St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2024-06-16
Bulletin Contents
Welcome!
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Calendar
Parish Activities
From The Metropolis of Denver
Announcements and Forms for Various Activities

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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 Zachary Reimer


[email protected] | (817) 283-2291

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!

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 

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The texts for daily services are available here:

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

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

Our 2024 STEWARDSHIP NEEDS YOUR HELP. 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

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

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 19

Thaddeus (Jude) the Apostle & Brother of Our Lord

The Apostle Jude was of the choir of the Twelve, and by Luke was called Jude, the brother of James the Brother of God (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13), and therefore also a kinsman of the Lord according to His humanity. But by Matthew (10:3), he is called Lebbaeus, surnamed Thaddeus (he is not the Thaddeus who healed the suffering of Abgar, as Eusebius says in his Eccl. Hist., 1:13; see Aug. 21). Saint Jude preached in Mesopotamia, Arabia, Idumea, and Syria, and, it is said, completed the path of his divine apostleship by martyrdom in Beirut in the year 80. Written after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, his is the last of the Catholic (General) Epistles to the believing Jews in the Diaspora. His name (a variant of Judah) means "Praise."

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

When the Angelic powers were at Your tomb, then they that guarded You became as dead. And Mary stood beside the grave seeking Your immaculate body. You devasted Hades and were not tried by it. You met the Virgin and granted life to us. O Lord Who are risen from the dead, glory to You.

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


Apolytikion for Holy Ascension in the Fourth Mode

Thou hast ascended in glory, O Christ our God, and gladdened Thy disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit; and they were assured by the blessing that Thou art the Son of God and Redeemer of the world.

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


Apolytikion for Fathers of the 1st 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


Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode

When Thou hadst fulfilled Thy dispensation for our sakes uniting things on earth with the Heavens, Thous didst ascend in glory, O Christ our God, departing not hence, but remaining inseparable from us and crying unto them that love Thee: I am with you, and no one can be against you.

Reading is under copyright and is used with permission, all rights reserved by: St. Anthony Greek Orthodox Monastery


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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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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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Calendar

  • STJB Calendar

    June 16 to June 30, 2024

    Sunday, June 16

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Philoptochos Father's Day Celebration

    Tuesday, June 18

    7:30PM Parish Council Meeting

    Wednesday, June 19

    6:00PM Paraklesis

    7:00PM Gladsome Light Dialogues

    Saturday, June 22

    3:30PM One music ministry rehearsal

    5:00PM Reader Vespers

    Sunday, June 23

    8:30AM Orthros

    9:30AM Divine Liturgy

    11:00AM Kneeling Vespers

    12:00PM Heritage Luncheon

    Wednesday, June 26

    6:00PM Paraklesis (Reader service)

    6:30PM Gladsome Light Dialogues

    Saturday, June 29

    9:00AM Men's Fellowship Breakfast

    5:00PM Reader Vespers

    Sunday, June 30

    8:30AM Orthros & Typika (Reader service)

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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 is 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

We just finished our 2023-2024 catechism program. A new class will start in September 2024. Contact Fr. Vasile for details.

 

 


TODAY EVENTS

Special Service: Arthoklasia (The blessing of the five loaves of bread) prayer for the health of the living fathers

 

2024 STEWARDSHIP and financials as of 6/16/2024

Goal:                                            $580,000

Pledged:                                          $455,554

Received To Date of Pledged:        $212,900

Pledges Submitted:                        174

 

TODAY, AFTER SERVICE:

BOOKSTORE: The mountain of Silence by Kyriacos Markides.

COFFEE HOUR: Please join us for coffee hour after the service. The Father’s Day Cake is offered by Philoptochos.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

  • Wednesday, June 19, 7:00 pm: Gladsome Light Dialogues. Featured book: The mountain of Silence by Kyriacos Markides.
  • Sunday, June 23: Heritage Luncheon. Bring a representative dish of the country you are coming from.
  • June 28: Deadline for FAITH scholarship applications for Greek Orthodox: www.thefaithendowment.org/scholarships
  • Saturday, June 29, 9:00 am – 10:30 am: Men's Fellowship Breakfast. Join us for breakfast and a brotherly spiritual talk!
  • July 15-19, 9am – 12:30 pm:  Vacation Bible School “Rooted in Christ” for ages 4 to 12. Please sign up on Realm.

Our kids will be producing a daily newscast about some gardening saints, the Green Patriarch, and snippets of our activities throughout the day. The newscast will be sent to parents later in the day after it is put together.

They will each receive a News Room Badge upon arrival with lots of fun activities planned throughout the day! Snacks, drinks, and popsicles (during our outdoor play time) will be provided daily as well. 

On Friday, they can wear a swimsuit and we will have our Friday Field Day with lots of fun games outside, including water balloons to help keep them cool.

Registration ends July 1st so we can put in our order for t-shirts. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Hock at 859-630-9157 (text or call).

The event is free, but donations will be accepted.

  • July 26-27: Philoptochos Garage / Rummage Sale. We are currently accepting donations.: Clean, gently used clothing (boys, girls, infant, men and ladies), Shoes, Appliances (all types), Toys, Rugs, Jewelry, Coats (boys, girls, infant, men and ladies), Athletic Equipment, Lamps, tables, chairs, aso. Please store them in the Sunday School classrooms, except the rooms with "Do Not Use" signs.

WEEKLY PRAYER REQUEST

Prayer Request – June 16, 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
  • Virginia Karegeannes                      Catherine
  • Vasiliki Leventis                            Vasiliki

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
  • 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
  • Jason Caros                                    Jason
  • Margaret Chokas                            Maria
  • Tim Cline                                       Timothy
  • Edward Tex Collins                        Taxiarchon
  • Helen Dieb                                     Helen
  • Orest & Refije Duka                       Anesti & Katherine
  • Vickie Dunham                              Photinia
  • Ana Forcum                                   Ana
  • Gwendolyn Franklyn
  • Heather Gregoire                            Mary
  • Jennifer Hock                                 Zenobia
  • Leslie Hock
  • Slavica Ivovic                                Slavica
  • Michael Jeznach                             Michael
  • Abraham Maayeh                           Abraham
  • Michael Mavias                              Michael
  • Themis & Zoe Mavrelli                  Euthymia & Zoe
  • Laura & Liliana Nicolescu              Laura & Liliana Gabriela
  • Mercy Parojinog
  • Arabella Parson                              Helena
  • Ruby Phillips
  • Mario & Candice Reyes                  Anthony & Candice
  • Nicholas Rodakis                           Nicholas
  • Ted Sarros                                      John
  • Robert Steffaro                               Rodion
  • Oleg & Valentina Tiganiuc             Oleg & Valentina
  • Sarah Varvaris                               Sara
  • Georgia Vratinina                           Georgia
  • Ronald Warkentin

Members of our parish who have chronic illnesses:

Name:                                           Baptismal name:

  • Gabriel, Rita & Marina Abanoub     Gabriel, Rita & Marina
  • Tami, Olivia & Nathaniel Brugman Dymphna, Theodora & Nathaniel
  • 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
  • Andreas Mihalakeas                       Andreas
  • Gail Poriotis                                   Evangelia
  • Georgia Souris                               Georgia
  • Ann, Jason & Amy Nicole Sullivan Ana, Jason & Nicole
  • Vasile & Madalina Tache                Vasile & Madalina
  • 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

Family members who fell asleep in the Lord in the last 40 days:

  • Mihai Berca                                   Mihai
  • Margaret Hayes French
  • Konstantinos Papaioannou              Konstantinos

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; [email protected]. Thank you for your help!


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From The Metropolis of Denver

Letter from Met. Nathanael

Encyclical Message


May 17, 2024

To the Reverend Clergy, the Devout Laity, and the Pious Monastics of the Holy Metropolis of Denver,

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

With a heart full of gratitude, I announce to you with great joy and solemnity that, guided by the Holy Spirit, on May 17, 2024, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has elected Bishop Constantine Moralis as Metropolitan of Denver. May His Eminence continue to shepherd you with wisdom, compassion, and faith.

As you celebrate this momentous occasion, I offer the following for consideration and implementation:

1. Commemoration of Metropolitan Constantine From this point forward, all clergy within the Holy Metropolis of Denver are to commemorate His Eminence Metropolitan Constantine in divine services (e.g. “For our Archbishop Constantine…” and “Among the first Lord, Remember our Archbishop Constantine….”). Let his name be lifted in prayer and thanksgiving, as he assumes the mantle of spiritual leadership entrusted to him by Jesus Christ and the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

2. Transitional Period As the locum tenens, I will continue to serve and support the Metropolis of Denver until the formal enthronement of Metropolitan Constantine. During this period, I will work closely with His Eminence to ensure a smooth and effective transition, assisting him as he steps into his new role as your spiritual father and leader.

3. Enthronement Ceremony The enthronement of Metropolitan Constantine will occur on Saturday, June 22nd at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption in Denver, CO. Further details regarding the enthronement will be communicated to you in the coming days.

Beloved friends, Let us unite in prayer and thanksgiving, asking for God’s blessings upon Metropolitan Constantine. May the Lord Jesus Christ grant him courage, wisdom, and discernment to shepherd you according to God’s divine will.

With love and profound admiration,

+NATHANAEL, Metropolitan of Chicago

Locum Tenens, Metropolis of Denver


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Announcements and Forms for Various Activities

    Newly Elected Metropolitan Constantine

    Newly Elected Metropolitan Constantine

    Read the attached document about the election of our New Metropolitan Constantine of Denver.

    2024 Stewardship Card

    2024 Stewardship Card

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

    Commemoration List

    Commemoration List

    Please fill out your new commemoration list for 2024. Remember to write the date and your family name. Only Baptismal names (or first names if non-Orthodox) are needed.

    Commemoration List Instructions

    Commemoration List Instructions

    Please read the instructions of how to write a commemoration list

    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

    Guide for Confession

    Guide for Confession

    Guide for Confession

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