Welcome to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

Christ is in our midst!

It is a blessing to have you join us today. We hope that as you enter into the house of our Lord, you will be transformed during the Divine Liturgy through the humble prayers of the people, their expressions of faith, the all-praising hymns and the love of Jesus Christ.

Please join us for Fellowship Hour immediately following the Divine Liturgy for some coffee and treats as well as to meet fellow parishioners. If you would like to learn more about our community and Church, you may take some brochures and take a moment to fill out a family information sheet located in the Narthex and Father Nicholas will contact you. Thank you for joining us.

The Mission of St. Demetrios

to proclaim the Good News of Salvation
through the Orthodox Christian Faith
for the glory of our Triune God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We are a loving community of believers who journey
towards our Lord Jesus Christ and one another through our
WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, EDUCATION/SPIRITUAL GROWTH,
WITNESS, and SERVICE.

We invite all people to join us on this journey towards the Kingdom of Heaven.

HOLY COMMUNION NOTICE:

While everyone is welcome to worship with us, Holy Communion is reserved for those who have been Baptized and/or Confirmed in the Eastern Orthodox Faith and have prepared through prayer, fasting and recent confession.

All Guest and Newcomers are welcome to come forward at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy to receive the Antidoron, which is bread that has been blessed.

STEWARDSHIP, OFFERINGS AND ATTENDANCE

Bringing our stewardship offerings to the house of God is part of our worship of God. Our stewardship also supports our efforts to proclaim the fullness of the Gospel of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas through our ministries and outreach. Checks should be made out to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, designated in the memo for Stewardship (use your stewardship envelope), and placed in the basket. Offerings for the poor and those in need (alms) should be designated in the memo for Altar Fund. (Altar Fund is the clergy discretionary fund to help those in need.)

Our regular attendance

Attendance to Sunday and Weekday Divine Liturgies and other Divine Services are important for our spiritual growth and relationship with Christ as Orthodox Christians.

Stewardship Donations Online:

You can now add St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church to your online bill-pay with your bank in order to make your Stewardship Contribution Online. Simply: 1. go to your bank's website billpay 2. Add St. Demetrios as a Payee and 3. Include your envelope number in the memo/account field. It is as easy as 1, 2, 3. No more writing checks, no more envelopes! Keep your commitment, even when you are unable to attend on Sunday. You may also visit us online at www.stdemetrios.net and click Donate

Parents:

The worship experience is enhanced by having your children participate. Please help them learn proper behavior and reverence while in the Church. Teach them to cross themselves, venerate the Icons, & respond prayerfully “Lord have mercy.” If they become too loud, please take them to the Narthex/Quiet Room for a brief stay and return as soon as they have calmed. More Church etiquette may be found at http://www.stdemetrios.net/our-parish/church-etiquette

At St. Demetrios

PARISH COUNCIL USHERS

Jenna Copeland & Gus Galanis

FELLOWSHIP HOUR

Victor & Abier Wakileh Family in Memory of Victoria Wakileh

TODAY AT ST. DEMETRIOS

Consecration Rehearsal

Sunday Church School

Philoptochos Meeting

*All Levels* Greek Dance Practice

MEMORIALS

6 Month Memorial Ariadne Alexandrides, 6 Month Memorial Victoria Wakileh

Memory be Eternal.

Please pray for us!

PASTORAL CARE: If you or someone you know is sick, elderly or scheduled for surgery please call the office to let us know so Fr. Nicholas can make a pastoral visit, please email him at frnicholas@stdemetrios.net. PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK/RECOVERING AND ARE OUR SHUT-INS
Shut-in
Estelle Hieger	Eleni Rork
Mache Fannin	Sophie Harbert
Katina Buster	Fannie Maulsby
James Pendelton	Ann Tsumpis
Ruth Marsh	Peter Vlahachos
Elpis Peters	Katherine Pattres
Mary Nation	Sannie Haratsis
	Demetrios & Maria Markos
Sick/Recovering
Tina Theophilos Stokes	Patrick Cooney
Nick Phiripes	Peter Angeletos

Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Third Mode

Let all things above in heav'n rejoice, and let all things below on earth be glad. With all the might and strength of His arm an eternal deed the Lord did perform. Beneath His feet He has trampled down death by death, and first born of the dead has He become. From the womb of Hades has He delivered us, and to all the world has granted His great redeeming mercy.

Εὐφραινέσθω τὰ οὐράνια, ἀγαλλιάσθω τὰ ἐπίγεια, ὅτι ἐποίησε κράτος, ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ, ὁ Κύριος, ἐπάτησε τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν ἐγένετο, ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς, καὶ παρέσχε τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Apolytikion for Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Supremely blessed are You, O Christ our God. You established the holy Fathers upon the earth as beacons, and through them You have guided us all to the true Faith, O greatly merciful One, glory be to You.

Apolytikion for St. Demetrios the Great Martyr in the First Mode

All the world has found in you a victor, a mighty champion in times of danger, a contender in war who turned the nations back. The boastful pride of Lyaios you put to shame, and you inspired Nestor's courage in the stadium. Therefore, great and holy martyr Demetrios, we pray that you implore Christ, our God, and ask that his great mercy may be granted us.

Μέγαν εὕρατο ἐv τοῖς κιvδύvοις, σὲ ὑπέρμαχοv, ἡ οἰκουμένη, Ἀθλοφόρε τὰ ἔθνη τροπούμενον. Ὡς οὖν Λυαίου καθεῖλες τὴν ἔπαρσιν, ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ θαῤῥύvας τὸν Νέστορα, οὕτως Ἅγιε, Μεγαλομάρτυς Δημήτριε, Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἱκέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ἡμῖν τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

A protection of Christians unshamable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, please reject not the prayerful cries of those who are in sin. Instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: hasten to intercede and speed now to supplicate, as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you.

Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.

Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Προκείμενον. Fourth Mode. Δανιήλ 3.26-27.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Τίτον 3:8-15.

Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσιν καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες θεῷ. ταῦτά ἐστιν καλὰ καὶ ὠφέλιμα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις · μωρὰς δὲ ζητήσεις καὶ γενεαλογίας καὶ ἔριν καὶ μάχας νομικὰς περιΐστασο, εἰσὶν γὰρ ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι. αιῥετικὸν ἄνθρωπον μετὰ μίαν καὶ δευτέραν νουθεσίαν παραιτοῦ, εἰδὼς ὅτι ἐξέστραπται ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ ἁμαρτάνει, ὢν αὐτοκατάκριτος. Ὅταν πέμψω Ἀρτεμᾶν πρὸς σὲ ἢ Τυχικόν, σπούδασον ἐλθεῖν πρός με εἰς Νικόπολιν, ἐκεῖ γὰρ κέκρικα παραχειμάσαι. Ζηνᾶν τὸν νομικὸν καὶ Ἀπολλῶν σπουδαίως πρόπεμψον, ἵνα μηδὲν αὐτοῖς λείπῃ. μανθανέτωσαν δὲ καὶ οἱ ἡμέτεροι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι εἰς τὰς ἀναγκαίας χρείας, ἵνα μὴ ὦσιν ἄκαρποι. Ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ μετ ᾽ἐμοῦ πάντες. Ἄσπασαι τοὺς φιλοῦντας ἡμᾶς ἐν πίστει. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Luke 8:5-15

The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 8:5-15

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τήν παραβολὴν ταύτην· Ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι τὸν σπόρον αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσε παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ κατεπατήθη, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό· καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν, καὶ φυὲν ἐξηράνθη διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ἰκμάδα· καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν, καὶ συμφυεῖσαι αἱ ἄκανθαι ἀπέπνιξαν αὐτό. καὶ ἕτερον ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθήν, καὶ φυὲν ἐποίησε καρπὸν κατονταπλασίονα. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. ᾿Επηρώτων δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· τίς εἴη ἡ παραβολὴ αὕτη; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῖς δὲ λοιποῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς, ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσι καὶ ἀκούοντες μὴ συνιῶσιν. ἔστι δὲ αὕτη ἡ παραβολή· ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ· οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, εἶτα ἔρχεται ὁ διάβολος καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ πιστεύσαντες σωθῶσιν. οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσι, μετὰ χαρᾶς δέχονται τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὗτοι ῥίζαν οὐκ ἔχουσιν, οἳ πρὸς καιρὸν πιστεύουσι καὶ ἐν καιρῷ πειρασμοῦ ἀφίστανται. τὸ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας πεσόν, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, καὶ ὑπὸ μεριμνῶν καὶ πλούτου καὶ ἡδονῶν τοῦ βίου πορευόμενοι συμπνίγονται καὶ οὐ τελεσφοροῦσι. τὸ δὲ ἐν τῇ καλῇ γῇ, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἵτινες ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ ἀκούσαντες τὸν λόγον κατέχουσι καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν ἐν ὑπομονῇ. ταῦτα λέγων ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.

Wisdom of the Fathers

For by seed here He means His doctrine, and by land, the souls of men, and by the sower, Himself .... For as the sower makes no distinction in the land submitted to him, but simply and indifferently casts his seed; so He Himself too makes no distinction of rich and poor, of wise and unwise, of slothful or diligent, of brave or cowardly; but He discourses unto all, fulfilling His part, although foreknowing the results.

St. John Chrysostom

Homily 44 on Matthew 12, 4th Century

When you see life's pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death's snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his hook, the enemy uses the delusion of sensuality to arouse desire, that he might thereby catch men's souls and subject them to himself. A soul which has been caught to serve the enemy's will then serves as a snare for other souls, for it conceals the grief of sin with its apparent delight.

St. Ephraim the Syrian

A Spiritual Psalter no 43, pg. 74, 4th century

His is truly the Sower of all that is good, and we are His farm. The whole harvest of spiritual fruits is by Him and from Him. He taught us this when He said, 'Without me you can do nothing.'

St. Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on Luke, Homily 41. Taken from: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Vol: Luke. Downer's Grove: Intervarsity Press, 132.

Since there are certain people who find great fault with us for adoring and honoring both the image of the Savior and that of our Lady, as well as those of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them hear how from the beginning God made man to His own image. For what reason, then, do we adore one another, except because we have been made to the image of God? As the inspired Basil, who is deeply learned in theology, says: "the honor paid to the image conveys to the original.," and the original is the thing imaged from which the copy is made.

St. John of Damascus

The Orthodox Faith, 4.16. Catholic University of America Press in Washington D.C. Translated by Frederic H. Chase, Jr. volume 37, page 370., 8th Century

Saints and Feasts

October 14

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we chant the Service to the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which gathered in Nicaea in 787 under the holy Patriarch Tarasius and during the reign of the Empress Irene and her son, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, to refute the Iconoclast heresy, which had received imperial support beginning with the Edict issued in 726 by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. Many of the holy Fathers who condemned Iconoclasm at this holy Council later died as Confessors and Martyrs for the holy Icons during the second assult of Iconoclasm in the ninth century, especially during the reigns of Leo the Armenian and Theophilus.

October 15

Lucian the Martyr of Antioch

This Saint was from Samosata, the son of pious parents. He established a catechetical school in Antioch, and taught the correct doctrines of the Faith and made clear the parts of the divine Scriptures that were difficult to understand. He edited the Old Testament translation from the Hebrew tongue, and published it in an excellent edition, free from every heretical corruption and interpolation. He travelled to Nicomedia to strengthen the faithful there in their contests for Christ, and was accused before Maximinus, with whom he conversed openly. When he had made a defence of the Christian Faith, he was condemned to imprisonment where, in 311, he died of hunger and thirst.

October 16

Longinus the Centurion

This Martyr was in the service of Pontius Pilate at the time of Christ our Saviour's Passion. While standing guard at the Cross and beholding the earthquake and all that came to pass, he cried out with fear, "Truly this was the Son of God" (Matt. 27:54). After the Resurrection, he forsook the military and departed for Cappadocia, his homeland, where he preached Christ. By the agency of Pontius Pilate, Tiberius Caesar had him arrested and beheaded.

October 17

Hosea the Prophet

According to some, Hosea, whose name means "God is help," was from the tribe of Issachar, or more likely, from that of Reuben; he was the son of Beeri. He is the first in order of the twelve minor Prophets and the most ancient of all. He prophesied in the days of the divided Kingdom; the Lord told him to take a harlot to wife (Hosea 1:2), and then an adulteress (ibid., 3:1). The harlot, a known sinner, was a figure of the Kingdom of Israel in Samaria, which openly worshipped idols; the adulteress, lawfully married yet sinning secretly with her lovers, was a figure of the Kingdom of Judah in Jerusalem, which, while having the Temple, and the priesthood, and the divine worship according to the Law, stealthily served the idols also. The Prophet Hosea prophesied for sixty years, and lived for some ninety years, from 810 to 720 B.C. His book is divided into fourteen chapters.

October 18

Luke the Evangelist

This Apostle was an Antiochean, a physician by trade, and a disciple and companion of Paul. He wrote his Gospel in Greek after Matthew and Mark, after which he wrote the Acts of the Apostles, and dedicated both works to Theophilus, who, according to some, was Governor of Achaia. He lived some eighty-six years and died in Achaia, perhaps in Patras, the capital of this district. His emblem is the calf, the third symbolical beast mentioned by Ezekiel (1:10), which is a symbol of Christ's sacrificial and priestly office, as Saint Irenaeus says.

October 19

Joel the Prophet

The Prophet Joel, whose name means "Yah is God," was of the tribe of Reuben, the son of Bathuel, and lived from 810 to 750 B.C. (but some say in the 7th century B.C.). His book is divided into three chapters, and is the second in order of the minor Prophets. He foretold the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost (Joel 2:28, and quoted by the Apostle Peter in Acts 2:17), and the saving power of the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Joel 2:32).

October 20

Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch

Saint Artemius lived during the years of Saint Constantine the Great, and was appointed by him to be Governor of Alexandria; later, he was honoured with the rank of patrician. During the reign of Julian the Apostate, in the year 361, Artemius appeared before the Emperor and censured him for his apostasy. For this, he endured many torments and was finally beheaded.

October 21

Our Righteous Father Christodoulus, the Wonderworker of Patmos

Ministry News

CONSECRATION

Why Attend the Consecration Grand Banquet on October 27, 2018?

Once-in-a-Lifetime Event at St. Demetrios!
Honor 2,000 years of Orthodox Faith.
Celebrate being the oldest Greek Orthodox Community in Texas.
Honor His Eminence, Clergy Past & Present, St. Demetrios Founders, as well as Past and Present Members.
Be a part of the amazing, creative and nostalgic “Reflections” Program by St. Demetrios Members.
Enjoy world-class pianist, Mikhail Berestnev.
Dancing to your favorite music by All Things Elegant Entertainment.
Have your picture taken for our Consecration Commemorative Album.
Parea with your Friends and Family!
A special reason to get all dolled up!! See you there!!!!!

Visit the Consecration Table to purchase your tickets!

CONSECRATION

Are you still looking for a Consecration donation opportunity? We have the below items still available.

Questions, please contact Father Nicholas at frnicholas@stdemetrios.net or 617-530-0885.

LIST OF SPECIFIC CONSECRATION ITEMS
Please also, consider making a generous gift to the ‘General Consecration.

Item	Donation	Donated By
Altar Boy Robes (14)	$200 each	7 have been donated
Chancellor Travel	$2,000
Chanter Travel	$1,500	$200
Cleaning Crew	$300
Flowerbeds	$1,879
Green Altar cloths	$1,500	Donated
Isle Barriers	$200
Linen Tablecloths	$500	Donated
Ripidia Stand	$500	Donated
Plateware	$400
Sacrament Table	$3,000
Security	$500
Serving Set	$500
Tubs	$20	Donated
General Fund	Any Amount

FLOWERBEDS!

PREPARE YOUR CALENDAR!!!!! AND WE NEED YOU AND YOU AND YOU!!!!

Saturday, October 13th at 9:00am we will begin working on some of the finishing touches for Consecration.

*Planting in the Flowerbeds

* Cleaning up around the premises

* and more!

We need LOTS OF HELP!

Bring your gardening gloves and shovels.

Thank you for your Stewardship to St. Demetrios. Consecration here we come!!!!

FESTIVAL DANCERS

All Levels, during Fellowship Hour after any meetings.

Dance takes place each Sunday until the Festival unless otherwise announced.

Festival Baking Dates

October
16	Kourambiethes	9:00am
20	Baklava	9:00am
21	Baklava	After Liturgy
31	Melo Dipping	9:00am
November
2	Triogina	9:00am
3	Karithopita & Ekmek	9:00am
4	Assortments	After Liturgy
6	Bread	9:00am
7	Souvlaki Prep	6:30pm
8	Shrimp & Saganaki Prep	Anytime

FOOD HANDLERS LICENSE

FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS

This is for YOU!

If you plan to handle food at this years Festival please make sure you have an updated Food Handler's License (each license is good for two years).

If you do not, please go to: https://www.learn2serve.com/texas-food-handler-training-certificate-program/

and go through the training. You will get a certificate after you finish the online course. It costs $7. Please print the certificiate and give to Samia in the Church Office.

Many many thanks. May God bless our serving hands!

Philoptchos

As many of you may know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the U.S. and around the world. In 2018, about 255,180 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. alone. So, no matter who you are or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life in some way. Progress in treatment and early detection has led to improved survival for people of all ages and races, and with all stages of breast cancer. In fact, there are more than 3.1 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. today (more than any other group of cancer survivors). The progress and breakthrough research that has been made in the goal to ultimately find a cure for breast cancer cannot be done without all of the generous donations that are made for breast cancer research.

The Philoptochos will be having a fundraiser during the month of October, that we are calling, “Plant a Seed, Save a Life.” We will be raffling off a basket of gardening supplies, flower seeds and other items for gardening with proceeds going to breast cancer research. We will be selling tickets for this raffle all through the month of October, pulling the winner on Sunday, October 28, during coffee hour. Ticket cost is 1 ticket for $3.00 or 2 tickets for $5.00. We hope you will help assist us in saving a life, by planting a seed.

In His Service,

Georgia Sparto

Philoptochos President

Daily Bread

Mission: To Spread Our Faith Through Good Works and Fighting Hunger in Our Local Community

The Daily Bread Ministry serves meals at the Presbyterian Night Shelter for the homeless on 1^st and 4^th Wednesdays of the month. Please come serve.

Since this is the month of Halloween, we’ll be collecting bags of candy at Church on Sunday Oct. 21^st and providing them as dessert for the kids during our last Wednesday, Oct 23^rd of the month at the Women’s Center.

SCHEDULE

Wednesday Oct 3^rd 5:20PM – 6:30PM Presbyterian Night Shelter*

Wednesday Oct 24^th 5:20PM – 6:30PM Presbyterian Night Shelter*

*The Presbyterian Night Shelter is a homeless shelter located at 2320 Poplar St. Fort Worth, TX 76113 817-632-7408 (website: http://www.journeyhome.org/). We will meet at the Shelter at 5:10PM (gated parking is available on N. Kentucky Ave—one street over) and serve dinner at 5:20PM. Please contact John Sempeles (682-215-3151, dfwgrimlock@yahoo.com) if interested.

News in Orthodoxy

What does it mean?

10/10/2018

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Have you ever had a question at school or at church or even with your family or friends, but you were too shy to ask it? Maybe you pretended you knew the answer. Maybe you changed the subject. Maybe you just kept quiet and kept it to yourself. Today’s Gospel...

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Commissioned to Be Apostles: Love, Worship, Community, Learning, Service

10/10/2018

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Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you.” John 20:21 The Great Commission—Part Seven God Gives Us Grace to Cover the...

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Commissioned to Be Apostles: Love, Worship, Community, Learning, Service

10/09/2018

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Special Message on Inclusion and Special Needs

10/08/2018

http://myocn.net/special-message-on-inclusion-and-special-needs/

Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. Then children were brought to Jesus that He might lay His hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and to...

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The Power of Christ

10/07/2018

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Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. 3rd Sunday of Luke Soon afterward He went to a city called Nain, and His disciples and a great crowd went with Him. As He drew near to the gate of the city,...

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Bright Sadness: Learning Who We Are

10/07/2018

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During the summer I’ve had the bright sadness of experiencing the deaths of five people close to me who I respected. In many cases, some of us didn’t learn significant details about the reposed until after their death. Peter, a longtime member of our parish, had been a rocket scientist...

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A Christian Ending To Our Lives – St. Nikolai Velimirovich

10/10/2018

We have a lot of saints in our spiritual arsenal to help us combat the trials and tribulations of modern life, and many have lived right at our doorsteps! Saint Nikolai Velimirovich is a Saint of North America, one of Serbian descent and a model for Christ’s Love throughout his life.

Let’s take a few minutes to learn about his life and how we can learn from it as college students. The parts of his life I quote are from here.

Saint Nikolai of Zhicha, “the Serbian Chrysostom,” was born in Lelich in western Serbia on January 4, 1881 (December 23, 1880 O.S.). His parents were Dragomir and Katherine Velimirovich, who lived on a farm where they raised a large family. His pious mother was a major influence on his spiritual development, teaching him by word and especially by example. As a small child, Nikolai often walked three miles to the Chelije Monastery with his mother to attend services there.

Many of the saints were inspired and influenced by faithful parents, adults, and role models. We see that St. Nikolai’s spirituality was cultivated at a young age. Let this be an example for us who may have younger siblings, cousins, or godchildren in that the formative years of a child’s life can be taught about Christ and His mercy. Also, we see that St. Nikolai is a relatively new saint, and his experiences are similar to those of us who lived not so long ago.

Sickly as a child, Nikolai was not physically strong as an adult. He failed his physical requirements when he applied to the military academy, but his excellent academic qualifications allowed him to enter the Saint Sava Seminary in Belgrade, even before he finished preparatory school.

Wow. It really seems like God was guiding his life throughout his adolescent years. Luckily for us, hindsight is 20/20. St. Nikolai had the wisdom as a young adult to learn from his failures and to transform them to make him a better person. A lot of times God isn’t going to straight out tell us exactly where we are meant to go and in what way our lives will develop. That would take out all the fun in life! St. Nikolai had faith and that guided him in his path towards sanctity; we should model his great faith and trust in God in our lives!

Saint Nikolai was renowned for his sermons, which never lasted more than twenty minutes, and focused on just three main points. He taught people the theology of the Church in a language they could understand, and inspired them to repentance.

This paragraph reminded me of the apostles when they traveled across the world. The Gospel is meant to be spread from people to people. Sometimes you have to translate the message in a way that others would understand. This particular skill I believe many of the North American saints possessed and made them excellent teachers and spreaders of the faith. St. Nikolai was nicknamed the “Serbian Chrysostom,” and many of his books, teaching and prayers are available for reading to learn more!

When Germany invaded Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941, Bishop Nikolai, a fearless critic of the Nazis, was arrested and confined in Ljubostir Vojlovici Monastery. In 1944, he and Patriarch Gavrilo were sent to the death camp at Dachau. There he witnessed many atrocities and was tortured himself. When American troops liberated the prisoners in May 1945, the patriarch returned to Yugoslavia, but Bishop Nikolai went to England.

Wow. St. Nikolai endured. I encourage you to reread this paragraph and really think about the power St. Nikolai was blessed with to endure such treacherous treatment.

On March 18, 1956 Saint Nikolai fell asleep in the Lord Whom he had served throughout his life. He was found in his room kneeling in an attitude of prayer. Though he was buried at Saint Sava’s Monastery in Libertyville, IL, he had always expressed a desire to be buried in his homeland. In April of 1991 his relics were transferred to the Chetinje Monastery in Lelich. There he was buried next to his friend and disciple Father Justin Popovich (+ 1979).

St. Nikolai remained faithful to our Lord until his last breath. When we pray for “a Christian ending to our life: painless, blameless, peaceful, and a good defense before the Judgment Seat of the Lord” the life of St. Nikolai is echoed. If you would like to learn more about his life, I encourage you to discuss it at your next OCF meeting.

Our chapter discussion resource, There’s a Saint for That, can be found here!

http://www.ocf.net/a-christian-ending-to-our-lives-st-nikolai-velimirovich/

St. Demetrios Ministry Calendar

St. Demetrios Ministry Calendar

October 12 to October 29, 2018

Friday, October 12

Euless Greek Festival Weekend

Sunday, October 14

Prosfora: Open

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

7:30AM ushers: Jenna Copeland,Gus Galanis

7:45AM Orthros

9:00AM Divine Liturgy

10:30AM 6 Month Memorial: Ariadne Alexandrides

10:30AM 6 Month Memorial Victoria Wakileh

10:30AM Sunday Church School

10:45AM Consecration Rehearsal

11:00AM victor wakileh coffee hour memorial 6 month for his mom

11:30AM Philoptochos Meeting

12:30PM Greek Dance Practice (all levels)

Monday, October 15

Lucian the Martyr of Antioch

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Open

Tuesday, October 16

Longinus the Centurion

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Marrlen Kime

9:00AM Festival Baking: KOURAMBIETHES

Wednesday, October 17

Hosea the Prophet

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nick Kypreos

Thursday, October 18

Luke the Evangelist

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Michael Zanetakas

Friday, October 19

Joel the Prophet

9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Chelsey Papadopoulos

Saturday, October 20

Artemius the Great Martyr of Antioch

8:30AM St Demetrios Mow day

9:00AM Festival Baking: BAKLAVA

Sunday, October 21

Prosphoro - Hadzellis Family

6th Sunday of Luke

7:30AM ushers:Chris Kime,Tigist Yemenu

7:45AM Orthros

9:00AM Divine Liturgy

10:30AM Consecration Rehearsal

10:30AM Sunday Church School

11:00AM Festival Baking: BAKLAVA

11:30AM GOYA Meeting

11:30AM Cleaning ministry

12:30PM Greek Dance Practice (all levels)

Monday, October 22

Abercius, Equal-to-the-Apostles and Wonderworker of Hierapolis

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Open

Tuesday, October 23

James (Iakovos) the Apostle, brother of Our Lord

9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Dr. Cliff Beasley

Wednesday, October 24

Arethas the Great Martyr & Syncletiki and her two daughters

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Biji Johnnides & Anna Panagopoulos

5:20PM Daily Bread: Presbyterian Night Shelter

Thursday, October 25

The Holy Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries

9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Open

6:00PM Great Vespers

Friday, October 26

The Holy Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer

8:00AM Orthros

9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Kaity Sempeles

9:00AM Divine Liturgy

5:45PM Arrival of the Relics

6:00PM Consecration Vespers

7:00PM Reception

Saturday, October 27

Nestor the Martyr of Thessaloniki

8:00AM Orthros

9:00AM Divine service of Consecration

11:00AM Hierarchical Divine Liturgy

1:00PM Consecration Luncheon

6:30PM Consecration Reception

7:00PM Consecration Grand Banquet

Sunday, October 28

OXI DAY

7th Sunday of Luke

Prosphoro- Dimitra Bakintas

7:30AM ushers: Ash Azer,Christine Panagopoulos

7:45AM Orthros

9:00AM Divine Liturgy

10:30AM Consecration Brunch

Monday, October 29

Anastasia the Martyr of Rome

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10/10/2018

Commissioned to Be Apostles: Love, Worship, Community, Learning, Service

10/10/2018

Commissioned to Be Apostles: Love, Worship, Community, Learning, Service

10/09/2018

Special Message on Inclusion and Special Needs

10/08/2018

The Power of Christ

10/07/2018

Bright Sadness: Learning Who We Are

10/07/2018

A Christian Ending To Our Lives – St. Nikolai Velimirovich

10/10/2018

St. Demetrios Ministry Calendar

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