, ἐ ν ο ἷ ς διώκων ε ὑ ρίσκει κα ὶ ἐ κτείνει σε· δόξα τ ῷ δεδωκότι σοι ἰ σχ ὺ ν, δόξα τ ῷ σ ὲ στεφανώσαντι, δόξα τ ῷ ἐ νεργο ῦ ντι δι ὰ σο ῦ π ᾶ σιν ἰ άματα. Κοντάκιον. - Ἦ χος πλ. δ ʹ. Ε ἰ κα ὶ ἐ ν τ ά φ ῳ κατ ῆ λθες Ἀ θ ά νατε, ἀ λλ ὰ το ῦ ᾅ δου καθε ῖ λες τ ὴ ν δ ύ ναμιν· κα ὶ ἀ ν έ στης ὡ ς νικητ ή ς, Χριστ ὲ ὁ Θε ό ς, γυναιξ ὶ Μυροφ ό ροις φθεγξ ά μενος, Χα ί ρετε, κα ὶ το ῖ ς σο ῖ ς Ἀ ποστ ό λοις ε ἰ ρ ή νην δωρο ύ μενος, ὁ το ῖ ς πεσο ῦ σι παρ έ χων ἀ ν ά στασιν. Kontakion- Though You went down into the tomb, O Immortal One, yet You brought down the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the victor, O Christ our God; and You called out "Rejoice" to the Myrrh-bearing women, and gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection. Page 4 GREEK SCHOOL GRADUATION!! SATURDAY JUNE At 11:00am Please join us to celebrate our Greek School students hard work and their achievements. Graduation and the moving up ceremony will be held in our Church Hall. Congratulations to all!!