13th Sunday of Luke
"Fasting of the body is food for the soul." - St. John Chrysostom
The Nativity Fast has begun. For guidelines, please see:
www.goarch.org/ourfaith/faithandlife
Saturday, Great Vespers 6:00 PM
Sunday Matins/Orthros 8:30 AM
Sunday Divine Liturgy 10 AM
All weekday, Evening Services, 6 PM.
SATURDAY, November 23
SUNDAY, November 24
WEDNESDAY, November 27
No Catechism this Wednesday
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"Honor the Lord with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall your 'barns' be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine" (Proverbs 3:9-10)
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Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit
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"Fasting of the body is food for the soul." - St. John Chrysostom
The Nativity Fast has begun. For guidelines, please see:
www.goarch.org/ourfaith/faithandlife
8:30AM Matins (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
6:00PM Paraklesis
4:30PM Choir (Kliros) Practice
6:00PM Vespers (Hesperinos)
8:30AM Matins (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
6:00PM Paraklesis
5:00PM Vesperal Liturgy for St. Nicholas
2:00PM Baptism
3:30PM Choir (Kliros) Practice
5:00PM Vespers (Hesperinos)
8:30AM Matins (Orthros)
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
"Fasting of the body is food for the soul." - St. John Chrysostom
The Nativity Fast has begun. For guidelines, please see:
www.goarch.org/ourfaith/faithandlife
Saint Clement was instructed in the Faith of Christ by the Apostle Peter. He became Bishop of Rome in the year 91, the third after the death of the Apostles. He died as a martyr about the year 100 during the reign of Trajan.
Saint Catherine, who was from Alexandria, was the daughter of Constas (or Cestus). She was an exceedingly beautiful maiden, most chaste, and illustrious in wealth, lineage, and learning. By her steadfast understanding, she utterly vanquished the passionate and unbridled soul of Maximinus, the tyrant of Alexandria; and by her eloquence, she stopped the mouths of the so-called philosophers who had been gathered to dispute with her. She was crowned with the crown of martyrdom in the year 305. Her holy relics were taken by Angels to the holy mountain of Sinai, where they were discovered many years later; the famous monastery of Saint Catherine was originally dedicated to the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord and the Burning Bush, but later was dedicated to Saint Catherine. According to the ancient usage, Saints Catherine and Mercurius were celebrated on the 24th of this month, whereas the holy Hieromartyrs Clement of Rome and Peter of Alexandria were celebrated on the 25th. The dates of the feasts of these Saints were interchanged at the request of the Church and Monastery of Mount Sinai, so that the festival of Saint Catherine, their patron, might be celebrated more festively together with the Apodosis of the Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos. The Slavic Churches, however, commemorate these Saints on their original dates.
13th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 2:4-10
Brethren, God who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God: not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
13th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 18:18-27
At that time, a ruler came to Jesus and asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.' " And he said, "All these I have observed from my youth." And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." But when he heard this he became sad, for he was very rich. Jesus looking at him said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said, "What is impossible with men is possible with God."