Demetra Jaquet,
D.Min.

Demetra Velisarios Jaquet

Dee has sung in her church choir since she was thirteen and is currently the chanter at St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church in Greenwood Village, Colorado. She edits and compiles Byzantine music in English for liturgical use. Her other parish activities have included teaching church school, offering adult education classes, and conducting Bible study, as well as preaching and leading retreats and workshops.

WOMEN's Second Annual Symposium on "Women in the Church" held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, 1995 in Denver, Colorado yielded a weekend of dialogue, excitement, and eagerness for more than thirty attendees from four Orthodox jurisdictions throughout the United States.

Welcome to WOMEN and the St. Nina Quarterly.

The Women’s Orthodox Ministries and Education Network (WOMEN) was founded in Colorado in 1995 as a non-profit organization. The prime goal of WOMEN is to offer encouragement and support to Orthodox women worldwide in their service to the Church. Networking is WOMEN’s only product. This is accomplished in two ways—by supporting the publication of the St. Nina Quarterly in print and electronic form, and by promoting and publicizing conferences about subjects of interest to women.

Greetings in Jesus Christ, dear sisters and brothers. May the blessing of Great Lent and the joy of the Holy Resurrection of Our Lord God and Savior fill you during this most sacred season.

I’ve been engaged in a lot of reflection during Great Lent. One result is that recently I sent a letter to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, reviewing the fruits of the $5000 grant they gave to WOMEN in 1995 to assist its founding.

Heavenly King, Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, everywhere present and filling all things, the Treasury of Blessings and Giver of Life, come and dwell in us, and cleanse us from every stain, and save our souls, O Gracious One.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is one of the Trinity which is one in essence and that, as such, the Spirit has been, is, and always will be the provider all good things. Pentecost celebrates the Spirit’s gushing forth to fulfill that which had been foretold in prophecy. The Holy Trinity, before Pentecost, had been revealed gradually, according to the capacity of God’s people to receive.