237 N 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Divine Liturgy at 10:00 every Sunday
Phone: 215-563-0979
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St. Johns church is now open. Please follow the guidelines below for attending and participating
in our church. We encourage you to purchase candles on-line to avoid any cash or change at church.
Also we will be livestreaming Divine Liturgy for those who are not able to attend the
service at church.
Please follow the Guidelines below and forward any questions you may have to
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Recent LivestreamsPrayer
A Prayer in the Time of the Corona Virus Pandemic
O God Almighty, LORD of heaven and earth, and of all creation visible and invisible, in Your ineffable goodness, look down upon us, Your people gathered in Your Holy Name. Be our helper and defender in this day of affliction. You know our weakness. You hear our cry in repentance and contrition of heart. O LORD who love mankind, deliver us from the impending threat of the Corona Virus. Send Your angel to watch over us and protect us. Grant health and recovery to those suffering from this virus. Guide the hands of physicians and preserve those who are healthy. Enable us to continue to serve our suffering brothers and sisters in peace that together we may glorify Your most honorable and majestic name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages. Amen.
August, month of MaryShe was a humble daughter born in the town of Nazareth. As a “Servant of God” she reflected dedication serving as the blessed vessel of God. As immaculate, she implemented the grace of the Holy Spirit. Her mission was not easy. It require d faith and ex emplary courage.
Mary was a unique woman, although born with original sin, she was blessed with innate goodness that fully adapted her to receive God’s favor Grace was be stowed upon her for her life of holiness, her deep faith in God, her capacity to love, and for her ability to completely dedicate herself to God’s work. She was able to bring forth Christ, as the Mother of God, and by extension, became the Mother of all mankind. Read more
Dormition of the Theotokos
August - 15th. The feast of the Dormition or Falling-asleep of the Theotokos is celebrated on the fifteenth of August, preceded by a two-week fast. This feast, which is also sometimes called the Assumption, commemorates the death, resurrection and glorification of Christ’s mother. It proclaims that Mary has been “assumed” by God into the heavenly kingdom of Christ in the fullness of her spiritual and bodily existence.
As with the nativity of the Virgin and the feast of her entrance to the temple, there are no biblical or historical sources for this feast. The Tradition of the Church is that Mary died as all people die, not “voluntarily” as her Son, but by the necessity of her mortal human nature which is indivisibly bound up with the corruption of this world. Read more
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
September - 14th. The Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian (117-138) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha and the Sepulchre of the Lord, and to build a temple of the pagan goddess Venus and a statue of Jupiter.
Pagans gathered at this place and offered sacrifice to idols there. Eventually after 300 years, by Divine Providence, the great Christian sacred remains, the Sepulchre of the Lord and the Life-Creating Cross were again discovered and opened for veneration. This took place under the Emperor Constantine the Great (306-337) after his victory in the year 312 over Maxentius, ruler of the Western part of the Roman empire, and over Licinius, ruler of its Eastern part. In the year 323 Constantine became the sole ruler of the vast Roman Empire. Read more
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