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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2022-03-06
Bulletin Contents
Message from Fr. Gianulis
Upcoming Divine Services and Holy Days
Announcements
Archpastoral Encyclical
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Wisdom of the Fathers
St. Demetrios Parish Calendar
Eden
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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

Church Office Tom Coghill
Parish Council

churchoffice@stdemva.com | (757) 220-4284

Presiding Priest Fr. Milton Gianulis


frmilt@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

Kale Tesserakosti. Have a Good Lent.

The last day before Great Lent begins on Clean Monday is called "Forgiveness Sunday." The obvious theme this Sunday is  Forgiveness, which is conveyed primarily through the gospel reading of the day. 

Related to this theme is “The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise." This theme is conveyed to us primarily through the hymns of the Great Vespers and Orthros services. Ultimately, it is about the redemption of man.

The first woman, Eve, was tempted by Satan and succumed. The New Eve, the Blessed Virgin Mary, was invited by God through the Archangel Gabriel, and she accepted. The first man, Adam, fell and was expelled from paradise. The New Adam, Jesus Christ, redeems us for paradise. Our forgiveness begins with our acceptance of Christ, repentance and our desire to return.

From Clean Monday forward we are challenged by the Church to begin our return to paradise. On this day we begin to spiritually cleanse ourselves of all spiritual and physical impurities. Fasting is key to this cleansing. Our attachment to rich and heavy foods expose ourselves to our attachment to the passions of life and keep us from an authentic spiritual life. 

It is good and right that we should at minimum observe this first week of Great Lent in a strict fast, and then throughout the remainder of the fast, do our best to continue the lenten journey.

Wishing one and all, a good fast: kale tesserakosti.


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Upcoming Divine Services and Holy Days

SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY GREAT VESPERS


WE ARE OPEN FOR IN PERSON WORSHIP

Please join us every Sunday. Divine Liturgy begins at 10 a.m.

For the health and well-being of all, we encourage you to wear a mask. It is not required, just recommended.

Holy Communion is being distributed by using seperate spoon for each individual.


Great Lenten Worship Services

Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.

Following the service, we will gather in the parish hall for a pot luck lenten dinner. Please bring a 'vegan' plate to share.

Salutations to the Theotokos on the first five Fridays (except March 25th) at 7:00 p.m.

Confessions will be heard following the service.


MIRACLE OF ST. THEODORE AND THE KOLLIVA

Saturday, March 12th

we celebrate the Miracle of St. Theodore and the Kolliva,

commonly considered the "Third Saturday of the Souls." 

Divine Liturgy, 10 a.m.

Memorial Service, 10:45 a.m.


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Announcements

MEMORIAL SERVICE THIS SUNDAY

We pray a 40-day memorial service this Sunday for Nazir Tomeh, father of Muteh Tomeh.

May his memory be eternal.


OCMC MISSION COIN BOX

On Sunday, your child is bringing home a cardboard MISSION COIN BOX.  During this period of GREAT LENT, we have the opportunity to emphasize PRAYER, FASTING and ALMSGIVING.
 
Please place the MISSION COIN BOX on the center of your eating table during the duration of Great Lent.  For each meal that is eaten in the household, your family members contribute coins in the cardboard MISSION COIN BOX and repeat the following prayer:
 
"Lord, we thank you for daily food, health and our family, and we pray for all the hungry people in the world."
 
Parents, please “seed” boxes by placing 2 bills crossways in the boxes.  This will keep coins from falling out.  
 
PLEASE RETURN YOUR CHILD’S MISSION COIN BOX TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STAFF ON PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 17.  This money will be sent to the ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MISSION CENTER (OCMC) to help them accomplish their task of taking the love of Christ to all nations.
 
Thank you!  
The Sunday School Staff

FRIDAY FISH FRY

The Friday Fish Fry on Fridays from 4:30 - 7:00 p.m. through April 15th. This is an open to the public, weekly fund raising event for St. Demetrios. Help with cooking and serving is needed. If you can help, please contact Tom Coghill (757) 784-6410 or Maria Reed (804)314-5655.


COFFEE FELLOWSHIP

Please consider hosting our Coffee Fellowship one Sunday in the future. To sign up, just click HERE. 
 
If you choose to host a coffee hour, you can bring simple breakfast items to break the morning fast (no meat during Great Lent). Please provide disposable plates/napkins/utensils, and help with set up and clean up.  Parish Council will provide the coffee and can assist as needed. Thank you all for volunteering!

IOCC SUPPORTING UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

Anyone who wishes to support IOCC’s humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis is asked to pray for all those affected and the people serving them, to share what IOCC is doing in order to spread the word, and to give as they are able financially. To make a donation toward these efforts, please visit iocc.org/ukraine22 or call 877.803.4622.


ORTHODOXY 101

We will pause for Great Lent and Holy Week. Orthodoxy 101 will resume after Pascha. Please make every effort to attend the Divine Services each week.


Lenten Pot Luck Suppers

You are invited to join us each and every Wednesday throughout Great Lent following the Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts for a lenten pot luck supper. Please bring a lenten/vegan dish to share. This is great fellowship!


BOOKSTORE NEWS

“Hello, are you ready for the Lenten Season?  Have you made your devotional reading plans?  Stop by the bookstore and see the new inspirational Lenten books that will feed your soul. We have new books for both adults and children.  There will be more Lenten and Pascha items coming in the weeks ahead.”


Man of God Tickets Going Fast!

Due to high demand, another showing of Man of God has been added. We now have two opportunities to see MAN OF GOD, the highly anticipated award-winning film based on the inspiring life of our beloved Orthodox saint, Saint Nektarios of Aegina.

It will be in Williamsburg at the Movie Tavern Theater March 21 AND March 28.  Click the link below to select and purchace your tickets.


Remember in Prayer for Health

Sonny Halioris

Peter and Beverly Daikos

John and Connie Pavlides

Chris Mavroydis


Your Priest is as Close as Your Telephone

...especially during this difficult time, call your priest for pastoral needs, but understand that 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 he will return your call at his earliest convenience.


Legion Meeting and Men's Fellowship

This Saturday, March 5th at 10:00 am will be our monthly Legion Meeting. We will meet at the Capitol Pancake House. Bring a friend to join us. Below is the proposed agenda.

St. Demetrios Legion

March 05, 2022

Agenda

Opening Prayer

Call to Order - Walid

Review and approval - 02/05/2022 minutes New Business:

Old Business

a. Update on FISH

b. Update on bell tower – lift expense

New Business

For the Good of the Legion

Next Meeting Date and Time

 

Adjournment and Closing Praye


LADIES OF ST. DEMETRIOS

The LADIES OF ST. DEMETRIOS will be taking orders for TSOUREKI and BABKA from now through Sunday, April 10.  To place your order please fill out the form below and submit it to Linda Jouvanis during COFFEE HOUR or contact Athena Canavos at (757) 220-1073 to place your order.  ORDER PICK-UP IS PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 17 (AFTER DIVINE LITURGY).  Please make checks payable to Ladies of St. Demetrios.  THANK YOU!


GREEK LANGUAGE CLASSES

Although we do not have a Greek School per se, we are offering Greek Language classes for children and adults. For more information, contact Demetra Demetriou at demetrademetriou7@hotmail.com


Shop Amazon Smile for St. Demetrios

Use Amazon Smile and designate St. Demetrios as the charity of choice. It is easy to do.

Click the link below to learn more.

 https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-4454773

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. Same products, same prices, same service, but we get a donation. $56.61 was sent to St. Demetrios in December, but we could do much better if all our parishioners designated St. Demetrios Williamsburg as their Amazon Smile charity.


FISH, Inc.

Food donations most needed right now: beef-based soups, applesauce and other canned fruits, toothpaste and toothbrushes. Fish is once again accepting donations of clothing as well. Your participation is greatly appreciated.


Visit us on Facebook

Updates on Orthodox Church news items can be found on Facebook:

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


GO FUND ME PAGE

We now have a Go Fund Me page for St. Demetrios. Help spread the word on it, share it with friends and boost it if you can.  That can be on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.  


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Archpastoral Encyclical

    His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew

    His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew

    Please find attached to this email the Catechetical Homily of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the Opening of Holy and Great Lent.

    His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew

    His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew

    Please find attached to this email the Catechetical Homily (in Greek) of His All Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew for the Opening of Holy and Great Lent.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Fourth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:1-12

On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel; and as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of man must be delivered in to the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise." And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told this to the apostles; but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home wondering at what had happened.

Fourth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 24:1-12

Καὶ τὸ μὲν σάββατον ἡσύχασαν κατὰ τὴν ἐντολήν, Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέος ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα φέρουσαι ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα, καί τινες σὺν αὐταῖς. εὗρον δὲ τὸν λίθον ἀποκεκυλισμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσαι οὐχ εὗρον τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Κυρίου ᾿Ιησοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθήσεσιν ἀστραπτούσαις. ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων αὐτῶν καὶ κλινουσῶν τὸ πρόσωπον εἰς τὴν γῆν εἶπον πρὸς αὐτάς· τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν; οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλ᾿ ἠγέρθη· μνήσθητε ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὑμῖν ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, λέγων ὅτι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθῆναι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ σταυρωθῆναι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆναι. καὶ ἐμνήσθησαν τῶν ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑποστρέψασαι ἀπὸ τοῦ μνημείου ἀπήγγειλαν ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς ἕνδεκα καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς λοιποῖς. ἦσαν δὲ ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία καὶ ᾿Ιωάννα καὶ Μαρία ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ οἱ λοιπαὶ σὺν αὐταῖς, αἳ ἔλεγον πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ταῦτα. καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς. ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἀναστὰς ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον, καὶ παρακύψας βλέπει τὰ ὀθόνια κείμενα μόνα, καὶ ἀπῆλθε πρὸς ἑαυτόν, θαυμάζων τὸ γεγονός.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Tone. 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 Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.

Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.

Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Tone. 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 ῾Ρωμαίους 13:11-14, 14:1-4.

Ἀδελφοί, νῦν ἐγγύτερον ἡμῶν ἡ σωτηρία ἢ ὅτε ἐπιστεύσαμεν. Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν· ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, καί ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός. Ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ, εὐσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν, μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις, μὴ κοίταις καὶ ἀσελγείαις, μὴ ἔριδι καὶ ζήλῳ. Ἀλλʼ ἐνδύσασθε τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς πρόνοιαν μὴ ποιεῖσθε, εἰς ἐπιθυμίας. Τὸν δὲ ἀσθενοῦντα τῇ πίστει προσλαμβάνεσθε, μὴ εἰς διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν. Ὃς μὲν πιστεύει φαγεῖν πάντα, ὁ δὲ ἀσθενῶν λάχανα ἐσθίει. Ὁ ἐσθίων τὸν μὴ ἐσθίοντα μὴ ἐξουθενείτω, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἐσθίων τὸν ἐσθίοντα μὴ κρινέτω· ὁ θεὸς γὰρ αὐτὸν προσελάβετο. Σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην; Τῷ ἰδίῳ κυρίῳ στήκει ἢ πίπτει. Σταθήσεται δέ· δυνατὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς στῆσαι αὐτόν.

Gospel Reading

Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21

The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Forgiveness Sunday
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 6:14-21

Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· ᾿Εὰν γὰρ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, ἀφήσει καὶ ὑμῖν ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀφῆτε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἀφήσει τὰ παραπτώματα ὑμῶν. ῞Οταν δὲ νηστεύητε, μὴ γίνεσθε ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ σκυθρωποί· ἀφανίζουσι γὰρ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὅπως φανῶσι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύοντες· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἀπέχουσι τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ νηστεύων ἄλειψαί σου τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι,ὅπως μὴ φανῇς τοῖς ἀνθρώποις νηστεύων, ἀλλὰ τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ, καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι ἐν τῷ φανερῷ. Μὴ θησαυρίζετε ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅπου σὴς καὶ βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι καὶ κλέπτουσι· θησαυρίζετε δὲ ὑμῖν θησαυροὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ, ὅπου οὔτε σὴς οὔτε βρῶσις ἀφανίζει, καὶ ὅπου κλέπται οὐ διορύσσουσιν οὐδὲ κλέπτουσιν· ὅπου γάρ ἐστιν ὁ θησαυρὸς ὑμῶν, ἐκεῖ ἔσται καὶ ἡ καρδία ὑμῶν.

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Saints and Feasts

Eden
March 06

Forgiveness Sunday

The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. For the first commandment that God gave to man was that of fasting, which the first-fashioned received but did not keep; and not only did they not become gods, as they had imagined, but they lost even that blessed life which they had, and they fell into corruption and death, and transmitted these and innumerable other evils to all of mankind. The God-bearing Fathers set these things before us today, that by bringing to mind what we have fallen from, and what we have suffered because of the insatiety and disobedience of the first-fashioned, we might be diligent to return again to that ancient bliss and glory by means of fasting and obedience to all the divine commands. Taking occasion from today's Gospel (Matt. 6:14-21) to begin the Fast unencumbered by enmity, we also ask forgiveness this day, first from God, then from one another and all creation.

March 06

Hesychios the Wonderworker

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.

March 06

Finding the Precious Cross by St. Helen

Lavrentiossalamis
March 07

Lavrentios of Megara, the Righteous

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone

When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and had rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world.
Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον· Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Tone

O Master, Prudence, Guide of Wisdom, Instruction to the foolish and Defender of the poor, strengthen my heart and grant it discernment. Give me words, Word of the Father, for behold, I shall not keep my lips from crying out to You, "O Merciful One, have mercy on me who has fallen."
Τῆς σοφίας ὁδηγέ, φρονήσεως χορηγέ, τῶν ἀφρόνων παιδευτά, καὶ πτωχῶν ὑπερασπιστά, στήριξον, συνέτισον τὴν καρδίαν μου Δέσποτα. Σὺ δίδου μοι λόγον, ὁ τοῦ Πατρός Λόγος· ἰδοὺ γὰρ τὰ χείλη μου, οὐ μὴ κωλύσω ἐν τῷ κράζειν σοι· Ἐλεῆμον, ἐλέησόν με τὸν παραπεσόντα.

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 Fourth Tone © Fr. Seraphim Dedes
  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Fourth Tone © Greek Standard Text
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal of the Second Tone © Narthex Press
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal of the Second Tone © Greek Standard Text
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    Wisdom of the Fathers

    Here it were well to sigh aloud, and to wail bitterly: for not only do we imitate the hypocrites, but we have even surpassed them.
    St. John Chrysostom
    Homily 20 on Matthew 6, 4th Century

    Spiritual delight is not enjoyment found in things that exists outside the soul.
    St. Isaac of Syria
    Unknown, 7th century

    “A bishop or a priest has been assigned to the world as a whole to become a father to all People."
    St. John Chrysostom

    The value of fasting consists not in abstinence only from food, but in a relinquishment of sinful practices, since he who limits his fasting only to an abstinence from meat is he who especially disparages it. The change in our way of life during these blessed days will help us to gain holiness. Therefore we should let our soul rejoice during the fast.
    St. John Chrysostom
    Fourth Century

    “What would human society be without forgiveness? A menagerie among the menagerie of nature. What, besides unbearable chains, would all human laws on earth be if they were not mitigated by forgiveness? Without forgiveness, could a mother be called a mother, a brother a brother, a Christian a Christian? No, forgiveness is the cornerstone of all these names."
    St. Nikolai of Servia

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    St. Demetrios Parish Calendar

    • St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church

      March 6 to April 3, 2022

      SUN
      MON
      TUE
      WED
      THU
      FRI
      SAT
      6
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Sunday School
      7
      Great Lent Begins
      8
      9
      5:30PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
      6:30PM Pot Luck Lenten Supper
      7:00PM OCF (Tucker 110)
      10
      11
      4:30PM Friday Fish Fry
      7:00PM Salutations to the Theotokos
      12
      Commemoration of the MIracle of the Kolliva
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      10:45AM Memorial Service
      12:00PM Baptism—Alex Coleman
      13
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Sunday School
      14
      15
      6:30PM Choir Rehearsal
      16
      5:30PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
      6:30PM Pot Luck Lenten Supper
      7:00PM OCF (Tucker 110)
      17
      18
      4:30PM Friday Fish Fry
      7:00PM Salutations to the Theotokos
      19
      20
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Sunday School
      21
      7:00PM Movie Outing: Man of God
      22
      23
      5:30PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
      6:30PM Pot Luck Lenten Supper
      7:00PM OCF (Tucker 110)
      24
      25
      Annunciation
      8:45AM Orthros
      9:30AM Divine Liturgy
      10:30AM 3rd Salutations
      4:30PM Friday Fish Fry
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      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:15AM Sunday School
      11:20AM 40-day Blessing: Alexandros Charalambos Cole
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      6:30PM Parish Council Mtg.
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      6:30PM Choir Rehearsal
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      5:30PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
      6:30PM Pot Luck Lenten Supper
      7:00PM OCF (Tucker 110)
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      APR
      4:30PM Friday Fish Fry
      7:00PM Salutations to the Theotokos
      2
      10:00AM Legionnaires
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