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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.
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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.
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Epistle Readers for September 18th: Jim Nicholas (English), Efstathios Michaelides (Greek)
Prokeimenon. Plagal First Mode. Psalm 11.7,1.
You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.
Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Προκείμενον. Plagal First Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 11.7,1.
Σὺ Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Σῶσον με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος.
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Γαλάτας 2:16-20.
Ἀδελφοί, εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου, ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου· διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόμου πᾶσα σάρξ. Εἰ δέ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδομῶ, παραβάτην ἐμαυτὸν συνίστημι. Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόμου νόμῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι· ζῶ δέ, οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός· ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ.
Sunday after Holy Cross
The Reading is from Mark 8:34-38; 9:1
The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."
Sunday after Holy Cross
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 8:34-38, 9:1
Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω μου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω μοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, καὶ ζημιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγμα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ με καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ μοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ μὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάμει.
This Saint took up the monastic life from his youth, and later became Bishop of Gortynia in Crete. He travelled to Rome, and to Thebes in Upper Egypt, where through his prayers he ended a drought; there also, after working many miracles, he reposed in deep old age. His holy relics were returned to Gortynia and buried at the place called Raxos.
In 278, during the reign of Probus, Saints Trophimus and Sabbatius came to Antioch, and seeing the city celebrating the festival of Apollo at Daphne lamented the blindness of the people, and presented themselves as Christians to Atticus the Governor. Saint Trophimus was stripped of his clothing, and was stretched out and beaten until the earth was red with his blood. Then he was hung up, scraped on his sides, and imprisoned in torments. Saint Sabbatius was tortured so savagely that he gave up his spirit in his sufferings. Trophimus was sent to Synnada, wearing iron shoes fitted with sharp iron nails within; he was further tormented without mercy, then cast into prison. Dorymedon, a counsellor, and a pagan, came to the prison and cared for Trophimus. When a certain feast came, Dorymedon was asked why he did not sacrifice to the idols; he proclaimed himself a Christian, for which he was imprisoned, pierced with heated spits, frightfully punished, and finally beheaded with Saint Trophimus.
The holy Martyr Eustathius before his baptism was an illustrious Roman general named Placidas in the days of the Emperor Trajan. While hunting in the country one day, he was converted to the Faith of Christ through the apparition of an uncommonly majestic stag, between whose antlers he saw the Cross of Christ, and through which the Lord spoke to him with a human voice. Upon returning home, he learned that his wife Tatiana had also had a vision in which she was instructed to become a Christian. They sought out the Bishop of the Christians and were baptized, Placidas receiving the name Eustathius, and Tatiana the name Theopiste; their two sons were baptized Agapius and Theopistus. The family was then subjected to such trials as Job endured. Their servants died, all their goods were stolen, and on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem they were scattered abroad, each not even knowing if the others were still alive. By the providence of God, they were united again after many years, and returned to Rome in glory. Nevertheless, when they refused to sacrifice to the idols-a public sacrifice from which no Roman general could be absent-the Emperor Hadrian, who had succeeded Trajan, had them put into a large bronze device in the shape of a bull, which was heated with fire until they died. When their holy bodies were removed, they were found to be without harm. They suffered martyrdom about the year 126.
The Prophet Jonah, the son of Amathi, of the town of Geth-hopher (IV Kings 14:25), was of the tribe of Zabulon; he prophesied during the years 838-810 before Christ. God commanded him to go to Nineveh, the great city of the Assyrians, and to proclaim that its destruction was nigh at hand because of the sins of its people. But he, as a Prophet who knew the great compassion of God, feared that at his preaching the Ninevites would repent; that God, accepting their repentance in His love for man, would not fulfill Jonah' threats; and that he would be branded a false prophet. So he disobeyed the divine command, and boarded a ship and departed elsewhere. Yet, the sudden and fearful sea-storm and the revelation of Jonah' disbedience caused the sailors to cast him into the sea. A great sea-monster appeared straightway by divine providence, and swallowed him up. For three days and nights he was found in its belly and he prayed, saying the words, "I cried aloud in my affliction unto the Lord my God..." (Jonah 2:3, the Sixth ode of the Holy Psalter). The sea-monster then vomited him up on dry land and he again heard God's command. Wherefore, he went and preached, saying, "In three days, Nineveh shall be destroyed." The people became terrified and all repented. The great, the small, babes at the breast, and even the irrational beasts themselves fasted, and thus, having found mercy from God, they were spared His wrath. Jonah' book of prophecy is divided into four chapters, and is placed fifth in order among the twelve minor Prophets. His three-day sojourn in the sea-monster's belly is an image of our Saviour's three-day burial and His life-bringing Resurrection (Matt. 12:39-40). His name means "dove."
This saint was known for the many miracles he worked and for his apostolic zeal in shepherding the flock of Sinope. He contested for the Faith during the reign of the Emperor Trajan, in the year 102, when he was burned to death in a bath-house. A homily in his honour was composed by Saint John Chrysostom. The translation of his holy relics is celebrated on July 23.
This saint was from the city of Iconium. When she was eighteen years of age, she was instructed in the Faith of Christ and the hope of the resurrection by the Apostle Paul, whom also she followed, forsaking her betrothed and espousing a life of virginity for the sake of the Heavenly Bridegroom. Having preached Christ in various cities and suffered many things, she reposed in Seleucia of Cilicia at the age of 90.
Do you know we have an Orthodox Christian bookstore located right off the Narthex of our Church? Also, our books are for those who are inquiring about Orthodoxy as well as those who desire to learn more about their faith grow their spirituality.
What you will find:
But our inventory is limited. So, help us build up our inventory!
Please consider making a donation of some of your tried and true favorite Orthodox Books, bookshelves, or display cabinet! Either donate your gently used book for our "Used Books" section or you may make a monetary donation with your "book recommendation" and we will order it wholesale from your favorite online Orthodox Bookstore like Ancient Faith Store, Holy Cross Bookstore, or Orthodox Market Place.
For more information about our Bookstore, our inventory or making a donation for our inventory, please see April Haas after services.
Our Mission: To promote charitable, benevolent and philanthropic outreach; to preserve the sanctity of life and family; and to perpetuate and promote our Orthodox faith and traditions.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This past July I attended the National Philoptochos Conveention in conjunction with Clergy/Laity in NYC. This was a memorable conference as we celebrated 90 years of Philoptochos, 90 years of wonderful philanthropic work. We are an organization of giving and serving, and that serving needs to continue, hopefully for another 90 years.
One of the main goals at the convention was to provide chapters with innovative ways to increase their membership, specifically getting our younger parishioners involved. A presentation was done by Sara Sladek, called “A Path for Membership Growth”. Sara presented the chapters with many ideas to assist in bringing in our next generation of Philoptochos. The challenge now is to implement those ideas within our chapters. Father Nick has always stated that to be a member of Philoptochos, you don't need to be a certain age, you only need a servant's heart.
That being said our first meeting of the Ecclesiastical year is scheduled for Sunday, September 11, after coffee hour in the parish council room. I am excited to be presenting a report on the convention and sharing some ideas to assist our chapter in growing. And we will have a fun door prize! Hope to see you all there.
In His Love and Service,
Georgia Sparto
Philoptochos President
Thanks to Bill Coltrin, Tom Thumb Grocery Store has agreed to donate Baked Goods for our fellowship hour, as a means of giving back to the community and as an offering of Hospitality.
If you would like to Host Fellowship Hour, please contact Bill at 817-808-1922 to coordinate.
All left over foods may be donated to a local shelter.
| Sunday | September | 18 | St. Demetrios |
| Sunday | September | 25 | St. Joseph |
| Sunday | October | 2 | St. Philemon |
| Sunday | October | 9 | St. Demetrios |
| Sunday | October | 16 | St. Joseph |
| Sunday | October | 23 | St. Philemon |
| Tuesday | October | 25 | All Available |
| Sunday | October | 30 | St. Demetrios |
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Faith Enrichment – Adult Education
Wednesday Night at 7:00PM-8:00PM
For the next 8 weeks, we will dive deap into our Orthodox Faith, Worship and Teaching.
It’s a great class for Catechumens and anyone looking for a deeper understanding of our faith and theology. For more details email frnicholas@stdemetrios.net
In the Gospel of Matthew, the Disciples offered Jesus 5 ordinary Barley Loaves and 2 fish to feed over 5,000 people. Jesus received the loaves and fish, gave thanks to God the Father, blessed, and broke, and gave it back to His disciples. The disciples then, were able to distribute the bread to the feed masses. From 5 barley loaves and 2 fish, Jesus fed over 5,000 people, and still had enough to fill 12 baskets with leftovers.
Consider now, what Jesus can do when we, as his disciples in our time and in our age, commit to offer Him our ordinary gifts! This is what we do when we make a Stewardship Pledge of our Time, Talent and Treasure. We commit to be disciples of the Lord.
I challenge all of us to change the way we think about Stewardship and our life in the Church. It is short sighted and maybe hubris to think we “support” our church through our contributions. But rather think of how the Church is our Spiritual Home. The Church is where we are fed spiritually through the beautiful Divine services. We are continually called to the Church, to approach with the fear of God, faith and love to receive the precious and living giving Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. The Church is where we bring our babies for their churching and baptisms. The Church is where we go to be joined in marriage and where we offer our sorrows and brokenness to be reconciled to our Lord through confession. The Church is who comes when we are sick and in the hospital, and it is the Church who lays us to our final rest and continues to pray for us when we are gone.
It is the Church that supports us in our daily lives, to mature in faith and guide us along our spiritual journey to the Kingdom. So, when we commit to being disciples of Jesus Christ, by making a pledge of our Stewardship, we avail ourselves to receive all these blessings mentioned and so much more. We are joined to the Church to participate in all these blessings that is in the feeding the multitudes of people.
Stewardship Sunday is September 25, 2022; join me and our parish council as we commit to being disciple of Jesus Christ, and stewards of His Church. Make your pledge that you will be a part of the blessings that the Church is to the multitudes of people.
Because serving the Lord, by serving our neighbors is what we do!St. Demetrios is the Northside Meals on Wheels Distribution Center, delivering over 100 meals a day, 5 days a week.
It takes 30 minutes to sort the 100 meals into 13 routes between 9:00am and 11:30am for Meals on Wheels' Drivers.
Join a team that's served over 25,000,000 meals...
That's an impressive record!
Sign up on Realm or Contact Fr. Nicholas to be a part of this Awesome Team committed to feeding the Northside!
Importance of Stewardship
According to scripture, God created Earth for mankind and we are now stewards of His creation. This means it is our responsibility to look after and take care of this world. We should accept this responsibility and appreciate God's gift of creation for being our home. Our stewardship of creation involves the caretaking of the environment and animals as well as our families and communities. Being a good steward in this world is one way of expressing our love for God and our gratitude to Him.
Near the end of September Parish Council and all of our members will be invited to make a commitment to serving and supporting St. Demetrios and our Ministries by submitting you 2023 Stewardship Pledge
The Safety Ministry mission is to promote the safety of the St. Demetrios parish, guests, and campus.
Safety Events:The Safety Ministry is the on-site first responder team. In an emergency please contact a Safety Team Member (identified by the Safety badges or uniform) and follow Safety Team Member’s instructions.
If you have a passion for Health and Safety, speak with a Safety Team member about how you can volunteer.
Please contact Magda Dvorak Mag2868@gmail.com for more details
Sunday after the Holy Cross
Altar Group: St. Demetrios
Sunday after Holy Cross
Prosphoro - Jim Nicholas
8:00AM Orthros
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
10:15AM 40 Day Memorial for Maria Constantinou, Nina Papadopoulous’ mother
10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Open
Monday of the 1st Week
Trophimus, Sabbatius, & Dorymedon the Martyrs
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nektarios Key
Eustathius the Great Martyr, his wife and two children
Eustathius the Great Martyr, his wife and two children
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Dean Brown
Wednesday of the 1st Week
Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nick Kypreos
7:00PM Cancelled Faith Enrichment
Thursday of the 1st Week
Phocas the Martyr, Bishop of Sinope
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Alex Rhodes
9:00AM Festival Baking-Pastitsio
The Conception of St. John the Baptist
The Conception of St. John the Baptist
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Open
9:00AM Festival Baking-Pastitsio
The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Kythyra
The Commemoration of the Miracle of the Theotokos Myrtidiotissis in Kythyra
9:00AM Festival Baking-Pastitsio
9:00AM Hope & Joy Ministries
5:00PM Great Vespers
Altar Group: St. Joseph
STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY
1st Sunday of Luke
1st Sunday of Luke
Prosphoro- Dimitra Bakintas
8:00AM Orthros
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Open
11:30AM Festival Baking-Pastitsio
The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
The Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nektarios Key
Tuesday of the 2nd week
Callistratus the Martyr & his 49 Companions
9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Dr. Cliff Beasley
6:00PM Vision ministry reschedule for Oct 6
Chariton the Confessor
Chariton the Confessor
9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Fr. Nick
7:00PM Faith Enrichment
Thursday of the 2nd Week
Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine
9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Alex Rhodes
7:00PM Goya meeting- Fireside Chat
Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia
Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia
9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Open
The Holy Protection of the Theotokos
3:30PM GOYA/JOY/HOPE Church Cleanup
5:00PM Great Vespers
5:20PM Presbyterian Night Shelter
2nd Sunday of Luke
Altar Group: St. Philemon
2nd Sunday of Luke
Prosphoro- Irene Avrimidis
7:00AM Usher : Melissa,Nadia
8:00AM Orthros
9:00AM Divine Liturgy
10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Open
11:30AM Philoptochos Meeting
Monday of the 3rd Week
Dionysios the Areopagite
2022 represents the 100th year of one of humanity’s darkest periods, a time point that inspired and ignited what eventually resulted in one of humankind’s bleakest moments. 1922 was the peak of the period between 1915-1923, when Christians and Jews were systematically exterminated only for their faith and culture.
Submit the names of loved ones to be commemorated during the service of proskomidia (the preparation of the Bread and the Wine). Proskomidia is the service of preparation of the Bread and Wine for Holy Communion. The Faithful will submit the Orthodox Names of the living and those in repose, for health and forgiveness of sins, and for repose and resurrection. Names submitted on Sunday will be commemorated in the following Divine Liturgy.
SAVE THE DATE FOR 2023 SUMMER CAMP CAMP EMMANUEL JULY 16-22, 2023