Metropolitan Demetrius’s Schedule for July and August 2014

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Created on Monday, 23 June 2014 16:10

July

Romania (Feast day of St. Glykerie)

Sunday, June 22 – Wednesday, July 9

New York City (St. Markella’s, St. Peter and Paul’s Feast)

Friday, July 11 – Saturday, July 12

Mount Union, PA (St. Peter and Paul’s Parish)

Saturday, July 12 – Monday, July 14

Republic of Colombia

Friday, July 25 – Monday, July 28

August

Astoria, NY (St. Markella Cathedral)

Sunday, August 3 - Monday, August 4

Toronto, ON (St. Nektarios Parish)

Thursday, August 7 – Tuesday, August 12

Fryeburg, ME (St. Xenia Camp)

Tuesday, August 19 – Saturday, August 23

Concord, NH (Dormition Parish)

Saturday, August 23 – Sunday, August 24

Preston Hollow, NY (Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos)

Sunday, August 31

Orthodox Awareness

Ecumenical Dialogues Intensified

At the beginning of September (n.s.) Bartholomew called together a “Synaxis of the Patriarchates and the Autocephalous Church of Cyprus" at the Phanar in order to coordinate their efforts for the First Ecumenistic Council which they plan to convene shortly. At it, they will most certainly have to deal with a conflict with the Patriarchate of Moscow concerning primacy, but also they will proclaim the heresy of Ecumenism with an alleged synodal decision of Ecumenical (or rather Ecumenistic) force. Read more...

Missions

Saint John of Kronstadt - Bunnell, Florida

St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox Church began as a mission parish in the year 2000, in a home chapel in Palm Coast, FL – a small town on Florida’s northeast coast located between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. After two years, it became necessary to have services in area community centers, rented for Sundays and other Holy Days. Read more...

Youth

2026 Youth Conference

Please join us for the 2026 youth conference in Upper Marlboro, MD! To learn more, visit the this page.

Ask A Priest

Fasting

Q. There seems to be a lot of variation in how people observe fasting, but my confessor told me to fast from oil on Wednesday and Friday. Oil is a pretty vague category, though, and I was wondering if I could get a more explicit description of what kinds of food and drink are excluded on strict fast days. Read more...