SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 1 Mary Crest Road, West Nyack, New York (845)

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1 SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 1 Mary Crest Road, West Nyack, New York ( westnyack@optonline.net Coffee hour Today, our coffee hour is sponsored by our Philoptochos to welcome everyone back. Please be reminded that the renovation is still in progress. There is no access to the bathroom downstairs. Please utilize the bathroom next to the church narthex. PARISH PRIEST: FATHER SAMARAS WELCOME TO OUR PARISH FAMILY Sunday Church Hours: Proskomidi: 8:15 a.m. Orthros: 8:45 a.m. Doxology: 9:50 a.m. Divine Liturgy: 10 a.m. Usher Group 2 Greek school Sunday school Our Greek school program has started and our Sunday School starts today. Enrollment is ongoing, please find applications on our bulletin board or please refer to the attachments of our bulletin/ . For further assistance, please contact our church office. SEPTEMBER 16th, 2018 Sunday after Holy Cross. On this day, we commemorate the holy Great Martyr and allpraised Evphemia; and the holy martyr Melitene. Memorial Today we will have a memorial in loving memory of Athanasios Demou, 3 years, given by his wife Sophia Demou and family and for all 911 victims, given by our Philoptochos. Also Today: Our Philoptochos will pass a tray to benefit the Hellenic College/Holy Cross Scholarship Fund. Happy Birthday Mrs. Michaels! We love you - God bless you! Sunday school begins today. Philoptochos Welcome back! Today during coffee hour we will have our first meeting all welcome. th Monday, September 17, Upcoming Services Events Saint Sophia and daughters, Elpidas, Pisteos, Agapis (Hope, Faith, Love Orthros 8:45 am, Divine Liturgy 10 am. Dance Group Our dance practices will be held every other Friday, next practice: September 28th at 5pm / church hall.

2 Choir Today, our Choir will resume its participation in our ecclesiastical services. Rehearsals will commence on Sunday, September 16 th, following the social coffee hour every Sunday, except when there is a conflict. For further informations please contact the Choir Director Leo Michaels. Welcome back, choristers! Renovation notice We are happy to share with you the news that construction has begun on our good Churchs renovations and redesigns. So, we didnt want you all to be surprised when you walk into Church today, as you will see the Halls floors have been taken up and the downstairs bathrooms have been removed. Please utilize the restroom next to our church narthex until the completion of work. We have excellent workers and the redesign process will take a while. Just to say thank you for your patience as we continue this good work, and thank you to all who are helping our parish move forward in providing our spiritual ministries to us all. Paying it forward helps pay it back. Saint Pauls Letter to the Galatians 2:16-20 The Lord will give strength to his people. Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord honor and glory. Brethren, knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ, and not by works of the law, because by works of the law shall no one be justified. But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we ourselves were found to be sinners, is Christ then an agent of sin? Certainly not! But if I build up again those things which I tore down, then I prove myself a transgressor. For I through the law died to the law, that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. The Holy Gospel According to Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 Sunday after Holy Cross The Lord said: "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power." Church office hours, Monday-Friday, 900am 200pm

3 Κυριακή, 16 Σεπτεµβρίου, 2018 Σήμερα τιμάται η Αγία Ευφημία και η Αγία Μελιτίνη. Μνηµόσυνο Σήµερα θα έχουµε το µνηµόσυνο 3 χρόνων του αγαπητού Αθανασίου Δήµου από τη σύζυγό του Σοφία και τη οικογένειά τους καθώς και µνηµόσυνο είς µνήµη όλων των θυµάτων της 11 ης Σεπτεµβρίου από τη Φιλόπτωχο της εκκλησίας µας. Σήµερα Φιλόπτωχος θα περάσει δίσκο προς όφελος της ακαδηµίας του Τιµίου Σταυρού. Επισης αρχίζει το Κατηχικό σχολείο. Δευτέρα, Προσεχείς Λειτουργίες Εκδηλώσεις 17 Σεπτεµβρίου, Αγίας Σοφίας και θυγατέρων Ελπίδας, Πίστεως και Αγάπης, Ορθρος 845πµ, Θεία Λειτουργία, 10πµ. Κοινωνικός Καφές Σήµερα, η προσφορά του κοινωνικού καφέ γίνεται από τη Φιλόπτωχο της εκκλησίας µας. Σας υπενθυµίζουµε ότι οι επισκευές στις τουαλέτες της αίθουσας δεν έχουν ολοκληρωθεί, παρακαλούµε να χρησιµοποιήτε τη τουαλέτα δίπλα στον νάρθηκα της εκκλησιάς µας. Ελληνικό Σχολείο Κατηχητικό Το απογευµατινό Ελληνικό µας σχολείο έχει ήδη αρχίσει και το Κατηχητικό µας σχολείο αρχίζει σήµερα. Δέχοµαστε εγγραφές για περισότερες πληροφορίες παρακαλούµε να επικοινωνήσετε µε το γραφείο της εκκλησίας µας - επίσης, θα βρέιτε αιτήσεις εγγραφών στον πίνακα ανακοινώσεων όπως έχουν συναπτεί και στο φυλλάδιο της εκκλησίας µας /εµαιλ. Φιλόπτωχος Σήµερα θα έχουµε τη πρώτη µας συνεδρία τη ώρα του κοινωνικού καφέ. Χορευτικό Γκρούπ Οι εξασκήσεις και η µάθηση χορού θα γίνοντε κάθε άλλη Παρασκευή, η επόµενη ηµέρα συναντήσεως είναι στις 28 Σεπτεµβρίου, στις 5µµ στη αίθουσα της εκκλησίας µας. Χορωδία Από σήµερα η χορωδία µας αρχίζει τα καθήκοντά της. Εξασκήσεις αρχίζουν την Κυριακή, 16 Σεπτεµβρίου, ακολούθως του κοινωνικού καφέ και κάθε Κυριακή, εκτός αν υπάρχει άλλη ακολουθία στην εκκλησία. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες έρχεσθε εις επαφήν µε τον Χοράρχην Ηλίαν Μιχαλάκην. Καλώς ορίσατε πάλιν υµνωδοί! Ενηµέρωση Ανακαινίσεων Εχουµε αρχίσει τις ανακαινίσεις τους διαδρόµους καθώς και στις τουαλέτες της Εκκλησίας µας. Ολη η διαδικασία θα αρκεστεί για κάποιο χρόνο, σας ευχαριστούµε για τη κατανόηση και τη υποµονή που έχετε δείξει ως προς το έργο αυτό. Ελπίζουµε να έχουµε τους χώρους τελειοποιηµένους λείαν συντόµως. Σας παρακαλούµε να χρησιµοποιήτε τη τουαλέτα ακριβώς δίπλα στον νάρθηκα εως ότου τελειώσει η εργασία. Πρὸς Γαλάτας 2:16-20 Κύριος ἰσχὺν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ δώσει. Ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ, ἐνέγκατε τῷ Κυρίῳ δόξαν καὶ τιµήν. Ἀδελφοί, εἰδότες ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόµου, ἐὰν µὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡµεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαµεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶµεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόµου διότι οὐ δικαιωθήσεται ἐξ ἔργων νόµου πᾶσα σάρξ. Εἰ δέ, ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθηµεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁµαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁµαρτίας διάκονος; Μὴ γένοιτο. Εἰ γὰρ ἃ κατέλυσα, ταῦτα πάλιν οἰκοδοµῶ, παραβάτην ἐµαυτὸν συνίστηµι. Ἐγὼ γὰρ διὰ νόµου νόµῳ ἀπέθανον, ἵνα θεῷ ζήσω. Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωµαι ζῶ δέ, οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐµοὶ Χριστός ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός µε καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐµοῦ.

4 AFTERNOON GREEK SCHOOL The Afternoon Greek School of Saints Constantine and Helen helps our children appreciate and learn the Greek language and our culture. Through the teaching of Greek history, language arts and our Greek Orthodox religion, a rich moral and cultural environment is established. Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 8:34-38, 9:1 Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος Εἴ τις θέλει ὀπίσω µου ἐλθεῖν, ἀπαρνησάσθω ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀράτω τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀκολουθείτω µοι. ὃς γὰρ ἂν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν ὃς δ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἕνεκεν ἐµοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗτος σώσει αὐτήν. τί γὰρ ὠφελήσει ἄνθρωπον ἐὰν κερδήσῃ τὸν κόσµον ὅλον, καὶ ζηµιωθῇ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ; ἢ τί δώσει ἄνθρωπος ἀντάλλαγµα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ; ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν ἐπαισχυνθῇ µε καὶ τοὺς ἐµοὺς λόγους ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ τῇ µοιχαλίδι καὶ ἁµαρτωλῷ, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐπαισχυνθήσεται αὐτὸν ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ µετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν ἁγίων. Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἀµὴν λέγω ὑµῖν ὅτι εἰσί τινες τῶν ὧδε ἑστηκότων, οἵτινες οὐ µὴ γεύσωνται θανάτου ἕως ἂν ἴδωσι τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐληλυθυῖαν ἐν δυνάµει. Το Ελληνικό µας απογευµατινό σχολείο των Αγίων Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης βοηθάει τα παιδιά µας να µάθουν και να εκτιµήσουν την Ελληνική µας γλώσσα και Εθνική µας κληρονοµιά. Με την διδασκαλία της Ελληνικής ιστορίας, τέχνης και Ελληνοχριστιανικής µας θρησκείας, τα βοηθούµε να διαµορφώσουν ένα πλούσιο ηθικό και πολιτιστικό χαρακτήρα. Schedule Of Classes: Tuesdays and Thursdays First Session 4:30pm 5:55pm - Second Session 6:05pm 7:30pm For additional information, please call our church office ( Ωρες λειτουργίας του γραφείου της εκκλησίας µας, Δευτέρα Παρασκευή, 9.00πµ 2.00µµ. SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEΝ GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, WEST NYACK, NY SAINTS CONSTANTINE AND HELEN, WEST NYACK, NY Greek School Registration Form Student s name D.O.B. Age Street address City, state, zip

5 School District Public School Grade (as of 9/1/18 Parent(s names Home phone Cell phone Emergency contacts: 1. Name Phone Relationship to child 2. Name Phone Relationship to child Any medical conditions or food allergies Has your child attended Greek school before? If yes, how many years? Commitments: 1. There is a book fee of $50/student due with registration. 2. You must be a steward in good standing at the time of registration. If you are NOT currently a steward, you must first speak to a member of the Stewardship Committee before you can register. Please remember you must renew your stewardship commitment before January 1st of the following year in light of the overlap of Greek School and Stewardship calendars. Check here if you would prefer NOT to have your child photographed for publicity purposes. Parent s Signature Date Please submit this application, along with the $50/student fee to the church secretary or any Education Committee member.

6 SaintsConstantineandHelen GreekOrthodoxChurch GreekDanceRegistrationForm Dancer sfull,legalname(english: BaptismalName(Greek: StreetAddress: City,State,Zip SchoolDistrict Age(asof9/1/18 Grade(asof9/1/18 DOB Mother sname: CellPhone HomePhone Father sname: CellPhone HomePhone EmergencyContacts: 1.Name Phone Relationshiptochild Anymedicalconditionsorfoodallergies? Commitments:! Yourfamilymustbestewardsingoodstandingatregistration.Ifyouarenotcurrentlya steward,youmustfirstspeaktothepriestbeforeyoucanregister.! Dancecostumesareselectedbythedanceinstructor(s.Purchaseofcostumesaretheresponsibilityof eachdancer. Parent ssignature Date