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

Sponsorship Guidance

Saints on WallsOrder of Appearance

The full-stature and half-stature saints and medallions have a traditional order of appearance.

The lero/Sanctuary....................................Hierarchs and Deacons

Side Walls and Back Wall, from

front to back:                                      1)        Kings and Queens

2)       Soldiers

3)       Martyrs

4)       Blessed Lives

5)       Monastics

6)       New Martyrs

Saints which go together, such as Sts. Constantine & Helen, take up a double space (& cost). Feel free to ask about other combinations/groupings of saints.

Please note that oftentimes different saints can have the same name. For example, there are a number of Saints named  Catherine. So even if St. Catherine of  Egypt is already donated, there are other St. Catherines that can be requested.

Among the many saints, here are a just a few names that can still be donated:

Peter                                        Barbara

Paul                                         Irene

Stephen                                   Julianna

Thomas                                             Elizabeth

Mark                                       Margaret

John (Evangelist)                      Eugenia

Luke                                                  Anna

Gregory (Palamas)                   Kaliope

James                                      Agatha
Anthony

Saints can be of any ethnic background, as long as they are Orthodox. Usually, all the saints before the creation of the Latin-Catholic Church (1056 A.D.) can be included.

Parishioners have already sponsored some saints from different parts of the world:

Nina of Georgia                      Xenia of St. Petersburg
Bridget of Ireland                    Sergius of Radonezh
Patrick of Ireland                    Paraskevi of Romania

Martin of Tours

Among others we could include are:

Moses the Ethiopian              Boxer Rebellion Martyrs of China

Kosmas the Aitolos               Ephraim the Syrian

James the Persian                  Herman of Alaska

Savva of Serbia                    Alban of England

G regory of Armenia                     Olga of Rus

Mary of England                   Genevive  of Paris

Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain



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