St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
First Greek Orthodox parish in Maine, founded 1909

  

Our Faith


 

 

Orthodox Christianity is the Eternal Christian faith.

It is Christianity in its original, pre-medieval form, without doctrinal change or adulteration.
 
It's Orthodox, but not Jewish.
It's Catholic, but not Roman.
It's Evangelical, but not Protestant.
It's not denominational; it's pre-denominational.

It's not ancient, it's not modern...it is Eternal.

    In the last 100 years more than 60 million Christians died as martyrs to their faith in Christ.

More than 99% of them were Orthodox.

Do you ever wonder what Christianity is really supposed to be like? What it was like in the early Church?

What it is supposed to be now?


 
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A Timeline of Church History



Dress Code

We request that you think "modesty" when dressing for Church.

Men: Please...no shorts or sleeveless shirts.

Women: Please...no pants; Dresses or skirts with hemlines below the knees. No bare shoulders, and please...do not wear lipstick if you plan to receive Holy Communion.





St. Nektarios of Aegina


     

Agni Parthene (Complete)


 

Byzantine Music 1


 

A Saint's Voice...


On Fasting
Metropolitan Maximos
May-26-2004
The practical and spiritual dimensions of fasting, which serves as a guide in our union with the resurrected Lord.   more...

And Then They Will Fast
Bishop Isaiah of Denver
May-26-2004
An examination of the history and development of fasting and its role in the life of the Orthodox Christian.   more...

The Sacraments
Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald
May-24-2004
Describes the meaning and importance of liturgical life.   more...

The Saints of the Orthodox Church
George Bebis, Ph.D.
May-25-2004
An examination of how saints and santhood is understood in the Orthodox Church.   more...

Why Orthodox Christians Are Not Cremated
Fr. John Touloumes
Cremation (burning the bodies of those who have died to the point of ashes) is a practice which is being "sold" as a cost-effective, space-conservative alternative to traditional burial of the body. Throughout her history, however, the Orthodox Church has prohibited this practice. But, as in many areas of the Faith, we must take the time to learn why the Church takes such a position.   more...

Tradition in the Orthodox Church
George S. Bebis PH.D.
May-26-2004
An examination of the Orthodox Christian understanding of tradition as the history of salvation and the life of the Holy Spirit in the Church.   more...

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