Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church

Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church is a diverse parish of Orthodox faithful of all backgrounds. Barbara Chapel in Danville, Illinois.

Our parish also has a vibrant ministry to the Orthodox Christian students at the University of Illinois and the St.

09/08/2026

Email from Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church Festal Celebration of the Birth of the Holy Mother of God scheduled Beloved Parish Family, Christ is in our midst! Good morning! Blessed Labor Day! Man

Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church cordially invites you to celebrate its 60th Anniversary Gala Celebration at:I Hot...
09/07/2026

Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church cordially invites you to celebrate its 60th Anniversary Gala Celebration at:

I Hotel, Heritage Hall on Saturday October 17, 2026
Cocktails 6 pm
Dinner and Dancing 7 to 11:30 pm

Liturgical Celebrations
Three Hierarchs Church
Saturday October 17, 2026 Vespers 5 pm
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Sunday October 18, 2026
Orthros 8:15 am
followed by Divine Liturgy
Celebratory luncheon to follow

Buy a ticket now! Gala tickets are limited!
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09/05/2026

Prosforo- our small offering to God

PROSFORO RECEPIE

• FOR ONE PROSFORO
• 1 Tsp Yeast
• 3 cups of Plain Flour
• 1.5 cups Warm Water
• 1Tsp Salt

UTENSILS- WHICH ARE ONLY USED FOR PROSFORA
1 small teaspoon
1 small bowl
1 large bowl for kneeding
1 Measuring Cup
1 Sift
1 Round Baking Trays
Pure Beeswax or baking paper

METHOD

1. Start with the following prayer
Holy God
Glory to the Father
Holy Trinity
Our Father

I thank You Lord for this holy moment, where you have counted me worthy to knead with my sinful hands the all-immaculate Gifts of Your love
I plead with You to send down your All Holy Spirit, Who blesses all the Sacraments of the Church, to also bless these gifts so that they become good and acceptable before Your Holy Altar.
And I ask that You accept them as you accepted Abel’s sacrifice, the glorification of the shepherds, the gifts of the Magi, the tears of Peter, and the thief’s repentance. And make me worthy to always offer them to you with a good conscience. Amen.

2. Pour lukewarm water into a small bowl and stir yeast into it. Leave it covered for 5 mins (or until frothy).
3. Sift flour into a large bowl and make a cross in the middle with your fingers.
4. Add salt, in a cross shape.
5. Slowly pour in the water, whilst mixing it into the flour with your hands
6. Knead for 10 minutes.
7. Break into small parts and pray for all the living. Cover with a towel and leave for 10 minutes.
8. Melt pure bees candle wax into a pan- or apply baking paper on the base
9. Knead for 10 minutes.
10. Break into small parts and pray for all the departed. Cover with a towel and leave for 10 minutes.
11. Knead for 5 minutes.
12. Flatten to make prosforo shape
13. Sprinkle and rub the top of mixture to get soft.
14. Cross the Pan three time with sfragida and press the sfragida firmly into the centre of the dough and then remove.
15. Place holes with tooth picks, around the sfragida mark.
16. Cover and leave to rest for1 hour or until close to the rim of the pan.
17. Bake in an oven at 160 degrees for an hour and then remove for it to cool down.

09/04/2026

How to benefit from the liturgy (part I)
Source The art of Orthodoxy.

1) Attend early: be on time. Do not come after the gospel or even after the first reading. Would you arrive late to work? Could you arrive late to work? The later you arrive, the less the grace of God and heavenly blessings will permeate your soul and the less time you'll have to spend in that short and precious 2 hr window into heaven.

2) Sing passionately: do not stand there like a statue. Do not fail to offer God due reverence and honor through singing the grace-filled hymns of the church composed by our saintly ancestors. Sing when the congregation sings. Sing when it is your sides turn to sing. Do not deceive yourself as benefiting from the service without singing. St Theophan the Recluse says, "All of our liturgical hymns are instructive, profound and sublime. They contain the whole of our theology and moral teaching, give us Christian consolation and instill in us a fear of the Judgment. He who listens to them attentively has no need of other books on the Faith."

3) Be reverent: one of the best way to do this is to do the sign of the cross reverently, consciously, attentively, neither too fast nor too slow, during the countless times we say "Lord have mercy" in the liturgy. This may initially be awkward, make us become fearful of what others think and lead us to develop prideful thoughts because we think we are holy. Hence isolate yourself somewhere quiet in the altar or somewhere isolated in the pews or first practice reverence in quiet weekday liturgies. Other examples of reverence are: prostrating when everyone prostrates, responding with the congregation, raising our hands in prayer formation, closing our eyes and lifting our head up slightly to the heavens. Just like body language is such a profound aspect of effective communication between humans, so is bodily reverence a profound aspect of communicating with God and acquiring His grace.

4) Pray the prayer before and after Holy communion: do this in every liturgy without fail. We learn this from the life of St John of Kronstadt. There is no saint in the history of the church who united himself the most to God in the liturgy than St John (his life story is incredibly amazing). He said that if there was little time and he would have to shorten other prayers, he would still never fail to pray the prayer before and after Holy Communion. Preparation for anything always increases our benefit.

09/04/2026

Email from Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church The goal and destination of the life in Christ is Revealed as We begin the New Ecclesiastical Year!   Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church 60th Annive

09/01/2026

Email from Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church Beginning of New Ecclesiastical Year & Date of 60th Anniversary of our Parish Charter celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 1 Beloved Parish Family, Christ is in o

Welcome Students!
08/27/2026

Welcome Students!

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2010 Three Hierarchs Court
Champaign, IL
61820

Telephone

+12173523452

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