Parish Council Members. .Sunday of Orthodoxy February 5, 2017

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1 Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Reverend Father Dean J. Dimon Proistamenos 2187 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH Sunday of Orthodoxy February 5, 2017 The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 has been that of the victory of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since 726, was finally laid to rest, and icons and their veneration were restored on the first Sunday in Lent. Ever since, this Sunday has been commemorated as the "Triumph of Orthodoxy." The Seventh Ecumenical Council dealt predominantly with the controversy regarding icons and their place in Orthodox worship. It was convened in Nicaea in 787 by Empress Irene at the request of Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople. The Council was attended by 367 bishops. Almost a century before this, the iconoclastic controversy had once more shaken the foundations of both Church and State in the Byzantine empire. Excessive religious respect and the ascribed miracles to icons by some members of society, approached the point of worship (due only to God) and idolatry. This instigated excesses at the other extreme by which icons were completely taken out of the liturgical life of the Church by the Iconoclasts. The Iconophiles, on the other-hand, believed that icons served to preserve the doctrinal teachings of the Church; they considered icons to be man's dynamic way of expressing the divine through art and beauty. The Council decided on a doctrine by which icons should be venerated but not worshipped. In answering the Empress' invitation to the Council, Pope Hadrian replied with a letter in which he also held the position of extending veneration to icons but not worship, the last befitting only God. The decree of the Council for restoring icons to churches added an important clause which still stands at the foundation of the rationale for using and venerating icons in the Orthodox Church to this very day: "We define that the holy icons, whether in color, mosaic, or some other material, should be exhibited in the holy churches of God, on the sacred vessels and liturgical vestments, on the walls, furnishings, and in houses and along the roads, namely the icons of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, that of our Lady the Theotokos, those of the venerable angels and those of all saintly people. Whenever these representations are contemplated, they will cause those who look at them to commemorate and love their prototype. We define also that they should be kissed and that they are an object of veneration and honour (timitiki proskynisis), but not of real worship (latreia), which is reserved for Him Who is the subject of our faith and is proper for the divine nature. The veneration accorded to an icon is in effect transmitted to the prototype; he who venerates the icon, venerated in it the reality for which it stands". An Endemousa (Regional) Synod was called in Constantinople in 843. Under Empress Theodora. The veneration of icons was solemnly proclaimed at the Hagia Sophia Cathedral. The Empress, her son Michael III, Patriarch Methodios, and monks and clergy came in procession and restored the icons in their rightful place. The day was called "Triumph of Orthodoxy." Since that time, this event is commemorated yearly with a special service on the first Sunday of Lent, the "Sunday of Orthodoxy". Orthodox teaching about icons, as defined at the Seventh Ecumenical Council of 787, is embodied in the texts sung on this Sunday. Parish Council Members Emmanuel Ermidis President Konstantinos Almiroudis Vice President Jim Ganotis Secretary Stelios Vitakis Treasurer Eleni Karadaglis Michael Manak Panagiota Petratos Irene Scordos Christopher Sheely.Athanasios Anagnostos Sam Zizis

2 March 5, 2017 Epistle St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26, Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Daniel 3.26,27 Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers. Verse: For you are just in all you have done. Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Sunday of Orthodoxy Gospel The Gospel according to John 1:43-51 At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." Apolytikion of the Feast Second Tone Resurrectional Apolytikion Fourth Tone Apolytikion of the Church Sunday of Orthodoxy and the following Four Sundays Your undefiled Icon we venerate Lord, asking for forgiveness of all our faults, O Christ our God; for of your own will, you were pleased to ascend, in the flesh upon the Cross, to deliver those you created from the bondage of the foe. Wherefore, in thanksgiving we cry to you: You have filled all things with joy, Ο our Savior, now that you have come, all the world to save. Having heard the joyous resurrection message, from the lips of the Angel, the Lord's women Disciples, and with the ancestral sentence removed from them, to the Apostoles with pride they related: Death has been despolled now, Christ our God has risen indeed, granting to all the world his great mercy. To-day is the crown of our Salvation and the manifestation of the Eternal Mystery. The Son of God becometh the son of the Virgin, and Gabriel announceth the good tidings of grace. Wherefore let us also with him cry to the Mother of God: Hail! Thou that art full of grace; the Lord is with thee. Your city sings to you a song of victory, and offers thanks to ite defender and deliverer, for having spear it from trials, O Theotokos. But because you have the power invincible, from a multitude of dangers liberate us; that we may cry to you: Hail bride who knew no bridegroom 2

3 Ἀπόστολος 5 Μαρτιου 2017 Εὐαγγέλιον Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 11:24-26, Προκείμενον. Ἦχος δ. Δανιήλ Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν. Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν. Ἀδελφοί, πίστει Μωϋσῆς μέγας γενόμενος ἠρνήσατο λέγεσθαι υἱὸς θυγατρὸς Φαραώ, μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συγκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ πρόσκαιρον ἔχειν ἁμαρτίας ἀπόλαυσιν μείζονα πλοῦτον ἡγησάμενος τῶν Αἰγύπτου θησαυρῶν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπέβλεπεν γὰρ εἰς τὴν μισθαποδοσίαν. Καὶ τί ἔτι λέγω; Ἐπιλείψει γὰρ με διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ τε καὶ Σαμψών καὶ Ἰεφθάε, Δαυίδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οἳ διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας, εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων, ἔσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός, ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας, ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων. Ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν, οὐ προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν ἕτεροι δὲ ἐμπαιγμῶν καὶ μαστίγων πεῖραν ἔλαβον, ἔτι δὲ δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς ἐλιθάσθησαν, ἐπρίσθησαν, ἐπειράσθησαν, ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς, ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν, ὑστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι - ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος - ἐν ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσιν καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ οὗτοι πάντες, μαρτυρηθέντες διὰ τῆς πίστεως, οὐκ ἐκομίσαντο τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ἡμῶν κρεῖττόν τι προβλεψαμένου, ἵνα μὴ χωρὶς ἡμῶν τελειωθῶσιν. Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:44-52 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀκολούθει μοι. ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ανδρέου καὶ Πέτρου. εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. εἶδεν ὁ Ιησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ ἴδε ἀληθῶς Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι. λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι, ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε. ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ισραήλ. ἀπεκρίθη Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς, πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. Τὴν ἄχραντον Εἰκόνα σου προσκυνοῦμεν Ἀγαθέ, αἰτούμενοι συγχώρησιν τῶν πταισμάτων ἡμῶν, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός βουλήσει γὰρ ηὐδόκησας σαρκὶ ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ Σταυρῷ, ἵνα ῥύσῃ οὓς ἔπλασας ἐκ τῆς δουλείας τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ὅθεν εὐχαρίστως βοῶμέν σοι Χαρᾶς ἐπλήρωσας τὰ πάντα, ὁ Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν, παραγενόμενος εἰς τὸ σῶσαι τὸν Κόσμον. Τό φαιδρόν τῆς Ἀναστάσεως κήρυργμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καί τήν προγονικήν ἀπόφασιν ἀπορρίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστός ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τό μέγα ἔλεος. Σήμερον τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν τό κεφάλαιον, καί τοῦ ἀπ' αἰῶνος μυστηρίου ἡ φανέρωσις ὁ υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, υἱός τῆς Παρθένου γίνεται, καί Γαβριήλ τήν χάριν εὐαγγελίζεται. Διό καί ἡμεῖς σύν αὐτῷ, τῇ Θεοτόκῳ βοήσωμεν Χαῖρε Κεχαριτωμένη, ὁ Κύριος μετά σοῦ. Τῇ Ὑπερμάχῳ Στρατηγῷ τά νικητήρια, ὡς λυτρωθεῖσα τῶν δεινῶν εὐχαριστήρια, ἀναγράφω Σοι ἡ πόλις Σου Θεοτόκε. Ἀλλ' ὡς ἔχουσα τό κράτος ἀπροσμάχητον, ἐκ παντοίων με κινδύνων ἐλευθέρωσον, ἵνα κράζω Σοί Χαῖρε Νύμφη ἀνύμφευτε. 3

4 Today we welcome Baby Iliana For the 40 day blessing Proud Parents: Michael & Allie Zeleniuch Congratulations! Σήμερα 40 ημέρων ευλογία Ηλιάνα Γονείς Μιχάλης & Allie Zeleniuch Να σας ζήση! Today we celebrate the Sunday of Orthodoxy. All Sunday School students will participate in the Procession. Following the Divine Liturgy we ask everyone to join us for refreshments and fellowship in the church hall. SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY Tonight at 5:00 p.m. Vespers at St. Theodosius Orthodox Cathedral, 733 Starkweather Ave. Children invited to bring Icons and participate in the procession. Chief Celebrant and Homilist is our own Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh. Upcoming Events: March 7 thru March 9, Father Dean will be at Antiochian Village therefore we will not have the Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesday, March 8th March 12th SPRING FORWARD Don t forget to set your clocks ahead 1 hour *Memorials: Anazena Salamalekis, George Plataniotis Trisagio: George and Diamantis Varlamos. The Salamalekis Family will host the coffee social in loving memory of Anazena. The Ladies Philoptochos will be holding their meeting on March 12th following Liturgy. Το Κατηχητικό σχολείο θα γυρίσουν της εικόνες σήμερα. Ώρα Καφέ δίνεται από την Φιλόπτωχος μετά την Θεία Λειτουργία στην αίθουσα της εκκλησίας. Κυριακή της Ορθοδοξίας Εσπερινός 5μμ Αγ. Θεοδοσίου εκκλησιά 733 Starkweather 7 Μαρτίου μέχρι 9 Μαρτίου ο Πάτερ Κωνσταντίνος θα είναι στο Antiochian Village και δεν θα έχουμε τα Προηγιασμένη την Τετάρτη 8 Μαρτίου. Αλλαγή ώρα : Κυριακή 12 Μαρτίου Μνημόσυνα 12 Μαρ. - Aνεζίνας Σαλαμαλέκη, Γεώργιος Πλατανιώτης, Τρισάγιο; Γεώργιος και Διαμαντής Βαρλαμος Οικογένεια Σαλαμαλέκη θα δωση το καφε εις μνήμη της Ανεζινας. Ο Θεός να αναπάψει την ψήχει της αιωνία της μνήμην. Φιλόπτωχος Γενική Συνέλευση, 12 Μαρτίου μετά τη Θεία Λειτουργία στο διπλανό δωμάτιο της μεγάλης αίθουσας. 4

5 Thank you to the following stewards who have sent in their 2017 pledges. We have received 159 pledges. If any names have been mistakenly omitted from this list, please notify the church office and we will make corrections in our next bulletin. Εάν έχει γίνει παράλειψής ονομάτων σ αυτόν τον κατάλογο, παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήσετε με το γραφείο της εκκλησίας και θα κάνουμε τις διορθώσεις στο επόμενο τεύχος Agelidakis, Georgios & Victoria Alex, Jerry Alex, Jerry & Kim Alex, Stefo & Loula Allison, John & Nancy Almiroudis, Konstantinos & Kelli Anagnostos, Athanasios & Linsey Antonaklas, Steve & Evangelia Arabian, Allen & Agnes Bibidakis, Evangelos & Eftychia Boukis, Gary & Mary Boulas, Dimitrios & Evegenia Boyeas, Mike & Christine Bozas, Pete & Maria Castros, Nick & Rosalie Coutris, Stephen & Penelope Dallas, Maria Davis, Lambrini Demopoulos, William Dimon, Fr. Dean & Presvytera Drosos, Angeliki Efpraxias, Georgio Ermidis, Christina Ermidis, Emmanuel & Marina Ermidis, Venizelos & Bessie Erwin, Edward & Vasiliki Fourtounis, Emmanuel & Marika Ganotis, Dimitrios & Aphrodite Geanneses, Antoinette Genin, Jason & Cynthia Gountis, Vasilios & Audolina Griveas, Peggy Gromek, Stanley & Angie Harris, Despina Hatzopoulos, Kriti Hlepas, James & Kathy Hliatzos, Peter & Katina Jamison, Oliver & Eleni Kafantaris, George & Sophia Kalevakis, Mike & Dora Kamenos, Stella Kanaris, Anna Kanis, Gus & Vaso Kanis, John Kantzios, George & Eleni Kapolis, Thanos & Anthie Karadaglis, Elias & Eleni Karadimas, Chris & Vivian Karadimas, John & Helen Karadimas, John & Linda Karakoudas, Caliope Karavokirakis, Dimitra Karavokirakis, Gramatiki Karras, John A. & Ismini J. Katsantonis, George L. & Sandra Keating, Dale & Helen Kefalos, Panayiotis & Fotini Konstantinos, Nikolaos & Vasiliki Kopasakis, John Koukouras, Nikolaos & Evangelia Kowalsick, Ruby Kozana, Margarita Kozanas, John & Vasiliki Kutrubs, Nick Kyriazis, Dimitri Makris, Bessie A. Makris, Thomas Mallis, Mike & Maria Manak, Michael Maroulis, Paraskevas Marountas, Nck & Denna Mastrokostas, George & Eleni Matheou, Demetrios & Lillian Matheou, Dimosthenis & Nicole Matheou, Georgia Mathews, James & Mary Mathiellis, Paul & Carol Mavrakis, Bill & Zoe Mavroidis, Mavroidis Moulagianis, Vasalios & Stamatia Moulagiannis, Kathy Nakhel, Anis & Maria Nickas, Vasiliki Paliobeis, Irini Panagiotou, Serafiem & Anna Panos, Pete & Mary Pantelatou, Sophia Papadakis, Adamandios E. & Despina Papadopoulos, Alex Papadopoulos, Dimitrios E. & Dionira Papakonstantinou, Fotios & Spyroulla Papakonstantinou, Rebecca Pappas, Ted Paul, Barbara T. Petratos, Kosmas & Panagiota Petropouleas, Peter & Panagiota Petsas, Demetra Pikakos, Mary Piperis, Fotini Plataniotis, Nick & Elisavet Rakopoulos, Stella Regas, Alex & Thea Regas, George & Soula Regas, Strates Riedel, Joseph & Popi Rokas, Efthihia Rokas, John & Lucy Sack, David & Katherine Salamalekis, Evangelos Salloumis, Paul Salouros, Paul & Maria Sarantopoulos, Athanasios & Despina Sboukis, Andrew & Marcella Sboukis, Peter & Panayiota Scordos, John & Irene Semertsidis, Niko & Despina Sevastos, George Sevastos, Gust & Jane Sheely, Christopher & Panagiota Shinas, Dean Siakantaris, Stella Sisamis, John G. & Irene Skoutas, Mike & Ellie Smith, Robert & Eugenia Spanos, Niko & Koula Stefanopoulos, Polixeni Stefou, Antonios & Stella Tasiouras, Evanthia Thanos, Athanasios & Anna Thanos, Dion & Courtney Theodore, Neste & Artemis Trihas, Ermioni Trihas, John A. & Suzanne Tsambounieris, Manoli & Sofia Tsardoulias, Aris & Stella Tsardoulias, George & Diamonto Tsigas, Angie Tsigas, Demetrios & Shelly Tsiourtsiouris, Maria Valsamidis, Chris & Eleni Vaselakis, John & Kiki Vasilakes, Mike & Mary Vassilakis, Freda Vassilaras, Plousia Velkos, Joseph & Maria Velkos, Nick & Irene Vianos, Nicholas & Eleni Vitakis, Stelios & Tsabika Voiklis, Emmanuel & Janet Vourlis, Antonetta Vourlis, Rose Walsh, Edward & Calliope Whitlock, Marie Zeleniuch, Christina Zeleniuch, Mary Ellen Zeleniuch, Stefan Zizis, Stamatios & Ellen 5

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7 Ιησού Χριστέ, το καλό όνομα, ο γλυκασμός μου, η επιθυμία μου και η ελπίδα μου, συ που έγινες άνθρωπος για μας και τακτοποίησες τα πάντα με σοφία για τη σωτηρία μας! Σε δοξάζω, Κύριε Θεέ μου, με όλη την καρδιά μου. Γονατίζω μπροστά Σου με το σώμα και την ψυχή μου και εξομολογούμαι τις αμαρτίες μου. Σκύψε και συ και άκουσε τη δέησή μου και συγχώρησε την ασέβειά μου. Αμάρτησα, ανόμησα, επλημμέλησα, παρώξυνα και παραπίκρανα Εσένα τον αγαθό μου Κύριο και τροφέα και προστάτη. Δεν υπάρχει είδος κακίας που δεν έκανα με έργο και με λόγο, εν γνώσει και εν αγνοία και με ενθυμήσεις και σκέψεις πονηρές πολύ αμάρτησα. Και όσες φορές υποσχέθηκα να μετανοήσω άλλες τόσες ξανάκανα τα ίδια. Είναι πιο εύκολο να μετρηθούν οι σταγόνες της βροχής παρά οι αμαρτίες μου. Έφτασαν και πάνω από το κεφάλι μου ακόμα! Γιατί από τα νιάτα μου και μέχρι σήμερα άνοιξα τις πόρτες της ψυχής μου στις άτοπες επιθυμίες, δούλεψα στις άτακτες και αχαλίνωτες ορμές, λέρωσα τον λευκό χιτώνα του βαπτίσματος, μόλυνα τον ναό του σώματός μου, και βρώμισα την ψυχή μου με τα πάθη της ατιμίας που διέπραξα. Συ τα ξέρεις όλα τι να τα λέω; Η καρδιά μου συντρίβεται και η ψυχή μου βουλιάζει μέσα στην απορία, γιατί αν και τόσα αμαρτήματα έκανα, ούτε ένα μικρό έργο μετάνοιας δεν παρουσίαση. Γι αυτό είναι ταραγμένη η ψυχή μου, γεμάτη οδύνη και κατήφεια. Παρά ταύτα δεν μπορώ παρά να ελπίζω στη σωτηρία μου ελπίζοντας στην αγάπη σου. Ελέησέ με, Θεέ μου, με το μέγα έλεός σου, γιατί σε Σένα πιστεύω. Συγχώρησέ με τον αχρείο και ταπεινό. Άκουσε την προσευχή του ταπεινού δούλου σου. Σαν άνθρωπος αμάρτησα. Ως Θεός συγχώρεσέ με για την πολλή σου αγαθότητα και την ανέκφραστη ευσπλαχνία και φιλανθρωπία, με τις πρεσβείες της πανενδόξου, πανυμνήτου, υπερευλογημένης και κεχαριτωμένης, υπεραγίας Δεσποίνης ημών Θεοτόκου και αειπαρθένου Μαρίας. Αμήν. 7

8 Rev. Fr. Dean J. Dimon The Parish Council of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Request the honor of your presence at Annunciation Feast Day Celebration Friday, March 24, 2017 Great Vespers - 7:00 p.m. Followed by coffee & fellowship in our church banquet hall Saturday, March 25, 2017 Orthros 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. Following the Divine Liturgy join us for a Fish Plaki Luncheon sponsored by the Ladies of Philoptochos $15 Adults and $5 Children RSVP: Despina Sarantopoulou: Jane Sevastos: or call the church office Greek Independence Day Parade will follow the Luncheon Flower Donation If you would like to donate the flowers that adorn the icon of the Feast Day of the Annunciation in Loving Memory of your loved one or for the Good Health of your family. Please call the church office. Όσοι θέλουν να στολίσουν την εικόνα του Ευαγγελισμού της Παναγίας για την 25 Μαρτίου για υπέρ υγείας της οικογένειας τους η προς συγχώρεση των αγαπημένων τους που έφυγαν, να ενημερώσουν το γραφείο της Εκκλησίας στο τηλέφωνο και να στείλουν την δωρεά τους για τα λουλούδια. 8

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10 Your help is GREATLY needed for this Festival to be a great success, we would love to have as many of you as possible to come help in the preparations, even if you have no experience. The gracious women of wisdom as we call them, will be glad to show the younger generation how to prepare these foods. Men and women are welcomed. This will be a wonderful opportunity for our parishioners, young and old to get to know each other and show these fading skills. We ask if you would come and help prepare for the festival from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Every Tuesday and Wednesday. Προετοιμασίες για τα φαγητά του φεστιβάλ άρχισαν κάθε Τρίτη και Τετάρτη από τις 9πμ μέχρι τις 3:00 μμ. Σας παρακαλούμε ελάτε να βοηθήσετε. Χρειαζόμαστε τη βοήθεια σας. Presidents massage. We want to thank everyone that came to the General Assembly and expressed there opinion. Also as everyone can see we are working very hard on many ends to repair and rebuild many areas in our Church. If there is something you see that needs improvement or if you have some expertise or know someone who is handy please communicate with us. Your help is very much needed and appreciated. Please communicate with a member of the Parish Council. May the Panagia be with you! Θέλουμε να ευχαριστήσουμε όλα τα μελη της κοινότητάς που και εξέφρασαν την γόνιμη τους στην γενική Συνέλευση την Κυριακή 26 Φεβρουαρίου. Οπός μπορείτε να δείτε όλοι σας προσπαθούμε να επανορθώσουμε την εκκλησία μας και την κοινότητά από όλες τις αποπέσεις. Ευχαριστούμε όλους τους εθελοντές για την βοήθεια και την συμπαράσταση σας. Εάν βλέπεται κατή που πρέπει να διορθώσουμε ει αν ξέρετέ κάποιον που μπορεί να μας βοηθήσει σε κάτι που θέλουμε να διορθωθεί σας παρακαλούμε να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας. Σας ευχαριστούμε για όλοι την βοήθεια σας και η Παναγιά Βοήθεια σας. NOBODY S FRIEND My name is Gossip. I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cunning and malicious and Gather strength with age. The more I am quoted, the more I am believed. My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face. To track me down is impossible. The harder you try, the more elusive I become. I am nobody s friend. Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never the same. I topple governments and wreck marriages. I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartaches and indigestion. I make innocent people cry in their pillows. Even my name hisses. I am called Gossip. I make headlines and headaches. Before you repeat a story, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it harmless? Is it necessary? If it isn t, don t repeat it. 10

11 Οur Lenten Journey. Monday, March with the Great Compline Service/Bible Study Please join us at 6:00 PM Δευτέρα, Μέγα Απόδειπνο 6:00μμ. You are He who causes grass to grow for the cattle, And the green plant for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth; And wine gladdens the heart of man, To brighten his face with oil; And bread strengthens man s heart. Eυχή του Αγίου Έφραίμ του Σύρου Κύριε καὶ Δέσποτα τῆς ζωῆς μου, πνεῦμα ἀργίας, περιεργείας, φιλαρχίας καὶ ἀργολογίας μή μοι δῷς. Πνεῦμα δὲ σωφροσύνης, ταπεινοφροσύνης, ὑπομονῆς καὶ ἀγάπης, χάρισαί μοι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Ναί, Κύριε Βασιλεῦ, δώρησαί μοι τοῦ ὁρᾶν τὰ ἐμὰ πταίσματα, καὶ μὴ κατακρίνειν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου, ὅτι εὐλογητὸς εἶ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν A DAILY LENTEN PRAYER The Prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian Lord and Master of my life, Take from me the spirit of laziness, idle curiosity, vain talk and lust for power. Give me instead a spirit of chastity, humility, patience and love. Yes Lord and King, help me to see my own faults, and keep me from judging what others do. Salutations to the Theotokos March 10th, 17th, and the Akathist Hymn March 31st at 7:00 PM The floral decorations that adorned the Panagia s icon during the Salutations to The Theotokos are generously donated. Please contact the church office if you would like to make a donation. ΧΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΜΟΙ Παρασκευή, 10, 17, Μαρτίου, και Ακάθιστος Ύμνος 31 Μαρτίου στις 7:00 μμ. Όσοι επιθυμήτε να προσφέρετε τις δωρεές σας για τα λουλούδια για την εικόνα της Παναγίας παρακαλούμε καλέστε το γραφείο της εκκλησίας

12 Για την δόξα του Κυρίου και εις μνήμην των αγαπημένων σας προσώπων, οι δωρεές σας είναι μια έκφραση αγάπης, πίστης και εκτίμησης προς τον Χριστό ο οποίος έδωσε την ζωή Του, ώστε εμείς να λάβουμε την αιώνιον ζωή. Παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήσετε με τα μέλη του Συμβουλίου ή με το γραφείο της εκκλησίας για τις χρηματικές σας προσφορές, για τα λουλούδια του Πάσχα η για τα κάτωθι αντικείμενα. Κυριακή των βαΐων Φοίνικες και διακοσμήσεις Εικόνα (Κυριακή των Βαΐων) Κυριακή των Βαΐων εικόνα Νυμφίου Μεγάλη Τετάρτη Μεγάλη Τετάρτη-Μυστικός Δείπνος λουλούδια Μεγάλη Πέμπτη Εικόνα (Σταύρωση) ρύθμιση λουλουδιών 12 Κεριά για την Μ. Πέμπτη Μεγάλη ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ Λουλούδια Επιταφίου Πέταλα λουλούδια για τις μυροφόρες Μύρο για την Μ. Παρασκευή ΜΕΓΑΛΟ ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ / ΠΑΣΧΑ Φύλλα δάφνης και ροδοπέταλα Ανάσταση Διαφήμιση Εικόνα (Ανάσταση) ρύθμιση λουλουδιών Διακοσμήσεις Βωμός Πίνακας Εικόνα σε νάρθηκα (Ανάσταση) Λουλούδια Λαμπάδα Πάσχα Κρίνων Lenten flowers Please help defray the cost & expense of Lenten & Easter Flowers enjoyed by all parishioners of the Annunciation during Pascha Season. Please look for flower offering envelopes in your packets or at the Pangari. All donations are tax deductible Weather used for a Lenten icon, Easter flowers, or the Beautiful Kouvoulion Project, funds are dedicated to the beautification of our Church Parish, satisfying any flower needs as they arise. We thank you for your generosity! Please see a Parish Council Member or call the Church office if you would like to donate any of the following items, or any monetary donations towards the flowers for the Epitaphio. PALM SUNDAY Palms and decorations Icon (Palm Sunday) floral PALM SUNDAY EVENING TO HOLY WEDNESDAY EVENING Nymphios (Bridegroom) Icon floral arrangement Holy Wednesday Mystical Supper Icon floral arrangement. HOLY THURSDAY Icon (Crucifixion) floral arrangement 12 Candles for Holy Thursday- HOLY FRIDAY Epitaphio flowers Rose petals for the Mirophori (Little Girls) Rhandisterion Myrrh Container Sprinkler for Holy Friday HOLY SATURDAY/PASCHA Bay Leaves and Rose Petals Resurrection Banner Icon (Resurrection) floral arrangement Altar Table decorations Icon in Narthex (Resurrection) floral arrangement Paschal Candle 12

13 HOLY WEEK 2017 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Bring your Holy Week Prayer Book to these services so that you may participate fully. If you do not have a Holy Week Prayer Book, please see a member of Parish Council to purchase one at the Pangari. Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα 2017 Φέρετε το Βιβλίο της Μεγάλης Εβδομάδας για να παρακολουθήσετε τις ακολουθίες από το βιβλίο σας. Θα υπάρχουν διαθέσιμα βιβλία αντί μικρού αντίτιμου στο παγκάρι Saturday of Lazarus, April 8th Divine Liturgy 9:30 am Palm Sunday, April 9th Orthros 8:30 am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Palm Sunday Evening, April 9th Service of Nymphios 7:00 p.m. Holy Monday, April 10th Service of Nymphios 7:00 p.m. Holy Tuesday, April 11th Service of Nymphios 7:00 p.m. Holy Wednesday, April 12th Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts 9:00 a.m Service of Holy Unction,Efchaileon4:00 p.m. Service of Holy Thursday Matins Sung on Holy Wednesday Evening at 6:30 pm Holy Thursday, April 13th Vesper Liturgy of St. Basil 9:00a.m. The Holy Passion of our Lord The Reading of the Twelve Gospels 7:00 p.m. Holy & Great Friday, April 14th Hours of the Holy Passion 9:00 a.m. Apokathelosis 3:00 p.m. Lamentations 7:00 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 15th Divine Liturgy of St. Basil 9:00 a.m. Orthros of the Resurrection 11:00 p.m. Liturgy 12 am Σάββατο του Λαζάρου, 8 Απριλίου Θεία Λειτουργία 10:00 πμ Κυριακή των Βαΐων 9 Απριλίου Όρθρος 8:30 a.m. πμ. Θεια Λειτ. 10πμ Βαΐων το βράδυ της Κυριακής του Νυμφίου 7:00μ.μ. Μεγάλη Δευτέρα, 10 Απριλίου Ακολουθία Νυμφίου 7:00μ.μ. Μεγάλη Τρίτη 11 Απριλίου Ακολουθία Νυμφίου 7:00μμ Μεγάλη Τετάρτη 12 Απριλίου Προηγ. Λειτουργία 9:00 πμ. 4:00 μμ Τό Ἱερό Μυστήριο τοῦ Εὐχελαίου 6:30 μμ Ἡ Ἱερά Ἀκολουθία τοῦ Νιπτῆρος (Ὁ Όρθρος της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Πέμπτης) Μεγάλη Πέμπτη 13 Απριλίου Εσπερινός Θεία Λειτ. Αγίου Βασιλείου 9:00πμ Άγια Πάθη, και τα 12 Ευαγγέλια 7:00 μμ. Μεγάλη Παρασκευή 14 Απριλίου Βασιλική Ώρα 9:00 πμ. Αποκαθήλωσης 3:00 μμ. Εγκώμια και Περιφορά του Επιταφίου 7:00 μμ. Μεγάλο Σάββατο 15 Απριλίου Εσπερινός μετά Θεία Λειτ. Αγ. Βασιλείου 9:00 π.μ.. Παννυχίδα 11:00 μμ. Αναστασιμ. Λειτ. Εσπερινός Αγάπης 16 Απριλίου 12:00 μμ Great and Holy Pascha, April 16th Agape Service 12:00 p.m. CONFESSIONS/ ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΣΗΣ Fr. Dean will be available for confessions either before or after scheduled Holy Week Services. Please contact Fr. Dean directly the church office to schedule an appointment. Ο πατήρ Κωνσταντίνος θα είναι διαθέσιμος για εξομολογήσεις πριν η μετά τις Ακολουθίες της Μεγάλης Εβδομάδος. Παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήσετε κατ ευθείαν μαζί του η με το γραφείο της εκκλησίας. 13

14 February 2017 Church Accomplishments Events Elsewhere: 13. Received a 28 station Lap top Computer rack on wheels for our Library. 14. New mail box was installed. 15, New handles where installed on the inside door of the Elevator in order to lock the doors to the street. 16. The Sink in the altar was repaired. 17. The office entrance doors have been insolated and repaired. The mailbox was installed. 18. All class rooms are being worked on to have internet in each school room including the library. 19. Stucco work and repair has been started in the Pangari area, the steps going up to the Choir and the Window area upstairs behind the Choir. 20. Roof top air-conditioning vents and gutters have been cleaned of the church hall cleaned. 21. School rooms have been out fitted with blinds. Numbers indicate to date Accomplishments for 2017 WHAT EVERY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN SHOULD KNOW Sat., March 11, the Eastern Orthodox Women s Guild of Greater Cleveland will meet at St. Mary Romanian Orthodox Church, 3256 Warren Rd., Cleveland. 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy to precede the talk by Sub-Deacon Leon Felon. USING YOUR SPIRITUAL COMPASS March 17-19, College student and young adult retreat at Camp Nazareth. Keynote speakers Very Rev. Dr. Edward Pehanich and Nick Lionas. Registration $95 (financial need scholarships available.) Register at pittsburgh.goarch.org GREECE YEAR ZERO Sat., March 25 th, at the Canton Palace Theater, 605 Market Ave N., Canton, AHEPA #59 presents a documentary film by Dannis Koromilas about Greece s untold story in the last century. Pre-show performance by Hellenic Dancers at 6:30 p.m. Showtime at 7 p.m. $20/adult; $10/student 18 & under. $50 VIP ticket includes post-movie reception at Basil Asian Bistro. Proceeds will also benefit St. Haralambos & Holy Trinity Churches. For tickets, call or go to WHAT MATTERS? March 31-April 2, the GOYA Spring Retreat at Camp Nazareth welcomes Keynote Speaker Fr. Alexandros Petrides to discuss Exploring our Relationship with God s Creation. Registration fee is $165 (scholarships available.) Register at pittsburgh.goarch.org HERITAGE GREECE June 8-25, educational and cultural program for Greek-American college students to study at the American College of Greece in Athens. The program includes a customized one-credit language course and field trips of archaeological sites. Participants bear a $1,000 portion of the airfare expense to Greece; remaining expenses are borne by the National Hellenic Society. Application deadline is Mar. 15, OCMC MISSIONS The 2017 mission teams around the world are now looking for volunteers in areas such as youth outreach/teaching, healthcare, construction and women s ministry including in Alaska, Albania, Guatemala, Indonesia, Kenya, and Mexico. Scholarship: The Nafpaktian Cultural Foundation Inc. is offering a $ scholarship to high school students who are of Greek ancestry in Northeast Ohio. Applications in the Narthex of the Church. Application Deadline is June 30,

15 Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Event/Liturgy Calendar 2017 All Sunday & Week Day 8:30 AM Orthros / 9:30 AM Divine Liturgy March Sunday of Orthodoxy Sunday School will Participate in Procession of Icons LAST DAY FOR GREEK SCHOOL TUITION TO BE PAID Mon. 6 Great Compline 6:00 p.m. Wed. 8 Thur. 9 GOYA MEETING 7:30 P.M No Pre-Sanctified Liturgy Fr. Dean will be away at the Clergy Retreat Parish Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. Fri. 10 2nd Salutation to the Theotokos 7:00 p.m. Fish Fry Mon. 13 Wed. 15 Great Compline 6:00 p.m. Pre Sanctified Liturgy Lecture 6:00 p.m. Fri. 17 3rd Salutation to the Fish Fry Sun. 19 Veneration of the Holy Cross Sunday School Students remain in the church following Holy Communion. Wed. 22 Pre Sanctified Liturgy /Lecture Lenten Meal Fri. 24 Great Vespers of the Annunciation 7:00 p.m. followed by Philoptochos Loukoumades Sat. 25 Feast Day of the Annunciation Philoptochos Luncheon Sun. 26 Sunday of St. John Climacus Following the Divine Liturgy Greek School Independence Program Mon. 27 Wed. 29 Great Compline 6:00 pm Pre Sanctified Liturgy /Lecture Lenten Meal 6:00 pm Fri. 31 Salutation to the Theotokos (Akathistos Hymnos) 7:00 pm Fish Fry 31ST APRIL 2ND GOYA SPRING RETREAT APRIL 2017 Sun. 2 Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt Mon. 3 Wed. 5 GOYA MEETING 7:30 P.M. Pre Sanctified for the Wednesday before Holy Week Fri. 7 PREPARATION OF THE PALMS 5:30 P.M. FOLLOWED BY A GOYA LENTEN MEAL FINAL FISH FRY Sat. 8 Saturday Lazarus Sun. 9 Palm Sunday Bridegroom Service 7pm Mon. 10 Tues. 11 Wed. 12 Thurs.13 Holy Monday Bridegroom Service 7pm Holy Tuesday Bridegroom Service 7pm Holy Wednesday: Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts 9:00 a.m. Service of Holy unction, Efchaileon 4:00 p.m. Service of Holy Thursday Matins/Efchaileon Vesper Liturgy of St. Basil 9:00 a.m. The Holy Passion of our Lord the Reading of the Twelve Gospels Fri. 14 Holy & Great Friday Royal Hours of the Holy Passion 9:00 a.m. If you have not been receiving church material/mailing /phone messages or s, please contact the church office at or office@annunciationcleveland.net. Thank you. Αν δεν λαμβάνετε τις επιστολές η ότι ενημέρωση της εκκλησίας έχει για σας ή τηλεφωνικά μηνύματα, παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήστε με το γραφείο της εκκλησίας στο ή στο office@annunciationcleveland.net. Σας ευχαριστώ. Please visit our website: 15

16 Dear Friends of the Community, In an effort to defray the cost of publishing our Weekly Bulletin, & Vision, the Parish Council would like to invite anyone who wishes to support the Community to offer a small donation of $ for a business card sized ad which will be placed on the back inside pages of each publication for the calendar year, We generally publish a Weekly Bulletin as well as a Quarterly Newsletter, and with this program, hope to cut our publication cost in half by gathering 36 ads which will take up the last four pages of the Vision & Bulletin. If you are interested in this program, please send a business card that we will reproduce. Please also enclose a check made out to The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church for $ Dino Sevastos Agent AUTO.BUSINESS.HOME. LIFE 500 W. AURORA RD STE 115 SAGAMORE HILLS, OH Tel Fax csevastos@farmersagent.com Pearl Road, Middleburg Heights, OH (440) Diples Pastries Bread Koliva Contact: Vivian Kyriazis HARSOULAS GARAGE DOORS Service & Installation Garage Doors & Openers Saki Harsoulas