A PARISH OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA WHICH BELONGS TO THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

The Ecumenical Patriarch His All Holiness Bartholomew

The Archbishop His Eminence Elpidophoros of America

Presiding Priest: the Reverend Protopresbyter Nikiforos Fakinos (Masters of Divinity, Holy Cross School of Theology, Boston, MA)

Pastor Emeritus: The Reverend Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne Panagiotis Papanikolaou (Masters of Divinity, Saint Tikhon’s School of Theology, South Canan, PA)

Sacred Services: IN PERSON ATTENDANCE AND ALSO LIVE STREAMED VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE –

Sacred Services

1) Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, May 18th, with Orthros and Divine Liturgy starting at 9 am.

2) Church School lessons are in session.

3) Memorials: Charalambos Papanakios (40 days), Presvytera Helen Kalangis (3 months), Presvytera Elli Retselas (1 year), Anastasios Perlegis (3 years), Kostoula Clinker (5 years), Panagiotis Kalangis (11 years), the Rev. Nicholaos Retselas (17 years), Paul Pavlou (23 years), and Anthony the Hieromonk (26 years). May his memory be eternal. 

4) Saints Constantine and Helen, Equal to the Apostles, Wednesday, May 21st, with Orthros and Divine Liturgy starting at 9 am.

Events

1) Festival from Thursday, May 15th through the 18th. Delicious food, dancing and music for everyone. We even give our Greek School students the week off from Greek School classes to enjoy the Festival. The only requirement, the children have to come every day to the Festival, speak only in Greek and lead all the dances!

2) Please, support our Raffle, only $20, with great prizes, starting with $10,000 for your summer vacation expenses, a mink jacket donated by the Karangunis family and Fantastic Fur, $2,500, Apple Mackbook Pro, Xbox with 1 year Premium Pass, 1 year supply of the superior Kosterina Virgin Olive Oil, a 66’ Samsung TV, an Apple iPad mini, a Dyson cordless vacuum, Apple Airpods.

3) The Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan District Olympics will be taking place during Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, 2025 at Suffolk Community College. Registration is open online at www.goado.com .

4) Rev. Nikiforos Fakinos Hellenic School Moving Up Ceremony, May 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th from 4:30 – 7 pm. A great carnival style celebration with games and activities.

5) Rev. Nikiforos Fakinos Hellenic School Graduation Ceremony May 30th at 6 pm.

6) David and Georgia Pereira Church School Graduation and Moving Up Ceremonies Sunday, June 1st at 11:30 am.

7) Sunday Night Social at the General / Union for all the amazing people of the Parish, Sunday, June 1st, at 6 pm (Eisenhower Park). Call to make reservations. Limited spaces available.

8) GOYA sunset cruise on Wednesday, June 4th. Please, contact the advisors for reservations. The cruise will include dinner, drinks, and DJ entertainment.

12) Basketball League Registration. For questions, please, call coach Dominic Milito.

Stewardship:

Ζητούμε από όλους να συνδράμετε στην ενίσχυση της Κοινότητος, ιδίως τώρα που τελείωσε η αγιογράφιση του ναού, και ξεκίνησε η ανέγερση του Κοινοτικού Κέντρου “Κωνσταντίνος και Κυριακή Κασσιμάτη”. Η ετήσια συνδρομή είναι ευκαιρία να είμαστε όλοι ενωμένοι συμπαραστάτες στο τεράστιο έργο της ενορίας και στην διατήρηση και επέκταση των προγραμμάτων της.

Please, become contributing stewards of Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, the Community needs all of us. The Parish ministries, the Constantine and Carol Cassis Community Center project and the Church iconography and beautification projects are all happening because of you, the loving and faithful contributors!

THE CHURCH

The Greek Orthodox Community of Saint Demetrios in Merrick, New York was founded in 1961. On December 1959, under the guidance of the late James (Demetrios) Boulukos a meeting took place with the intention to establish a parish in the South Shore of Long Island.
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