HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ΕΛΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΣΗΣΑ ΑΓΙΑ ΣΡΙΑΔΟ

THUNDER BAY BULLETIN HOLY TRINITY GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH ΕΛΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΣΗΣΑ ΑΓΙΑ ΣΡΙΑΔΟ 651 Beverly Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N2 Telephone: (807) 344-9522 www.gothunderbay.org holytrinity@tbaytel.net September 2011 Volume 7 Issue 8 SEPTEMBER 14: EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS 14 ΕΠΣΕΜΒΡΙΟΤ: Η ΤΨΩΙ ΣΟΤ ΣΙΜΙΟΤ ΣΑΤΡΟΤ 1

THUNDER BAY BULLETIN Published monthly. Editor(s): Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis PARISH PRIEST: Rev. Fr. Nikolaos Tambakis; 106 Essex Court, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 7N6 # (807) 472-1341 cellular; # (807) 344-9522 office Church email: holytrinity@tbaytel.net; Fr. Nikolaos email: ntambakis@hotmail.com Website: www.gothunderbay.org Office hours: by appointment HELLENIC COMMUNITY PRESIDENT: ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS # (807) 344-1596 HOME; (807) 626-2715 MOBILE VICE PRESIDENT: TOM MARINIS # (807) 346-4006 HOME; (807) 624-6720 MOBILE SECRETARY: LISA BOOTE # (807) 473-5281 HOME TREASURER: TAX MILIONIS # (807) 766-9383 HOME; (807) 626-6010 MOBILE ASST. TREASURER: VACANT BOARD MEMBERS: ANDY KARANASOS, NICK MILIONIS, TIMO KAROUTAS, TED FRISKY, PETER SAITES, IRENE BINIARIS, PETER KOUKOS. RELIGIOUS AND LEGAL AUTHORITIES HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS - GREEK ORTHODOX METROPOLIS IF TORONTO (CANADA), 1 PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW WAY (86 OVERLEA BOULEVARD),TORONTO, ONTARIO M4H 1C6; TELEPHONE: (416) 429-5757; FAX: (416) 429-4588; EMAIL: METROPOLIS@GOCANADA.ORG; WEBSITE: WWW.GOCANADA.ORG. EMBASSY OF GREECE - 80 MACLAREN STREET; OTTAWA, ONTARIO K2P 0K6; TELEPHONE: (613) 238-6271;FAX: (613) 238-5676; WEBSITE: WWW.GREEKEMBASSY.CA. CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE - 365 BLOOR STREET E, SUITE 1800, TORONTO, ONTARIO M4W 3L4 ; TELEPHONE (416) 515-0133 ; FAX: (416) 515-0209; WEBSITE: WWW.GRCONSULATE.COM. GREEK TOURIST OFFICE (TORONTO) - 1300 BAY STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO M5R 3K8; TELEPHONE: (416) 968-2220; FAX: (416) 968-6533; EMAIL: GRNTO.TOR@SYMPATICO.CA. 2010 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS (L TO R): TED FRISKY, PETER KOUKOS, IRENE BINIARIS, NICK MILIONIS, TOM MARINIS, ANDY KARANASOS, TAX MILIONIS, TIMO KAROUTAS, ACHILLES STATHOPOULOS, PETER SAITES, LISA BOOTE, WITH FR. NIKOLAOS TAMBAKIS (ABOVE) 2

14 ΕΠΣΕΜΒΡΙΟΤ: Η ΤΨΩΙ ΣΟΤ ΣΙΜΙΟΤ ΣΑΤΡΟΤ Τὸ ἔτος 326 ἡ Ἁγία Ἑλένη πῆγε στὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ γιὰ νὰ προσκυνήσει τοὺς Ἁγίους Τόπους καὶ νὰ εὐχαριστήσει τὸ Θεὸ γιὰ τοὺς θριάμβους τοῦ γιοῦ της Μ. Κωνσταντίνου. Ὁ Θεῖος ζῆλος, ὅμως, ἔκανε τὴν Ἅγια Ἑλένη νὰ ἀρχίσει ἔρευνες γιὰ τὴν ἀνεύρεση τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ. Ἐπάνω στὸ Γολγοθὰ ὑπῆρχε εἰδωλολατρικὸς ναὸς τῆς θεᾶς Ἀφροδίτης, τὸν ὁποῖο γκρέμισε καὶ ἄρχισε τὶς ἀνασκαφές. Σὲ κάποιο σημεῖο, βρέθηκαν τρεῖς σταυροί. Ἡ συγκίνηση ὑπῆρξε μεγάλη, ἀλλὰ ποιὸς ἀπὸ τοὺς τρεῖς ἦταν τοῦ Κυρίου; Τότε ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεροσολύμων Μακάριος με ἀρκετοὺς Ἱερεῖς, ἀφοῦ ἔκανε δέηση, ἄγγιξε στοὺς σταυροὺς τὸ σῶμα μίας εὐσεβέστατης κυρίας ποὺ εἶχε πεθάνει. Ὅταν ἦλθε ἡ σειρὰ καὶ ἄγγιξε τὸν τρίτο σταυρό, ποὺ ἦταν πραγματικὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, ἡ γυναῖκα ἀμέσως ἀναστήθηκε. Ἡ εἴδηση διαδόθηκε σὰν ἀστραπὴ σὲ ὅλα τὰ μέρη τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ. Πλήθη πιστῶν ἄρχισαν νὰ συρρέουν γιὰ νὰ ἀγγίξουν τὸ τίμιο ξύλο. Ἐπειδή, ὅμως, συνέβησαν πολλὰ δυστυχήματα ἀπὸ τὸ συνωστισμό, ὕψωσαν τὸν Τίμιο Σταυρὸ μέσα στὸ ναὸ σὲ μέρος ὑψηλό, γιὰ νὰ μπορέσουν νὰ τὸν δοῦν καὶ νὰ τὸν προσκυνήσουν ὅλοι. Αὐτή, λοιπόν, τὴν ὕψωση καθιέρωσαν οἱ ἅγιοι Πατέρες, νὰ γιορτάζουμε στὶς 14 Σεπτεμβρίου, γιὰ νὰ μπορέσουμε κι ἐμεῖς νὰ ὑψώσουμε μέσα στὶς ψυχές μας τὸ Σταυρὸ τοῦ Κυρίου μας, ποὺ ἀποτελεῖ τὸ κατ ἐξοχὴν «ὅπλον κατὰ τοῦ διαβόλου». (Ὁρισμένοι Συναξαριστές, αὐτὴν τὴν ἡμέρα, ἀναφέρουν καὶ τὴν ὕψωση τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη τὸ 628 ἀπὸ τὸν βασιλιὰ Ἡράκλειο, ποὺ εἶχε νικήσει καὶ ξαναπῆρε τὸν Τίμιο Σταυρὸ ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἀβάρους, οἱ ὁποῖοι τὸν εἶχαν ἁρπάξει ἀπὸ τοὺς Ἁγίους Τόπους). http://www.phys.uoa.gr/~nektar/orthodoxy/agiologion/09/14.htm 3

SEPTEMBER 14: EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS A tradition which took shape early and was definitely established in the Sixth century reports that Saint Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine, rediscovered near Golgotha the three crosses which served to execute Christ and the two thieves. The healing of a dying woman permitted Bishop Makarios to recognize, as being the Lord's Cross, the one whose contact effected the miracle. The Holy Cross was preserved in the Basilica of the Resurrection until May 4, 614, the date on which the Persians carried it away after having taken the city of Jerusalem and destroying the Basilica. In 628, Emperor Heraclius defeated Chosroes and brought the Holy Cross back to Jerusalem. Heraclius took the venerable wood upon his shoulders and carried it back to Calvary with great pomp. According to legend, upon reaching the door of the church, the Emperor, magnificently dressed and wearing gold, was stopped by an invisible force. Zachary, the Bishop of Jerusalem, said to him: "Be careful, Emperor, that with these ornaments of triumph, you don't imitate sufficiently the poverty of Jesus Christ and the humility with which He carried His Cross." The Emperor laid aside his splendid clothes to dress himself in an ordinary cloak, and with bare feet, he was able to continue on his way. The site where tradition places the discovery of the Holy Cross by Saint Helen is venerated in the crypt of the Holy Resurrection, in Jerusalem. This commemorative chapel was made form part of an ancient drain which existed in the time of Our Lord in Jerusalem. Filled up later on, it was used by Constantine's architects in the crypt of the basilica. A part of the Cross, brought to Rome in the Sixth century, was exposed for the veneration of the faithful by order of the oriental Pope Sergius I (687-701), in the Church of the Savior. That is why, equally in the East and the West, the feast of the Holy Cross had a considerable importance in the liturgical calendar from this epoch. It is made on Good Friday which is a direct reference. But, whereas the feast of Good Friday insists more on the historic event of Christ's Redemption, in His sufferings and death, today's feast more particularly represents for us the glorious aspect of this event, consequently, the instrument of execution on which the Lord died. The Church calls to mind for us in the Office the Old Testament signs, the heralds of the Cross: the tree of Eden, by which we were lost (the Cross was meant to save us); Noe's ark which accomplished the salvation of the just (the Cross affected the same to sinners); Jacob crossing his hands to bless his son Joseph; Moses extending his arms to open in the Red Sea a door of salvation to the Israelites, then throwing some wood into the waters of Mara to sweeten their bitterness; the same Moses striking the rock with his staff to make life-giving water spring forth, and praying, with hands crossed, for the victory of the Jewish people over Amalec; the rod of Aaron; the brazen serpent, the predisposition in the Cross taken by the Jewish people around the Ark of the covenant... The Cross is the instrument of the passion, the stool upon which the Lord rested His feet, the trophy of victory, the rampart of the Church, the cure of all ills, the honor of Christians. Nevertheless, the texts of the Divine Liturgy maintain still more the spirit of the sorrowful Passion of the Lord, abandoned by His Father on the Cross, "a scandal for the Jews and a folly for the Greeks" (that is, the pagans). http://www.rongolini.com/synseptember.htm#september%2014 4

EASTERN ORTHODOX PASTOR HAS FAR-FLUNG ROOTS What Antony Hughes did all these many years ago at Oral Roberts University Graduate School of Theology and Missions in Tulsa was zig when he was supposed to zag. Here was your basic Southern Baptist who, at this beacon of the charismatic movement, first vectored from his evangelical roots to Episcopalianism and then a year later converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church, of all things. I was a charismatic when I got there, but I found it largely unsatisfying, he says. But why Eastern Orthodoxy? For me, it was the mysticism, he explains. It is far deeper than the evangelical experience of being saved and then that s pretty much it. It didn t seem to do it for me. It was too simple. My life is more complex than that. OK, but what about the brief bout of Episcopalianism? I was not quite ready to jump in the Bosphorus and swim to Constantinople. Hughes, 51, is in his 13th year as pastor of St. Mary Orthodox Church near Central Square in Cambridge. Before that, he spent five years at an Orthodox church in Orinda, Calif. Married with two children, he has been an Orthodox priest for 20 years and a member of the church for 30. Hughes had company at Oral Roberts. About 30 seminarians converted to the Orthodox Church in the three years he was there. School officials were so concerned about this flood, he says, that they almost closed the place down. (There s a twinkle in his eye when he says this. There s no way around this cliché. The man just twinkles like a Christmas light at the vagaries of life.) Hughes looks more like Santa s helper than an Orthodox priest. He s short and solid, wears fleece, and sports a goatee. No flowing beard, no flowing cassock. That has nothing to do with the church, he says about the beard-cassock combo we associate with Orthodox priests. He cites a photo of Bishop Tikhon in top hat and tails when he was based in San Francisco around the start of the 20th century. But then we might expect some iconoclasm from Hughes. He came out of East Tennessee, long a hotbed of independent thinking that fought with the North in the Civil War and has produced awshucks country lawyers such as Howard Baker, former Senate majority leader, who would eat your lunch in a courtroom. And he s hardly alone when it comes to converts. St. Mary is part of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, well over half of whose clergy in the United States and Canada are converts. His flock is a crazy salad, too. Last Easter at St. Mary, part of the Gospel was read in 27 languages. The list of all the branches within the Orthodox Church reads like a phone book. Greek, Russian, Syriac, Albanian, Coptic it goes on and on. Schisms galore, too. But if its taxonomy is numbing, its art is not. Orthodox iconography is sumptuous and mysterious. Byzantine mosaics at Ravenna dazzle like nothing else. Orthodox priests surface from the strangest places. The Rev. Joseph Kimmett, pastor of St. George Orthodox Church in Norwood, was an Episcopalian with major Church of England DNA. The dean of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline carries the ancient Hellenic name of Thomas Fitzgerald, as does the former pastor of the Holy Trinity Albanian Orthodox Church in South Boston. The Orthodox Church, sensibly, is not wed to celibacy. Its priests, unlike their Catholic brethren, can live normal lives and have families. There s a catch, though. They must be married before they become priests. So, says Hughes, There s the mad dash of seminarians to find wives. He is delighted there is no pope in his life. We have no pope and we don t want one, thank you, he says. Freedom for us is very important. 5

Nor is he chained to original sin. We never accepted the idea of original sin, he says. What we inherit from our forebears is death. But guilt? Absolutely not. We don t believe a newborn child is sinful. That s utter nonsense. This guy is talking my language. There exists in his church something called ancestral sin, but he denies this is a matter of semantics: We re only guilty for the sins we commit. Forget the Immaculate Conception, too, he adds. Another weight off my chest. It is not dogma in the Orthodox Church, as it is in the Catholic Church. Mary was born subject to death like the rest of us, he explains, and consciously chose a life free of personal sin. That said, he finds his church hidebound. It is highly resistant to change, he says. We don t take risks very often. We re still living in the past. On balance, though, Hughes is serene in the home he found three decades ago. His angle of repose is, by his own admission, far left of center. But he is free to speak his mind, including his disdain for fundamentalists of all stripes: All fundamentalists worship the same angry, vengeful God. Bracing stuff from a former charismatic. One of the things Hughes loves about Eastern Orthodoxy, like Buddhism, is its emphasis on enlightenment: You don t hear about that much in the Western church. Read more: From Oral Roberts University to Orthodoxy : Journey To Orthodoxy The Orthodox Christian 'Welcome Home' Network for Converts Source: http://journeytoorthodoxy.com/2010/06/28/a-changed-man-from-oral-roberts-university-to-orthodoxy-fr-anthony-hughes/#axzz1w7kgdq5v HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS will be celebrating Divine Liturgy with our parish here in Thunder Bay on Tuesday evening, September 20 th. Exact time to follow. 6

ΑΚΤΙΝΕΣ ΘΕΙΟΥ ΦΩΤΟΣ Π νεῦμα εἶναι ὁ Θεός, ὅπως μας εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος, ἀλλὰ Πνεῦμα, Ἅγιον, Ὕπεράγαθον, Πνεῦμα ἀόρατον, ἀκατάληπτον, ἄπειρον, ποὺ δὲν περιορίζεται σὲ ὁρισμένον τόπον καὶ χρόνον. Πνεῦμα ἄναρχον, αἰώνιον ποὺ δὲν ἔχει ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος, ἀλλὰ ὄχι καὶ τελείως ἄγνωστον εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, διότι Ἐκεῖνος μας ἔδωκε τὴν δυνατότητα νὰ τὸν γνωρίσουμε. Ὅταν φανερώθηκε κατὰ κάποιον τρόπον ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸν Μωϋσήν, δήλωσε τὴν ταυτότητά του. Εἶπεν «Ἐγὼ εἰμὶ ὁ ὧν» δηλαδὴ αὐτὸς ποὺ εἶμαι, αὐτὸς ποὺ ὑπάρχω πάντοτε, εἰς τὸ παρελθόν, εἰς τὸ παρὸν καὶ εἰς τὸ μέλλον. Καὶ ἐσφράγισε τὴν δήλωση αὐτὴ μὲ θαῦμα, μὲ τὴν φλεγόμενη καὶ μὴ καιομένη βάτον, γιὰ νὰ πιστοποιήσει στὸν Μωϋσὴν τὴν θεότητά του. Πνεῦμα ὁ Θεὸς ἀκατάληπτο κατὰ τὴν οὐσία του, στὸν ἄνθρωπο. Δὲν εἶναι δυνατὸν νὰ γνωρίσει τὰ πάντα γιὰ τὸν Θεὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος «Τὶς γὰρ ἔγνω νοῦν Κυρίου ἢ τὶς σύμβουλος αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο»; ἐρωτᾷ ὁ ἀπόστολος Παῦλος. Ποιός εἶναι σὲ θέση νὰ γνωρίζει τὶς σκέψεις τοῦ Θεοῦ! Ἀλλ' ὅμως ἐπέτρεψεν ὁ Θεὸς νὰ γνωρίσουμε ὁρισμένα χαρακτηριστικά, ὁρισμένες ἰδιότητες, ὁρισμένες ἀκτῖνες τῆς ΘεότητοςΤου. Φανερώνεται ὡς Πνεῦμα αἰώνιον, Παντοδύναμον, δη-μιουργικὸν καὶ δημιουργεῖ τὸν κόσμον. Φανερώνεται ὡς Πνεῦμα Πάνσοφον τὸ ὁποῖον τὰ πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησεν. Φανερώνεται ὡς Πνεῦμα συνεκτικόν, δηλαδὴ ποὺ συνέχει, ποὺ συγκρατεῖ τὰ σύμπαντα. Φανερώνεται ὡς Πνεῦμα ζωοποιόν, ποὺ δίνει ζωὴ στὴν κτίση καὶ σὲ ὅσα βρίσκονται σ' αὐτήν. Θέλησε ἀκόμα νὰ μᾶς κάνει ἱκανοὺς ὄχι μόνον νὰ νοιώθουμε τὰ θεϊκά του χαρακτηριστικὰ ἀλλὰ καὶ νὰ μᾶς χαρίσει καὶ κάτι ἀπὸ αὐτά. Ἀπὸ τὸ Πνεῦμα του, μᾶς ἔδωκε τὴν ψυχή μας. Ἀπὸ τὴν δική του αἰωνιότητά μας ἔδωκε τὴν αἰωνιότητα, τὴν ἀθανασία τῆς ψυχῆς μας. Ἀπὸ τὴν Παντοδυναμία του, μᾶς ἔδωκε τὴν θέληση νὰ κάνουμε ἔργα ποὺ χρειάζονται δύναμη θελήσεως, παίρνοντας ἠμεῖς δύναμη ἀπὸ τὴν δική του Παντοδυναμία. Ἀπὸ τὴν Πανσοφία τού μας ἔδωκε τὴν δυνατότητα νὰ ἔχουμε σοφία, νὰ φτιάχνουμε ἐπιστῆμες καὶ γνώσεις καὶ νὰ ἔχουμε τὴν κατὰ Θεὸν σοφίαν, δηλαδὴ νὰ γνωρίζουμε τί εἶναι τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ πὼς θὰ τὸ ζήσουμε στὴ ζωή μας. Ὡς Δίκαιος ὁ Θεός μᾶς ἔδωκε τὸ ψυχικὸ χάρισμα νὰ γνωρίζουμε τί εἶναι δίκαιον ἢ ἄδικο, τί εἶναι καλὸ καὶ τί εἶναι κακό. Σὰν πηγὴ ἀγάπης ὁ Θεός, ἔβαλε στὴν ψυχή μας τὸ αἴσθημα τῆς ἀγάπης, ὥστε νὰ ἔχουμε ἀγάπη καὶ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Δηλαδὴ ὁ Θεός μᾶς ἐπροίκισεν μὲ δικά του χαρίσματα καὶ ἰδιότητες. Αὐτὰ τὰ θεία χαρίσματα δὲν παράγονται μέσα μας, δὲν προέρχονται ἀπὸ τὸ ὑλικό μας σῶμα, ἀπὸ τὶς σάρκες καὶ αἷμα καὶ τὰ ὀστὰ ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τὴν πλούσια προικισμένη ἀπὸ τὸν Θεὸν ψυχή μας. Μᾶς ἔδωκεν ἀκόμη ἕνα πολύτιμο, ἀχώριστο νύχτα καὶ ἡμέρα, ξεχωριστόν, εἰλικρινή ὁδηγόν, ποὺ λέγεται συνείδηση καὶ μᾶς παρακινεῖ νὰ κάνουμε τὸ σωστὸ καὶ νὰ ἀποφεύγουμε τὸ κακό. Μᾶς ἐπαινεῖ γιὰ τὸ καλό, μᾶς ἐλέγχει καὶ μᾶς καταδικάζει καὶ μᾶς τιμωρεῖ, ὅπως λέμε, μὲ τὶς τύψεις, τὰ χτυπήματα τῆς συνειδήσεως ὅταν κάνουμε τὸ κακό. 7

Εἶναι ἡ Φωνὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μέσα μας, ἔλεγαν οἱ ἀρχαῖοι. Ὁ φιλόσοφος Κὰντ ἔλεγε, ὅτι καὶ μόνον ἡ συνείδηση ποὺ ὑπάρχει μέσα μας, φανερώνει ὅτι ὑπάρχει Θεός. Ἂν ἦταν δικό μας δημιούργημα ἡ συνείδηση, δὲν θὰ τὴν ὑπολογίζαμε ὅταν μας ἔλεγχε. Καὶ ὅμως ὑπάρχουν περιπτώσεις ποὺ ἡ φωνὴ τῆς συνειδήσεως εἶναι τόσον αὐστηρὴ ἐνάντια μὲ τὸν ἑαυτό μας καὶ ἀνυπόφορη, ὥστε ἀνάγκασε ἐγκληματίες νὰ παραδοθοῦν μὴ ὑποφέροντας τὸν ἔλεγχό της. Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος ὀνομάζει τὴν συνείδηση «Δικαστήριον ἀδέκαστον». Ἡ συνείδηση εἶναι ἡ ἀφανής, ἡ κρυμμένη, ἀλλὰ τόσον ἰσχυρὴ παρουσία τοῦ Θεοῦ στὴν ψυχή μας. Εἶναι ἡ φωνὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ μέσα μας. Πνεῦμα εἶναι ὁ Θεὸς ἀλλὰ Πνεῦμα ὄχι ξέχωρο καὶ ἀπόκοσμο. Ἄπειρο μὲν καὶ ἀόρατο μὲ τὰ σωματικά μας μάτια ἀλλὰ ὁρατὸ μὲ τὰ μάτια τῆς λογικῆς, τῆς ψυχῆς. Ἃς τὰ κρατᾶμε ἀνοιχτὰ τὰ μάτια τῆς ψυχῆς, τὰ μάτια τῆς πίστεως ὥστε νὰ ἀπολαμβάνουμε τὸ Μεγαλεῖο καὶ τὴν ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church presents: SOUVLAKI DINNER (Souvlaki, Tzatziki, Mediterranean rice, Greek salad and pita) $10 Coming in September! Stay tuned for dates! Email us at greekdinner@tbaytel.net to be placed on our mailing list! Facebook Join our group Souvlaki Dinner Takeout! Website: www.gothunderbay.com 8

SCHEDULE OF DIVINE SERVICES - SEPTEMBER 2011 SUNDAY 4 +12 TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW. MOSES THE PROPHET. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM THURSDAY 8 +NATIVITY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:15AM SUNDAY 11 +SUNDAY BEFORE THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM WEDNESDAY 14 +EXALTATION OF THE CROSS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM SUNDAY 18 +SUNDAY AFTER THE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM TUESDAY (EVENING) 20 ARCHIERATICAL DIVINE LITURGY WITH HIS EMINENCE METROPOLITAN SOTIRIOS. TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED. SUNDAY 25 +1 ST SUNDAY OF LUKE. ST. EPHROSYNE. ORTHROS 9:15AM, DIVINE LITURGY 10:30AM ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΚΟΛΟΤΘΙΩΝ - ΕΠΣΕΜΒΡΙΟΤ 2011 ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ 4 +ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ ΙΒ ΜΑΣΘΑΙΟΤ. ΑΓ. ΠΡΟΦΤΣΟΤ ΜΩΗΕΩ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΠΕΜΠΣΗ 8 +ΓΕΝΕΘΛΙΟΝ ΣΗΕ ΤΠΕΡΑΓΙΑ ΘΕΟΣΟΚΟΤ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:15ΠΜ. ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ 11 +ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ ΠΡΟ ΣΗ ΤΨΩΕΩ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΣΕΣΑΡΣΗ 14 +Η ΤΨΩΙ ΣΟΤ ΣΙΜΟΤ ΣΑΤΡΟΤ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ 18 +ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΗΝ ΤΨΩΙΝ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. ΣΡΙΣΗ (ΒΡΑΔΤ) 20 ΑΡΧΙΕΡΑΣΙΚΗ ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ ΜΕ ΣΟΝ ΕΒΑΜΙΩΣΑΣΟΝ ΜΗΣΡΟΠΟΛΙΣΗ Κ.Κ. ΩΣΗΡΙΟ. ΘΑ ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΘΕΙ Η ΩΡΑ. ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ 25 +ΚΤΡΙΑΚΗ Α ΛΟΤΚΑ. ΟΙΑ ΕΤΦΡΟΤΝΗ. ΟΡΘΡΟ 9:15ΠΜ, ΘΕΙΑ ΛΕΙΣΟΤΡΓΙΑ 10:30ΠΜ. 9

OUR MEMBERS So far only 100 people have submitted their membership dues for 2011. We ask and encourage everyone to do so as soon as possible. Each member is indispensable for the well being and functioning of our parish. We thank all who have taken the time to submit their membership dues already as of August 26, 2011: 1. Mr. Gavriil Aspropotamitis 2. Mr. Nicholas Balina 3. Mrs. Jenny Biniaris 4. Mrs. Katerina Biniaris 5. Mr. Anthony Biniaris 6. Mr. George Biniaris 7. Mrs. Toni Biniaris 8. Mrs. Athena Blieske 9. Mrs. Lisa Boote 10. Mr. Costa Chimbakis 11. Mrs. Helen Chimbakis 12. Mr. Bill Comminos 13. Mrs. Tarja Comminos 14. Mr. George Comminos 15. Mr. Peter Comminos 16. Mr. Andrea Comminos 17. Mrs. Nitsa Comminos 18. Mr. Darko Dimitrijevic 19. Mrs. Bayba Frattolin 20. Mrs. Tara Giardetti 21. Mr. Peter Giardetti 22. Mrs. Sheila Glymitsas 23. Mrs. Samantha Graca 24. Mr. Jamie Hatzis 25. Mr. Bill Hatzis 26. Mrs. Stella Hatzis 27. Mr. Sotirios Hatzis 28. Mrs. Theodora Hatzis 29. Mr. Demetre Hatzis 30. Ms. Debbie Hatzis 31. Mr. Andy Karanasos 32. Mrs. Lori Karanasos* 33. Mr. Timo Karoutas 34. Mr. Nick Koukos 35. Mrs. Joyce Koukos 36. Mr. Ray Leino 37. Mrs. Virginia Leino 38. Mr. Chris Lent 39. Mrs. Joanne Lent 40. Mr. George Lotsios 41. Mr. Jack Lotsios 42. Mrs. Effie Lotsios 43. Mrs. Helen Machairas 44. Mrs. Dolores Maki 45. Mr. Taxios Milionis 46. Miss Georgina Mellas 47. Mr. Tom Mellas 48. Mrs. Smaragthe Mellas 49. Mrs. Tina Mellas 50. Mrs. Maria Mellas- Catanzaro 51. Mr. Paul Catanzaro* 52. Mr. Tom Marinis 53. Mr. Stamati Mellisis 54. Mrs. Angela Mellisis 55. Miss Bessie Melville 56. Mrs. Athina Morakis 57. Miss Maria Morakis 58. Mrs. Angie Palo 59. Mr. John Panasopoulos 60. Mrs. Helen Panasopoulos 61. Mrs. Helen Pantoulias 62. Mr. Peter Pantoulias 63. Mr. John Pantoulias 64. Mrs. Nikki Pantoulias 65. Mr. Tom Pavlou 66. Mrs. Rosa Pavlou 67. Mrs. Virginia Pazianos 68. Mr. Tom Pazianos 69. Mrs. Leila Pazianos 70. Mrs. Lola Saites 71. Mr. Steven Scollie 72. Mrs. Irene Biniaris (Scollie) 73. Mr. Andrew Sheare 74. Mrs. Cathy Sheare 75. Mr. Artie Soulias 76. Ms. Kelly Soulias 77. Mrs. Rose Sourtzis 78. Mr. Spiro Sourtzis 79. Mr. Marino Spourdalakis 80. Mrs. Nora Spourdalakis 81. Mr. Achilles Stathopoulos 82. Mrs. Irene Stathopoulos* 83. Mr. Emilio Stefanidis 84. Mrs. Anja Stefanidis 85. Mrs. Jenny Theodore 86. Mr. Ahileas Tsekouras 87. Mr. Constatine Tsekouras 88. Mrs. Jane Tsekouras 89. Miss Elaine Tsekouras 90. Mr. Harry Tsekouras 91. Mrs. Lily Tsekouras 92. Mr. Paul Tsekouras 93. Mrs. SylviaTsekouras 94. Mr. Peter Vlotaros 95. Mrs. Christine Vlotaros 96. Miss Helen Vlotaros 97. Mr. Taki Vlotaros 98. Mrs. Ploumi Vlotaros 99. Mrs. Effie Voulgaris 100. Miss Georgina Voulgaris A SPIRITUAL FATHER-CONFESSOR NAMED BENJAMIN, WHEN A PERSON HAD COME TO HIM FOR CONFESSION WAS TALKING ABOUT OTHERS AND CRITICIZING HIS BROTHERS, WOULD SEND THE PENITENT AWAY UNTIL HE COULD CORRECT HIMSELF AND CHANGE HIS ATTITUDE. THE MOST SIMPLE MONK, ELDER DAVID, WOULD TELL HIS VISITORS ABOUT THIS KIND OF CRITICISM: BE CAREFUL, DO NOT SAY ONE PERSON DOES THIS AND THE OTHER DOES THAT. IF YOU DO SO, YOU LOSE CHRIST S GRACE. EVEN IF YOU SEE A PERSON ACTING LIKE AN ASS, DO NOT CRITICIZE. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU WOULD YOUR OWN SELF. THIS IS WHAT CHRIST TELLS US TO DO. - FROM AN ATHONITE GERONTIKON 10

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