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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2023-03-05
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Welcome to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
At St. Demetrios
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Saints and Feasts
Ministry News
Diakonia- Leadership Opportunities
Church Calendar
Archdiocese News
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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (817)626-5578
  • Fax:
  • (817)626-5073
  • Street Address:

  • 2020 NW 21st St.

  • Fort Worth, TX 76164-7708

Contact Information

Main Office Samia


admin@stdemetrios.net | 8176265578

Father Nicholas Hadzellis
Proistamenos

frnicholas@stdemetrios.net | 6175300885

Services Schedule

Saturday

Vespers: 5:00pm

Sunday

Orthros: 8:00am

Divine Liturgy: 9:00am

Weekday/Feast Days

Orthros: 9:00am

Divine Liturgy: 10:00am

Evening Services as Scheduled: 7:00pm

Past Bulletins


Welcome to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

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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. 

The Mission of St. Demetrios 

to proclaim the Evangelion of Salvation 
through the Orthodox Christian Faith 
for the glory of the Holy Trinity, 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.

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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.) 

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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. 

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.

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At St. Demetrios

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

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Jeannie Payblas

Maria Markos

Maria Sofos

Sophie Harbert

Dianne Thodos

Fannie Maulsby

Connie Nixon

Ann Tsumpis

Cari Douvry

Jay Ermis

Bill Moon

Olympia Gillian

 

 

 

 

Sick/Recovering

Tina Theophilos Stokes

Ash Azer

 

Christina Sirotinski

 

 

 

 

Today

03/05/2023

Parish Council: 

 Lemonia Shaw & Janice Vardakis

 Altar Group

 St. Demetrios 

Epistle Readers

April Haas (English), Efstathios Michaelides (Greek)

5 Year Memorial 

Theodore Diakis

  Fellowship Hour

 Shaw Family


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Mode

Let us the faithful give praise and worship to the Logos, coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, born of the Virgin for our salvation; for of His own goodwill he consented to ascend the cross in the flesh and endured death and raised the dead by His glorious resurrection.
Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν, ὅτι ηὐδόκησε σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ Ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.

Apolytikion for Sun. of Orthodoxy in the Second Mode

We venerate Your immaculate icon, O good Lord, and entreat You to forgive our offences, O Christ our God. By Your own choice you were pleased to ascend the Cross in the flesh, to deliver us, whom You created, from our slavery to the foe. Therefore we cry to You with gratitude: You have filled all things with joy, O our Savior, by coming to save the world.
Τὴν ἄχραντον Εἰκόνα σου προσκυνοῦμεν Ἀγαθέ, αἰτούμενοι συγχώρησιν τῶν πταισμάτων ἡμῶν, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός· βουλήσει γὰρ ηὐδόκησας σαρκὶ ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ, ἵνα ῥύσῃ οὓς ἔπλασας ἐκ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ ἐχθροῦ· ὅθεν εὐχαρίστως βοῶμέν σοι· Χαρᾶς ἐπλήρωσας τὰ πάντα, ὁ Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, παραγενόμενος εἰς τὸ σῶσαι τὸν Κόσμον.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

O Champion General, I your City now inscribe to you, Triumphant anthems as the tokens of my gratitude, Being rescued from the terrors, O Theotokos. Inasmuch as you have power unassailable, From all kinds of perils free me, so that unto you I may cry aloud: Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.
Τὴ ὑπερμάχω στρατηγῶ τὰ νικητήρια, ὡς λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν εὐχαριστήρια, ἀναγράφω σοὶ ἡ Πόλις σου Θεοτόκε, Ἀλλ' ὡς ἔχουσα τὸ κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐκ παντοίων μὲ κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον, ἵνα κράζω σοί, Χαῖρε νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε.
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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 the Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40.

Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward.

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

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 Ἑβραίους 11:24-26, 32-40.

Ἀδελφοί, πίστει Μωϋσῆς μέγας γενόμενος ἠρνήσατο λέγεσθαι υἱὸς θυγατρὸς Φαραώ, μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συγκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ πρόσκαιρον ἔχειν ἁμαρτίας ἀπόλαυσιν· μείζονα πλοῦτον ἡγησάμενος τῶν Αἰγύπτου θησαυρῶν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἀπέβλεπεν γὰρ εἰς τὴν μισθαποδοσίαν. Καὶ τί ἔτι λέγω; Ἐπιλείψει γὰρ με διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ τε καὶ Σαμψών καὶ Ἰεφθάε, Δαυίδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν· οἳ διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας, εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων, ἔσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός, ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας, ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων. Ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν, οὐ προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν· ἕτεροι δὲ ἐμπαιγμῶν καὶ μαστίγων πεῖραν ἔλαβον, ἔτι δὲ δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς· ἐλιθάσθησαν, ἐπρίσθησαν, ἐπειράσθησαν, ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον· περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς, ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν, ὑστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι - ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος - ἐν ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσιν καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ οὗτοι πάντες, μαρτυρηθέντες διὰ τῆς πίστεως, οὐκ ἐκομίσαντο τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ἡμῶν κρεῖττόν τι προβλεψαμένου, ἵνα μὴ χωρὶς ἡμῶν τελειωθῶσιν.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of Orthodoxy
The Reading is from John 1:43-51

At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

Sunday of Orthodoxy
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:44-52

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν· καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι. ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ᾿Ανδρέου καὶ Πέτρου. εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, ᾿Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ᾿Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. εἶδεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ· ἴδε ἀληθῶς ᾿Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι. λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι, ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε. ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ. ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς, πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Peter, when after so many miracles and such high doctrine he confessed that, "Thou art the Son of God" (Matt. xvi. 16), is called "blessed," as having received the revelation from the Father;
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

... while Nathanael, though he said the very same thing before seeing or hearing either miracles or doctrine, had no such word addressed to him, but as though he had not said so much as he ought to have said, is brought to things greater still.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

What can be the reason of this? It is, that Peter and Nathanael both spoke the same words, but not both with the same intention. Peter confessed Him to be "The Son of God' but as being Very God; Nathanael, as being mere man.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

And whence does this appear? From what he said after these words; for after, "Thou art the Son of God," he adds, "Thou art the King of Israel." But the Son of God is not "King of Israel" only, but of all the world.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

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Saints and Feasts

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March 05

Sunday of Orthodoxy

For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of Theophilus (829-842). After Theophilus's death, his widow the Empress Theodora (celebrated Feb. 11), together with the Patriarch Methodius (June 14), established Orthodoxy anew. This ever-memorable Queen venerated the icon of the Mother of God in the presence of the Patriarch Methodius and the other confessors and righteous men, and openly cried out these holy words: "If anyone does not offer relative worship to the holy icons, not adoring them as though they were gods, but venerating them out of love as images of the archetype, let him be anathema." Then with common prayer and fasting during the whole first week of the Forty-day Fast, she asked God's forgiveness for her husband. After this, on the first Sunday of the Fast, she and her son, Michael the Emperor, made a procession with all the clergy and people and restored the holy icons, and again adorned the Church of Christ with them. This is the holy deed that all we the Orthodox commemorate today, and we call this radiant and venerable day the Sunday of Orthodoxy, that is, the triumph of true doctrine over heresy.

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March 06

42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia

These Martyrs, men of high rank in the Roman (Byzantine) army, were taken captive when the city of Amorion in Phrygia fell to the Moslem Arabs in 838, during the reign of Theophilus the Iconoclast. Among them were Aetius and Melissenus, the generals; Theodore, the chief of the imperial ceremonial bodyguard; Craterus, the eunuch; Callistus, Constantine, Bassoes, and Theophilius, who were military officials; and certain others who held important positions. Because of their experience in war and their virtue, the Moslems did not slay them, but tried by all means to convert them to Islam and have them to fight in their own campaigns. They kept the holy Martyrs shut up in a dark dungeon in the city of Samarra in Syria, threatening and abusing them, making promises of glorious rank and magnificent riches, keeping them in hunger, oppression, and darkness, not for a few weeks, or a few months, but for seven full years. Finally, unable to break the courage and faith of their captives, they beheaded them in the year 845.
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March 07

The 7 Hieromartyrs of Cherson

These holy Bishops were sent to Cherson on the Black Sea by Hermon, Bishop of Jerusalem, in the days of Diocletian, about the year 300, to preach the Gospel. Ephraim and Basileus were sent first. Basileus raised to life the dead son of a local ruler, because of which many were baptized. Those who remained in their unbelief, however, dragged him through the streets until he died. Ephraim, refusing to offer sacrifice to idols, was beheaded. After them, Euguene, Agathodorus, Capito, and Elpitius were sent by the Bishop of Jerusalem as heralds of the Faith, but they also were slain by the ungodly. Last of all, the Bishop of Jerusalem sent Aetherius; he was drowned during the reign of Saint Constantine the Great.

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March 08

Theophylaktos, Bishop of Nicomedea

Theophylact was from the East; his native city is unknown. In Constantinople he became a close friend of Tarsius, who afterwards became Patriarch of Constantinople (see Feb. 25).Theophylact was made Bishop of Nicomedia. After the death of Saint Tarsius, his successor Nicephorus (see June 2) called together a number of Bishops to help him in fighting the iconoclasm of Emperor Leo the Armenian, who reigned from 813-820. Among them was Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (celebrated Dec. 26), who had attended the holy Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 - he was exiled three times for the sake of the holy icons, and for defying the Emperor Theophilus' command to renounce the veneration of the icons, was scourged from head to foot until his whole body was one great wound, from which he died eight days later, about the year 830; Joseph of Thessalonica (see July 14); Michael of Synnada (see May 23); Emilian, Bishop of Cyzicus (see Aug. 8); and Saint Theophylact, who boldly rebuked Leo to his face, telling him that because he despised the long-suffering of God, utter destruction was about to overtake him, and there would be none to deliver him. For this, Theophylact was exiled to the fortress of Strobilus in Karia of Asia Minor, where, after 30 years of imprisonment and hardship, he gave up his holy soul about the year 845. Leo the Armenian, according to the Saint's prophecy, was slain in church on the eve of our Lord's Nativity, in 820.

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March 09

40 Martyrs at Lake Sebaste

These holy Martyrs, who came from various lands, were all soldiers under the same general. Taken into custody for their faith in Christ, and at first interrogated by cruel means, they were then stripped of their clothing and cast onto the frozen lake which is at Sebastia of Pontus, at a time when the harsh and freezing weather was at its worst. They endured the whole night naked in such circumstances, encouraging one another to be patient until the end. He that guarded them, named Aglaius, who was commanded to receive any of them that might deny Christ, had a vision in which he saw heavenly powers distributing crowns to all of the Martyrs, except one, who soon after abandoned the contest. Seeing this, Aglaius professed himself a Christian and joined the Martyrs on the lake, and the number of forty remained complete. In the morning, when they were almost dead from the cold, they were cast into fire, after which their remains were thrown into the river. Thus they finished the good course of martyrdom in 320, during the reign of Licinius. These are their names: Acacius, Aetius, Aglaius, Alexander, Angus, Athanasius, Candidus, Chudion, Claudius, Cyril, Cyrion, Dometian, Domnus, Ecdicius, Elias, Eunoicus, Eutyches, Eutychius, Flavius, Gaius, Gorgonius, Helianus, Heraclius, Hesychius, John, Lysimachus, Meliton, Nicholas, Philoctemon, Priscus, Sacerdon, Severian, Sisinius, Smaragdus, Theodulus, Theophilus, Valens, Valerius, Vivianus, and Xanthias.

Allsaint
March 10

Kodratos the Martyr & his Companions

These Martyrs contested for piety's sake in Corinth during the reign of the Emperor Valerian (253-260).

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March 11

Sophronios, Patriarch of Jerusalem

This Saint was born in Damascus. As a young man he became a monk at the Monastery of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch in Palestine, where he met John Moschus and became his close friend. Having a common desire to search out ascetics from whom they could receive further spiritual instruction, they journeyed together through Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, and Egypt, where they met the Patriarch of Alexandria, Saint John the Almsgiver, with whom they remained until 614, when Persians captured Jerusalem (see also Saint Anastasius the Persian, Jan. 22). Saint Sophronius and John Moschus departed Alexandria for Rome, where they remained until 619, the year of John Moschus' death. Saint Sophronius returned to the Monastery of Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch, and there buried the body of his friend. He laboured much in defence of the Holy Fourth Council of Chalcedon, and traveled to Constantinople to remonstrate with Patriarch Sergius and the Emperor Heraclius for changing the Orthodox Faith with their Monothelite teachings. After the death of Patriarch Modestus in December of 634, Sophronius was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem. Although no longer in the hands of the Persians, the Holy Land was now besieged by the armies of the newly-appeared religion of Mohammed, which had already taken Bethlehem; in the Saint's sermon for the Nativity of our Lord in 634, he laments that he could not celebrate the feast in Bethlehem. In 637, for the sins of the people, to the uttermost grief of Saint Sophronius, the Caliph Omar captured Jerusalem. Having tended the flock of his Master for three years and three months, Saint Sophronius departed in peace unto Him Whom he loved on March 11, 638.

Saint Sophronius has left to the Church many writings, including the life of Saint Mary of Egypt. The hymn "O Joyous Light," which is wrongly ascribed to him, is more ancient than Saint Basil the Great, as the Saint himself confirms in his work "On the Holy Spirit" (ch. 29). However, it seems that this hymn, which was chanted at the lighting of the lamps and was formerly called "The Triadic Hymn," was later supplemented somewhat by Saint Sophronius, bringing it into the form in which we now have it. Hence, some have ascribed it to him.

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March 12

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

This divine Father, who was from Asia Minor, was from childhood reared in the royal court of Constantinople, where he was instructed in both religious and secular wisdom. Later, while still a youth, he left the imperial court and struggled in asceticism on Mount Athos, and in the Skete at Beroea. He spent some time in Thessalonica being treated for an illness that came from his harsh manner of life. He was present in Constantinople at the Council that was convened in 1341 against Barlaam of Calabria, and at the Council of 1347 against Acindynus, who was of like mind with Barlaam; Barlaam and Acindynus claimed that the grace of God is created. At both these Councils, the Saint contended courageously for the true dogmas of the Church of Christ, teaching in particular that divine grace is not created, but is the uncreated energies of God which are poured forth throughout creation: otherwise it would be impossible, if grace were created, for man to have genuine communion with the uncreated God. In 1347 he was appointed Metropolitan of Thessalonica. He tended his flock in an apostolic manner for some twelve years, and wrote many books and treatises on the most exalted doctrines of our Faith; and having lived for a total of sixty-three years, he reposed in the Lord in 1359.

His holy relics are kept in the Cathedral of Thessalonica. A full service was composed for his feast day by the Patriarch Philotheus in 1368, when it was established that his feast be celebrated on this day. Since works without right faith avail nothing, we set Orthodoxy of faith as the foundation of all that we accomplish during the Fast, by celebrating the Triumph of Orthodoxy the Sunday before, and the great defender of the teachings of the holy Fathers today.

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Ministry News

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SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY

This Sunday is remembered as the Triumph of Orthodoxy, with the Return of the Icons to the Orthodox Church after a +100 years of persecution and violence. 

We are all invivited to participate in the tradition of bringing our Icons to the Church and join the procession around the Church as we proclaim the Truth of Orthodoxy:

This is the faith of the apostles. This is the faith of the fathers. This is the faith of the Orthodox. This is the faith on which the world is established.


Mirofores-Myrrbearing Women

The Mirofores (Myrrbearing Women) is young girl's ministry of service during the Holy Friday Lamentations Service.  

Your Daughters (+5 years) are invited to join the Mirofores Ministry. 

Please contact Georgia Sparto or Kate Pool For more details!

 

 

“And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.  And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.”

Georgia: economougeorgia@yahoo.com

Kate Pool: katepool2020@gmail.com


Garden and Grounds Ministry

Please join us during Fellowship hour March 5th, to discuss additional roles as stewards of our parish.

Whether you provide insight and direction, or enjoy working with your hands and nature, all are welcome to join us as we beautify our grounds.

As with Saint Konon the martyr and gardener, may we receive what is necessary in life from the gardens we tend at home, in our parish, and within our hearts.


Pan Orthodox Vespers

Join us and the Orthodox of the DFW Metroplex for the Lenten Pan Orthodox Vespers

March 5:   1st Sunday - Holy Trinity GOC, Dallas

March 12  2nd Sunday – St. Demetrios GOC, Ft. Worth

March 19  3rd Sunday – St. John the Baptist GOC, Euless

March 26  4th Sunday – Sts. Constantine and Helen AOC, Carrollton

April 3      5th Sunday – St. Seraphim Cathedral OCA, Dallas

Every year North Texas Orthodox Missions (NTOM) organizes Pan-Orthodox Lenten Vespers throughout the DFW Metroplex as an opportunity to bring our DFW Orthodox Christians together for prayer and fellowship during Great and Holy Lent. 

Various Orthodox Churches host a Sunday Night for Lenten Vespers. Clergy and Laity of different Orthodox Traditions stand side by side to offer our evening prayers and then share Christian fellowship over a Lenten pot-luck meal. 

Each hosting community offers hospitality after the services. 

Additionally, a collection is made to support various ministries of the North Texas Orthodox Mission, this year NTOM has chosen to support the Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF), the official Orthodox College Ministry.   

Join us to participate in this year’s Pan-Orthodox Vespers and Fellowship Meal. Sign up below Servings should feed about 20 people

RSVP with Georgia economougeorgia@yahoo.com

 ALL MEALS MUST BE LENTEN - No Meat and Dairy

Lentils

Fasalatha

Pasta

Bread / Pita

Shrimp

Fruits/Veggies

Lenten Dessert

Juice

Paper Plates

Paper Bowls

Flatware 

Napkins


Streaming Online

LIturgy
Join us streaming online if you are unable to join us in person. 
 

The Mystery of Repentance AKA Confession

Contact Father Nicholas to Schedule your Confession. Confession is heard regularly after Saturday Night Great Vespers. We may also schedule for another time. If there is more than one person scheduled for Confession, we will read the prepatory prayers together in front of the Icon of Christ. Then, one at a time, the priest will hear confessions in the Church while others wait in the Narthex and Quietroom preparing for their confession.  

Confession | Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral Manchester NH

 

Through the mystery of repentance God embraces a repentant lapsed Christian with his love, in order to forgive him and reconcile him to the Church. But, for this to occur, the sinful Christian must first have a sense of his unfaithfulness to God, contrition of heart, and determination to amend. This must be followed by the confession of his sins before the authorized clergy of the Church. Both the interior repentance and the verbal acknowledgment of concrete sins are indispensable conditions for true forgiveness and reconciliation. Confession is the opening of one's conscience before God and the witness of the Church.

"Did you commit sin? Enter the Church and repent for your sin; for here is the physician, not the judge; here one is not investigated, one receives remission of sins" (St. John Chrysostom).

Faith Enrichment

Adult Education Sunday after Fellowship Hour at 12:30pm

We dive deep 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

See the source image 

 

Fellowship Hour

Fellowship Hour MINISTRY

So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’ ” Luke 10:27

Host or Sponsor Fellowship Hour!

The Divine Liturgy is our time to Worship, Give Thanks and to Commune with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Afterwards the Fellowship Hour becomes our time to Commune with each other. As a community, we build Christian fellowship, support, and encourage each other and welcome new members and guest.

It’s one of the simple ways we Love our Lord, and grow our church family.

Hosting or Sponsoring Fellowship hour is a simple offering of Philoxenia, hospitality to our brothers and sisters in Christ while we greet and visit one another. It is a showing of love and gratitude for God, as it is an invitation to others to stay after services to get to know each other.

As an offering of love, we provide a little sustenance for our bellies that we may nourish our relationships. 

We are now receiving Fellowship Hour Hosts and Sponsors!

Do your part in creating a welcoming environment and familial atmosphere. If you can’t Host Fellowship Hour you may Sponsor Fellowship Hour by contacting Sonya Shackelford to help make the arrangements.

Sign up is available on the Bulletin Board just outside the Fellowship Hall.

For more details contact Sonya 972-809-9655 or sonya.joy65@gmail.com

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Coffee Ministry:

We are looking for 8 people to sign up for the Coffee Ministry:

Members of the Coffee Ministry will be assigned a Sunday of the month to help prepare and maintain the Fellowship Hour Coffee, using the Byzantine Coffee System. 

For more Details contact Jeffer Osburn Jwoftw@gmail.com or 817-647-5424. 

Be a part of the front line Coffee Team of the Fellowship Hour 


AHEPA Scholarship

 

Calling All Graduating High School Seniors and Returning Undergraduate College Students

AHEPA Fort Worth Chapter #19 is pleased to announce that we are continuing our tradition of offering scholarship funds to St. Demetrios college bound students. Over the past 15 years we have awarded more than $15,000 to our parish’s youth in support of their higher education studies. The program is open to all St. Demetrios graduating high school seniors and returning undergraduate students who will be enrolled at an accredited college or university full-time in the fall of 2023 school year. Applications from students are requested by 30 April 2023 for award in May.

Please contact Paul Adamopoulos (pjgreek@sbcglobal.net), Chris Kime (ckime2@yahoo.com), Chris Xydas (chrisxydas@yahoo.com) or any AHEPA Chapter #19 member for scholarship application information.

 

 

SAVE THE DATE

AHEPA IS planning to host our 4th annual GLENDI on

29 April 2023


GIVING SUNDAYS OF LENT

Join us this Lenten Season, as we fast, pray and give!

Each Sunday we dedicate to support a National Ministry of the Orthodox Church:

March 5 International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)

Earthquake Response in Syria & Turkey - International Orthodox Christian Charities (iocc.org) 

March 12 Orthodox Christian Mission Center 

Give | Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)

March 19 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

Hellenic College Holy Cross | Give (hchc.edu)

March 26 Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry

Donation Form (donorperfect.net)

April 3 Zoe for Life  Donations | ZOE for Life!®


Learn about IOCC

OCC is in touch with partners in Syria (shown here during initial emergency action) and Turkey as we assess needs and identify an appropriate response to the devastating earthquake. (Photo: GOPA-DERD)

 
Upon hearing news of the early-morning earthquake on February 6, 2023, the hearts of IOCC’s staff went out to all those affected. We then got in touch with partners in and around the affected regions.
 
Our local partners in Syria have indicated that basic needs (like food, bedding, and clothing) are most pressing right now. As we assess needs of those displaced by the earthquake and identify the most appropriate and effective response, please join our efforts by:
 
  • Praying for all those affected in Syria and Turkey
  • Keeping up with IOCC’s response on our social media channels and in the “Latest” section of our website.
  • Supporting our International Emergency Response Fund, which allows IOCC to mobilize aid quickly and effectively on the ground.
IOCC has released initial funds to care for survivors in the coming days and weeks. You can help meet these urgent needs with a gift to IOCC today.
 
This is an evolving situation, and government recovery teams need space to save lives. IOCC will be working to responsibly meet the urgent unfilled needs of the people impacted. Please give now. Thank you.

Pascha Donations

LENTEN & PASCHAL ITEMS –DONATION FORM

Help us commemorate the Holy Days of the Church, please sponsor Festive Flowers or any of the following items for Lent and Holy Week by submitting the form to the church office with your donation. If any item has already been donated or if multiple donations are received for a specific item, your donation may be used for other needed items for Lent and Holy Week. 

 

☐ Community Pascha Card                           Generous Free Will Donation

 

☐ Flowers for the Icon of the Annunciation (March 25)                   $60

 

☐ Centerpieces for Annunciation Luncheon                                     $25.ea x 16    

 

☐ Flowers – Daffodil Holy Cross Sunday                                        $50

 

☐ Palm branches for Palm Sunday Divine Liturgy                           $200

 

☐ Flowers for the Icon of the Saturday of Lazarus                           $50

 

☐ Flowers for Palm Sunday Entrance to Jerusalem                          $50

 

☐ Flowers for the Icon of Jesus Christ the Bridegroom (“Nymphios”)  $50

 

☐ Flowers for the Icon of the Crucifixion                                         $50

 

☐ Flowers for the Wreath of the Cross                                                          $75

 

☐ Flowers for the Kouvouklio and Epitaphios                                              $400   

 

☐ Rose Pedals for Myrofores (Flower Girls for Holy Friday)                      $30 x 3

 

☐ Flowers for the Resurrection Icon                                                 $50

 

☐ Flowers for St. Demetrios Icon on Pascha                                     $100

 

☐ Flowers for the Pentecost Feast Day Icon                                     $50

 

☐ Planter in front of Church Flowers, mulch, labor etc               $2000 Partial Donations

 

☐ Priest’s Resurrection Candle Pure Wax     Donated by St. Paraskevi Monastery

 

☐ Communion Wine for Lenten Services and Holy Week               $150 (1 Case)

 

☐ Red Eggs (15 Doz includes breakage) and Dye                            $50

 

☐ Rose Water                                                                                                 $10

☐ Special Pascha Donation                                       

                                                           

 

 

 

Enclosed is $ _______to sponsor the item(s) indicated above during the celebration of Lent and Pascha.

 

(Please place a mark in the box next to the item(s) you wish to donate.)

 

 

 

Family Name:___________________________________________________________

 

(all donors will be included in the Community Pascha Card

 

 

 

Optional listing (In memory of, For the health of etc.):____________________________

 

 

 

 


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Diakonia- Leadership Opportunities

Servant_leader

Meals on Wheels

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!

 

 


Stewardship Ministry

2022 Stewardship Campaign

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.

 You may make your 2023 Stewardship Pledge online HERE

 


Safety Ministry

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.


Presbyterian Night Shelter

 
 Outreach Ministry to feed the poor.
 
The Presbyterian Night Shelter is located at
2320 Poplar St. Fort Worth, TX 76113, 817-632-7408, website: http://www.journeyhome.org/
 
The team will meet at the shelter at 5:10 p.m.
 
We volunteer the First Saturday of the Month at 5:30pm         
to park (use gated parking lot on N. Kentucky Ave—one street over) and get signed in.
We should be ready to serve families by 5:20 p.m.
Please contact Magda Dvorak at mag2868@gmail.com and complete the online sign-up form at the link https://forms.gle/Kk22dfmGKFzDxtQj8
 
So, are you ready to volunteer?  We are ready! 

Please contact Magda Dvorak Mag2868@gmail.com for more details


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Church Calendar

  • Church Calendar

    March 5 to March 20, 2023

    Sunday, March 5

    Parish Council Duty: Lemonia , Janice

    Altar Group: St. Demetrios

    Sunday of Orthodoxy

    Prosphoro- Irene Avrimidis

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:30AM Theodore Diakis 5 Year Memorial

    10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Lemonia Shaw and Family

    12:30PM Faith Enrichment- Adult Catechism

    6:00PM Pan Orthodox Vespers- Holy Trinity

    Monday, March 6

    Second Week of Lent

    42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nektarios Key

    7:00PM No Service Great Compline

    7:00PM Parish Council

    Tuesday, March 7

    The Holy Martyred Bishops of Cherson: Basileus, Ephraim, Eugene, Capito, Aetherius, Agathodorus, and Elpidius

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Open

    Wednesday, March 8

    Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Father Nicholas

    7:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

    Thursday, March 9

    The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Alex Rhodes

    Friday, March 10

    Quadratus the Martyr & his Companions

    Metropolis Philoptochos Meeting

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Sonya Kallinikos

    12:30PM Order flowers

    7:00PM Small Compline w/ Akathist to the Theotokos

    Saturday, March 11

    Second Saturday of Lent

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, March 12

    Parish Council Duty: Nick ,Nadia

    Altar Group: St. Joseph

    Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

    Prosfora: Marina Beasley

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Philoptochos

    11:00AM Philoptochos Meeting

    12:30PM Faith Enrichment- Adult Catechism

    6:00PM Pan Orthodox Vespers St. Demetrios

    Monday, March 13

    Third Week of Lent

    Removal of the relics of Nicephorus, Patriarch of Constantinople

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nektarios Key

    7:00PM Great Compline

    Tuesday, March 14

    Benedict the Righteous of Nursia

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Dr. Cliff

    7:00PM AHEPA Men’s Organization

    7:00PM Investment Account Meeting

    Wednesday, March 15

    Agapius the Martyr & His Companions

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nick Kypreos

    7:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

    Thursday, March 16

    Sabine the Martyr of Egypt

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Alex Rhodes

    Friday, March 17

    Alexis the Man of God

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Melissa Adamopoulos

    7:00PM Small Compline w/ Akathist to the Theotokos

    Saturday, March 18

    Third Saturday of Lent

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, March 19

    Parish Council Duty: Jim ,Sonya

    Altar Group: St. Philemon

    Sunday of the Holy Cross

    Prosphoro - Jim Nicholas

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Open

    12:30PM Faith Enrichment- Adult Catechism

    6:00PM Pan Orthodox Vespers St. John - Euless

    Monday, March 20

    Fourth Week of Lent

    Righteous Fathers slain at the Monastery of St. Savas

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Archdiocese News

Clean Monday Service of Holy Unction at Nassau County, NY

02/28/2023

The Clergy of Nassau County in the Direct Archdiocesan District offered the sacrament of Holy Unction for the faithful in attendance on Clean Monday, February 27th at the Church of the Holy Resurrection in Brookville, New York.
https://www.goarch.org/-/clean-monday-holy-unction-nassau-county-ny

Archbishop Elpidophoros Arrives in Northern California for Pastoral Visit

02/26/2023

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was greeted at San Francisco International Airport airport today, February 25, 2023, by His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco and Chancellor of the Metropolis His Grace Bishop Ioannis of Phocaea.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-arrives-northern-california-pastoral-visit
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Fliers

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