THE BASIC PHASES OF AN ORTHODOX TEMPLE BUILDING PROJECT ARE: I. Establish a “Spiritual purpose and function Team”. a. This committee shall establish the spiritual tone of this endeavor by setting forth the spiritual goals and needs of the Church building project. b. As you represent the Church -- a Spiritual Family [...]
SYMPOSIUM CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH SUPPORT/GIVING (TITHING) The Responsive Church Is a Healthy Church: A Healthy Church is a Growing Church! A Presentation given at the the 5th Biennial Parish Council Symposium by His Grace Bishop Demetri Antiochian Village, PA Friday, October 13, 2000 I.) OPENING REMARKS: On behalf of his eminence Metropolitan Phillip, [...]
Sunday of Orthodoxy 2003 The Restoration of the Holy Images In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen Introduction: It is a great pleasure for me to be here with you this evening. This Vespers Service of the Sunday of Orthodoxy is [...]
SPEECH ON BALAMAND UNIVERSITY Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, The Venerable Saint Clement once wrote that "Ignorance starves the soul, but knowledge nourishes and sustains it." In the book of Proverbs we read: "Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase [...]
Serving God by Serving Others by Bishop Demetri (Khoury) 2000 Clergy Seminar and Delegates Meeting February 24 - 27, 2000 Hosted by St. George Orthodox Church - Terre Haute, IN Speech Given by His Grace, Bishop Demetri at the Grand Assembly Friday Evening, February 25th, 2000 A priest was once asked by an old time [...]
Good evening! It is a great joy and a privilege for me to be with all of you this evening, as we celebrate the inaugural academic year of Rose Hill College. I bring with me the greetings and blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP, and those of their Graces the auxiliary bishops of our God-protected [...]
SYMPOSIUM CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH SUPPORT/GIVING (TITHING) The Responsive Church Is a Healthy Church: A Healthy Church is a Growing Church! A Presentation given at the the 5th Biennial Parish Council Symposium by His Grace Bishop Demetri Antiochian Village, PA Friday, October 13, 2000 I.) OPENING REMARKS: On behalf of his eminence Metropolitan Phillip, [...]
SERMON GIVEN BY HIS GRACE BISHOP DEMETRI AT THE COLLEGE CONFERENCE Plant It! Grow It! Be It! (In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit) I. Intro: Parable Of the Sower: In the Parable of the Sower, as recorded in the 13th chapter of the Gospel of St. [...]
"Orthodox Spirituality in Parish Administration" by Bishop Demetri (Khoury) Ninth Biennial Clergy Symposium Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America July 15-19, 1996 Fraternal Charity among the Clergy As we begin our deliberations and discussions on this year’s topic of “Orthodox Spirituality in Parish Administration, it seems to me that we ought to take a [...]
Ordination/Priest My beloved son, Deacon With the blessings of our Metropolitan PHILIP, by whom I have been charged to fulfill your heart's desire to serve our Church and Archdiocese as an obedient and devoted priest, I greet you, your family and this congregation: "Christ is in our midst!" As I see you standing here " [...]