Saint Dimitri Orthodox Chruch - This Month's Events

June 15: Feast of Pentecost

June 5: Feast of Ascension

June 29: All Saints of North America

Additional Information for Services in MAY
May 4 Divine Liturgy Sunday of Saint Thomas 10:00 a.m.
May 11 Divine Liturgy Sunday of the Myrrhbeaering Women10:00 a.m.
May 18 Divine Liturgy - Sunday of Man with Palsy 10:00 a.m.
May 25 Divine Liturgy - Sunday of Woman of Samaria 10:00 a.m.

JUNE

June 1 Divine Liturgy - Sunday of the Blind Man 10:00 a.m.

June 3 Vespers of the Leavetaking of Pascha 6:30 p.m

June 4 Vespers of the Feast of Ascension 6:30 p.m...

June 5 Divine Liturgy - Feast of the Ascension 9:00 a.m.

Weekend of June 7-8 There will be no Great Vespers

SUNDAY June 8th there will be READER'S Service 10:00 a.m.

June 14 Great Vespers of Holy Pentecost 5:00 p.m.

June 15 Divine Liturgy - Feast of Pentecost 10:00 a.m.

June 22 Divine Liturgy - Sunday of All Saints 10:00 a.m.

June 29 Divine Liturgy - Sunday of All Saints of North America 10:00 a.m.

The Hours are read every Sunday beginning at 9:30 a.m.before Divine Liturgy
Great Vespers begin every Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m.(note time)
Daily Vespers begin every Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. except during
Great Lent when Presanctified Liturgy begins at 6:30 p.m.

Singing Practice Saturdays evenings begins at 6:00 p.m.

Confessions are heard Saturday evenings after Vespers, Sunday mornings before Hours, or by appointment. Please call Fr. John 661-7466

Contact info@stdimitri.org - www.stdimitri.org

Fasting during Great Lent

James Payton, a Protestant theologian who has a particular interest
in Orthodoxy, explains the Orthodox view of this event in this passage
from his great new book, "Light From the Christian East":

According to the Orthodox understanding of what transpired
in the temptation of our first parents, the serpent offered a shortcut
to the goal Adam and Eve were to achieve. He offered them another way
to be "like God" (Gen. 3:5) -- namely, eating the very fruit God had
forbidden to them. The temptation they faced did not invite them
entirely to abandon God's purpose for them; indeed, it set the same
purpose before them. However, the alternative path offered by the
serpent involved turning from God and the faithful communion with him
which they were called to practice. Thus, from an Orthodox perspective,
the serpent's temptation was especially insidious: he offered the
inexperienced another simpler way to achieve the goad God had for them.
Thus, the poisonous denial of God's veracity ("You will not die" [Gen.
3:4]) and of his generosity ("for God knows when you eat of it your
eyes will be opened" [Gen. 3:5]) was disguised with the honey of an
easier route to God's intended goal for humanity ("you will be like
God" [Gen. 3:5]).

The Great Lenten Prayer of St Ephraim:
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despondency, lust for power and idle talk.
(Prostration)
But grant unto me, Thy servant, a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love.
(Prostration)
Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see mine own faults and not to judge my brothers and sisters. For blessed art Thou unto ages of ages. Amen.
(Prostration)
O God, cleanse Thou me a sinner. (12 times, with as many bows, and then again the whole prayer from the beginning throughout, and after that one great prostration)

A Prayer of Glory to Christ:

Glory to Thee, Lord.
What shall I give Thee, Lord, in return for all Thy kindness?
Glory to Thee for Thy love.
Glory to Thee for Thy mercy.
Glory to Thee for Thy patience.
Glory to Thee for forgiving us all our sins.
Glory to Thee for coming to save our souls.
Glory to Thee for Thine incarnation in the Virgin's womb.
Glory to Thee for Thy bonds.
Glory to Thee for receiving the cut of the lash.
Glory to Thee for accepting mockery.
Glory to Thee for Thy crucifixion.
Glory to Thee for Thy burial.
Glory to Thee for Thy resurrection.
Glory to Thee who were preached to men and women.
Glory to Thee in whom they believed.
Glory to Thee who were taken up into Heaven.
Glory to Thee who sit in great glory at the Father's right hand.
Glory to Thee whose will it is that the sinner should be saved
through Thy great mercy and compassion.

Calenders for 2008 will be available the first week in December. #1 - Calender printed by Saint Tikhon Monastery with readings (Lectionary) for each day as well as Feast Days. 2008 edition has a beautiful icon of Christ for each month ($4.00) #2 - Calender from Saint Michael's Skete with beautiful photographs of the Skete in Canones and surrounding areas and selections from Psalms to accompany each photograph ($12.00).... Call 660-9113 or 661-7466 or ask about calendars any time at church.

Radio Program

Temporarily on hold
Starting July 29th, Saint DImitri Orthodox Church will begin a series of radio broadcasts on Los Alamos' local radio station KRSN - 1490 AM,

The program of music and meditation of the Ancient Christian Faith may be heard Sunday mornings from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Father John will initiate the series with a discussion of Orthodox Worship and selections of liturgical music.
We invite your comments and questions.
Contact:505-661-7466 or info@stdimitri.org OR rlhennies@gmail.com (Fr. John)

Saint Dimitri of Rostov

This weekend Saint Dimitri will observe its patronal feast day honoring Saint Dimitri of Rostov who is the patron of the community. On Saturday October 27, the service of Great Vespers will begin at 4:00 p.m. followed by a fellowship meal in the church hall.
During the Vespers service there will be included the litiya' or service of supplication which consists of hymns and prayers and the blessing of wheat, bread, wine and oil.
Priest Monk John from Saint Michael Skete near Canones will concelebrate the evening Vespers. Divine Liturgy will be celebrated by Father John on Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Saint Dimitri, Metropolitan of Rostov, was one of the most celebrated preachers in the history of the Russian Church. In hymns he is referred to as the "Chrysostom of Russia." He was born near Kiev in 1651 and entered the Kiev Academy at an early age. He was forced to give up his studies because of war and after leaving the academy continued to study on his own until he entered a Chernigov monastery. Three years later he was ordained as priest. When Dimitri was 33 years old, the Abbot of the Lavra of the Liev Caves, knowing his scholastic abilities, called him to compile a Russian-language Lives of the Saints, a work which he devoted himself to intensely for twenty-five years. This renowned 12-volume work was completed in 1704.