Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - Biloxi, MS

06/01/2026

☦️ Blessed Feast Day to all our parishioners, friends, and benefactors of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Biloxi

☦️ Today we celebrated the Great Feast of Holy Trinity and the patronal feast day of our parish with a wonderful meal prepared by our Ladies of Agape.

☦️ On this holy day, the Church commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles at Pentecost. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, the Church was empowered to proclaim the Gospel to all nations and continue Christ’s saving work in the world.

☦️ Thank you to all who joined us, to all who prepared food, and to all who kindly donated to our Agape ministry.

05/31/2026

Today, on the Feast of Pentecost, we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit descending upon the Apostles and filling them with courage, wisdom, and joy. What began as a frightened group gathered behind closed doors became a community ready to share Christ with the world.

The same Holy Spirit is alive and active in each of us today, especially in our young people who are searching for purpose, belonging, and hope. Pentecost reminds us that God does not leave us to navigate life on our own. Through the Spirit, we are strengthened to love, to serve, to forgive, and to witness to Christ in our daily lives.

For those who work with young people, Pentecost is a reminder that our role is not simply to teach about God, but to help create space for the Spirit to work in hearts and lives. The Church grows when we listen to the Spirit and encourage one another in faith. Every generation is called to receive this gift anew and to share it with the world.

As we leave the Divine Liturgy today, let us open our hearts to the Holy Spirit and commit ourselves to being bearers of Christ’s light, love, and hope wherever we go. Blessed feast to you all!

05/27/2026

05/25/2026

Sunday May 24th
Today we commemorate Fathers of the 1st Council and
Saint Vincent of Lerins
The Holy Gospel John 17:1-13
Homily by Fr. Paisius, pastor

05/25/2026

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Today we remember the men and women who offered their lives in service to our nation, carrying in their hearts a love that reflects the words of Christ: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13)

Their sacrifice stands as a witness to courage, duty, and devotion that cannot be forgotten. We honor not only their memory, but also the families who continue to bear the weight of their absence.

We also look to our young people, who inherit the freedom secured by those who came before them. May they grow with gratitude, wisdom, and a sense of responsibility worthy of such a legacy. May they learn that true strength is found not in power alone, but in self‑giving love and service to others.

As we reflect today, may the Lord grant rest to the fallen, peace to the living, and guidance to the generations rising in their place. May their memory be eternal.

05/19/2026

☦️ Father Paisius’s homily for May 17, 2026, the 6th Sunday of Pascha. The Sunday of the blind man.

☦️ Gospel: John 9:1-38

At that time, as Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with the clay, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man." They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a division among them. So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner." He answered, "Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them, "I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you." He said, "Lord, I believe"; and he worshiped him.

05/19/2026

☦️ In Faith, and in Oneness of Mind, in Truth, and in Love. ☦️

With joy and thanksgiving, we announce the crowning in holy matrimony of Benjamin (Zacchaeus) and Cassandra (Ephraimea). Their sponsors were Akaterina Vamvakas and Cassidy Anderson. They were also surrounded by their beautiful children. Please enjoy a few photos from this joyous day!

Congratulations, and many blessings to Ben and Cassie!🤍

05/11/2026

Father Paisius’s homily for May 10, the fifth Sunday of Pascha.

Gospel: John 4:5-42

At that time, Jesus came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."
Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."
Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talking with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.
Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has anyone brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is indeed Christ the Savior of the world."