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St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-03-17
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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





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


Welcome!

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We welcome all of you to St. John the Baptist and we give glory to God for your presence here today!

Our church is open to parishioners and visitors alike.

You can also visit http://stjohndfw.info for the latest updates 

If you want to watch our services online, please log in into:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stjohndfw 

YouTube Page: http://tinyurl.com/ykujjd99

The texts for daily services are available here:

GOA DIGITAL CHANT STAND: https://dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/servicesindex.html

The schedule of on all our services can be found here:

http://stjohndfw.info/news/calendar-2/ 

Our Stewardship Drive for 2024 is curently on going. You can pledge ONLINE here: http://tinyurl.com/2y2vjyez.  

Your participation is critical to support the tremendous growth we see in your parish. Kindly pledge online or fill a new card for 2024 and don't forget to set-up your new payment plan in REALM (it's a separate process, see donations link below).

Our secure REALM Online Donation system is available from your home right now. You can make your donations here: https://onrealm.org/stjohndfw/give/joy or by sending a check to the parish. 

 Thank you all for your participating in the ministries of St. John's Parish!

 

 

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Saints and Feasts

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March 17

Forgiveness Sunday

The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. For the first commandment that God gave to man was that of fasting, which the first-fashioned received but did not keep; and not only did they not become gods, as they had imagined, but they lost even that blessed life which they had, and they fell into corruption and death, and transmitted these and innumerable other evils to all of mankind. The God-bearing Fathers set these things before us today, that by bringing to mind what we have fallen from, and what we have suffered because of the insatiety and disobedience of the first-fashioned, we might be diligent to return again to that ancient bliss and glory by means of fasting and obedience to all the divine commands. Taking occasion from today's Gospel (Matt. 6:14-21) to begin the Fast unencumbered by enmity, we also ask forgiveness this day, first from God, then from one another and all creation.


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March 17

Patrick the Enlightener of Ireland

Saint Patrick, the Apostle of the Irish, was seized from his native Britain by Irish marauders when he was sixteen years old. Though the son of a deacon and a grandson of a priest, it was not until his captivity that he sought out the Lord with his whole heart. In his Confession, the testament he wrote towards the end of his life, he says, "After I came to Ireland - every day I had to tend sheep, and many times a day I prayed - the love of God and His fear came to me more and more, and my faith was strengthened. And my spirit was so moved that in a single day I would say as many as a hundred prayers, and almost as many at night, and this even when I was staying in the woods and on the mountain; and I would rise for prayer before daylight, through snow, through frost, through rain, and I felt no harm." After six years of slavery in Ireland, he was guided by God to make his escape, and afterwards struggled in the monastic life at Auxerre in Gaul, under the guidance of the holy Bishop Germanus. Many years later he was ordained bishop and sent to Ireland once again, about the year 432, to convert the Irish to Christ. His arduous labours bore so much fruit that within seven years, three bishops were sent from Gaul to help him shepherd his flock, "my brethren and sons whom I have baptized in the Lord - so many thousands of people," he says in his Confession. His apostolic work was not accomplished without much "weariness and painfulness," long journeys through difficult country, and many perils; he says his very life was in danger twelve times. When he came to Ireland as its enlightener, it was a pagan country; when he ended his earthly life some thirty years later, about 461, the Faith of Christ was established in every corner.


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March 17

Alexis the Man of God

Saint Alexis was born in old Rome of illustrious parents named Euphemianus and Aglais, and at their request was joined to a young woman in marriage. However, he did not remain with her even for one day, but fled to Edessa, where he lived for eighteen years. He returned to Rome in the guise of a beggar and sat at the gates of his father's house, unknown to all and mocked by his own servants. His identity was revealed only after his death by a paper that he had on his person, which he himself had written a little before his repose. The pious Emperor Honorius honoured him with a solemn burial. The title "Man of God" was given to him from heaven in a vision to the Bishop of Rome on the day of the Saint's repose.


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March 23

First Saturday of Lent: The Commemoration of the Miracle of Kollyva wrought by Saint Theodore the Tyro

Julian the Apostate, knowing that the Christians purify themselves by fasting most of all during the first week of the Fast -- which is why we call it Clean Week -- planned to defile them especially at that time. Therefore he secretly commanded that during those days the markets be filled with foods that had been defiled with the blood of animals offered in sacrifice to idols. But by divine command the Martyr Theodore (see Feb. 17) appeared during sleep to Eudoxius, then Archbishop of Constantinople. The Saint revealed to him the tyrant's plan, then told him to call the faithful together immediately on Monday morning and prevent them from purchasing those foods, but rather to make kollyva to supply their needs. The bishop asked what kollyva might be, and the Saint answered, "Kollyva is what we call boiled wheat in Euchaita." Thus, the purpose of the Apostate was brought to nought, and the pious people who were preserved undefiled for the whole of Clean Week, rendered thanks to the Martyr on this Saturday, and celebrated his commemoration with kollyva. These things took place in 362. Wherefore, the Church keeps this commemoration each year to the glory of God and the honour of the Martyr.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Fourth Mode

From the heights didst You come down, O Compassionate One; And You did submit to three-day burial that from the passions You might deliver us. O our Life and Resurrection, O Lord, glory be to You.

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 Plagal Second Mode

O Thou, Guide unto wisdom, Bestower of Prudence, Instructor of the foolish, and Defender of the poor; establish and grant understanding unto my heart, O Master. Grant me speech, O Word of the Father, for behold, I shall not keep my lips from crying unto Thee: Have mercy, O Merciful One, on me who have fallen.
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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. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans 13:11-14; 14:1-4.

Brethren, salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judgment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.


Gospel Reading

Forgiveness Sunday
The Reading is from Matthew 6:14-21

The Lord said, "If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

"And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."


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Wisdom of the Fathers

Do we forgive our neighbors their trespasses? God also forgives us in His mercy. Do we refuse to forgive? God, too, will refuse to forgive us. As we treat our neighbors, so also does God treat us. The forgiveness, then, of your sins or unforgiveness, and hence also your salvation or destruction, depend on you yourself, man. For without forgiveness of sins there is no salvation.
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Unknown, 18th century

If we have true love with sympathy and patient labor, we shall not go about scrutinizing our neighbor's shortcomings. As it is said, "Charity shall cover the multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8). . . True love screens anything of this kind, as did the saints when they saw the shortcomings of men. Were they blind? Not at all! But they simply would not let their eyes dwell on sins.
St. Dorotheos of Gaza

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Calendar

  • STJB Calendar

    March 17 to March 31, 2024

    Sunday, March 17

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    10:45AM Sunday School

    11:30AM Philoptochos Membership Drive

    12:15PM Catechism Class

    6:00PM Forgiveness Vespers

    Monday, March 18

    4:45PM Confessions

    6:00PM Great Compline w. Great Canon

    Tuesday, March 19

    6:00PM Great Compline w. Great Canon

    Wednesday, March 20

    6:00AM Presanctified Liturgy

    6:00PM Great Compline w. Great Canon

    Thursday, March 21

    6:00PM Great Compline w. Great Canon

    Friday, March 22

    10:00AM Homeschool Co-op

    4:45PM Confessions

    6:00PM Akathist Hymn

    7:00PM Lenten Soup Supper

    Saturday, March 23

    8:00AM Orthros, Divine Liturgy and Memorial Service

    10:00AM Needlework Club meeting

    4:00PM Confession

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, March 24

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    11:30AM Greek Independence Day Luncheon

    11:45AM SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY

    6:00PM Pan Orthodox Vespers at Holy Trinity GOC in Dallas

    Monday, March 25

    5:30AM Orthros and Divine Liturgy

    4:45PM Confessions

    6:00PM Great Compline

    Wednesday, March 27

    5:45PM Presanctified Liturgy

    7:00PM Book and Soup for the Soul

    Friday, March 29

    10:00AM Homeschool Co-op

    4:45PM Confessions

    6:00PM Akathist Hymn

    Saturday, March 30

    8:30AM Men's Fellowship Breakfast MARCH

    10:00AM Praxis Baking Class - Prosphora (I)

    4:00PM Confession

    5:00PM Great Vespers

    Sunday, March 31

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    10:45AM Sunday School

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Parish Activities

REGULAR HOURS OF SERVICES

Great Vespers Saturdays at 5:00 PM.  Sundays Orthros at 8:30 AM and Divine Liturgy at 9:30 AM.  A Paraklesis Service si served most Wednesdays at 6PM. Confessions are heard Saturday at 4PM before Vespers or other times by appointment. 

Please check the Calendar for services during the week or any change in the schedule.


INFORMATION ABOUT HOLY COMMUNION

Holy Communion is a Sacrament reserved for Orthodox Faithful in good ecclesiastical standing, who have prepared according to the Canons of the Church by fasting, prayer and regular Confession, and attend the entire Divine Liturgy.

Orthodox faithful are encouraged to participate regularly in the Eucharist.  Yet, we need to examine ourselves responsibly before receiving (I Cor.11:28). If you are not Orthodox or you have not prepared for Holy Communion today, you can still partake of the Blessed Bread (Antidoron) that is distributed as a blessing for all, at the end of the Service. For the Presanctified Liturgy, we fast 6 hours before.


Inquirers/ Faith Enrichment (CATECHISM) Classes

Our catechism class is ongoing. The program is intended for people from various backgrounds, Christian or not, and is aiming to familiarize you with the theology, traditions and daily life of Orthodox Christians.

Contact Fr. Vasile for details.

We meet at 12:15 pm, in the Parish Hall, in High School classroom


TODAY EVENTS

Special Services: The rite of Forgiveness

2024 STEWARDSHIP and financials as of 3/16/2024

Goal:                                            $580,000

Pledged:                                          $389,777

Received To Date of Pledged:        $103,755

Pledges Submitted:                        144

TODAY, AFTER SERVICE:

  • NO Sunday School Class
  • Catechism Class, 12:15 pm
  • Philoptochos Annual Membership drives start. Look for a table in the Parish Center.
  • GOYA Ice Cream Fundraiser

BOOKSTORE:  A Lenten selection will be available soon

  • Psalter Books (pocket size $20 and large print $32);
  • Crucifixion of the King of Glory - $23

 

COFFEE HOUR: The coffee hour today is sponsored by Philoptochos. We need sponsors for the following Sundays.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

  • Mon, Mar. 18: Great Lent starts.
  • Please let us know if you want to be part of a PSALTER READING GROUP. Cristina Korzun (972)821-6161;
  • Fri, Mar. 221st Lenten Souper, after the Akathist Service. Please call / text Anastasia Parsons (817) 253-8115 to sign up to bring a Lenten soup or bread or salad or dessert. All proceeds will benefit Holy Cross Seminary.
  • Sat. Mar. 23: Saturday of the Miracle of the Kolyva. Memorial service for the departed. Bring your commemoration list and koliva.
  • Sat. Mar. 23, 10 am: Needlework Club meeting (parish hall)
  • Sun, Mar 24: SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY. We will have a procession with icons around the church. Please bring an icon
  • Sun, Mar 24: SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Please make note of the change in date)
  • Sat. Mar. 30, 8:30-10:00 am: Praxis Class: Men's Fellowship Breakfast in the Parish Hall.
  • Sat. Mar. 30, 10 am: Praxis Class: How to make prosphora I
  • Parish Center Deck Construction:  Please use extreme caution by avoiding the south side of the Parish Center to ensure we all maintain a safe worksite...especially our children!!   Any questions, please contact Joe Sullivan, Project Manager (817-733-0978)

PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS:

  • Philoptochos Scholarship - Deadline to submit: March 31.

WEEKLY PRAYER REQUEST

Prayer Request – March 17, 2024

(Please use the baptismal names when commemorating.

If the baptismal name is not available, please use the first name.)

 

Members of our parish who are in hospital or rehab:

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Leo Alexander                               Panteleimon
  • Tami Brugman                               

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

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Kost Bosnakis                                Konstantinos
  • Joyce Hofland
  • Velva Johnson                                Heleni
  • Bernard Peter Korzun                      Bernard Peter
  • Donna Morris                                   Spyridona

Members of our parish who are ill / in recovery:

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Wes Albaugh
  • Chrysanthi Andromalos                  Chrysanthi
  • Pat Ballas                                       Panayiota
  • Norma Balignot
  • Michael Bogdos                             Michael
  • Kassandra Bogordos                       Kassandra
  • Robin Boomstra
  • Olivia & Nathaniel Brugman           
  • Dennis Cannelis                             Kostantinos
  • Jason Caros                                    Jason
  • Barbara Chokas                              Barbara
  • Margaret Chokas                            Maria
  • Tim Cline                                       Timothy
  • Edward Tex Collins                        Taxiarxhon
  • Helen Dieb                                     Helen
  • Orest & Refije Duka                       Anesti & Katherine
  • Vickie Dunham                              Photinia
  • Ana Forcum                                   Ana
  • Gwendolyn Franklyn
  • Heather Gregoire                            Mary
  • Jennifer Hock                                 Zenobia
  • Slavica Ivovic                                Slavica
  • Michael Jeznach                             Michael
  • Virginia Karegeannes                      Catherine
  • Abraham Maayeh                           Abraham
  • Michel Mavias                               Michael
  • Themis & Zoe Mavrelli                  Euthymia & Zoe
  • Laura & Liliana Nicolescu              Laura & Liliana Gabriela
  • Konstantinos Papaioannou              Konstantinos
  • Mercy Parojinog
  • Arabella Parson                              Helena
  • Mario Reyes                                   Anthony
  • Nicholas Rodakis                           Nicholas
  • Ted Sarros                                      John
  • Robert Steffaro                               Rodion
  • Vasile & Madalina Tache                Vasile & Madalina
  • Oleg Tiganiuc                                 Oleg
  • Sarah Varvaris                               Sara
  • Georgia Vratinina                           Georgia
  • Ronald Warkentin

Members of our parish who have chronic illnesses:

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Gabriel & Rita Abanoub                 Gabriel & Rita
  • Andrew Lucas Burlacu
  • Ashley Choate                                Maria Magdalena
  • Elizabeth Cronin                            Elizabeth
  • Samiha Gayed                                Samiha
  • Michael Genovezos                        Michael
  • Mavra Grimm                                Mavra
  • Harry Karegeannes                         Haralambos
  • Gregory Kerbow                            Gregory
  • John Koutsoufis                             Ioannis
  • Emilia Lueth                                  Emilia
  • George Manos                                George
  • Michaela Miller                              Michaela
  • Gail Poriotis                                   Evangelia
  • Georgia Souris                               Georgia
  • Ann & Amy Nicole Sullivan           Ana & Nicole
  • Jason Sullivan                                Jason
  • Dean Theophilou                            Constantine
  • Kristy Warkentin                            Parascheva
  • George Vittas                                 George, Reader

Members of our parish with limited mobility:

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Dr. Lucille Howton                         Lucille
  • Marika Shackelford                        Maria

Members of our parish who fell asleep in the Lord in the last 40 days:

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Besnik Duka
  • Eleanor Harris

 

As this information is not always easy to find, kindly let us know of anyone else that should be on this list. (817) 283-2291; office@stjohndfw.info. Thank you for your help!


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Announcements and Forms for Various Activities

    2024 Stewardship Card

    2024 Stewardship Card

    Please fill out the card and bring it / mail it to the church office


    Join the ADVOCATES+ Program

    Join the ADVOCATES+ Program

    "When we give from our blessings to the ADVOCATES+ Program of the Metropolis, we give knowing that the fund supports the ministries of the Church which help our spiritual growth. In other words, we give to the most important entity in our lives, the Church, which our Lord Jesus Christ established for our salvation in His coming Kingdom" - Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver


    Commemoration List

    Commemoration List

    Please fill out your new commemoration list for 2023. Remember to write the date and your family name. Only Baptismal names (or first names if non-Orthodox) are needed.


    Guide for Confession

    Guide for Confession

    Guide for Confession


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