Saints Raphael, Nicholaos, and Irene

Saints Raphael, Nicholaos, and Irene StsRNI_GOC_PalmHarbor In the winter of 1996, Mr. and Mrs. Nikitas Damianakis placed their hope in God and made a leap of faith.

Despite Nikitas’ advanced emphysema, he and his wife Elaine made the trip from Palm Harbor, FL, to Atlanta, GA to request the Episcopal blessings of Metropolitan Alexios in order to pursue their dream of honoring Saints Raphael, Nicholas & Irene of Thermi, Lesvos. His Eminence Alexios did, in fact, grant his blessings to build the first Greek Orthodox Church in America in honor of these newly mani

fested saints. With neither the monies nor a priest assigned to the community, the only things certain were the call of God to build up His community and the desire to honor their beloved saints. In the face of uncertainty, the founders moved forward with vision and faith. There were stumbling blocks, but God transformed them into stepping stones. There were doubts, but God transformed them into hope. With perseverance, God took a small group of his dreamers and transformed them into a community of faithful – His Church. In 2003 His Eminence Metropolitan Iakovos of Plomari/Erressos, together with His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta personally escorted the Holy Relics of Saints Raphael, Nicholas & Irene from their sanctified Monastery in Thermi to their new permanent Parish/Shrine in Palm Harbor. In just sixteen short years, the community was able to outgrow its original home. Read more on: https://straphael.fl.goarch.org/history/

Today we honor the Feast day of our patron Saints: Raphael, Nicholas & Irene with a Vigil at 6:30 p.m.followed by Litany...
04/17/2023

Today we honor the Feast day of our patron Saints: Raphael, Nicholas & Irene with a Vigil at 6:30 p.m.
followed by Litany (Procession of Holy Relics) & Fellowship.

Holy Friday 2023, and procession of the epitaphios.
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Holy Friday 2023, and procession of the epitaphios.

04/16/2023

It is the day of Resurrection; let us be radiant for the festival, and let us embrace one another. Let us say, O brethren, even to those that hate us: Let us forgive all things on the Resurrection; and thus let us cry: Christ is risen from the dead, by death He has trampled down death, and on those in the tombs He has bestowed life. (Doxastikon of the Praises of Great and Holy Pascha)

On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of the defeat of death, as neither death itself nor the power of the grave could hold our Savior captive. In this victory that came through the Cross, Christ broke the bo***ge of sin, and through faith offers us restoration, transformation, and eternal life. https://www.goarch.org/pascha

04/15/2023

Arise O God and judge the earth; for You shall take all nations to Your inheritance. (Prokeimenon, Holy Saturday)

On Great and Holy Saturday the Church contemplates the mystery of the Lord's descent into Hades, the place of the dead. Death, our ultimate enemy, is defeated from within. "He (Christ) gave Himself as a ransom to death in which we were held captive, sold under sin. Descending into Hades through the Cross ... He loosed the bonds of death" (Liturgy of St. Basil). https://www.goarch.org/holysaturday

04/14/2023

Holy week, 2023 services schedule :

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May we all strive to love like Christ.

We are all received by the One who is without sin. By the One who takes upon Himself the sin of the old Adam. By the One who delivers us from the devastation of death, the curse of the law, and the reign of the evil one.

He only asks that, every day of our life, we try to offer Him our sincere repentance, that we try to place our trust in His will, and that we try to show Him and each other our unwavering love.

→ Read more in our Holy Week Sermon Series Greek + English Editions: www.goarch.org/departments/religioused/sermons

📸 Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos
Director, Department of Religious Education

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