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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2023-03-26
Bulletin Contents
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
Fliers
Climicus
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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

Shut-in

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

 Dolly Peters

Christina Sirotinski

 Katherine Economides 

  

 

 
 

Today

03/26/2023

Welcome Father Nektarios Morrow

Parish Council: 

Stacey Whitaker and Darin DeBolt 

 Altar Group

 St. Demetrios

Epistle Readers

April Haas (English), Efstathios Michaelides (Greek)

 Memorial

Kassandro (24 Years) Argrio (11 Years) Kootsouradis

Sunday Church School 

  Fellowship Hour

Annunciation Luncheon

 12:30 Adult Catechism

 

 


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

From on high You descended, Most Merciful; for us You condescended to a threeday burial to set us free from the passions. O Lord, our Resurrection and our Life, glory to You!
Ἐξ ὕψους κατῆλθες ὁ εὔσπλαγχνος, ταφὴν καταδέξω τριήμερον, ἵνα ἡμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃς τῶν παθῶν. Ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ἡ Ἀνάστασις ἡμῶν, Κύριε δόξα σοι.

Apolytikion for St. Demetrios the Great Martyr in the Third 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 to 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.

Meghan evrato entis kindinis se ipermachon i ikoumeni athlofore ta ethni tropoumemon. Os oun Lieou kathiles tin eparson en to stadhio tharrinas ton Nestora outos, Ayie Meghalomartis Dhimitrie Christon Ton Theon iketeve dhorisasthe imin to meghaeleos. 

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. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20.

BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 6:13-20.

Ἀδελφοί, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατʼ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, λέγων, Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε. Καὶ οὕτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος. Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ, ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος· ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος· ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from Mark 9:17-31

At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."

Sunday of St. John Climacus
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 9:17-31

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγων, διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρός σε, ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον. καὶ ὅπου ἂν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφρίζει καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξηραίνεται· καὶ εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσι, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με. καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν εὐθέως τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· παιδιόθεν. καὶ πολλάκις αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς πῦρ ἔβαλε καὶ εἰς ὕδατα, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾿ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι. καὶ εὐθέως κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγε· πιστεύω, κύριε· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος, ἐπετίμησε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφόν, ἐγώ σοι ἐπιτάσσω, ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς κρατήσας αὐτὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἰσελθόντα αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνῷ· ἐδίδασκε γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶς τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Seest thou how He now proceeds to lay beforehand in them the foundation of His doctrine about fasting? ... See, at any rate, how many blessings spring from them both. For he that is praying as he ought, and fasting, hath not many wants, and he that hath not many wants, cannot be covetous; ...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century

... he that is not covetous, will be also more disposed for almsgiving. He that fasts is light, and winged, and prays with wakefulness, and quenches his wicked lusts, and propitiates God, and humbles his soul when lifted up. Therefore even the apostles were almost always fasting.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 57 on Matthew 17,4,5. B#54, pp.355,356., 4th Century

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Saints and Feasts

Climicus
March 26

Sunday of St. John Climacus

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on March 30, where his biography may be found. He is celebrated today because his book, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, is a sure guide to the ascetic life, written by a great man of prayer experienced in all forms of the monastic polity; it teaches the seeker after salvation how to lay a sound foundation for his struggles, how to detect and war against each of the passions, how to avoid the snares laid by the demons, and how to rise from the rudimental virtues to the heights of Godlike love and humility. It is held in such high esteem that it is universally read in its entirety in monasteries during the Great Fast.

Gabriel1
March 26

Synaxis in honor of the Archangel Gabriel

This festive Synaxis is celebrated to the glory of the Archangel Gabriel, since he ministered to the marvelous mystery of God's incarnate dispensation.

Matrona
March 27

Martyr Matrona of Thessaloniki

This martyr was the servant of a certain Jewish woman named Pantilla, the wife of the Governor of Thessalonica. When Matrona refused to follow her mistress into the synagogue Pantilla beat her so severly that she died in a few days, and thus received the crown of her confession.

Allsaint
March 28

Hilarion the New

Saint Hilarion took up the monastic life from his youth and lived in seclusion. Later, as Abbot of the Monastery of Pelecete in Asia Minor (believed to be in Bithynia, not far from Triglia), he suffered much from the Iconoclasts, and reposed in the year 754.

Allsaint
March 29

Mark, Bishop of Arethusa

Saint Mark was Bishop of Arethusa in Syria. In the days of Saint Constantine the Great, Saint Mark, moved with divine zeal, destroyed a temple of the idols and raised up a church in its stead. When Julian the Apostate reigned, in 361, as the pagans were now able to avenge the destruction of their temple, Saint Mark, giving way to wrath, hid himself; but when he saw that others were being taken on his account, he gave himself up. Having no regard to his old age, they stripped him and beat his whole body, cast him into filthy sewers, and pulling him out, had children prick him with their iron writing-pens. Then they put him into a basket, smeared him with honey and a kind of relish of pickled fish, and hung him up under the burning sun to be devoured by bees and wasps. But because he bore this so nobly, his enemies repented, and unloosed him.

Iconclimacus
March 30

John Climacus the Righteous, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent

This Saint gave himself over to the ascetical life from his early youth. Experienced both in the solitary life of the hermit and in the communal life of cenobitic monasticism, he was appointed Abbot of the Monastery at Mount Sinai and wrote a book containing thirty homilies on virtue. Each homily deals with one virtue, and progressing from those that deal with holy and righteous activity (praxis) unto those that deal with divine vision (theoria), they raise a man up as though by means of steps unto the height of Heaven. For this cause his work is called "The Ladder of Divine Ascent." The day he was made Abbot of Sinai, the Prophet Moses was seen giving commands to those who served at table. Saint John reposed in 603, at eighty years of age. See also the Fourth Sunday of the Fast.

Hypatius
March 31

Hypatios the Wonderworker

This Saint, who was from Cilicia of Asia Minor, became Bishop of Gangra, the capital of Paphlagonia. He was present at the First Ecumenical Council. Because of his confession of the Orthodox Faith, he was put to death by the Novatians, a sect which denied that sins committed after Baptism could be forgiven.

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April 01

Mary of Egypt

When Mary was only twelve years old, she left her parents and departed to Alexandria, where she lived a depraved life for seventeen years. Then, moved by curiosity, she went with many pilgrims to Jerusalem, that she might see the Exaltation of the venerable Cross. Even in the Holy City she gave herself over to every kind of licentiousness and drew many into the depth of perdition. Desiring to go into the church on the day of the Exaltation of the Cross, time and again she perceived a certain invisible power preventing her entrance, whereas the multitude of people about her entered unhindered. Therefore, wounded in heart by this, she decided to change her way of life and reconcile herself to God by means of repentance. Invoking our Lady the Theotokos as her protectress, she asked her to open the way for her to worship the Cross, and vowed that she would renounce the world. And thus, returning once again to the church, she entered easily. When she had worshipped the precious Wood, she departed that same day from Jerusalem and passed over the Jordan. She went into the inner wilderness and for forty-seven years lived a most harsh manner of life, surpassing human strength; alone, she prayed to God alone. Toward the end of her life, she met a certain hermit named Zosimas, and she related to him her life from the beginning. She requested of him to bring her the immaculate Mysteries that she might partake of them. According to her request, he did this the following year on Holy and Great Thursday. One year after this, Zosimas again went thither and found her dead, laid upon the ground, and letters written in the sand near her which said: "Abba Zosimas, bury here the body of wretched Mary. I died on the very day I partook of the immaculate Mysteries. Pray for me." Her death is reckoned by some to have taken place in 378, by some, in 437, and by others, in 522. She is commemorated also on the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent. Her life was recorded by Saint Sophronius of Jerusalem.

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April 02

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.

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Ministry News

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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 Landscape Ministry

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.

To get involved contact Nektarios Key 8172176288

or connect to the Garden and Landscape group on Realm


Pan Orthodox Vespers

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

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.   


Streaming Online

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

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

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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

 


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 Holy Cross

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Gets $2.4 Million Gift ...Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

is our Theological School preparing the young men and women to be leaders of the Church. 

We have 5 men from our Denver Metropolis preparing for the Holy Priesthood. 

Please prayerfully consider making a generous gift to help support our students and encourage more of our faithful to attend.

Make a Gift online


Philoptochos

This past holiday season, the Philoptochos Society did a service project at Quail Trail, the new housing development for the chronically homeless located only minutes from our church.  We prepared a wonderful Greek dinner for the residents and served it along with baklava sundaes for dessert!  I've worked in soup kitchens and homeless shelters in the past, but by far this was the most humbling experience for myself and the other Philoptochos ladies who assisted.  Seeing how much the residents appreciated the delicious food, with tears in their eyes, they thanked us constantly.  One woman even sang for us!  It was the best labor of love that Philoptochos has had the privledge to participate in.

Last year for our Lenten service project we collected donations of cleaning supplies for Quail Trail as they opened this new facility.  We would like to make that our Lenten project for this year as well.  A box has been set up  in our fellowship hall that everyone can put their donations.  Some specific items needed are laundry pods, toilet paper, kitchen trash bags, clorox wipes and other spray cleaners.

Wishing you all many blessings for this Lenten season!

In His Love and Service,

Georgia Sparto


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                                       Donated

☐ 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                                                          Donated

☐ Flowers for the Kouvouklio and Epitaphios                                            Donated

☐ 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.):____________________________


Coffee Ministry

We are looking for 8 people to sign up for the Coffee Ministry:Consumption of Coffee Reduces Melanoma Risk - Health and Disease

As a Coffee Front Liner, this is a great way to meet members of the Church and welcome guest to our community. 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

For more Details contact Jeffer Osburn Jwoftw@gmail.com or 817-647-5424, our join this group on Realm!

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


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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 26 to April 10, 2023

    Sunday, March 26

    Parish Council Duty: Stacy ,Darin

    Altar Group: St. Demetrios

    Sunday of St. John Climacus

    Prosphoro- Dimitra Bakintas

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:30AM Memorial for Kassandro (24 Years) Argrio (11 Years) Kootsouradis

    11:30AM Annunciation Luncheon- Fasting

    12:30PM Faith Enrichment- Adult Catechism

    6:00PM Pan Orthodox Vespers Sts. Constantine & Helen

    Monday, March 27

    Fifth Week of Lent

    Martyr Matrona of Thessalonica

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nektarios Key

    7:00PM Great Compline

    Tuesday, March 28

    Hilarion the New

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

    Wednesday, March 29

    Mark, Bishop of Arethusa

    1:30PM Meet with Mayor Park and members of the Mayor's Faith Cabinet

    7:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

    Thursday, March 30

    5th Thursday of Lent: The Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Alex Rhodes

    7:00PM Small Compline w/ Life of St. Mary of Egypt w/ the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

    Friday, March 31

    GOYA Lenten Retreat

    The Holy Hieromartyr Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels- Melissa Adamopoulos

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

    Saturday, April 1

    5th Saturday of Lent: The Akathist Hymn

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    5:20PM Presbyterian Night Shelter

    Sunday, April 2

    Parish Council Duty: Melissa ,Rick

    Altar Group: St. Joseph

    Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

    Prosphoro- Irene Avrimidis

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:30AM Estelle Hieger Memorial

    10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Hieger ,Pools Family

    12:30PM Faith Enrichment- Adult Catechism

    6:00PM Pan Orthodox Vespers St. Seraphim

    Monday, April 3

    Sixth Week of Lent

    Nicetas, Abbot of the Monastery of Medicium

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nektarios Key

    7:00PM Great Compline

    7:00PM Parish Council

    Tuesday, April 4

    George the Righteous of Maleon

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels- David Thompson

    Wednesday, April 5

    Monk-Martyrs Claudius, Diodore, Victor, Victorinus, Pappias, Nicephorus, and Serapion

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Nick Kypreos

    7:00PM Presanctified Liturgy

    Thursday, April 6

    Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Alex Rhodes

    Friday, April 7

    Calliopus and Akylina the Martyrs

    9:00AM Meals on Wheels: Sonya Kallinikos

    7:00PM Small Compline w/ Canon to the Raising of Lazarus

    Saturday, April 8

    Lazarus Saturday

    9:00AM Orthros and Divine Liturgy

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, April 9

    Parish Council Duty: Alex ,Lemonia

    Altar Group: St. Philemon

    Palm Sunday

    Prosfora: Marina Beasley

    8:00AM Orthros

    9:00AM Divine Liturgy

    10:45AM Fellowship Hour- Open

    11:30AM Palm Sunday Luncheon

    7:00PM Bridegroom Orthros of Great and Holy Monday

    Monday, April 10

    Holy Monday

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Archdiocese News

Evzones to March in 2023 NYC Greek Independence Parade

03/20/2023

His Eminence this week received confirmation that the Evzones will attend and march in the Parade in New York on April 30
https://www.goarch.org/-/evzones-to-march-in-2023-nyc-greek-independence-parade

Annual Bible Bowl Held at Holy Trinity, Hicksville

03/19/2023

Long Island Parishes came together for the annual Bible Bowl at the Greek Orthodox Community of Holy Trinity in Hicksville, New York. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the youth had an engaging event that taught the Parables, followed by "jeopardy-style" game format.
https://www.goarch.org/-/bible-bowl-2023

Pastoral Visit to Boca Raton Concludes with Meetings with the Faithful

03/19/2023

On Saturday, March 18, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America continued his visit in Boca Raton, FL, meeting with the Executive Board of the Saint Mark Philoptochos for a breakfast. T
https://www.goarch.org/-/final-day-boca-raton-2023
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Fliers

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