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St. Demetrios Church
Publish Date: 2017-05-14
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St. Demetrios Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (440) 331-2246
  • Fax:
  • (440) 331-8407
  • Street Address:

  • 22909 Center Ridge Road

  • Rocky River, OH 44116
  • Mailing Address:

  • 22909 Center Ridge Road

  • Rocky River, OH 44116


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Services Schedule

Sundays 8:30 a.m. Orthros and 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy

Special weekday feastday services to be announced in the bulletin.


Past Bulletins


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 11:19-30.

IN THOSE DAYS, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea, and they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
The Reading is from 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."


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Parish Announcements

PARISH SCHEDULE

SUNDAY

5/14

8:30; 9:30   a.m.

 

Orthros; Divine Liturgy; Sunday School

Acolyte Team:  4                               

Welcome Greeters:  Angie & Irene Vianos

 Memorials:     40 days for Molly Corpas, wife of Gust, mother of Cathy, Jeanne & Toni

  1 year for Angelo Angelatos, brother of George

  1 year for John Lekas, husband of Jackie, father of Katherine & Jim

Trisagion for Parish Mothers

Coffee hosted by the Corpas and Lekas families

11:45 a.m. Aeraki & Kymata Dancers

MONDAY

5/15

9:00 a.m.

5:15 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

Making Galaktoboureko

Kymata Dancers

Kyklonas Dancers

TUESDAY

5/16

9:30 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

Bible Study

Greek School

WEDNESDAY

5/17

10:00 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

Library Committee meeting

Aeraki Dancers

Kymata dancers

Parish Council

THURSDAY

5/18

5:00 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Greek School

Kyklonas Hellenic Dancers

American Legion Meeting

 


HONOR THY MOTHER & THY FATHER

 This Sunday, May 14 we are honoring our mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, sisters, and aunts. Thanks to the Kariotakis family for continuing their lovely tradition of offering a corsage to parish moms, and to Philoptochos for sponsoring the program book and memorial. 

And there is still time to sign up for Father’s Day, Sun., June 18, to honor your dad, papou, godfather, or uncle in the  printed program distributed in Church honoring all individuals remembered by loved ones both living and deceased, and a special memorial service will be read for the deceased,  with a gift to Philoptochos. See members of Philoptochos during coffee hour or grab a form from the Narthex magazine rack.

 


JOAN LAMBROS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

We congratulate Anna Packis, recipient of the 2017 Lambros Scholarship, which will be presented this Sunday in church.


OPA!

All our dance groups are now rehearsing for the Festival:

*Aeraki (ages 5-8, as of Jan.1) Wednesdays 4:30pm- 6:00 p.m. May  17,  24 & June 7, 14 & 21 and Mon., June 19, 4:30-6 p.m.; Sundays, after church 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m., May 14, June  11, children must attend 7 of the 10 scheduled practices in order to perform. Sign up thru the office or at the 1st or 2nd rehearsal.

 *Kymata (ages 9-12, as of Jan. 1) Rehearsals after Sunday School, May 14, 21, 28  and 5:15-6:30 p.m. on May 15, 17, 22, 24, 31. See the Epistle for the additional June dates.

 *Kyklonas (ages 13 & up) Mondays, 5:30-6:30 pm. / Thursdays, 6:45-7:30 p.m. in the hall.

 

 

 


FESTIVAL PREP

 May 15 (Galaktoboureko); May 22 (Green beans); May 23 (Kourambiethes) ;  May 24 (Finikia) ; May 31 (Tsoureki)

All cooking dates begin at 9 a.m. No experience necessary! Save the Dates for our festival: June 22-25.

 


CLASS OF 2017

High school, college and or post-grads invited to submit your photo & short bio for The Epistle Graduation issue. Send by May 15th  to: sdgoc@ohiocoxmail.com High School seniors, save the date of Sun., June 11 for a special blessing after Divine Liturgy.


UPDATED PARISH DIRECTORY

 Are  you finding a lot of outdated phone numbers and addresses in your most recent church directory? Does your ‘most recent’ photo show your college age children as babies? Does the outfit you’re wearing look really dated? Then its time for a new Parish Photo Directory! Photographers from Lifetouch will be here at St. Demetrios on the following dates to hold one-hour photo sessions for parishioners:

 Mon., May 22 -  Wed., May 24 and Tue., May 30- Fri., June 2  at  2:00-9:00 p.m.

 Sat., June 3, 10 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. 

Sun., June 4, Noon-7:00 p.m.

 Families who participate will receive a complimentary 8x10 portrait and directory.

You can sign up for your photo session or sign up online at https://booknow-lifetouch.appointment-plus.com/9rjc0qp8/  or during coffee hour.

Volunteers are needed to act as hosts during the photo sessions (2-3 hours).  Call Diane at 440892-8432  to sign up.

 

 

 


FESTIVAL MEETING

Sun., May 21, after church, there will be meeting with Chair People, Parish Council and volunteers. Booth needs and discussion items will be addressed at this time


VETERAN PHOTO COLLAGE

Sun., May 21, we will unveil the Veteran Photo  Collage and bless our veterans  with a special blessing during coffee hour. Those who submitted original photos can pick them up that day or the week after in the office.


SPRING HOLY DAYS

8:30 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy, in the church.

Ascension  (Ανάλιψης)     Thu., May 25th  

Saturday of Souls  (Ψυχοσάββατο)  -   June 3. Bring plates of kollyva no later than 9:30 am

Pentecost (Πεντηκοστή) Sun., June 4th

 


MEMORIAL DAY VISITS

Fr. Jim and Fr. Anastasios will be conducting graveside memorials on the following dates/ locations:  Lakewood Park on Friday, May 26      3-5 p.m. and

St. Theodosius  on Sunday, May 28, Noon-2 p.m and Monday, May 29       starting at 8 a.m.

If you have loved ones at any other cemetery, contact the office to schedule an alternate visit.


ASIA MINOR HERITAGE

Researchers from the University of Florida are interested in interviewing the descendants of immigrants from Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, Imbros, Tenedos, the Marmara or Princes’ Islands for the Ottoman Greeks of the United States Project. OGUS is looking for interviews, photographs, and 3D scans of objects that immigrants brought with them to the U.S. George Topalidis of the U. of Fla will be in Ohio later this month and can be contacted at 727-207-0623 or oguso424@gmail.com


GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESCHEDULED

 The meeting originally scheduled for May 21 will take place on Mon., June 5 at 7 pm in the hall. Agenda: Church renovation project. A quorum of 25 members in Good Standing are required for this meeting.

 


EVENTS ELSEWHERE

 ‘ZOE’  NEEDS YOU  ZOE for Life! new Women’s Center Medical Committee is expanding services offered to  women in distress due to unplanned pregnancies including Classes on parenting, abortion healing, and child raising; limited obstetrical ultrasounds, pre-natal vitamins and referrals to doctors for obstetrical care to abortion-vulnerable women. If you have a few hours a week to volunteer as a Client Advocate, Receptionist,      Sonographer, Community Coordinator, Nurse, Fundraiser, Medical Assistant, Physicians Assistant, or Administrative Assistant,  WE NEED YOU!  Contact Despina at:  despina@mavrakisfamily.com

 OTHER  FESTIVALS

 ~Lorain Gyro Drive-Thru :  May 19 & 20 at St. Nicholas Church, 2000 Tower Blvd.10 am-9 pm

 ~Tremont Greek Fest : May 26-29, at Annunciation Church, 2187 W. 14th St., Cleveland.

 ~Canton Greek Fest: June 8-10, at St. Haralambos, 251 25th St., NW.  www.cantongreekfest.com

 STS. CONSTANTINE & HELEN  Sat., May 20, Vespers at 7:00 p.m. at the Cathedral, 3352 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, celebrating the feastday of their patron saints.

 ICARIAN MINI-CONVENTION  May 27 & 28 in Pittsburgh. Saturday 1 p.m. golf outing in West Mifflin, PA.$110/golfer.  Contact Anna Aivaliotis (annaca@pitt.edu) Sunday dance, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. at Dormition of the Theotokos Church hall, 12 Washington Ave., Oakmont, Penn. Live music by the Panigiri Orchestra. $20/adult; $5/ children 5 & under. Contact Michelle (412-680-1416)

 IOCC 25TH ANNIVERSARY  Fri., June 9, the International Orthodox Christian Charities Cleveland Metropolitan Committee celebrates 25 years of worldwide humanitarian assistance with a benefit at Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Rd., Independence. Guest Speaker His Grace Bishop Irinej. Cocktails at 6 p.m.; Dinner at 7 p.m. $50/person. Reservations required by May 29 by contacting Eleni in the church office (440-331-2246 x2.)  Sponsorship also available.

 GOLF OUTINGS

 ~Sat., June 10 - Sandbagger’s Open, benefiting St. Theodosius Cathedral, at Dorlon Golf Club, 18000 Station Rd., Columbia Station. 9 a.m. shotgun start. $85/player includes breakfast, lunch, prizes, and steak dinner. Contact Jennifer Boerio (216-513-5667 or janolan23@hotmail.com)

 ~Sun., June 11- Greek Golf Outing, benefiting St. Paul Church, at Pine Hills Golf Club, 433 W. 130th St., Hinckley. 1:30 p.m. Shotgun start. $125 includes 18 holes, prizes, lunch, & lamb roast dinner, with live Greek music. Dinner only $30 (12 & up) and $10 (youth 12 & under.)Checks payable to “St. Paul Church”  4548 Wallings Rd., North Royalton, OH 44133.

 ~Sat., June 23 –FOCUS Cleveland Golf Classic, benefiting St. Herman House. Hinckley Hills Golf Course, 300 State Rd., Hinckley at noon. $125/golfer or $500/Early bird Foursome (register by May 26) includes 18 holes, lunch & dinner, prizes. Email golfsthermans@focusna.org

  KIDNEY WALK, Sun., June 11, 9 a.m., the National Kidney Foundation annual walk from the Great Lakes Science Center along Lake Erie.  No registration fee, $5 parking by the venue, complimentary breakfast and DJ all morning!  Walk in honor or memory of someone afflicted with kidney disease. Contact Anna Tzinis at (440) 241-6780 or register at www.kidneywalk.org

 


SCHOLARSHIPS

 -Nafpaktian Cultural Foundation  Awarding $500 scholarships to High School Seniors and to        College students who are of Greek ancestry and permanent residents of Northeast Ohio.  Deadline June 30, 2017. Download at: http://nafpaktian.org/index.php/non-vis/scholarships/

 -Zoe Cavalaris Outstanding Female Athlete Award  Available to women of Hellenic descent  in high school or college who excelled in amateur athletics during the Aug. 1, 2016-     June 1, 2017 school year. Deadline June 1, 2017.  Application in the church office and   at  www.daughtersofpenelope.org/pdfs/Zoe_Cavalaris_Application.pdf


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Saints and Feasts

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May 14

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman

One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the blessings in the days of Moses and Jesus of Navi. Near to this town, Jacob, who had come from Mesopotamia in the nineteenth century before Christ, bought a piece of land where there was a well. This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob's Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, he left that piece of land as a special inheritance to his son Joseph (Gen. 49:22). This town, before it was taken into possession by Samaria, was also the leading city of the kingdom of the ten tribes. In the time of the Romans it was called Neapolis, and at present Nablus. It was the first city in Canaan visited by the Patriarch Abraham. Here also, Jesus of Navi (Joshua) addressed the tribes of Israel for the last time. Almost three hundred years later, all Israel assembled there to make Roboam (Rehoboam) king.

When our Lord Jesus Christ, then, came at midday to this city, which is also called Sychar (John 4:5), He was wearied from the journey and the heat, and He sat down at this well. After a little while the Samaritan woman mentioned in today's Gospel passage came to draw water. As she conversed at some length with the Lord and heard from Him secret things concerning herself, she believed in Him; through her many other Samaritans also believed.

Concerning the Samaritans we know the following: In the year 721 before Christ, Salmanasar (Shalmaneser), King of the Assyrians, took the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel into captivity, and relocated all these people to Babylon and the land of the Medes. From there he gathered various nations and sent them to Samaria. These nations had been idolaters from before. Although they were later instructed in the Jewish faith and believed in the one God, they worshipped the idols also. Furthermore, they accepted only the Pentateuch of Moses, and rejected the other books of Holy Scripture. Nonetheless, they thought themselves to be descendants of Abraham and Jacob. Therefore, the pious Jews named these Judaizing and idolatrous peoples Samaritans, since they lived in Samaria, the former leading city of the Israelites, as well as in the other towns thereabout. The Jews rejected them as heathen and foreigners, and had no communion with them at all, as the Samaritan woman observed, "the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans" (John 4:9). Therefore, the name Samaritan is used derisively many times in the Gospel narrations. After the Ascension of the Lord, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the woman of Samaria was baptized by the holy Apostles and became a great preacher and Martyr of Christ; she was called Photine, and her feast is kept on February 26.


May 14

Isidore the Martyr of Chios

This Saint was a soldier from Alexandria. He came with the Roman fleet to Chios, where he was betrayed as a Christian to Numerian, Commander of the Fleet. Because he boldly pro-fessed himself to worship Christ as God and refused to worship any other, he was tormented and beheaded in 251, during the reign of Decius.


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May 15

Achillius the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Larissa

Saint Achillius was one of the 318 God-bearing Fathers who were present at the First Ecumenical Council; after returning to Larissa he cast down many pagan temples, delivered many from the demons, and raised up churches to the glory of God. He reposed about the middle of the fourth century.


May 16

Nicholas the Mystic, Patriarch of Constantinople

He was known for the purity and austerity of his life. When the Emperor Leo VI married a fourth time (his three previous wives having died), the Patriarch barred him from the church. The Emperor sent the Patriarch into exile and had his marriage approved by delegates of the Roman Pope. When the Emperor died, Nicholas was restored to the Patriarchal throne, and called a Council in 925, at which fourth marriages were forbidden in the Church under any circumstance. He died peacefully.
  The title Mystikos was given to some high-ranking members of the Imperial council (perhaps because they met in secret).  The Patriarch was a courtier with this title before he forsook the world and was tonsured a monk.


May 17

The Holy Apostles Andronicus and Junia

These Apostles are mentioned by Saint Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, where he writes: "Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the Apostles, who also were in Christ before me" (Rom. 16:7). It may be that they were husband and wife, like Aquila and Priscilla (Acts 18), but the ancient witnesses do not tell us.
  Andronicus became Bishop of Pannonia, but did not stay in one place, instead travelling throughout the world to proclaim the Gospel.  Both Andronicus and Junia were granted the gift of wonder-working.  Both of them suffered for Christ and were finally martyred.


May 18

Holy Martyrs: Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus

These Saints all contested in martyrdom during the reign of Decius (249-251)- Peter was from Lampsacus in the Hellespont. For refusing to offer sacrifice to the idol of Aphrodite, his whole body was crushed and broken with chains and pieces of wood on a torture-wheel; having endured this torment courageously, he gave up his soul.

Paul and Andrew were soldiers from Mesopotamia brought to Athens with their governor, there they were put in charge of two captive Christians, Dionysios and Christina. The soldiers, seeing the beauty of the virgin Christina, attempted to move her to commit sin with them, but she refused and, by her admonitions, brought them to faith in Christ. They and Dionysios were stoned to death, and Christina was beheaded.

Heraclius, Paulinus, and Benedimus were Athenians, and preachers of the Gospel who turned many of the heathen from their error to the light of Christ. Brought before the governor, they confessed their Faith, and after many torments were beheaded.


May 19

Patrick the Hieromartyr and Bishop of Prusa and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius, Menander, and Polyaenus

Saint Patrick was Bishop of Prusa, a city in Bithynia (the present-day Brusa or Bursa). Because of his Christian Faith, he was brought before Julius (or Julian) the Consul, who in his attempts to persuade Patrick to worship as he himself did, declared that thanks was owed to the gods for providing the hot springs welling up from the earth for the benefit of men. Saint Patrick answered that thanks for this was owed to our Lord Jesus Christ, and explained that when He, Who is God, created the earth, He made it with both fire and water, and the fire under the earth heats the water which wells up, producing hot springs; he then explained that there is another fire, which awaits the ungodly. Because of this, he was cast into the hot springs, but it was the soldiers who cast him in, and not he, who were harmed by the hot water. After this Saint Patrick was beheaded with the presbyters Acacius, Menander, and Polyaenus. Most likely, this was during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).


May 20

Father Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow

Our holy and wonderworking Father Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow, was born in Moscow in 1292, and consecrated bishop in 1350. Chosen as Metropolitan in 1354, he was ordained by Ecumenical Patriarch Philotheus. He founded several monasteries, including the first women's convent in the city of Moscow. From the Greek he translated and wrote out the Holy Gospel. For the good of the Church and his country he twice journeyed to the Horde and did much to propitiate the Khan and ease the burden of the Tartar yoke; he also healed Taidula, the Khan's wife. His relics are laid to rest in the Chudov Monastery in Moscow, which he founded on land granted him by the Khan and his wife in thanksgiving. Today is the feast of the translation of his holy relics, which took place in 1485, and again in 1686.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

THE persecution turned out to be no slight benefit as "to them that love God all things work together for good." (Rom. viii. 28.) If they had made it their express study how best to establish the Church, they would have done no other thing than this--they dispersed the teachers.[*] Mark in what quarters the preaching was extended. "They travelled," it says, "as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch; to none however did they preach the word but to Jews only." Dost thou mark with what wise purposes of Providence so much was done in the case of Cornelius? This serves both to justify Christ, and to impeach the Jews. When Stephen was slain, when Paul was twice in danger, when the Apostles were scourged, then the Gentiles received the word, then the Samaritans. Which Paul also declares: "To you it was necessary that the Word of God should first be spoken; but since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy, lo, we turn unto the Gentiles." (ch. xiii. 46.)..."And the hand of the Lord," it says, "was with them," that is, they wrought miracles; "and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord." (v. 21.) Do you mark why now also there was heed of miracles (namely) that they might believe? "Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch." (v. 22.) What may be the reason that, when such a city received the word, they did not come themselves? Because of the Jews. But they send Barnabas. However, it is no small part of the providential management even so that Paul comes to be there. It is both natural, and it is wisely ordered, that they are averse to him, and (so) that Voice of the Gospel, that Trumpet of heaven, is not shut up in Jerusalem..."And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch." (v. 26.) Verily this is the reason why it was there they were appointed to be called Christians, because Paul there spent so long time!
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 25 on Acts 11, 4th Century

The example of the good Samaritan shows that we must not abandon those in whom even the faintest amount of faith is still alive.
St. Ambrose of Milan
Two Books of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Concerning Repentance, Chapter 11

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Hymns of the Day

Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha in the Plagal First Mode

Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life.

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Mode

Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Mid-Pentecost in the Plagal Fourth Mode

At Mid-feast give Thou my thirsty soul to drink of the waters of piety; for Thou, O Saviour, didst cry out to all: Whosoever is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Wherefore, O Well-spring of life, Christ our God, glory be to Thee.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen.
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

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Archbishop Demetrios Attends National Day of Prayer at White House

05/05/2017

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, at the invitation of President Donald J. Trump, attended today the 66th Annual National Day of Prayer Commemoration, held this year at the Rose Garden of the White House.

Archbishop Demetrios’ Visit to the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England

04/19/2017

On Good Friday afternoon and in a gesture of prayerful solidarity to the Coptic Orthodox Christians, following the bombing attacks at two Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America together with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, visited the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace and His Grace Bishop David, of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England.
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