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2 ASKISIS OFFICIAL Publication of the Saint Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church 4 Appleton Street, Arlington, MA Sunday Worship Schedule Winter: Orthros 8:45 AM Divine Liturgy 10:00 AM Summer: Orthros 8:00 AM Divine Liturgy 9:15 AM Proistamenos: Rev. Fr. Nicholas M. Kastanas Assistant Priest: Fr. Aaron C. Walker Publication is the first of each month. Twelve issues are published yearly. Deadline for notices is the 15 th of the prior month. Saint Athanasius the Great is a parish under the spiritual and ecclesial oversight of His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of the Metropolis of Boston of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America under the jurisdiction of The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The St. Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church in Arlington, Massachusetts strives to be a living witness of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our mission as a Parish is to "Practice Hospitality" (Romans 12:13), as St. Paul so exhorts... Thus, it is our rich blessing to strive and bring the Light of Christ to all of God's people, through Orthodox Christian tradition, education, and philanthropy. We seek to serve the spiritual needs of our faithful parishioners through the sacramental life of the Church. By means of outreach and faith in God, we continue our growth as a living Church by inviting others into the Orthodox faith through Baptism and/or Chrismation, and educating them through the establishment of our Christian ministries, programs, schools, and philanthropic activities. Church Directory Parish Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 9:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M. Parish Administrative Assistant... Stella Kazantzas Parish Office Fax: stathanasiusgoc@gmail.com Website:... Fr. Nick Kastanas (Emergency Pager) Metropolis of Boston Metropolis Website... Archdiocese Website... Parish Council Officers Dean Ioakimidis President Bill Karras st Vice President Paul Tsitsopoulos nd Vice President S. Nicholas Kriketos Secretary Maria Tsaousidis Associate Secretary #1 Stefanos Bouboulis Treasurer Nikitas Splagounias Associate Treasurer #1 Emmanuel Meimaris Associate Treasurer #2 Vassilios Pantazopoulos Associate Treasurer #3 Parish Council Members David Bowling, Antonios Dakopoulos, George Katsarakes, Peter Ladas, Charles Pappas, Eleanor Profis, Ted Speros, Mark Ypsilantis Parish Ministries and Organizations Altar Boys (Acolytes): Fr. Nicholas Kastanas Parish Council: Stewardship Chair Maria Tsaousidis Philoptochos: President Irene Kalogeris Choir Director: Stella Pathiakis Cantors: Dimitrios Manolakis, Spyros Prois, Vasilios Meimaris, Dimitrios Loucagos Sunday School Directors Ioannis Moutstatsos & Cassandra Chamallas (Associate) Sunday School Teachers----Charles Chamallas, Pat Magoufis, Loula Boretos, Despina Bouboulis, Eleni Terzakis, Marianna Terzakis, Popi Moustakas, Eleftheria Horiatis, Alex Athanasiou, Mary Kandaras, Ioannis Moutsatsos, Harry Kandaras, Maria Anamateros, Valerie Relias, Mary Tsihlis, Cassandra Chamallas, Demi Tsitsopoulos, Nick Pantazopoulos, Philip Halikias, Katerina Ioakimidis, George Makredes, Annalise Paganis Greek School Director Fr. Nicholas M. Kastanas Greek School Teachers --- Popi Moustakas, Eleni Kosmidis Little Halos Day School Director Kaiti Galanopoulos Little Halos Day School Teachers Argiro Nikoletos, Despina Bouboulis, Alexandra Gerouki, Nektaria Boustris, Ronni Olitsky, Stelios Karaminas,Voula Manousos Little Halos Parent/Teacher Consultant---Dr. Anastasia Galanopoulos Greek School PTO---Doxy Stefanidis, Betty Dakopoulos, Tanya Stamoulis, Tina Christodouleas G.O.Y.A.: President Demi Tsitsopoulos J.O.Y. & H.O.P.E: Athina Reisopoulos & Sophia Loyack Young Adults Fifties Plus: Committee Tina Caramanis, Aphrodite Darris, Katina Ioakimidis, Irene Paleologos, Dorothy Zevitas, Katherine Zevitas, Crystal Roussos, Elaine Dalaklis Pine Street Inn---Randy Fassas, Merope Kapetanakis, Irene Paleologos Gardening Ministry S. Nicholas Kriketos 1

3 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Bless O Lord the Crowning of the New Year The above verse from the preeminent hymn of the September 1st Service confirms our request that the Good and Merciful Lord and God bless the New Church/Ecclesiastical Year with peace and holiness. The First of September is, for every Greek Orthodox Christian, Earth Day as proclaimed by His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomeos a number of years ago. It is, also, the commencement of the New Church/Ecclesiastical Year. As the New Church Year brgins, it should be a time for personal reflection, as we assess the past year s accomplishments, and work on the missed opportunities... Furthermore, it is traditional to make resolutions when the secular New Year rolls around. It is equally weighty to make spiritual resolutions when the new Church year arrives. The following are some of those found on our "to-do" resolution checklist: 1. Promise to "bad-mouth" no one. Gossip tears down; kind words build up. 2. Perform at least one act of kindness a day, every day. 3. Reach out to those who may be shut-in and/or lonely. Our senior citizens are desperate for companionship. 4. Pilgrimage each day to a place of peace and spend some time, 15 mins to one-half hour (minimum), "spiritually exercising" by reading from Scripture and inspirational works. 5. Learn something new about your faith each day. 6. Master the seven capital virtues: Humility, generosity, chastity, mildness, temperance, happiness, and diligence. 7. Purge the seven grievous sins from your life: Pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. 8. Admonish sinners, instruct the ignorant, counsel the doubtful, suffer wrongs patiently, forgive injuries, pray for the living and the dead, feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, ransom captives, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, and bury the dead. 9. Actively seek and engage in the gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of God. 10. "Rejoice always, pray unceasingly, in everything give thanks, for this is the Will of God in Christ Jesus."-1 Thessalonians 5: :16-20 RESPECT AND PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT... HAPPY NEW CHURCH YEAR! Fr. Nicholas M. Kastanas 2

4 Father Aaron s September Greeting I greet you with joy in our Lord Jesus Christ! What a joy it is to join your parish community as the assistant priest, starting one month ago. September is a month of beginnings. We began a new church year on September 1st. Our children begin their school years again. Our Catechetical Sunday School and many other ministries have a new beginning. And this year for the first time St. Athanasius Greek Orthodox Church in Arlington, has a second priest to assist Fr. Nick in serving your blessed community and guiding it on its journey towards the kingdom of God. Over the past month I have had the opportunity to accompany Fr. Nick on visitations, concelebrate services and sacraments, and begin preparations for the coming year of ministries, especially GOYA and Orthodox Campus Fellowship. I have seen even more clearly how extremely blessed we are to have Fr. Nick as our presiding priest, to lead our community on its shared faith pilgrimage, by the gentle Love of Christ and the grace of the Holy Spirit. Also, I have enjoyed working with and getting to know many of you, the faithful leaders and parishioners of our parish of Saint Athanasius. I look forward to helping and joining you and your families in any pastoral needs or special occasions you would like me to attend. I would love to take part in any special events or in times of need of prayer and support for your young people, for families, sport teams, businesses or any other organizations. I look forward to working, praying, and growing with you in the coming ecclesiastical year. With Love in the Lord, +Fr. Aaron Father Aaron s Sermon on August 7th One of the hot topics in the 2016 presidential race has been Universal Health Care. Regardless of our position on this issue, we have to acknowledge that people have need of health and healing. Is there anyone who does not need health care? Of course not, it is a basic human need. And our society shows concern for the universal health in another way--we are always talking about the latest health research and the latest fad diets--we have many different ways we try to promote health and healing for all: the Atkins diet - paleo diet - green juices - meatless Mondays - gluten free - organic fruits and veggies - organic meats - diet supplements. And with good reason; health and healing is a matter of stewardship -- of taking care of the bodies God has given us, because we are made in the image of God, and Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:9). But complete and total healing of our whole person, body and soul, comes from Christ, our complete healer, who being perfect God and perfect man, heals us by uniting us to God and to each other. Let us look at today s Gospel reading about various healings, but also offer some simple guidance of how to read and understand the Bible. Many of us struggle to understand the Bible. We would like to read the Bible and learn the many lessons 3

5 and experience the many blessings that the Bible has for us but we don t know how to begin. Here is a simple approach: First, we try to understand what is going on in the text. Second we ask-- What does it mean? What does the church teach about this? Third, we prayerfully apply it to our lives. At the end of today s reading-- after the healing of the two blind men--and after the healing of the dumb demoniac--there is an amazing statement. Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching... and preaching and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. Please notice: Jesus presence brought all kinds of healing to everyone. Καὶ περιῆγεν ὁ Ιησοῦς τὰς πόλεις πάσας καὶ τὰς κώμας διδάσκων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ θεραπεύων πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ. Stop and think about it. Pay attention to the words: Jesus went all around healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. Not just the blind men and the dumb demoniac--everyone. For the first step of our Bible reading, we ask, What is happening in the text? Jesus went about all the cities and villages, healing... In other words, Jesus healed everyone--city folk and village folk, the rich and the poor, those with status and those without. And what did he heal? It says he was healing every disease and every infirmity. He not only heals everyone, he heals all kind of diseases: blindness, muteness, demon possession, yes, but let us expand our vision to the many other healings in the gospel: leprosy, loneliness, sexual addiction, greed, self-alienation, and many others. And this leads to the last piece of our quotation, among the people. Yes, this could apply to diseases of individuals, but even more so it speaks to diseases, if you will, or brokenness in our relationships, and in our society. Because the passions of our soul affect our relationships and so we need Christ s healing in our relationships as well. All that we have just said helps us to see what it means that Jesus heals every disease and every infirmity among the people. The second step in reading and understanding any passage in the Bible is to ask- What is the meaning of the events and what does the church teach us about it? Of course, the answer lies in who this person is that is accomplishing all this healing. Jesus has the ability to reach out and touch everyone. Who remembers the absolute classic television commercials by AT&T, the reach out touch someone ad campaign from the mid-1980 s? That was so powerful because of the power of one human being to touch another. Remember the young boy sitting on the front porch listening quietly and sadly as his friend explains all the benefits the boy can now enjoy, now that his older brother has gone off to college. Until his mother calls him through the screen door, It s your brother calling, and his face lights up and you hear the excitement in the older and younger brothers voices and you see the joy in their faces as they connect over a distance. As human beings we have this amazing power to reach out and touch others and bring healing joy in place of sadness. God became a human being so he could reach out and touch each one of us his children. In today s reading he reached out and touched the eyes of the blind men, and by their faith and his touch they were healed...likewise, today Jesus reaches out to touch all of us his people. As we say in the creed, For us human beings and for our salvation he came down from heaven and... became man. 4

6 Jesus Christ is our complete healer because he is complete and perfect. Perfect God and perfect man. Our illnesses of body and soul all go back to our separation from God. Adam and Eve were warned they would die if they ate the fruit they did not yet have a blessing to eat. And they did die--from the same sickness that afflicts all of us -- not having their souls connected with God. For when they disobeyed, they lost the garments of light, the Life of God, the grace he had given them. Adam and Eve were clothed in the God s holy light till they turned away from God, and saw that they were naked. The same light that shown forth from Christ s face and his very clothing on Mount Tabor, in the Feast of the Transfiguration that we celebrated recently, is the clothing of mankind in paradise. We can think of it like a suit of armor, or like a holy immune system that is really God himself, his energies that He gave us to be complete and healthy. This is the meaning of what is going on here in the text. By uniting God and man in himself and uniting himself to us, he heals us of this disease of separation from God and invites us back to our original state of health. The second step in reading and understanding any passage in the Bible is applying the teaching in our lives. Each healing in the Gospel shows us a dimension of the healing that we all need. We are the blind men--because so much of the time we don t see our lives- and especially our challenges- with the eyes of faith. We are the demon possessed--because whenever we sin, we are slaves of sin, slaves of the evil one. We are the mute--because we keep to ourselves the wonderful works that God has done in our lives, and so often we do not use our mouths and tongues to praise our God but to gossip, criticize, and complain. St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite comments on the healing of the blind men saying we should have the same attitude towards sin as going to bed with a poisonous snake. We must have zero tolerance for sin in ourselves. That kind of vigilance is normal for a Christian, and that means continual repentance. We need to continually reconnect with our own baptism and remember that, although we all struggle with illnesses of body and soul, we don t just accept these things as if they are par for the course, because Christ has given us the robe of light that Adam and Eve lost in paradise. When we waver in our commitment to our faith in Christ, we can use the words of the baptism to wake ourselves up and get back on track. And the words of the baptism show how adamant we are to be about uniting with Christ for our healing. When we are baptized the priest asks three times, Do you unite yourself to Christ? And each time we respond, I do unite with Him. And then the priest asks three times, Have you united yourself to Christ? And each time we say, I have united with Him. These words belong to us, if we call ourselves Orthodox Christians. It s not enough for our nouno or nouna, our mother or father, or anyone else to say these words. We must choose for ourselves if we will embrace Christ s healing. Jesus said to the blind me today, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith, be it done to you." As we prepare for Holy Communion, to be united once again with Christ and with all our brothers and sisters in Christ, let us make these words our own: Χιτώνα μοι παράσχου φωτεινόν Ο αναβαλόμενος φψς ως ιμάτιον Πολυέλεε Χριστε ο Θεός ημών. Grant to me a robe of light O most merciful Christ, our God You who clothe yourself with light As with a garment. 5

7 SAINT ATHANASIUS THE GREAT PRESENTS ITS 1 st ANNUAL Saint Athanasius Greek Orthodox Church, 4 Appleton Street, Arlington, MA GREEK MUSIC BY THE SALONICA BOYS NEW CURBSIDE PICKUP for call-ins Call to place your order ALL PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT THE RENOVATION OF THE CHURCH COMMUNITY CENTER Greek Specialty Wraps WRAPPED IN WARM PITA BREAD WITH TOMATOES, RED ONIONS, PARSLEY AND TZATZIKI (YOGURT, CUCUMBER AND GARLIC SAUCE) Gyro... $9 Seasoned beef and lamb Beef Souvlaki Wrap... $10 Marinated beef Chicken Souvlaki Wrap... $9 Marinated chicken Gyro Bowl... $13 Seasoned beef and lamb layered with Greek fries, tomatoes, red onions, parsley and tzatziki Include Fries in Wrap...+$1 Greek Fries... $5 Fries covered in feta cheese and Greek herbs Plain Fries... $4 Salads Greek Super Salad... $7 Kalamata olives, feta cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers Greek Salad with Chicken or Gyro... $12 Greek Salad with Beef Souvlaki... $14 Zaharoplasteio Loukoumades... $5/sm Sweet, lightly fried $10/lg dough tossed in honey and walnuts Baklava... $4 Rich filo pastry layered with walnuts, drenched with syrup Santorini Bar Beer IMPORTED GREEK BEER $6 STELLA ARTOIS DRAFT $6 SHOCK TOP DRAFT $6 BUD LIGHT DRAFT $5 Wine MALAMATINA RETSINA $12 GREEK WINE (BOTTLE) $20 GREEK WINE (GLASS) $6 Finikia... $3 Cinnamon walnut cookies with syrup Koulourakia... $5 Traditional butter cookies Kourambiedes... $3 A powdered shortbread cookie with almonds BOTTLED WATER $2 SOFT DRINKS $2 LEMONADE $2 K afenio GREEK COFFEE $2 ICED NESCAFE FRAPPÉ $3 HOT COFFEE $2 6

8 Catechetical Sunday Church School News The St. Athanasius Catechetical Sunday school program starts on Sunday September 18th, the first Sunday after the Universal Elevation of the Holy Cross. It is customary as we embark on a new academic year to ponder upon many new (and renewed) hopes and resolutions. We pray that for the upcoming year these resolutions include a renewed commitment to educate our children in our Orthodox faith, and to make them active participants of our rich Liturgical life. The Catechetical Sunday School provides many opportunities for our children to both learn and personally experience our Christian Orthodox tradition. We offer a rich and faith based teaching program for children of all ages. We welcome children as young as 4 years old (for our Pre K class) and as old as high school seniors (as teaching assistants). For speed and convenience you can register your children online at For those, unable to register online, we will hold a registration session, in the Church hall, September 18th, where you can also pick up a receipt of your online registration. Each year over 20 dedicated professional adults offer much time and effort in the Catechetical Sunday school ministry. But we can t do it without a strong partnership with each one of you, the parents. Parents are an integral part of any teaching activity and that is especially true for our Catechetical Sunday School program. It is surprising, and sometimes frightening, to think of the short time frame we have to influence the character and lives of our children. How can we prepare them against the evils of this world? We can start by attending with them the Divine Liturgy and help them participate (remember children don t drive!) in the Catechetical Sunday school activities. Sunday school starts at 10 am on Sunday mornings with attendance to the Divine Liturgy, and an engaging children s sermon. As in years past, special recognition (and incentives) will be given for exemplary attendance in the Divine Liturgy. Furthermore, children in grades 4 and beyond, are invited to join the youth choir. We pray for a rich and blessed year working together in the vineyard of the Lord. The first Sunday school staff meeting is scheduled for Monday August 29th at 6:30 pm. Catechetical School teaching staff From left: Despina Bouboulis, Loula Boretos, Cassandra Chamallas, Popi Moustakas, Ioannis Moutsatsos, Valerie Relias, Mary Tsihlis, Eleftheria Horiatis, Marianna Terzakis, Eleni Terzakis, George Makredes, Alex Athanasiou (not shown Charles Chamallas, Panagiota Magoufis, Nick Pantazopoulos, teaching assistants) 7

9 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Teach the Children by Your Own Faith Journey I am adding my prayer to that of Ioannis Moutsatsos for "a renewed commitment to educate our children in our Orthodox faith, and to make them active participants of our rich Liturgical life." I would like to highlight his comment: Parents are an integral part of any teaching activity and that is especially true for our Catechetical Sunday School program. It is so important for us to remember, as parents and grandparents, aunts, uncles, and godparents, that the most important way we educate our children in the faith and make them active participants in the life of the Church, is by growing in our own faith, our own learning, and our own worship participation. Catechetical Sunday School is a complement to the education that takes place in the home, and parents are ordained by God as the first "catechists" - religious educators - of their children. This may seem like a tall order--teaching the faith to our children. We may question whether we have what it takes to teach the faith. We may have more questions than answers about why we do what we do in church. But let us remember what Jesus said to his disciples when they wanted to send the crowds away--because they believed that they were incapable of giving the people the food that they needed. Jesus said, You give them something to eat, and challenged them by asking this question What do you have? Go and see. When the disciples offered a mere five loaves and two fish, the grace of God multiplied their offering and fed thousands of people, with the food to spare. This is how it will be for us. As we learn to offer to our children what we do have, what we do know, and be honest about what we are still learning, God will bless our efforts at teaching the faith to our children. We might feel unprepared for this, as parents. We might look to the priests and teachers of the Church and say they have more to offer than we do as regular lay people, as regular mommies and daddies, nounos and nounas. But we have the most powerful lesson to give our children -- being ourselves. God does not expect us to know everything. Rather, He invites us to be on a journey of faith with Him and with our families, to share with our children that we are all making efforts to go up the ladder of divine ascent. It is important that they see us try. And it is equally important that we allow our children to see us as imperfect -- that they see us fall down and get back up again, (a.k.a. repentance). It is important they see us putting our trust in the unconditional agape Love of our Lord, to accept us and lift us up again by His grace, when we do fall short. As Fr. Nick said in a recent sermon, One hand washes the other and two hands wash the face. When the life in the home and the life in the church are in sync, the children benefit so much from both. But where they are at odds, our children get confused, or they get false messages, such as Church life is only for children and grandparents, and Be religious on Sunday mornings or holidays, and be like normal people the rest of the week. Let us therefore look for ways to bring the life and the teachings of the Holy Church into our homes. For example, to have an icon corner where the family says prayers together, however briefly, each day; putting prayer time on the calendar, putting a note on the refrigerator of a Bible verse that is appropriate to your family-- such as Bear one another s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ, or Each of you should look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others. We can make the beginning of the Catechetical Sunday School year a new beginning in our own spiritual life, recommitting ourselves to work out your own salvation. We can do this. And with God s help we will, for ourselves, our children, our parish and for the glory of our loving Lord. With love in Christ, Fr. Aaron 8

10 HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN METHODIOS INVITES YOU TO THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE ST. METHODIOS FAITH AND HERITAGE CENTER SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 17 HOME OF THE METROPOLIS OF BOSTON CAMP The Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross FESTIVITIES INCLUDE: 8:30 AM ORTHROS 9:30 AM DIVINE LITURGY FOLLOWED BY: THE BLESSING OF THE WATERS SERVICE & DIVING FOR THE CROSS AT THE LAKEFRONT DEDICATION AND BLESSING OF THE NEW CABINS, ALPHA OMEGA SOCCER FIELD, AND OPEN AIR PAVILION BARBEQUE PICNIC LUNCH CANOE RIDES, BASKETBALL, AND MUCH MORE!! RSVP AT: FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE METROPOLIS OF BOSTON AT OR 9

11 GOYA News & Announcements Hello Everyone! I hope you've all had a great summer and are getting off to a great start to the school year! With summer coming to a close, it's time to start thinking about this year s upcoming GOYA elections. GOYA elections will be on Sunday, September 18th (the first day of Sunday School) at 12:15 in either the pews or choir loft. You MUST be present to run for an officer position, so make sure you're in church!! The officer positions are as follows: President, Vice President, Treasurer, 2 Co-Secretaries of Correspondence, and 1 Secretary of Minutes. I've written out the responsibilities that each position has as well as the general responsibilities of all of the GOYA officers. If you are considering running, please click on INFORMATION ON BEING A GOYA OFFICER or contact me and I will you the document. If you have any questions about what it's like to be a GOYA officer or about GOYA in general, please do not hesitate to reach out to me or to one of the other officers! Lastly, I'd like to take a moment to give a HUGE thank you to all of the advisors from this year, Mrs. Tsitsopoulos, Mrs. Bouboulis, Mr. Kandaras, Mrs. Ioakimidis, and Mrs. Stefanidis. Additionally, thank you to all the parents who chaperoned, chauffeured, and otherwise helped us along throughout the year. Finally, thank you to all of the officers who worked so diligently to plan all of our fun events this year. Without all of you, having such a successful year truly would not have been possible. It's been an amazing couple of years being your president, and I wish you all the best of luck in GOYA this year! Demi Tsitsopoulos Fifties Plus Ministry News & Announcements The Fifties Plus Ministry welcomes everyone back from their summer vacation. We will begin the year with an Aghiasmo on Monday, September 19, at 11am followed by a meeting and a pizza luncheon. Everyone is invited. ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΤΑ ΜΕΛΗ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΙΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΩ ΤΩΝ 50 ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΑΣΜΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ, 19 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ ΣΤΙΣ 11 πμ. ΘΑ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΉΣΕΙ ΔΕΞΙΩΣΗ ΜΕ ΠΙΤΣΑ. Sponsor the Fellowship St Athanasius! Faithful parishioners, please come and join us in sponsoring our Fellowship Hour. It s easy to participate simply bring some coffee, sweets, snacks or juice for parishioners to enjoy during fellowship hour. For further information in helping out, please call Eleanor Profis at On behalf of our Stewardship Committee, thank you for your love and kind generosity! 10

12 Meet Meet Saint Athanasius Hope Joy Ministry The Saint Athanasius Hope - Joy is a wonderful program for children ages The Hope - Joy ministry program provides wholesome and fun activities to its participants while supporting the efforts of the family to impart a positive value system on its children. Hope - Joy meetings are an opportunity to participate in fellowship with Father Nick, peers and adult advisors. Meetings typically consist of discussion segments of teachings, songs, games, craft projects and other activities. Hope Joy meets once a month. Meeting/Event dates are announced in the bulletin. The Hope Joy team will be available in the church hall after church on Sunday September 18 th. Stop by and learn more about the ministry as well as more details about our first event the September Scoop Social. We are looking forward to seeing you all soon! 6:00PM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 TH Join us for the first event of the year! Catch up with friends! Meet new friends! Play some games! Build your own Ice Cream Sundaes! SEPTEMBER SCOOP SOCIAL! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! For More Information call the Church Office at or saintathanasiushopejoy@gmail. com saintathanasiushopejoy@gmail.com 11

13 St. Barbara s Philoptochos I hope that everyone has had a restful and enjoyable summer! Our mission statement To promote charitable, benevolent and philanthropic outreach to preserve the sanctity of life and family and to perpetuate and promote our Orthodox faith and traditions. Through our fundraising efforts our goal is to fulfill 18 National obligations and multiple metropolis obligations. National Obligations Hellenic College Holy Cross Scholarship Fund Retired Clergy and Widowed Presvyteres Benevolent Fund National Philoptochos Emergency Fund Ecumenical Patriarchate National Sisterhood of Presvyteres APC-NSP Benevolent Fund United Nations International Children s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) General Medical Fund Vasilopita (Saint Basil Academy) Social Services Cancer & Other Major illnesses Fund Membership ($15 per member) Autism Assistance Fund Saint Photios Shrine Orthodox Christian Mission Center Support a Mission Priest Hellenic College Holy Cross Lenten Event Sisterhood of Saint Basil Academy International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) 75 th Anniversary Founders Fund Orthodox Christian Fellowship I encourage everyone to read more about these obligations on the National Philoptochos website. Some of the Metropolis obligations include The Philoxenia House Saint Methodios Faith & Heritage Center Hellenic Nursing Home & Rehab Center Pine Street Inn VA Medical Center for Homeless Veterans (and many others) With your love, help and support together we can and will accomplish all of the commitments and so much more! We welcome you with open arms to Saint Barbara s Philoptochos. Please join us September Philoptochos General Assembly Tuesday, Sept. 20 th, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the James Bouboulis Auditorium 12

14 September 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Strict Fast Wine/Oil Allowed 1 Happy New Church Year! Orthros 8 Divine Liturgy 9-10am Iconography Committee Meeting 6:30pm 2 3 Fr. Nick celebrating a Wedding at the Camp 3pm Nikoletta Evangelatos &Nicco Livingston No Vespers Service 4 Summer Hours Orthros 8am Divine Liturgy 9:15-10:30 Fr Nick in Chicago to celebrate Wedding 3pm Christina Stavros & Anthony Kidonakis 5 Happy Labour Day! 6 7 Little Halos Orientation &Welcome to the Families 5:30-7pm 8 The Nativity of The Theotokos Orthros 8am Divine Memorials: +Eleni & +Dimitrios Poulakidas Liturgy 9-10am Little Halos First Class 8:30-11am (Abbreviated session) 9 Littele Halos 8: Memorial: +William Pappas 12 Noon Baptism 3pm Pavlos Colin Taoultsides Great Vespers Service 5pm Altar Servers meeting 5:45-6:45pm 11 Summer Hours Orthros 8am Divine Liturgy9:15-10:30 Memorial: + Infant Sofia Elpida Trisagion: +Mary Konstantakos s Plus Board Meeting 11am Greek School Welcome Back Blessing 4pm (Agiasmos-Blessing of the Waters); PTO Reception 4:30-5:15; Gyro Fest Meet 7pm Greek Dance- Adults 8-10pm 13 Little Halos 8:30-3 Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 1 and 4 Great Vespers at the Seminary 5pm 14 The Feast of the UniversalExaltation of the Holy Cross Orthros 8 Divine Liturgy with the Blessing of the Waters 9-10:30 Little Halos 8:30-3pm; Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 2 and 5 Parish Council 7pm 15 Little Halos 9am Agiasmos-Blessing for The Little Halos 9am Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 3 and 6 Wedding Rehearsals 4:15pm & 6pm 16 Little Halos 8: Open House at the St. Methodios Camp & Retreat Center 8:30am Baptism: 9am Nicholas J.A. Ghanotakis Wedding 3pm Pericles Hristofilous & Zoe Kostandinidis No Vespers Service 18 Winter Hours begin! Orthros 8:45 D. Lit 10-11:30 Sun Cat. Ch. Sch 10 WELCOME Fr. Aaron & Presv.Amelia & Family! GOYA ELECTIONS 12:15 Wedding 3pm Aggelike Gavrielides & Stathi Xiggoros 19 Little Halos 8:30-3 Fifties Plus Agiasmos and Fellowship 11am Greek School K1&K2 First class 4-6 Greek Dancing for the children 6-8pm Greek Dancing for adults Little Halos 8:30-3 Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 1 and 4 Philoptochos General Assembly 7pm 21 Little Halos 8:30-3pm Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 2 and 5 22 Little Halos 8: th Annual Golf Tournament! Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 3 and 6 23 Little Halos Field Trip To Belkin Farm 10am Wedding Rehearsal 4pm HOPE-JOY Ice Cream Welcome Back Social! 6-7:30pm Ages4-12) 24 Baptism 11am Baby Alexander James Evangelinos Wedding 3pm Eleni Kalmoukos & Andrew Gitchell No Vespers Service 25 Ministry Sunday! Orthros 8:45 Divine Liturgy 10-11:30 Sunday Cat. Ch. Sch 10 Memorials:+Anne Rodes +George Gennis Honoring Veterans Ceremony! Pine St. Inn 5pm 26 Little Halos 8:30-3 Littele Halos 8:30-3 Greek School K1&K2 4-6pm Grk Dancing for The Children 6-8 Adult Religious Ed and Bible Study 1 st Session 7:15-8:30pm; Greek Dancing for Adults 8pm 27 Little Halos 8:30-3 Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 1 and 4 Adult Religious Ed & Bible Study begins 7:15-8:30pm (Every other week) 28 Little Halos 8:30-3pm Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 2 and 5 Parish Council 7pm 29 Little Halos 8:30-3 Greek School 4-6:30 Grades 3 and 6 30 Littele Halos 8:30-3 GYRO FEST! 11 am 10 pm October 1, 2016 GYRO FEST! 11 am 10 pm 13

15 Σεπτέµβριος 2016 Κυριακή ευτέρα Τρίτη Τετάρτη Πέµπτη Παρασκευή Σάββατο Strict Fast Wine/Oil Allowed 1 Χρονια Πολλα! Καλη Χρονια! Ευλογηµενο το νεο Εκκλησιαστικο Ετος! Ορθρος 8πµ Θεια Λειτουργια 9 10πµ Συν. Ικονογραφιας 6:30µµ 2 3Ο π. Νικολαος θα τελεσει Γαµο 3µµ στην Κατασκηνϖση της Μητροπολεως εν θα ϕαλλει ο Εσπερινος 4 Καλοκαιρινο Προγραµµα Ακολουθιων Ορθρος 8 Θ. Λειτουργια 9:15 10:30πµ Ο π. Νικολαος θα τελει Γαµο στο Σικαγο 3µµ 5 ΓΙΟΡΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΡΓΑΤΩΝ! Χρονια Πολλα! ΑΡΓΙΑ 6 7 Συναντηση των Οικογ. Των Λιττλ Χελος 5:30 7µµ 8 Το Γενεθλιον Της Παναγιας Ορθρος 8πµ Θεια Λειτουργια 9 10πµ Μνηµοσυνα: +Ελενη & ηµητριος Πουλακηδας Λιττλ Χελος 8:30 11πµ 9Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8: Μηµοσυνο 12µµ Βαπτιση 3µµ Εσπερινος 5µµ Συναντηση Ιεροπαιδων 5:45 6:45 11 Καλοκαιρινο Προγραµµα Ακολουθιων Ορθρος 8 Θ. Λειτουργια 9:15 10:30πµ Μνηµωσυνο: +Σοφια Ελπιδα (Νηπιο) Τρισαγιον: +Μαρια Κωνσταντακου 12 Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 ΑΓΙΑΣΜΟΣ Ελληνικο Σχολειο 4 4:30 εξιωση 4:30 5:15 Γυρο Φεστ. Συν. 7µµ Ελληνικος Χορος για µεγαλους 8µµ 13Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 1 και 4 4 6:30 14 Της Παγκοσµιου Υϕωσεως Του Τιµιου Σταυρου! Ορωρος 8 Θ. Λειτ µε Αγιασµο 9 10:30πµ Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 2 και 5 4 6:30 Εσπερινος στην Θεολ Σχ. 5µµ Κοινοτικο Συµβουλιο 7µµ 15Λιττελ Χελος ΑΓΙΑΣΜΟΣ 9πµ Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 3 και 6 4 6:30µ Προβες Γαµου 4:15 και 6µµ 16 Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8: Καλοσωρισµα στην Κατασκηνωση της Μητροπολεως 8:30πµ Για τους παντες! (Εκδροµη) Βαπτιση: 9πµ Νικολαος ΙΑ. Γανοτακης Γαµος 3µµ εν θα ϕαλλει ο 18 Αλλαζει το Ωραριο των Ακολουθιων ρθρος 8:45 10πµ Θεια Λειτουργια 10 11:30πµ Κατηχητικο Σχολ. 10πµ Καλωσοριζουµε τον Πατερ Ααρων & Πεσβ. Αµελια & Οικογενεια ΓΚΟΓΙΑ (Εκλογες 12:15) Γαµος 3 µµ 19 Λιττλ Χελος 8:30πµ 3 ΑΝΩ των 50 Αγιασµος 11 µε δεξιωση Ελληνικο Σχολειο 4 6 Ελληνικος Χορος για τα παιδια 4 6 Ελληνικος Χορος για Μεγαλους Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 1 και 4 4 6:30 Γενικη Συνελε υση της Φιλοπτωχου Αδελφ 7µµ 21 Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 2 και 5 4 6:30 22Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 3 και 6 4 6:30 23 Λιττελ Χελος Εκδροµη 10πµ (Μπελκιν Φαρµ) Προβα Γαµου 4µµ Ελπιδα Τζοι Συν. & Παγωτο Παρτη 6:30µµ 24 Βαπτιση 11πµ Γαµος 3µµ εν θα ϕαλλει ο Εσπερινος 25 Ορθρος 8:45; Θ. Λειτ :30πµ Κατηχητικο Σχολ. 10πµ Μνηµοσυνο: +Αναστασια Ροντς ; +Γεωργιος Τζεννης Τιµητικη Εκδηλωση για τους Αποµαχους Παιν Στριτ Ινν 5 µµ 26 Λιττλ Χελος 8:30πµ 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο 4 6 Ελλην. Χορος για τα παιδια 6 8 ; Μελετη Της Αγιας Γραφης στα Ελληνικα 7:15 8:30 (Πρωτο µαθηµα) Ελλην. Χορος για Μεγαλους Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 1 και 4 4 6:30 28Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 2 και 5 4 6:30 Κοινοτικο Συµβουλιο 7µµ 29Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 Ελληνικο Σχολειο Ταξεις 3 και 6 4 6:30 30Λιττελ Χελος Ηµερησιο Σχολειο 8:30 3 ΓΥΡΟ ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ 11πµ 10 µµ 1 Οκτώβριοu ΓΥΡΟ ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ 11 πµ 10 µµ 14

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18 17 St. Athanasius Stewardship Roll of Honor for 2016 Contributions as of August 15, 2016 THANK YOU! Your continued Love and Support make our many ministries possible ΣΑΣ ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕ! Η αγάπη και η υποστήριξη σας στηρίζουν τις πολλές διακονίες της εκκλησίας μας Ms. Debbie Adelson George & Sophia Afouxenides Mr. Nicholas Afouxenides Mr. Peter Afouxenides Mrs. Aggeliki Aggelis Evgenia Aggouras Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Aggouras Mr. & Mrs. John Alepakis Elaine M. Alexis Mr. & Mrs. Charles Anamateros Mr. & Mrs. Harry Anamateros Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Anargirou Joseph & Potoula Angelakis Sotirios & Constantina Angelakis Mr. & Mrs. Peter Antonakas Mr. & Mrs. George Antonopoulos Nick & Sophia Aronis Athanasios & Angela Arvanitis Jonathan & Thea Athanas George & Lena Athanasiadis Pavlos & Danielle Athanasiadis Alexander & Katerina Athanasiou Karim & Jane Awad Mr. & Mrs. George Baltatzidis Ms. Maria Bandouveres Mr. & Mrs. Haralabos & Andrea Baras Mr. & Mrs. Drew Bililies Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Bilis Mr. & Mrs. Stefanos Bilis Mrs. Eleftheria Bolanos Kyriaki Bolender Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Bonos Themistoklis & Demetra Boretos Ekaterini Bouboulis Mihail S. Bouboulis Mr. & Mrs. Stefanos Bouboulis Mr. Georgios I. Bouboulis I.Bouboulis & A. Giakoumis Mrs. Irene Boulas Mrs. Nicole Boulas Konstadinos & Gina Bourikas Mr. & Mrs. Vassilios Bourikas Dr.David & Tina Bowling Stella and Richard Cahn Mr. & Mrs. Christos Calakoutis Ms. Katina Caramanis Mr. & Mrs. Paul Cardarelli Steven & Fatima Ceppi Mr. & Mrs. James Chalapatas Cassandra Chamallas Charles & Lynne Chamallas Christina Chamallas Diamond Chamallas Mr. David Charpie Neil & Maria Kleftis Chesler Mrs. Kiki Chrisafis Nicholas & Betsy Christinakis Anastasios & Eleni Christophilos Mr. & Mrs. Elias Christopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Alex Chrysanthopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Chrysanthopoulos Jean Cicalis Mrs. Zoe Colt Ms. Georgia Contes Mr & Mrs C. Courduvelis Mr. & Mrs. Konstantinos & Leah Dafoulas Mr. & Mrs. Roger Daigel Antonios & Betty Dakopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Menelaos Dalaklis Mrs. Elaine Dalaklis Mr. & Mrs. Jorgjia & Rafael Daluz Mr. & Mrs. George Dardonis Ms. Katherine Darris Nicholas & Aphrodite Darris Mr. Vasileios Daskalopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Dorothy & Gioseppe Deblasi Adam & Mercy Deleidi Ms. Christiana Dellellis George & Joanne Delyani Mr. & Mrs. Sophia Demetropoulos Athanasios & Voula Demopoulos Ms. Christina Demopoulos Angela Denison Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Dennison Robert & Stephanie Devasto Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Thespena Devito Andrea & Aikaterini Dinis Brian & Dede Downey Maria Dubrowski Stephen& Kim Edmonds George & Thea Eliopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Alex & Jilliane Eliopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Eliopoulos Kathryn G. Elios Demetre Evangelinellis Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Evangelis Mr. Thomas Fassas Ms. Christine Fassas Mr. & Mrs. Steve Fell Mr. Justin Fico Andrew & Pelagia Fotopulos John & Joanne Francis Mr. John Gagalis Mr. & Mrs. Vasilios Galanopoulos H. Galanopoulos & M. Dardati Kosta and Fotini Gavrielidis Mr. & Mrs. James Geanakos Mr. & Mrs. Harry Gennis Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Gennis Mr. & Mrs. Costas Georgacopoulos Mr. Taso & Tamara Georgacopoulos Irene Georgakoudi Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Georgelis Mr. & Mrs. Steven Georgopoulos Mrs. Garyfallia Georgoulis Dr. Anesti & Natalie Ghanotakis Mr. & Mrs. John Ghanotakis Mrs. Evangeline Gianocostas James & Victoria Giosmas Mr. & Mrs. James Gogos Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gorman III Mr. & Mrs. Margaritta Grimes Mr. & Mrs. George Hatziconstani Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Hatzikostanti Mrs. Maria Hatziliadis Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios Hatziyannis Barbara & Leonard J. Henson Mr. Konstantinos Hristofilous Mr. Perry Hristofilous Crystal Iakovou Yianni & Tanya Iliadis George and Anastasia Iliopoulos Haralambos& Eleni Iliopoulos Christos Ioakimidis John & Althea Ioakimidis Mr. & Mrs. Constantinos Ioakimidis Stavros & Katina Ioakimidis Mr. & Mrs. Nelson & Corry Irias John & Martha Jefferson Constantine & Susanna Joannidis Mr. & Mrs. Christos Kakambouras Ms. Lenna Kakambouras Mr. & Mrs. George Kaliontzis Eleni Kalmoukos John & Irene Kalogeris Anastasia Sophia Kaloyanides James & Courtney Kaloyanidis Gregory & Helen Kandaras Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kanellias Corina Kapetanakis Mr.& Mrs. Constantine Kapetanakis Mr. & Mrs. George Kapodistrias Clio Karabatsas Elizabeth Karagianis Mrs. Katherine Karagianis Atha & Stephanie Karasoulos Anna Karelas Andrew & Themis Karpouzis Bill Karras Mr. & Mrs. Nick Karras Fr. Nicholas and Presv.Litsa Kastanas Mr. Mikael Kastanas Konstantinos & Alexandra Katehis Mr. & Mrs. Elias Katsos Steven & Shara Katsos Alice Kefalas Jaime M. (Speros) & David Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Stavros Kesaris Spiros Kesaris Stathis & Angela Kesaris Mrs. Aphrodite Kleftis Christopher & Nicky Kokoras Vihren & Rositsa Kolev Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas J. Kolias

19 Mr. & Mrs. George Kolokithas Mr. Dimitrios Kolokithas Mr. & Mrs. George Kombouras Mrs. Katherine Kombouras Konstandina Kondilis Nick & Vicki Konstandakis Ms. Vasiliki Kontakos Mr. & Mrs. Perikles Kontalipos Ms. Katerina Korfias Mr. & Mrs. John Korifas John & Evdoxia Korovilas Mr. & Mrs. Demetrios & Eleni Kosmidis Mr. & Mrs. Michail Kosmidis Maria & Valerie Kostandos Alexandria Kostopoulos Paula Kostopoulos Fico Costas & Eleni Koudanis Ms Jenny Koulouris Ms Susan L. Koulouris Evangelos & Athena Koutroukas Katherine Kriketos Mr. S. Nicholas Kriketos II Nicholas Kritikos Evmorfilli Kyridis Mr. Peter Ladas Nicholas Lambrou Mrs. Effie Legatos N. Leonardos & R. Chandonnet Virginia Leonardos Ellen Leotsakos Mr. & Mrs. Efstratios Liakos Mr. Dimitrios Loucagos Alexander & Loula Loukeris Aristomenes & Stella Lydotes John Macaris & Fotini Patsiocostas Mr. & Mrs. Macleod Mr. & Mrs. Vasilios Makrakis Charles & Despina Makredes George & Leona Makredes Mr. Gary & Tatiana Makredes Frank & Panagiota Makrides Panagiotis & Kalliopi Mamounas Angeliki Mamounas Peter & Elaine Manners Dimitris & Anna Manolakis Vasiliki Manousos Evangelos & Despina Maradianos Melanie I. Marken Demitrios & Pauline Mastorakos Sandra Mastorakos Mr. & Mrs. Maria Matos Mr. & Mrs. John McCloskey Anthoula & Georgio Meimaris Emmanuel & Eleni Meimaris Pavlos & Eleni Meimaris Dennis & Elaine Melahouris Nicholas Melahouris Mark & Carolyn Miminos Peter & Kathy Mirogiannis Margaret Mitropoulos Mr. William Mitropoulos Tessie Mitropoulos Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Moisakis Anastasios Moshonisiou Mr. & Mrs. Leo & Niki Mourmoutis Mr. & Mrs. George Moustakas Dr.Ioannis & Angela Moutsatsos Mrs. Katina Muksuris Robert & Marea Mullen Thomas Nanopoulos Kalliope Nicholas Sean & Maria O'Connell Hope Orfanos Theofanis & Christine Orfanos James & Joanne Pagounes Mrs. Irene Paleologos William Pananos Mr.Costa Papadimitris Arthur Papas Peter & Eleftheria Papatsoris Mary Pappas Mr. & Mrs. John Pappas Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Pappas Ms. Stephanie Pappas George & Panagiota Paras Elias & Olga Patoucheas John & Maria Pavlidis Mr. Ara Pehlivanian Nicolaos & Evangelia Perhanidis Vasilios & Eleftheria Pesiridis Mr. Patrick Shaugnnessy & Mrs Erica Petnes Mr. Philip Petrides Constantinos Philips Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Phillips Haralambos & Panagiota Phillos Eleftherios & Patra Piandes Joanne E. Piandes Maria Pithis Ms. Florence Pollock Charles & Jeannie Poulakidas Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Pourakis Mrs. Eleanor Profis Mr. Steven Prois Spyridon Prois Mr. & Mrs. Paul Protopapas Ms Valerie Relias Andrew & Deborah Rempis Anastasia Roache Gena & Brandon Robinson Mr. Jorge E. Rodriguez Peter & Soula Rogaris Crystal Roussos Mr. & Mrs. James Sakorafos John & Joanne Salogiannis Michael Savas Joseph and Maryanne Senna Anthony & Elaine Sgouros Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shuris Mrs. Betty Shushan Arthur & Maria Skambas Paul & Maria Skambas Ms. Anna Maria Skiotis Ms.Elizabeth Skiotis Mr. & Mrs. Dimitrios Skourides Mr. George Skourides Costas & Gianoula Skouridis Othon & Jenny Sofianopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Panagiotis Sofronas Andreas & Ioanna Spalaris Anthony & Despina Speros Peter & Anna Speros Mr.&Mrs. N. Splagounias Family Mrs. Angelina Stamas Mr. & Mrs. Stefanos Stamides Mr. & Mrs. Michael Stangas Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stanitsas Ms. Georgia Stathopoulos Ms. Anna Stathopoulou Dimitrios & Fotini Stefanis George & Rodanthi Stratakis Irini Stylianou Mr. & Mrs. Giannis Suitlitsas Mr. & Mrs. Alex & Heather Taoultsides Mr/Mrs.George& Anna Taoultsides Mary Tashjian Ms Diane M. Tashjian Christos Terzakis Mr. & Mrs. Michael Terzakis Costas & Elena Theocharidis Mr. & Mrs. Michael Theodore Mr. & Mrs. Paul Theodoulou Emmanuel & Argie Tiliakos Paul & Elaine Tilly Perry A. & Vicky Tingos John W Toulopoulos Stefanos & Maria Tourkomanolis Mr. & Mrs. George Tsakirgis Maria Tsaousidis Mr. Ioannis Tsartsidis Mr. & Mrs. Anastasios Tserkonis Vasilios & Argyro Tsiaras Mr. & Mrs. James Tsihlis Mr. & Mrs. Apostolos Tsitsopoulos Mr. & Mrs. George Tsitsopoulos Mr. Stergios Tsouloufas Mr. & Mrs. Theophilos Vallas Mr. & Mrs. John Vankuilenburg Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Venizelos Mr. & Mrs. Ciprian Vilcu Ms.Sultana Volaitis Fotini Vosnakis Steven & Kelly Vosnakis Andrew & Anna Voyatzakis Maria & Steven Vasilakis Walker Lazaros & Voula Xanthopoulos Mr. & Mrs. Efstiathios Xigoros Homer & Georgia Ypsilantis Mr. & Mrs. Evan Ypsilantis Ms. Christina Ypsilantis Demetra Zacharakis Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Zacharakis Amalia Zanakos Dorothy Zevitas Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Zevitas Mrs. Katherine Zevitas Nickolas Ziavras Menelaos & Elsa Zotos 18

20 St. ATHANASIUS THE GREAT Parish Greek School -Registration Form: Academic Year / Pupil s Name: / Date of Birth: / Mother s Name: / Father s Name: / Address: / Telephone: Cell Phone: Address: Grade the child is entering in American School Greek School Grade last completed by the pupil: Greek School Grade the child is entering: Signature of Parent filling out this form: Please Print Your Name: Registration Payment Documentation: Very Important Notes: All Registration & Stewardship checks payable to: St. Athanasius the Great Greek Orthodox Church All PTO and Greek Dance checks payable to: St Athanasius PTO STUDENT REGISTRATION PAYMENTS /First Child Registration ($470): Amount paid. /Second Child Registration ($400): Amount paid. /Third Child Registration ($350): Amount paid. Receipt or check # Total Paid: STEWARDSHIP PAYMENTS (Family must be paid stewards as of September of new school year) PTO DUES /Annual Stewardship Offering: Amt. Pd. Annual PTO Dues of $30 are payable at this time. Please make check payable to: St Athanasius PTO Receipt or check # PTO DUES $

21 LITTLE HALOS GREEK BILINGUAL DAY PRESCHOOL Little Halos will open its doors for the academic year on September 7th at 5:30 pm with an orientation night for this year's current and new families at the James Bouboulis Auditorium. Our St. Athanasius Little Halos Day Bilingual Preschool provides a three-fold program of language, culture, and faith grounded in developmentally appropriate practice. Emphasis is given to learning the Greek language with simultaneous school-readiness preparation for later entry to English-speaking school. In addition, both the Hellenic culture and Greek Orthodox faith are taught within a developmental framework of play-based learning. Little Halos is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care for children aged 2 years 9 months to 5 years. Schedule options for school year 8:30am-12:00 noon 8:30 am-3:00 pm For more information and to schedule a tour, please contact: Kaiti Galanopoulos, Director kaitigalanopoulos@gmail.com

22 Philoptochos Conference Meeting Clergy-Laity Convention, July 4, 2016 Metropolis of Boston Philoptochos Rows 1 & 2 National Philoptochos President Maria Logus, Esq. led the Philoptochos Conference meetings from July 3 through July 8, 2016, in Nashville, Tennessee, encouraging Philoptochos delegates from across the United States to enrich their charitable programs and to develop new programs for increased Outreach. The National Philoptochos Feeding the Hungry program began as part of National Philoptochos President Maria Logus goal of doing -- more hands on philanthropy, engaging all members of our community in our work. There is an increased sense that a face to face encounter with those we help gives more meaning and Christian love acceptance to both the giver and the receiver. Another major concern discussed was the evil of human trafficking and the need to help the victims of this situation to repair and turn around their lives. In addition, the difficult economic situation of many persons in Greece and Cyprus is the focus of various non-governmental programs. Apostoli is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by the Social Services Department of Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Athens, which provides general aid to the people of Athens suffering from hunger, disability and illness. Other like-minded organizations are The Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki; The Holy Archdiocese of Crete; The Kivotos tou Kosmou; as well as The Theotokos Foundation located in Limasol, Cyprus. These programs save lives and foster stability. Moreover, there is an increased emphasis to support the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) and Support a Mission Priest (SAMP) to enable missionary teams to carry the message of the Orthodox Church throughout the world. Finally, in light of numerous religious and ethnic persecutions and displacements running rampant in so many countries throughout the world, the Ladies Philoptochos accepted an historic resolution to help disseminate information and voice their concerns to the international community and those in authority, strongly requesting they take action for the protection of human life and religious freedom. 21