Sunday, July 5, 2009

Fourth Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

St Matthew

  • Epistle: St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 5:22-26; 6:1-2


  • Gospel: Matthew 8:5-13

Saints and feasts

  • St Athanasios, Founder of The Great Lavra of the Holy Mountain, Athos
  • St Lampadus the Wonder-Worker
  • Recovery of the Relics of St Sergei of Radonezh
  • St Fragan and St Gwen

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Eleni
  • Nina
  • Boris

Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Third Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

St Matthew

  • Epistle: Epistle of St Paul to the Romans, 5:1-11


  • Gospel: Gospel of St Matthew, 6:22-33

Saints and feasts

  • Translation of the relics of Cyros and John the unmercenary healers
  • Martyrs Papios and Paul
  • Venerable Moses the anchorite
  • Venerable Simeon
  • Venerable Sergios and Herman wonderworkers

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • George
  • Annis
  • Leslie-John
  • Eleni

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The 2nd Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

St Matthew

  • Epistle: The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 2:10-16


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of Matthew 4:18-23

Saints and feasts

  • Julian the Martyr of Tarsus
  • Terentios, Bishop of Iconium
  • Nikitas the New Martyr of Nisyros

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • David
  • Jacob

Sunday, June 14, 2009

First Sunday after Pentecost - All Saints Sunday

Scripture readings



  • Epistle: The Reading is from Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews, 11:33-40;12:1-2


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of St Matthew, 10:32-33;37-38;19:27-30

Saints and feasts

  • Prophet Elisha

  • Methodios the Confessor, patriarch of Constantinople

  • Venerable Niphon of Athos

  • Cyril, bishop of Crete

  • John, Metropolitan of Euchaita

The living

  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Elias
  • Yelina
  • George
  • John

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sunday of Pentecost

Scripture readings

  • Epistle: The Reading is from Acts of the Apostles 2:1-11


  • Gospel: The Reading is from the Gospel of John 7:37-52;8:12

Saints and feasts


  • Hieromartyr Theodotos, bishop of Ancyra
  • Venerable Sebastian the wonder-worker
  • Venerable Cedd, bishop of Essex

The living

  • June
  • Olga
  • Luba
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan



Preparing for Our Parish Council Elections



The new constitution which was adopted at our last AGM , to keep us in line with all other Antiochian parishes in Australasia, has a much more formal system of election than we have had in the past. Such an election should be held every 2 years and we are now preparing for ours. We need to elect a Chairman, or woman, a Secretary, a Treasurer and 2 or3 ordinary members of the council.



The steps to be followed are


  • An electoral roll needs to be prepared of all Parish members.

  • Nominations for the Parish Council will be called for at least one month and not more than 6 weeks before an election. These must be in writing and signed by both the Nominee and the proposer, both of whom must be on the electoral roll. There is also a process for objecting to these.

  • Elections will then be held by secret ballot as part of an Annual General Meeting.


At present we are preparing the electoral roll. When we feel that we have as complete a roll as can be done, hopefully within the next 2 or 3 weeks, we will set the dates for for nominations and elections.



We have begun to prepare an electoral roll of all those who attend and take communion in St Michaels and who live in the Dunedin Metropolitan area. If you would like to check that you are on this roll or do not want to be included on the roll, please phone Alice Baird (Chairperson) on 03 486 1032. We will also have the draught roll at church over the next few weeks .


Alice Baird
Parish Chairwoman


Sunday, May 31, 2009

After-feast of The Ascension

Scripture readings

Saints and feasts


  • Fathers of the 1st Council
     
  • Hermias the Martyr at Comana
     
  • Eusebius and Haralambos the Monk-martyrs

The living

  • June
  • Olga
  • Luba
  • Kathleen
  • Carole
  • Rachael
  • David
  • Dellis
  • Fennella and Family
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • John
  • Reginald
  • Joan
  • Annis
  • Leslie-John

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Sixth Sunday of Pascha - theSunday of the Blind Man

Scripture readings



Saints and feasts

  • St.Symeon Stylites of The Wondrous Mountain
  • St.Nicetas The Stylite , Wonderworker of Peryaslavl
  • St.Vincent of Lerins

The living

  • Priest George of Auckland
  • June
  • Luba
  • Olga
  • Kathleen
  • Sheryl
  • Archpriest Ilyan

The Departed we Commemorated today

  • Innokenty
  • Helen
  • Nicolas
  • Carole