Saints Constant ine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church 60 Traverse Road Newport News VA 23606

Volume Issue

February 2019

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

T C + R

Hi-Lites Triodion Begins, Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee—February 17 Sunday of the Prodigal Son—February 24 AHEPA Super Bowl Party—February 3 HWPS Dinner Theatre—March 2 AHEPA Casino Night—March 9

“Gratitude is from the same root word as “grace” which signifies the free and boundless mercy of God.

Thanksgiving is from the same root word as “think” so that to think is to thank.”

This quote by Willis P. King fits so well to the underlining message of the Gospel reading for the 12TH Sunday of Luke. The ten lepers were outcasts by society, for those ten sick men were not even permitted to approach people or enter the villages because of their illness. Upon seeing Jesus, they called upon Him for mer-cy, for they wanted to get well, which should not be too difficult for any of us to compre-hend. For as we know, whoever is sick longs to be cured of his or her illness.

After they were cleansed, we can all see what kind of men they really were. Out of the ten men, only one went back to Jesus and thanked Him, and he was a Sa-maritan. We know that Jews and Sa-maritans were what we could de-scribe as the “Hatfields and the McCoys”. They did not like each oth-er, and we know that the Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans.

No story in all the Gospels shows

man’s ingratitude so clearly than this Gospel reading. The lepers came to Jesus with a desperate need for care; He cured them; and nine never came back to give thanks. So, too often, once we get what we want, we never go back.

How ungrateful we sometimes are to our fellowman. It often happens that a friend, a teacher, a surgeon, does something for us which is impos-sible to repay but the tragedy is that we often do not even try to repay it.

How ungrateful we sometimes are to God. In some cases of bitter need, we pray with des-perate intensity. How often people pray so that a family member or friend can be cured from an illness in a hos-pital chapel, but the rest of the year they do not even know the location of their Orthodox Church. Prayer, my dear brothers and sis-

ters, is not seasonal. God gave His only Son and often we

never give to Him even a word of thanks. God’s blessings are all too easily taken for granted or forgotten. The best thanks we can given Him is to try to deserve His goodness and His mercy a little better.

Amen.

† F F G N U G February Sundays,

Acolytes, Readers 2-3, 9

Registry / Announcements 4

Church, Club & Community News 5

Choir Ministry 6

Upcoming Events 6-7

Vasilopita Luncheon 8-9

PC Minutes 10-11

Calendar 11

FEBRUARY 3 EPISTLE READING II Corinthians 6:1-10 GOSPEL READING Matthew 25:14-30 SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED 16th Sunday of Matthew The Synaxis of the Holy and

Righteous Symeon the God-Receiver and the Holy Prophet-ess Anna

Stamatios, John, & Nicholas, New Martyrs of Spetses

Nicholas, Archbishop & En-lightener of Japan

Afterfeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the

Temple WISDOM OF THE FATHERS There is an old saying:

'Excesses meet.' Too much fast-ing and too much eating come to the same end. Keeping too long a vigil brings the same disas-trous cost as ... sluggishness... Too much self-denial brings weakness and induces the same condition as carelessness. Often I have seen men who would not be snared by gluttony fall, never-theless, through immoderate fasting and tumble in weakness into the very urge which they had overcome. Unmeasured vigils and foolish denial of rest over-came those whom sleep could not overcome. Therefore, 'fortified to right and to left in the armor of justice,' as the apostle

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Philoptochos Stavroula Gailey, President

Religious Education Viola Allen, Frances Tsimplekis, Co-Directors

Greek School Paula Tofalli, Katerina Sanbar

Youth Ministry Mariam Canavos, Youth Director Stephanie Peri and Kent Paumier, Advisors Acolytes Barry Hendricks, Director

JOY/HOPE Mariam Canavos, Director

Bookstore Elizabeth Puckett

Weekly Bulletin Sylvia Marcin

Cross+Roads Nick Vlattas

Greek Orthodox Youth Association (GOYA) Christina Myers, President

Kent Paumier, Advisor

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

Order of AHEPA Nick Matthews, President

Daughters of Penelope Helen Dennie, President

Hellenic Womens Penelope Society Stephanie Kailos (Feb)

Hellenic Youth Dancers Bobby Garofalis, Director

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F S FEBRUARY 10 Team A Yianni Tsimplekis Dean Peri Michael Daoud Gabriel Daoud Christopher Micha Sameer Amireh FEBRUARY 17 Team B James St. Martin Cris Campbell Soterios Tofalli Kyprianos Tofalli Konstantin Garofalis Aidan Capobianco FEBRUARY 3 & 24 Team C Georgios Haramis Christos Konstantinou Christopher Myers Nolan Krisik Will Estes Alexandros Baxevanis

ACOLYTES

Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church 60 Traverse Road Newport News VA 23606

Glory Be To God

www.schgochurch.va.goarch.org Phone (757) 596-6151 Fax (757) 596-2967 Email Addresses: priest@ office@ parishcouncil@ youthdirector@ webmaster@ admin@ schgochurch.va.goarch.org

Office Hours Monday Through Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Priest Father George Chioros Work 596-6152 Home 597-7786 Mobile 288-4487 Email frgchioros@aol.com

Parish Council Frank Peri, President John Dermanis, Vice Pres. Bob Demson, Treasurer Zena Mageras, Asst. Treas. Kent Paumier, Secretary Greg Bicouvaris Elias Doulgerakis Bobby Garofalis Mike Kokorelis II Gary Nicholls Anastasia Theodorogiannis Chanters Tim Sofis Harry Fotiou John Williams Brian Fink George Petrakos Church Secretary Sylvia Marcin

Archdiocese on the web www.goarch.org

Please contact Barry Hen-dricks if you are interested in reading the Epistle dur-ing the Sunday Divine Lit-urgy. bhendricks@cox.net FEBRUARY 03: Joe Saur 10: GOYA 17: Dianne Sun 24: James Woodbury

EPISTLE READERS

Apolytikion for Saints Con-stantine & Helen, Equal-to-the Apostles in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone

Having seen the image of Thy Cross in Heaven, and like Paul, having received the call not from men, Thine apostle among kings entrusted the commonwealth to Thy hand, O Lord. Keep us al-ways in peace, by the interces-sions of the Theotokos, O only Friend of man.

Τοῦ Σταυροῦ σου τὸν τύπον ἐν οὐρανῷ θεασάμενος, καὶ ὡς ὁ Παῦλος τὴν κλήσιν οὐκ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων δεξάμενος, ὁ ἐν βασιλεύσιν, Ἀπόστολός σου Κύριε, Βασιλεύουσαν πόλιν τὴ χειρί σου παρέθετο ἣν περίσωζε διὰ παντὸς ἐν εἰρήνῃ, πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.

says (2 Cor. 6:7), life must be lived with due measure and, with discernment for a guide, the road must be traveled between the two kinds of excess so that in the end we may not allow ourselves to be diverted from the pathway of restraint which has been laid down for us nor fall through dan-gerous carelessness into the urgings of gluttony and self-indulgence. St. John Cassian, Conferences, Conference Two: On Discernment no. 16; Paulist Press pg. 76, 5th century

HYMNS OF THE DAY Resurrectional Apolytikion in

the Third Mode Let the Heavens rejoice; let

earthly things be glad; for the Lord hath wrought might with His arm, He hath trampled upon death by death. The first-born of the dead hath He become. From the belly of Hades hath He deliv-ered us, and hath granted great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Afterfeast of the Presentation in the First Mode

Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, O Virgin Theotokos, for from thee hath risen the Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, enlightening those in darkness. Rejoice, thou also, O righteous Elder, as thou receivest in thine arms the Redeemer of our souls, Who also granteth unto us the Resurrection.

Seasonal Kontakion in the First Mode

Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your common-wealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.

FEBRURY 10 EPISTLE READING II Timothy 2:1-10 GOSPEL READING Matthew 15:21-28 SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Sunday of the Canaanite Hieromartyr Haralambos Porphyrios & Baptos the Monk-

martyrs Anastasios, Patriarch of Jeru-

salem

WISDOM OF THE FATHERS He kept her waiting for an

answer in order to declare that the minds of His disciples should also be merciful. As human be-ings they were ashamed of the clamor of the woman as she pur-sued them publicly, but He Him-self knew the character of His mercy. St. Bede, Hom. I. 22, In Lent, Homilies on the Gospels, Bk. One, 216

HYMNS OF THE DAY Resurrectional Apolytikion in

the Fourth Mode Having learned the joyful proc-

lamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.

Apolytikion for Hieromartyr Haralambos in the Fourth Mode

An unshaken pillar of the Church of Christ God art thou, an ever-resplendent lamp, O Har-alampus most wise, which shin-eth through the earth; in martyric contest thou hast shined on the whole world, and thou hast dis-pelled the moonless night of the idols. Now boldly intercede thou with Christ that we may all be saved.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, media-tion unto the creator most con-stant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto

thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

FEBRUARY 17 EPISTLE READING II Timothy 3:10-15 GOSPEL READING Luke 18:10-14 SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Sunday of the Publican and

Pharisee: Triodion Begins Today

Theodore the Tyro, Great Mar-tyr

Theodore the New Martyr of Byzantium

Hermogenes (Germogen), Patriarch of Moscow

The Pious Rulers Marcian and Pulcheria

WISDOM OF THE FATHERS When lately we made mention

of the Pharisee and the publican, and hypothetically yoked two chariots out of virtue and vice; we pointed out each truth, how great is the gain of humbleness of mind, and how great the damage of pride. St. John Chrysostom, CONCERNING LOWLINESS OF MIND.,4th Century

HYMNS OF THE DAY Resurrectional Apolytikion in

the Plagal First Mode Let us worship the Word, O ye

faithful, praising Him that with the Father and the Spirit is co-beginningless God, Who was born of a pure Virgin that we all be saved; for He was pleased to mount the Cross in the flesh that He assumed, accepting thus to endure death. And by His glori-ous rising, He also willed to resur-

rect the dead.

FEBRUARY 24 EPISTLE READING II Corinthians 4:6-15 GOSPEL READING Luke 15:11-32 SAINTS AND FEASTS COMMEMORATED Romanos, Prince of Uglich Cumine the White, Abbot of

Iona Boswell, Abbot of Melrose

Abbey First & Second Finding of the

Venerable Head of John the Bap-tist

Sunday of the Prodigal Son WISDOM OF THE FATHERS He who truly wishes to believe

in God must be lifted above him-self, his mind, and even the whole world. For this reason, the value of faith is considered higher than the value of man. It is even higher than the value of the whole world. Therefore, the re-ward of faith should be higher than all of man's possessions along with the glories of this world. The reward of faith is God. Fr. Matthew the Poor, Orthodox Prayer Life: The Interior Way, p. 74, 20th century

HYMNS OF THE DAY Resurrectional Apolytikion in

the Plagal Second Mode Angelic powers were above

Thy tomb, and they that guarded Thee became as dead. And Mary stood by the grave seeking Thine immaculate Body. Thou hast despoiled Hades and wast not

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ATTENDANCE

December 2 160

December 9 142

December 16 173

December 23 165

Dec 2017 Ave 149

Jan 2018 Ave 138

YTD 2018 Ave 145

YTD 2017 Ave 143

January 20 95

January 27 160

Dec 2018 Ave 148

December 30 101

January 6 218

January 13 116

Jan 2019 Ave 147

C R / A BAPTISMS: The infant son of Isaak and Eleni Av-

ramides was baptized in our Church on De-cember 22 and was given the name Konstan-tinos by his godfather, Nikolaos Mantis. Our best wishes to the newly-baptized infant and our sincere congratulations to his parents, godparents, grandparents, his great grand-mother and his entire family.

The infant son of Anthony and Sophia Waltz was baptized in our Church January 13 and was given the name Gregory Paul by his godparents, Aris and Anna Yortzidis. Our best wishes to the newly-baptized infant, his parents, grandparents, godparents and his entire family. NA SAS ZISOUN!!!!!!!!

WEDDING; Our sincere congratulations and best wish-

es to Hannah Hendricks and Shane Klema who were married in our Church , December 29. Whitney and Hayden Hendricks served as sponsors. NA ZISETE!!!!

ILL AND NEEDING OUR PRAYERS: We wish a speedy and complete recovery

to our friends and fellow parishioners who have been ill and/or hospitalized recently: Jim Botelis, Trish Demson, Mary Georgalas, Tom Grepiotis, Dr. Mike Kokorelis, George Tsirimokos. PERASTIKA SAS !!!!!!!

DEATHS: Our sincere condolences to the family of

Elizabeth Ann Sorokos who died November 21 and whose funeral took place December 7.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Maria Vallas Mitchum who died December 2 and whose funeral service was held in our Church, December 7.

Our sincere condolences to the family of Katherine Patrinely who died December 7 and in whose memory a Trisagion was held De-cember 16.

MAY THEIR MEMORY BE ETERNAL.

If you would like to purchase Koliva for memorials, you may contact: Mary Graham and Christine Fulmore 595-7871 Helen Nichollls 817-8215 Anastasia Savrides 595-1581 Athena Savvas 589-1484

Koliva

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C , C C N PHILOPTOCHOS Our December meeting was

held December 2 with lunch at Angelo’s. Thanks to all those attending. We enjoyed a short meeting, good food and great fellowship.

Many thanks to our hard-working members who prepared and baked the Vasilopites. La-dies, your dedication to our So-ciety is greatly appreciated.

An added thank you to the same hardworking Philoptochos members who prepared and served our delicious Vasilopita

Luncheon, Sunday, January 6. Be assured ladies that the children of Saint Basil are so much better off because of your hard work and your concern for their welfare.

Our AOK project is on-going with our team members visiting the patients at Virginia Oncology every Monday of every month. Our team is now finishing its 5th year of service to the patients of Virginia Oncology-Port Warwick. We have had much support from the Church Community as a whole while attaining this milestone. We greatly appreci-ate everyone’s support. Howev-er, we continue to ask both the members of Philoptochos as well as everyone in our Saints

Constantine and Helen Commu-nity who have as yet to partici-pate in this very worth-while project to consider doing so. Please, call Ellie Costulis, H833-8181, C303-3080 and volun-teer your services. We are also very glad to welcome Marguerite Marrone and Jayne Mayer who have recently joined our team. Ladies, your willingness to help is greatly appreciated.

Our obligations to the Nation-al for February are: A contribu-tion to the Autism Assistace Fund which heightens aware-ness of autism with assistance and support; and a contribution to SAINT PHOTIOS SHRINE, which provides assistance to preserve the SAINT PHOTIOS NATIONAL SHRINE.

Our February meeting is Mon-day, February 4, with Zoe Mar-copoulos and Maria Vidakis serving as hostesses.

HELLENIC WOMAN’S PENELOPE SOCIETY The February meeting of the

Hellenic Woman’s Penelope Society (HWPS) will be held on Thursday, February 7th at 6:00 pm at the Hellenic Center. Frances Polizos or Helen Vaughn will serve as hostess. It is imperative that members attend this meeting since we will be discussing the final prep-arations for the Dinner Dance Fundraiser.

The 19th Annual Dinner Dance “Theater” will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Sacalis Hall. The GLEN BOS-WICKS – SOUND OF SWING BAND will provide the entertain-ment for the evening. This or-chestra has been Hampton Roads’ leading premiere big band swing dance orchestra since 1977. Specialists in the Bing Band sounds of the 40’s through today, this 10-piece swing orchestra performs the exciting memorable sound clas-sics of Count Basie, Duke Elling-ton, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Jan Savitt, Jimmy

Lunsford, Les Brown, Les Elgart, Ray Anthony, Michel Buble, Do-ris Day, Frank Sinagtra, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, Lin-da Ronstadt, Harry Connick, Jr, and many more. Dick Crist was the founding leader for 27 years until his passing in 2004. Bass-ist Glen Boswick became leader and continues today the exciting dance tradition of upbeat swing, sizzling latins, romantic ballads, and waltzes. Featured vocalists Jimmy Crank and Russ Robert-son sing the songbook of Ameri-can popular standards, the best of Broadway, and the hits of today.

Greek hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served at 6:00 pm, followed by dinner at 6:30 pm and entertainment dancing at 8:00 pm. The price of the ticket is $35.00 per person. Checks should be made payable to HWPS and mailed to Marika Anthony at 51 Settlers Road, Newport News, VA 23606. Res-ervations will be accepted through Monday, February 19th. Please call 757-596-6909 to make reservations.

Tables will be reserved for guests who have made their paid reservations by the due date, and will be assigned in the order by which they were re-ceived. All others will be di-

rected to find seats in open seating areas.

Our Christmas get-together on November 29th was a ful-filling and spiritually moving event. The angelic voices of the Hampton Roads Academy’s choral ensemble left us spiritu-ally moved. We express our appreciation to this wonderful group and to their outstanding director, Mrs. Robin Steinberger. We also thank our wonderful hostesses Tessie Dakis, Ifigenia Ikonomou, and Christine Mi-gnogna for treating us to a most delicious Christmas dinner.

Our Christmas donations went to the following charities: Habitat for Humanity, LINK of Hampton Roads, United Way of VA Peninsula, Virginia Peninsula Food Bank, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, American Red Cross, Lackey Clinic, Children’s Hospi-tal of the King’s Daughters’, (CHKD), PCFVA for Holiday Fund (Daily Press).

We express our sincere and heartfelt sympathy to the fami-lies of Lia Hanline, Maria Mitch-um, Katherine Patrinely, and Agnes Samos. May their memo-ries be eternal.

We wish a happy and healthy New Year to all our parishioners.

We thank all those pa-rishioners who served as hosts for the months of De-cember and January. The hosts for February are:

Feb. 3: Ms. Eli Papas, Mr. Mario Papas, M/M B. Patrinely, M/M Frank Peri Ms. M. Theofilos

Feb. 10: M/M D/ Petrakos, M/M Mel Polizos, Mr. George Polizos, Ms. E. Puckett

Feb. 17: M/M A. Polyzos, M/M G. Polyzos, M/M K. Polyzos

Feb. 24: Ms. P. Ru-dolovic, M/M T. Roumeli-otis, M/M Phil Siokis

REFRESHMENTS

Greek School celebrates Three Hierarchs Feast Day with displays in Hellenic Center following

Divine Liturgy on January 27

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The choir had a busy October. On October 5, we celebrated National Church Music Sunday, where Father George read a blessing for church musicians and administering a pledge between the choir members, psalti and himself.

From October 11 – 14 several of our choir members and spouses attended the Metropolis Choir Conference in Rich-mond as part of the 74 voices making up the choir. We sang the Nicholas Roubanis Divine Liturgy in Greek and the newly approved English under the direction of Mrs. Fifi Nichols, Di-rector of Music of the Annunciation Cathedral, Baltimore, MD.

We were fortunate to have Mrs. Renee Root, our former choir director, present several continuing music institute ses-sions at the conference along with Father Chrysostomos Gil-bert. Conferences are always a joy to attend, sharing fellow-ship with old, new acquaintances and family.

Brian Fink received his 15 year service certificate at the metropolis conference. Since he was not able to attend, Fr. George presented it to him in church on November 18.

We ended the month beginning to rehearse for the upcom-ing Christmas season.

Super Bowl Party 2019 The Community is invited to WATCH the GAME with US!

Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, 6:00 PM AHEPA Family Center

BIG SCREEN HD TV HEAVY HORS D’OEUVRES, SNACKS, BEER & WINE

FOOTBALL POOL-$20.00 SQUARES- $1,000.00 PAY-OUT TABLE GAMES & FELLOWSHIP

Only $10.00

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DINNER DANCE THE HELLENIC WOMAN’S

PENELOPE SOCIETY Presents

THE GLEN BOSWICKS- SOUND OF SWING BAND

Saturday, March 2, 2019 Hellenic Community Center

60 Traverse Road, Newport News, VA 23606

Greek Hors d’oeuvres & Wine – 6:00 p.m. Dinner – 6:30 p.m. Curtain – 8:00 p.m.

For Reservations Please Call: 757-596-6909

The Glen Boswicks-Sound of Swing Band has been Hampton Roads’ lead-ing premier big band swing dance orchestra. Specialists in the Big Band sounds of the 40’s through today, this 10-piece swing orchestra performs the exciting memorable sound classics of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Jan Savitt, Jimmy Lunsford, Les Brown, Les Elgart, Ray Anthony, Michael Buble, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, Linda Ronstadt, Harry Connick, Jr., and many more. Dick Crist was founding leader for 27 years until his passing in 2004. Bassist Glen Boswick became the leader and continues today the exciting dance tradition of upbeat swing, sizzling latins, romantic ballads, and waltzes. Featured vocalist Jimmy Crank and Russ Robertson sing the songbook of American popular standards, the best of Broadway, and the hits of today.

$35 per person

Poinsettias offered to the Glory of God and the prayers of Anas Family: Memory of our parents Nick & Dottie Andre: Memory of our parents Georgia & Barney Barnes: Memory of Fr. George Maman-

gakis, Sheila W. Barnes Leroy & Joanna Bossetti: Thanksgiving for the blessings of

our Church Fr. George, Pres. Flora & Dean: Memory of Presvytera

Mosha Despotides & John Despotides Bob & Trish Demson: Memory of Stathis & Patricia Demson Dermanis Family: George & Anna Gasparis; Sylvia & John

Matthews Faye Evans: Memory of Stelios & Dorothy Andrews John & Barbara France: Memory of John & Maria

Nemechek; Paul E. France Alexa & Alvin Garrison: Memory of Andra & Alex Fragakis;

Doris & Linwood Garrison Grepiotis Family: Memory of Arthur D. Grepiotis & John A.

Grepiotis Jesse & Evangelia Hanline Roger, Dina & Kristina Headrick: Thanksgiving for God’s

many blessings Barry & Ruth Hendricks: Memory of our parents who have

gone to eternal rest Chris, Elaine & Theresa Jansen: Memory of Phoebos Kara-

georgis and Sophie Kiklis Mr. & Mrs,John Karatsikis and Mrs. Angie Karatsikis:

Thanksgiving for the Karatsikis Family Anna & Zena Mageras: Health of Anna & Zena Mageras;

Memory of Sam Mageras & Grandparents Malliarakis Familiy: Memory of Nicolas John Malliarakis Sylvia Marcin: Memory of John Michael, Thomas Whitfield &

Christine Athena Markos: Memory of Pete N. Markos Maurakis Families: Memory of Cosmas and Sophia John & Mary: Memory of Antigone Marcou, Aristides Michos Chris Movroydis: Memory of Aristides C. Movroydis Kent & Georgene Paumier: Honor of Lambros & Paumier

Families Russian School of Hampton Roads Joe & Jane Saur Helen Siokis: Memory of Soterios Siokis & Soterios Gou-

letas Charita Paul Stavrou: Memory of Stavro & Polyectos Pete, Dianne & Michael Sun: Memory of Chris & Cleo Zer-

vos Angelo, Nia, Anasatasia & Costa Theodorogiannis: Memory

of Athanasios & Anastasia Kokinos & Konstantinos & Zoe The-odorogiannis

Stavroula Valentin: Memory of Joseph Valentin Joanna T. Vallas: Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Theo Vallas Barb & Nick Vlattas: Memory of Pat Burgin, Bob Burgin,

Emmanuel & Anna Vlattas Voula & Nick Vretakis: Memory of George & Fotini Vretakis;

John & Maria Myrsiades James Woodbury: Memory of Victoria A. Woodbury

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The Parish Vasilopita luncheon hosted by our Philoptochos to benefit Saint Basil Academy was held on January 6, 2019. The following organizations were recognized: Ecumenical Patriarchate – Jack Georgalas, Athena Savvas; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America – Maria Stefanis; Metropolis of New Jersey – Father George; Saint Basil’s Academy – Voula Vretakis; Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church – Frank Peri; Philopto-chos Society – Stavroula Gailey; Golden Hearts – Zoe Marcopoulos; GOYA – Christina My-ers; Sunday School – Vi Allen and Frances Tsimplekis; Greek School – Paula Tofalli; Choir – Jackie Anas, Alexa Garrison, Gary Nicholls, Joanna Vallas; Chanters – Tim Sofis; Altar Boys – Barry Hendricks and Acolytes; Joy/Hope/Youth Ministry – Mariam Canavos; Dance Groups - Anastasia Theodorogiannis; Hellenic Woman’s Penelope Society – Tessie Dakis; AHEPA – Nick Matthews; AGORA – Tom Georges; Daughters of Penelope Helen Dennie; Bookstore; James Woodbury; Cross+Roads – Nick Vlattas; Hellenic College and Holy Cross - Konstantine Pietronuto; Spring Festival – Helen Nicholls; Fall Festival – John Dermanis, Barbara France; Church Office – Voula Vretakis, Sylvia Marcin, Becky Pietro-nuto; Vasilopita Maker – Kiki Canavos.

tried thereby. Thou didst meet the Virgin and didst grant us life. O Thou Who didst arise from the dead, Lord, glory be to Thee.

Apolytikion for 1st and 2nd Finding of the Head of the Fore-runner in the Fourth Mode

The Forerunner's sacred head, having dawned forth from the earth, doth send incor-ruption's rays unto the faithful, whereby they find healings of their ills. From on high he gath-ereth the choirs of the Angels and on earth he summoneth the whole race of mankind, that they with one voice might send up glory to Christ our God.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.

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I: Call to Order & Open-ing

Prayer: Present: Father George

Chioros, Frank Peri, John Dermanis, Zena Mageras, Kent Paumier, Greg Bicou-varis, Stavroula Gailey, Tom Grepiotis, Nick Mat-thews, Anastasia Theodoro-giannis

Absent: Bobby Garofalis, Elias Doulgerakis

Guest: Michael Kokorelis, Gary Nicholls, Robert Dem-son

The meeting convened at 18:30 with an opening pray-er by Father George. The following items were dis-cussed:

II: Minutes: Dermnis made motion to

approve the meeting minutes of the 22 Oct 18 meeting; seconded by

Matthews, passed unani-mously.

III: Correspondence: Thank You Letter from

Virginia Peninsula Food-bank, DTD 29 Oct 18, for our food donation of Seven-ty-three pounds of food.

IV: Treasurer’s Report: Zena Mageras – Attached with minutes.

Discussed the transfer of $10K into the Maintenance Reserve/Organ Fund Re-placement from the general account minus the amount of recent organ repairs.

V: Visitor’s Comments: None VI: Committee Reports: Youth Ministry – Mariam

Canavos Fall festival November

4th: Pumpkin Painting, Cookie Decorating, Pumpkin toss, Orthodox Crafts,

Bounce Houses. Norfolk Basketball Tour-

nament on November 10th-11th we took 7 kids and we are planning to go to the Richmond Basketball tour-nament in January.

We had our first Ortho-doxy on Tap with St. Basil's at Tradition Brewery on No-vember 1st.

Young Adult Retreat in Williamsburg Saturday No-vember 17th there were 5 from NN. There is another OCF/ Young Adult retreat coming up February 8th-9th. Youth Directors met Novem-ber 20th at St. Demetrios to discuss details.

GOYA lock-in has been rescheduled for December 8th-9th in Richmond

GOYA giving tree will be up after Thanksgiving

Christmas pageant De-cember 16th and rehearsal the 15th along with stocking stuffing.

Personnel – Dr. Stavroula Gailey

Will be sending letters to the families of the sixteen students enrolled in Greek School listing the tuition cost for Stewards of the Church and non-Stewards.

House Committee – Bar-bra France

Bible and Shipyard break-fasts are continuing with good attendance.

We had one (1) rental since last meeting. Youth Challenge Banquet, which went very well. Many thanks to our cooks and preparers, Nick Matthews, Nick Vrettos and Chris Zambas. A deli-cious festival chicken dinner was prepared, with Greek Salad and pumpkin pie for

dessert. With the help of our awesome servers, John Der-manis, Christine Mignona, Anastasia Theodorogiannis, Trish Demson, Michael Lan-don and John France, the Youth Challenge students were able to get 283 meals out and on the tables in 30 minutes. One of the Youth Challenge coordinators came in and personally thanked us, saying that this was the fastest and best the service had ever been. Great job everyone!! We have 37 chicken halves left over. What should be done with them?

Upcoming Events thru 2018: November 23rd - HYO Event November 29th - Baby Shower December 8th - DOP Craft Fair December 12th thru 19th - PORT De-cember 22nd - Baptism (Parishioner) December 29th - Quinceanera

2019 Rental calendar is looking very full. January and February are a little light. Beginning February 23rd, we are fully booked thru June 22nd. July and August are also light. Begin-ning again September 14th we are booked through the end of October. 2019 will our turn to host NYE party. All groups – make you reser-vations NOW.

New Hall/Kitchen Re-quest Form – The House Committee presented the request form to be filled out by requesting organizations to use the facilities. This will allow scheduling employ-ees, eliminate miscommuni-cations and clarify the Hall/Kitchen facility’s availability with the different organiza-

tions. The Hall Rules should

also be amended to add language stating that said requests be submitted in writing to the House Chair and will require Chair's ap-proval in writing. Also, the Rules currently read that the Hall will be open Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. It is not in the budget for employees to keep the Hall open that many hours a week. There-fore, it is proposed that the hours be amended to Mon-day, Wednesday and Friday from 8 am to 11 am, and closed on holidays. Prior arrangements can be made with the House Chair if ac-cess is needed outside the regularly scheduled hours. Action House Committee – Update all Hall Rules with proposed changes for Par-ish Council review in De-cember.

Festival Committee – John Dermanis

Fall Festival – Nothing new to report. Final num-bers should be ready by De-cember meeting

Spring Festival – Transi-tion of some of the chair-man’s responsibilities from Chris Zambas to Frank Peri has begun.

Maintenance Committee Maintenance/Repair List

has been created Stewardship Ministry –

Nick Matthews: Stewardship (Fund 1)-

$147,958.20 Stewardship Other

(Funds 1 & 2)-$193,654.22 Total (Funds l, 2 & 3)-

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2 Saturday Presentation of our Lord 9:00 am Orthros / 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

3 Sunday 16th Sunday of Matthew 8:45 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy Clergy Retreat 6:00 pm Ahepa Super Bowl Party

4 Monday Clergy Retreat 6:30 pm Philoptochos

5 Tuesday Clergy Retreat 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm Greek School

6 Wednesday 6:00 pm Paraclesis 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Goya Bas-ketball 7:00 pm Adult Education 7:15 pm Choir

7 Thursday 6:30 pm HWPS

8 Friday 7:00 pm Paraclesis in Williams-burg Fr. Barnabas Powell, Officiating

9 Saturday OCF Retreat in Williamsburg

10 Sunday Sunday of the Canaanite Saint Haralambos the Martyr 8:45 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

12 Tuesday 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm Greek School

13 Wednesday 6:00 pm Paraclesis 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Goya Bas-ketball 7:00 pm Adult Education 7:15 pm Choir

17 Sunday Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee Triodion Begins 8:45 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy 4:00 pm Baptism

18 Monday 6:30 pm Parish Council

19 Tuesday 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm Greek School

20 Wednesday 6:00 pm Paraclesis 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Goya Bas-ketball 7:00 pm Adult Education 7:15 pm Choir

24 Sunday Sunday of the Prodigal Son Spring General Assembly 8:45 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

26 Tuesday 5:00 pm / 8:00 pm Greek School

27 Wednesday 6:00 pm Paraclesis 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Goya Bas-ketball 7:00 pm Adult Education 7:15 pm Choir

28 Thursday 6:45pm Ahepa/DOP

Sun Mo Tue We Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

February 2019 Families Pledged-161 Stewardship Commit-

ment-$169,494.00 Average Family Pledged-

$892.89 VII: Priest’s Report –

Father George Happy Thanksgiving to

everyone. Thanked the incoming

and outgoing Parish Council members for their services.

9 Nov – Rev. Father Con-stantine Rogakos funeral at Norfolk Annunciation Cathe-dral.

Council Election – We had eighty parishioners vote. The papers are just about to be sent to the Me-tropolis for ratification.

17 Nov – Youth Chal-lenge Banquet

19 Nov – Stewardship Sunday, the committee will be awarding the Charita Stavrou Steward of the Year Award. Thanked Matthews and the Committee for all of their work.

16 Dec – Christmas Pro-gram and we are serving dinner and breakfast for the PORT Project.

Church Christmas Card and poinsettias – time is running out to participate.

Father went over the Christmas week services.

Church’s 70TH Anniver-sary is next year. Theodoro-giannis and Dermanis will chair a luncheon after church (Fall time frame) to commemorate the occa-sion.

Father will also celebrate his 20TH anniversary here at STs. Constantine & Helen and his 30TH as a priest.

VIII: Unfinished Busi-ness: None

VIII: New Business: Review actions from Gen-

eral Assembly Meeting

Fall Festival - Louka-mades machine location for next year or hood/extinguisher modifications in the kitchen to support temp location.

Insurance discount for addition of security camer-as to the property.

Lighting outside of Church office need to check

Active shooting training/drill for the community what to do.

Door/Egress evaluation - doors open downstairs peo-ple are upstairs or in the gym. People can enter the building without being seen. Start locking doors.

Hiring security for days of service.

Maintenance/Repair List Nick Vrettos - Challenge

Council & Stewardship Committee - Making Christ in the Church. Give us a plan Growing the communi-ty, bringing people who have not been attending back to the Church.

Joanna Bassetti - Chil-dren not in the church for services. Need to bring them from Sunday School. How many kids are in Sun-day School, basketball, dance etc. all need to be in church.

Fence repair – Obtaining three bids to replace the damaged fence panel and post on the east side of the property.

Gailey – Parking lot lines/stripping is faded and hard to see when parking.

IX: Adjournment: Fr. George offered the

closing prayer at 19:30 Next PC meeting will be 10 Dec 18 at 1830.

X: Certification: Respectfully Submitted Kent M. Paumier Secretary

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