Mon & Wed · 4:30 PM
Greek SchoolΕλληνικό Σχολείο
Reading, writing, history and the Greek of the Liturgy, for ages 5 to 14. About ninety children in seven classes.
Plate I · The narthexΠίνακας Ι · Ο νάρθηκας
Before the LiturgyΠριν από τη Λειτουργία
Light a candle on your way in. Everyone does.Ανάψτε ένα κερί μπαίνοντας. Όλοι το κάνουν.
The candle stand is just inside the 31st Street doors. Leave a dollar in the box if you can, light a beeswax taper, and say a prayer for someone. Then come in and stand or sit wherever you like. The Divine Liturgy begins at 10:00, after Orthros at 8:30, and lasts about an hour and a half.
ΓλώσσεςLanguages
Ελληνικά και Αγγλικά, μαζίGreek and English, side by side
Η Λειτουργία είναι δίγλωσση από το 1978. Το Ευαγγέλιο διαβάζεται πάντα και στις δύο γλώσσες.The Liturgy has been bilingual here since 1978. Service books with both texts are in the pew racks, and the Gospel is always read in both.
| ΑκολουθίαService | ΠότεWhen | Κυρίως σταMostly in | Επίσης σταAlso in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Θεία ΛειτουργίαDivine Liturgy | Κυριακή 10:00 π.μ.Sundays 10:00 AM | Ελληνικά | EnglishΕυαγγέλιο, Σύμβολο και Πάτερ ημών και στα αγγλικάGospel, Creed and Lord's Prayer also in English |
| ΌρθροςOrthros | Κυριακή 8:30 π.μ.Sundays 8:30 AM | Ελληνικά | Μόνο ελληνικάGreek only |
| ΕσπερινόςGreat Vespers | Σάββατο 6:00 μ.μ.Saturdays 6:00 PM | Ελληνικά | EnglishΨαλμοί και αναγνώσματα στα αγγλικάEnglish psalms and readings |
| Μελέτη ΓραφήςBible study | Τρίτη 7:00 μ.μ.Tuesdays 7:00 PM | English | ΕλληνικάΕλληνική ομάδα την ΠέμπτηGreek group meets Thursdays |
Δεν είστε Έλληνας;Not Greek? You are not alone.
Ζητήστε από τον επίτροπο το αγγλικό βιβλίο.About a third of our families include a spouse who did not grow up Orthodox. Ask an usher for the English service book; it follows the Greek line by line.
October 26 · Our feast26 Οκτωβρίου · Η γιορτή μας
The parish has a name day tooΚαι η ενορία γιορτάζει
St. Demetrios the Great Martyr was a soldier of Thessaloniki, killed for his faith in the year 306. His feast falls on October 26, and for this parish it is the biggest day of the year after Pascha.
Great Vespers with the blessing of five loaves on the eve, a hierarchical Liturgy with the Metropolitan, a luncheon in the hall, and the following weekend the panegyri spills out onto 31st Street with loukoumades, souvlaki and the GOYA dancers.
- Great Vespers and artoklasia, Sunday Oct 25 at 6:00 PM
- Orthros 8:30 and Divine Liturgy 9:45, Monday Oct 26
- Feast-day luncheon in Pappas Hall at 12:30
- Panegyri on 31st Street, Oct 30 to Nov 1
Parish lifeΕνοριακή ζωή
What happens here between SundaysΗ ενορία κατά τη διάρκεια της εβδομάδας
Every group below meets in Pappas Hall or the church itself, and every one of them has room for you.
All parish ministriesΌλες οι διακονίες
Thursdays · 7:00 PM
Byzantine chantΒυζαντινή μουσική
The chanters' school with our protopsaltis, Yiannis Karras. Learn to read neumes and to chant the Vespers hymns.
First Tuesday · 11:00 AM
PhiloptochosΦιλόπτωχος
The women's philanthropic society: the soup kitchen on Steinway Street, hospital visits, and the best koulourakia sale in Queens.
Fridays · 7:00 PM
GOYAΝεολαία
Greek Orthodox Youth for grades 7 to 12. Basketball, retreats, service projects and the festival dance troupe.
Our historyΗ ιστορία μας
Ninety-nine years on 31st StreetΕνενήντα εννέα χρόνια στην 31η Οδό
The building has been rebuilt once and repainted many times. The candle stand has never been cold.
1927
A storefront on Broadway
Thirty-one families from Arcadia and Chios rent a former bakery and borrow a priest from Manhattan once a month.
1949
The church is built
Paid for by the diners, florists and furriers of Astoria, mostly in cash, mostly in instalments.
1967
Greek School opens
Two classrooms in the basement, forty children and a teacher who had come from Piraeus the year before.
1974
Families from Cyprus
After the invasion, the parish houses eleven Cypriot families in members' homes for most of a year.
1999
The iconography is finished
Twenty-two years of painting by two iconographers from Mount Athos, paid for icon by icon by parish families.
2026
A new generation
Baptisms outnumber funerals for the third year running. The Sunday school has a waiting list.
CalendarΗμερολόγιο
This autumn at St. DemetriosΤο φθινόπωρο στον Άγιο Δημήτριο
Oct25
Great Vespers of the feastΠανηγυρικός Εσπερινός
6:00 PM · Church
With artoklasia, the blessing of five loaves, and visiting clergy from across Queens.
Oct26
Feast of St. DemetriosΕορτή Αγίου Δημητρίου
8:30 AM · Church, then Pappas Hall
Orthros and hierarchical Divine Liturgy, followed by the feast-day luncheon.
Oct28
Ohi Day doxologyΔοξολογία 28ης Οκτωβρίου
10:00 AM · Church
Greek School students recite poems afterwards in the hall. Flags provided.
Oct30
Panegyri on 31st StreetΠανηγύρι στην 31η Οδό
Fri–Sun, from noon · 31st Street
Three days of loukoumades, souvlaki, pastries and dancing. Church tours every hour.
Nov15
Nativity Fast beginsΑρχή Σαρακοστής Χριστουγέννων
All day
Forty days of fasting toward Christmas. Fasting guides are in the narthex.
Nothing in that category this month.
Sung at every VespersΑπό τον Εσπερινό
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.Κατευθυνθήτω η προσευχή μου ως θυμίαμα ενώπιόν σου, έπαρσις των χειρών μου θυσία εσπερινή.