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
Dormition of Our Most Pure Lady, the
Theotokos
And Ever-Virgin Mary
Epistle: Phillipians 2:5-11 Gospel: Luke
The Holy Bread for Eucharist is offered 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 - Teen Group – Pool Party at the Mansour’s,
Monday
-
First Hour,
Tuesday - Third Hour,
- Men’s
Lunch,
- Catechumen/Inquirers class,
Wednesday - Third
Hour,
- Vespers,
- Children’s reading time immediately following
Vespers
- Wednesday
Teaching,
Thursday - Third Hour,
Friday - First Hour,
- Third
Hour,
- Stay
& Play Group will meet in the parish hall following Third Hour
- Paraklesis,
Saturday - Ninth Hour and Great Vespers,
Sunday - Orthros,
- Divine
Liturgy,
Divine Liturgy_____________________________ Sunday, August 22,
PRIEST: Fr. Basil HOMILY: Fr. Basil
DEACONS: Dns. Charles & Tim READER:
HOLY BREAD:
ALTAR SERVERS: Caleb, Luke S.,
Misha, Alex, Joe & Jake
COFFEE HOUR: Matt &
WELCOME TEAM: Gary Karnaghon
&
Upcoming
Memorials: Upcoming
Baptisms:
Andy Alissandratos – August 15
August 21 – 10:00 a.m.
Marlene Kraker – August 22
Michael Cameron & Nicholas Moulton
Kitty Gilliland –
September 5 August 28 – following Vespers
Urania Alissandratos – October
10 Elliott Longa & John David Williams
COMMEMORATIONS
Aug. 15: The Dormition of the Theotokos.
Aug. 16: The commemoration of the icon-not-made-by-hands of
our Lord in
Aug. 17: Venerable Myron of Kyzikos,
Eutychios, Eutychian, and Kassiane; Martyrs Thyrsos,
Cyprian and Juliana; Venerable Alypios the
iconographer of the
Aug. 18: Martyrs Floros and Lauros of
Aug. 19: Martyr Andrew the General (“Stratelates”);
Venerable Theophanes of Docheiariou
monastery on Athos.
Aug. 20: Prophet Samuel; Martyrs Heliodoros
of
Aug. 21: Apostle Thaddeus of the Seventy; Martyrs Bassa, Theognios, Agapios, and Pistos of Edessa;
Venerable Abraham of Smolensk and his disciple, Venerable Ephraim.
Aug. 22: Martyr Agathonikos of
Nicomedia and those with him.
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DAILY
SCRIPTURE
Sunday Phillipians 2:5-11 Luke 10:38-42; 11:27-28
Monday 2 Corinthians
8:7-15 Mark 3:6-12
Tuesday 2
Corinthians
Wednesday 2
Corinthians
Thursday 2
Corinthians 10:7-18 Mark
Friday 2
Corinthians 11:5-21 Mark 4:1-9
Saturday I
Corinthians 2:6-9 Matthew
Sunday I Corinthians
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Catechumen/Inquirers class will meet Tuesday at
Fr John out of the office – Fr John will be taking several vacation days next
week. Call the office if there is a
special need.
We will bless our students
today! If you or your children
are starting or returning to school, we will bless all at the end of the
liturgy.
Dinner Clubs – Don’t miss out on the
FUN! All current groups are encouraged to meet one last time
before the end of August. Dinner clubs are groups of 6-8
Calling all Secret Sisters and wannabes!!! The second round of the ever-popular Secret
Sisters is beginning this fall. If you
want to join in on the fun, pick up the directions and information sheets from the
baskets on the piano in the Fellowship Hall.
Return the information sheet to
Kroger & Schnucks cards are available in the office for those
interested. Each time you use your
Schnucks card or Kroger Gift Card,
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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.
Antiochian Women of
Please remember to sign
up for
August 23 at
Women’s Teaching
Upcoming Dates: September
9, October 7, November 4, December 2
Next Teaching - Thursday, September 9 at
Upcoming Book Club
Titles
We will resume on September 13th with Three
Cups of Tea
October: In the
Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White
November: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
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The
functional structures needed for an embryo to experience pain are in place as
early as 8 weeks. Moreover, the memory
of pain and stress is stored in the brain very early, and molecular markers for
such memory have been found in the tissues of babies who had died as early as
the 16th week of gestation.
Findings by Dr. Steven
Zielinski, teaching fellow
At the Loyola University
of
Health and Law.
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If you are fascinated with icons, this is your month!
August 16 we commemorate the icon-not-made-by-hands of our
Lord. Tradition says that the Lord himself made this icon as answer to a
request for healing from leprosy by the ruler of
Many times last week we prayed the Paraclesis
to The Theotokos. Towards the end, we sang of the “revered icon which is known
by the name Directress and which hath been depicted for us by the Apostle Luke
the Evangelist.” You will find the story
behind “The Directress” in Icons of the Most Holy Theotokos and Ever Virgin
Mary.
Tuesday we commemorate an early Russian iconographer, St. Alypius (8/17). Some of his icons were glorified by
miracles and tradition says when he was ill, an angel painted an icon of the
Dormition for him. It’s known as the Sven Icon commemorated also on this date.
The Prophet Samuel’s life (8/20) has many parallels to that
of the Theotokos. Like her, he was born from a “barren” woman. His mother, Hannah, prayed fervently for
children, and God answered her request. She took Samuel to live in the temple
when he was weaned. Her prayer of
thanksgiving to God is recorded in I Samuel 2:1-10. The next chapter shows us the beautiful story
of God calling the young child. He thought Eli, the high priest, was calling
him. This happened three times, and Eli realized that the Lord was calling the
child. He told Samuel to reply, “Speak
Lord, for your servant listens.” Samuel
went on to be a great prophet, and anointed Saul and David as kings of
See accounts of these icons, their pictures and the life of St. Alypius and the Prophet Samuel on the bulletin board in St. John Library.
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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, Judy Smith (