SAINT NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH FLUSHING, NEW YORK

SAINT NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX SHRINE CHURCH FLUSHING, NEW YORK July 25, 2021 Sunday of the Falling Asleep of St. Anna / Κοιμήσεως τῆς Ἁγίας Ἄννης Protopresbyter Fr. Paul Palesty, Pastor Presbyter Aristidis Garinis, Economos Ἀπολυτίκιον Ἀναστάσιμον. Ἦχος δʹ. Τὸ φαιδρὸν τῆς ἀναστάσεως κήρυγμα, ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγγέλου μαθοῦσαι αἱ τοῦ Κυρίου Μαθήτριαι, καὶ τὴν προγονικὴν ἀπόφασιν ἀποῤῥίψασαι, τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις καυχώμεναι ἔλεγον Ἐσκύλευται ὁ θάνατος, ἠγέρθη Χριστὸς ὁ Θεός, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὸ μέγα ἔλεος. Τῆς Ἁγίας. Ἦχος δʹ. Ζωὴν τὴν κυήσασαν, ἐκυοφόρησας, ἁγνὴν Θεομήτορα, θεόφρον Ἄννα διὸ πρὸς λῆξιν οὐράνιον, ἔνθα εὐφραινομένων, κατοικία ἐν δόξῃ, χαίρουσα νῦν μετέστης, τοῖς τιμῶσί σε πόθῳ, πταισμάτων αἰτουμένη, ἱλασμὸν ἀειμακάριστε. Tοῦ Ναου Ἦχος δʹ. Κανόνα πίστεως καὶ εἰκόνα πραότητος, ἐγκρατείας διδάσκαλον, ἀνέδειξέ σε τῇ ποίµνῃ σου, ἡ τῶν πραγµάτων ἀλήθεια διὰ τοῦτο ἐκτήσω τῇ ταπεινώσει τὰ ὑψηλά, τῇ πτωχείᾳ τὰ πλούσια, Πάτερ ἱεράρχα Νικόλαε πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ, σωθῆναι τὰςψυχὰς ἡµῶν Κοντάκιον. Ἦχος βʹ. Προγόνων Χριστοῦ, τὴν μνήμην ἑορτάζομεν, τὴν τούτων πιστῶς, αἰτούμενοι βοήθειαν, τοῦ ῥυσθῆναι ἅπαντας, ἀπὸ πάσης θλίψεως, τοὺς κραυγάζοντας ὁ Θεὸς γενοῦ μεθ' ἡμῶν, ὁ τούτους δοξάσας ὡς ηὐδόκησας. Resurrectional Apolytikion Tone 4. When the women Disciples of the Lord had learned from the Angel the joyful message of the Resurrection and rejected the ancestral decision, they cried aloud to the Apostles triumphantly: Death has been despoiled, Christ God has risen, granting His great mercy to the world For the Holy Woman. Tone 4. You carried within your womb her who was pregnant with Life, * the Mother of God, O godlyminded Anna; and thus * to heaven were you today * transported with great rejoicing, where those who feast dwell in glory. * You pray for the forgiveness of offenses for the faithful * who honor you with longing, O ever-blessed one. Parish Hymn Tone 4. A rule of faith are you, and an icon of gentleness, and a teacher of self-control. And to your flock this was evident, by the truth of your life and deeds. You were humble and therefore you acquired exalted gifts, treasure in heaven for being poor. O Father and Hierarch St. Nicholas, intercede with Christ our God, and entreat Him to save our souls. Kontakion Tone 2. Today we observe the memory of Christ's forebears, * and also we pray that we might receive their aid, * so that all of us may be freed from tribulations, as we cry aloud, * "Be with us, O Lord our God, * who glorified them as You were pleased to do."

Απόστολικο Ανάγνωσμα: Γα 4:22-27 Ἀδελφοί, Ἀβραὰμ δύο υἱοὺς ἔσχεν ἕνα ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης, καὶ ἕνα ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας. Ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν ἐκ τῆς παιδίσκης κατὰ σάρκα γεγέννηται, ὁ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐλευθέρας διὰ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἅτινά ἐστιν ἀλληγορούμενα αὗται γάρ εἰσιν δύο διαθῆκαι μία μὲν ἀπὸ ὄρους Σινᾶ, εἰς δουλείαν γεννῶσα, ἥτις ἐστὶν Ἅγαρ. Τὸ γὰρ Ἅγαρ Σινᾶ ὄρος ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίᾳ, συστοιχεῖ δὲ τῇ νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ, δουλεύει δὲ μετὰ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς. Ἡ δὲ ἄνω Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐλευθέρα ἐστίν, ἥτις ἐστὶν μήτηρ πάντων ἡμῶν γέγραπται γάρ, Εὐφράνθητι, στεῖρα, ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα. Εpistle Lesson: Gal. 4:22-27 Brethren, Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise. Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar. Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in travail; for the children of the desolate one are many more than the children of her that is married." Εὐαγγελίον: Ματ ηʹ 28-34, θʹ 1 Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντι τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς τὴν χώραν τῶν Γεργεσηνῶν ὑπήντησαν αὐτῷ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι ἐκ τῶν μνημείων ἐξερχόμενοι, χαλεποὶ λίαν, ὥστε μὴ ἰσχύειν τινὰ παρελθεῖν διὰ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἐκείνης. καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔκραξαν λέγοντες Τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί, Ἰησοῦ υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ; ἦλθες ὧδε πρὸ καιροῦ βασανίσαι ἡμᾶς; ἦν δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ' αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη. οἱ δὲ δαίμονες παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν λέγοντες Εἰ ἐκβάλλεις ἡμᾶς, ἐπίτρεψον ἡμῖν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ὑπάγετε. οἱ δὲ ἐξελθόντες ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν ἀγέλην τῶν χοίρων καὶ ἰδοὺ ὥρμησεν πᾶσα ἡ ἀγέλη τῶν χοίρων κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ ἀπέθανον ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν. οἱ δὲ βόσκοντες ἔφυγον, καὶ ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀπήγγειλαν πάντα καὶ τὰ τῶν δαιμονιζομένων. καὶ ἰδοὺ πᾶσα ἡ πόλις ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν παρεκάλεσαν ὅπως μεταβῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν. Καὶ ἐμβὰς εἰς πλοῖον διεπέρασεν καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πόλιν. Gospel Reading: Mt. 8:28-34, 9:1 At that time, when Jesus came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one would pass that way. And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their neighborhood. And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city.

EORTOLOGION of the week Monday 07/26 St. Paraskevi Great Martyr Orthros 7:30am Divine Liturgy 8:30am Tuesday 0/27 Panteleimon Great Martyr Orthros 7:30am Divine Liturgy 8:30am M E M O R I A L S Mihalis Apotsos Dimosthenis Capones Tamama Flamouropoulos Maria Ioannides Alexandra Karapanagiotides Lazaros Karapanagiotides Panagiotis Karapanagiotides Simela Karapanagiotides Evanthia Lolis Vasilios Lolis Κonstantinos Mylonas Ioanna Papaelias Christina Rokkos Katherine Theodosis George Tsiros Δευτέρα 07/26 Αγία Παρασκευή Μεγαλομάρτυς Όρθρος 7:30π.μ Θεία Λειτουργία 8:30π.μ. Τρίτη 07/27 Άγιος Παντελεήμονων Μεγαλομαρτυς Όρθρος 7:30π.μ Θεία Λειτουργία 8:30π.μ. M N Η M O Σ Υ N A Μιχαήλ Απότσου Δημοσθένους Καπώνη Ταμάμας Φλαμουρόπουλου Μαρίας Ιωαννίδου Αλεξάνδρας Καραπαναγιωτίδου Λαζάρου Καραπαναγιωτίδου Παναγιώτου Καραπαναγιωτίδου Σιμέλας Καραπαναγιωτίδου Ευανθίας Λώλη Βασιλείου Λώλη Κωνσταντίνου Μυλωνά Ιωάννας Παπαελία Χριστίνας Ρόκκου Αικατερίνης Θεοδόση Γεωγίου Τσίρου Tray Offering Why do we pass the offering tray? It s because our life will be changed when we give Sunday after Sunday after Sunday, not worried about what we give, but that we give. There is something spiritual that happens when we pass the tray from one person to another. There is something to be gained by releasing from our hands and putting into the hands of others. There is the possibility to be moved by the person seated next to us, but it can only happen when we give of ourselves. Only one offering tray will be passed for the needs of our parish during Sunday Service. There will be a tray in the Narthex if you wish to make an additional contribution. We ask that you continue to give generously, as you have in the past. We thank you!

SAINT NICHOLAS STEPHEN AND ARETE CHERPELIS HELLENIC SCHOOL REGISTRATION 2021-2022 S a c r a m e n t s Wedding Sunday July 25, 2021, 12:30pm George and Rachel Balaskas Chrismation Sunday July 25, 2021 Mia Rose Balaskas Baptism Saturday July 31, 2021, 10:45am Daughter of Dimitrios & Maria Nicolopoulos Chrismation Saturday July 31, 2021, 12:00pm Jonalys Gisela Caimares Wedding Saturday July 31, 2021, 2:00pm Nicholas Athanasopoulos Olivia Argento Wedding Saturday July 31, 2021, 4:00pm Harry Damanakis Maria Bartellino REGISTRATION for the HELLENIC SCHOOL 2021-2022 will be held from 10:00AM to 4:00PM Monday through Friday beginning immediately in the church office. PLEASE DO NOT COME BE- FORE OR AFTER THE NOTED HOURS, WITHOUT AN AP- POINTMENT. A $100 registration fee is required upon registering per family. Class sizes fluctuate from year to year and it is imperative to register your children early to enable the Hellenic School Board to make adequate arrangements to best meet the School's needs in September. Classes will be held as follows: Grades Pre-K through 5 th Grade will meet on Saturday mornings from 10:00am to 1:00pm Grades 6, 7, and 8 will continue to meet on Friday 4:15pm to 6:15pm. TUITION AND FEES: Stewardship must be paid in full upon registration. If your Stewardship is not up to date, you will not be able to register for the 2021-2022 school year. Full tuition must be paid by September 30, 2021. Unless other arrangements are made through the church office. Tuition can be paid by check, money order, cash or credit card. There will be a late fee of $100 after September 25, 2021. TUITION REG. FEE TOTAL TUITION One Child $ 950 $100 $1050 Two Children $ 1,675 $100 $1,775 Three Children $ 2,325 $100 $2,425 Four Children $ 3,015 $100 $3,115 Five Children $ 3,495 $100 $3595 By October 15 th By November 19 th After November 19 th REFUND POLICY: 75% Refund 50% Refund NO REFUND Classes will begin on Friday, September 17, 2021 and Saturday, September 18, 2021. An Agiasmos, for the entire school will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2021 Father Paul C. Palesty Protopresbyter

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ST. NICHOLAS GREEK SHRINE CHURCH OF FLUSHING INVITES YOU TO THE 15th ANNUAL GOLF OUTING at THE NORTH SHORE TOWERS COUNTRY CLUB COME AND JOIN US FOR A DAY OF FUN $250 per person Golf package includes green fees, cart, breakfast, lunch, and beverages at the turn, and buffet dinner. RAFFLE DRAWING & MUCH, MUCH MORE!!! PROPER GOLF ATTIRE REQUIRED SPACE IS LIMITED!!! CONTACT OUR MEMBERS: BILL (917) 880-5471 bfkakls@aol.com HARRIS 917) 273-6494 917) 846-6507 JIMMY PAPAGEORGIOU (917) 750-2781 All proceeds from this golf outing will help benefit the St. Nicholas Church. Your participation will be greatly appreciated. Note: Please consult your tax advisor regarding tax deductibility of your sponsorship. THE ST. NICHOLAS 2021 GOLF OUTING ENTRY FORM SPACE IS LIMITED! RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY! PLEASE PRINT: 1. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE HANDICAP ADDITIONAL GOLFERS: 2. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP TELEPHONE HANDICAP PLEASE MAKE CHECKS IN THE AMOUNT OF $250 PER GOLFER, PAYABLE TO: ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH GREEK OROTDOX SHRINE CHURCH. Mail or bring to: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Shrine Church 196-10 Northern Blvd. Flushing New York 11358 Attention Bill Kakoullis 917 880-5471 (OPTIONAL) I would like also to contribute in the following way (check one or more ) HOLE SPONSOR $150 SPONSOR: $250 Complimentary banquet dinner. SPONSOR: $500 Complimentary golf package for one included. SPONSOR: $1,000 Complimentary golf package for two included. SPONSOR: $1,500 Complimentary golf package for three included. SPONSOR: $2,000Complimentary golf package for four included.

S T E W A R D S H I P True Stewardship is giving back to Christ s Church a percentage of your financial resources in proportion to the blessings you have received for the perpetuation of God s work. In the biblical view, Stewardship means faithfully managing all of the resources that God has entrusted to us and using them for the glory and betterment of God s creation. At Saint Nicholas, we believe that good stewardship is central to our spiritual journey and to our relationship with God and our community. The amount each family or individual gives will be different, because of their resources. Please give in proportion to what you have been given; but give sacrificially. Stewardship pledging is a response to God s call to good stewardship. Your pledge amount is dependent upon your personal awareness of the needs of the church and the importance of the church s role in the world. It is a statement of thanksgiving for the abundance in our own lives. Annual stewardship pledges are essential to fund everything we do and are at Saint Nicholas: managing our operating budget and maintaining our beautiful church. Stewardship also helps support the efforts of our mission and ministries. You may fulfill your stewardship pledge in as many payments as you wish throughout the year. There is a misconception that it must be paid in one lump sum. You may pay your stewardship pledge by check, cash or electronically; weekly, monthly or yearly. Luke 16:11. Remember this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. Each person should do as he has decided in his heart not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7. Please remember our St. Nicholas Shrine Church, Flushing, NY in your Will or Trust. Please consider leaving a charitable bequest. Oh God, our loving Creator and Giver of all good gifts, bless our parish, strengthen our faith and grant us the spirit of Christian stewardship so that we may give generously of our time, talent and treasure to spread Your kingdom here in our church and throughout the world. For this, we pray to the Lord. Amen. Our goal for 2021 is 100% participation of our Church family by reaching out and encouraging those who do not participate in the Stewardship of Treasure. S A I N T N I C H O L A S S H R I N E C H U R C H S T E W A R D S H I P F A C T : O u r p a r i s h s D A I L Y o p e r a t i n g c o s t i s: $3,800.00