Prokeimenon. Fourth Tone. Psalm 103.24,1.
O Lord, how manifold are your works. You have made all things in wisdom.
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul.
The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20.
Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
6th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 8:26-39
At that time, as Jesus arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes and he lived not in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me." For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss. Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. When the herdsmen saw what happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying, "Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
Holy Bread (Prosphora) and Coffee Hour is offered by: The Namee Family in honor of Donna's 90th Birthday
Orthodox servants of God, that they may have mercy, life, peace, health, salvation and visitation: Donna, Roberta, Leslie, Christina, Joseph, Jacquelyn, Grace, Carson, Barrett, Simon, Hannah, Faith, Sophia, Luke, Reese, Alexa, Vivian, Bruce
The servants of God departed this life in the hope of resurrection unto life eternal: Sheila Cecelia, Ernest, Joseph, Saleemy, Hafid, Thelma, Sam, Joann, Nickolas, Zahia, Louie, Tom, Phil, George, Crystal, Freda, Salem, Lasema, May, Selma, Robert, AND John, Ken, Crystal, Chuck
Trisagion Prayers of Mercy offered for the repose of: Sheila Cairns
Your prayers are requested:
Nadia Abdelmaseh, George Augst, Kh. Cindy Baize, Dawneen Banks, Karl Beal, Dn. Stephen Beasley, Anita Bourgerie, Dennis Bourgerie, Joseph Broz, Jim Buckler, Teresa C., Deana Carothers, Roy Clark, George Cochran, Elisabeth Esquivel, Weine Habtemariam, Jacqueline Howk, Jordan Kaab, Marissa Katherine, Edwin Kerley & family, Kandace Khoury, Mary Ann Khoury, Michael and Robin Khoury and family, Marlo and Sue Kinsey, Sean and Valerie Lehl & family, Matthew and Erica Lockwood, Linda Love, Donna Namee, Robbie Namee, Barbara Nassif, Lee Rosenbaum, Dolores Shaheen, Michelle Shaheen, Annalise Shearer, Danny Shipman, Brian Smith, Bonita Somerhalder, Rod & Becky Steven, Jacob Taylor, Corina, Cristian, and Iulian Todorache, Autumn and Kim Volhein, Sam Vulgamore, Andrea Vulgamore, Christina Vulgamore, Mary Vulgamore, Davin and Auggie Wallace, Glen Willett, Jadallah Wolf, Kouri Wolf, Marcia Pinkerton-Wolfe, Elena Zamfir
May God remember all of them and us in His Kingdom.
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Fr Aaron will be out of the office for the annual Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America Clergy Brotherhood Retreat from the afternoon of Monday, October 26 - the morning of Thursday, October 29. During his absence, he may still be reached via email, text, or phone, but may be slower than usual to respond due to the retreat.
The West-Side Orthodox Mission community will be meeting each Monday at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church (8021 W 21st St N). A potluck meal will begin at 6pm. Education & Little Compline will begin at 6:30pm and end by 7:30pm. If you cannot make the potluck, you are still welcome to attend for education/prayer. Please feel free to bring children or guests.
Many of our parishioners and friends have asked for an online option to make contributions to our parish. We now have this option on our website. You can make donations online for any reason: pledges, memorial gifts and special collections. You simply need to earmark your donation if it is for a memorial/special collection. If you choose to give online, we respectfully request you cover the associated fees. To give, you may visit the following webpage: Donate to St. Mary
Our text message system operates through tithe.ly. We need anyone who wants to receive text messages from the church to sign up for this service (even if you had already signed up using our previous Remind system). You can join by following these quick steps:
- Text the phone number 855-516-9861 with the following phrase in the message box: STMARYTEXT
- Click on the link sent back to you via text and fill out your name (having your name will make it much easier for us in the future to create separate groups, such as the Parish Council, the Belles of St Mary, etc.).
- Check the box giving permission to receive texts.
- Click the "Submit" button.
Once you have done this, you should be automatically added to our text message list. Contact Fr Aaron if you have any issues.
Emmelia Warwick (10/26), Connie Stevens (10/27).
May God grant them many years!
8:50AM Matins
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Church School
2:30PM Melissa Freeman Wedding
6:00PM Dynamic Marriage - Session 5
DOWAMA Clergy Brotherhood Retreat
8:00AM Divine Liturgy ~ St Demetrios
5:30PM Parish Council Meeting
6:30PM Bible Study
7:15PM OCF Meeting @ St Mary
4:30PM Confession
5:00PM Great Vespers
Daylight Saving Time Ends
8:50AM Matins
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Church School
11:30AM Potluck Coffee Hour
5:00PM Fall Festival
6:00PM Dynamic Marriage - Session 6
6:00PM Daily Vespers
6:30PM Book Study ("The Orthodox Way")
6:30PM Bible Study
6:00PM Great Vespers ~ St Raphael of Brooklyn
7:30AM Belles Making Holy Bread
8:50AM Festal Matins ~ St Raphael of Brooklyn
10:00AM Divine Liturgy ~ St Raphael of Brooklyn
4:30PM Confession
5:00PM Great Vespers
8:50AM Matins
10:00AM Divine Liturgy
11:00AM Church School
11:30AM Annual General Meeting w/Teen SOYO Lunch & Bake Sale
5:00PM Orthodoxy on Tap
6:00PM Dynamic Marriage - Session 7
These Martyrs were disciples of Saint Paul the Confessor (see Nov. 6). Martyrius was a subdeacon, Marcian a chanter and reader. They were beheaded by the Arians in the year 346. Miracles were wrought at their tomb, and demons were cast out; Saint John Chrysostom began the building of the church in their honour in Constantinople, and it was completed by patriarch Sisinius.
Saint Demetrius was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bath-house. While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, aquaintance of Demetrius', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Demetrius, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Demetrius was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword.
The Feast of the Protection commemorates the appearance of the most holy Theotokos in the Church of Blachernae in Constantinople in the tenth century, as recorded in the life of Saint Andrew the Fool for Christ's sake. While the multitudes of the faithful were gathered in church, Epiphanius, the friend of Saint Andrew, through the Saint's prayers, beheld the Virgin Mary above the faithful and spreading out her veil over them, signifying her unceasing protection of all Christians. Because of this we keep a yearly feast of gratitude, imploring our Lady never to cease sheltering us in her mighty prayers.
The Feast is celebrated on October 1. In the 1950s, the Church of Greece began to observe the Feast on October 28.
Saint Anastasia, who was young in age and lived in a convent, was seized by the impious. Confessing Christ openly and with boldness and enduring manifold torments, she was beheaded in the year 256, during the reign of Valerian.
FALL FESTIVAL
YOUTH & SEMINARY MONTH
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October 25, 2026