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St. Demetrios Church
Publish Date: 2017-07-30
Bulletin Contents
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Parish Announcements
Saints and Feasts
Wisdom of the Fathers
Hymns of the Day
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
Silas
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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

Contact Information

Priest Fr. James A. Doukas

440-331-2246 x1

Office Manager Eleni Papouras-Jenks

sdgoc@ohiocoxmail.com | 440-331-2246 x2

Operations Manager Nick Hillman

activitycenternick@yahoo.com | 440-331-2246 x3

Fr. Anastasios Athanasiou
Assistant Priest

asathanasiou@gmail.com | 440-331-2246 x5

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. Grave Mode. Psalm 28.11,1.
The Lord will give strength to his people.
Verse: Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 1:10-17.

BRETHREN, I appeal to you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brethren. What I mean is that each one of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispos and Gaius; lest any one should say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any one else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Gospel Reading

8th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:14-22

At that time, Jesus saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves." Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fish." And he said, "Bring them here to me." Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.

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Parish Announcements

PARISH SCHEDULE

SUNDAY

7/30

8:30; 9:30 a.m.

 

Orthros;   Divine Liturgy

Acolytes:         Team 3

 Trisagion :  George Lavdas (40 days,)  Kosta Lavdas (19 years,) &  Mary Lavdas (33 years,) family of Andie Titus & Argy Demas

Pete Catavolos (7 years) husband of Irene, father of Christina and George 

Coffee Hosts:              Library Committee

11:30 a.m. Festival Wrap-up Meeting

MONDAY

7/31

6:30 p.m.

Daughters   of Penelope mtg. [Panera, Westlake]

TUESDAY

8/1

4:30 p.m.

Philoptochos   serving @ St. Herman’s

WEDNESDAY

8/2

6:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

‘Raise   the Roof’ board meeting

Paraclesis   (Dormition Lent service)

THURSDAY

8/3

 

 

FRIDAY

8/4

7:00 p.m.

Paraclesis   (Dormition Lent service )

SATURDAY

8/5

10 am-2 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Journey   to Marriage: Pre-Cana Class

FOCUS   Friends serving @ St. Herman’s

FESTIVAL WRAP-UP MEETING

Sun., July 30, 11:30 a.m. mandatory festival chairperson & primary assistants meeting to discuss all festival issues from your venue to the over-all event. please email all your ideas & suggestions to activitycenternick@yahoo.com by July 26 so they can be printed out and addressed at the meeting.


RAISE THE ROOF!

The fundraising campaign for the  church restoration project has begun! The restoration external phase includes installment of a new roof and replacement of the HVAC systems Fall 2017. The internal phase includes duct work, new lighting fixtures, painting, carpet replacement and pew replacement in the summer of 2018.

Donor forms available in the office and Narthex.


BIBLE STUDY SUMMER BREAK

There will be no meetings in the month of August. We will resume after Labor Day.


SUMMER HOLY DAYS

~Feast of the Transfiguration- Sun., Aug. 6. Regular Sunday service times. Traditionally celebrated by the bringing of the first harvest of grapes to church.  We invite all the faithful to bring fruit to the coffee hour.

~Dormition Lent  Join us for Paraclesis services at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, Aug. 2 &9 and Fridays, Aug. 4 & 11.

~Falling Asleep of the  Virgin Mary - Mon., Aug. 14, Vespers celebrated at Annunciation Church, 2187 W. 14th Street, Cleveland.

Tue., Aug. 15 ,  8:30 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy in St. Demetrios Church. Anyone wishing to donate flowers for hte icon of the Panagia, please contact the office.

On Sun., August 20th, we invite all our Marias, Panayotis & Panayotas, and Despinas to bring something to coffee hour and celebrate your nameday with the whole community.

~St. Phanourios-Sun., Aug. 27. Regular Sunday service times. At the coffee hour to follow, we will serve any Phanouropitas that are brought in by those who lost/ found something. 

~The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Tue., Aug. 29. 8:30 a.m. Orthros; 9:30 a.m. Liturgy.

 

ALL-MINISTRY CALENDAR MEETING

Tue,. Aug. 8, (note new date)  6:30 p.m. in the Board Room, representatives from every church ministry as well as organizations that meet here reguarly should plan to attend and present your group’s events, meetings, etc. for the 2017-18 parish calendar.


FAMILY CHURCH CAMP

 Aug. 15-17, each evening 6:30-8:30 p.m. Grow, learn and develop your faith as a family. Full participation including JOY, GOYA and parents! Theme:  Understanding Jesus’ “I AM” statements. Look for registration forms on our website and Facebook. Volunteers needed. Contact Sally Tsirambidis:  sallysummer1@icloud.com

 


EVENTS ELSEWHERE

  SUMMER SERVING AT ST. HERMAN’S

 ~Philoptochos will serve dinner on Tue., Aug. 1.   Volunteer to make something and/or serve! Please visit Perfect Potluck at http://www.perfectpotluck.com/meals.php?t=FNKZ1332  

 ~FOCUS Friends! will serve dinner on Sat., Aug. 5. Contact Linda Glynias (lglynias@gmail.com)

St. Herman, located at Franklin and W. 45th,  is the only Orthodox homeless shelter in Cleveland. They serve 3 meals a day/ 365 days.

EAST SIDE GREEK FEST  Aug. 24-27 at Sts. Constantine & Helen Cathedral, 3352 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights.

ST. PANTELEIMON BOWLING Fri., Aug. 18, 6-8:30 p.m. at Yorktown Lanes, 6218 Pearl Rd., Parma Heights. $15/adult & $10/child includes pizza & pop. Shoe rental at bowler’s expense. All proceeds to benefit St. Panteleimon Orthodox Christian Outreach, ministering to those in NE Ohio nursing homes. To sign up, call 440-941-4850 or email Gerald@stpanteleimon.com

 YOUNG ADULT PICNIC Sun., Aug. 27 at St. Matthew Orthodox Church Pavilion, 10383 Albion Rd., North Royalton at 4:00 p.m. (Rain or shine.) Main dish and drinks provided; please bring a side dish to share. Dress for volleyball and wiffleball. Call Sam Harmon (216-598-9230)

 NATIVITY OF THE THEOTOKOS BENEFIT Sat., Sept. 9, is the 4th annual dinner in memory of Gerontissa Taxiarchia at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Pittsburgh. 3 p.m. Vesper service; 4 p.m. banquet. $100/ticket (fish or chicken entrees) RSVP: 2017DinnerBanquet.eventbrite.com

YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE Sept. 1-4, Orthodox young adults (ages 19-32) from across the US will gather in Houston, Texas. Kick off on Friday with a comedy show by SoTiri, Saturday workshops and fun western event. Sunday  Divine Liturgy, followed by a pool party and then a grand banquet with Basil the Comedian. For information, registration, and hotel accommodations, visit:  http://youth.denver.goarch.org/events/2017-events/2017-national-young-adult-conference; or share:   Facebook.com/2017NGOYAC/ ~  Twitter.co/ngoyac2017  ~Instagram.com/ngoyac2017

 SPIRITUAL CARE VOLUNTEERING Fairview Hospital’s Spiritual Care Department is seeking volunteers to visit with patients and their families in non-critical units of the hospital during their first few days of admission, and provide a caring, listening presence to persons in need. Six weeks of required training will take place on Tuesday afternoons, starting Sept. 5. For more info or to apply, contact Rev. Alice Walsh (walsha3@ccf.org or 216-476-7067)

 ATHENIAN VASE PAINTING is the focus of the 2017 annual Collis Lecture on Sun., Sept. 24 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2:00 PM. “The Berlin Painter & His World:  Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.” by Dr. J. Michael Padgett.  Free tickets required for lecture and are available August 1.  Early reservations ensure choice seating 216.421.7350 or online at engage.clevelandart.org.  Hellenic Preservation Society private reception immediately following the lecture $12 per person.  For more information contact Renee Steffas 216.287.5628 or reneesteffas@gmail.com or Gary Thomas 440.823.9011 or Gary@vecsa.com

            The exhibit on which the talk is based is on display at the Toledo Museum of Art, now thru October 1st. Our St. Demetrios Greek School is planning a trip to the TMA on Sun., Sept. 17. Any adults interested in joining  us on a charter bus, please contact Eleni (440-331-2246 x2.)

 


SOAK UP THE SON

Families, individuals, and couples are encouraged to check out #soakuptheson, a summer program to assist us in deepening our relationship to Christ and His Church- even when on vacation! Visit bit.ly/soak-up-the-son to download videos and guides, or check out and share weekly content from www.facebook.com/centerforfamilycare

Also check out Ancient Faith Radio's special feature of interviews, reflections, and narratives that encourage and strengthen family life. Upcoming podcasts include topics on growing in Christ with our kids, teenage depression, Forgiveness in Marriage, and gerontology. www.ancientfaith.com

 


FORE!

Head’s up for the 10th annual St.Demetrios Golf Outing  on Fri., Sept. 1 at Sweetbriar Golf Club in Avon Lake. Registration now open. $150/golfer or $600/foursome, Contact Manuel Steffas (440-821-6095) or pay online at www.saintdemetriosrr.org

 


FALL PHOTO SESSIONS

Did you miss the spring photo sessions? We want all our parish families included in the upcoming Parish Directory, so  here is your last chance! We have scheduled four more days:  Thu., Sept. 7,  Fri., Sept. 8,  Sat., Sept 9,  Sun.,  Sept. 10.

Each session lasts abut 20 minutes and participants will receive a free 8x10 Photo and complimentary directory.  Schedule your session today by Calling Diane Missirlis


BACK TO SCHOOL

Look for registration forms for Sunday School and Greek School on the church’s website in early August. Sunday School begins Sept. 10. Greek School Agiasmos (Blessing Day) is Thu., Sept 7 and first day of classes is Tue., Sept. 12. 


LUNCH WITH THE AUTHORS

Sun., Sept. 10, come meet local Greek-American authors Paula Kalamaras, Thalia Marakas, Vanessa Pasiadis, Kristina Tartara as they talk about their books and inspirations. $25/person. Advance sale only. Contact Jeanne Burpulis: 440 356-1746 or  Jan Voiklis (440-503-3946)


NICK TJOTJOS MEMORIAL CLAMBAKE

Sun., Oct. 15 in the Cultural Hall. Doors open at 4 p.m. $40/adult; $15 for kids 16 7 under (chicken & fries meal.) Call the church office for tickets 440-331-2246. Proceeds to benefit the “Raise the Roof” Church Restoration project.


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Saints and Feasts

Silas
July 30

Silas, Silvan, Crescens, Epenetus and Andronicus the Apostles of the 70

Saint Silas was a companion and fellow labourer of the Apostle Paul: "And Paul chose Silas and departed...and he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches" (Acts 15:40-41). He later became Bishop of Corinth, and reposed in peace. Saint Silvanos became Bishop of Thessalonica, and also reposed in peace. Saint Crescents, whom Saint Paul mentions in his Second Epistle to Timothy(4:10), became Bishop of Chalcedon, and brought many to the Faith. As for him whom the Apostle of the Nations praises as "my well-beloved Epenetus, the first-fruits of Achaia unto Christ" (Roman 16:5), he became Bishop of Carthage, and after enduring many afflictions from the idolators, and bringing many of them to Christ, he departed to the Lord.

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July 31

Joseph the Righteous of Arimathea

Saint Joseph of Arimathea was a prominent Jewish leader during the time of Jesus Christ. He is mentioned in the Gospels as being a rich man from Armiathea who was a secret disciple of Christ due to his status in the Sanhedrin. After the crucifixion and death of our Lord, Joseph approached Pontius Pilate out of piety and asked for the body of Jesus so that he might bury it honorably. He, together with Saint Nicodemus, removed the body of Christ from the cross in the presence of the Theotokos and the Myrrh-Bearing Women, wrapped it in a linen shroud, anointed it with spices, and laid it in a new tomb that he owned. This disciple later traveled the world proclaiming the Gospel until he reposed in peace in England. The Church commemorates him individually on July 31st and along with the Myrrh-Bearing Women and Nicodemus on the 3rd Sunday of Pascha (the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-Bearers).

August 01

The Holy Seven Maccabee Children, Solomone Their Mother, and Eleazar Their Teacher

The names of the Holy Maccabees are Abim, Anthony, Guria, Eleazar, Eusebona, Achim, and Marcellus. They were Jews by race and exact keepers of the Laws of the Fathers. They lived during the reign of Antiochus, who was surnamed Epiphanes ("Illustrious"), the King of Syria and an implacable enemy of the Jews. Having subjugated their whole nation and done many evil things to them, not sparing to assail the most sacred matters of their Faith, he constrained them, among other things, to partake of swine's flesh, which was forbidden by the Law. Then these pious youths, on being apprehended together with their mother and their teacher, were constrained to set at nought the Law, and were subjected to unspeakable tortures: wrackings, the breaking of their bones, the flaying of their flesh, fire, dismemberment, and such things as only a tyrant's mind and a bestial soul is able to contrive. But when they had endured all things courageously and showed in deed that the mind is sovereign over the passions and is able to conquer them if it so desires, they gloriously ended their lives in torments, surrendering their life for the sake of the observance of the divine Law. The first to die was their teacher Eleazar, then all the brethren in the order of their age. As for their wondrous mother Solomone, "filled with a courageous spirit, and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly wrath" (II Macc. 7:21), she was present at her children's triumph over the tyrant, strengthening them in their struggle for the sake of their Faith, and enduring stout-heartedly their sufferings for the sake of their hope in the Lord. After her last and youngest son had been perfected in martyrdom, when she was about to be seized to be put to death, she cast herself into the fire that they might not touch her, and was thus deemed worthy of a blessed end together with her sons, in the year 168 before Christ.

August 02

Phocas the Martyr

Saint Phocas was a gardener in a small village on the south coast of the Black Sea. He lived a simple life, carrying out acts of piety and love for all around him, even serving the pagans of the village, some of who left their ways and followed Christ. The local governor heard of this and sent soldiers to kill him. The saint stumbled upon these very soldiers and, without disclosing his name, ministered to them by receiving them into his home, feeding them, and giving them rest. That night he dug a grave for himself in his garden and prepared for all his possessions to be given away after his death.

The next morning, Phocas disclosed to the soldiers that it was he whom they were seeking to kill. The soldiers were distraught, not wanting to kill the saint who had shown them so much kindness. Phocas insisted that they must carry out their mission as he willingly laid his head beneath the sword. They proceeded to execute him and then bury him in the grave he dug in his garden. The site later became a source of miracles, and eventually a Church was erected upon it. Saint Phocas is frequently invoked for those who travel by sea. His life was recorded by Saint Asterius of Amasia (see October 10th).

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August 03

Salome the Holy Myrrhbearer

August 04

Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus

The Seven Youths hid themselves in a certain cave near Ephesus in the year 250, to escape the persecution of Decius. By divine grace, a sleep came upon them and they slept for 184 years, until the reign of Saint Theodosius the Younger, when the doctrine of the resurrection was being assailed by heretics. They then awoke, that is, were resurrected, confirming in the sight of all the bodily resurrection; and again after a short time, by divine command, they reposed in the Lord in the year 434.

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August 05

Christos the New Martyr of Prevezis

Christos, a native of Preveza, was a sailor on a frigate that sailed from Crete to the island of Kos on Aug. 5, 1668. The sailor immediately sought out a monk at the Monastery of Great Lavra for confession. After several days, he returned to the ship, where he was met by Janissaries (Turkish soldiers who had been taken from Greek villages as small children and converted to Islam) who began to insult him for his faith and his holy Baptism.

The blessed man, inflamed with divine zeal, made the sign of the life-giving Cross and responded, "Your own religion, impious and impure ones, is worthy of all knds of insults, and your false hell-bound prophet, the infamous Mohammed, is a forerunner of the anti-Christ, the beast, the abomination of desolation who stands in te holy place."

The Janissaries, enraged, rushed to arrest him, and although he quickly ran to the ship, a great crowd, like bloodthirsty lions, pounced on him. Shamelessly, they dragged and beat him, taking him to the Pasha, the local ruler, and accused him while they beat him, saying, "Reject Christ and your baptism, instead of being burned and punished. Freedom awaits you." Christos, however, with a brave and strong voice, recited the  Creed and spit in their faces.

When they saw that his heart was immovable, they all pierced him with their knives, lit a fire outside the city, and burned him. But as with Christ, at that time, they all saw a certain kind of sun-like lighting, radiating and shining. The all-holy body of the Martyr, which remained for mroe than 30 days unburied, neither dogs nor any other wild animal, bothered. And every one, both wicked and fiathful, for three nights saw a heavenly light over his holy relics.

The monk to whom he had confessed noted that people took a small portion of his relics

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Wisdom of the Fathers

And another thing too we learn, the self-restraint of the disciples which they practised in necessary things, and how little they accounted of food.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 49 on Matthew 14, 4th Century

For being twelve, they had five loaves only and two fishes; so secondary to them were the things of the body: so did they cling to the things spiritual only. And not even that little did they hold fast, but gave up even it when asked.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 49 on Matthew 14, 4th Century

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Grave Mode

Thou didst abolish death by Thy Cross; Thou didst open Paradise to the thief; Thou didst transform the myrrh-bearers' lamentation, and didst bid Thine Apostles to preach that Thou art risen, O Christ God, granting great mercy to the world.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Brookline, MA


Seasonal Kontakion in the Grave Mode

You were transfigured upon the mount, O Christ our God, and Your disciples, in so far as they could bear, beheld Your glory. Thus, when they see You crucified, they may understand Your voluntary passion, and proclaim to the world that You are truly the effulgence of the Father.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Narthex Press - Northridge, CA


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