Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church-Monroe, LA

06/14/2026

Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Will celebrate the Second Sunday of Matthew; and
Observe Theodotus, Bishop of Ancyra, &
Righteous Panagis Basias;

Today, Sunday, June 14.
The "Typica" Service will be at 10:30am.
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The church is located at
2011 Forsythe Avenue
Monroe LA 71201
Fr. Eudokimos-Martin Harding is the Parish Priest.

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06/13/2026

Aquilina the Martyr of Syria:

The Holy Martyr Aquilina, a native of the Phoenician city of Byblos, suffered under the emperor Diocletian (284-305). Her parents raised her in Christian piety. When the girl was only twelve years old, she persuaded a pagan friend to convert to Christ. One of the servants of the imperial governor Volusian accused her of teaching others not to follow the religion of their fathers. The girl firmly confessed her faith in Christ before the governor and said that she would not renounce Him. Volusian tried to influence the young confessor through persuasion and by flattery, but seeing her confidence, he ordered her to be tortured.

They struck her upon the face, then they stripped her and beat her with whips. The torturer asked, “Where then is your God? Let Him come and take you out of my hands”.

The saint answered, “The Lord is here with me invisibly, and the more I suffer, the more strength and endurance will He give me.”

They drilled through the martyr’s ears with heated metal rods. The holy virgin fell down as if dead. The torturer thought that the girl had actually died, and he gave orders to throw her body outside the city to be eaten by dogs.

By night a holy angel appeared to Saint Aquilina, roused her and said, “Arise and be healed. Go and denounce Volusian, so that he and his plans may come to nothing.”

The martyr went to the court of the governor and stood before Volusian. Seeing Saint Aquilina, he called for his servants and ordered them to keep watch over her until morning.

In the morning he sentenced Saint Aquilina to death, saying that she was a sorceress who did not obey the imperial decrees. When they led the saint to ex*****on, she prayed and gave thanks to God for allowing her to suffer for His Holy Name.

A voice was heard in answer to her prayer, summoning her to the heavenly Kingdom. Before the ex*****oner could carry out the sentence, the martyr gave up her spirit to God (+ 293). The ex*****oner feared to disobey the governor’s orders, so he cut off her head although she was already dead.

Christians piously buried the martyr’s body. Later, her relics were taken to Constantinople and placed in a church named for her.

06/13/2026

Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Will observe Akylina the Martyr of Syria, &
Eulogios, Patriarch of Antioch;
Today, Saturday, June 13.

The Divine Liturgy will be offered by
Fr. Michael Downs of Jackson MS at 10:00am.
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The church is located at
2011 Forsythe Avenue
Monroe LA 71201

06/13/2026

Today's Gospel Reading is from
Matthew 7:1-8

The Lord said,
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you. Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."

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06/13/2026

Feasts and Saints Celebrated Today:

Aquilina the Martyr of Syria;
Triphyllos the Bishop of Nicosia.

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06/12/2026

Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Will observe Akylina the Martyr of Syria, &
Eulogios, Patriarch of Antioch;
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 13.

The Divine Liturgy will be offered by
Fr. Michael Downs of Jackson MS at 10:00am.
Come Join Us.

The church is located at
2011 Forsythe Avenue
Monroe LA 71201

06/12/2026

Today's Gospel Reading is from
Matthew 9:14-17

At that time, the disciples of John came to Jesus, saying,
"Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

And Jesus said to them,
"Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved."

06/12/2026

Feasts and Saints Celebrated Today:

Onuphrius of Egypt;
Peter the Athonite;
Holy Martyr Antonine;
John the Soldier of Egypt.

06/11/2026

Today's Gospel Reading is from
Luke 10:16-21

The Lord said to his disciples,
"He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."

The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"

And he said to them,
"I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."

In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
"I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will."

06/11/2026

Feasts and Saints Celebrated Today:

Bartholomew the Holy Apostle;
Barnabas the Holy Apostle;
Revelation of the Hymn Axion Estin to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel;
Luke of Simferopol.

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