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
5th Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: Romans 10:1-10 Gospel: Matthew
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered by Lynda
Spinolo.
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
(Apostles
Fast ends June 28; Regular Wed. & Fri. fast)
Sunday - Wedding Shower
for
- Teen Group –
Game Night,
Monday
-
First Hour,
-
Great Vespers for the Feast of
Tuesday - Divine
Liturgy for
- Catechumen/Inquirers Class
- Choir,
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Vespers,
- Children’s reading time immediately following
Vespers
- Wednesday
Teaching,
Thursday - Third Hour,
Friday - First Hour,
- Third Hour,
- Sixth Hour,
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Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros,
- Divine
Liturgy,
Divine Liturgy
Sunday, July 4,
PRIEST: Fr. John HOMILY: Fr. John
DEACONS: READER:
HOLY BREAD: Kh.
ALTAR SERVERS: Ethan, J. Morgan,
Luke L., Deon, & Pavel
WELCOME TEAM:
Fr John’s out of town dates:
July 19-23 –
Upcoming Special Services
June 28 – Great Vespers for the Feast of
June 29 – Divine Liturgy for the Feast of
*APOSTLES
COMMEMORATIONS
June 27: Sampson the
host of strangers; Mary and Joanna the myrrh-bearers.
June 28: The
translation of the relics of Cyros and John the unmercenary healers; Martyrs Papios
and Paul; Venerable Moses the anchorite; Venerable Simeon; Venerable Sergios and Herman, wonder-workers of Valaam.
June 29: Apostles
Peter and Paul.
June 30: The synaxis of the Twelve Apostles. New-martyr Michael.
July 1: Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian,
martyrs in
July 2: The
commemoration of the placing of the Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae. Juvenaly,
archbishop of
July 3: Martyrs
Hyacinth and Theodota of Caesarea in Cappadocia; Anatolios, patriarch of Constantinople; Venerable-martyr Gerasimos the New of Carpenision;
Venerable Joachim; translation of the relics of Philip the wonder-worker,
metropolitan of Moscow; Venerable Nikodemos of Kozhe Lake.
July 4: Andrew,
bishop of
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DAILY SCRIPTURE
Sunday Romans 10:
1-10 Matthew
Monday Romans
Tuesday I Corinthians 1:1-9 Matthew
Wednesday I Corinthians 2:9-3:8 Matthew
Thursday I Corinthians
Friday I
Corinthians 4:5-8 Matthew
Saturday Romans 9:1-5 Matthew
Sunday Romans 12:6-14 Matthew 9:1-8
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Rachels’ Kids, Inc. |
Diocese of
Michael Bittle Fund – Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
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Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet Tuesday at
Choir Practice, Tuesday at
Moving help needed – God willing,
Archdiocese Annual Financial Report - Copies of the Archdiocese Annual Financial Report
for the year ended
Parish Life Conference Creative Arts awards – We had two award winners in the creative arts
festival:
Award and participation
certificates will be distributed on July
4! Congratulations to our award
winners and all who participated!!
News on the
Episcopal Assembly of North America – As many of you know, the first Episcopal Assembly of North and Central
America was held near the end of May and 55 of our hierarchs in North America
attended. There have been a number of
very favorable reports from this initial meeting, including the following
comment by Bishop BASIL”
“I’m so excited about this. Really,
I’m very excited, and I hope our clergy and people can be joyfully excited with
their hierarchs. We need everyone to
help in this. As I said, the bishops now
have met. We’re all on the same page. We might not know all the writing on the
page, but we’re all on the same page, and we’ll discover what’s written on that
page as time goes by.”
There
are three audio reflections on the 1st Episcopal Assembly which you can hear:
An audio interview with Bishop Savas of the Greek .Orthodox Archdiocese: http://www.myocn.net/index.php/201006182764/Just-Thinking/Discussing-a-recent-meeting-of-the-Canonical-Orthodox-Hierarchs.html
An audio interview of Father Mark Arey
who was the General Secretary of SCOBA:
http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/unravelling_the_episcopal_assembly
Bishop Basil’s audio interview: http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/features/bishop_basil_and_the_episcopal_assemblies
There is also a written copy of Bishop BASIL’s
interview on the bulletin board.
Trisagion prayers for the Departed
We will pray the
forty day memorial service next Sunday at the end of the liturgy for Esther Tylavsky, Fran’s mother. May her memory be eternal!
Upcoming
Wednesday
Night Teachings:
June 30 –
Teen Group Events
TODAY - June 27 – Game Night,
NEXT WEEK
July 4 – TBD
Upcoming Events
July 11-15 Teen Camping Trip
See insert for more information
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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,
July 26 & August 7
Our
Come relax and enjoy good
food and fellowship by the pool!
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Thank
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Sincerely,
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St. Sampson the Hospitable
(6/27) intended to pursue his salvation by living in the wilderness but
was given a different path by God. Christ directed him to spend his time among
men rather than live in solitude. He
welcomed homeless wanderers, the sick and the poor to his small house. God gave
him the gifts of healing and wonderworking, and he served the needy until
his old age. After his peaceful death,
his intercessions to God saved the hospice he founded from a powerful fire.
Monday we commemorate
another icon. The Theotokos of “the Three Hands” (6/28) is connected with
St. John of Damascus, the hymnographer. Because of
the saint’s love for icons, the iconoclast emperor, Leo III, made an accusation
of treason against him to the caliph of
See this icon and stories
of other saints commemorated this week in St. John Library. You can read about
other icons of the Theotokos and their explanations in Icons of the Most
Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
and Prayers for Her Intercession.
It’s on the display cart.
Pray for our catechumens:
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 (
Antiochian Women of
Calendar
June 21 at
Brown
Bag Lunch
July 2nd –
Bring your lunch and join us following
Sixth Hour prayers
Upcoming
Book Club Titles
July 12th – The
Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge
Women’s
Teaching
Summer
Dates: July 8, & August 5
Next Meeting -
Thursday, July 8th at
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Antiochian Women of
invite you to:
A Wedding Shower honoring
Today, Sunday,
June 27