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St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-02-18
Bulletin Contents
Message from Fr. Gianulis
Upcoming Divine Services and Holy Days
FROM YOUR PARISH COUNCIL
Announcements
FLYERS IF COMMUNITY INTEREST
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

Church Office Michael Thompson
Parish Council

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

Presiding Priest Fr. Milton Gianulis


frmilt@stdemva.com | 757-220-0994

PARISH COUNCIL Athanasios "Tom" Jouvanis
Parish Council President

"Jouvanis" <tajouvanis@aol.com> | 757-283-4216

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

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Thoughts on Valentine's Day

Having just celebrated Valentine’s Day, it is timely to write this week about Love. As the holiday indicates, we love to love and be loved! And God loves us immeasurably. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”(John 3:16)

Should this not inspire us to imitate His love. After all, it is the Bible—His Word—that commands us to love others:

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12)

It seems that the key to knowing how love and be loved is that we allow ourselves to be loved by Christ in order to understand how to love others. Here are a few more scriptural references on love from which we can learn:

“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; 5 it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-6)

“So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” (I John 4:16)

“…with all lowliness and meekness, with patience, forbearing one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:2)

“Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins.” (I Peter 4:8)

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”( I Corinthians 13:13)

So, in the spirit of Valentine’s Day, in this month of love, it is the best to love as God loved us. Love is not merely an array of pretty messages folded into pretty cards. Love is not just flowers, assorted candies or dinner for two. Yes, these are nice, romantic expressions, but in and of themselves, they are not agape, sacrificial love. Without an understanding of and appreciation of the love Jesus has for us, the cards, flowers, chocolates, and dinners are, yes, romantic. But with Jesus, love is so much more meaningful. Even when dating, even when married, let our expressions of love imitate God’s love for us. Let it be agape, the giving of oneself for the other. all of those things take on new meaning. As H. Jackson Brown said, “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” 


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Upcoming Divine Services and Holy Days

ARCHBISHOP ELPIDOPHOROS TO CELEBRATE HIERARCHICAL DIVINE LITURGY

Please mark your calendars now and plan to join His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros for a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Saturday, March 9th (the first Saturday of the Souls).

Orthros, 9 a.m.

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy, 10 a.m.

Memorial Service 11:30 a.m.


HOLY COMMUNION & SUNDAY SCHOOL

Sunday School classes begin just after Holy Communion. As a courtesy, please allow the children and teachers to approach the chalice first.


PARAKLESIS

FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.


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FROM YOUR PARISH COUNCIL

Dear Fellow Parishioners
 
A friendly reminder to complete your 2024 stewardship form. It was sent with the church calendar and it is also available to pick up at church. The Parish Council relies on the Stewardship forms to aid in making business decisions. It is even more important this year because of the church roof replacement project. Please complete your stewardship form as soon as possible. 
 
Thank you.
 
Michael Thompson
Stewardship Chairman                     
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Announcements

Mount Athos Exhibit

The Mount Athos Foundation of America and the Mount Athos Center of Thessaloniki exhibit Mount Athos: The Ark of Orthodoxy will be on display at St. Demetrios from March 03, 2024, through April.

PANTOKRATOROS

The exhibit features one panel for each of the twenty Athonite monasteries. Additional panels reflecting life on the Holy Mountain include narratives on its history and institutions, art, architecture, natural environment, and spiritual life.

The exhibition’s panels and accompanying book feature dramatic photography taken at each of the monasteries, and narratives explaining their vast and impressive histories. Monasteries such as Great Lavra, Vatopedi, Iveron, Zographou, Xenophontos, and Esphigmenou have histories dating back over 1,000 years. Spiritually, Mount Athos is a community of persons dedicated to the uninterrupted worship of God through ascetical practice, where the daily spiritual and material life of the monks unfolds with the liturgical life at its epicenter. Writers from Byzantine times to today have praised both the natural beauty of the location and the virtuous life of the ascetics, viewing it as the ideal place for asceticism, as an ideal realm of God on Earth.

An opening Blessing Service will be held on Sunday, March 3rd at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. 

Open Sundays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, March 3rd – April 28th Wednesday from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm March 6th – April 31st Friday from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm March 8th – 29th, or by appointment at churchoffice@stdemva.com

 

 


10-Year Anniversary Celebration: March 9, 2024

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church will celebrate our 10-year Anniversary on March 9th. Hierarhical Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros on Saturday morning. Dinner Dance with music by Apolonia on Saturday evening. This promises to be a great event and a true watershed moment in the life of St. Demetrios parish.

Tickets for the 10 year anniversary dance on Saturday March 9th will also be on sale during coffee hour, starting Sunday, February 4th. Please see Christina Kokolis or Elli Williams to purchase. Tickets for adults are $100 each and $25 for children 12 and under. Or purchase tickets here: 

 


COFFEE FELLOWSHIP

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We have updated the link to sign up for Coffee Fellowship. Click HERE to add you name as a host for an upcoming, post liturgy fellowship.

Have leftovers or extra goodies after Christmas? Bring them to Coffee Hour this Sunday and get ready for the New Year!

 

  


OCF SPRING RETREAT

All students and young people between the ages of 18-25 are invited to the OCF Spring Retreat hosted by the College of William & Mary February 23-25. The theme is "The Physical Embodiment of Love: How to Practice Christian Love on a College Campus." Retreat leader is Fr. John Parker, Dean of St. Tikhon Orthodox Theological Seminary. Registration link: ocf retreat.png


CAMP GOOD SHEPHERD - VIRGINIA

We have a wonderful Greek Orthodox Youth Camp in the area, at Camp Piankatank in Hartfield, VA. It is growing and we are now offering two weeks. Week 1: July 7-13 (Completed 5th Grade - 8th Grade) Week 2: July 14-20 (Completed 9th Grade - 12th Grade)
 
The Registration Fee is $500 but Fr. Milton has scholarship funds available. Just speak to him.
 
Registration is now open. Please see the flyer below and follow the link REGISTER FOR CAMP. 
 

FISH COULD USE OUR HELP

Looking for a great Lenten project? FISH is looking for 4 female volunteers to help them with the folding and labeling of baby clothes. This project is for the first four weeks of April 2024. The hours are from 10:00 am to noon at FISH.
It can be the same volunteers or different each week. If you are interested let Aurora Thompson know by text or call at 703-242-1971.


Help Needed. You Could Save a Life.

A member of our Greek American Community from Hampton Roads has been diagnosed with myelofibrosis, cancer of the bone marrow and is still in need of a stem cell transplant. Thousands of patients with diseases like sickle cell anemia and cancers like leukemia need a stem cell transplant to survive. Many patients don’t have a fully matched donor in their family and that’s when they turn to Be the Match® National Registry to find a “match” who is willing to donate.
 
The chances of finding a match are higher when looking at donors of the same ethnicity. 90% of stem cell donations are now collected through blood donations and not bone marrow donations. To join the registry, all that is required is a health survey and a cheek swab. Only persons between 18 - 40 years old are eligible to join the registry. This can be done at either an in-person event or by mail.  Please contact Elaine Jansen by phone (757) 810-5206 or email ekj30@verizon.net for more information and for help to join the registry. There is also information set out in the anteroom of the church. Donate Blood Stem Cells | Be The Match. 

Our Deepest Sympathies to...

...the family and friends of Vasilios Kalomiris, who fell asleep in the Lord. Vasilios was predeceased by his beloved wife, Anna.  He is survived by his sons Elias and Michael. The funeral was in New York and he was intered at Cedar Grove Cemetery on February 15 with a Trisaghion service to rest with his beloved wife, Anna. May his memory be eternal.

...the family and friends of Kosta Zacharopoulos. Gus Zaharopoulos, 86, of Williamsburg, passed away on February 13, 2024. The family will receive friends on Sunday, February 18, 2024 from 5:00PM to 6:00PM with a Trisagion service to start at 6:00PM at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. The funeral service will be on Monday, February 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM at the Church with internment to follow at Williamsburg Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church: 4900 Mooretown Rd. Williamsburg, VA, 23188.

 


YOUR PRIEST IS AS CLOSE AS YOUR TELEPHONE

Father Gianulis wants to be with you when you are hospitalized, even if you believe it is minor. However, 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. He 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.


Remember in Prayer for Health

George Canavos

Peter and Beverly Daikos

Sonny Halioris

Athanasia Jouvanis

John Kaminarides

Jim Kokolis

Nikki Mageris

Nancy Marakos

John and Connie Pavlides

Nick Vlattas

 


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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 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 of the Lord Jesus. 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? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into 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

Τῇ 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 Ἰησοῦ. Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου, καὶ Ἰδού, δύο ἄνδρες ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθήσεσιν ἀστραπτούσαις· ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων αὐτῶν καὶ κλινουσῶν τὰ πρόσωπον εἰς τὴν γῆν, εἶπον πρὸς αὐτάς· Τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν; οὐκ ἔστιν ᾧδε, 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 Ἰωάννα καὶ Μαρία Ἰακώβου, καὶ αἱ 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. Fourth Tone. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.

The reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:16-18; 7:1.

Brethren, you are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Προκείμενον. Fourth Tone. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 103.24,1.
Ὡς ἐμεγαλύνθη τὰ ἔργα σου Κύριε, πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας.
Στίχ. Εὐλόγει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους β' 6:16-18, 7:1.

Ἀδελφοί, ὑμεῖς ἐστε ναὸς Θεοῦ ζῶντος, καθὼς εἶπεν ὁ θεός ὅτι Ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω· καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεός, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός. Διὸ, Ἐξέλθετε ἐκ μέσου αὐτῶν καὶ ἀφορίσθητε, λέγει κύριος, καὶ ἀκαθάρτου μὴ ἅπτεσθε· κἀγὼ εἰσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῖν εἰς πατέρα, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ. Ταύτας οὖν ἔχοντες τὰς ἐπαγγελίας, ἀγαπητοί, καθαρίσωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος, ἐπιτελοῦντες ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ θεοῦ.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Canaanite
The Reading is from Matthew 15:21-28

At that time, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, "Send her away, for she is crying after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." And he answered, "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." And her daughter was healed instantly.

Sunday of the Canaanite
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 15:21-28

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐξελθὼν ἐκεῖθεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος. καὶ ἰδοὺ γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκραύγαζεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα· ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, υἱὲ Δαυΐδ· ἡ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῇ λόγον. καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἠρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες· ἀπόλυσον αὐτήν, ὅτι κράζει ὄπισθεν ἡμῶν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου ᾿Ισραήλ. ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ λέγουσα· Κύριε, βοήθει μοι. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔστι καλὸν λαβεῖν τὸν ἄρτον τῶν τέκνων καὶ βαλεῖν τοῖς κυναρίοις. ἡ δὲ εἶπε· ναί, Κύριε· καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν. τότε ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῇ· ὦ γύναι, μεγάλη σου ἡ πίστις! γενηθήτω σοι ὡς θέλεις. καὶ ἰάθη ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.

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Saints and Feasts

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February 18

Leo the Great, Pope of Rome

According to some, this Saint was born in Rome, but according to others in Tyrrenia (Tuscany), and was consecrated to the archiepiscopal throne of Rome in 440. In 448, when Saint Flavian, Archbishop of Constantinople, summoned Eutyches, an archimandrite in Constantinople, to give account for his teaching that there was only one nature in Christ after the Incarnation, Eutyches appealed to Saint Leo in Rome. After Saint Leo had carefully examined Eutyches's teachings, he wrote an epistle to Saint Flavian, setting forth the Orthodox teaching of the person of Christ, and His two natures, and also counseling Flavian that, should Eutyches sincerely repent of his error, he should be received back with all good will. At the Council held in Ephesus in 449, which was presided over by Dioscorus, Patriarch of Alexandria (and which Saint Leo, in a letter to the holy Empress Pulcheria in 451, was the first to call "The Robber Council"), Dioscorus, having military might behind him, did not allow Saint Leo's epistle to Flavian to be read, although repeatedly asked to do so; even before the Robber Council was held, Dioscorus had uncanonically received the unrepentant Eutyches back into communion. Because Saint Leo had many cares in Rome owing to the wars of Attila the Hun and other barbarians, in 451 he sent four delegates to the Fourth Ecumenical Council, where 630 Fathers gathered in Chalcedon during the reign of Marcian, to condemn the teachings of Eutyches and those who supported him. Saint Leo's epistle to Flavian was read at the Fourth Council, and was confirmed by the Holy Fathers as the Orthodox teaching on the incarnate person of our Lord; it is also called the "Tome of Leo."

In 450, the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II, in a letter to Pope Leo I, was the first to call the Bishop of Rome the Patriarch of the West, a title that would continue to be used by the popes up until as recently as 2006.The Saint wrote many works in Latin; he reposed in 461. See also Saint Anatolius, July 3.

February 18

Agapetus the Confessor, Bishop of Sinai

February 18

Flavian the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople

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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 Second Tone

The protection of Christians unshameable, intercessor to our Holy Maker, unwavering, do not turn from the prayerful cries of those who are in sin; instead, come to us, for you are good; your loving help bring unto us, who are crying in faith to you: Hasten to intercession and speed now to supplication as a protection for all time, Theotokos, for those who honor you.
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 Fourth Tone © Fr. Seraphim Dedes
  • Resurrectional Apolytikion in Fourth Tone © Greek Standard Text
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone © Department of Religious Education
  • Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Tone © Greek Standard Text
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    Wisdom of the Fathers

    A tree is known by its fruits, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
    Saint Basil the Great

    "Love for God begins to manifest itself, and to act in us, when we begin to love our neighbor as ourselves, and not to spare ourselves or anything belonging to us for him, as he is the image of God: 'For he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen'."
    St. John of Kronstadt:

    She had a great perfection of faith. She had no uncertainty about His divine majesty. She had no small measure of the virtue of patience. Yet the pitying Physician of the pitiful disdained her petitions. He kept her waiting for answer in order to demonstrate to us the perseverence of this woman that we can always imitate. She had the characteristics of constancy and humility. She willingly embraced the indignity she received, and even confirmed the Lord`s statement. This woman rightly signifies the faith and devotion of the Church gathered from the nations
    Saint Bede
    Hom. I. 22, In Lent, Homilies on the Gospels, Bk. One, 216, 217.

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    St. Demetrios Parish Calendar

    • St. Demetrios

      February 18 to March 18, 2024

      SUN
      MON
      TUE
      WED
      THU
      FRI
      SAT
      18
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      19
      20
      21
      7:00PM OCF
      22
      23
      7:00PM PARAKLESIS-OCF RETREAT
      24
      9:30AM OCF RETREAT @ W&M
      25
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      26
      6:00PM Parish Council Mtg.
      27
      28
      7:00PM OCF
      29
      1
      MAR
      2
      10:00AM Legion Breakfast Meeting
      3
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11:30AM 5-Year Memorial for Areti Hazangelis
      12:00PM Mt. Athos Exhibit Opens
      4
      5
      6:00PM Metropolis Clergy Retreat
      6
      10:00AM Metropolis Clergy Retreat
      7:00PM OCF
      7
      8:00AM Hierarchical Divine Liturgy Clergy Retreat
      8
      9
      9:00AM Orthros & Hierarchical Liturgy
      11:30AM Memorial
      5:00PM Anniversary Dinner Dance
      10
      9:00AM Orthros
      10:00AM Divine Liturgy
      11
      12
      13
      7:00PM OCF
      14
      15
      16
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