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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2019-04-14
Bulletin Contents
Message from Fr. Gianulis
Upcoming Divine Services and Holy Days
Announcements
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Wisdom of the Fathers
St. Demetrios Parish Calendar
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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • 757-220-0994
  • Street Address:

  • 4900 Mooretown Road

  • Williamsburg, VA 23188

Contact Information

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williamsburghelleniccenter@gmail.com | (757) 220-4284

Presiding Priest Fr. Milton Gianulis

frmdg@stdemva.com | 757-220-0994

Services Schedule

Sunday Services -- Kuriakh:

Orthros, 8:45 a.m.

Divine Liturgy, 10:00 a.m.

OrqroV, 0845 pm.

Q. Leitourgia, 1000 pm.

 

Weekday Holy Days (as scheduled):

Orthros, 8:45 a.m.

Divine Liturgy, 9:30 a.m.

KaqhmerineV EorteV:

OrqroV, 0845 pm.

Q. Leitourgia, 0930 pm.

 

Past Bulletins


Message from Fr. Gianulis

Can I Be Saved?

Do you feel like, if you were to come to worship, people would be looking at you in judgment? Maybe you are someone they don’t know, maybe someone not dressed up to their standards. They don't know your heart. Perhaps you fear they are looking through you, wondering what your story is, what bad things you have done? Worse yet, perhaps they do know you and know the bad things you have done, and you wonder if they are asking themselves, “Who do they think they are, sitting here in Church like some saint?” You are ashamed and then grow increasingly indignant and even bitter; angry at them for judging you.

This is wrong thinking, because the Church is here for all. Everyone in Church knows he or she too is a sinner. All are guilty before God. Yet, His Church is here precisely for this reason. The Church is the Ark of Salvation, the hospital for the sick, the sanctuary of the sinners, the place of redemption; and you are invited in.

Consider the woman whom we commemorate this Sunday: St. Mary of Egypt. She was a common prostitute. How many of us would feel comfortable sitting next to her in Church? Yet, it is she who is the saint. She is the example of true repentance. If she could be saved, then so can you. Jesus Christ saves anyone who wants to be saved and repents, no matter how far into sin and despair they may have sunk.

Are we living in a state of sin not sure how to get out? Are we caught in a web of addiction? Are we living for all the wrong things? Do we feel angry all the time? Or perhaps hurting and depressed? Come Sunday. Hear the story of Mary of Egypt. Learn what changed her life and how your life can be changed as well.


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Upcoming Divine Services and Holy Days

PRESANCTIFIED LITURGIES

Every Wednesday throughout Great Lent at 5:30 p.m., we will gather together for the beautiful Lenten Service of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. You are welcome to bring a Lenten dish to share for a pot luch supper to follow.


SALUTATIONS TO THE THEOTOKOS

 

TheotokosFriday at 7:00 p.m.

This is the final Salutations Service of Great Lent this Friday, April 12th.


CONFESSIONS DURING GREAT LENT

Wednesday prior to Presanctified Liturgies (4:30 - 5:15 p.m.) and Fridays following the Salutations Services.

 


Holy Week and Pascha Schedule

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April 20, Saturday of Lazarus

      Orthros, 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy, 10 a.m. 

      Church Palm Folding to follow

April 21, Palm Sunday (Entry into Jerusalem)

      Orthros, 8:45 a.m.  Divine Liturgy, 10 a.m.

April 22, Holy Monday

      Orthros of the Bridegroom, 7 p.m.

 April 23, Holy Tuesday

       Orthros of the Bridegroom, 7 p.m.

April 24, Holy Wednesday

      The Sacrament of Holy Unction, 7 p.m.

April 25, Holy Thursday

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, 10 a.m.

Orthros of the Passion (12 Gospels), 7 p.m.

April 26, Good Friday

Great Vespers—the Descent from the Cross, 3 p.m.

Lamentation Service, 7 p.m.

April 27, Holy Saturday

Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, 10 a.m.

Resurrection Orthros, 11 p.m. Paschal Proclamation of the Holy Gospel, 12 p.m. followed by the Divine Liturgy. 

April 28,  Easter Sunday

     Great Vespers of AGAPE, 11 a.m. 

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20 Απριλίου, Σάββατο του Λαζάρου

       Ο Όρθρος, 9 πμ. Θεια Λειτουργία, 10 πμ.

21 Απριλίου, Κυριακή των Βαΐων

        Ο Όρθρος, 9 πμ. Θεια Λειτουργία, 10 πμ.

22 Απριλίου, Μεγάλη Δευτέρα

        Ο Όρθρος του Νυμφίου, 7 μμ.

23 Απριλίου, Μεγάλη Τρίτη

       Ο Όρθρος του Νυμφίου, 7 μμ.

24 Απριλίου, Μεγάλη Τετάρτη

       Μέγα Ευχέλαιον, 7 μμ.

25 Απριλίου, Μεγάλη Πέμπτη

        Η Θεία Λειτουργία του Αγ. Βασιλείου, 10 πμ.

        Ο Όρθρος του Πάθος του Χριστού (τα 12 Ευαγγέλια), 7 μμ.

26 Απριλίου, Μεγαλη Παρασκευή

        Ο Μέγας Εσπερινός (Αποκαθήλωσης), 3 μμ.

        Ο Επιτάφιος Θρήνος, 7 μμ.

27 Απριλίου, Μέγα Σάββατο

        Η Θεία Λειτουργία του Αγ. Βασιλείου, 10 πμ—Πρώτη Ανάσταση, 9 πμ.

          Όρθρος της Αναστάσεως, 11 μμ, Η Ανάσταση, 12 μμ.

          Θεία Λειτουργία, 1230 πμ.

28 Απριλίου, Κυριακή του Πάσχα 

         Ο Μέγας Εσπερινός της Αγάπης, 11 πμ.


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Announcements

FLOWERS FOR THE EPITAPHIOS & EASTER

During the holy season of Great Lent, we gratefully accept contributions for flowers for the decoration of the sepulchre of Christ of Good Friday. Please make a notation on your check or envelop for "Lenten Flowers."

Also, if anyone wishes to donate for Easter lilies in honor of or in memory of a family member, may do so by contacting Argie Maurakis or Athena Canavos.  Each lily is $20 donation.  

Thank you.


FOREIGN LANGUAGE READERS

During the beautiful Great Vespers service, commonly called the AGAPE Vespers, the Holy Gospel is read in various foreign language readers. We have some, but welcome anyone who would like to be part of the service. Contact Fr. Gianulis and let him know your language and he will let you know what to do.

The AGAPE Vespers is on Easter Sunday at 11 a.m.


FRIDAY FISH FRIES

Every Friday through April 19. Please note, this is an offering for the greater Williamsburg community -- a fundraiser. Please tell your friends, spread the word, distribute flyers, and come out and support, and if you are willing to help, contact Elpitha Paparis at 757-784-6027.


Greek Festival Flyers Available

The Williamsburg Greek Festival will be on May 17 - 19. Help get the word out. We have placed flyers for the upcoming Greek Festival in the narthex. If everyone takes a few and places them where you work, where you shop, or where you dine, that would be a tremendous help and support.


EASTER BREAD SALES

Please consider purchasing Easter Bread (Tsoureki). Very suitable for gift giving or home Easter dinner. $10 per loaf. Contact Elpitha Paparis to place an order. 784-6027


Seeking Material Donations

Want to help the parish in a unique way, consider material donations of the following items, which will save cost in our upkeep of the Church grounds.

  • Sacks of weed and feed
  • Sacks of Fertilizer 
  • Sacks of lime
  • Gas powered leaf blower
  • Gas powered weed eater
  • Mulch
  • Overhead door installation for the dumpster shed

And for the sanctuary:

  • A persian style runner, 12' x 3'
  • Altar table clothes

COFFEE FELLOWSHIP

This Sunday:  Elli Williams and Debbie Erwin

If you too would like to host the coffee fellowship after Sunday services, contact Elpida Paparis at 784-6027. Please remember, for now, Lenten goodies only.


"I was sick and you visited me..." Matthew 25:36

Helen Kanellos: Riverside Doctor's Hospital


Our Deepest Sympathies

...to the family and friends of Alexander Pasquier, who fell asleep in the Lord on April 11. 

May his memory be eternal.


Your Priest is as Close as Your Telephone

...but he is not a mind reader.  If you are sick and hospitalized, or have any other pastoral or sacramental need, do not hesitate to call him.  Fr. Gianulis can always be reached by calling the church phone number, 220-0994.  If he is not in, leave a message and it will be delivered to his cell phone.


Visit us on Facebook

Have you visited us on Facebook? Like us at 

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=saint%20demetrios%20greek%20orthodox%20church%20-%20williamsburg%20va.

Thank you to Presbytera Connie for keeping the page up to date, relevant and interesting. 


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Second Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint Jesus. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back, for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to any one, for they were afraid.

Second Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 16:1-8

Καὶ διαγενομένου τοῦ σαββάτου Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ἡ τοῦ ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ Σαλώμη ἠγόρασαν ἀρώματα ἵνα ἐλθοῦσαι ἀλείψωσιν αὐτόν. καὶ λίαν πρωῒ τῆς μιᾶς σαββάτων ἔρχονται ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, ἀνατείλαντος τοῦ ἡλίου. καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸς ἑαυτάς· τίς ἀποκυλίσει ἡμῖν τὸν λίθον ἐκ τῆς θύρας τοῦ μνημείου; καὶ ἀναβλέψασαι θεωροῦσιν ὅτι ἀποκεκύλισται ὁ λίθος· ἦν γὰρ μέγας σφόδρα. καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον εἶδον νεανίσκον καθήμενον ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, περιβεβλημένον στολὴν λευκήν, καὶ ἐξεθαμβήθησαν. ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐταῖς· μὴ ἐκθαμβεῖσθε· ᾿Ιησοῦν ζητεῖτε τὸν Ναζαρηνὸν τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον· ἠγέρθη, οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε· ἴδε ὁ τόπος ὅπου ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. ἀλλ᾿ ὑπάγετε εἴπατε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ Πέτρῳ ὅτι προάγει ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν· ἐκεῖ αὐτὸν ὄψεσθε, καθὼς εἶπεν ὑμῖν. καὶ ἐξελθοῦσαι ἔφυγον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου· εἶχε δὲ αὐτὰς τρόμος καὶ ἔκστασις, καὶ οὐδενὶ οὐδὲν εἶπον· ἐφοβοῦντο γάρ.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal First Tone. 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 Hebrews 9:11-14.

BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Προκείμενον. Plagal First Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 11.7,1.
Σὺ Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Σῶσον με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 9:11-14.

Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι;

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45

At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 10:32-45

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ ᾿Ιάκωβος καὶ ᾿Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε· τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ᾿ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς· οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν· οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾿ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.

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Saints and Feasts

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April 14

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

Mary of Egypt was a prostitute who live during the reign of Emperor Justinian (518-27). She went to Jerusalem from her home in Alexandria. She found herself curiously attracted to a group of Christian pilgrims waiting to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. She decided to follow them in. However, at the threshold of the Church, she suddenly found herself held back, powerless to enter, as if by some invisible force blocking her way. This act made her see herself, and convicted her of her many sins that barred her entry. She vowed to forsake her sinful life and seek her way to Christ through repentance. For forty years thereafter, she served as a nun in a monastery near the Jordan River. Many of her years were spent in retreat into the the wilderness surrounding the monastery. She became known as the "Saint of Repentance". The Fifth Sunday of Great Lent is dedicated to her as our example that it is never too late to repent. The time is now.

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Tone

Let us worship the Word who is unoriginate * with the Father and the Spirit, and from a Virgin was born * for our salvation, O believers, and let us sing His praise. * For in His goodness He was pleased * to ascend the Cross in the flesh, and to undergo death, * and to raise up those who had died, * 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 St. Mary of Egypt in the Plagal Fourth Tone

The image of God, was faithfully preserved in you, O Mother. For you took up the Cross and followed Christ. By Your actions you taught us to look beyond the flesh for it passes, rather to be concerned about the soul which is immortal. Wherefore, O Holy Mary, your soul rejoices with the angels.
Ἐν σοὶ Μῆτερ ἀκριβῶς διεσώθη τὸ κατ' εἰκόνα, λαβοῦσα γὰρ τὸν Σταυρόν, ἠκολούθησας τῷ Χριστῷ, καὶ πράττουσα ἐδίδασκες ὑπερορᾶν μὲν σαρκὸς παρέρχεται γάρ, ἐπιμελεῖσθαι δὲ ψυχῆς, πράγματος ἀθανάτου· διὸ καὶ μετὰ Ἀγγέλων συναγάλλεται Ὁσία Μαρία τὸ πνεῦμά σου.

Apolytikion for the Church in the Third Tone

The world has found in you a great champion in time of peril, as you emerged the victor in routing the barbarians. For as you brought to naught the boasts of Lyaios, imparting courage to Nestor in the stadium, in like manner, holy one, great Martyr Demetrios, invoke Christ God for us, that He may grant us His great mercy.

Μέγαν εύρατο εv τοίς κιvδύvοις, σέ υπέρμαχοv η οικουμένη, Αθλοφόρε τά έθνη τροπούμενον. Ως ούν Λυαίου καθείλες τήν έπαρσιν, εν τώ σταδίω θαρρύvας τόν Νέστορα, ούτως Άγιε, Μεγαλομάρτυς Δημήτριε, Χριστόν τόν Θεόν ικέτευε, δωρήσασθαι ημίν τό μέγα έλεος.

 

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.

The translations of hymns are under copyright and used by permission. All rights reserved. These works may not be further reproduced, in print or on other websites or in any other form, without the prior written authorization of the copyright holder:

  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Plagal of the First Tone © Fr. Seraphim Dedes
  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Plagal of the First Tone © Greek Standard Text
  • Apolytikion for Sun. of St. Mary of Egypt in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone © Narthex Press
  • Apolytikion for Sun. of St. Mary of Egypt in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone © Greek Standard Text
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone © Holy Transfiguration Monastery
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone © Greek Standard Text
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    Wisdom of the Fathers

    “It is madness for a Christian to be envious. In Christ we have all received infinitely great blessings.”
    St. John of Kronstadt
    My Life in Christ

    Even if we perform upon thousands of good works, my brethren: fasts, prayers, almsgiving; even if we shed our blood for our Christ and we don’t have these two loves [love of God and love of brethren], but on the contrary have hatred and malice toward our brethren, all the good we have done is of the devil and we go to hell. But, you say, we go to hell despite all the good we do because of that little hatred? Yes, my brethren, because that hatred is the devil’s poison, and just as when we put a little yeast in a hundred pounds of flour it has such power that it causes all the dough to rise, so it is with hatred. It transforms all the good we have done into the devil’s poison.
    St. Kosmas Aitolos

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    St. Demetrios Parish Calendar

    • St. Demetrios Parish Calender

      April 14 to May 13, 2019

      SUN
      MON
      TUE
      WED
      THU
      FRI
      SAT
      14
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Church School
      15
      4:30PM Greek School
      16
      4:30PM Greek School
      17
      4:30PM Greek School
      4:30PM Confessions
      5:30PM Presanctified Liturgy
      6:30PM Pot Luck Lenten Supper
      18
      4:30PM Greek School
      7:00PM OCF (Tucker 221)
      19
      5:00PM FISH FRY
      20
      ST LAZARUS
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:00AM Palm Folding
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      PALM SUNDAY
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Church School
      22
      7:00PM Orthros of the Bridegroom
      23
      7:00PM Orthros of the Bridegroom
      24
      7:00PM Holy Unction
      25
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy--Commemoration of the Last Supper
      7:00PM Orthros of the Passion of Christ
      26
      10:00AM Royal Hours
      3:00PM Vespers--Descent from the Cross
      7:00PM Orthros of Lamentations
      27
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:00PM Orthros of the Resurrection
      28
      Easter Sunday
      11:00AM Agape Vespers
      29
      4:30PM Greek School
      30
      4:30PM Greek School
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      MAY
      4:30PM Greek School
      7:00PM Orthodox Study Group
      2
      12:00PM HART
      4:30PM Greek School
      3
      4
      5
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Church School
      6
      4:30PM Greek School
      7
      4:30PM Greek School
      8
      4:30PM Greek School
      7:00PM Adult Religious Education
      9
      4:30PM Greek School
      5:30PM Parish Council
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