Sunday Services:
Orthros: 8am Liturgy: 9am
Weekday Services: (unless otherwise noted)
Orthros: 8am Liturgy: 9am
Saint Myron was a priest during the reign of Decius, when Antipater was ruler of Achaia. On the day of our Lord's Nativity, Antipater entered the church to seize the Christians and punish them. Saint Myron, kindled with holy zeal, roundly insulted Antipater, for which he was hung up and scraped, then cast into a raging furnace, but was preserved unharmed. When Myron refused to worship the idols, Antipater commanded that strips be cut in the Saint's flesh from his shoulders to his feet; the Saint took one of the strips of his flesh and flung it in the tyrant's face. He was beaten, and scraped again upon his beaten flesh; then he was thrown to wild beasts, but when Antipater saw them leaving off their fierce nature and protecting the Saint from harm, he was overcome with unbearable shame and slew himself. The Saint was then sent to Cyzicus, where the proconsul had him beheaded, about the year 250.
With joy and Thanksgiving to God, we announce the betrothal of
Destiny Nicole Brock to Luis Felipe Pappas
The blessing of the rings ceremony will take place immediately following Divine Liturgy in the church on Sunday August 17, 2025. All are invited to witness this blessed event as the couple begins their journey towards Holy Matrimony.
A special coffee hour will be held in honor of the newly engaged couple.
Fr. Paul and Presvytera Donna
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Festival Baking Dates
Galaktobouriko
August 18th - 10am
August 19th - 10am
Kourambiedes
August 28th - 10am
Diples
September 20th-10am
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The Philoptochos is requesting your assistance in gathering NEW baby items to be donated to a COMMUNITY BABY SHOWER event sponsored by the Fulfill Food Bank to be held September 30 in Toms River. This local event will provide over 75 needy expectant mothers with essential basic supplies for their new precious babies!
Items needed:
Diapers
Wipes
Baby Lotion
Formula/Baby Food
Infant Clothing
Layette Items
Gift Cards also accepted
Donations can be dropped off at St. Barbara and placed in the plastic bin outside the office
NO LATER THAN AUGUST 24
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OUR 2025 GREEK FESTIVAL NEEDS VOLUNTEERS!
A signup Genius was sent out via email with times and stations to donate your time. We do however have an urgent need for able-bodied individuals to help with the Volunteer Parking with the back and side parking lot and to assist with directing the busses and helping visitors on and off the busses. Fluorescent vests, whistles, and flashlights will be provided. Please contact Sotiris Sergiou at 732-740-6173 if you can help with this critical aspect of the festival.
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Dear St. Barbara Stewards,
Thanks to your generous support of the Energy Program, we have successfully installed new equipment to improve our church facilities. This includes upgraded lighting in the gym, hall, church, basement, wall packs, and parking lot, as well as new heating systems for the church and basement and a rooftop HVAC system for the offices.
Your contributions are making a real difference! More HVAC systems are scheduled to be installed, and we will keep you updated on our progress. Please continue to support this vital project, as it benefits us all and reflects the love we share for St. Barbara.
Thank you for your dedication and generosity!
Tony Verikios, Member of the Parish Council
Energy Project Coordinator
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For those wishing to follow the Divine Liturgy on the internet please be aware of the following WIFI:
St Barbara 2.4PRO
Password: 0123456789
Prokeimenon. First Mode. 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 First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16.
Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
10th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 17:14-23
At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day."
Today, August 17
10th Sunday of Matthew
Memorial
William Blaum 42 year
Pauline Blaum 9 year
Helen Kelly 9 year
Nomikos Koutouzis 35 year
Tabitha Koutouzis 21 year
Murad Coury 15 year
Matthew Koutouzis 15 year
Harry Koutouzis 10 year
Mark Rockwell 8 year
Violette Rockwell 6 year
Michael Koutouzis 3 year
Vickie Wagner 4 month
Baby Blessing
Nathan Depaolo
Child of Morgan & Nick
AHEPA Coffee Hour
Monday, August 18
Galaktobouriko Baking 10 am
Tuesday, August 19
Galaktobouriko Baking 10am
Wednesday, August 20
Kali Parea
Thursday, August 21
Parish Council Full Board Meeting 7pm
Friday, August 22
24 Hour Cancer Research Dance-A-Thon 9am Friday-9am Saturday
Felipe & Destiny Blessing of the Rings
Greek Dance-A-Thon
Backpack Blessing
2025 Festival
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