The following information is available for The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Demetrios - Elmhurst, IL:
Welcome to the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Demetrios. We hope your visit with us is memorable and meaningful. Our doors and hearts are open to you.
From the beginning, involvement in the parish of St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church has been a family affair with husband, wife and children all volunteering or serving in some capacity. The same is true today where there are even more opportunities to serve the church and community. We encourage you to contact us or our spiritual fathers to learn about our faith and community activities. Your contribution and participation in our church services and ministries is always welcome! As with any Holy endeavor, the road to building the church was long and sometimes unsure. The founding members wanted to build an Orthodox Church and Greek School that would serve people's religious and spiritual needs as well as promote and sustain the Greek language, Hellenic heritage, culture and traditions. The process that began in 1966 finally led to the consecration of the church on October 27, 1985. By that time, not even the name of the Church was the same. Initially named All Saints Church, the church was renamed Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church and obtained its charter from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America and the State of Illinois on February 1, 1967. The first home of the church was rented from the Immanuel Lutheran Church of the United Church of Christ (just North of our present site) by Ted Dulles, our first parish council president and Bishop Meletios, the Bishop of the Chicago Greek Orthodox Diocese at the time. Bishop Meletios assigned Reverend Leon Katshihitis to serve as the first spiritual father for our parish. The permanent home of the church was to be built on Illinois Highway Route 83 between North Avenue and Lake Street. The land was pledged for this purpose by two of the founding families but that is not what actually happened. Tragedy struck on February 21, 1970 when a fire gutted the entire Immanuel Lutheran Church being used by our parish. After a brief time in the gymnasium of the church, the St. Demetrios Parish Council voted to purchase a vacated building facility of Elmhurst's Churchville Junior High School just down the street. Our present church now stands on the foundation of that junior high school. Under the supervision of Father Peter Malamis and the tireless members of the Parish Council, a group of outstanding architects, builders and iconographer completed our beautiful church and adjacent school.
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Monday: | 08:00 am - 07:00 pm |
Tuesday: | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm |
Wednesday: | 08:00 am - 07:00 pm |
Thursday: | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm |
Friday: | 09:00 am - 05:00 pm |
Saturday: | 08:00 am - 02:00 pm |
Sunday: | 08:00 am - 01:00 pm |
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Nikki Verros showing us her stuff at Teen Track today
VCS Days 2 & 3!
Our first a second graders in their music session today!
Great first day at VCS 2019!!! Looking forward to the rest of the week!
Come by the church tomorrow to support our Teen Track Car wash! All proceeds will benefit IOCC
Sky is clearing up! Food is hot! Konstantinos Nazis is on at 8! Join us at the festival tonight
Our final day! We handed over the keys to the family after blessing the house Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage,
Day 3 building we are almost there! Doors, windows and stucco are complete, after finishing touches tomorrow we will turn over the keys to the family!
Beach day at project Mexico!
Congratulations to our athletes for competing in Jr. Olympics this year, and thank you to all of our coaches
Today we started with a slab of concrete and ended with a complete house frame! Tomorrow we will rest after celebrating the Divine Liturgy
Arrival and build day 1! We finished mixing and pouring the concrete by hand to lay the Foundation that we will build on this week
Our group has safely arrived in California, on our way to St. Innocent Orphanage in Mexico!
Register for VCS Today!!! The deadline for VCS is fast approaching! You Must have your registration in by June 10th. All forms submitted after the deadline are subject to a $25 late fee per family, and are not eligible for the $5 per child discount for families with multiple children. Forms can be found at the church website by clicking the link below. Forms are also available at the church office. You can find the registration forms online at the Church Website! http://www.st-demetrios.org/ministries/vacation-church-school/
Thank you to everyone who helped make our Sr. Goya summer kick off BBQ a great evening!!!
Please pray for our mission team as they embark on our trip to Project Mexico this week
Congratulations to all of our graduates!!!
Took some of our High school graduates out to dinner this week! Good luck on your future endeavors and may God guide you to do His will! Join us this Sunday, June 2nd for Graduate Sunday
Congratulations to all of our teams and players this weekend! We brought home the gold for both basketball teams, a silver and gold in soccer and all of our swimmers medaled yesterday!!!
Congratulations to all of our teams this weekend 3 of our soccer teams, both of our basketball teams, both of our volleyball teams and our softball team are playing today for a medal!!! Come out to Jr. Olympics to cheer them on!
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Nikki Verros showing us her stuff at Teen Track today
Our first a second graders in their music session today!
Konstantinos Ναζης coming to visit our students at Pythagoras Children's Academy Thank you @Κωνσταντίνος Ναζης
VCS 2018 Celebration
2018 VCS Celebration!!!
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