St. Barbara Church, Durham, NC PUBLISH DATE: September 6, 2009

Epistle Reading
St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 16:13-24

BRETHREN, be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. ...Read Full Text >

Gospel Reading
Matthew 21:33-42
13th Sunday of Matthew

The Lord said this parable, "There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge ...Read Full Text >

The Miracle at Colassai of Archangel Michael
September 6 ...Read Full Text >

The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
September 8 ...Read Full Text >

The Holy & Righteous Ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna
September 9 ...Read Full Text >

Euphrosynos the Cook
September 11 ...Read Full Text >
Resurrectional Apolytikion Fourth Tone
Amen. When the tidings of the resurrection from the glorious angel was proclaimed unto the women disciples and our ancestral sentence also had been abolished to the Apostles with the boasting did they proclaim that death is vanquished ever more and Christ Our God has risen from the dead and granted to the world His great mercy. - Translation from Green Hymnal

Apolytikion of the Church
Let us honor Saint Barbara, for she hath broken the snares of the enemy; and like a sparrow, she, the all-modest maiden, was delivered out of them by the help and weapon of the Cross. - Translation by Holy Transfiguration Monastery

Kontakion
In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life." - Translation by Narthex Press
Many things does He intimate by this parable, God's providence, which had been exercised towards them from the  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century


... that even when prophets had been slain, He had not turned away from them, but had sent His very Son; that the  ...Read Full Text >
-St. John Chrysostom, Homily 68 on Matthew 21, 4th Century

Matins
9:30am Sundays at Hall-Wynne Chapel
1113 West Main Street - Durham NC

Liturgy
10:30am Sunday at Hall-Wynne Chapel

Parish Information
St. Barbara Church
P.O.Box 1149
Durham, NC 27702-1149

Phone: (919) 682-1414
Fax: (919) 960-4492
Website: www.stbarbarachurchnc.org/

Proistamenos: Rev. Fr. Andrew Koufopoulos
Email: Koufopoulos@Bellsouth.Net

Other Parish Info
Office hours - Tuesday - Friday 10:00 AM till Noon and 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Please note - when calling the Church you will be connected to the voice mail - you can either leave a message or press the "ZERO" key and your call will be transffered to Father's Office or his cell phone.

 
The Perfect Bond
"Be Alert, stand firm in the faith: be valiant and strong. Let all you do be done in love" (1 Cor.16:13-14).

As the hand of the Paul nears the end of this letter to the Christians of the Church of Corinth, he felt compelled to summarize this rather lengthy and important epistle. In a few short words. He achieves this goal when the inspiring words of the above quote: "Be alert, stand firm in the faith: be valiant ...Read Full Text >
September 2, 2009
HIS EMINENCE`S REFLECTIONS ON THE FEAST DAY OF THE ELEVATION OF THE HOLY AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS
Soon we will celebrate the blessed Feast Day of the Elevation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross.

The finding of the Holy Cross is of course an historical event. Naturally we all know the story of how St. Helena discovered the Cross in the foundation of the Temple in Jerusalem. St. Helena was ...Read Full Text >
Philoptochos to Meet:
The first Philoptochos Meeting of the new Ecclesiastical New Year will take place next Sunday September 13th after the Divine Liturgy. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending. New members are always welcomed.

Buidling Update
Work continues on the new church, With each passing day we are closer to completion. The main objective is to complete "tasks" that must be done in order to obtain the "certificate of occupancy" which will allow us to occupy and use our new building.

Cabinets have been installed, and the light ...Read Full Text >
Previous St. Barbara Church Bulletins
Publish Date:August 30, 2009
Publish Date:August 23, 2009
Publish Date:August 16, 2009
Publish Date:August 9, 2009
Publish Date:August 2, 2009
 
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