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1 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 16 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 2017 ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΠΑΣΧΑ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΙΚΗ ΑΠΟΔΕΙΞΙΣ ΕΠΙ Τῼ ΑΓΙΩι ΠΑΣΧΑ Ἀριθμ. Πρωτ. 315 Β Α Ρ Θ Ο Λ Ο Μ Α Ι Ο Σ ΕΛΕΩι ΘΕΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ - ΝΕΑΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ ΠΑΝΤΙ Τῼ ΠΛΗΡΩΜΑΤΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΧΑΡΙΝ, ΕΙΡΗΝΗΝ ΚΑΙ EΛΕΟΣ ΠΑΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞΩΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΝΤΟΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ Ἀδελφοὶ ἠγαπημένοι καὶ τέκνα θεοφιλῆ ἐν τῷ Ἀναστάντι Κυρίῳ, "Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ θλῖψιν ἕξετε ἀλλὰ θαρσεῖτε, ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον" (Ἰωάν. ις, 33), διαβεβαιώνει ὁ θανάτῳ τὸν θάνατον μόνος πατήσας Κύριος τὰς γενεὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! ἀναφωνοῦμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἐγγὺς καὶ τοὺς μακρὰν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἱερᾶς ταύτης Αὐλῆς τοῦ βιωματικοῦ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ σταυροῦ καὶ τῆς θλίψεως ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Αὐλῆς τῆς Ἀναστάσεως ἀπὸ τῆς κόγχης ταύτης τῆς γῆς, τῆς Κωνσταντίνου Πόλεως, ἀπὸ ὅπου διακηρύττεται ὅτι "ζωὴ πολιτεύεται", διαλυομένης τῆς κάθε εἴδους φθορᾶς καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θανάτου. Ὁ Κύριος πολλάκις προειδοποίησε, κατὰ τὴν ἐπὶ γῆς ἔνσαρκον παρουσίαν Του, τοὺς Μαθητάς Του περὶ τῆς θλίψεώς των ἐξ αἰτίας τῆς σταυρικῆς Του θυσίας ἐπὶ τοῦ Φρικτοῦ Γολγοθᾶ, ὡς καὶ ἕνεκα τῆς δραστηριότητος καὶ τῆς πορείας των ἐντὸς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου αὐτῶν τῶν ἰδίων ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντων ὅσων θὰ ἐπίστευον εἰς τὸν Χριστόν-. Μὲ μίαν χαρακτηριστικὴν ὅμως λεπτομέρειαν: "ὅτι κλαύσετε καὶ θρηνήσετε ὑμεῖς, ὁ δὲ κόσμος χαρήσεται ὑμεῖς δὲ λυπηθήσεσθε, ἀλλ ἡ λύπη ὑμῶν εἰς χαρὰν γενήσεται...καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν λύπην μὲν νῦν ἔχετε πάλιν δὲ ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία" (Ἰωάν ις, 20-22). Τὴν ἀναστάσιμον ταύτην καὶ ὑπερκόσμιον χαρὰν πρῶται ἐβίωσαν αἱ λίαν πρωῒ ἐλθοῦσαι ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα τοῦ Ζωοδότου Μυροφόροι Γυναῖκες διὰ τοῦ μονολεκτικοῦ Κυριακοῦ λόγου "Χαίρετε" (Ματθ. κη,9). Τὴν ἰδίαν ἀναστάσιμον χαρὰν βιοῦσα ἡ Μήτηρ Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως διακηρύττει σήμερον στεντορίᾳ τῇ φωνῇ: "Αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου, ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ" (πρβλ. Ψαλμ. 117, 24). Ὁ ἔσχατος ἐχθρός, ὁ θάνατος, ἡ λύπη, τὰ προβλήματα, ἡ φθορά, ἡ θλῖψις, ἡ δοκιμασία, σκυλεύονται καὶ καταργοῦνται ὑπὸ τοῦ Νικητοῦ Θεανθρώπου Κυρίου. ***

2 Ζῶμεν, ὅμως, ἐντὸς ἑνὸς κόσμου εἰς τὸν ὁποῖον τὰ μέσα γενικῆς ἐπικοινωνίας μεταδίδουν συνεχῶς δυσαρέστους πληροφορίας περὶ τρομοκρατικῶν ἐνεργειῶν, περὶ πολέμων κατὰ τόπους, περὶ καταστροφικῶν φυσικῶν φαινομένων, προβλημάτων λόγῳ θρησκευτικοῦ φανατισμοῦ, πείνης, προσφυγικοῦ προβλήματος, ἀνιάτων ἀσθενειῶν, πτωχείας, ψυχολογικῶν καταπιέσεων, αἰσθήματος ἀνασφαλείας καὶ λοιπῶν συμπαρομαρτουσῶν ἀνεπιθυμήτων καταστάσεων. Ἔναντι τῶν καθημερινῶν τούτων "σταυρῶν", τοὺς ὁποίους οἱ ἄνθρωποι αἴρομεν μὲ "γογγυσμούς", ἔρχεται ἡ Μήτηρ μας Ἁγία Ὀρθόδοξος Ἐκκλησία νὰ μᾶς ὑπενθυμίσῃ ὅτι ἠμποροῦμεν νὰ εἴμεθα χαρούμενοι, διότι ὁ ἀρχηγός μας Χριστὸς εἶναι ὁ νικητὴς αὐτῶν, εἶναι ὁ φορεὺς τῆς χαρᾶς, ὁ φαιδρύνας τὰ σύμπαντα. Ἡ χαρά μας στηρίζεται εἰς τὴν βεβαιότητα τῆς νίκης τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ἔχομεν τὴν ἀπόλυτον βεβαιότητα, ὅτι τὸ ἀγαθὸν εἶναι ὁ νικητής, διότι ὁ Χριστὸς ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον "καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἵνα νικήσῃ" (πρβλ. Ἀποκ. ς, 2). Ὁ κόσμος εἰς τὸν ὁποῖον θὰ ζήσωμεν αἰωνίως εἶναι ὁ Χριστός: τὸ φῶς, ἡ ἀλήθεια, ἡ ζωή, ἡ χαρά, ἡ εἰρήνη. Ἡ Μήτηρ Ἁγία τοῦ Χριστοῦ Μεγάλη Ἐκκλησία, παρὰ τοὺς καθημερινοὺς σταυροὺς καὶ τὰς θλίψεις, ζῇ ἀποκλειστικῶς καὶ μόνον τὸ γεγονὸς τῆς χαρᾶς. Βιώνει ἐντεῦθεν, ἐν τῇ παρούσῃ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς παρούσης ζωῆς, τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἱεροῦ τούτου Κέντρου τῆς Ὁρθοδοξίας, ἀπὸ τῶν σπλάγχνων τοῦ μαρτυρικοῦ Φαναρίου, διακηρύττομεν "κατὰ τὴν φωταυγῆ ταύτην νύκτα", ὅτι προέκτασις καὶ τέλος τοῦ σταυροῦ καὶ τῆς θλίψεως καὶ διασκέδασις τοῦ κάθε ἀνθρωπίνου πόνου καὶ τῆς κάθε δοκιμασίας, εἶναι ἡ Κυριακὴ διαβεβαίωσις: "Οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς" (Ἰωάν. ιδ, 18-19). "Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ μεθ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος" (Ματθ. κη, 20). Αὐτὸ τὸ μήνυμα πρέπει νὰ ἀκούσωμεν ὅλοι, νὰ ἀκούσῃ ὁ σύγχρονος ἄνθρωπος καὶ νὰ ἀφήσῃ τὸν ἑαυτόν του νὰ ἴδῃ τὸν Χριστὸν συμπορευόμενον μαζί του. Ναί, νὰ Τὸν ἴδῃ δίπλα του. Καὶ θὰ Τὸν ἴδῃ, μόνον ἐὰν ἀκούῃ καὶ βιώνῃ τὸν λόγον Του εἰς τὴν ζωήν του. Τὸ μήνυμα τοῦτο τῆς κατισχύσεως τῆς ζωῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ θανάτου, τῆς νίκης τοῦ ἱλαροῦ φωτὸς τῆς πασχαλίου λαμπάδος ἐπὶ τοῦ σκότους τῆς ἀκαταστασίας, καὶ τῆς διαλύσεως, διὰ τοῦ ἀνεσπέρου Φωτὸς τῆς Ἀναστάσεως, τῶν θλίψεων καὶ τῶν προβλημάτων εὐαγγελίζεται τὸ Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον εἰς ὁλόκληρον τὸν κόσμον καὶ καλεῖ ὅλους τοὺς ἀνθρώπους νὰ τὸ βιώσουν. Τοὺς καλεῖ νὰ σταθοῦν μὲ πίστιν καὶ ἐλπίδα ἐνώπιον τοῦ Ἀναστάντος Χριστοῦ, ἐνώπιον τοῦ μυστηρίου τῆς ζωῆς τοὺς καλεῖ νὰ ἐμπιστευθοῦν τὸν κρατοῦντα τὰ ἡνία πάσης κτίσεως Ἀναστάντα Κύριον, τὸν Κύριον τῆς χαρᾶς καὶ τῆς εὐφροσύνης. Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη, λοιπόν, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ τέκνα! Αὐτοῦ τοῦ δεσπόζοντος τῆς ζωῆς καὶ κυριεύοντος τοῦ θανάτου Κυρίου ἡμῶν ἡ Χάρις καὶ τὸ ἄπειρον Ἔλεος εἴησαν μετὰ πάντων. Φανάριον, Ἅγιον Πάσχα,βιζ Ὁ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως διάπυρος πρὸς Χριστὸν Ἀναστάντα εὐχέτης πάντων ὑμῶν.

3 Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8 Prokeimenon. Mode Plagal 4. Psalm ,29 This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Verse: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. IN THE FIRST BOOK, O Theophilos, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων 1:1-8 Προκείμενον. Ήχος πλ. δ'. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ ,29 αὕτη ἡ ἡμέρα, ἣν ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος ἀγαλλιασώμεθα καὶ εὐφρανθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῇ Στίχ. ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἀγαθός, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην περὶ πάντων, ὦ Θεόφιλε, ὧν ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας, ἐντειλάμενος τοῖς ἀποστόλοις διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου οὓς ἐξελέξατο, ἀνελήφθη οἷς καὶ παρέστησεν ἑαυτὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τὸ παθεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν πολλοῖς τεκμηρίοις, διʼ ἡμερῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς, καὶ λέγων τὰ περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ. Καὶ συναλιζόμενος παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων μὴ χωρίζεσθαι, ἀλλὰ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός, Ἣν ἠκούσατέ μου ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας. Οἱ μὲν οὖν συνελθόντες ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες, Κύριε, εἰ ἐν τῷ χρόνῳ τούτῳ ἀποκαθιστάνεις τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ Ἰσραήλ; Εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς, Οὐχ ὑμῶν ἐστιν γνῶναι χρόνους ἢ καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο ἐν τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ. Ἀλλὰ λήψεσθε δύναμιν, ἐπελθόντος τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι μάρτυρες ἔν τε Ἱερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha Plagal of the First Tone Christ is risen from the dead, by death, trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. Seasonal Kontakion Plagal of the Fourth Tone Though You went down into the tomb, You destroyed Hades' power, and You rose the victor, Christ God, saying to the myrrh-bearing women, "Hail!" and granting peace to Your disciples, You who raise up the fallen. Apolytikion of Great and Holy Pascha Plagal of the First Tone Χριστός Ανέστη εκ νεκρών, θανάτω θάνατον πατήσας και τοις εν τοις μνήμασιν, ζωήν χαρισάμενος. Seasonal Kontakion Plagal of the Fourth Tone Εἰ καὶ ἐν τάφῳ κατῆλθες ἀθάνατε, ἀλλὰ τοῦ ᾍδου καθεῖλες τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ ἀνέστης ὡς νικητής, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, γυναιξὶ Μυροφόροις φθεγξάμενος. Χαίρετε, καὶ τοῖς σοῖς Ἀποστόλοις εἰρήνην δωρούμενος ὁ τοῖς πεσοῦσι παρέχων ἀνάστασιν.

4 The Gospel According to John 1:1-17 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1-17 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος. Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν. πάντα δι αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἓν ὃ γέγονεν. ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν. Εγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ιωάννης οὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν, ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός, ἵνα πάντες πιστεύσωσι δι αὐτοῦ. οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός. Ην τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω. εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθε, καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον. ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκός, οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν. Καὶ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας. Ιωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγε λέγων οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον, ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν. Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος ὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.

5 ΥΠΟΛΟΙΠΟ ΜΗΝΟΣ ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 2017 ΘΕΙΕΣ ΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΕΣ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 21 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΟΔΟΧΟΥ ΠΗΓΗΣ Όρθρος Θεία Λειτουργία 8:00-10:00 π.μ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 23 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΘΩΜΑ Όρθρος 8:00-9:30 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 9:30-11:30 π.μ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ 30 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΥΡΟΦΟΡΩΝ Όρθρος 8:00-9:30 π.μ. Θεία Λειτουργία 9:30-11:30 π.μ. GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING SUNDAY, MAY 7TH, 2017 Dear Parishioners: You are cordially invited to our General Assembly Meeting which will take place on Sunday, May 7th, 2017 immediately following the Divine Liturgy at the Church Hall. AGENDA: Opening Prayer Election of Chairperson for General Assembly Approval of prior G.A. minutes Pastor s Report President s Report Financial Report Old & New Matters Closing Prayer SECOND HALF OF APRIL 2017 DIVINE LITURGIES FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST OF THE LIFE GIVING FOUNTAIN Orthros - Divine Liturgy 8:00-10:00 a.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 23RD SUNDAY OF THOMAS Orthros 8:00 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30-11:30 a.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 30TH SUNDAY OF MYRRH-BEARERS Orthros 8:00 9:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30-11:30 a.m. ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΕΛΕΥΣΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ, 7 ΜΑΪΟΥ 2017 Αγαπητοί Ενορίτες, Προσκαλείστε στη Γενική Συνέλευση της Κοινότητάς μας που θα γίνει την Κυριακή, 7 Μαίου αμέσως μετά το πέρας της Θείας Λειτουργίας στην αίθουσα της εκκλησίας του Τιμίου Σταυρού. ΘΕΜΑΤΑ: Εναρκτήριος Προσευχή Εκλογή Προέδρου Γενικής Συνέλευσης Έγκριση προηγούμενων πρακτικών Αναφορά Ιερέως Αναφορά Προέδρου Οικονομικός Απολογισμός Παλαιά & Νέα Θέματα Απολυτήριος Προσευχή

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8 A New Year has started. Please remember your 2017 Membership Pledge. Your Church Needs Your Support. Please send me an application form to become a member or to renew my membership. Circle one Annual Dues: Single/Family $400 Senior Citizen/Family: $ Name: Address: City: State: ZIP: I also want to sign up to be a Holy Cross Volunteer for: I am available Weekdays am pm Weekends am pm SAVE THE DATE APRIL 20: APRIL 27: MAY 7: MAY 11: MAY 21: JUNE 8, 9, 10, 11: WINE & CHEESE OPEN HOUSE - Holy Cross School At 7:00pm Open to all. Learn about the new vision and direction of our School. 2017/2018 enrollment started. RSVP: holycrossgos@icloud.com ANNUAL PHILOPTOCHOS DINNER at Chateau Briand Lady in Red HOLY CROSS COMMUNITY GENERAL ASSEMBLY, At the Church Hall following the Liturgy. ALL MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND. FUNDRAISING EVENT AT VISTA SKY LOUNGE. 7:00pm-11:30pm Cocktail hour, Open Bar & full Sit-Down Dinner SPRING BRUNCH, Holy Cross DAY School PTA, at the Church Hall following Liturgy HOLY CROSS ANNUAL FESTIVAL * 4 DAYS OF FUN Loose Change Collection Drive Holy Cross will soon hold a collection drive for loose coins, in coordination with Astoria Bank. Please keep us in mind in this effort and support our church in the funding of the many activities of our church and school. Give to a good cause all the coins you have been collecting in jars for months with no use.!!!!save your pennies!!!! Collection at our Church. Date to be announced soon. ANOUNCEMENTS Reading Glasses Drive Holy Cross is holding a reading glasses collection drive to help people who can't function normally because they can't see well, in low and middle income countries and even in poor neighborhoods in the US. Please help us in this effort to bring access to basic eye care services to our brothers and sisters in need. Collection Boxes are located at our Church, our School and at J.D. OPTICIANS th Avenue.

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