Church Bulletin - Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

PUBLISH DATE: May 14, 2009

Epistle Reading
Acts 11:19-30

IN THOSE DAYS, those apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
John 4:5-42

At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to ...Read Full Text >

Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
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Constantine & Helen, Equal-to-the Apostles
May 21 ...Read Full Text >

Apolytikion of the Church
O Commanders of the Heavenly Host, we the unworthy beseech you, that through your entreaties you will fortify us, guarding us in the shelter of the wings of your ethereal glory, even as we fervently bow before you crying: "Deliver us from all danger, as Commanders of the Powers on high!

Kontakion
With the divine and righteous Moses and Aaron, the Prophets' choir today rejoiceth with gladness, seeing their prophecy fulfilled now in our midst; for Thy Cross, O Christ our God, whereby Thou hast redeemed us, shineth in the sight of all as the end and fulfilment of that which they foretold in ancient times. By their entreaties, have mercy upon us all. - Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery

Kontakion
The Samaritan Woman, having come to the well in faith, beheld You, the Water of Wisdom from which she drank plentifully and inherited the Heavenly Kingdom as one who is blessed forever. -Translation by Narthex Press

He shows that she is worthy to hear and not to be overlooked, and then He reveals Himself. For she, as soon as ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 31 on John 3, 4th Century

Parish Information
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta
2480 Clairmont Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Phone: 404-634-9345
Fax: 404-634-2471
Website: www.atlmetropolis.org
Email: info@atlmetropolis.org

Proistamenos: His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios

THE SOURCE OF HOPE AND LIFE
Fr. Panayiotis Papageorgiou, HOLY TRANSFIGURATION, Marietta, GA
"And have hope in God, . . . that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust." (Acts 24:15)
Christ is Risen! we cry out over and over again as we celebrate this momentous historical event-the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
There has been nothing else in human history that has gripped human ...Read Full Text >

May 15, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS` REFLECTIONS ON THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
My dearly beloved in the Lord,

“The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him.” (John 4:23).

As we have said before, the Sundays after Pascha, like the Sundays of Great Lent, ...Read Full Text >

May 15, 2009
REQUEST FOR PARISH DIRECTORIES
Reverend Clergy, Presidents and esteemed Parish Council members of the Holy and God-protected Metropolis of Atlanta

“Behold, now is the accepted time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.”
2nd Corinthians 6:2

I greet you today with love in the Name of our Risen Lord ...Read Full Text >

May 14, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS CONGRATULATES OUR GRADUATES
May 2009

My dear Spiritual Children,

“Grow in Grace and Knowledge of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”
(2 Peter 3:18)

I wanted to take this opportunity to convey my personal congratulations with paternal love and my hierarchal blessings to all our graduates. As ...Read Full Text >

May 14, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS MESSAGE ON THE NEW MILITARY ORTHODOX BIBLE
Reverend Clergy, Monks and Nuns and the Faithful of the Holy and God-protected Metropolis of Atlanta

My dearly beloved in the Lord,

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the ...Read Full Text >

May 14, 2009
HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN ALEXIOS on AHEPA SUNDAY
This Sunday May 17 has been designated by His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios to honor the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the largest and oldest American-based, Greek heritage organization. As you know, AHEPA was founded on July 26, 1922 in Atlanta, to combat the ...Read Full Text >

PRISON MINISTRY AWARENESS SUNDAY, MAY 24
Monday, May 11, 2009
...for the captives and for their salvation,
let us pray to the Lord.
The Great Litany

May 24, 2009
The Sixth Sunday of Pascha

The Hierarchs of the Standing Conference
of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas
To all the Clergy and the Laity of the Holy Orthodox Churches in the Americas

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Christ is Risen!

We, the Hierarchs of SCOBA, have, by the grace of God, been blessed to designate the Sixth Sunday of Pascha, this year on May 24, 2009, to be Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday in all Orthodox parishes of North America. Although Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM) is the youngest Agency of SCOBA, it fulfills the direct and clear Evangelical command of the Lord, I was in prison, and you came unto Me (St. Matthew 25:36). Nevertheless, even if we all do not or cannot visit those in prisons, we all can participate ...Read Full Text >

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