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St. James Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2017-01-08
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Baptism
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St. James Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • 770 639-3641
  • Street Address:

  • 1651 Horizon Parkway Suite 400

  • Buford, GA 30518


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Services Schedule

Great Vespers - 5:30 PM Saturday; Orthros - 9:00 AM Sunday; Divine Liturgy - 10:00 AM Sunday

Confessions are available after Services, or contact Fr. Steven  

 The Fiftieth Day after Pascha

The Great Feast of Pentecost

        WELCOME! WE WISH TO EXTEND A GRACIOUS WELCOME TO ALL WHO ARE VISITING TODAY!  A FRIENDLY REMINDER: Only Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared themselves through fasting, prayer, and recent confession may approach the Chalice to receive Holy Communion.


Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the 4th Tone

PAGE 96: Having learned the joyful message of the Resurrection from the angel, the women Disciples of the Lord cast from them their parental condemnation, and proudly broke the news to the Disciples, saying, Death hath been spoiled. Christ God is risen, granting the world Great Mercy.

Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Theophany in the 1st Tone

By thy baptism, O Lord, in the River Jordan, worship to the Trinity hath made its appearance; for the voice of the Lord did come forth to thee with the testimony, naming thee beloved Son; and the Spirit in the likeness of a dove, confirming the truth of the word. Wherefore, O thou who didst appear and lighted the world, O Christ, glory to thee.

Seasonal Kontakion in the 4th Tone

Today thou hast appeared to the universe, O Lord, and thy light hath been shed upon us, who praise thee with knowledge, saying, Thou hast come and appeared, O unapproachable Light.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. 1st Tone. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians 4:7-13.

BRETHREN, grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it is said, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." (in saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.


Gospel Reading

Sunday after Epiphany
The Reading is from Matthew 4:12-17

At that time, Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth He went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned." From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."


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Saints and Feasts

Baptism
January 08

Sunday after Epiphany

Today we celebrate the Sunday after Theophany. It is written that when Jesus Christ heard that Saint John the Baptist had been arrested, He traveled to Galilee leaving Nazareth.  By doing this, the words of the Prophet Isaiah were fulfilled.  Among these words, we find that Jesus Christ is called a great light for those who sat in darkness, and that He dawned on the shadow of death. Yet, are there times in which we find ourselves struggling in darkness?  Is there sometimes a distortion of the pureness of God?  Is there sin to which we find ourselves repeating?  Be of good cheer, for regardless of what darkness or distortion may occur in the world, the Light of God has overcome it, and as such we find good and all can be restored.  Jesus Christ proclaimed, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."


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January 08

George of Hozeva

Saint George lived about the beginning of the ninth century in Palestine, in a certain monastery called Hozeva, which lies in a great ravine between Jerusalem and Jericho.


Domnica
January 08

Domnica the Righteous of Constantinople

Saint Domnica was from Carthage. During the reign of the Emperor Theodosius the Great, she came with four other virgins to Constantinople, where she was baptized by Nectarius, the Patriarch of Constantinople. She remained in Constantinople and became known for her extreme asceticism, the miracles that she worked, and the grace of prophecy that adorned her. She lived until the days of the Emperors Leo and Zeno, reposing in peace about the year 474.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

That Jesus should come and be baptized by John is surely cause for amazement. To think of the infinite river that gladdens the city of God being bathed in a poor little stream of the eternal; the unfathomable fountainhead that gives life to all men being immersed in the shallow waters of this transient world! He who fills all creation, leaving no place devoid of his presence, he who is incomprehensible to the angels and hidden from the sight of man, came to be baptized because it was his will. And "behold, the heavens opened and a voice said: 'This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased."" The beloved Father begets love, and spiritual light generates light inaccessible. In his divine nature he is my only Son, though he was known as the son of Joseph. "This is my beloved Son." Though hungry himself, he feeds thousands; though weary, he refreshes those who labor. He has no place to lay his head yet holds all creation in his hand. By his passion inflicted on him by others, he frees us from the passions unleashed by our disobedience. ; by receiving a blow on the cheek he gives the world its liberty; by being pierced in the side he heals the would of Adam. Whoever goes down into these waters of rebirth with faith renounces the devil and pledges himself to Christ. He comes up from baptism resplendent as the sun, radiant in his purity, but above all, he comes as a son of God and a coheir with Christ.
St. Hippolytus of Rome
Sermon on the Epiphany, 2nd - 3rd century

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Upcoming Services, Events, and Information

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PLEASE NOTE: The  Jordan Water from last week's Theophany feastday is available in the narthex. Please use the small cups provided to partake while at church reverently. Feel free to use bottles to take it home with you as a blessing for health in times of sickness, or to be taken daily before any other food in times of health.

HOUSE BLESSINGS BEGIN! Please sign your name beside the desired date, and Fr. Steven will do his best to accomodate you. Dinners and other kinds of preparation are not required! All you need is a white cloth, icon(s), candle, and bowl. 

Remember in your prayers these in need Nicholas, Tamara, Theodore, Aubrey, Elizabeth, Michelle, Steven, Alexandra, Mary, Edward, Daren, Salwa, Randa, Florence, Josephine, Pelagia, Tara, Mitrophan, Ruth, Lani, Douglas, Anastasia, Priest Mark, Salwa, Mary, Reader Miguel, Jesse, Timothy, Andrea, Patricia, Pasquale, Allyn, Robert, Jesse, Angelina, Kevin, Polina, Peter, Mary, Stephanie, Jude, Patricia, Jennifer, Archpriest Andrew, the catechumens Mary, Xenia, Michael, Gabriel, Alexander, Ephraim, Glyceria, John, Theophylact; Jerome, Stephanie, Priest Daniel, Nun Theodora, Newly reposed Donald 

  If you have an announcement for the bulletin, please send an email to bulletin@stjamesorthodox.org by THURSDAY.

 St. James Orthodox Church is a mission of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.

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