Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Publish Date: 2024-06-16
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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (313)965-2988
  • Fax:
  • (313) 965-2428
  • Street Address:

  • 707 E. Lafayette Blvd.

  • Detroit, MI 48226


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Services Schedule

Sunday Service
Matins 9:00 am
Divine Liturgy 10:00 am


Past Bulletins


Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

O Christ, the angelic powers appeared at Your tomb, the guards were as dead, and Mary stood by the sepulcher, seeking Your sacred body. You destroyed Hades yet remained untouched by it. You encountered the Virgin and through her, bestowed Life. Glory to You who has risen from the dead!

Apolytikion for Holy Ascension in the Fourth Mode

O Christ our God, You ascended in Glory and gladdened Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit. Your blessing assured them that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.

Apolytikion for Fathers of the 1st Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode

O Christ our God, upon fulfilling Your dispensation for our sake, You ascended in Glory, uniting the earthly with the heavenly. You were never separate but remained inseparable, and cried out to those who love You, "I am with you and no one is against you."
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Tenth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 21:1-14

At that time, Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and He revealed Himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask Him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after He was raised from the dead. .


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 Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36.

IN THOSE DAYS, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.


Gospel Reading

Fathers of the 1st Council
The Reading is from John 17:1-13

At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now, Father, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.

"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are mine; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."


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Saints and Feasts

June 16

Fathers of the 1st Council

The heresiarch Arius was a Libyan by race and a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria. In 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son and Word of God, saying that He is not true God, consubstantial with the Father, but is rather a work and creation, alien to the essence and glory of the Father, and that there was a time when He was not. This frightful blasphemy shook the faithful of Alexandria. Alexander, his Archbishop, after trying in vain to correct him through admonitions, cut him off from communion and finally in a local council deposed him in the year 321. Yet neither did the blasphemer wish to be corrected, nor did he cease sowing the deadly tares of his heretical teachings; but writing to the bishops of other cities, Arius and his followers requested that his doctrine be examined, and if it were unsound, that the correct teaching be declared to him. By this means, his heresy became universally known and won many supporters, so that the whole Church was soon in an uproar.

Therefore, moved by divine zeal, the first Christian Sovereign, Saint Constantine the Great, the equal to the Apostles, summoned the renowned First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was there that the shepherds and teachers of the Church of Christ gathered from all regions in the year 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God, and they composed the holy Symbol of Faith up to the seventh article (since the remainder, beginning with "And in the Holy Spirit," was completed by the Second Ecumenical Council). Thus they anathematized the impious Arius of evil belief and those of like mind with him, and cut them off as rotten members from the whole body of the faithful.

Therefore, recognizing the divine Fathers as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honour, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith.


June 16

Tychon the Wonderworker

This Saint was born of pious Christian parents and flourished in the fifth century. Because of his piety and purity of life he was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Amathus, and later was made Bishop of Amathus by the great Epiphanius (see May 12). He worked many signs and wonders and turned many from the worship of idols unto Christ. Once he planted a vine in the ground and it wondrously sprouted and brought forth ripe grapes. After his death, on his annual feast-day on June 16, it being yet early in the season, that vine would be laden with unripe grapes, as is natural; but as the Divine Liturgy began, the grapes would begin to darken, and by the end of it, they would be fully ripened. The third of the Vespers stichera in the Menaion service to Saint Tychon alludes to this yearly miracle.


June 16

40 Martyrs of Rome


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Archdiocese News

Falling Asleep in the Lord of Rev. Robert George Stephanopoulos, PhD, Dean Emeritus Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity June 19, 2024

06/20/2024

Reverend Robert George Stephanopoulos, PhD, Dean Emeritus Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, fell asleep in the Lord today, June 19, 2024.


Workshops at the 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress in San Diego

06/20/2024

The 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina will feature engaging workshops for attendees. On Tuesday, July 2, these workshops will include sessions focusing on addiction ministries and support groups, ecumenical families, mental health ministries, interparish associations, and youth safety.


Metropolis of Chicago Council Member Helen Alexander Honored with PSEKA Conalis-Kontou Award

06/20/2024

Helen was the recipient of the Conalis-Kontou Award which is given to an exemplary individual who works tirelessly behind the scenes and makes a significant contribution to the bilateral relations of Cyprus and the United States.


Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine Hosts Juneteenth Ecumenical Prayer Service

06/20/2024

NEW YORK, NY – On the occasion of Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the USA, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America held an Ecumenical Prayer Service at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero in New York.


Rev. Fr. Sebastian Mot, LTJG, CHC, USN and Rev. Dn. John Kokenis, LT, USN reported to the Naval Chaplaincy School at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island for their Basic Leadership Course in Professional Naval Chaplaincy

06/20/2024

On June 10th, 2024 Rev. Fr. Sebastian Mot, LTJG, CHC, USN and Rev. Dn. John Kokenis, LT, USN reported to the Naval Chaplaincy School at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island for their Basic Leadership Course in Professional Naval Chaplaincy. The naval training course develops skills to not only provide pastoral care and Liturgical services for Orthodox men and women serving in the Armed Forces and their families, but to also respond to the spiritual needs of all sailors and marines of all religious backgrounds.


2024 CrossRoad Summer Institute Session 1 Begins in Boston, MA

06/19/2024

Session 1 of the 2024 CrossRoad Summer Institute is off to a great start! In the last few days, participants have arrived in Boston, MA and begun forming genuine, lasting friendships.


The National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians Annual Meeting to Join Affiliated Ministries at the 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress

06/19/2024

The National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians will hold their annual meeting in conjunction with the 2024 Clergy Laity Congress June 29 – July 3, 2024. Indeed, “In Christ, we are One!”. The National Forum is the Music Ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, whose purpose is to strengthen and perpetuate liturgical music and elevate the worship experience of the Greek Orthodox Church through its liturgical music.


His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey Celebrates Feast of Our Lord at Ascension Greek Orthodox Church in Fairview, NJ

06/18/2024

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey celebrated the Feastday of the Ascension of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at the Ascension Greek Orthodox Church in Fairview, New Jersey.


Keeping the Greek rural areas alive through Strengthening the Agricultural Sector

06/18/2024

While there are high-quality Greek products that are exported around the world offering high added value to the Greek economy, it is a fact that Greece's agricultural sector faces significant challenges and threats. The fragmentation of arable land, the small size of many production units and competition from third countries that either produce products with economies of scale or have greater marketing resources are putting considerable pressure on Greek production.


St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine Celebrates the 256th Anniversary of Greek Landing Day June 26, 2024

06/18/2024

Family and Friends are invited to join the City of St. Augustine Greek Landing Day Proclamation and Colonists’ Memorial at the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine located at 41 St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida.


Metropolis of Boston Thriving Congregations Initiative Microgrants Now Available

06/18/2024

As part of the Metropolis of Boston's Thriving Congregations Initiative grant proposal, parishes are able to apply each year for a 'microgrant' from the larger grant pool. Parishes that have been actively engaged in each phase of the TCI program are eligible to apply for two different sums of funding. Parishes may apply for increased funding with a neighboring parish or parishes.


Registration Open for Orthodox Christian Fellowship's 2024 Summer Leadership Institute

06/18/2024

SLI is a place to discover and discern your vocation as an Orthodox Christian. Don’t hesitate. Join Orthodox Christian Fellowship and Hellenic College Holy Cross this summer from August 5-11!


Rev. Nicolas Kazarian, Ecumenical Officer of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, Offers Invocation at Installation of American Bible Society President and CEO Dr. Jennifer Holloran

06/17/2024

On behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, Rev. Nicolas Kazarian, Ecumenical Officer of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, offered the invocation during the installation of the American Bible Society’s new President and CEO, Dr. Jennifer Holloran.


Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Worcester, MA Grants Youth Awards, Certificates, and Scholarships

06/17/2024

Sunday, June 16, 2024 was tremendous day at St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Worcester, MA, with the parish celebrating Father's Day by honoring their fathers in word and their children in deed by granting them awards, certificates, and scholarships from multiple sources.


Juneteenth Ecumenical Prayer Service at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at World Trade Center (New York) June 19, 2024

06/17/2024

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at World Trade Center (New York) will host the first Juneteenth Ecumenical Prayer Service on June 19, 2024, at 12 p.m. ET.


The Black American Orthodox Experience on OCN, Season 2 Episode 9: An Interview with Demetrius and Thekla Caldwell: Being Authentically Black American and Authentically Orthodox

06/17/2024

In this nineth episode of “The Black American Orthodox Experience” (season 2), a collaboration of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Orthodox Christian Network, Rev. Samuel Davis engages in a profound conversation with two recent converts, Demetrius and Thekla, who have embraced Orthodoxy over the past year.


Sunday Sermon Series: Holy Pentecost June 23

06/17/2024

This week, find insights about the upcoming Gospel reading, where we learn about Jesus making us vessels of living water. What is the mission of the Church? How can we understand God as a Trinity? How does the Holy Spirit sustain the Church as a community of believers?


Gold Coast AHEPA Chapter 456 Hosts Dr. George Demacopoulos to discuss Orthodoxy and its Geopolitical Impact

06/17/2024

On June 5th, 2024 the AHEPA Gold Coast Chapter 456 hosted Dr. George Demacopoulos, Professor of Theology at Fordham University, as a special event at Archangel Michael Church. The evening, which is a continuation of the Chapter’s commitment to hosting guest lecturers, was focused on the role Orthodox Christianity has played in the war between Russia and Ukraine.


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Wisdom of the Fathers

For there is One God, and One Mediator between God and Man, the Man Christ Jesus. For He still pleads even now as Man for my salvation; ...
St. Gregory the Theologian
4th Theological Oration, 4th Century

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