St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2026-10-11
Bulletin Contents
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Parish Activities
Prayers Request
Church Calendar
Diakonia Newsletter

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St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (817) 283-2291
  • Fax:
  • (817) 545-0302
  • Street Address:

  • 303 Cullum Drive

  • Euless, TX 76040

Contact Information

Office Administrator Cristina Korzun


[email protected] | (817) 283-2291
Parish Priest Rev. Protopresbyter Vasile Tudora


[email protected] | (817) 283-2291
Parish Council President Joe Sullivan


[email protected] | (817) 733-0978

Services Schedule

Small Paraklesis - Wednesday 6:00PM

Great Vespers - Saturday 5:00PM

Matins - Sunday 8:30AM

Divine Liturgy - Sunday 9:30 AM

Confessions - Saturday after Vespers or upon request

Past Bulletins


Saints and Feasts

October 11

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

On the Sunday that falls on or immediately after the eleventh of this month, we chant the Service to the 350 holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, which gathered in Nicaea in 787 under the holy Patriarch Tarasius and during the reign of the Empress Irene and her son, Constantine Porphyrogenitus, to refute the Iconoclast heresy, which had received imperial support beginning with the Edict issued in 726 by Emperor Leo the Isaurian. Many of the holy Fathers who condemned Iconoclasm at this holy Council later died as Confessors and Martyrs for the holy Icons during the second assult of Iconoclasm in the ninth century, especially during the reigns of Leo the Armenian and Theophilus.

October 11

Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the 7 Deacons

Saint Philip, who had four daughters that prophesied, was from Caesarea of Palestine. He preached throughout Samaria; it was he also who met the eunuch of Candace, the Queen of the Ethiopians, as the eunuch was reading the Prophet Esaias, and he instructed and baptized him (Acts 8:26-39). He reposed in Tralles of Asia Minor while preaching the Gospel.

October 11

Theophanes the Confessor, Bishop of Nicaea

Saint Theophanes, the brother of Saint Theodore the Branded, was a Palestinian by race. Both were monks at the Monastery of Saint Sabbas. They were called "the Branded" because Theophilus, the last of the Iconoclast emperors, had twelve iambic verses branded by hot irons on their foreheads and then sent them into exile, where Theodore died in the year 838. After the death of Theophilus in 842, Theophanes was elected Bishop of Nicaea. Both brothers composed many canons and hymns, thereby adorning the services of the Church.



Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Second Mode

When You descended unto death, O Life Immortal, then You slayed Hades with the lightning of Your Divinity. And when You also raised the dead out of the nether world, all the powers of the Heavens were crying out: O Giver of Life, Christ our God, glory be to You.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Gabriel Cremeens


Apolytikion for Sun. of the 7th Ecumenical Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

Most glorified art Thou, O Christ our God, Who hast established our Fathers as luminous stars upon the earth, and through them didst guide us all to the true Faith. O Most Merciful One, glory be to Thee.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery


Apolytikion of the Synaxis of John the Forerunner in the Second Mode

The memory of the just is celebrated with hymns of praise * but the Lord's testimony is sufficient for thee, O Forerunner, * for thou wast proved to be truly even more venerable than the Prophets * since thou wast granted to baptize in the running waters * Him Whom they proclaim. * Wherefore having contested for the Truth, * thou didst rejoice to announce the good tidings even to those in Hades * that God has appeared in the flesh * taking away the sin of the world * and granting us great mercy.


Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: Holy Transfiguration Monastery




Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Eighth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:11-18

At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus has lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni," which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, "Do not touch Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and she told them that He had said these things to her.

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Luke 8:5-15

The Lord said this parable: "A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. And as for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with patience." As he said these things, he cried out "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."



Wisdom of the Fathers

When you see life's pleasures, beware that they might not distract you, for they conceal death's snares. Likewise a fisherman casts not his hook to no purpose. As bait for his hook, the enemy uses the delusion of sensuality to arouse desire, that he might thereby catch men's souls and subject them to himself. A soul which has been caught to serve the enemy's will then serves as a snare for other souls, for it conceals the grief of sin with its apparent delight.
St. Ephraim the Syrian
A Spiritual Psalter no 43, pg. 74, 4th century

Since there are certain people who find great fault with us for adoring and honoring both the image of the Savior and that of our Lady, as well as those of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them hear how from the beginning God made man to His own image. For what reason, then, do we adore one another, except because we have been made to the image of God? As the inspired Basil, who is deeply learned in theology, says: "the honor paid to the image conveys to the original.," and the original is the thing imaged from which the copy is made.
St. John of Damascus
The Orthodox Faith, 4.16. Catholic University of America Press in Washington D.C. Translated by Frederic H. Chase, Jr. volume 37, page 370., 8th Century

For by seed here He means His doctrine, and by land, the souls of men, and by the sower, Himself .... For as the sower makes no distinction in the land submitted to him, but simply and indifferently casts his seed; so He Himself too makes no distinction of rich and poor, of wise and unwise, of slothful or diligent, of brave or cowardly; but He discourses unto all, fulfilling His part, although foreknowing the results.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 44 on Matthew 12, 4th Century



Parish Activities

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Sunday of the 7th Ecumenical Council

Epistle: Titus 3:8-15; Gospel: Luke 8:5-15

Regular Hours of Services

Great Vespers Saturdays at 5:00 PM.  Sundays Orthros at 8:30 AM and Divine Liturgy at 9:30 AM.  Confessions are heard on Saturday before Vespers or by appointment.

Information about Holy Communion

Holy Communion, the partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, is a Sacrament of the Orthodox Church and reserved for Orthodox Christians only, who have prepared through prayer, fasting, confession, and participation in the Divine Liturgy (1 Cor. 11:28).

Those who are not Orthodox, or who have not prepared, are warmly invited to receive the Antidoron (blessed bread) at the end of the service as a sign of fellowship and blessing.

Explore Orthodoxy (aka Catechism) Class.

Our class for inquirers, Explore Orthodoxy, is held on Tuesdays, at 7 pm, in the Peters Center. If you are interested, please contact our office staff: Betsy Hayes or Cristina Korzun

NOTE:

The side doors of the Church are NOT to be used during services. Please do not park in the driveway on the south side of the Church; it is a fire lane and must be kept open. HEARING AIDs are available. Please see an usher! 

TODAY

 

Special Service: 40 days Memorial Service for Georgia Doukas (Barbara Vittas’ mother)

 

2026 STEWARDSHIP & STOREHOUSE as of 10/11/2026      

Goal:                                      $570,000

Pledged:                                 $560,214

Pledges Submitted:                 204

Needed to be Pledged:         $9,786

TODAY, AFTER SERVICE:

·         Coffee Hour – potluck – fast free

·         Bookstore – New Testament for Children - $68

·         Sunday School: We are studying about Saints! Everyone is welcome to join us, and we offer classes for Preschool - 12th grade on Sundays after Holy Communion. Please register your child on Realm!  Lesson: Holy Families

·         4:00 pm Adults Sunday School Zoom Class. This year we’ll be studying about the saints and how they can guide us to Christ. The Zoom Link is in the Forerunner Contact Cristina Korzun if you need help registering online (972) 821-6161

6:30 pm - Trail Life Men Meeting

 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

·         Tuesday, October 13: Explore Orthodoxy Class. at 7pm in the Peters Parish Center. Open to anyone curious about the Orthodox Christian Faith, whether new to Orthodoxy, considering conversion, or a longtime member wanting to go deeper. Reading Assignment: Chapter 1.4

·         Friday, October 16, 10 am: Homeschool Co-op. We have classes for 4-year-old to High school. Contact Jennifer Hock for questions. [email protected]

·         Sunday, October 18, 12:15 pm: Philoptochos meeting

·         Friday, October 23: Trail Men Family Camp Out.

·         Sunday, October 25: MINISTRIES FAIR

·         Thursday, October 29, 11 am: Ageless Wonders Monthly Meeting - Arlington Symphony presentation.

·         Saturday, October 31, 6:30 pm: All Saints Festival – Halloween Hideaway. Come dress as a saint and let us guess whom you represent. We will have pinata, pizza & more.

Friday. November 13 to Sunday Nov. 15: Byzantine Chant Workshop at our church. More information on the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Denver website. Registration $150 for adults and $125 for students (college, high school juniors, seniors). Scholarship provided for those who need



Prayers Request

Prayer Request – October 11, 2026

Please use Baptismal Names for commemoration

Names:                                                           Baptismal names:

 

Members & Family of our parish who are in hospital or rehab:

·               Joanne Bishop                                                         Joanna

Members & Family of our parish who are in assisted living or nursing home:

·         Leo Alexander                                                        Panteleimon

·         Joyce Bishop                                                           *Joyce

·         Rada, Valentin Teodoreanu                                    Rada, Valentin

 

Members & Family of our parish who are ill / in recovery:

·         Rev. Fr. Florin, Rev. Fr. Vasilios                           Florin & Vasilios, Presbyters

·         Theodora, Haralambia the nuns                             Theodora & Haralambia the nuns

·         Chrysanthi Andromalos                                          Chrysanthi

·         Constantin & Mindi Armeanu                                Constantin, Ruth

            Joseph Lawrence Averitt                                       *Joseph

·         Grayson Beauvais                                                   *Grayson

·         Sorin, Ovidiu, John Berca                                       Ovidiu, Mihai, John

·         Pat Ballas                                                                Panayiota

·         Harriet Blake                                                           Hariklea

·         Michael, Tera Bogdos                                            Michael, Sotiria

·         Robin, Jeraldo Boomstra                                        *Robin. *Jeraldo

·         Luis Octavio Carrillo                                              *Luis

·         Jason Caros                                                             Jason

·         Tim Cline                                                                Timothy

·         David, Scott Cole                                                   *David, *Scott

·         Elizabeth Cronin                                                     Elizabeth

·         Rildo DeSouza                                                        *Rildo

·         Helen Dieb                                                              Helen

·         David Dube                                                             *David

·         Pavlina Feichtinger                                                 Pavlina

·         Kathy Fox                                                               Katherine

·         Margareta, Adela, Gloria Fratila                             Maria Margareta, Adela, Gloria

·         Talita Geffen                                                           *Talita

·         Samiha Gayed, Beverly Hallett                               Samiha, *Beverly                   

·         Betsy Hayes                                                            Isidora

·         John, Rita Hines                                                     *John, *Rita

·         Andrew Hollinger                                                   Micah

·         Donald Ivanov                                                        Donald*

·         Petar, Slavica, Theodora Ivovic                              Petar, Slavica, Theodora

·         Gus Kamis                                                               Constantinos

·         Cyrick & Linda King                                              *Cyrick, *Linda

·         John Kohl                                                                John

·         Walther, Madalina, Alina, Fabian Korzun             *Walter, Madalina, Alina, Fabian

·         Filiratos, Constantinos, Valentina Korzun              Filiratos, Constantin, Valentina

·         George & Victoria Manos                                      George, Victoria

·         Michael & Mary Mavias                                        Michael, Mary

·         Michaela, Nicholas, Miller                                     Michaela, Jeremiah,

·         Maria, Raphael, Mariana Morcovescu                   Maria, Raphael, Mariana

·         George, Katherine Neville                                      *George, Katherine

·         Ian, Jamison Pope                                   *Ian, *Jamison

·         Candice, Ricardo & Annette Reyes                        *Candice, *Ricardo, *Annette

·         Riley & Sharon Richardson                                    *Riley, *Sharon

·         Donna, Michael Saada                                            *Donna, *Michael

·         Shallon Salem, Linda Saliba                                   *Shallon, *Linda    

·         Ted Sarros                                                              John

·         Robert, Karen Steffaro                                            Rodion, Karen Ann               

·         Elizabeth, John, Catherine Strong                          Mary-Elizabeth, John, Catherine

·         Rhiannon Voicu                                                      Anastasia

·         Katherine Sullivan                                                  *Katherine

·         Oleg Tiganiuc                                                       Oleg

·         Georgia Vratinina                                                   Georgia

·         Mary Wilson                                                           *Mary

 

Members & Family of our parish who have chronic illnesses:

·         Tami, Olivia, Nathaniel Brugman                          Dymphna, Teodora, Nathaniel

·         Tamara Eftimie                                                       Tamara

·         Ian Fullerton                                                            Maximus

·         Michael Genovezos                                                Michael

·         Mavra Grimm                                                         Mavra

·         Armando Herrera Sr.                                              *Armando

·         Jennifer Hock                                                         Zenobia

·         Gregory Kerbow                                                     Gregory

·         John Koutsoufis                                                      Ioannis

·         Norma Aguinaga Londot, Emilia Lueth                 *Norma, Emilia

·         Abraham Maayeh                                                   Abraham

·         Laura, Liliana, Laurentiu Nicolescu                       Laura, Liliana Gabriela, Laurentiu

·         Cristina Popa                                                          Cristina

·         Maria Lungu Post, Magdalena                                Maria, Maria Magdalena

·         Emily, Tempest, Maire Manyai                              Emily, Michael, Maire Barachiel

·         Jude, Erzsi, Brigid Manyai                                     Jude, Erzsi Rafael, Brigid Serafim

·         Valeriu Adrian, Sebastian George Silea                 Valeriu Adrian, Sebastian George

·         Ann, Jason, Anthony Sullivan                                Ana, Jason, Anthony

·         Jude Thadeus Villalobos                                         Jude Thaddeus

·         Kristy, Ron, James, Lori Warkentin                       Paraskeva, *Ronald, *James, *Lori

·         Eleni; Raphael; Miranda; Eston                              Eleni; Raphael; Miranda; *Eston

 

Members & Family of our parish with limited mobility:

·         John Brugman & Darrel Behring                            *John, *Darrel

·         Kassandra Bogordos                                               Kassandra

·         Gabriel Corlew                                                       *Mathew Gabriel

·         Awni, Maryan Haddad                                           Awni, Moufidah

·         Dr. Lucille Howton                                                Lucille

·         Constantinos Katsikas                                             Constantinos

·         Themis, Zoe Mavrelli                                             Euthymia, Zoe

·         Gail Poriotis                                                            Evangelia

·         Marika Shackelford                                                Maria

·         Connie Yahn, Radmila, Zarko,                               Constantina, Radmila, Zarko

 

Departed in the last 40 days: Georgia, Georgia, Photios, *Ronald, *Vasile, Mihai



Church Calendar

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    October 11 to October 25, 2026

    Sunday, October 11

    8:15AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM 40 days Memorial Service for Georgia Doukas

    11:15AM Coffee Hour

    4:00PM Zoom Sunday School for Adults

    6:30PM Trail Life Meeting

    Monday, October 12

    6:00PM Parish Council Meeting

    Tuesday, October 13

    7:00PM Explore Orthodoxy Class

    Wednesday, October 14

    5:00PM Confessions

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Friday, October 16

    8:00AM Orthros and Divine Liturgy

    10:00AM Homeschool Co-op Meeting

    Saturday, October 17

    11:00AM Baptism Mara Sinclair

    3:00PM Wedding & Reception John Cornelius & Dymphna

    4:00PM Confessions

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, October 18

    8:15AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Coffee Hour

    12:15PM Philoptochos Meeting

    3:00PM Wedding & Reception Matthew Baker and Amanda (Xenia) Almodovar

    4:00PM Zoom Sunday School for Adults

    6:30PM Trail Life Meeting

    Tuesday, October 20

    7:00PM Explore Orthodoxy Class

    Wednesday, October 21

    5:00PM Confessions

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    Friday, October 23

    10:00AM Homeschool Co-op Meeting

    5:00PM Trail Men Family Campout

    Saturday, October 24

    4:00PM Confessions

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, October 25

    8:15AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM 2026 Ministries Fair

    4:00PM Zoom Sunday School for Adults

    6:00PM Vespers

    7:00PM Trail Life Meeting



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