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 " [...]
Come Home to the Lord This Jubilee Year 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 Clergy Seminar Thursday Evening, February 24th, 2000 Good evening. Before I begin my presentation [...]
Address to Midwest Region Spring Delegates’ Meeting Spring Valley, IL - April 3, 1998 DISCIPLESHIP AND CHURCH LIFE By His Grace Bishop DEMETRI This evening, I want to speak to you about the important subject of Discipleship and Church Life. During the Lenten Season, we are called upon to increase our prayer and worship, to [...]
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, [...]
Address at the 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute Antiochian Village, PA Good Evening! I hope that you are enjoying this 12th Annual Sacred Music Institute. It is a great pleasure for me to be here not only as a speaker but also in my capacity as Overseer Hierarch for the Department of Sacred Music. And [...]
ATLANTA Dearly beloved in our Lord: "Christ is in our midst!" I am so very pleased to, once again, be among the faithful clergy and laity of the God-blessed Southeast Region. I will always consider my visits here as an Ahome-coming@, because of the many warm and cherished memories I gathered when I served as [...]
Canada Conf Banquet speech Dearly beloved in our Lord: "Christ is in our midst!" I am so very pleased and honored to, once again, be among the faithful clergy and laity of the God-blessed CanAm Region. It is with joy that I bring to you the greetings and blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP, our [...]
This Sermon, by His Grace Bishop DEMETRI, was preached at the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Pilgrimage of Ss Thekla & Raphael on Saturday, September 21, 2002. A Journey of Veneration and Pilgrimage: In the Footsteps of the Saints! (In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy [...]
80th Anniversary of St. George Orthodox Church - Canton, OH I am delighted to be with all of you on this joyous day . . . a time when we continue our celebration of the glorious Resurrection of our Lord . . . And a day we celebrate the 80th Anniversary of this God-protected Community... [...]
25th Priestly Anniversary - V. Rev. Alexander Atty and the Sixty-fifth Anniversary of Saint Michael Church Louisville, KY I am delighted to be with all of you this afternoon, on this joyous occasion . . the occasion of Father Alexander’s twenty-fifth Anniversary in the priesthood. But not only this - I also celebrate with [...]