HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ΕΛΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΤΡΙΑΔΟΣ

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1 THUNDER BAY BULLETIN HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ΕΛΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΤΡΙΑΔΟΣ 651 Beverly Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N2 Telephone/Fax: (807) December 2013 Volume 9 Issue 10 ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΝΝΑΤΕ, ΔΟΞΑΣΑΤΕ! CHRIST IS BORN, GLORIFY HIM! 1

2 THUNDER BAY BULLETIN Published monthly. Editor(s): Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis; 106 Essex Court, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 7N6 # (807) cellular; # (807) office Church holytrinity@tbaytel.net; Fr. Nikolaos ntambakis@hotmail.com Website: Office hours: by appointment HELLENIC COMMUNITY PRESIDENT: ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS # (807) OFFICE; (807) MOBILE VICE PRESIDENT: TOM MARINIS # (807) HOME; (807) MOBILE SECRETARY: VACANT TREASURER: JIM PAZIANOS # (807) OFFICE BOARD MEMBERS: ANDY KARANASOS, GEORGINA MELLAS, TIMO KAROUTAS, TED FRISKY, PETER SAITES. RELIGIOUS AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS - GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS IF TORONTO (CANADA), 1 PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW WAY (86 OVERLEA BOULEVARD),TORONTO, ONTARIO M4H 1C6; TELEPHONE: (416) ; FAX: (416) ; METROPOLIS@GOMETROPOLIS.ORG; WEBSITE: EMBASSY OF GREECE - 80 MACLAREN STREET; OTTAWA, ONTARIO K2P 0K6; TELEPHONE: (613) ;FAX: (613) ; WEBSITE: CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE BLOOR STREET E, SUITE 1800, TORONTO, ONTARIO M4W 3L4 ; TELEPHONE (416) ; FAX: (416) ; WEBSITE: GREEK TOURIST OFFICE (TORONTO) BAY STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5R 3K8; TELEPHONE: (416) ; FAX: (416) ; GRNTO.TOR@SYMPATICO.CA BOARD OF DIRECTORS (L TO R): TIMO KAROUTAS, GEORGINA MELLAS, PETER SAITES, TOM MARINIS, ANDY KARANASOS, TED FRISKY, ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS, JIM PAZIANOS (ABSENT) WITH FR. NIKOLAOS TAMBAKIS (ABOVE) 2

3 HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH - LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY Annual Christmas Tea & Bazaar Sunday, December 8, :00-4:00 p.m. 651 Beverly Street (at Balmoral) Donations of baking and/or items for our penny auction table would be greatly appreciated and can be dropped off at the church on Saturday, December 7, between 12:00am - 2:00pm. Tickets available from any Philoptochos member, at the church office or at the door. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church presents: SOUVLAKI DINNER (Souvlaki, Tzatziki, Mediterranean rice, Greek salad and pita) Thursday, December 5 NEW TIME! 3:00pm 6:30pm us at greekdinner@tbaytel.net to be placed on our mailing list! Facebook Join our group Souvlaki Dinner Takeout! Website: Would like to thank all of our patrons, suppliers and supporters for making our each dinner such a success! However, we would like to thanks most of all our hardworking, ever-smiling volunteers who make this HAPPEN. SEE YOU IN 2014! 3

4 DECEMBER 25:THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST Great anticipation is building as we come closer to Christmas Day. The old remember the happy times in their youth when families gathered to celebrate, and the young ones have hopes for the presents and blessings that will be exchanged. This is the one time of the year that many give gifts of charity to those who are financially disadvantaged, remembering God's manifold blessings. Others surrender their burdens and sorrows for the joy that comes with the knowledge that "a Child is born" to the world, a Child Who brings light, solace and peace into the farthest corners of the earth. In this time of the year, as we rush from store to store searching for the perfect gift for our loved ones, let us remember that this is the season when the Church hymns out tidings of great joy announcing that Christ is born! "Christ is born; glorify Him! Christ comes from heaven; go to meet Him! Christ is on earth; be exalted! Sing to the Lord, all the earth! And praise Him in gladness, O people, for He has been glorified!" This hymn describes how Orthodox Christians joyfully give thanks to the gift of Christ's miraculous Incarnation. The hymn calls us to act in a very conscious and decisive manner. As Christians we live our Faith and witness it to the world through our gladness and joy; like the single light burning brightly in the darkness. This time of the year is also a time of humility, which today's society has forgotten with the commercialization of this Christ-mass day. The Theotokos responded in humility when she consented to bear the Christ-child. Christ chose a humble cave in which to be born and become Man. The shepherds bowed in reverence and humility to the newborn King. The three wise kings traveled vast distances to pay homage to a baby in a cave used to shelter farm animals. O, what great and moving images these thoughts build! We, like the foreign kings and pure hearted Theotokos, must respond to our Christian Faith in simple humility at all times, and especially now during the Advent Season. Christ's birthplace also reminds us that He depends upon each of us to welcome Him in our very homes, and to make Him part of our lives and families. Rejoice over the message of humility, life, love, and the hope that Christ's life offers us. Do not let your hearts be cold and stomachs sated with the lifeless material things gathered and food eaten. Let s celebrate the joy of the Nativity and extend our love to one another praying that the newborn Child blesses each of us. 4

5 25 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ: Η ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ Ο Μέγας Βασίλειος θαυμάζοντας το γεγονός της Γεννήσεως του Χριστού, θέτει στο στόμα της Παναγίας τα ακόλουθα λόγια: «Πως να Σε ονομάσω εγώ, θαυμαστό μου βρέφος; Τι θνητό όνομα να δώσω στον καρπό του Αγίου Πνεύματος; Να Σου προσφέρω θυμίαμα ή γάλα; Έχεις ανάγκη από τις μητρικές μου φροντίδες, ή να πέσω στα πόδια Σου και να Σε λατρεύω; Τι ανεξήγητη αντίθεση; 0 ουρανός είναι ο θρόνος Σου κι εγώ σε τοποθέτησα στα γόνατα μου. Σε βλέπω στην γη κι όμως δεν άφησες τον ουρανό. 0 ουρανός είναι εκεί, όπου ευρίσκεσαι Εσύ». Την απορία και την έκπληξη της Παναγίας συμμερίζεται και άγιος Βασίλειος. Και προσπαθώντας να βρει το μυστικό που πέτυχε την ένωση τόσο αντιθέτων πραγμάτων, καταλήγει ότι είναι Η ΤΑΠΕΙΝΩΣΗ! Από ταπείνωση ο Θεός έγινε άνθρωπος! Από την ταπείνωση Του η γη έγινε ουρανός! Δεν ανέβηκε ο άνθρωπος στον ουρανό. Κατέβηκε ο Θεός στην γη. Και έτσι μας έμαθε έμπρακτα, πως μπορεί η γη, από τόπος εξορίας να γίνει παράδεισος. Από ζούγκλα, να γίνει Βασιλεία του Θεού. Γι' αυτό και οι πρώτοι, που αξιώθηκαν να Τον προσκυνήσουν, ήταν οι ταπεινοί ποιμένες. Και οι γεμάτοι ταπεινό και ειλικρινές φρόνημα αναζήτησης της αλήθειας, «μάγοι εξ ανατολών». Αυτή η αρετή της Ταπείνωσης είναι το μεγάλο μήνυμα της εορτής των Χριστουγέννων. Μόνο ο άνθρωπος που καλλιεργεί και αγαπάει αυτή την αρετή, μπορεί κάπως να νιώσει, τι έγινε εκείνη την παγωμένη νύχτα του Δεκέμβρη στην Βηθλεέμ της Ιουδαίας. Και μόνο με αυτή την αρετή, μπορεί να αξιωθεί να δεχθεί στην καρδιά του τον Νεογέννητο Βασιλέα και Σωτήρα Χριστό. Αγίου Εφραίμ του Σύρου FOOD DRIVE! Every time you come to church in December, please bring some nonperishable food items for our Christmas Food Drive, which will be distributed to the local shelters in Thunder Bay. Thank you and God bless you, as you come forth with assistance to those in need. 5

6 EPIPHANY CROSS DIVE 2014 SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2013; 12:30PM AT THE VOLUNTEER POOL. ALL AGES. REGISTER EARLY FOR YOUR COMEMMORATIVE T-SHIRT AT THE CHURCH HALL OR CALL FR. NIKOLAOS AT ΚΑΛΑΝΤΑ! OUR YOUTH WILL BE COMING TO YOUR HOME TO SING HEARTFELT CHRISTMAS CAROLS CELEBRATING THE COMING OF OUR LORD! H ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ ΜΑΣ ΘΑ ΠΕΡΑΣΟΥΝ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΣΠΙΤΙ ΣΑΣ ΝΑ ΠΟΥΝΕ ΤΑ ΚΑΛΑΝΤΑ ΜΕ ΟΛΗ ΤΗ ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ! FORT WILLIAM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, AFTER 4:30PM PORT ARTHUR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, AFTER 4:30PM WE WILL TRY TO COME EARLIEST TO THE HOMES WITH SMALL CHILDREN. IF YOU CANNOT BE THERE TO WELCOME THE KIDS AT THE ABOVE TIMES, PLEASE BE COURTEOUS AND CALL FR. NIKOLAOS AT ΘΑ ΠΡΟΣΠΑΘΗΣΟΥΜΕ ΝΑ ΕΡΘΟΥΜΕ ΝΩΡΙΤΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΣΠΙΤΙΑ ΜΕ ΜΙΚΡΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ. ΑΝ ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΕΙΤΕ ΝΑ ΕΙΣΑΣΤΕ ΕΚΕΙ ΝΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΚΑΛΩΣ ΔΕΧΘΕΙΤΕ, ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟYΜΕ ΝΑ ΠΑΡΕΤΕ ΤΗΛΕΦΩΝΟ ΤΟ Π. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟ

7 God's Greatest Gift at Christmas Fr. Stylianos Muksuris... all celebrate seeing God on earth and man in the heavens; because of his condescension they see down on earth him who, through his philanthropy, is found in heaven" (St. John Chrysostom, Second Homily on the Nativity). Why is Christmas important to you? Undoubtedly, people of all ages and different backgrounds will answer this seemingly uncomplicated question in their own unique way. Many express contentment about receiving gifts during this season, while others look forward to sharing their time and resources with others. Some find excitement knowing that the holidays will provide them with some much needed respite from work or school, while still others anticipate being surrounded by good friends and food - and not necessarily in that order! Realizing then the great diversity of such views, I have attempted to avoid transforming this present contribution into one more personal opinion about the significance of Christmas. As Christians, we believe that the birth in the flesh of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, our Lord Jesus Christ, has set into motion the process of salvation. St. John Chrysostom's insightful characterization of the Nativity feast as "the center of all festivals" indicates that all subsequent events in the life of our Lord, celebrated liturgically by the Church, find their commencement with the human birth of Christ (On the Incomprehensible Nature of God, Homily 6, PG ). In other words, had Christ not been born in the flesh, He would never have been baptized, crucified, or resurrected in the flesh. Nevertheless, the Nativity does more than set a sequential basis for the other Christian holidays. More importantly, it imbues the other feasts of the Church with a profound realism, linking the incarnated God with every aspect and phase of human life. In other words, since God is now tangible, He is finally understandable in the full breadth of His love and compassion for the world. Likewise, man perceives that God, through Jesus Christ, has finally visited His people in the most special of ways and has comprehended 7

8 and assumed in to the human condition (despite the fact that God's awareness and concern for man has always far surpassed man's own expectation). This ability then to understand and be understood lies at the very core of the Christmas message, and it is precisely this model of Christian life that our Lord offers to each of us this holy season as His gift of love. Though the Wise Men from the East offered the innocent Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes precious material gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, the Lamb of God offers to His worshippers a spiritual gift far more precious than money can buy. Man adorns the Christ Child with the material best of his world; God adorns man with the spiritual wealth of His heavenly Kingdom. And this gift of God comes complete with the following simple directions: "I have entered your beautiful world, the work of My hands, and have embraced you, My people. It is now your turn to learn from My humble example, to enter My Kingdom and embrace God." What our Lord offers us at Christmastime is the opportunity to essentially adopt a new approach to life and people, His approach. He invites us to incarnate ourselves into the very fabric of our neighbor's reality, to understand and love him rather than to despise him, to forgive her rather than to judge her, and to support rather than to humiliate. In assuming this 'incarnational approach' to life, we would indeed be fulfilling the will of God and living up to the noble motto which proudly graced and still graces the halls of my old Catholic high school: Efficiamur Christiferi ("Let us become Christbearers"). This "foreign and strange mystery" of Christ's birth in the flesh beholds the powerful union of both the heavenly and earthly realms, "the cave as heaven, the Virgin as a Cherubic throne... upon which reclined the Boundless One, Christ God" (9th Ode of the katavasiai of the Nativity). Chrysostom makes a most interesting observation, namely, that the Incarnation was necessitated by a "lack of space in heaven", so to speak: "This is why he became flesh, so that the manger could accept him whom heaven cannot contain" (St. John Chrysostom, Second Homily on the Nativity). Put otherwise, God's limitless love for man overflowed from heaven and trickled down upon the earth, making our world, with the divine presence of the incarnate Logos, an extension of God's super-celestial Kingdom. And this expression of divine agape took the form of One who not only fully understood but was fully understood by others, giving to the world a model of living capable of transforming man into god, in St. Athanasius' estimation (On the Incarnation 54). Christmas is indeed a time of warmth, togetherness, and sharing. However, we cannot and should not overlook the greatest gift God gives to each of us, which is Himself and the model of life He taught us through His humbling condescension and daily example of genuine concern and charity. It is in this 'incarnational approach' that the secrets of true happiness, joy, and peace - sought by people the world over - - are made manifest in their entirety. Fr. Stylianos Muksuris, BA, MDiv, MLitt, PhD (cand.), is a graduate of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, and the University of Durham, Durham, UK, and specializes in Eastern Liturgy and Theology. His doctoral dissertation is entitled "Economia and Eschatology: The Mystagogical Significance of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy's Prothesis Rite in the Commentaries of Sts. Nicholas Cabasilas and Symeon of Thessalonike". He has also authored "The Anaphorae of the Liturgy of Sts. Addai and Mari" and the "Byzantine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great: A Comparative Study" (unpublished MLitt thesis). THE REASONS WHY JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, CAME INTO THE WORLD ARE THESE: 1. THE LOVE OF GOD FOR THE HUMAN RACE: "FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON" (JOHN 3:16). 2. THE RESTORATION IN FALLEN HUMANITY OF THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD, AS THE HOLY CHURCH CELEBRATES IT: "MAN WHO, BEING MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, HAD BECOME CORRUPT THROUGH SIN, AND WAS FULL OF VILENESS, AND HAD FALLEN AWAY FROM THE BETTER LIFE DIVINE, DOTH THE WISE CREATOR RESTORE ANEW" (FIRST CANON OF MATINS FOR THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST). 3. THE SALVATION OF MEN S SOULS: "FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED (JOHN 3:17). AND SO WE, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PURPOSES OF OUR REDEEMER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, SHOULD SPEND OUR LIFE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS DIVINE TEACHING, SO THAT THROUGH IT WE MAY OBTAIN THE SALVATION OF OUR SOULS. -- ST. SERAPHIM OF SAROV. 8

9 ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΓΙΝΟΥΜΕ ΘΕΟΙ Σας προξενεί εντύπωση ο τίτλος; Έχετε δίκιο. Αλλά μην τον θεωρήσετε υπερβολικό. Εκφράζει μια μεγάλη, βασική αλήθεια: Ο Θεός έγινε άνθρωπος, για να κάνει τον άνθρωπο θεόν! Αὐτός ἐνηνθρώπησεν, ἵνα ἡμεῖς θεοποιηθῶμεν, επαναλαμβάνει συχνά ο Μ. Αθανάσιος, όπως και όλοι οι άγιοι Πατέρες της Εκκλησίας μας, παίρνοντας αφορμή από το λόγο του αποστόλου Πέτρου, που έγραψε: Ο Θεός μας καλεί να γίνουμε μέτοχοι θείας φύσεως (Β Πέτρ. α [1] 4). Ο Κύριός μας δε γεννήθηκε για να μας σώσει απλώς. Δεν ήλθε από τον ουρανό για να μας συμφιλιώσει και πάλι με τον Θεόν, από τον οποίο είχαμε απομακρυνθεί. Ήλθε για κάτι ασύγκριτα ανώτερο. Έγινε άνθρωπος όμοιος με μας, χωρίς όμως να πέσει σε καμιά αμαρτία (Εβρ. δ [4] 15), για να μας ανεβάσει στον ουρανό και να μας κάνει θεούς όμοιους μ Αυτόν. Μεγάλος ο λόγος. Αλλά πέρα ως πέρα αληθινός. Όταν τον ακούει η ψυχή, που ποθεί την τελειότητα, σκιρτά, αγάλλεται. Φλέγεται από τον πόθο να πετάξει στον ουρανό, να καθίσει στο θρόνο τον τιμητικό. Αλλά για να γίνει αυτό, δεν είναι αρκετός ο ενθουσιασμός κι ο πόθος. Χρειάζεται να πιστεύουμε δυνατά στο Σωτήρα μας. Να είμαστε συνεπείς σ αυτά που λέμε ότι πιστεύουμε. Και την πίστη μας να την δείχνουμε κάθε ώρα και στιγμή με την αγία ζωή μας πάνω στα πράγματα. Ο όσιος Νικόδημος ο Αγιορείτης μάς συμβουλεύει στοργικά: Εντράπου, αδελφέ, και εις άκρον εντράπου συλλογιζόμενος την υπερβολικήν αχαριστίαν σου, για την οποίαν όχι μόνον δεν ανταπέδωκες αγάπην εις την του Θεού αγάπην ούτε αντέρωτα εις τον έρωτά του ούτε ευγνωμοσύνην εις τας τόσας ευεργεσίας του, καθώς ήτο το δίκαιον, αλλά ανταπέδωκας εις τον Θεόν παρανομώταταις βλάβαις, όθεν και ευχαρίστησαι τον Κύριον, πώς υπέφερεν έως τώρα την τόσην αχαριστίαν σου. Ομολόγησαι, ότι εάν ήσαν ιδικαί σου αι ψυχαί όλων των κτισμάτων, και εάν ήθελες τας θυσιάσεις όλας εις υποταγήν και αγάπην του λυτρωτού σου, πάλιν δεν ήθελες πληρώσει ούτε καν ένα παραμικρόν του χρέους σου!(*) Ώστε αν πιστεύεις στον γεννηθέντα Κύριο, πρέπει να τον αγαπάς πάνω και πρώτα απ όλα. Η καρδιά σου να φλέγεται από την αγάπη Του. Γι Αυτόν να κτυπά. Και γι Αυτόν να ζεις. Τίποτε να μη σου είναι τόσο αγαπητό, όσο ο Χριστός. Η καρδιά σου να είναι η φάτνη, μέσα στην οποία θα κατοικεί Εκείνος. Καθάριζέ την από κάθε τι που την λερώνει. Προσεύχου θερμά να γίνεται κάτοικός της κάθε φορά που κοινωνείς το τίμιο Σώμα του και το Πανάγιο Αίμα του. Ποθείς να γίνεις θεός; Έχε ζωντανή πίστη και αγάπη θερμή προς το θείο Βρέφος της Βηθλεέμ. Μη κάνεις τίποτε, που δεν είναι σύμφωνο προς το άγιο θέλημά Του. Το ξέρω, θα συναντήσεις δυσκολίες, αλλά μη φοβηθείς. Ο Χριστός, που θα κατοικεί μέσα σου είναι πολύ πιο δυνατός από την αμαρτία, που σου φράσσει το δρόμο προς τον ουρανό. Εφ όσον η ψυχή σου φλέγεται από τον πόθο να γίνεις θεός, ο Χριστός μας θα σε ενδυναμώνει με τη χάρη του, ώστε να το πετύχεις. ΝΙΚΟΔΗΜΟΥ του ΑΓΙΟΡΕΙΤΟΥ, Γυμνάσματα Πνευματικά, σελ

10 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES - DECEMBER 2013 SUNDAY TH SUNDAY OF LUKE. PROPHET NAOUM. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM FRIDAY 6 +ST. NICHOLAS ARCHBISHOP OF MYRA IN LYCIA. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM SUNDAY TH SUNDAY OF LUKE. STS. SOSTHENIS, APOLLOS, TYCHIKOS THE APOSTLES. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM THURSDAY 12 +ST. SPYRIDON OF TRYMITHOUS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM SUNDAY TH SUNDAY OF LUKE. ST. ELEFTHERIOS AND HIS MOTHER ANTHIA.. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM SUNDAY 22 +SUNDAY BEFORE THE NATIVITY. ST. ANASTASIA THE GREAT MARTYR. TUESDAY 24 +CHRISTMAS EVE. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM VESPERAL DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT 7:00PM-9:00PM. WEDNESDAY 25 +THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD GOD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM SUNDAY 29 +SUNDAY AFTER THE NATIVITY. THE 14,000 CHILDREN KILLED BY HEROD. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM JANUARY 2014 WEDNESDAY 1 +CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD. ST. BASIL THE GREAT. SUNDAY 5 +EVE OF THEOPHANY. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY OF ST. BASIL THE GREAT 10:15AM ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM AND THE SERVICE OF THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS AT EPIPHANY. MONDAY 6 +HOLY THEOPHANY OF OUR LORD. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM AND THE SERVICE OF THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS AT EPIPHANY. TUESDAY 7 +SYNAXIS OF ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER AND BAPTIST. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM THE REMAINDER OF THE JANUARY SCHEDULE OF SERVICES WILL BE IN THE JANUARY BULLETIN. Christmas Wishes! The Greek Orthodox Community Board of Directors conveys its heartfelt wishes to the Greek Orthodox Community of Thunder Bay for a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year! 10

11 ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΩΝ - ΔΕΚEMBΡIOY 2013 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 1 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΙΔ ΛΟΥΚΑ. ΝΑΟΥΜ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 6 +ΑΓΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΜΥΡΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΛΥΚΙΑΣ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 8 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ Ι ΛΟΥΚΑ. ΑΓ. ΣΩΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ, ΑΠΟΛΛΩ, ΤΥΧΙΚΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΠΕΜΠΤΗ 12 +ΑΓΙΟΥ ΣΠΥΡΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΤΡΙΜΥΘΟΥΝΤΟΣ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 15 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΙΑ ΛΟΥΚΑ. ΑΓ. ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ ΙΕΡΟΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΗΤΡΟΣ ΑΝΘΙΑΣ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 22 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΠΡΟ ΤΗΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΕΩΣ. ΑΓΙΑΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΤΡΙΤΗ 24 +ΠΑΡΑΜΟΝΗ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΩΝ. ΕΣΠΕΡΙΝH ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ 7:00ΜΜ-9:00ΜΜ. ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 25 +Η ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 29 +ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΕΩΣ.ΤΩΝ ΑΝΑΙΡΕΘΕΝΤΩΝ ΝΗΠΙΩΝ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. IΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 2014 ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 1 +ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ. ΑΓΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ 10:15ΠΜ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 5 +ΠΑΡΑΜΟΝΗ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΩΝ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ ΚΑΙ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΓΙΑΣΜΟΥ. ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 6 +ΤΑ ΑΓΙΑ ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ ΚΑΙ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΓΙΑΣΜΟΥ. ΤΡΙΤΗ 7 +ΣΥΝΑΞΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΤΟΥ.. ΟΡΘΡΟΣ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ. ΤΟ ΥΠΟΛΟΙΠΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ ΘΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΠΟΜΕΝΗ ΕΚΔΟΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΠΟΥΛΕΤΙΝ. Christmas Wishes! The Greek Orthodox Community Board of Directors conveys its heartfelt wishes to the Greek Orthodox Community of Thunder Bay for a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year! 11

12 OUR MEMBERS So far only 100 people have submitted their membership dues for We ask and encourage everyone to so as soon as possible. Each member is indispensable for the well-being and functioning of our parish. We thank all who have taken the time to submit their membership dues already as of October 30, 2013: 1. Mr. Steve Amorgianos 2. Mrs. Phyllis Amorgianos 3. Mrs. Angie Amorgianos 4. Mrs. Sheila Amos 5. Mr. Nick Balina 6. Mr. Charlie Biniaris 7. Mr. Bill Biniaris 8. Mrs. Dimitra Biniaris 9. Mrs. Katerina Biniaris 10. Mrs. Jenny Biniaris 11. Mr. George Biniaris 12. Mrs. Toni Biniaris 13. Mr. Tony Biniaris 14. Mrs. Irene Biniaris 15. Mrs. Athena Blieske 16. Mr. Ken Comminos 17. Mr. George Comminos 18. Mr. Bill Comminos 19. Mrs. Tarja Comminos 20. Miss Jenny Comminos 21. Miss Katina Comminos 22. Mrs. Nitsa Comminos 23. Mr. Peter Comminos 24. Ms. Angela Damianakos 25. Mrs. Athena Damianakos 26. Mrs. Cathy Drombolis 27. Miss Maria Forget 28. Mrs. Bayba Frattolin 29. Mr. Peter Giardetti 30. Mrs. Tara Giardetti 31. Mr. Harry Glymitsas 32. Mrs. Toula Glymitsas 33. Mrs. Sheila Glymitsas 34. Mr. Sotirios Hatzis 35. Mrs. Theodora Hatzis 36. Mr. Demetris Hatzis 37. Mr. Bill Hatzis 38. Mrs. Stella Hatzis 39. Mr. Jamie Hatzis 40. Mr. Ken Imperius 41. Mrs. Mary Imperius 42. Mrs. Lisa Kahramanos 43. Ms. Penny Kahramanos 44. Mr. Andy Karanasos 45. Mrs. Lori Karanasos 46. Mrs. Voula Karanasos 47. Mr. Mike Karanasos 48. Mr. Nick Koukos 49. Mrs. Joyce Koukos 50. Mr. Peter Koukos 51. Mr. Ray Leino 52. Mrs. Virginia Leino 53. Mr. Chris Lent 54. Mrs. Joanne Lent 55. Mr. Jack Lotsios 56. Mrs. Effie Lotsios 57. Mrs. Helen Machairas 58. Mr. Tom Marinis 59. Mr. Tom Mellas 60. Mrs. Smaragde Mellas 61. Ms. Georgina Mellas 62. Mrs. Maria Mellas 63. Mrs. Tina Mellas 64. Mr. Stamatis Melissis 65. Mrs. Angela Melissis 66. Ms. Bess Melville 67. Mr. Tax Milionis 68. Miss Angela Mitsopoulos 69. Mrs. Athina Morakis 70. Mrs. Angie Palo 71. Mrs. Nikki Pantoulias 72. Mr. John Pavlou 73. Mrs. Maria Pavlou 74. Mr. Tom Pazianos 75. Mrs. Leila Pazianos 76. Mr. Jim Pazianos 77. Mrs. Virginia Pazianos 78. Mr. Louis Port 79. Mrs. Dimitra Port 80. Mrs. Lola Saites 81. Mr. Peter Saites 82. Mrs. Nora Saites 83. Mrs. Effie Saites 84. Mrs. Maria Sancartier 85. Mr. Steven Scollie 86. Mr. Andrew Sheare 87. Mrs. Cathy Sheare 88. Mr. Kosmas Sitko 89. Mrs. Rose Sourtzis 90. Mr. Spyro Sourtzis 91. Mr. Marinos Spourdalakis 92. Mrs. Nora Spourdalakis 93. Mrs. Jenny Theodore 94. Mr. Constantin Todosia 95. Mrs. Manuela Todosia 96. Mr. C. Tsekouras 97. Mrs. Jane Tsekouras 98. Mr. Ahileas Tsekouras 99. Mr. Paul Tsekouras 100. Mrs. Sylvia Tsekouras 101. Mr. Harry Tsekouras 102. Mrs. Lily Tsekouras 103. Ms. Elaine Tsekouras 104. Mr. John Tsekouras 105. Mr. Taki Vlotaros 106. Mr. Daniel Vasiliu 107. Dr. Irene Vasiliu 108. Mrs. Effie Voulagaris 109. Mrs. Gina Voulagaris 110. Mr. Chris Welbourne 111. Mrs. Pat Welbourne 112. Mr. Ryan Witiluk 113. Mrs. Christine Witiluk IS IT NOT GOD WHO ASKS YOU NOW IN YOUR TURN TO SHOW YOURSELF GENEROUS ABOVE ALL OTHER CREATURES AND FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OTHER CREATURES? BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM HIM SO MANY WONDERFUL GIFTS, WILL WE NOT BE ASHAMED TO REFUSE HIM THIS ONE THING ONLY, OUR GENEROSITY? THOUGH HE IS GOD AND LORD HE IS NOT AFRAID TO BE KNOWN AS OUR FATHER. SHALL WE FOR OUR PART REPUDIATE THOSE WHO ARE OUR KITH AND KIN? ST. GREGORY NAZIANZEN 12

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14 Bess and Sheila want you to come join the fun at Bingo! TBA ALL BINGOS ARE AT THE C.L.E. LOCATION at 5:45 PM 14

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