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
All Saints Sunday
1st Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: Hebrews 11:33-12:2 Gospel: Matthew
10:32-38
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered by Margaret McKelroy.
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, May 31)
Sunday - Teen Group – Bible Bowl practice/Lock-In,
Monday
-
First Hour,
Tuesday - Third Hour,
- Men’s Lunch,
- NO Catechumen/Inquirers Class
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Vespers,
- Children’s reading time immediately following
Vespers
- Wednesday
Teaching,
Thursday - Third Hour,
Friday - First Hour,
- Divine Liturgy for Metrophanes
Of
Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros,
- Divine
Liturgy,
- Sons of Thunder,
Divine Liturgy for Metrophanes of
PRIEST: Fr. Nicholas HOMILY: Fr. Nicholas
DEACONS: Dn. Charles & James READER:
HOLY BREAD:
COFFEE HOUR: Fr. Basil
& Kh. Susan
Divine Liturgy
Sunday, June 6,
PRIEST: Fr. John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: Dn. Charles
& Tim READER:
HOLY BREAD: Karen Bell USHER:
ALTAR SERVERS: Ethan, J.
Morgan, Luke L., Deon & Pavel
COFFEE HOUR: Frank &
Betsy Larker,
WELCOME TEAM:
Fr John’s out of town dates:
May 28-June 5 –
June 16-20 –
July 19-23 –
COMMEMORATIONS
May 30: Isaac, founder of the Dalmaton
monastery in Constantinople; Martyrs Natalios and Barlaam of Caesarea in
May 31: Martyrs Hermias and Eusebios.
June 1: Martyrs Justin the Philosopher, Pyrros
the virgin, Chariton of Rome, and Thespesios of
Cappadocia; Venerable Dionysios of Glushetsk.
June 2: Nikephoros the Confessor,
patriarch of Constantinople; New-martyrs Demetrios of
Philadelphia, John of Trebizond, and Constantine of Athos; Hieromartyr
Pothinos bishop of Lyons and his companion Martyr Blandina; Erasmos of Ochrid.
June 3: Martyr Lukyllian of Byzantium; Virgin-martyr Paula; Venerable Athanasios the wonder-worker of
June 4: Metrophanes, first patriarch of
June 5: Hieromartyr Dorotheos, bishop of Tyre; Martyr Nicander of Egypt;
New-martyr Mark of Smyrna; repose of
Theodore Yaroslavich, brother of Alexander Nevsky; Peter Korishki.
June 6: Venerable Hilarion the New, of the Dalmaton
monastery; Venerable Vissarion of Egypt and Attalos the wonder-worker.
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DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday Hebrews 11: 33-12:2 Matthew 10: 32-38
Monday Romans
Tuesday Romans 4:
4-12 Matthew
Wednesday Romans
Thursday Romans
Friday Romans
Saturday Romans
Sunday Romans 2: 10-16 Matthew 4: 18-23
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NO Catechumen/Inquirers class this week.
Graduate Sunday – We will recognize the following new graduates on Sunday, June 13:
High School – Irene
Hodges
Zach Lyons
Ethan Sanderlin
Patrick Sudduth
Kristianna White
College –
Myron Klimkowski
Graduate school
Law school
Medical school Tom
Stickle Univ.
of Tennessee
Nellie and Leeza
Pavlyshyna –
I received the following from Nellie this week.
I put Leeza pictures on the community bulletin
board downstairs. Please remember them
in your prayers.
“Dearest Father Troy,
I am
sending you Leeza's pictures from her prom. She is the one in a blue dress. Leeza will be going
to LSU in
We
do miss you and the church in
Love,
Nellie”
Sons of Thunder - We will be meeting on Sunday evening, the sixth of June, at
Future Icons in the church - Several have asked about approved subjects for the
remaining icons to be added in the church.
There is a list available in the parish hall containing the individual
saints already present in the iconography in the church, as well as those which
are “approved” or under consideration.
Kroger & Schnucks cards are available in the office for those
interested. Each time you use your Schnucks card or Kroger Gift Card,
Pray for our catechumens: In
Please remember in your prayers: His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP, His Grace, Bishop
ANTOUN, Dn. Sidney & Sh. Mary Elliott and family,
Buddy Taylor, Margaret Layman, Chris Hodges, Judy Smith (Julie Sanderlin’s mother), Shirley Gore (
NEW ADDITIONS TO
Look
around St. John Library and you’ll see many new titles. So many, in fact, that this is only a partial
list. You will notice that it includes
several of Charles Dickens’s works. They
add to the small fiction section which features titles of Russian and western
authors whose works reflect Orthodox values.
You will also see titles that add to the corporate worship section with
copies of the major, daily services of the church, such as Vespers and the
Pre-Sanctified Liturgy. All of these books listed as well as the others are on
display on the book cart and the top of the reference shelves.
PARTIAL
LIST: Abba Isaac the Syrian, Beauty and Hesychia in Athonite Life, C.S.
Lewis at the Breakfast Table, The Calendar Question, Canterbury Tales, Christ:
the Eternal Tao, The Complete Father Brown, An Englishman in the Court of the
Tsar, Free Choice in St. Maximus the Confessor, The
Life and Sufferings of St.Katherine, Little Dorrit, Oliver Twist, Orthodox Psychotherapy, Our Mutual
Friend, Saint Thikhon of Zadonsk,
A Tale of Two Cities, Tchaikovsky.
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This week we commemorate two
of our favorite saints, Mary and Martha(6/4),
the sisters of Lazarus. They are mentioned several times in the Scriptures and
are numbered among the Myrrhbearers. Perhaps we
particularly love these sisters because they were friends of Jesus. They also
seem very real to us because of our need for prayer and our ‘busyness” with
life’s small cares. A hymn of praise to them is on the bulletin board in
St. John Library. See also the story of St. Sophia(6/4),
a mother of six and caregiver of orphans and widows who prayed ceaselessly.
The
Antiochian Orthodox Christi an
Archdiocese of North America
The Diocese of Toledo
and the Midwest
+His Grace, Bishop Mark
Friday, May 28, 2010
Dear to God,
Christ
is in our midst! By the grace of God we have completed our First Episcopal
Assembly, chaired by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios
of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America and attended by 57 of the 65
Hierarchs of North and
Recommendations
were made to separate
The
agencies of SCOBA were received by the new assembly which considers itself the
successor of SCOBA. Monthly updates to a data base will assist in identifying
Canonical Bishops, Priests, Deacons and Parishes. Joint Committees have been
identified to address the common needs of the Orthodox Church here in the
When
building a new house, the most difficult aspect can be assessing the soil and
digging deep down to find the bedrock upon which to lay a strong foundation.
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios commented that when
one looks at a beautiful building, one rarely considers the effort that went
into creating a sufficient foundation for the building. By the grace of God we
hope we have begun to lay an unyielding foundation upon which to bring the
living stones, the faithful in Christ from our various jurisdictions, for the
building up of a beautiful Church in
Your unworthy father
in Christ,
+ Mark, Bishop of
Diocese of the Midwest
Antiochian Women of
invite you to:
A Baby Shower for
June 6 at
(located
at No.2 Vance & Wagner)
Marjo is registered at Babies-R-Us,
Target, & landofnod.com
Please contact Claire Van Drimmelen
if you would like to contribute to the group gift
A Wedding Shower
celebrating the upcoming
Marriage of
Sunday, June 27
During Coffee Hour
Please contact
Happening at
Wednesday
night teachings:
June 2 – Modesty – Fr Nikolai
(an excellent talk – don’t miss this! ~Fr. John)
June 9
–
June 16 – No teaching – Fr John & Fr Nikolai are at PLC
June 23 –
June 30 –
Are Back!!!
June 14 July 26 August 7
It’s time again for the
St. John Summer Potluck Pool Parties at the
Parish Life Conference in
June 16-20
There is registration
information on the Parish Life Conference (
Next year our parish is hosting the
conference. We will need most of our parishioners to be
involved in some way to adequately host our diocesan gathering. Attending this year’s conference is a great
way to get prepared to assist for next year.
Consider attending!
From
the Fathers
“Courage itself consists in persisting in
every good work and in overcoming the passions of soul and body. For our
struggle is not against flesh and blood, that is, against men, as was the case
with the Jews of old, where to conquer other nations was to do the work of God;
it is against principalities and powers, that is, against the unseen demons
(Ephesians 6:12). He who is victorious conquers spiritually; otherwise he is
conquered by the passions. The warfare described in the Old Testament
prefigures our spiritual warfare.” ~St. Peter of Damaskos
“A
fearful thing is sin, fearful, and the ruin of the soul,
and the mischief oftentimes through its excess has overflowed and attacked
men's bodies also. For since for the most part when the soul is diseased we
feel no pain, but if the body receive though but a little hurt, we use every
exertion to free it from its infirmity, because we are sensible of the
infirmity, therefore God oftentimes punisheth the
body for the transgressions of the soul, so that by means of the scourging of
the inferior part, the better part also may receive some healing.” ~
“Blessed is he who is not attached to anything transitory or
corruptible. Blessed is the intellect that transcends all sensible objects and
ceaselessly delights in divine beauty. If you make provision for the desires of
the flesh (cf. Rom.
“When holy peace
reigns in my soul, then surely the King of Peace dwells within me, the Lord
Jesus Christ, with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, and then especially I ought
to be full of feelings of gratitude to the Lord of Peace, and endeavor with all
my strength to preserve this peace within me by means of fervent prayer and by
abstaining from every sin, both inward and outward.” ~