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,
Antiochian Orthodox
“…the
Disciples were called
Acts 11:26
Fourth Sunday of the Triodion
Forgiveness Sunday
Epistle: Romans 13:11-14:4 Gospel: Matthew
6:14-21
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered this morning by
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
Sunday - NO Teen Group today
- Forgiveness Vespers,
Monday - First
Hour,
- Great Compline with Great Canon,
Tuesday -
Third Hour,
-
Men’s Lunch,
-
Great Compline with Great Canon,
- NO Catechumen/Inquirers Class
Wednesday - Third Hour,
- Presanctified Liturgy,
Thursday -
Third Hour,
-
Great Compline with Great Canon,
Friday -
Third Hour,
- Paraklesis,
-
Akathist,
Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday Orthodoxy
Sunday at Annunciation on
- Orthros,
- Divine
Liturgy,
Forgiveness
Vespers
The opening service of Great Lent is Forgiveness
Vespers this evening at
Divine
Liturgy @ Annunciation Orthodoxy
Sunday Sunday, Feb. 21,
PRIEST: Fr.
Paul HOMILY: Fr.
Paul
DEACONS: Dns. Charles & Tim HOLY
BREAD: Christy Yadron
ALTAR
SERVERS: Ethan, J. Morgan, Luke L.,
Deon, Pavel
Teen Group
Events
Today, February 14 – No Teen Event
NEXT WEEK, February 21 – Meeting with all Teens
COMMEMORATIONS
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.
February 15: Apostle Onesimos
of the Seventy; Venerable Eusebios of
February 16: Martyr Pamphilos,
priest of Caesarea in
February 17: Great-martyr Theodore the Soldier
(“Tyro”); Marcian the emperor and Pulcheria
the empress; New-martyrs Theodore and Michael; Venerable Euxiphios;
repose of Hermogenes, patriarch of Moscow; Venerable Finan, bishop of Lindisfarne.
February 18: Leo the Great, pope of
February 19: Apostles Archippos,
Philemon and Apphias of the Seventy; Venerable-martyr
Philothea of Athens; New-martyr Nikita the New of Epiros.
February 20: Leo, bishop of
February 21: Venerable Timothy of Symbola; Eustathios, archbishop
of
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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 (
Catechumen/Inquirers class will NOT meet Tuesday,
February 16.
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
Presanctified Meals – If you are interested in providing a Lenten Meal after
Presanctified Liturgy on a Wednesday during Lent,
please sign up in the parish hall or contact Trish in the office at
901-274-4119,
Great Lent begins – Tonight we begin Great Lent with the
service of Forgiveness Vespers. I hope
all of you can be there. Together we are
again beginning a journey of trying to make repentance our way of life. We should be support to one another in this
journey. To begin by asking and giving
forgiveness from one another is the best way to embark on this journey to our
celebration of the Resurrection.
Each night this
week we will pray – and for more than few minutes. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday we will
serve Great compline
augmented with portions of the Great Canon of Repentance by St. Andrew of
Also remember the Great Fast calls
for more strenuous fasting in the first week for those who are able. If possible, we should at least try to keep
Clean Monday as a day of abstinence.
Please see one of the priests for counsel and for any questions you may
have. There is excellent literature in
the parish hall for your education and instruction.
May God enable us to use this Lent
for our salvation, for the strengthening of our parish, and for our witness to
the community!
Pray for me and for one another! ~
Fr John
Divine Liturgy at Annunication
Greek Orthodox Church –
We will worship next Sunday at the
Greek parish, 573 North
~Annual
Report and Financial issues ~
We will have our
annual business meeting during coffee hour on February 28. We will review
the 2009 financial results, present the approved 2010 budget, and discuss other
issues as desired.
We should all be aware that the
condition of our economy has affected our parish just as it has the rest of the
country. We have parishioners looking
for work and others underemployed. The
following clearly shows the effect on our parish finances:
Year 2009 Jan. 2010
Budgeted
tithes/contributions $410,000 $31,624
Actual
tithes/contributions $349,802 $26,809
Shortfall $ 60,198 $ 4,825
Additionally,
our alms fund has dropped to under
$300. While we still have substantial
cash holdings, much of it is committed to projects /other needs; we are not
keeping up with the costs of our ongoing operations.
In
response, the parish council has reduced our budgeted expenditures by $84,657 from last year’s budget. We have many households who faithfully tithe
and others who regularly make substantial contributions. We also have a number of households who
currently are not able to make contributions at all if they are to continue to
meet their living expenses, and that we understand. Your household may be one who finds yourself
between these two groups. If so, I ask
that you reexamine your giving and try to move your own contribution level
higher. You will be the primary beneficiary. Remember, the tithe is really not ours anyway
– it belongs to God. We are just called
to be obedient.
May
God continue to watch over each of us and our households, and may we work even
harder to be a community that is mutually supportive of one another in all the
ways that we can be.
Forgive
me. ~
Fr John
Antiochian Women of
March 5 – Join us for
lunch following Sixth Hour prayers
Women’s Book Club and Women’s Craft Club
We will resume meeting
after Lent
Women’s Teaching
Thursday, March 11,
Thank
You!
Thank you for your help in making the
annual
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As we pray the canon of St.
Andrew of
St. Onesimus(2/15) rose from a
life of a servant to that of a bishop.
In his youth he fled from his Christian master, Philemon, to
Our commemoration list includes
several Theodores. Wednesday `we honor Theodore the
Tyro (2/17), which means “the Recruit.” Often this is a term of derision, but
this saint proved it otherwise. He was put in prison for refusing to obey the
order of his commanding officer to sacrifice to idols. Christ appeared to him, encouraging him
before his martyrdom. On the 50th
anniversary of his death, he appeared to a bishop and warned him to guard his
flock against eating food that had been secretly sacrificed to idols. He is also commemorated on the first Saturday
of Lent, and a Canon was composed to him by St. John of Damascus. We ask his
intercession for the return of stolen items.
St. Leo the Great (2/18) is
perhaps the most well-known bishop of
Many of us are fond of the
Celtic saints. And, there is a strong
tie between the Orthodoxy and the
St. Finan of
DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday Romans
Monday Genesis 1:1-13 Proverbs 1:1-20
Tuesday Genesis
Wednesday Genesis 1:24-2:3 Proverbs 2:1-22
Thursday Genesis 2:4-19 Proverbs 3:1-18
Friday Genesis
Saturday Hebrews 1:1-12 Mark
Sunday Hebrews
From
the Fathers
“There is a big distinction
between merely believing that God exists, seeing Him in nature or in the
Scriptures, and knowing the Lord by the Holy Spirit.”
~ St. Silouan the Athonite
“Everyone that desires salvation
must not only avoid evil, but is obliged to do good,
just as it says in the Psalm: ‘Depart from evil and do good’ (Psalm
34:14). For example, if somebody was angry, he must not only not get angry, but
also become meek; if somebody was proud, he must not only refrain from being
proud but also become humble. Thus, every passion has an opposing virtue: pride
— humility, stinginess — charity, lust — chastity, faintheartedness — patience,
anger — meekness, hatred — love.”
~ St. Dorotheos of
“Everything is for man to love
Christ and all the other problems are taken care of.”
~ Elder Porphyrios
“Take communion regularly, pray
warmly, be patient and you will see a strong hand
holding you.”
~ Elder Amphilochios Makris