ST.
JOHN
ORTHODOX CHURCH
1663 TUTWILER AVENUE
(901)
274-4119
www.stjohnmemphis.org
V.
Rev.
Pastor
Assistant Pastor
V. Rev. Fr. Basil Cushman Rev. Fr. Donald Berge
Associate
Pastor Attached
GREAT
VESPERS ORTHROS and
Saturday, 6:00 p.m. Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Sunday,
10:00 a.m.
Antiochian Orthodox
“…the
Disciples were called
Acts 11:26
Sunday of The
Prodigal Son
Epistle: I Corinthians 6:12-20 Gospel: Luke 15:11-32
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Ellie Moore.
Welcome
to all those visiting St. John Orthodox Church.
We are honored by your presence.
It is our sincere desire that your participation today in the Divine
Liturgy will draw you closer to Christ and His Church.
If you are from a non-Orthodox background you may
see new things such as icons, incense, the sign of the
cross, the veneration of saints, and a great deal of standing. These can be perplexing to the uninitiated
eye. Rest assured that everything we do
has a solid biblical foundation and a long history among
The Orthodox Church understands the Eucharist, or
Lord’s Supper, to be – among other things – the paramount expression of
Monday - First
Hour,
- Divine Liturgy for the Presentation of
our Lord in the
- Finger food Potluck to follow Divine Liturgy
Tuesday -
Third Hour,
- Men’s
Lunch,
Wednesday - Third Hour,
- Vespers,
- Story time for the children is
directly following Vespers
- Wednesday dinner,
- Wednesday teaching
Thursday -
Third Hour,
Friday -
Third Hour,
- Paraklesis,
Saturday -
Divine Liturgy for Saturday of Souls,
- Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros and
- Divine
Liturgy,
- AWSOJ Sweet Eats & Cheesy Treats Bake
- Meatfare Potluck Meal
Divine
Liturgy for the Presentation of our Lord
Monday,
February 1,
PRIEST: Fr.
Nicholas HOMILY: Fr. Nicholas
DEACONS: Dns. Tim & James READER: John McGee
HOLY BREAD: Jack Turner ALTAR
SERVERS: any who can
COFFEE HOUR: Brandon Maas, Caleb McGee,
Dianna Hildebrand
Divine
Liturgy for the Saturday of Souls Saturday,
February 6,
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dns. Charles & Tim READER:
HOLY BREAD: Sarah Hodges ALTAR
SERVERS: any who can
COFFEE HOUR: Billy & Marjo Labonte, Gary
& Cindy Karnaghon
Divine
Liturgy Meatfare
Sunday Sunday, February 7,
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dns. James & Charles READER: Matt Spinolo
HOLY BREAD: Margie Yarbro USHER: John
McGee
ALTAR SERVERS: Ethan, J. Morgan, Luke L., Deon, Pavel
WELCOME TEAM: Claire Van Drimmelen, Brandon Maas
COMMEMORATIONS
January
31: Unmercenaries Cyros
and John; Martyrs Athanasia of Egypt and her
daughters Theodota, Theoktiste
and Eudoxia; Martyr Papias
of Corinth; New-martyr Elias; Nikita of the Kiev Caves, bishop of Novgorod.
February 1: Martyr Tryphon
of Syria; Martyr Perpetua of Carthage and her four
companions; Basil the Confessor, archbishop of Thessalonika;
New-martyr Anastasios of Anaplos;
Venerable David and Simeon; Venerable Bridget of Ireland.
February 2: The Meeting of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Martyr Agathodoros of Cappadocia; New-martyrs
Jordan of Trebizond and Gabriel of Constantinople.
February 3: Holy and Righteous Simeon the
God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess; New-martyrs Nicholas, Stamatios
and John of Spetson; Anschar,
enlightener of
February 4: Venerable Isidore
of Pelusium; Venerable Nicholas the Confessor of Studion; New-martyr Joseph of Aleppo; George, prince of
Vladimir; Venerable Cyril, wonder-worker of Novoezersk.
February 5: Martyr Agatha of Palermo in Sicily;
Polyeuktos, patriarch of Constantinople; New-martyr
Anthony of Athens; Venerable Theodosios; repose of Theodosios, archbishop of Chernigov.
February 6: Boukolos,
bishop of
February 7: Parthenios,
bishop of Lampsakos; Venerable Luke of Hellas;
New-martyr George of Crete.
DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday 1 Corinthians
Monday 1
John
Tuesday Hebrews 7:7-17 Luke
Wednesday 1 John 3:21-4:6 Mark 14:43-15:1
Thursday 1 John
Friday 2 John 1:1-13 Mark
Saturday 1 Corinthians
Sunday 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 Matthew 25:31-46
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Pray for our catechumens: In
Please remember in your prayers: His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, His Grace, Bishop
ANTOUN, Buddy Taylor, Margaret Layman, Chris Hodges, Judy Smith (Julie Sanderlin’s mother), Shirley Gore (
Teen Group
Events
NEXT WEEK, February 7 – Dinner at Fr. Nicholas’ House
Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet NOT Tuesday.
Remember, Divine
Liturgy for the Presentation of Our Lord in the
Annual
Altar Server Training - We will be having a training session for all Altar
servers February 13 from
Meatfare Sunday – We are in need of volunteers to receive food for
the Meatfare Potluck next Sunday, February 7 and
volunteers for cleaning up after the potluck.
Please sign up in the Fellowship Hall or call
New Icons for veneration! – We have just placed two new hand-written icons of
Christ and the Theotokos on the icon stands in the front of the nave. They were done by Kh.
We
have chosen not to cover these icons with glass. Therefore, to protect them, it is very
important that anyone wearing lipstick, or even chapstick,
SHOULD NOT KISS THE ICONS when they venerate them. In fact, people really should not kiss
anything in the nave – acrylic icons on the walls, icons under glass, the
cross, etc. – if they are wearing lipstick.
Nave work –
We have begun to do the remaining painting in the nave in anticipation of
completing the iconography as soon as possible.
Next week, our plasterer will be repairing walls in the nave, so there
will be some disruption during the week.
We hope to have it completed by the end of the week.
Aid to
Another way to give aid for
Great Lent approaches – Great Lent begins on February 15. It will be here before we know it! Today,
Remember –
The opening service of Great Lent is Forgiveness Vespers on the evening of
February 14, which is followed by the Rite of Forgiveness. Begin today to prepare yourselves for that
very important and powerful service which begins our annual school of
repentance.
Wednesday Dinner This Week
Brought to you by The Ruffled Apron
Baked Potato Bar & Salad
(Please be sure to sign up or
leave a message for Trish by Tues. morning)
Antiochian Women of
Sweets & Cheesy Treats Bake
Meatfare Sunday,
February 7 during Coffee Hour
Women’s Book Club
Monday, February 8,
We will be reading The Glass Castle by
Jeannette Walls.
Women’s Teaching
Thursday, February 11,
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There are many stories of St.
Tryphon (2/1) who was a gooseherd. My favorite is one
that tells of his casting a demon out of the Emperor Gordian’s daughter. He was rewarded with many gifts which he gave
away. He returned to his village, tended
his geese and lived a life of prayer. He was beheaded in 250, and his
intercessions are asked for people and their animals.
St. Perpetua
(2/1), her infant, brothers, and servants were imprisoned for being Christians.
Her father tried in vain to get her to renounce Christ for her baby’s sake. She
and her companions were catechumens and were baptized in prison. Her servant, Felicitas was eight months pregnant and rejoiced when she
delivered her child because pregnant women could not be executed. The child was adopted by a Christian woman.
The group was mauled by animals and then killed by the sword. Their visions in
prison and events leading up to their deaths were actually written down by Perpetua and Felicitas. This is
the earliest surviving record written by a Christian woman. A rose has been named for Perpetua
and Fleicitas, and two historical novels have even
been written about them.
Wednesday we commemorate two
saints from the land of the Rising Sun and the homeland of Hans Christian
Anderson. St. Anschar(2/3) was called the apostle to the North because he spread
the Gospel in the ninth century in Jutland, now
St. Nicholas(2/3),
born and ordained as a priest in
Handouts
for Great Lent
There are copies of a
number of handouts downstairs for your taking:
Comments on the
Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Lenten Prayer of
St. Ephrem the Syrian
Reflections on the
Akathist Hymn
The Sundays of Great
Lent
Daily Scriptural
Reading, entitled “Spiritual Calendar”
The prayer of
repentance used at Forgiveness Vespers
The schedule of
services for the Great Fast through Bright Week
“The Rules of Fasting”
- by Bp KALLISTOS
“The Four Canonical
Fasting Seasons” – by Bp BASIL
Fasting Guidelines –
Some nice comments on fasting
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FASTING IN THE SEASON OF THE TRIODION
While the hymnography of the Church reminds us of the primary
importance of keeping the spiritual aspect of the Great Fast, it
also counsels us to keep the physical aspect -- reducing
our consumption of food and drink and abstaining from
certain categories.
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During the week following the Sunday of the Publican and
Pharisee there is katalysis for all
things, meaning that there is no fasting on any day of the week.
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The week following the Sunday of the Prodigal Son we
observe the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, eggs,
cheese, milk or other dairy products, fish, wine and olive oil) on
Wednesday and Friday.
§
During the week following Judgment (or Meatfare)
Sunday we abstain from meat and poultry; note, however, that there is katalysis for eggs, cheese, milk and
other dairy products, fish, wine and oil on all days of that
week.
§
From the first day of the Great Fast, known as Pure
Monday, the day following Forgiveness (or Cheesefare)
Sunday, we observe the traditional fasting discipline (no meat,
poultry, eggs, cheese, milk or other dairy products, fish, wine and olive
oil) on weekdays through Great and Holy Friday, while on Saturdays
and Sundays there is katalysis
for wine and olive oil; EXCEPTIONS on Annunciation (March 25th) and
Palm Sunday there is katalysis for fish,
wine and oil; on Great and Holy Thursday there is katalysis
for wine and oil; on Great and Holy Saturday, if we eat anything at all, we
observe the traditional fasting discipline (no meat, poultry, eggs,
cheese, milk or other dairy products, fish, and olive oil) with katalysis for wine. We break the
Lenten Fast only following the Paschal Orthros and Divine Liturgy.
Note, also, that on the first day of the Great Fast, Pure Monday,
it is a good practice, and kept by many, to make that a day of abstinence. In keeping with ancient practices, some are
abstinent on more days of the first week, as well, as outlined in Metropolitan KALLISTOS’s article.
Be sure and seek counsel from one of the priests if you have any
questions.
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