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Volume 12 , Issue #4

May 2011

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

May Sundays 2-11

Registry / Announcements 14

Clubs & Community 15

Youth Corner 16-17

AHEPA District Convention 18

Parish Council Minutes 22

June Calendar 23

Through the Bible A-Z 11

Stewardship / Missions Ministry 12-13

T H E C R O S S + R O A D S

Hi-Lites AHEPA District

ConventionMay 19-22

Missions Ministry LuncheonMay 22

Greek Festival June 2-5

Sign up for church emailpage 21

Summer Hours start June 5

In The Old Testament we see in the Book of Hosea an expression of Gods love and faithfulness to His people. In Hosea 6:3 we hear the following He will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the Earth. This short message from a book writ-ten somewhere around 750 B.C. foretells the resurrection of Jesus and goes further to de-scribe the ministry of the myrrh bearing wom-en who as we know went at daybreak to the masters tomb with the intent of anointing His body.

Our Lord loves us all as a father loves his children and Hosea believed and wrote that Gods justice is enhanced by His great love. As we have all witnessed the Lords resurrec-tion from the dead, let us realize that this victory was for us which enables even those who have strayed the ability to return to the wide arms of the Lord.

In this Month of May we are all given the opportunity to celebrate our Parish Feastday. Saints Constantine and Helen were early Christian pioneers who helped pave the way for us to be able to practice the Christian faith in this 21st Century. Both Saints that our Church has been blessed to have as Pa-tron Saints have been seen in the history books as builders of Churches. We are to continue building this Parish of ours, making sure that the Christian foundation that our Church stands on be one of great strength and support and that the ministries of our Parish focus on the good that can be done and let us always remember that God wants us to enjoy the life and the love that Christ implants in the human heart is one that nev-er dies.

C h r i s t i s R i s e n

F R O M F A T H E R G E O R G E T H I S I S N O T S O M E T H I N G N E W

June 2, 3, 4 & 5

Philoptochos Tessie Baker, President

Religious Education Monica Hicks, Director

Greek School Paula Tofali, Matina Mimikos, Teachers

Youth Ministry Christina Thames, Director Acolytes Barry Hendricks, Director

JOY/HOPE Helen Micha, Director

Greek Orthodox Youth Association (GOYA) Allie Galoozis, President

Kent Paumier, Advisor

Young Adult League (YAL) Anastasia Theodorogiannis, President Golden Hearts Zoe Marcopoulos, President

Order of AHEPA Newport NewsGary Nichols, President

WilliamsburgMario Kokolis, President

Daughters of Penelope Zoe Lumpkin, President

Hellenic Womens Penelope Society Zena Mageras, President

Hellenic Youth Dancers Anastasia Theodorogiannis & Bobby Garofalis Co-Directors

P A R I S H M I N I S T R I E S & O R G A N I Z A T I O N S

Apolytikion of the Church He beheld the image of

Your Cross in the Heavens and, as Paul, he too did not receive the call from men. Your Apostle among Kings placed the care of the Royal City in Your hands. Through the intercessions of the The-otokos, O only Loving Lord, keep it ever in peace.

MAY 1 EPISTLE READING Acts of the Apostles 5:12-

20 IN THOSE DAYS, many

signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solo-mon's Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high hon-or. And more than ever believ-ers were added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, that as Pe-ter came by at least his shad-ow might fall on some of them. The people also gath-ered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick

and those afflicted with un-clean spirits, and they were all healed. But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles and put them in the common prison. But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said, "Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life."

GOSPEL READING John 20:19-31 Thomas Sunday On the evening of that day,

the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,

they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are re-tained."

Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them: "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe."

Eight days later, His disci-ples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Je-sus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas an-swered Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to Him: "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not writ-ten in this book; but these are

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Archdiocese on the web www.goarch.org


written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Thomas Sunday

Though the doors were shut at the dwelling where the dis-ciples were gathered for fear of the Jews on the evening of the Sunday after the Passo-ver, our Saviour wondrously entered and stood in their midst, and greeted them with His customary words, "Peace be unto you." Then He showed unto them His hands and feet and side; further-more, in their presence, He took some fish and a honey-comb and ate before them, and thus assured them of His bodily Resurrection. But Thomas, who was not then present with the others, did not believe their testimony concerning Christ's Resurrec-tion, but said in a decisive manner, "Except I shall see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into His side, I will not believe." Wherefore after eight days, that is, on this day, when the disciples were again gathered together and Thomas was with them, the Lord Jesus came while the doors were shut, as He did formerly. Standing in their

midst, He said, "Peace be un-to you"; then He said to Thom-as, "Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and bring hither thy hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not unbelieving, but believ-ing."And Thomas, beholding and examining carefully the hands and side of the Master, cried out with faith, "My Lord and my God." Thus he clearly proclaimed the two natures - human and divine - of the God-man (Luke 24:36-49; John 20:19-29).This day is called Antipascha (meaning "in the stead of Pascha," not "in op-position to Pascha") because with this day, the first Sunday after Pascha, the Church con-secrates every Sunday of the year to the commemoration of Pascha, that is, the Resurrec-tion. Copyright Holy Transfig-uration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved

Jeremiah the Prophet

This great Prophet of God, Jeremiah, who loved his breth-ren and lamented for them greatly, who prayed much for the people and the Holy City, was the son of Helkias of the tribe of Levi, from the city of Anathoth in the land of Benja-min. He was sanctified from his mother's womb, as the Lord Himself said concerning him: "Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from

the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations" (Jer. 1:5). He prophesied for thirty years, from 613 to 583 B.C. During the last captivity of the people in the reign of Sedekias, when only a few were left behind to cultivate the land, this Proph-et remained with them by the permission of Nabuzardan, the captain of the guard under Nabuchodonosor. He wept and lamented inconsolably over the desolation of Jerusa-lem and the enslavement of his people. But even the few that remained behind trans-gressed again, and fearing the vengeance of the Chaldeans, they fled into Egypt, forcibly taking with them Jeremiah and Baruch his disciple and scribe. There he prophesied concerning Egypt and other nations, and he was stoned to death in Taphnas by his own people about the year 583 B.C., since they would not en-dure to hear the truth of his words and his just rebukes. His book of prophecy is divid-ed into fifty-one chapters, and his book of lamentation into five; he is ranked second among the greater Prophets. His name means "Yah is exalt-ed." Copyright Holy Transfig-uration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved

Icon Courtesy of St. Isaac Skete

New Martyr Maria of Four-na, Mirabella in Crete

Tamara, Queen of Georgia Saint Tamara was the only

child of King George III. Upon his death in 1184, she be-came Queen at the age of twenty-four. Despite her youth, she ruled the country with such wisdom and godli-ness - leading it to unprece-dented military triumphs over the neighbouring Moslem countries in defence of her kingdom, fostering arts and letters, and zealously

strengthening Orthodoxy - that her reign is known as the Golden Age of Georgia. After her coronation, she convoked a local council to correct disor-ders in church life. When the bishops had assembled from all parts of her kingdom, she, like Saint Constantine at the First Ecumenical Council, hon-oured them as if she were a commoner, and they Angels of God; exhorting them to estab-lish righteousness and re-dress abuses, she said in her humility, "Do away with every wickedness, beginning with me, for the prerogative of the throne is in no wise that of making war against God." Saint Tamara called herself "the father of orphans and the judge of widows," and her con-temporaries called her "King" instead of "Queen." She her-self led her army against the Moslems and fearlessly de-feated them; because of the reverence that even the ene-mies of Georgia had for her, entire mountain tribes re-nounced Islam and were bap-tized. She built countless churches and monasteries throughout her kingdom, and was benefactress also to the Holy Land, Mount Athos, and holy places in Greece and Cyprus. She has always been much beloved by her people, who have memorialized her meekness, wisdom, piety, and obedience, and peace loving nature in innumerable leg-ends, ballads, and songs; the poem written in her honour by Shota Rustaveli, "The Knight in the Panther Skin," is the masterpiece of Georgian liter-ature. The great Queen Tama-ra departed the earthly king-dom for the heavenly in the year 1212. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved

Nikiforos the Monk of Chios



Ignatios, & Euthemios the New Martyrs

Of the three newly-shining luminaries of the Holy Moun-tain, the New Martyr Euthymi-os , who was from Demetsana of the Peloponnesus, won the crown of martyrdom when he was beheaded on Palm Sun-day, March 22, 1814. Saint Ignatios , who was from Stara Zagora in Bulgaria, was mar-tyred by hanging on October 8, 1814. Saint Acacius, who was from Neochorion of Thes-salonica, was beheaded on May 1, 1815. All three had denied Christ in the foolish-ness of youth, and repented with great fervour; all became monks in the Skete of the Venerable Forerunner on the Holy Mountain; all had the revered elders Nicephorus and Acacius as their spirtual fathers; all were martyred in Constantinople; all were about twenty years of age; and the holy relics of all three are treasured in the afore-mentioned Athonite Skete of the Forerunner. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved

APOLYTIKION AND KONTAKION HYMNS Apolytikion for Thomas

Sunday Christ our God, You are the

Life that dawned from the grave, though the tomb was sealed. Through closed doors You came to the Apostles. You are the Resurrection of all. And, You renewed us through them with an upright spirit, according to Your great mercy. - Copyright Narthex Press, used by permission. All rights reserved

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Kontakion Though You went down into

the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen. - Copyright Nar-thex Press, used by permis-sion. All rights reserved

WISDOM FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS For though the Apostles

themselves modestly ascribe it all to this cause, declaring that they did these things in the name of Christ, yet at the same time the life and noble conduct of the men helped to produce this effect. "And be-lievers were more added unto the Lord, multitudes both of men and women." Observe, how he now no longer tells the number of them that be-lieve; at such a rate was the faith making way even to an immense multitude, and so widely was the Resurrection proclaimed. So then "the peo-ple magnified them:" but they were now no longer lightly to be despised as once they were: for in a little moment, at a single turn of the scale, such have been the effects produced by the fisherman and by the publican! Earth was become a heaven, for manner of life, for boldness of speech, for wonders, for all besides; like Angels were they looked upon with wonder: St. John Chrysostom, Homily 12 on Acts IV, 4th Century

MAY 8 EPISTLE READING St. John's First Universal

Letter 1:1-7 THAT WHICH WAS from the

beginning, which we have

heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life - the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and pro-claim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete.

This is the message we have heard from him and pro-claim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellow-ship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellow-ship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

GOSPEL READING Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8 Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday At that time, Joseph of Ari-

mathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the king-dom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Jo-seph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses

saw where he was laid. And when the sabbath was

past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for trem-bling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Holy Myrrhbearers Sunday

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About the beginning of His thirty-second year, when the Lord Jesus was going through-out Galilee, preaching and working miracles, many wom-en who had received of His beneficence left their own homeland and from then on followed after Him. They min-istered unto Him out of their own possessions, even until His crucifixion and entomb-ment; and afterwards, neither losing faith in Him after His death, nor fearing the wrath of the Jewish rulers, they came to the sepulchre, bear-ing the myrrh-oils they had prepared to annoint His body. It is because of the myrrh-oils, that these God-loving women brought to the tomb of Jesus that they are called the Myrrh-bearers. Of those whose names are known are the fol-lowing: first of all, the most holy Virgin Mary, who in Mat-thew 27:56 and Mark 15:40 is called "the mother of James and Joses" (these are the sons of Joseph by a previous marriage, and she was there-fore their step-mother); Mary Magdalene (celebrated July 22); Mary, the wife of Clopas; Joanna, wife of Chouza, a steward of Herod Antipas; Salome, the mother of the sons of Zebedee, Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus; and Susanna. As for the names of the rest of them, the evangelists have kept silence (Matt 27:55-56; 28:1-10. Mark 15:40-41. Luke 8:1-3; 23:55-24:11, 22-24. John 19:25; 20:11-18. Acts 1:14).Together with them we celebrate also the secret dis-ciples of the Saviour, Joseph and Nicodemus. Of these, Nicodemus was probably a Jerusalemite, a prominent leader among the Jews and of the order of the Pharisees, learned in the Law and in-structed in the Holy Scrip-tures. He had believed in

Christ when, at the beginning of our Saviour's preaching of salvation, he came to Him by night. Furthermore, he brought some one hundred pounds of myrrh-oils and an aromatic mixture of aloes and spices out of reverence and love for the divine Teacher (John 19:39). Joseph, who was from the city of Arima-thea, was a wealthy and noble man, and one of the counsel-lors who were in Jerusalem. He went boldly unto Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and together with Nicodemus he gave Him burial. Since time did not permit the prepa-ration of another tomb, he placed the Lord's body in his own tomb which was hewn out of rock, as the Evangelist says (Matt. 27:60). Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monas-tery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved

John the Apostle, Evange-list, & Theologian

The feast today in honour of the holy Apostle John com-memorates the miracle taking place each year in Ephesus, in which a certain dust or pow-der, called manna, suddenly poured forth from his tomb and was used by the faithful for deliverance from maladies of both soul and body. For an account of his life, see Sep-tember 26. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery,

Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved

Arsenios the Great

Saint Arsenios was a dea-con of the Church of Rome, born of an illustrious family, and wondrous in virtue. In the days of Saint Theodosius the Great, he was chosen to be the tutor of the Emperor's young sons, Arcadius and Honorius. While living at the imperial palace in Constanti-nople, compassed with all luxury and innumerable temp-tations to sin, Arsenios often besought God with tears to guide him to salvation. This prayer was answered one day when a voice came to him saying, "Arsenios, flee from men, and thou shalt be saved." He sailed secretly to Alexandria, and from there went to Scete, where he be-came a monk. Yet after he had withdrawn from the world, and was come among the most illustrious monks of his day, he heard, 'Arsenios, flee, be silent, pray always, for the-se are the causes of sinning not." Following this call, he separated himself even from his fellow monks, practicing extreme silence. On Saturday evenings, he would turn his back on the setting sun, and would stretch out his hands in prayer to Heaven, till the sun shone upon his face the fol-

lowing morning, and only then would he sit down. Once a monk came to visit him, and looking into his cell saw Arse-nios entirely like a flame of fire. After living some fifty-five years as a monk, and attain-ing to heights reached by few, he reposed in peace about the year 449, at the age of ninety-five. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved


Emelia, mother of St. Basil the Great

APOLYTIKION AND KONTAKION HYMNS Apolytikion for Holy

Myrrhbearers Sunday Standing by the tomb the

angel said to the Myrrh-bearing women: "Myrrh is for the dead; but Christ has shown Himself stranger to death." - Copyright Narthex Press, used by permission. All rights reserved

Apolytikion for John the Apostle, Evangelist, & Theolo-gian

Beloved Apostle of Christ our God, hasten to deliver a people without defense. He who permitted you to recline upon His bosom, accepts you on bended knee before Him. Beseech Him, O Theologian, to dispel the persistent cloud of nations, asking for us peace and great mercy. - Cop-yright Narthex Press, used by permission. All rights reserved

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WISDOM FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS They [the women] had fol-

lowed Him ministering to Him, and were present even unto the time of the dangers. Wherefore also they saw all; how He cried, how He gave up the ghost, how the rocks were rent, and all the rest. St. John Chrysostom, Homily 88 on Matthew 27, 4th Century


42 IN THOSE DAYS, as Peter

went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints that lived at Lyd-da. There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed." And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was at Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of chari-ty. In those days she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room. Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him entreat-ing him, "Please come to us without delay." So Peter rose

and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, rise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive. And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

GOSPEL READING John 5:1-15 Sunday of the Paralytic

At that time, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Be-thesda which has five porti-coes. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, para-lyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water; whoever stepped in first after the trou-bling of the water was healed of whatever disease he had. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" The sick man an-swered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the sab-bath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up your pallet, and walk.' "They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?" Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had with-drawn, as there was a crowd in the place. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that noth-ing worse befall you." The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Sunday of the Paralytic Close to the Sheep's in Je-

rusalem, there was a pool, which was called the Sheep's Pool. It had round about it five porches, that is, five sets of pillars supporting a domed roof. Under this roof there lay very many sick people with various maladies, awaiting the moving of the water. The first to step in after the troubling of the water was healed im-mediately of whatever malady he had.It was there that the

paralytic of today's Gospel way lying, tormented by his infirmity of thirty-eight years. When Christ beheld him, He asked him, "Wilt thou be made whole?" And he an-swered with a quiet and meek voice, "Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool." The Lord said unto him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." And straightaway the man was made whole and took up his bed. Walking in the pres-ence of all, he departed rejoic-ing to his own house. Accord-ing to the expounders of the Gospels, the Lord Jesus healed this paralytic during the days of the Passover, when He had gone to Jerusa-lem for the Feast, and dwelt there teaching and working miracles. According to Saint John the Evangelist, this mira-cle took place on the Sab-bath. Copyright Holy Transfig-uration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved

Pachomios the Great Martyr

Saint Pachomios was born of pagan parents in the Upper Thebaid of Egypt. He was con-scripted into the Roman army





at an early age. While quar-tered with the other soldiers in the prison in Thebes, Pa-chomios was astonished at the kindness shown them by the local Christians, who re-lieved their distress by bring-ing them food and drink. Upon inquiring who they were, he believed in Christ and vowed that once delivered from the army, he would serve Him all the days of his life. Released from military service, about the year 313, he was bap-tized, and became a disciple of the hermit Palamon, under whose exacting guidance he increased in virtue and grace, and reached such a height of holiness that "because of the purity of his heart," says his biographer, "he was, as it were, seeing the invisible God as in a mirror." His renown spread far, and so many came to him to be his disci-ples that he founded nine monasteries in all, filled with many thousands of monks, to whom he gave a rule of life, which became the pattern for all communal monasticism after him. While Saint Anthony the Great is the father of her-mits, Saint Pachomios is the founder of the cenobitic life in Egypt; because Pachomios had founded a way of monas-ticism accessible to so many, Anthony said that he "walks the way of the Apostles." Saint Pachomios fell asleep in the Lord before his contemporar-ies Anthony and Athanasius the Great, in the year 346. His name in Coptic, Pachom, means "eagle." Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved


Achilles, Bishop of Larissa Saint Achilles was one of

the 318 God-bearing Fathers who were present at the First Ecumenical Council; after re-

turning to Larissa he cast down many pagan temples, delivered many from the de-mons, and raised up churches to the glory of God. He re-posed about the middle of the fourth century. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved

Barbaros the Myrrhbearer of Kerkyra

Andrew the Hermit & Won-derworker

APOLYTIKION AND KONTAKION HYMNS Resurrectional Apolytikion

Third Tone Let the heavens rejoice and

the earth be glad, for the Lord by His Might, has created a Dominion. He has conquered death by death, and become the first-born of the dead. He has delivered us from the depths of Hades, and has granted the world great mer-cy. - Copyright Narthex Press, used by permission. All rights reserved ,

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WISDOM FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS For where tears are-- or

rather, where miracles are, there tears ought not to be; not where such a mystery is celebrating. Hear, I beseech you: although somewhat of

the like kind does not take place now, yet in the case of our dead likewise, a great mystery is celebrating. Say, if as we sit together, the Emper-or were to send and invite some one of us to the palace, would it be right, I ask, to weep and mourn? Angels are present, commissioned from heaven and come from thence, sent from the King Himself to call their fellow servant, and say, dost thou weep? Knowest thou not what a mystery it is that is taking place, how awful, how dread, and worthy indeed of hymns and lauds? Wouldest thou learn, that thou mayest know, that this is no time for tears? For it is a very great mystery of the Wisdom of God. As if leaving her dwelling, the soul goes forth, speeding on her way to her own Lord, and dost thou mourn? Why then, thou shouldst do this on the birth of a child: for this in fact is also a birth, and a better than that. St. John Chrysostom, Homily 21 on Acts 9, 4th Cen-tury


30 IN THOSE DAYS, those

apostles who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen trav-eled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number that believed turned to the Lord. News of this came to the ears of the church in Jeru-salem, and they sent Barna-bas to Antioch. When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he ex-

horted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with stead-fast purpose; for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large company was added to the Lord. So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church, and taught a large company of people; and in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Chris-tians. Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabos stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world; and this took place in the days of Claudius. And the disciples determined, every one accord-ing to his ability, to send relief to the brethren who lived in Judea, and they did so, send-ing it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

GOSPEL READING John 4:5-42 Sunday of the Samaritan

Woman At that time, Jesus came to

a city of Samaria, called Sy-char, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have




asked him and he would have given you living water." The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?" Je-sus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."

Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The woman answered him, "I have no husband." Je-sus said to her, "You are right in saying, 'I have no husband'; for you have had five hus-bands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly." The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (he who is called

Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am he."

Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, "What do you wish?" or, "Why are you talk-ing with her?" So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city and said to the people, "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" They went out of the city and were coming to him.

Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying "Rabbi, eat." But he said to them, "I have food to eat of which you do not know." So the disciples said to one another, "Has any-one brought him food?" Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, 'One sows and another reaps.' I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; oth-ers have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony. "He told me all that I ever did." So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard ourselves, and we know that this is in-deed Christ the Savior of the

world." SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Sunday of the Samaritan

Woman

One of the most ancient cities of the Promised Land was Shechem, also called Sikima, located at the foot of Mount Gerazim. There the Israelites had heard the bless-ings in the days of Moses and Jesus of Navi. Near to this town, Jacob, who had come from Mesopotamia in the nineteenth century before Christ, bought a piece of land where there was a well. This well, preserved even until the time of Christ, was known as Jacob's Well. Later, before he died in Egypt, he left that piece of land as a special in-heritance to his son Joseph (Gen. 49:22). This town, be-fore it was taken into posses-sion by Samaria, was also the leading city of the kingdom of the ten tribes. In the time of the Romans it was called Nea-polis, and at present Nablus. It was the first city in Canaan visited by the Patriarch Abra-ham. Here also, Jesus of Navi (Joshua) addressed the tribes of Israel for the last time. Al-most three hundred years later, all Israel assembled there to make Roboam (Rehoboam) king.When our

Lord Jesus Christ, then, came at midday to this city, which is also called Sychar (John 4:5), He was wearied from the jour-ney and the heat, and He sat down at this well. After a little while the Samaritan woman mentioned in today's Gospel passage came to draw water. As she conversed at some length with the Lord and heard from Him secret things concerning herself, she be-lieved in Him; through her many other Samaritans also believed.Concerning the Sa-maritans we know the follow-ing: In the year 721 before Christ, Salmanasar (Shalmaneser), King of the Assyrians, took the ten tribes of the kingdom of Israel into captivity, and relocated all these people to Babylon and the land of the Medes. From there he gathered various nations and sent them to Sa-maria. These nations had been idolaters from before. Although they were later in-structed in the Jewish faith and believed in the one God, they worshipped the idols al-so. Furthermore, they accept-ed only the Pentateuch of Moses, and rejected the other books of Holy Scripture. None-theless, they thought them-selves to be descendants of Abraham and Jacob. There-fore, the pious Jews named these Judaizing and idola-trous peoples Samaritans, since they lived in Samaria, the former leading city of the Israelites, as well as in the other towns thereabout. The Jews rejected them as hea-then and foreigners, and had no communion with them at all, as the Samaritan woman observed, "the Jews have no dealings with the Samari-tans" (John 4:9). Therefore, the name Samaritan is used derisively many times in the





Gospel narrations. After the Ascension of the Lord, and the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the woman of Samaria was baptized by the holy Apostles and became a great preacher and Martyr of Christ; she was called Pho-tine, and her feast is kept on February 26. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved

Vasilikos the Martyr, Bish-op of Comana

This Martyr was from the city of Amasia on the Black Sea, and a nephew of Saint Theodore the Tyro (Feb. 17). When his fellow Martyrs Eutro-pius and Cleonicus had been crucified (see Mar.8), Vasili-kos was shut up in prison. As he was praying the Lord to count him also worthy to fin-ish his course as a martyr, the Lord appeared to him, telling him first to go to his kinsmen and bid them farewell, which he did. When it was learned that he had left the prison, soldiers came after him, and brought him to Comana of Cappadocia, compelling him to walk in iron shoes set with nails. He was beheaded at Comana, and his body was cast into the river, during the reign of Diocletian (284-305). Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved

Holy New Martyrs Demetri-us and Paul of Tripoli

John-Vladimir, Ruler of Ser-bia


Fourth Tone The women disciples of the

Lord heard from the angel, the joyful news of the Resur-rection and the repeal of the sentence imposed upon our forefathers. With pride they said to the Apostles, "Death is

vanquished, Christ our God is risen bestowing upon the world His great mercy." - Copy-right Narthex Press, used by permission. All rights reserved

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Apolytikion for 4th Wednesday after Pascha - Mid-Pentecost

Mid-way in the feast, re-fresh my thirsty soul with the flowing waters of piety. For You cried out to all, O Savior, "Let him who thirsts come to me and drink." You, O Christ our God, are the Fountain of Life, glory to You. - Copyright Narthex Press, used by per-mission. All rights reserved ,

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WISDOM FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS The example of the good

Samaritan shows that we must not abandon those in whom even the faintest amount of faith is still alive. St. Ambrose of Milan, Two Books of St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Concerning Repent-ance, Chapter 11


34 IN THOSE DAYS, as we

apostles were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by sooth-saying. She followed Paul and us, crying, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the rulers; and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city. They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the gar-ments off them and gave or-ders to beat them with rods. And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charg-ing the jailer to keep them safely. Having received this charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prison-ers were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediate-ly all the doors were opened and every one's fetters were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his

sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said, "Men, what must I do to be saved?" And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their wounds, and he was baptized at once, with all his family. Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with all his household that he had believed in God.

GOSPEL READING John 9:1-38 Sunday of the Blind Man At that time, as Jesus

passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anoint-ed the man's eyes with the clay, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back see-ing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and




beg?" Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man." They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went and washed and received my sight." They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

They brought to the Phari-sees the man who had for-merly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The Pharisees again asked him how he had re-ceived his sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes and I washed, and I see." Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sab-bath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a divi-sion among them. So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" His parents an-swered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." His par-ents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess him to be Christ he was to be put out

of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner." He an-swered, "Whether he is a sin-ner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" He answered them, "I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you too want to become his disciples?" And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Mo-ses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from." The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you." He said, "Lord, I believe": and he worshiped him.

SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Sunday of the Blind Man

The Lord Jesus was coming from the Temple on the Sab-bath, when, while walking in the way, He saw the blind man mentioned in today's Gospel. This man had been born thus from his mother's womb, that is, he had been born without eyes (see Saint John Chrysostom, Homily LVI on Matthew; Saint Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book V:15; and the second Exorcism of Saint Basil the Great). When the disciples saw this, they asked their Teacher, "Who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" They asked this because when the Lord had healed the paralytic at the Sheep's Pool, He had told him, "Sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14); so they wondered, if sickness was caused by sin, what sin could have been the cause of his being born without eyes. But the Lord answered that this was for the glory of God. Then the God-man spat on the ground and made clay with the spittle. He anointed the eyes of the blind man and said to him, "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam." Siloam (which means "sent") was a well-

known spring in Jerusalem used by the inhabitants for its waters, which flowed to the eastern side of the city and collected in a large pool called "the Pool of Siloam."

Therefore, the Saviour sent the blind man to this pool that he might wash his eyes, which had been anointed with the clay-not that the pool's water had such power, but that the faith and obedience of the one sent might be made man-ifest, and that the miracle might become more remarka-ble and known to all, and leave no room for doubt. Thus, the blind man believed in Jesus' words, obeyed His command, went and washed himself, and returned, no longer blind, but having eyes and seeing. This was the greatest miracle that our Lord had yet worked; as the man healed of his blindness him-self testified, "Since time be-gan, never was it heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind," alt-hough the Lord had already healed the blind eyes of many. Because he now had eyes, some even doubted that he was the same person (John 9:8-9); and it was still lively in their remembrance when Christ came to the tomb of Lazarus, for they said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?" Saint John Chrysostom gives a thorough and brilliant exposition of our Lord's meet-ing with the woman of Samar-ia, the healing of the paralytic, and the miracle of the blind man in his commentaries on the Gospel of Saint John. Cop-yright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights reserved




Preach the kingdom of God to other cities Luke 4:43

Preach the Word 2 Timothy 4:2

Precious and vast are the thoughts of the Lord about you Psalm 139:17

Precious in His sight - Isaiah 43:4

Precious in the sight of the Lord are women with a gentle and quiet spirit 1 Peter 3:4

Predestined are also called, the called are also justi-fied, and the justified are also glorified Romans 8:30

Predestined to become con-formed to the image of Gods Son Romans 8:29

Prepare your minds for ac-tion, keep sober in spirit fix your hope completely on the grace of the revela-tion of Jesus 1 Peter 1:13

Prepared for every good work by cleansing yourself 2 Timothy 2:21

Present your body a living & holy sacrifice, acceptable to God is your spiritual service of worship Ro-mans 12:1

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Theodosia the Virgin-Martyr of Tyre

The holy Virgin Martyr The-odosia was born in Tyre of Phoenicia. At the age of eight-een she was seized in Caesa-rea of Palestine during a per-secution and was brought before Urban the ruler. Be-cause she refused to offer sacrifice to the idols, her sides and breasts were merci-lessly scraped even to the inward parts and bones. She endured this in silence with astonishing courage. When Urban again asked her to sacrifice, she mocked him, and after being tormented even more horribly than be-fore, she was cast into the sea in the year 308. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monas-tery, Brookline, MA, used by permission. All rights re-served

St. Theodosia, Virgin-Martyr of Constantinople

The Righteous Martyr Theo-dosia, having Constantinople as her homeland, struggled in asceticism in her own con-vent, which was located in that same imperial city. Filled with zeal for the veneration of the holy icons, she withstood Emperor Leo the Isaurian's impious command that the icons be destroyed. She re-ceived the martyr's crown when a soldier of the imperial

guard plunged a ram's horn through her throat, about the year 717. Copyright Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA, used by per-mission. All rights reserved


Andrew the New Martyr of Argentes

John of Smyrna the New Martyr


Plagal of the First Tone O Faithful, let us sing a

hymn of praise and worship to the Logos, coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, who was born of the Virgin for our salvation. Of His own will He went upon the Cross in the flesh and suffered death, to raise the dead through His glorious Resurrection. - Copy-right Narthex Press, used by permission. All rights re-served

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Kontakion Though You went down

into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen. - Copyright Nar-thex Press, used by permis-sion. All rights reserved

WISDOM FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS What could equal these

souls? These men had been scourged, had received many, stripes, they had been mis-used, were in peril of their lives, were thrust into the inner prison, and set fast in the

stocks: and for all this they did not suffer themselves to sleep, but kept vigil all the night. Do you mark what a blessing tribu-lation is? ...That the earth-quake should not seem to have come of itself, there was this concurrent circumstance, bear-ing witness to it: "the doors were opened, and all their bonds were loosed." And it ap-pears in the night-time; for the Apostles did not work for dis-play, but for men's salva-tion...Here, they did but show the doors standing open, and it opened the doors of his heart, it loosed two sorts of chains; that (prisoner) kindled the (true) light; for the light in his heart was shining. "And he sprang in, and fell before them;" and he does not ask, How is this? What is this? but straightway he says, "What must I do to be saved?" What then answers Paul? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, thou and thine house." (v. 31.) For this above all, wins men: that one's house also should be saved St. John Chrysostom, Homily 36 on Acts 16, 4th Century


May 8 & 29 Team A - Dean Chioros,

Kostas Polyzos, Jorgie Poly-zos, Christian Detweiler, George Dallis, Joseph Den-nie, Yianni Tsimplekis

May 15 Team B - Manoli Vidakis,

Collin Patrinely, Dominic Peri, Ian Sadler, Hayden Hendricks, Michael Christou, Nicholaos Sarantakos

May 1 & 22 Team C - Dimitrios Kon-

stantinou, Christos Konstan-tinou, Georgios Haramis, George Petrakos, Brandon Pingley, Ethan Detweiler, Anastasios Dallis, Yianni Prassas

ACOLYTE SCHEDULE


S T E W A R D S H I P M I N I S T R Y U P D A T E Why is my Name not on

the List? By Barry Hendricks I can always count on a

phone call or conversation soon after the mailman delivers the Cross+Roads in the mail-boxes of our faithful. The ques-tion Im asked is almost always the same Why is my name not on the list? Referring, of course, to the listing of parish-ioners published in The Cross+Roads who have sub-mitted their annual steward-ship commitment forms. I will always first ask if the parishion-er submitted their annual stew-ardship commitment form to the Church Office, and in a few rare instances the omission is the result of human error, but sadly, most of the time the re-sponse I receive goes some-thing like this: I thought I asked (or told) Tasia to fill it out for me (referring to our dedi-cated Church Administrate As-sistant Tasia Savrides), or You guys already know how much I give, or I dont have time to fill it out, and the old ethnic fall back Greeks just arent used to filling out stewardship forms. Friends, Im not mak-ing this up, these are all real responses Ive received on more than one occasion.

I could go in many directions addressing each of those re-sponses one by one, but as I looked at them collectively, I noticed a common trend in all the responses that many in our community view steward-ship as a burdensome financial exercise, and not as a cheerful and uplifting spiritual commit-ment of faith. I believe that we will never be able fully embrace stewardship and move forward as a community until we all have a common understanding of stewardship.

True Orthodox Christian Stewardship is a way of life, which acknowledges accounta-bility, reverence, and responsi-bility before God. Stewardship

is based on the simple affirma-tion that ALL WE HAVE and ALL WE ARE comes as a blessing from God. Let me repeat that last sentence Stewardship is based on the simple affirma-tion that ALL WE HAVE and ALL WE ARE comes as a blessing from God. It is important to recognize and accept that baseline before we can move on to the next point. Next, as a sign of love, we commit our-selves to stewardship as a way of thanking God for all His blessings and offer a portion of our time, talent, and treasure to support Christs Church and Her Ministries.

Every year, we ask our faith-ful to prayerfully review their personal circumstances and cheerfully make a commitment of time, talent, and treasure using a stewardship commit-ment form. Filling out your commitment form should be a spiritual experience, not a bur-den. Think about what you are doing and read the words un-der the time, talent, and treas-ure sections you are making a commitment to Christ and His Church, not to the Parish Coun-cil, not to any individual, but to Christ and His Church. It should take some time to fill out and you should feel good when it is completed and sub-mitted. Since your offering of time, talent, and treasure is a personal matter, the only per-son that should be filling out your stewardship commitment form is YOU (and your spouse when filling the form out as a family). No one knows better than you your own personal / family situation - how richly you have been blessed in the past year, how much time you have to commit to the church, and your God-given or special tal-ents you have to offer in Christs service.

We decided to list those pa-rishioners who have submitted their annual stewardship com-mitment forms in The Cross+Roads as a convenient

way for us to send a blanket, public thank you, and at the same time, serve as a reminder for those parishioners who havent submitted their com-mitment.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, theres more to steward-ship than having your name on a list in the church newsletter. An Orthodox Christian Steward is an active participant in the life of The Church. If you have-nt been to Church in a while, please come back and im-merse yourself in the beauty of the icons and Liturgy, and feel the power of the Holy Sprint. Bring your children, grandchil-dren, or Godchildren to Sunday School and encourage them to participate and learn. If you are blessed with the gift of mu-sic, join our choir. Volunteer to read during Orthros and the Epistle. If you are already an active participant in the Church, reach out to someone who isnt and encourage them to join you in Church. If you want to get involved in the life of the Church and her minis-tries, let someone know.

Dont spend a whole lot of time worrying about the list in The Cross+Road. Every day we should ask ourselves What do I need to to make it on THE LIST that really matters?

165 Thank Yous (23 more than last month)! The Parish Council and

Stewardship Ministry Team thank the 165 parishioners and parishioner families listed below for submitting their annual Stewardship pledge for 2011 (as of April 20, 2011). We respectfully and prayerfully request that all participants in the life of the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church sub-mit their sacrificial gift com-mitments at their earliest con-venience. If you feel there is an error in the listing below, please contact the Church Office. George & Jacquelyn Anas Mary Anas Nick & Dottie Andre Tony & Marika Anthony Peter & Connie Antinopoulos Alike Asime James Bailey Andrew & Tessie Baker Barney and Georgia Barnes Gregory & Marina Becouvarakis Dean & Mary Ann BeLer Greg Bicouvaris Renee Brown Olen and Hazel Bruce Savvas & Despo Campana Charles & Beth Campbell John & Phoebe Campbell Sam & Angelike Canavos Pete & Margaret Carter Michael & Melissa Chalkias David & Alexis Chappell Fr. George & Presv. Flora Chioros John Christou Irene Christou

PledgedAmountRange

#ofPledges

TotalPledged

AveragePledge %

$10,000$5,000 5 $31,000 $6,200 3.03% $3,500$2,000 13 $33,180 $2,552 7.88% $1,600$1,000 37 $41,490 $1,121 22.42% $900$600 16 $10,850 $678 9.70% $500$525 17 $8,525 $501 10.30%

$400 6 $2,400 $400 3.64% $350$300 13 $4,050 $312 7.88% $260$200 27 $6,175 $229 16.36% $175&below 31 $2,997 $97 18.79%

TOTALS 165 $140,667 $852.53 100%

M I S S I O N S M I N I S T R Y L U N C H E O N


Ellie Costulis John & Phyllis Costulis Peter & Beverly Daikos John & Tessie Dakis Kaliope Deligan Bill Deligan Joe & Helen Dennie John Dermanis Fr. Nicholas and Presv. Moscha Des-potides Kurt & Paula Detweiler Elias & Zoe Doulgerakis Sonja Eaton Faye Evans Ted & Jo Ellen Fotiou Harry & Zoe Fotiou Teddy Fotiou Stavroula Gailey Theo & Alexis Galoozis George & Irene Garefalis Haralambos & Aleksandra Garofalis Alvin & Alexa Garrison Anastasius & Mary Georgalas Helen George Chris George Tom & Ourania Georges Bill & Christine Georges Angela Vallas Gionis Theo & Maria Gouletas Anatol Grynewytsch Jesse & Evangelia Hanline Katherine Haramis Roger & Dina Headrick Barry & Ruth Hendricks Phillip & Monica Hicks Joan Hill Jason and Lea Holbrook George and Athena Ikonomou Penelope Irwin Christopher and Elaine Jansen Jimmy and Flossie Kaligos Helen Kanelos William and Maria Kaoudis Johnny & Rebecca Karatsikis Angelike Karatsikis Brian and Cynthia Killough Daniel Kocic Michael and Suzanne Kokorelis Lycourgos and Pam Koliopoulos John and Sheree Konstantinou James Koumbaries Angela Kritikos Polydefkis and Georgia Kypriandes Bobby & Jennifer Lappas Robert and Zoe Ann Lumpkin Anna Mageras Zena Mageras John & Debbie Malliarakis Julia Malliarakis Eva Malliarakis Nick Malliarakis George and Zoe Marcopoulos Pete and Athena Markos George Markos Mickey Markos Angelo and Victoria Markov Nick and Kathy Matthews Sylvia Matthews Loula Maurakis James and Argie Maurakis William & Joanna McDearmon Joan Meagher Dennis and Patsy Meliagros Alex & Joannie Michalos

John & Mary Michos Al & Christine Mignogna Richard & Jette Mikita Matina Mimikos RaNetta Mitchum Maria Mitchum Mitchell & Alexandra Moore Gary and Helen Nicholls Jeanette Orlino Katherine Orphanidys Sharon Otero Priscilla Outland John & Marianthe Palantzas Tike Panags Voula Panags Thomas Pantelides Paul Pantelis Mary Pantelis Elizabeth Papas Arthur Parrous Alexander Pasquier Evan & Katherine Patrinely Mary Paul Kent & Georgene Paumier John Pawluk Leonard & Cleo Pileggi Mary Pitsilides Maria Poulimenos Elizabeth Puckett Petra Radulovic Bill & Georgianna Ringas Sophia Romano Scott and Renee' Root John and Patrice Sadler John and Agnes Samos Harry and Zelma Samos Marinos and Kristen Sarantakos Anastasia Savrides Pauline Schlim Ioannis Siokis Douglas Smith Brandon & Kristen Sommerfeld Stephan Stephan Pete and Dianne Sun Michael Sun Christina Thames Angelo and Nia Theodorogiannis Anastasia Theodorogiannis Nicholas and Margaret Theodosakis Chris Theoharis John and Joanne Thomas Sotos and Panayiota Tofalli Mike & Frances Tsimplekis George and Julie Tsirimokos Joe & Stavroula Valentin Joanna Vallas Constantinos & Ellen Velissarios Bobby and Maria Vidakis Nicholas and Barbara Vlattas Nick and Voula Vretakis Mitch and Sandra Walker John and Betty Warhol Jr. Timothy and Alexia Warner James and Victoria Woodbury Katherine Yeapanis Chris and Hope Zambas George and Angie Zambas Vassilios and Katie Zisopoulos

The Missions Ministry of our Parish will be hosting a luncheon on Sunday, May 22, following the Divine Lit-urgy at the Hellenic Center. Following the meal we will hear a presentation by Geor-gia Bendo who has been serving as a missionary in Albania with the Orthodox Christian Mission Center since August 2004.

The luncheon is free of

charge. We prayerfully ask that you consider making a donation to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) to help further its efforts in sharing the love of Jesus Christ in Albania and other parts of the world.

In the 20th century, Albania

fell under a communist regime and suffered the most severe religious persecution in the world. From 1967-1990, all forms of religion were constitu-tionally prohibited. By 1991, more than 1600 churches and monasteries had been de-stroyed, no Church infrastruc-ture existed, and only 22 elderly clergy remained.

Today, under the guidance of Archbishop ANASTASIOS of Tira-na and All Albania, the Church has been resurrected. Since 1992, OCMC Missionaries and Mission Teams have worked with the Orthodox Church in Albania to rebuild infrastructure and grow the Church.

Georgia Gilman Bendo grew up with her nine brothers and sisters in North Carolina. She is the sister of Eugenia Gray of our

Parish. Her parents had convert-ed to Orthodoxy several years before she was born and thus she was raised in the faith. At Duke University she majored in Russian language and literature and was able to spend 6 months in St. Petersburg. She feels that this time in Russia together with visits to Greece during these years strengthened her in the faith and made her certain of her calling to work for the Church. She spent two years preparing for mission work after her graduation and arrived in Albania in 2004.

Since then she has been teaching English and an after-school catechism class at Pro-tagonists Elementary School, a school started and operated by the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. In addition to teaching, her work includes curriculum development for the English and catechism program, supervising the Albanian English teachers, translations into Eng-lish for the Churchs website (www.orthodoxalbania.org) and taking part in a number of youth camps and conferences.

In January 2008 she was married to Theodore Bendo, who also works for the Albanian Orthodox Church.

On November 21, 2008, God blessed Georgia and Todi with a son: Vasili Thomas Bendo, was born on the Feast day of the Entrance of the Theotokos. He was 20 inches (51 cm) and weighed a healthy 8lbs 8oz (3.85 kilos). Vasili Thomas Ben-do is named after St. Basil the Great, St. Basil of Ostrog (Montenegro), Vasili (Todi's grandfather), and Thomas (Georgia's great-grandfather).

Georgia needs your ongoing prayer and financial support in order to serve in Albania.


ATTENDANCE

April 3 219

April 10 176

April 17 350

April 24 458

April 11 Ave 301

April 10 Ave 281

YTD 11 Ave 226

YTD 10 Ave 210

C H U R C H R E G I S T R Y / A N N O U N C E M E N T S BAPTISM: On April 3, Richard White Morton, Jr. was

baptized in our Church becoming an Orthodox Christian. Dr. Michael Kokorelis served as the sponsor. We congratulate Richard and welcome him into our Faith. Our best wishes to him, his family and his godparents.

RECENTLY ILL: We wish a speedy recovery to our friends and

fellow parishioners who have been ill and/or hospitalized recently: Greg Becouvarakis, Van Polyson, Harita Stavrou.

Kali sas anarrosi!!!!!! DEATHS: Our sincere condolences to the family of Kat-

ina Drivas who passed away in Greece on April 12.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Ma-ria Franks who died on March 31 in Winchester, Virginia and whose funeral service was conduct-ed in Saint Katherines Church in Falls Church, Virginia.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Peri-cles Koutsombinas who died on April 16 and for whom a Trisagion Service was held on April 27.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Paul

Summa whose father, Joseph, died in Dervy, New Hamphsire on March 22.

May their memory be eternal!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU: The family of Angie Kilopoulos thank their

many friends and fellow parishioners for the telephone calls and the many sympathy cards sent to them for the passing of

Mrs. Kilopoulos mother, Kiriakoula Tselekos. MEMORIAL FUND Last week in the tornado that hit Gloucester,

Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church lost a parishioner and friend...for anyone interested in making a donation to help out the family of Perikles Koutsombinas, a fund has been set up at Wachovia Bank under the name Saints Constantine and Helen, Perikles G. Kout-sombinas Memorial Fund. Donations can be made at any Wachovia branch or through the Church office.

May his memory be eternal. CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Alexis Chappell who was

recently accepted by Eastern Virginia Medical School for their Ph.D program in clinical psychol-ogy. She will begin her studies in the fall.

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

Please email information no later than the 20th day

of the month to Nick Vlattas

[email protected]

Revenues Stewardship $46,029 Candles & Trays 8,006 Donations 11,622 Festival 0 Hellenic Center 500 Other 12,824 Total $78,981 Expenses Employees $69,198 GOA Fair Share 18,000 Church Life 5,329 Maintenance 8.867 Financial 6,265 Miscellaneous 17,128 Fund Raising 0 Supplies 14,966 Utilities 29.182 Total $168,925 Operating Income $(89,944) Depreciation 9,000 Net income $(98,944)

FINANCIAL YTD AT 3/31/2011

FESTIVAL SETUP Please help with setup before the festival GREEK FESTIVAL Thu, Fri, Sat, SunJune 2-5 Thu Sat, 11 am-10 pm Shift One 11 am - 4:30 pm Shift Two 4:30 pm -10 pm Sun 12 noon - 6 pm Shift One 12 - 3 pm Shift Two 3 - 6 pm Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of scheduled start. FESTIVAL CLEAN-UP Please help with clean-up on Monday and Tuesday following the Festival

GUIDELINES FOR VOLUNTEERS: SERVICE Smile Share our rich culture and religion Treat our customers with respect Be helpful and courteous Have fun QUALITY Serve consistent portions to all customers Present food in a pleasing manner CLEANLINESS Servers should wear serving gloves Wash hands thoroughly before serving Maintain a good appearance OTHER GUIDELINES Volunteers park behind the Hellenic Center Arrive 15 minutes early. Report to the information desk to pickup a nametag and an apron. GLENDI PARTY Come to the Glendi party on Sunday, 6-8 p.m. to celebrate a successful festival Call 596-5599 or 872-8119 for more information or visit us on the web at www.NewportNewsGreekFestival.org


We thank all those pa-rishioners who served as hosts for the month of April. The hosts for the month of May are:

May 1: M/M Bill Kaou-dis, Mrs. Angelike Karatsi-kis, M/M John Karatsikis, Mr. Sam khoshoba

May 8: Dr./M George Katsantonis, Dr./M Brian Killough, M/M Pete Ki-lopoulos

May 15: Mr. Daniel Ko-cic, M/M John Keonig, M/M James Kokolis, M/M Pete Kokolis

May 22: M/M John Ko-kolis, M/M Marinos J. Ko-kolis, M/M Marinos Ko-kolis, M/M Mike Kokolis

May 29: Dr./M Mike Kokorelis, M/M George Koliopoulos, M/M Lycour-gos Koliopoulos

REFRESHMENTS

PHILOPTOCHOS Our May meeting will be

held May 2 in the Community Center. Refreshments will be served at 6:30pm with the business meeting starting at 7:00pm. Hosting this meet-ing will be Niki Mageras and Helen Mantis. Please, make every effort to attend this meeting as we will be electing our New Board of Directors.

We, again, thank our good friends and fellow parishion-ers for their continued sup-port in our work for charity. In our collection of Farm Fresh Receipts, Box Tops and Campbell Soup Labels for the Hampton City Public Schools, we have, as of March 28, 20ll, collected $10,309 Farm Fresh Receipts, 1,106 Box Tops & 161 Campbell Soup Labels. Last year at this time, we had collected $5,287.20 Farm Fresh Receipts & 467 Box Tops. Your response to our appeal for these items is very gratifying and it is so very gratefully appreciated.

We also thank you for your support and attendance at our Palm Sunday Luncheon. We could not help those who need our help without your support. Once again, our many thanks for your support and generosity.

Our obligations for the 2011 National Philoptochos Ministry Commitments for the months of May & June are: A monetary contribution to the 75th Anniversary Founders Fund which pro-vides support to long term care facilities serving the ag-ing Greek Orthodox popula-tion in the US and to establish similar facilities. Also, a mon-

etary contribution to the Or-thodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) which provides Ortho-dox Christian support to col-lege students on campuses in the US. to all

Helens and Constantines!!!!!! DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE On April 16, the Daughters

of Penelope participated in the International Childrens Festival held at the Mill Point Park in Hampton. The Daughters were commended for the educational value of their cultural booth. During the day-long festival, the Daughters also sold various Greek pastries in a fund-raising effort. We thank all those sisters for giving of their time and effort both in man-ning the cultural booth and selling the pastries. Also, many thanks to the sisters who prepared the pastries.

We again remind everyone that the AHEPA FAMILY Dis-trict Convention will be held in Newport News, May 20-22. A full schedule of fun events is planned, so we hope to see many of you join us in the fun. On Friday, May 20, we will have a meet and greet event to which all Daughters are invited to attend. Several of the stores in City Center have agreed to host a shop-ping party for us, so meet us at the Marriot, 1:30pm, May 20 and get ready to go shop-ping. On Friday night, a re-ception will be held at the Mariners Museum with heavy hors douvres as well as a tour of the entire Museum. The Grand Banquet will be held in the Sacalis Hall, May 21. Please, join us for a fun-filled week-end and support your local AHEPA FAMILY.

Our next regular meeting

will be held Thursday, May 26, with dinner jointly with our brother AHEPANS at 6:45pm to be followed by the business meeting at 7:30pm.

Happy Nameday to all Con-stantines and Helens!!!!!

HELLENIC WOMANS PENELOPE SOCIETY The Hellenic Womans Pe-

nelope Society (HWPS) will meet on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 6:30 PM at the Hel-lenic Center. Tasia Savrides will serve as hostess.

The Spring Bake Sale was a huge success! All the pro-ceeds will benefit the Father Peter and Gregory Makris Memorial Scholarship. Our sincere appreciation to all those dedicated members who always come forward and answer the call to action.

The Book Group will meet on Wednesday, May 4th at 7:00 PM at the home of Mari-ka Anthony to discuss the The Lost Quilter, by Jennifer Chiaverini. As The Historical Novel Review wrote, The Lost Quilter transcends an objectified view of slavery; its a tribute to a terrible histori-cal period and the noble, all-too-human beings attempting to fulfill promises and dreams. Readers will be swept into this heartrending, beautiful story, a fine example of great historical fiction, and will definitely remember the cost of precious freedom.

Applications for the Father Peter and Gregory Makris Scholarship may be obtained from Maria Vidakis by calling (757) 867-7848. The dead-line for submitting applica-tions is May 1st.

We mourn the passing of our beloved member, Maria Franks, whose funeral took place in Northern Virginia re-cently. We will terribly miss

her beautiful smile and her caring heart. Marias forty-day memorial service will be held in Newport News, and we would like for all our members to be present and honor her memory. We extend to her son and daughters families, as well as to her sister, Anna Kerr, our sincere and heartfelt sympathy. May her memory be eternal.

The tragic death of our pa-rishioner, Pericles Kout-sombinas, touched us all very deeply. To his loving wife, Ruth, and her loving children, we extend our sincerest sym-pathy. Our thoughts and pray-ers are with you in your time of grieving.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

C L U B A N D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S

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> AWARDS/GRADUATION for our Sunday School Program, our Youth Choir, our Acolytes, and

our Greek School will take place Sunday, May 15th in church at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. Note that Sunday, May 8th is the last day of Religious Education classes for the 2010-2011 year. > OCMC COIN BOXES to support the Orthodox Christian Mission Center were passed out to Sunday School students during Great Lent. Please return these boxes by May 15th so we may send off the donation to be put to good use! > Stay tuned for GOYA dates for May and for the end of sum-mer. GOYA is the churchs ministry for teenagers in grades 7-12. To be added to the email list to receive news and updates, please contact Christina Thames. SAVE THE DATE: GOYA Ser-vice Trip to Washington, DC will be August 19-21!!

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the efforts to raise funds for the people who were victims of the natural dis-asters in Japan. Our 3rd-5th grades Sunday School class decid-ed they wanted to do something to help and set up a table after church for four Sundays in a row to ask for donations. Thanks to the students and teachers dedication, and to the generosity of our parishioners, $300 was raised! The money will be divid-ed evenly between International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) and the American Red Cross and will be sent to help the people of Japan. We are so proud of the efforts of our 3rd-5th grade class!!! Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for

us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

- Ephesians 5:1-2

Vacation Bible School 2011 June 20-24, 2011 ~ 9am-12pm

GOD IS FAITHFUL! For children ages 3 years old (and pottytrained)

through those who have completed the 6th grade

WE NEED YOU! Adults & Students who have completed 7th grade or above are needed to assist with snacks,

meals, music, crafts, games, and to serve as teachers and classroom assistants

DONATIONS NEEDED! For snacks and lunch Please contact Hazel Bruce for more info.

Registration opens Sunday, May 1st . Forms are availa-ble in the Narthex, the Church office, or the Sunday

School Office. Cost: $15 per child (register before Sun-day, June 12th) / $25 per child after June 12th. The

last day of registration will be Monday, June 20th.

Questions? Contact Hazel Bruce 877-0848 or Christina Thames 872-8119 VBS Volunteers Meeting: Sunday, May 15th immediately after church

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellow-ship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. - 1 Corinthians 1:9

The W&M OCF enjoyed cooking a Lenten dinner to-

gether on 4/3/11.

Anna Yortzidis and Bobby Garofalis presented founding Hellenic Youth Dancers instructors Kathy Dermanis and Marina Becouvarakis with flowers at the Hellenic Youth

Dancers 20th Anniversary Glendi in March. We thank the-se ladies for their dedication in creating a program with

such a continued tradition of excellence.

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Pictured are nine of the elev-en young ladies who served as the myrrhbear-ing women, or myrophores, for Great and Holy Fridays Lamen-tations Service.


SATURDAY OF LAZARUS

04/16/2011 Te a ch i n g L i t u r g y

& M a k i n g o f P a l m C ro s s e s

Pictures courtesy of Paula Detweiler


AHEPA FAMILY District 3 Convention Newport News, Virginia

May 19 22, 2011

The AHEPA Family cordially invites everyone to the following two events:

AMERICAS NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM FULL ACCESS TO THE MARINERS MUSEUM FEATURING OVER 35,000 MARITIME ITEMS PLUS THE CIVIL WAR IRONCLAD USS MONITOR FRIDAY MAY 20, 2011 7:00PM 10:00PM HEAVY HORSDOEUVRES OPEN BAR FELLOWSHIP PRICE: $50.00 / PERSON

GRAND BANQUET / DANCE HELLENIC CENTER, SAINTS CONSTANTINE and HELEN FEATURING DANCE EXHIBITION MUSIC BY DJ ALEKO PRIME RIB DINNER WINE INCLUDED SATURDAY MAY 21, 2011 APPETIZERS 6:30PM - DINNER 7:00PM - DANCING 9:00PM PRICE: ADULTS $65.00 UNDER 21 $25.00

SPECIAL ADULT PACKAGE

INCLUDES: FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTION AT MARINERS MUSEUM SATURDAY NIGHT GRAND BANQUET / DANCE SPECIAL PRICE $105.00


AMYS DANCE STUDIO Announcing Amy's Ballroom Dance Studio

At The Hellenic Community Center!

Teaching Social Ballroom Dancing to Adults, Teens and Children for 15 years!

Owner, Amy Hontos is proud to announce the relocation of her Ballroom Studio to the Hellenic Community Center Be-ginning May 2 with Private and International Group Instruc-tion from 7 to 9 p.m with Elisabeth and DanceSport for Kids age 3 to teen from 6-7. On Wednesday, May 4, Beginner's Swing with Alicia from 8 to 9p.m. and Friday Salsa with Ga-bor starting on May 13th from 7 to 8p.m. On Friday nights the fun continues with our first Friday Night Social Dance Lesson with Amy at 8p.m. The Dance this week will be Me-rengue for BEGINERS! Lesson from 8 to 9 and then stay for 2 hours of Social Dance Practice in the beautiful Hellenic Community Center Hall. Amy has a proven record for being the "BEST IN BALLROOM INSTRUCTION" and offers private lessons and group classes in both American & International Styles to suit a variety of budgets for beginners to champions. Call 596-2697 now for more information or to sign up for classes! Members of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church re-ceive a 10% discount for group classes and private lessons and 2 free entries to our Friday night Lessons and Social Dance, a $30.00 value!

Visit

www.amysdancestudio.com for the most up-to-date information!

Missions Ministry Luncheon

You are cordially invited to a free luncheon

May 22 following the Divine Liturgy At the Hellenic Center

Guest Speaker

Georgia Bendo

Orthodox Christian Missionary Serving in Albania since 2004

Please Consider Sharing the Love of Christ

with a gift to the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)

NEW CHURCH EMAIL MAIL LIST

Would you like to be added to the new church electronic mailing list? We would like to use this mailing list to send monthly links to the Cross+Roads Newsletter and other important church news announcements. This will save the church a large amount of annual postage fees. We will not share your email address with any other outside groups and mailings will be limited to important information. To subscribe to the mailing list, go to the parish website and sign up on the opening page:

www.schgochurch.va.goarch.org

June 2-5


The meeting convened at 7:00 PM by John Dermanis with the opening prayer by Father George Chioros. The following items were discussed and action items are shown in bold script.

Present: Father George Chioros, John Dermanis, Kent Paumier, Michael Chalkias, Bob-by Vidakis, John Christou, John Malliarakis, Anastasia Theodoro-giannis

Absent: Theo Galoozis, Bob-by Garofalis, Jason Holbrook, Pete Sun

Minutes: Bobby Vidakis mo-tion to approve 21 Feb 11 meet-ing minutes; Seconded by Mi-chael Chalkias; Passed unani-mously

Correspondence: Letter of Thanks from Hellenic

College, G. Floor, Office of Alumni Relations, dated 24 Feb 11, for our $150.00 donation for the upkeep of the Alumni Memorial Wall.

Letter of Thanks from Interna-tional Orthodox Christian Chari-ties (IOCC), C.M. Triantafilou, Executive Director, dated 4 Mar 11, for our $140.00 Souper Bowl Sunday donation.

Letter of request from the Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute, Metropolitan Nikitas, dated Lent 2011, for a Lenten donation.

Letter of request from the Orthodox Christian Mission Cen-ter, FR. M. Ritsi, Executive Direc-tor, dated Lent 2011, for a dona-tion to support their missions

programs. Letter from Metropolitan Evan-

gelos, dated 8 Mar 11, request for a $50.00 donation to offset the costs of the regional St. John Chrysost

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