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1 Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Agape news September 2011

2 PARISH LIFE Feastday Icon Decorations (Above) Visit of His Grace Bishop Demetrios (right) Assumption Softball Team End of Season Party (below)

3 Dear Parishioners of our Beloved Assumption, We thank His Grace Bishop Demetrios for visiting us and for commemorating the Consecration Plaque that will be placed in the Narthex. May its presence be a constant reminder of that blessed day for all those who were in attendance. May it also serve as a reminder to all of us of the setting aside of the Temple as a place of worship on sanctified ground. I would also like to express my gratitude and that of the entire parish to Diane Lamacki for the work that she put into the Consecration Album. The album is truly a treasure that for the members of our parish is priceless. The history that is contained and the number of full color photos that are on its pages truly tell the story of our parish. It is through Diane s talent that we were able to produce such a fantastic volume which otherwise could have never been afforded by a parish of our size. Please make sure to express your personal gratitude to Diane for this labor of love and let her offering be an inspiration to all to offer their own talents to the church to this degree. September 1 st we begin the ecclesiastical year. This year must be different. We must cease to take the parish for granted as something that will always be here and that someone else will take care of. Let this be the year that each of us: truly offers our whole lives to Christ, our God. gives stewardship to the extent that we are thankful to the Lord and to the extent that we want Him to give to us. renews our Baptismal garment through the sacrament of Holy Confession. makes the next service the most important one to attend. fasts to the extent that we are able. prioritizes religious education by coming to Bible Study. Thanking the Lord for His Blessings on us, I remain in His Service, PASTORAL MESSAGE Rev. Father Jon Boukis PROISTAMENOS

4 SUNDAY SCHOOL Blessing of the Backpacks On September 11, we will hold a special Agiasmos Service (Blessing of the Water) for the Blessing of the classrooms and the school year. The children are invited to come up on the solea with their backpacks, school books or just themselves to be blessed for a healthy and prosperous year of education. Don t miss it!!! First Day of Sunday School Religious Education will begin on Sunday, September 11, All children with attendance of 80% or better have hit the mark and will be listed monthly in the Agape News as based on cumulative attendance. ORTHODOX BIBLE STUDY The Orthodox Bible Study will meet on Monday Evenings from 6:00pm-7:30pm and on Thursday Mornings from 9:30am- 11:00am to study St. Paul s Letter to the Romans. Bible Study is an opportunity for us to apply the Scriptures to our everyday lives. The Bible is the Good News that enriches our faith and deepens our understanding of every issue that we face. This can only be done through obtaining the mind of the Holy Fathers. Let the scripture come alive in your life today!!!

5 PHILOPTOCHOS Philoptochos Luncheon On Saturday, September 24 th, our Philoptochos will go to Chicago for the Annual Philoptochos Metropolis Luncheon. attend, please contact Litsa Gregory. If you would like to 1 st Meeting of the Year!!! The Philoptochos will have its 1 st meeting of the year on Sunday, September 11 th, following the Coffee Hour. Please make this meeting a priority. SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 4 th Christos Andrios 4 th John Haney 4 th Gust Moraetes 7 th Kay Coin 12 th Pete Gust 14 th Terry Kotrogiannis 15 th Katherine Moraetes 15 th Spiros Pappaspiros 16 th Zoe Arvanitis 17 th Ted Bagatelas 20 th Georgia Kouris 21 st Mike Haney 22 nd Ludmilla Cherevko 22 nd Jackson Miller 22 nd Chris Thodos 26 th John Thodos 27 th Alexa Argeros 27 th Demi Argeros 27 th Linda Argeros 29 th Naveen Ninan 30 th Colette Spurgetis Just a few of the Saints (Namedays) commemorated in July... 5 th Zacharias and Elizabeth 11 th Euphrosynos the Cook 14 th Holy Cross (Stavros, Stavroula) 17 th Sophia, Faith, Hope, Love

6 CONSECRATION ALBUMS The Consecration and 90 th Anniversary Album is now available!!! Please contact the Church Office to get yours now!!! TRIVIA NIGHT FELLOWSHIP Trivia Night at the Assumption Fellowship Hall Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. DETAILS 5:30 p.m. Doors Open - 6:30 p.m. Start Time $10 Registration per person - Teams of 8 Cash Bar First and Second Place Cash Prizes Prize for the Best Back to School Themed Table Bring your own snacks or buy a Greek Pastry or Gyro RSVP TO JOHN ASAP (309)

7 HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW ME? LITSA GREGORY Born: October 15 th in Athens, Greece Nameday: December 15 th (Baptized: Eleftheria) The thing I most enjoy doing is: Crafting and using my skills as a seamstress. The persons who have influenced me most are: My parents Anastasios and Evangelia Antoniou, who brought me to this country for a better life. One thing people may not know about me is: That I came to America on September 11, HELEN PETAROS Born: October 10 th in Greece Nameday: May 21 st The thing I most enjoy doing is: Singing for the Church in choir and as a chantor. The persons who have influenced me most are: My children and grandchildren. One thing people may not know about me is: That I came to this country engaged and was married at the parish of St. George in Moline in CELIA LUBBERS Born: March 26 th in South Williamson, KY Nameday: January 1 st (Baptized: Vasiliki) The thing I most enjoy doing is: Reading and volunteering. The person who has influenced me most is: My father for his business sense and work ethic and my mother for giving me life skills. One thing people may not know about me is: I am a registered pharmacist and can twirl a baton!

8 EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS The Elevation of the Venerable and Life- Creating Cross of the Lord: The pagan Roman emperors tried to completely eradicate from human memory the holy places where our Lord Jesus Christ suffered and was resurrected for mankind. The Emperor Hadrian ( ) gave orders to cover over the ground of Golgotha and the Sepulchre of the Lord, and to build a temple of the pagan goddess Venus and a statue of Jupiter. Pagans gathered at this place and offered sacrifice to idols there. Eventually after 300 years, by Divine Providence, the great Christian sacred remains, the Sepulchre of the Lord and the Life-Creating Cross were again discovered and opened for veneration. This took place under the Emperor Constantine the Great ( ). In 313 he had issued the Edict of Milan, by which the Christian religion was legalized and the persecutions against Christians in the Western half of the empire were stopped. The ruler Licinius, although he had signed the Edict of Milan to oblige Constantine, still fanatically continued the persecutions against Christians. Only after his conclusive defeat did the 313 Edict of toleration extend also to the Eastern part of the empire. The Holy Equal of the Apostles Emperor Constantine, having gained victory over his enemies in three wars with God's assistance, had seen in the heavens the Sign of the Cross, and written beneath: "By this you shall conquer." Ardently desiring to find the Cross on which our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, St Constantine sent his mother, the pious Empress Helen (May 21), to Jerusalem, providing her with a letter to St Macarius, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Although the holy empress Helen was already in her declining years, she set about completing the task with enthusiasm. The empress gave orders to destroy the pagan temple and the statues in Jerusalem. Searching for the Life- Creating Cross, she made inquiry of Christians and Jews, but for a long time her search remained unsuccessful. Finally, they directed her to a certain elderly Hebrew by the name of Jude who stated that the Cross was buried where the temple of Venus stood. They demolished the pagan temple and, after praying, they began to excavate the ground. Soon the Tomb of the Lord was uncovered. Not far from it were three crosses, a board with the inscription ordered by Pilate, and four nails which had pierced the Lord's Body (March 6).

9 CELEBRATED SEPTEMBER 14 TH To discern on which of the three crosses Christ was crucified, Patriarch Macarius alternately touched the crosses to a corpse. When the Cross of the Lord touched the dead one, he came to life. Having beheld the raising of the dead man, everyone was convinced that the Life-Creating Cross was found. During the discovery of the Life-Creating Cross another miracle took place: a grievously sick woman, beneath the shadow of the Holy Cross, was healed instantly. The elder Jude and other Jews there believed in Christ and accepted Holy Baptism. Jude received the name Cyriacus and afterwards was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem. The holy empress Helen journeyed to the holy places connected with the earthly life of the Savior, building more than 80 churches, at Bethlehem the birthplace of Christ, and on the Mount of Olives where the Lord ascended to Heaven, and at Gethsemane where the Savior prayed before His sufferings and where the Mother of God was buried after her death. St Helen took part of the Life-Creating Wood and nails with her to Constantinople. The holy emperor Constantine gave orders to build at Jerusalem a majestic and spacious church in honor of the Resurrection of Christ, also including under its roof the Life-Giving Tomb of the Lord and Golgotha. The temple was constructed in about ten years. St Helen did not survive until the dedication of the temple, she died in the year 327. The church was consecrated on September 13, 335. On the following day, September 14, the festal celebration of the Exaltation of the Venerable and Life-Creating Cross was established. During the reign of the Byzantine emperor Phocas ( ) the Persians defeated the Greek army, plundered Jerusalem and captured both the Life- Creating Cross of the Lord and the Holy Patriarch Zachariah ( ). The Cross remained in Persia for fourteen years and only under the emperor Heraclius ( ), who with the help of God defeated Khozroes and concluded peace with his successor and son Syroes, was the Cross of the Lord returned to the Christians. With great solemnity the Life-creating Cross was transferred to Jerusalem. Emperor Heraclius in imperial crown and royal purple carried the Cross of Christ into the temple of the Resurrection. With the emperor went Patriarch Zacharios. At the gates by which they ascended Golgotha, the emperor suddenly stopped and was not able to proceed farther. The holy Patriarch explained to the emperor that an angel of the Lord was blocking his way. The emperor was told to remove his royal trappings and to walk barefoot, since He Who bore the Cross for the salvation of the world from sin had made His way to Golgotha in all humility. Then Heraclius donned plain garb, and without further hindrance, carried the Cross of Christ into the church.

10 DONATIONS Thank you to Marina Pikis for donating the Wreath for the Narthex Icon of the Panayia for our Feastday in Memory of her mother, Sophia Kollias. Thank you to Christ and Helen Petaros for wonderfully decorating the Icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos on the Iconostasion for our Feastday. Thank you to the ladies of the Philoptochos who baked the Artoklasia and hosted the reception for our Feastday. Thank you to all the donated and all the helped to make the Philoptochos Rummage Sale a great success. Thank you to George and Sherry Kontos who donated the Pizza for our Goya Pizza and Bowling. A very special thank you to Diane Lamacki who designed the most spectacular photo history (of well over 100 pages) of our Parish for the Consecration and 90th Anniversary Album. FINANCIAL REPORT 2011 Budgeted General Fund Expenses $198,000 General Fund Expenses Year-to-date (as of August 31, 2011) $129, Stewardship Year-to-date (as of August 31, 2011) $80, Year-to-date shortfall $48, August General Fund Expenses $14, August Stewardship $9, August Shortfall $5,387.59

11 SERVICE SCHEDULE September 1 Thursday Beginning of the Ecclesiastical Year 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy September 4 Sunday 12th Sunday of Matthew 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. All English Divine Liturgy September 7 Wednesday Small Paraklesis Service (6:00 p.m.) September 8 Thursday The Nativity of the Theotokos 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy September 11 Sunday Sunday Before Holy Cross 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy September 14 Wednesday The Exaltation of the Holy Cross 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy September 18 Sunday Sunday After Holy Cross 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy September 25 Sunday 1 st Sunday of Luke 9:00 a.m. Orthros 10:00 a.m. Divine Liturgy Πρόγραμμα Ιερών Ακολουθίων 1 Σεπτεμβρίου Πέμπτη Αρχή της Ινδίκτου 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 4 Σεπτεμβρίου Κυριακή Κυριακή ΙΒ του Ματθαίου 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 7 Σεπτεμβρίου Τετάρτη Μικρή Παράκλησις 6:00 μ.μ. 8 Σεπτεμβρίου Πέμπτη Γενέθλιον της Θεοτόκου 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 11 Σεπτεμβρίου Κυριακή Κυριακή προ της Υψώσεως 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 14 Σεπτεμβρίου Τετάρτη Η Ύψωσις του Τιμίου Σταυρού 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 18 Σεπτεμβρίου Κυριακή Κυριακή μετά την Ύψωσιν 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 25 Σεπτεμβρίου Κυριακή Κυριακή Α του Λουκά 9:00 π.μ. Όρθρος 10:00 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία

12 CHURCH. S E P T E M B E R Sunday Monday Tuesday 12th Sunday of Matthew Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Family Worship Coffee Hour All English Sunday 4 11 Sunday before Holy Cross Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am 1st Day of Sunday School Blessing of the Backpacks Philoptochos Meeting Coffee Hour Sunday after Holy Cross Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Sunday School Coffee Hour 1st Sunday of Luke Orthros 9:00am Divine Liturgy 10:00am Sunday School Coffee Hour LABOR DAY Church Office Closed Greek Cultural Festival 5 th Annual Golf Tournament at TPC Deere Run :00pm-7:30pm Orthodox Bible Study 26 6:00pm-7:30pm Orthodox Bible Study

13 . CALENDAR Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Ecclesiastical New Year Divine Liturgy 10:00am 2 3 Paraklesis Service 6:00pm 7 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross Divine Liturgy 10:00am 8 Great Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos Divine Liturgy 10:00am 15 9:30am-11:00am Orthodox Bible Study 6:30pm - Parish Council Meeting :30am-11:00am Orthodox Bible Study :30am-11:00am Orthodox Bible Study 30 Fasting Symbols Strict Fast Wine and Oil Allowed Fish Allowed Fast Free

14 PARAKLESIS The Small Paraklesis to the Theotokos is a service in which we offer our prayers to the Blessed Mother of God in which we ask her to pray on our behalf to the Lord. Our supplications are for health, guidance and deliverance from adversity. It is through her prayers that we are saved, for she is closer to the Lord than you or I, and we know through many miracles that her prayers are heard. Please take a moment and prepare a list of those for whom you would like to have prayers offered - bring the list to the Paraklesis and offer your prayers with the whole community. For those who cannot come, know that the Church is open and that prayers are being offered for all of us. Again we pray for mercy, life, health, peace, safety, salvation, visitation, forgiveness and remission of sins of the servants of God

15 DIAKONIA Prosforo Schedule September 4 Helen Petaros September 11 Toula Poulimas September 18 Georgia Eleftheropoulos September 25 Toula Fotos Coffee Hour September 4 M.&D. Kotrogiannis/A. Dokolas September 11 Celia Lubbers September 18 Family of Panayiota Theofilis September 25 Not Yet Reserved Sunday Gospel and Epistle Readings September 4 Gospel Matthew 19:16-26 Epistle I Corinthians 15:1-11 September 11 Gospel John 3:13-17 Epistle Galatians 6:11-18 September 18 Gospel Mark 8:34-9:1 Epistle Galatians 2:16-20 September 25 Gospel Luke 5:1-11 Epistle II Corinthians 4:6-15 Parish Council Ushering Teams & Schedule St. Matthew St. Mark St. Luke St. John 9:00 Celia Lubbers Cathy Diakogeorgiou Biju Ninan Deno Kandis 9:25 Nick Passini Michael Haney John Thodos Lambros Mihalopoulos 9:50 Diane Lamacki Abraham Chirackal Elizabeth Gorman Roger Lovejoy September 4 St. John September 11 St. Matthew September 18 St. Mark September 25 St. Luke

16 Γενέθλιον τῆς Θεοτόκου 8 Σεπτεμβρίου "Αποκάλυψον προς Κύριον την οδόν σου και έλπισον επ αυτόν, και αυτός ποιήσει". Φανέρωσε στον Κύριο με εμπιστοσύνη το δρόμο και τις επιδιώξεις και τις ανάγκες της ζωής σου και έλπισε σ Αυτόν και Αυτός θα κάνει εκείνα που ζητάς και χρειάζεσαι. Μ αυτή την εμπιστοσύνη και ελπίδα, ο Ιωακείμ και η Άννα ικέτευαν προσευχόμενοι το Θεό να τους χαρίσει παιδί, να το έχουν γλυκειά παρηγορία στα γεράματά τους. Και την ελπίδα τους ο Θεός έκανε πραγματικότητα. Τους χάρισε την Παρθένο Μαριάμ, που ήταν ορισμένη να γεννήσει το Σωτήρα του κόσμου και να λάμψει σαν η πιό ευλογημένη μεταξύ των γυναικών. Ήταν εκείνη, από την οποία έμελλε να προέλθει Αυτός που θα συνέτριβε την κεφαλή του νοητού όφεως. Στην Παλαιά Διαθήκη δόθηκαν πολλές προτυπώσεις της Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου. Μία είναι και η βάτος στο Σίνα, την οποία ενώ είχαν περιζώσει φλόγες φωτιάς, αυτή δεν καιγόταν. Ήταν απεικόνιση της Παρθένου, που θα γεννούσε το Σωτήρα Χριστό και συγχρόνως θα διατηρούσε την παρθενία της. Έτσι, η Άννα και ο Ιωακείμ, που ήταν από το γένος του Δαβίδ, με την κραταιά ελπίδα που είχαν στο Θεό απέκτησαν απ Αυτόν το επιθυμητό δώρο, που θα συντροφεύει τον κόσμο μέχρι συντελείας αιώνων.

17 Ἡ Ὓψωσίς τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ 14 Σεπτεμβρίου Το έτος 326 η Αγία Ελένη πήγε σ τ η ν Ιερουσαλήμ γ ι α να προσκυνήσει τους Αγίους Τόπους και να ευχαριστήσει το Θεό για τους θριάμβους του γιού της Μ. Κωνσταντίνου. Ο Θείος ζήλος, όμως, έκανε την Αγία Ελήνη να αρχίσει έρευνες για την ανεύρεση του Τιμίου Σταυρού. Επάνω στο Γολγοθά υπήρχε ειδωλολατρικός ναός της θεάς Αφροδίτης, τον οποίο γκρέμισε και άρχισε τις ανασκαφές. Σε κάποιο σημείο, βρέθηκαν τρείς σταυροί. Η συγκίνηση υπήρξε μεγάλη, αλλά ποιός από τους τρείς ήταν του Κυρίου; Τότε ο επίσκοπος Ιεροσολύμων Μακάριος με αρκετούς ιερείς, αφού έκανε δέηση, άγγιξε στους σταυρούς το σώμα μιάς ευσεβεστάτης κυρίας που είχε πεθάνει. Όταν ήλθε η σειρά και άγγιξε τον τρίτο σταυρό, που ήταν πραγματικά του Κυρίου, η γυναίκα αμέσως αναστήθηκε. Η είδηση διαδόθηκε σαν αστραπή σε όλα τα μέρη της Ιερουσαλήμ. Πλήθη πιστών άρχισαν να συρρέουν για να αγγίξουν το τίμιο ξύλο. Επειδή, όμως, συνέβησαν πολλά δυστυχήματα από το συνωστισμό, ύψωσαν τον Τίμιο Σταυρό μέσα στο ναό σε μέρος υψηλό, για να μπορέσουν να τον δούν και να τον προσκυνήσουν όλοι. Αυτή, λοιπόν, την ύψωση καθιέρωσαν οι άγιοι Πατέρες, να γιορτάζουμε στις 14 Σεπτεμβρίου, για να μπορέσουμε κι εμέις να υψώσουμε μέσα στις ψυχές μας το Σταυρό του Κυρίου μας, που αποτελεί το κατ εξοχήν "όπλον κατά του διαβόλου".

18 PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES Parish Council Meeting Minutes July 21, 2011 Call to Order John Thodos called the meeting to order at 6:40 P.M. and Fr. Jon led the group in prayer. Roll Call Present: John Thodos, Deno Kandis, Diane Lamacki, Celia Lubbers, Lambros Mihalopoulos, Abraham Chirackal, Nick Passini, Roger Lovejoy, Cathy Diakogeorgiou, Mike Haney, and Liz Gorman Excused: Biju Ninan Festival Report: Mike Haney reported that with the information available now it looks like the festival only broke even if you didn t count the money taken in from the sponsors. Sponsorship was $21K. If we do this again we will need to get more sponsors. We would need to get 501C to get more sponsors. But holding the event at a church will still make hard to get some sponsors. Fr. Jon said it may be better to have two one day events than one two day event. The one day events would only use the building without the use of the tents etc. Presidents Report New HVAC unit over the altar is still intermittently making too much noise, but not when the contractor is here. We have paid $8K and are holding the remaining $2.6K until we are satisfied. Church Ceiling need a good rain to determine if the dome repairs have stopped the leaking. Will not start repairs until we are certain that the there is no new damage. Roof Repair in hall and portico. Roger Lovejoy will get with Tom Bakeris on plans for members from the church to help in the repair. Will need 10 people to volunteer to help in the repair. The weather needs to be dry and warm and could be done in four or five hours. Windmill restaurant fire offered the hall to Miltos and Cathy Diakogeorgiou for party booking they had on a revenue neutral (no cost to the church) basis. Motion by Nick P. and seconded by Abraham C. for the Windmill to rent the hall for $200 plus custodial expenses per event. This is subject to the requirement that both insurance companies would cover this. Also priest has

19 PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES to approve any scheduled dates to assure it did not conflict with Church functions. Motion carried. Meeting with Bishop Demetrios Council would like to have a meeting with His Grace about the financial and spiritual concerns of the parish. Will see if we can meet Saturday, August 20. Priest s Report Stewardship statement problems seems to have had many unrecorded checks from feedback from the first stewardship report sent out to the members. English Liturgy - Good response from the first all English liturgy. Father would like to increase the number of English liturgies a month until in a few years all liturgies will be English. Fr. Jon gave each council member a flier on guidelines of how to act in church. Wanted to make sure that people are not entering the sanctuary at times when it is prohibited. Also wanted to make sure that all guests are greeted and that help is provided to assist those that are not familiar with the Liturgy. Agape News The financial report is being added - weekly deposits will be shown. Minutes - Minutes for June 2011 were reviewed and approved as corrected. Treasurer s Report Have only $800 in checking account. Will need to move $5K from the festival account to meet monthly expenses. Roger Lovejoy made the comment that it is evident that we need to start talking with St. George members about the possibility of a merger. Merger of the churches will be discussed with the Bishop when he visits us. Quickbooks Need to buy a copy to better manage the churches finances. Diane L. made a motion for the purchase seconded by Lambros M. Motion carried. Old Business No old business. New Business No New business. Motion to adjourn by Nick P. 2 nd by Lambros M. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM

20 2011 ANNUAL GOLF OUTING Greek Cultural Festival 5 th Annual Golf Tournament Monday, September 12, :00 a.m. Shotgun Start $100 per golfer includes Greens Fees, Practice Range, Cart, Locker Room and Shower Facilities, On Course Soft Drinks, Continental Breakfast, Casual Lunch, On Course Events Sponsorship Opportunities: Lunch Sponsor ($500) Hole Sponsor ($100) Breakfast Sponsor ($200) Beverage Cart Sponsor ($300) Cart Sponsor ($300) If you would like to play or be a sponsor, please contact Fr. Jon ASAP

21 AGAPE NEWS SPONSORSHIP Do you enjoy the new format of the Agape News? If you do, then join the other 50 sponsors for the 2011/12 Ecclesiastical Year!!! It s renewal time!!! Sponsors will be listed monthly for the entire Ecclesiastical Year (until Sept. 1, 2012) on a special sponsors page. Our new color copier has reduced our costs so sponsorships are no longer $25, but only $20!!! Check out our new pricing for Advertisements on the last page!!! Enclosed is my sponsorship of $25 $20. Please list the sponsor line as follows:

22 Agape News SPONSORS The Agape News is made possible by the generous support of the following parishioners: Fr. Jon, Presbytera Doreece and Vasilia Boukis Michael and Nancy Avgenackis Paul and Christine Bagatelas Family Theodore and Karen Bagatelas Kleo Caras Miltos and Cathy Diakogeorgiou The Gorman Family Mike and Helen Haney Deno and Dr. Ann Kandis Family Frances Kandis In Memory of Sophia Kollias Tom Lingris and Judy Larson Roger, Celia, Alex and Kristin Spiro and Carol Pappaspiros Christ and Helen Petaros Rick and Maria Krakos Thompson In Memory of George and Grace Vretis Sponsors offer $20 for the Ecclesiastical Year (beginning and ending Sept. 1 st )

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