(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,
Antiochian Orthodox
“…the
Disciples were called
Third Sunday of the Triodion
Sunday of the Last Judgement
Epistle: I Corinthians 8:8-9:2 Gospel: Matthew
25:31-46
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by Margie Yarbro.
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
CALENDAR for FEBRUARY 7 - 14 (Fast from Meat - all other categories
permitted)
Sunday -
AWSOJ Sweet Eats & Cheesy Treats
Bake
- Meatfare Potluck Meal
- Welcome Team will meet during Coffee Hour in the
library
-
Teen Group – Teen
Dinner,
Monday - First
Hour,
Tuesday -
Third Hour,
-
Men’s Lunch,
-
Choir
-
Catechumen/Inquirers Class,
Wednesday - Third Hour,
- Vespers,
- Story time for the children is
directly following Vespers
- Wednesday dinner,
- Wednesday teaching
- Parish Council Meeting,
Thursday -
Third Hour,
Friday -
Third Hour,
-
Paraklesis,
Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros and
- Divine
Liturgy,
-
Forgiveness Vespers, 6:30
Divine
Liturgy Forgiveness Sunday Sunday, February 14, 10:00 a.m.
PRIEST: Fr.
John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dns. Tim & James READER:
HOLY BREAD: Margaret McKelroy USHER:
ALTAR SERVERS: Caleb, Luke S., Alex, Jake, & Joe
COFFEE HOUR: Ethan & Claire Van Drimmelen,
WELCOME TEAM:
Forgiveness
Vespers
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
COMMEMORATIONS
February 7: Parthenios,
bishop of Lampsakos; Venerable Luke of Hellas;
New-martyr George of Crete.
February 8: Great-martyr Theodore the General
(“Stratelates”); Prophet Zachariah; Sabbas II, archbishop of
February 9: Martyr Nikephoros
of Antioch; Hieromartyrs Markellos,
bishop of
February 10: Hieromartyr
Haralampos the wonder-worker, bishop of Magnesia;
Venerable Zenon.
February 11: Hieromartyr
Blaise, bishop of Sebaste;
Theodora the empress; New-martyr George of Serbia; Vsevolod,
prince and wonder-worker of Pskov;
Venerable Demetrios of Prilutsk.
February 12: Meletios,
archbishop of
February 13: Venerable Martinian
of Palestine; Apostles and Martyrs Aquila and Priscilla; Eulogios,
patriarch of Alexandria; Venerable Simeon (Nemanja)
the myrrh-streaming, prince of Serbia and founder of Hilandar
monastery on Athos.
February 14: Auxentios
the priest of Bithynia; Venerable Abraham, Maron of
Syria and Damian; New-martyrs Nicholas of Corinth and George of Mitylene; repose of Venerable Cyril, equal-to-the-Apostles
and teacher of the Slavs; Venerable Isaac the Recluse of the Kiev Caves.
DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday 1 Corinthians 8:8-9:2 Matthew 25:31-46
Monday 3 John 1:1-15 Luke
Tuesday Jude 1:1-10 Luke 22:39-42, 45-23:1
Wednesday 2 Timothy 2:1-10 John
Thursday Jude
Friday Zechariah 8:7-17 Zechariah 8:8-23
Saturday Romas
Sunday Romans 13:11-14:4 Matthew 6:14-21
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 (
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Diocese of
Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity Orthodox Church –
Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet Tuesday,
Annual
Altar Server Training - We will be having a training session for all Altar
servers this Saturday, February 13 from
Great Lent approaches – Great Lent begins on February 15. It will be here before we know it! Today,
Teen Group
Events
Today, February 7 – Dinner,
NEXT WEEK, February 14 – No Teen Event
Presanctified Meals – If you are interested in providing a Presanctified Meal during Lent, please contact Trish in the
office at 901-274-4119 or tratliff@stjohnmemphis.org .
Stamo
Latto Scholarship – From Julia Alissandratos: “I am happy to announce the 2010 Stamo Latto Scholarship academic
competition. It is for young women high school seniors and
talented juniors who are
~
(Dr.) Asimoula Julia Alissandratos
aa Prolife Corner aa
Those who support abortion on demand most often
describe the unborn child as a “mass of cells” of some similar description that
negates the personhood of the unborn. In
fact, abortion providers are usually coached to never use the word “baby” when
speaking of the child in the womb of a pregnant mother. Modern medical advances have been used to
explode this myth simply by photographing the child in the womb. Recently, the director of Planned Parenthood
in
I
doubt any of the six pregnant women in our parish have thought of their
children as a mass of cells – or as anything less than their own child. As the pregnancies develop, that thought
becomes all the more real and tangible.
~
Fr John
aa LIBRARY LINES aa
Saturday of this week and Wednesday two weeks ago we
commemorated the translation of the relics of Sts. Innocent of Alaska (2/9) and
John Chrysostom (1/27), respectively. Hardly a week goes by that
the Church doesn’t commemorate the uncovering or translation of a saint’s
relics. So, what’s so important about it? The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
(HIS/CRO) donates a page to this practice explaining that it is even practiced
in Buddhism and is “based on the natural instinct of men to treat with
reverence what is left of the dead they loved.”
A more readable explanation
is given in The Pearl by Michael Whelton.
(CAT/GEN/WHE) Chapter VI gives us his answers to questions frequently asked by
Protestants, or former ones like most of us. His concise answer
concerning relics begins on page 139. Kallistos Ware
connects this practice with the theology of the body in The Orthodox Church (CAT/GEN/WAR).
See chapter 11. See also Holy Relics by T. L. Frazier
(CAT/SPEC/FRA)
Friday we honor the Prophet Zachariah(2/8). He was called the sickle-seer because
had a vision in which he saw a sickle flying in the air and destroying evil
doers. He prophesied very specific events in the life of Christ, including the
Triumphal Entry, the piercing of his side and the darkening of the sun at the
crucifixion.
Looking for Library books on
Lent? You'll find a list of titles in the Handouts for
Great Lent file downstairs in the fellowship hall.
ggggggg Antiochian Women of
Sweets
& Cheesy Treats Bake
TODAY during Coffee
Hour
Women’s
Book Club
Tomorrow, February 8,
We will be discussing The
Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
Women’s
Teaching
This Thursday, February
11,