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Saint John the Baptist Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America + Diocese of New York & New Jersey
855 Goodman Street South ~ Rochester NY 14620 Very Reverend Ken James Stavrevsky, Rector
Proto-Deacon Stephen Sweet Reverend Deacon Sean McNulty SaintJohnOrthodox.org [email protected] Fr. Ken: 585-770-3496
Birthdays & Anniversaries this week and last . . . Boris Glus (November 3)
Melatid Haimanot (November 3)
Aria McGraw (November 6)
Yohannes Weldeslassie (November 9)
Greer Anne Henry (November 10)
Celeste Photini Gregor (November 12)
Ann Michael Henry (November 13)
Maria Monette Keller (November 16)
Cindy Nectaria & Jeremy Nicholas Heise (Nov 9)
God grant you many years!
Martyr Constantine, King of Georgia
As is meet for a Christian believer, Saint Constantine considered himself the greatest of sinners and often said, “There can be no forgiveness of my sins, except through the spilling of my blood for the sake of Him Who shed His innocent blood for us!” While on a pilgrimage to the holy places of Jerusalem, Constantine distributed generous gifts to the churches, visited the wilderness of the Jordan, received blessings from the holy fathers, and returned to his motherland filled with inner joy. After that time Constantine would send thirty thousand pieces of silver to Jerusalem each year. In the years 853 to 854, when the Arab Muslims invaded Georgia under the command of Buga-Turk, the eighty-five-year-old Prince Constantine commanded the army of Kartli with his son Tarkhuj. Outside the city of Gori an uneven battle took place between the Arabs and the Georgians. Despite their fierce resistance, the Georgians suffered defeat, and Constantine and Tarkhuj were taken captive. The captive Constantine-Kakhi was sent to Samarra (a city in central Iraq) to the caliph Ja’far al Mutawakkil (847-861). Ja’far was well aware of the enormous respect Constantine-Kakhi received from the Georgians and all the Christian people who knew him. Having received him with honor, he proposed that Constantine renounce the Christian Faith and threatened him with death in the case of his refusal. Strengthened by divine grace, the courageous prince fearlessly answered, “Your sword does not frighten me. I am afraid of Him Who can destroy my soul and body and Who has the power to resurrect and to kill, for He is the true God, the almighty Sovereign, Ruler of the world, and Father unto all ages!”
TODAY Galatians 2:16-20 Luke 10:25-37
9:45 a.m. Reading of the Hours
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy 11:45 a.m. Fellowship & Coffee Hour
Wednesday – November 13, 2019
7:15 a.m. Daily Matins
Friday – November 15, 2019
12:15 p.m. Akathist:
“Glory to God for All Things!”
Saturday – November 16, 2019
5:00 p.m. Great Vespers 5:45 p.m. Confessions
Sunday – November 17, 2019 Galatians 6:11-18 Luke 12:16-21
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy 11:45 a.m. Fellowship & Coffee Hour
12:15 p.m. ANNUAL GENERAL PARISH MEETING
Wednesday – November 20, 2019
Eve of the Feast-day of the
Entry of the Theotokos
in to the Temple
7:15 a.m. Daily Matins
6:00 p.m. Vesperal
Divine Liturgy
Friday – November 22, 2019
12:15 p.m. Akathist:
“To the Theotokos, the Softener of Hearts”
Saturday – November 23, 2019
5:00 p.m. Great Vespers 5:45 p.m. Confessions
Sunday – November 24, 2019
Post-Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos
10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy 11:45 a.m. Fellowship & Coffee Hour
Sunday ~ November 17, 2019 Please join your fellow parishioners for this important gathering! We will assemble together as a loving community … the Body of Christ … to discern together the will of God for us and the future of our blessed parish. A new member of our
parish council of 2020 will be elected. Join us!
