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St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Church Of Nashville
Publish Date: 2019-10-06
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Announcements
Weekly Calendar
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
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St. John Chrysostom Greek Orthodox Church Of Nashville

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (615) 957-2975
  • Street Address:

  • 4602 Indiana Avenue

  • Nashville, TN 37209
  • Mailing Address:

  • P.O. Box 90162

  • Nashville, TN 37209

Contact Information

Father Parthenios Turner
Proistamenos

stjohnnashville@gmail.com | (615) 957-2975

Services Schedule

Saturday, Great Vespers 6:00 PM

Sunday Matins/Orthros 8:30 AM

Sunday Divine Liturgy 10 AM

All weekday, Evening Services, 6 PM.

Past Bulletins


Announcements

THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...

SATURDAY, October 5

  • 6 PM Great Vespers

SUNDAY, October 6

  • 8:30 AM Matins
  • 10:00 AM Divine Liturgy

Readings for Sunday

The Epistle:  II Corinthians 6:1-10

The Gosple:  Luke 7:11-16

WEDNESDAY, October 9

  • 6 PM Paraklesis Service (Prayers to the Theotokos for those in need) Our Parish Prayer List is read here. (Bring names of the living)

  • Please see:

    www.goarch.org/-/learn-to-chant-paraklesis


ORTHODOX MEN'S GROUP

Let's get our Orthodox Men's Group going again! Some ideas for meeting venues: a local Brewhouse for Happy Hour, alternatively, breakfast together for Bible study, or any other topics we may want to cover. Together we strengthen our Orthodox faith!


CHURCH ETIQUETTE FAQ'S

Who may receive Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church? 

Holy Communion is a Sacrament within the Orthodox Church and therefore is offered to Baptized and/or Chrismated Orthodox Christians who have prepared themselves to receive the Body and Blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Everyone is welcome to receive the Blessed Bread (Antidoron) at the end of the Divine Liturgy.

How should I dress in the Orthodox Church?

Wear modest and appropriate attire.  Common sense and good judgment should prevail.  Please avoid wearing chapstick/lipstick when venerating the icons and receiving Holy Communion. 

Why do the Ushers ask us to wait before entering at certain times of the service?  

There are several parts of the Liturgy where all movement within the Sanctuary should be restricted, including entering the Nave from the Narthex.  These parts are:

1)       Procession of the Priest and Acolytes with the Gospel

2)       The reading of the Epistle and Gospel

3)       The priest’s homily (sermon)

4)       The Great Procession of the Priest and Altar Boys with the Holy Gifts

5)       The recitation of the Nicene Creed

6)        The prayers of offering and consecration (From “Thine own of thine own…” until “Especially for our most Holy Lady….”

7)       The recitation of the Lord’s Prayer

8)       Special services (40-day blessings, memorials, processions…) 

My child is being noisy.  What should I do?

Children are a great blessing in Church.  It is very special to hear our young people begin to participate in the Liturgy, by reciting the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer and singing along with our hymns.  It is also important that children are present from a very young age to absorb the holy atmosphere of the Divine Liturgy.  But sometimes, children have a hard time being quiet or sitting still.   Little noises here and there are not worrisome, but in those times when the situation becomes very boisterous, there is a cry room located in the back of the Sanctuary and the Narthex to watch the Liturgy while the child calms down.


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Weekly Calendar

  • St. John Chrysostom Church Calendar

    October 6 to October 20, 2019

    Sunday, October 6

    8:30AM Matins (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Wednesday, October 9

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Saturday, October 12

    4:30PM Choir (Kliros) Practice

    6:00PM Vespers (Hesperinos)

    Sunday, October 13

    8:30AM Matins (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

    Wednesday, October 16

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Saturday, October 19

    4:30PM Choir (Kliros) Practice

    6:00PM Vespers (Hesperinos)

    Sunday, October 20

    8:30AM Matins (Orthros)

    10:00AM Divine Liturgy

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Saints and Feasts

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October 06

3rd Sunday of Luke

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

3rd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 6:1-10

Brethren, working together with him, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, "At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of salvation." Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We put no obstacle in any one's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger; by purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as punished, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Gospel Reading

3rd Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 7:11-16

At that time, Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise." And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

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Wisdom of the Fathers

That dead man was being buried, and many friends were conducting him to his tomb. But there meets him Christ, the Life and Resurrection, for He is the destroyer of death and of corruption; He it is "in Whom we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28); He it is Who has restored the nature of man to that which it originally was; and has set free our death-fraught flesh from the bonds of death.
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of St. Luke, Homily 36.42, p. 153., 5th Century

The virgin's son met the widow's son. He became like a sponge for her tears and as life for the death of her son. Death turned about in its den and turned its back on the victorious one.
St. Ephrem the Syrian
Commentary on Tatian's Diatessaron, 6.23. (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. vol. 3: Luke, Intervarsity Press)

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

Archbishop Elpidophoros Calls on Communities to Support "College Student Sunday"

10/04/2019

NEW YORK – The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has designated October 6, 2019 as Orthodox Christian Fellowship’s College Student Sunday.
https://www.goarch.org/-/archbishop-elpidophoros-calls-communities-to-support-college-student-sunday-
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