St. Paul s Greek Orthodox Community of Regina 3000 Argyle Road, Regina, SK S4S 2B2 Phone: 586-6402 Email: st.pauls@sasktel.net Website: www.gocregina.com Community Priest: Rev. Fr. Spyridon Vandoros Phone: 585-9359/539-7753 Council President: Chris Perentes Phone: 537-9447 Vol 18, No 8 October 2011 Submission deadline: Oct. 15 Χρόνια Πολλά!!! Congratulations on the 50 th anniversary of St. Paul s Greek Orthodox Church of Regina! We have extra 50 th Anniversary Books. Please contact the church if you need any. Άξιος! Congratulations to our Priest, the Very Reverend Father Spyridon Vandoros on being granted the rank of Protopresbyter (Protopresviteros), the highest honour bestowed on a married priest in the Orthodox Church. Axios! St.Paul s Newsletter October 2011 Page 1
Ευχαριστούμε πολύ τήν Κυρία Ευτυχία Μπόνη Μπάρκουλα γιά τό ωραίο Ποιήμα καί τίς ευχές τής.γνωρίζουμε τήν Αγάπη της πρός τήν κοινότητά μας καί γιά τίς Προσευχές της γιά μας τούς ξενητεμένους.ολοι εμείς Ευχόμαστε ο Πανάγαθος Θεός μας νά τήν προστατεύει πάντοτε. Ενθύµιο από τη γιορτή των 50 χρόνων του Ναού των Αγίων Αποστόλων «Πέτρου και Παύλου» της Regina, Canada (10-11/9/2011) Κάθε αντάµωµα γλυκό στο θεϊκό το σπίτι καθένα τρέφει χωριστά όπως και τον σπουργίτη. Ας είναι ευλογηµένοι οι όποιοι πρωτεργάτες που έκτισαν την εκκλησιά µε δυό τρανούς προστάτες! Πήρε το νου µου σήµερα της Άνδρου το αγέρι για να τον πάει µακρυά στης ξενητιάς τα µέρη. Τον πήγε ως τον Καναδά, στην πόλη που όλο τρέχει στη θρυλική Regina που αναµνήσεις έχει... Όσοι είναι εν ζωή να έχουνε υγεία τα ελέη του Θεού και κάθε ευλογία! Όσοι για αλλού ταξίδευσαν ας είναι αναπαυµένοι και στην µακαριότητα αιώνια ευτυχισµένοι... Κι ο ταξιδιάρης νους µου που αρέσκεται να θέλει να τριγυρίζει διαρκώς και να τρυγάει το µέλι βρέθηκε σε εορτασµούς που έχει η εκκλησία κι ένιωσε ανείπωτη χαρά, κι έλαβε παρρησία! Στον π. Σπυρίδωνα τον άξιο λευίτη που κυβερνάει άξια το θεϊκό το σπίτι του εύχοµαι εγκάρδια έτη πολλά να ζήσει και ο Θεός το έργο του δικαίως να εκτιµήσει... Ζει Κύριος ο Θεός ψιθύρισαν τα χείλη και άνοιξε διάπλατα του ουρανού η πύλη κι έπεσα στους εορτασµούς για τα 50 χρόνια της εκκλησιάς που κτίσθηκε για να υπάρχει αιώνια... Στους ενορίτες εύχοµαι ειρήνη και ευλογία στα σπίτια σους οµόνοια, υποµονή και υγεία. Καλό παράδεισο να βρουν και τις ψυχές να σώσουν και τα καλά τα έργα τους στη γη να ολοκληρώσουν. Οι Κορυφαίοι Απόστολοι που είναι οι προστάτες 50 χρόνια των πιστών είναι συµπαραστάτες σε κάθε δύσκολη στιγµή στα µακρινά τα µέρη γιατρεύουνε κάθε πληγή µε του Θεού το χέρι! Σ όσους µαζί σας σήµερα ήρθαν να εορτάσουν και τη γιορτή σας τη σεµνή ψηλά να ανεβάσουν εύχοµαι ο Παντοδύναµος Θεός να τους φωτίζει και τ αγαθά Του πλούσια πάντα να τους χαρίζει! Χρόνια Πολλά και ευλογηµένα! Ευτυχία Μπόνη-Μπάρκουλα Saint Demetrios the Myrrhbearer & Great Martyr of Thessaloniki October 26 Saint Dimitrios was a Thessalonian, a most pious son of pious and noble parents, and a teacher of the Faith of Christ. When Maximian first came to Thessalonica in 290, he raised the Saint to the rank of Duke of Thessaly. But when it was discovered that the Saint was a Christian, he was arrested and kept bound in a bath-house. While the games were under way in the city, Maximian was a spectator there. A certain friend of his, a barbarian who was a notable wrestler, Lyaeus by name, waxing haughty because of the height and strength of his body, boasted in the stadium and challenged the citizens to a contest with him. All that fought with him were defeated. Seeing this, a certain youth named Nestor, aquaintance of Dimitrios', came to the Saint in the bath-house and asked his blessing to fight Lyaeus single-handed. Receiving this blessing and sealing himself with the sign of the precious Cross, he presented himself in the stadium, and said, "O God of Dimitrios, help me!" and straightway he engaged Lyaeus in combat and smote him with a mortal blow to the heart, leaving the former boaster lifeless upon the earth. Maximian was sorely grieved over this, and when he learned who was the cause of this defeat, he commanded straightway and Dimitrios was pierced with lances while he was yet in the bath-house, As for Nestor, Maximian commanded that he be slain with his own sword. St.Paul s Newsletter October 2011 Page 2
Saint Paul s Greek Orthodox Church Ελληνική Ορθόδοξος Εκκλησία Ο Άγιος Παύλος Program for October 2011 OCTOBER PROGRAM SERVICES TIME Sunday 2 2 nd Sunday of Luke 2 η Κυριακή του Λουκά 9:00 TO 11:30 A.M. Sunday 9 3 rd Sunday of Luke 3 η Κυριακή του Λουκά 9:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. Sunday 16 4 th Sunday of Luke 4 η Κυριακή του Λουκά 9:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. Wednesday 19 Services will be held in Swift Current Divine Liturgy Θ. Λειτουργία 7:30 P.M. 6 th Sunday of Luke Sunday 23 6 η Κυριακή του Λουκά Apostle Iakovos, Brother of the Lord 9:00 TO 11:30 A.M. Ιάκωβο του Αδελφοθέου Monday 24 Services will be held in Yorkton Divine Liturgy Θ. Λειτουργία 7:30 P.M. Tuesday 25 Great Martyr Demetrios Του Αγίου ηµητρίου Vespers Service Εσπερινός 7:00 TO 8:00 P.M. Wednesday 26 Great Martyr Demetrios Του Αγίου ηµητρίου 9:00 TO 10:30 A.M. Friday 28 Thanksgiving of Protection of the Theotokos Αγίας Σκέπης Υπεραγίας Θεοτόκου Commemoration of October 28, 1940 (ΟΧΙ Day) Εθνική Εορτή της 28 ης Οκτωβρίου, 1940 9:00 TO 10:30 A.M. Sunday 30 5 th Sunday of Luke 5 η Κυριακή του Λουκά 9:00 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. The Greek Heritage Language School will hold its annual Oxi Day program following the church service. Please come and support our children. Re-Catechism continues! Father Spyro will hold the adult catechism program for all in our community. This series is a great resource for anyone who wishes to gain an understanding of our faith. It will be held in the church hall beginning in October with the following schedule: Days: Wednesdays, 6:30 pm Greek/7:30 pm English, Dates: October 5 th and 26 th ; November 2 nd, 9 th,and 30 th ; December 7 th and 14 th. Everyone is welcome! St.Paul s Newsletter October 2011 Page 3
Schedule of Events St. Paul s Greek Orthodox Community of Regina October 2011 The Lord s Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 nd Sunday of Luke RE-CATECHISM 6:30 pm Greek/7:30 pm English 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 3 rd Sunday of Luke 16 4 th Sunday of Luke 6:00 pm LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS DINNER 7:30 pm LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS MEETING 17 18 19 7:30 pm DIVINE Service will be held in Swift Current 20 21 22 23 6 th Sunday of Luke St. Iakovos, Brother of the Lord 7:30 pm DIVINE Service will be held in Yorkton 24 7:00 pm VESPERS 25 Great Martyr Demetrios Great Martyr Demetrios RE-CATECHISM 6:30 pm Greek/7:30 pm English 26 27 28 Thanksgiving of Protection of the Theotokos OXI Day Commemoration 29 30 31 5 th Sunday of Luke Greek Language School Special OXI Day Program St.Paul s Newsletter October 2011 Page 4
HOLY SERVICES BAPTISMS: - Aug 5th: Alexandra Lund, fiancee of Panagiothis Fourlas Godparents: Vivian Lentzos and Constantina Yannitsos - August 21 st : Elias, son of Ioannis and Aikaterini Tetoros Godparent: Anastasia Tsagouris - Aug 28 th : Melina Katerina, daughter of Michael Euteiner and Panagiota Perentes Godparent: Maria Floros - September 25 th : Anastasia Theodora, daughter of Spiridon Kangles and Athena Anastassiou Godparent: Varvara Georgoulis WEDDINGS: - August 21 st : Ioannis and Aikaterini Tetoros Koumbaroi: Stavros Tsagouris and Dimitrios Tsagouris - September 17 th : Adam Douglas Donison and Angela Rene Cabylis Koumbaroi: Dimitrios Cabylis and Michelle Babiarz - September 18 th : Panagiothis Fourlas and Alexandra Jeanette Lund Koumbaroi: Konstantinos Sfyris and Samantha Ascher A N N O U N C E M E N T S Olive & Grape Harvest Festival 2011 Saturday, November 5, 2011 LIVE GREEK ENTERTAINMENT Queensbury Centre (EVRAZ Place) AUTHENTIC GREEK CUISINE Tickets $50 each ($35 for St. Paul s Members in Good Standing) Ticket order forms can be picked up at the Church, downloaded from St. Paul s website at www.gocregina.com or by calling one of the following committee members: Vasili Kangles 591-3458 Spiro Bonis 537-6991 Spiro Kangles 591-2914 Chris Perentes 537-9447 For more information contact us by email at: oliveandgrape@sasktel.net St.Paul s Newsletter October 2011 Page 5
A N N O U N C E M E N T S LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY The Philoptochos meeting for October will be on Monday October 17 th Community Hall. at 7:30 p.m. at the On October 10 th families get together to give thanks to God for all the good things that they enjoyed all through the year. On October 16 th the Philoptochos will sponsor their fundraising Dinner. Let s all get together and as one big family celebrate the day with a nice dinner and all together give thanks to God for all the blessings he has sent our way: love, health, family, friends, peace, plenty to eat and a great country to live in. As you all know the ladies of the Philoptochos always do their best to serve a nice meal in a friendly and happy atmosphere. I hope to see you all there, young and old, to give God our thanks and to support the Philoptochos so they can continue their work. It is your love and support that keeps us going. Thank you, Toula Egarhos The Ladies of St. Paul s Greek Orthodox Church Community -BAKE SALE- Friday, December 2 nd 4:00 7:00 pm Saturday, December 3 r d 10:00 am 1:00 pm for Pre-orders call or email: SOULA at 586-3391 or ANGIE at 586-6876 soulal@accesscomm.ca angiesiarkos@sasktel.net St. Paul s website is now active: www.gocregina.com Comments and suggestions to improve the website are welcome and can be sent to st.pauls@sasktel.net WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING FOR THE POSITION OF CHURCH SECRETARY If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Chris Perentes at cperentes@sasktel.net or 537-9447 (cell), or email your resume to the church: st.pauls@sasktel.net St.Paul s Newsletter October 2011 Page 6
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