HOLY TRINITY March 2016 Volume 47 Issue 3 The Annunciation of the Theotokos, the Ever-Virgin Mary, and the Mother of God (Feast Day: March 25) ΑΓΙΑ ΤΡΙΑΣ Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Wilmington, Delaware
The Official Publication of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 808 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19806 / Telephone: (302) 654-4446 Fax: (302) 654-4204 Church Office Email Address: greekorth@holytrinitywilmington.org Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm His Eminence Metropolitan EVANGELOS of New Jersey, Hierarch Rev. Fr. Christos Christofidis, Proistamenos, fr.christofidis@holytrinitywilmington.org For pastoral emergencies - you may call Fr. Christos @ (717) 701-1971 Susan Kelleher, Church Secretary 384-7805 (home) Anargyros Liparos, Protopsaltis 654-4446 2016 PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS George Rassias, President - (610) 322-3200 Georgia Halakos, First Vice President - (302) 379-4335 Tom Hatzis, Second Vice President - (302) 764-2223 Tom Karas, Parish Council Treasurer - (302) 234-9090 John Pennias, Recording Secretary - (302) 530-1517 Yvonne Tsavalas, Corresponding Secretary - (302) 540-2891 593-6433 Constantine Caras John Koninis II 535-1344 562-3850 Tom Diamanty Steve Nicholas 897-1029 478-2322 Leon Fotakos Paraskevi Wolcott 654-4446 (856) 678-3169 Vickie Karakasidis Peter Xarhoulakos 562-5151 897-9429 Michael Kirifides Parish Council Meetings - 3rd Thursday of every month @ 7PM CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS 379-4335 Philoptochos Georgia Halakos, President (856)678-4924 Sunday School Maroula Haralambidis, Co-Director 293-1127 Sunday School Amalea Rassias, Co-Director 650-4871 GOYA Dia Halakos (856) 678-5860 JOY Tonia Belitsas 384-2405 HOPE Hillary Raptis 478-7864 Choir Anthony Pantelopulos, Director 562-5151 The Young @ Heart Club Peter Xarhoulakos, President 530-1517 Greek School John Pennias, Director 798-3052 St. Elpida George Righos (609) 456-3206 Terpsichorean Dance Troupes Harry Malapetsas 475-7672 Altar Guild Helen Doukakis, President 633-1112 Editorial Staff Dr. Costas Fountzoulas 655-2252 / 764-2183 Emmanuel Dining Room East Nikkie Tsakataras & Tina Ganiaris King 897-1029 Holy Trinity Food Pantry Steve Nicholas 798-3052 / 239-6140 Adult Bible Study George Righos & John Lazare 654-4446 Bible Study Class Fr. Christos Christofidis AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS 897-9429 AHEPA Michael Kirifides, President 764-7278 Daughters of Penelope Gale Kostas, President 652-6242 Hellenic University Club Maria Caras, President Holy Trinity Website Address: www.holytrinitywilmington.org ALL ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS MUST BE IN THE OFFICE BY THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH. THESE ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS CAN BE DROPPED OFF, EMAILED, FAXED OR U. S. MAIL.
A Message from Fr. Christos Greece: Where democracy was born but not practiced! Geopolitical Realities of Greece: Ancient and Modern. Read with discretion the following paragraphs and do not begin your criticism until you have examined history and today s reality! This writing is not a treatise nor is it written by a professor of literature history or an expert in geopolitics! Observations: In Ancient Greece we had many kingdoms bordering each other! Thessaly, Macedonia, Achaea, Epirus, Crete, Aetolia, Beotia, and Corinth, Delos, Argos, Rhodes, Sparta, Attiki, Illyria, Peoria, and There were contentions between these kingdoms. There were wars between these regions. There were internal and external problems facing these various kingdoms. On and off there were times of unity when a great enemy would threaten the whole Country! There was a lack of coordination between regions due to geography. As we know Greece is mostly a mountainous territory, with many islands surrounding the mainland. The area of cultivation were and still are small. One kingdom excelled in warfare tactics and power. Another excelled in fine arts and in other areas were merchant marine powers! Not till the times of King Phillip of Macedonia was any effort for unity materialized! An outside enemy would cause temporary unity or someone from within would, by force, produce some sense of unity! Modern Greece: A true democracy? In the political arena fifteen (give or take) political parties. Many Labor Unions clicks galore special interest groups (just look at the various strikes that take place regularly) Control of infrastructure of certain spots/areas create uneven wealth distribution which brings about the ever struggle between the left and the right wing governments. Greece has a lot of monopolies (control by few families) and a government that has socialized everything! The country seems unified in terms of culture, language, and religion but it does not function as a democracy rather as a confederation omospondies It is divided in politics, regional interests. This creates difficulty in collecting taxes to support the ministries of the country. Greece acts like an island not a mainland. Her strength is in the air and water. But these require high expenses to maintain a strong Air Force and Navy. Even though, due to its coastline and mountainous terrain, Greece is difficult to be occupied and controlled, at the same time she leaves herself open to foreign control due to its refusal to be under one head and her forever constant habit to quarrel with each other. Every special group omospondies has representatives within the parliament and whenever an issue is discussed if it does not profit some special group, they go against it! Continued next page...
Continued It is not a secret that Greeks do not like to pay taxes. And it has become a past time how to avoid taxes. Those who do avoid taxes are considered heroes for they know how to deceive the government. But if united and organized not looking at personal self interests rather than the good of the entire nation, Greece can become strong and wealthy and independent of outside pressure! I hope that you did not suppose that this uncomfortable message would remain in the geographical sphere of Greece. This is not its purpose. These past paragraphs were the prologue to something more urgent and serious issues that concerns all of Orthodox no matter from what area of Greece or the world we came from! Please use your own imagination! Can we connect the issues the causes of disunity or lack of coordination that existed in Greece s geopolitical sphere with similar and familiar issues that may exist within Greek Orthodox parishes? We have to be truthful with ourselves in order to understand and resolve! Take a deep breath now! And contemplate! In a local parish we have various ministries. Some we call Parish Ministries and others Auxiliary Ministries. Here we will not venture into critical analysis on the possibility if one ministry or another should exist or how it should be governed and function! Also, no need to mention by name these ministries for you can read their specific names in bulletins and why should I be accused of leaving one of them out of the list? In all these ministries, what happens often times, they act-function like separate kingdoms as it was in Ancient Greece or like separate confederations as we have in modern times! Often times each King or Queen that heads a specific ministry looks after the benefit ONLY of its own kingdom with not much consideration for its neighboring kingdom. There is nothing wrong to want to increase your ministry that is a necessary must but to compete against the other, to criticize the other, to downplay the worth of the other ministry to the point of diminishing the contributions which that ministry offers This is not a Christian behavior at all!- There should be no independently run kingdoms in a Christian Community! But they do exist and are supported and encouraged to continue! We all know there is only one Kingdom we should go after. And if our little kingdom does not give opportunities to its members; does not provide the proper and right ground for its members to grow in the Kingdom that Christ came to reveal, then its ideals and purposes need to be reexamined and redirected or even abolished. Do you remember the response of Jesus to his disciples when they came back from their missions (He sent them out two by two) and they told him, Lord, we have exorcized demons in your name. Lord, we have healed the sick in your name. The Lord said, Don t tell me what you have done in my name. Make sure your names are written in Heaven. Don t pride yourselves about how many came to your lectures, church services, meetings, gatherings, events, camps tell me how many of yours and theirs (names) are written in the Book of Life!
Continued Here we are not ignoring the work of the various ministries or their contributions to the community, but everything needs to be done having unity of mind. Unless it is of and for Christ--------- St. Paul finished the race according to the rules; the rules of faith, the rules of Christian ethos; Always aiming at a Christ-like work. It is not difficult to observe the sad reality that the mindset of the ancient kingdoms or the present confederation ideals of modern politics have infiltrated inside the life of the Christian Community which means basically that we have not been transfigured by the Gospel of Truth. On the Cross, Christ united heaven and earth. Therefore upon the Cross, is the meeting place, where the King of Glory forgave us all, sinners. The Cross the symbol of Victory, and Reconciliation! The words of Christ from the Cross echo constantly in my ears, Forgive them Father, for they know not what they are doing. Isn t it sad though, that 2000 years have passed and we still behave like we do not know what we are doing? And What is our purpose as Christian Communities? The secular mindset of competition is alive and well in our dealings with each other ignoring the advice of St. Paul, stay away from contentions. This exists sadly within youth ministries fueled by adult desires to be first and best. It is not difficult to become more and more discouraged and disappointed and sad with the current atmosphere that exists in our parishes. The words of Christ in response to the statement, Lord, Lord, we have done these things in your name, and His response in another instance, I do not know you, ring in my ear stronger lately. Pessimist? No, for I know who is the Victor. Judgmental? No, for I am not a saint and I work and live in the same arena. Then what is the purpose of this unfinished old message and never ending problem? The vocation of the priesthood compels me to resurface it, even for a little while, remembering the response of Christ to John & James who wanted places of honor next to the King of Glory. The two brothers prompted by their mother had no idea yet of which kingdom Christ was referring to. They imagined an earthly kingdom with worldly honor and goals! And Christ as the Good Teacher had to correct their misconception and remind them that His Kingdom is obtained by sacrifice! What is the Lord emphasizing here, Instead of competing with each other for places of honor who is the greatest try to compete with My Saints and again, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, he who has ears let him hear. It is up to us to heed the Lord s advice and faithfully without envy, pride, and foolish contentions, work in unity of mind for the uplifting of the members of our Christian Parishes for the purpose of, repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Part One, even though not complete, has ended. Part Two will come next month with short explanations on the statements of Christ, The Kingdom of Heaven is like/compared to found in Matthew s Gospel. Part One and Part Two are a prelude to Great Lent!
Fellow Parishioners I pray this letter finds you well as we prepare to enter Great Lent. Take the time to preview the calendar of services and do what you can to enjoy the unique and beautiful offerings of our Orthodox faith this special time of year. First, I thank those who supported and aided in the Greek Letter's Day celebration and GOYA Basketball Tournament. Both events attracted record numbers, were very well received by attendees and our Parish's creative and enviable hosting abilities were on display for our regional church families. On Saturday, April 9th, we will host the Annual Sights and Sounds for the Delaware Valley that now has been expanded for the first time to include northern New Jersey churches. I urge you to consider attending and exploring yet another opportunity to enjoy the inspirational accomplishments and talents of our youth. You will be amazed at what our youth can do. We also look forward to our youth participating in the Oratorical Festival and will hold our own competition within Holy Trinity in the next few weeks as a number of our Sunday School students have begun preparations. I request that you all mark your calendars for Sunday, March 20, 2016 to attend a special (and brief) General Assembly in our Hall after the Divine Liturgy to discuss the path forward on the Restoration Project. We must discuss and vote on bids associated with that work. It is our hope that we can complete the entire project in 2016 by commencing work after the Festival and finishing sometime thereafter well ahead of our earlier projections of a three-year project. This is possible if we continue our current pace on pledging with our Capital Campaign where, to date, we have pledged approximately $400,000.00. The momentum is there and when the majority of parishioners join in the fundraising, we should be able to meet the needs of this project. I look forward to seeing you in Church and at the General Assembly. George Rassias The President s Message Φίλοι Ενορίτες και Ενορίτισες Προσεύχομαι ώστε η παρούσα επιστολή να σας βρή καλά, καθώς προετοιμαζόμαστε να εισέλθουμε στην Μεγάλη Σαρακοστή. Πάρτε τον χρόνο να δήτε τις ημερομηνίες των ακολουθιών και κάνετε ό,τι μπορείτε για ν απολαύσετε τις μοναδικές και όμορφες προσφορές της Ορθοδόξου πίστεώς μας αυτήν την ιδιαίτερη εποχή του έτους. Κατ' αρχήν, θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω όλους εκείνους που υποστήριξαν και βοήθησαν στην Εορτή των Ελληνικών Γραμμάτων και στο Τουρνουά Μπάσκετ της GOYA. Και οι δύο εκδηλώσεις προσέλκυσαν μεγάλο αριθμό (ρεκόρ) επισκεπτών, οι οποίοι έτυχαν πολύ καλής υποδοχής από όλους. Οι δε δημιουργικές και αξιοζήλευτες ικανότητες φιλοξενίας της Ενορίας μας ήταν προφανείς στις οικογένειες των γειτονικών ενοριών. Το Σάββατο, 9 Απριλίου, θα φιλοξενήσουμε το ετήσιο Φεστιβάλ «Ήχος και Φώς» για την κοιλάδα του Delaware που τώρα, για πρώτη φορά, έχει επεκταθεί και συμπεριλαμβάνει και τις εκκλησίες της βορείας Νέας Ιερσέης. Σας προκαλώ να προσπαθήσετε να παρακολούθησετε και να εξερεύνησετε μια ακόμη ευκαιρία για να απολαύσετε τα εμπνευσμένα επιτεύγματα και τα ταλέντα της νεολαίας μας. Θα εκπλαγήτε με το τι μπορεί να κάνη η νεολαία μας. Προσβλέπουμε επίσης στους νέους μας που θα συμμετάσχουν στο Φεστιβάλ Ρητορικής. Ο ανταγωνισμός των δικών μας παιδιών θα λάβη χώρα εντός της Αγίας Τριάδας εντός των επομένων εβδομάδων. Αρκετοί σπουδαστές μας του Κατηχητικού Σχολείου έχουν αρχίσει τις προετοιμασίες. Ζητώ όλοι να σημειώσετε στα ημερολόγιά σας την Κυριακή 20 Μαρτίου 2016 που θα λάβη χώρα μία ειδική (και σύντομη) Γενική Συνέλευση στην αίθουσα μας μετά τη Θεία Λειτουργία για να συζητήσουμε την μελλοντική πορεία για το Έργο Αποκαταστάσεως. Πρέπει να συζητήσουμε και να ψηφίσουμε για τις προσφορές που σχετίζονται με την εργασία αυτή. Ελπίζουμε ότι μπορούμε να ολοκληρώσουμε το σύνολο του έργου το 2016 αρχίζοντας τις εργασίες μετά το Φεστιβάλ ώστε να έχεουν ολοκληρωθεί κάποια στιγμή συντομώτερα από τις προηγούμενες προβλέψεις μας για ένα τριετές σχέδιο. Αυτό είναι εφικτό αν συνεχίσθή ο σημερινός ρυθμός συμμετοχής στην Εκστρατεία Κεφαλαίου, όπου, μέχρι σήμερα, έχουμε δεσμεύσεις περίπου $400,000.00. Η δυναμική υπάρχει και όταν η πλειοψηφία των ενοριτών συμμετάσχει στην συγκέντρωση χρημάτων, θα πρέπη να είμεθα σε θέση να καλύψουμε τις ανάγκες του συγκεκριμένου έργου. Προσβλέπω να σας δω στην Εκκλησία και στη Γενική Συνέλευση. Γιώργος Ρασσιάς
Annunciation of the Theotokos / March 25 Reading: Six months after John the Forerunner's conception, the Archangel Gabriel was sent by God to Nazareth, a town of Galilee, unto Mary the Virgin, who had come forth from the Temple a mature maiden (see Nov. 21). According to the tradition handed down by the Fathers, she had been betrothed to Joseph four months. On coming to Joseph's house, the Archangel declared: "Rejoice, thou Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." After some consideration, and turmoil of soul, and fear because of this greeting, the Virgin, when she had finally obtained full assurance concerning God's unsearchable condescension and the ineffable dispensation that was to take place through her, and believing that all things are possible to the Most High, answered in humility: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." And at this, the Holy Spirit came upon her, and the power of the Most high overshadowed her all-blameless womb, and the Son and Word of God, Who existed before the ages, was conceived past speech and understanding, and became flesh in her immaculate body (Luke 1:26-38). Bearing in her womb the Uncontainable One, the blessed Virgin went with haste from Nazareth to the hill country of Judea, where Zacharias had his dwelling; for she desired to find Elizabeth her kinswoman and rejoice together with her, because, as she had learned from the Archangel, Elizabeth had conceived in her old age. Furthermore, she wished to tell her of the great things that the Mighty One had been well-pleased to bring to pass in her, and she greeted Elizabeth and drew nigh to her. When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, she felt her six-month-old babe, Saint John the Baptist, prophesied of the dawning of the spiritual Sun. Immediately, the aged Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and recognized her as the Mother of her Lord, and with a great voice blessed her and the Fruit that she held within herself. The Virgin also, moved by a supernatural rejoicing in the spirit, glorified her God and Savior, saying: "My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour," and the rest, as the divine Luke hath recorded (1:39-55) Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone Today marks the crowning of our salvation and the revelation of the mystery before all ages. For the Son of God becomes the son of the Virgin, and Gabriel proclaims the grace. Wherefore, we also cry out with him, "Hail, O full of grace, the Lord is with you." Kontakion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone To you, Theotokos, invincible Defender, having been delivered from peril, I, your city, dedicate the victory festival as a thank offering. In your irresistible might, keep me safe from all trials, that I may call out to you: "Hail, unwedded bride!" HOPE/JOY MOVIE DAY featuring... Inside Out March 19th at 4pm For questions or more information contact Hilary Raptis @ 302.384.2405 or hils_r221@yahoo.com Elena Hall @ 302-723-1511 or elena3747@yahoo.com Tonia Belitsas @ (856) 678-5860 or belitsas@verizon.net
Philoptochos Society of Holy Trinity St. Agape Chapter Dear Beloved Philoptochos Members and Parishioners, ΚΑΛΗ ΣΑΡΑΚΟΣΤΗ We begin this month by hosting Coffee Hour on March 13 th where we will be selling Loukoumades for our Lenten fund-raiser. Also beginning in March our Philoptochos chapter will be sponsoring the 1 st of each month at Emmanuel Dining Room East. Following in the footsteps of our National Philoptochos that began the Feed the Hungry Initiative, we are doing our part to feed those in need in our community. We thank Soula Mistras for chairing this philanthropic endeavor. Our next General Meeting will be on Saturday, March 19 th at 11am following the 2 nd Saturday of Souls Service. We will be hosting our Membership Social on Saturday, March 26 th in our Community Center. (see flyer next page) We hope you will join us for a wonderful day of fellowship. In April we are planning a visit to St. Michaels Home for the Aged in Yonkers, NY along with other Philoptochos Chapters throughout our Metropolis. Through our visit we are able to show St. Michaels Home our Love and support, along with a donation from our chapter. More details will follow. We invite all Orthodox women, ages 18 and over to join our Philoptochos chapter in order that our mission to help those in need continues to grow. In Christ s Service, Georgia Halakos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kollyva for Memorials Our Philoptochos Society would like to thank two of its members, Vasiliki Kromedas, for her generous offer to prepare the kollyva for any family of our community and donate the money for our Philoptochos charities, and Loula Kapordelis for helping her. The cost will be $100 which will include the Prosforon and the wine. Please allow at least a week and call Alexandra Tsaganos at 302-762-5292 who will contact Vasiliki. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Philoptochos Social Philoptochos is Philanthropy, Fellowship, Faith in Action Fellowship in Church Ready to offer Hope Opportunity to Contribute Please join us Saturday, March 26, 2016 @ 2pm for our Wine & Cheese Social ALL LADIES 18 AND OLDER ARE INVITED & ENCOURAGED TO JOIN US! express your love of humanity through His works
February 12th at The Emmanuel Dining Room East 130 men, women and children enjoyed a warm meal on a freezing cold day through the generosity of Cathy Ziccarelli, who sponsored and hosted the day in loving memory of her father, Fr. George Giannaris. The luncheon was co-sponsored by an anonymous donor, who also helped out in the kitchen. Sandy Nannas joined to help them out and to serve. We sincerely thank them all for giving of their time and their charity that day! We look forward to Saturday, March 12th, when we will welcome a new host and sponsor for the day. All are welcome to join to help serve that day and on the 12th of every month! The director of the dining rooms states The Emmanuel Dining Rooms serve the poor most effectively by being a vehicle for the caring community to take action. I believe that when the poor come to eat and see so many volunteers giving freely of their time and treasure only to help them, it conveys a consoling message: We the community, want you to know that you are not forgotten, we are aware of your needs and we want to help. Various groups and individuals within our church generously donate the food and host the luncheon meal at the 3rd and Walnut St. location on the 12th of every month throughout the year, as we have for 36 years now! New sponsors are needed to fill a few months, so if you would like to become a part of this worthy service project with your family, friends or church organization, please contact Nikkie Tsakataras at 655-2252 or Tina Ganiaris at 764-2183 for more information.
Holy Trinity Food Pantry HUGE NUMBERS SEEN AT FOOD PANTRIES An article appeared in the News Journal from the Lutheran Community Services stating that It s seeing huge numbers at its Food Pantries, particularly at St. Stephen s Lutheran Church at 13th & Broom Streets, where as many as 180 families a day are seeking food. Our parishioners will be pleased to know that Holy Trinity has been delivering food to St. Stephen s for over 12 years and that we have been an important part in their food program. Below, please see a short Thank You note that was sent by Jean Warren, Executive Director for Lutheran Community Services, (they sponsor St. Stephen s Food Pantry), and an invitation for all to tour their new facility. We are trying to plan a date to go. If you are interested in coming with us, please talk to anyone on the committee (Tina Ganiaris King, Steve Nicholas, Nikkie Tsakataras, John Lazare, Joanna Laskaris, or Sandy Nannas) to let them know your availability. Only with your continued participation can Holy Trinity continue this mission. Please continue to share your blessings with the less fortunate - who are increasing daily. Drop off any non-perishable food anytime you come to church or during office hours - 9am-4:30pm. Always needed are: Soups, fish, vegetables, meat, fruit, (any canned item), cereals, sugar, rice, pasta, Jellies, Peanut Butter, Pasta Sauces, Mac & Cheese, baby food, coffee, tea, gravies, flour, sugar, etc. Any food that will not spoil. If you are unable to bring food in and would like to help ~ you can make a monetary donation to the food pantry and they can pass your donation along or shop for you! We are very grateful for Holy Trinity s support of the St Stephen s food pantry which is sponsored by LCS. That pantry is still the busiest in the state and we couldn t do it without our supporters. I invite the committee responsible to tour the LCS headquarters and learn about the other things LCS does. If you don t see a time that is convenient for your group we d be happy to schedule a tour just for you. We d like to count Holy Trinity as one of our partner churches. Thanks again, Jean Warren
Dear Father Chris, Parents, Church Board Members and Parishioners, On behalf of all the GOYAns we thank you for all your support in helping us have another successful tournament. We have so many people to thank that gave their time, talent and donations selflessly and went above and beyond for all of us. The first person we would like to thank is Mr. George Rassias who took on the overall planning of the tournament and had to accommodate as many churches as possible with the loss of our large facility. We also thank you for the hours you have put in coaching us with your great disposition and patience. We do not really know what is all involved in running a tournament of this size but we could not have done it without you! The next person we would like to thank is Mr. Demitris Halakos who made all the food for the tournament. We had so many people tell us how wonderful the food was and we greatly appreciate all you have done on behalf of GOYA. Mrs. Eleni Karakasidis went out of her way to fly in from their new home in Tulsa, Oklahoma just to help us with the tournament. She coached us and worked tirelessly throughout the tournament. Whether it was selling food, cleaning up bathrooms, gluing glitter on jars, whatever we needed her for she was willing and able. We will miss their family greatly and we thank her from the bottom of our hearts. We thank Father Chris who helps guide us spiritually and also helped us promote our needs for the tournament in church. The Holy Trinity Board members gave of their time in many ways and it did not go unnoticed. You all helped in all departments setting up for the events, keeping the scoreboards whatever was needed. The parishioners of our church who placed ads and supported us in any way we asked. Last but not least our parents who are always there for us and who helped whenever they could whether it was their time or donations. We love you and thank you! We have a small GOYA but we are blessed to have a church who supports us in so many ways. We accommodated 300 GOYAns and their families for 3 days and none of it would be possible without all of you! Sincerely, Holy Trinity GOYA Dia Halakos President Upcoming Goya Events: March 12 & 13 St. Demetrios Baltimore, MD ~ Tournament Sights & Sounds Workshop in March to prepare us for hosting in April! Please think about how you can participate! Look for more details!
2016 GOYA Basketball Tournament TEAMWORK gave us a Successful Tournament!!
FUTURE GOYAns Special Thanks to our Chefs!!! Demetri Peter Kostas & John
Financial Stewards of holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 2016 Adamopoulos, Chris & Nancy Al-Annouf, Nabil & Rabia Batah Alexandridis, Thanos Alexopoulos, Demetrios & Lauren Alexopoulos, John & Elena Andrianopoulos, Faith Angeletakis, Christos & Christina Anton, Anthony & Lucille Apostolakis, Nicholas & Irene Archbell, Marianne & Christopher Bouloukos, Harry & Anastasia Brown, Sean & Maria Burpulis, John & Mary Burpulis, Maria Caras, Constantine & Maria Chahalis, Maria Chambers, George & Katherine Chilimidos, Dennis & Effie Christofidis, Fr Christos & Pres Ioanna Christou, Vasilios & Alexandra Coates, Efthia & George Colborn, Brian & Nicole Costis, Gus & Patsy Coulaloglou, Michele & Costas Courtis, Harry & Sophia Coustenis, Robert & Katherine Cozamanis, Olympia Cusanelli, Patrick Dalianis, John & Vicky Demourtzidis, Joseph & Erini Demourtzidis, Nikolaos & Daphne Diamanty, Thomas & Sue Diamond, Anthony & Lauren Dickey, Irene Diniakos, Demetri Doukakis, Helen Drimones, Clara Drimones, Nicholas Eliades, Sophie Faller, James & Catherine Ferentinos, Joan Fotakos, Leonidas & Sophia Fournaris, Anna Fournaris, Constantine Fournaris, Emmanuel & Evie Ganiaris, Pres. Joan Ganoudis, Joanna George, Mary Geralis, Loula Gianelos, James & Stacie Giannaris, Pres. Mary Giannatos, Gerry & Anna Graham, Alton & Catherine Gray, David & Eugenia Grivas, Demetrios & Helen Guajardo, Evangelina Halakos, Billy Halakos, Demitris & Georgia Halakos, Evangelos & Donna Halakos, Ioannis & Effie Haldas, Nicholas & Rodie Haldas, Thomas & Prudy Hann, Eugenia & Gary Hantzandreou, George & Diane Hantzandreou, Katerina Hatzis, Nicholas & Katherine Hernjak, Nicholas Hoddinott, Christina & Jonathan Humphrey, Caroline Issaris, Katherine Karakasidis, Demetrios & Eleni Karaoglanis, Eleftherios & Niki Karas, George M. Karas, Tom Kirifides, Alexander & Kathy Kirifides, Lazarus & Helen Koninis, John & Anastasia Kostas, John & Gale Kourpas, Elias & Chrystallo Mouza Kramedas, Maria Kromedas, Constantinos & Vasiliki Laletas/Brockett, Ernest & Barbara Lawson, Michael & Victoria Lazare, John & Sandra Lazaridis, Anastasis & Christina Lazaridis, Nina Little, Mary Long, Irene MacKewiz, W. Lee & Irene Manoloudis, Michael & Kandi Mantzavinos, Spiros & Megan Maravelias, James & Diana Marini, Irene Michell, Constantine & Elaine Michell, Vasilis & Megan Nicholas, Steve Nicholas, William Novakis, Louis Pantelopulos, Anthony & Daphne Pappas, Lois Pappas, Sandra Phillips, Pauline Pierson, Vetta & Charles Pittaoulis, Steve Psaltis, John Psaltis, Nickolas & Sophia Psihalinos, George & Athina Raisis, Leonidas & Irene Ranalli, Anthony & Marie Rassias, Dion & Gina Rassias, George & Amalea Riggins, Margaret Righos, George & Elaine Roussalis, Valerie & John Saitis, Mary Savopoulos, Basil & Despina Snell, Bryan & Pauline Stathakis, Catherine Stavropoulos, John & Xanthy Tarabicos, Christina Tarabicos, James & Sophia Tarabicos, John & Joanne Terss, Eugenia Terris, Costas & Clara Theodorakis, Stamatis & Lisa Tsakataras, Nikki Tsionas, Angela Tsoukalas, Frideriki Tsoukalas, Stavroula Turley, Steve & Akiko Valko, Regina VanVures, John Vassilatos, George & Yvonne Vassiliou, Kleoniki Velitskakis, Steve & Karen Xarhoulakos, Peter Zaloga, Paul & Joann Zambetis, Paul & Zoe Zerefos, Markos & Eugenia Zographos, Nicholas & Katherine Pledged and/or Paid as of February 25, 2016
Once last time we would like to thank the following parishioners who Pledged and Paid $1000 or more for the 2015 Budget: Adamopoulos, Chris & Nancy Agriantonis, Demetrios & Saori Al-Annouf, Nabil & Rabia Alexopoulos, John & Elena Arvanitis, Argyrios & Lisa Bacchieri, Gregg & Stacey Burpulis, John & Mary Caras, Constantine & Maria Chambers, George & Katherine Chilimidos, Jerry & Amy Christou, Vasilios & Alexandra Colborn, Brian & Nicole Constantinou, John & Carol Costis, Gus & Patsy Coulaloglou, Michele & Costas Cusanelli, Patrick Dandolos, Dimitrios & Carol Degermentzidis, George & Polyxeni Diamanty, Thomas & Sue Diamond, Anthony & Lauren Dianastasis, Ernie & Jennifer Doukakis, Helen & Faller, James & Catherine Fournaris, Emmanuel & Evanthea Gatos, Paula Geanopulos, Georgiean Georgiou, Gus Gianelos, James & Stacie Gotides, Virginia & Graham, Alton & Catherine Gray, David & Eugenia Grivas, Christopher & Michelle Halakos, Demetrios & Georgia Halakos, Evangelos & Donna Halakos, Joannis & Eftihia Haldas, Harry Haldas, Nicholas & Rodie Haldas, Thomas & Prudy Hatzis, Nicholas & Katherine Hatzis, Thomas & Georgia Humphrey, Caroline Kalaitzoglou, Apostolos & Niki Karakasidis, John & Vicki Karamihalis, Dean Kayiaros, Joanna Kimbiris, George & Beatriz Kirifides, Alexander & Kathy Kirifides, Lazarus & Helen Kirifides, Michael & Kerry Kirifides, Vasil & Elefteria Kirtses, Petros & Athy Kollias, Basil & Dimitra Kotanidis, Stathis & Linda Lazare, John & Sandra Lazaridis, Anastasis & Christina Leounes, Helen Liarakos, George & Ann Lomis, Dean & Toula Matulas, Anagnostis & Angela Michell, Constantine & Elaine Michell, Theodore & Catherine Milionis, Constantine Nicholas, Steve Oikonomou, Georgios & Elena Papettas, Vasilis & Christina Pappas, Dean & Zoe Psaltis, John Psaltis, Nickolas & Sophia Psaltis, Thomas & Cindy Raisis, Leonidas & Irene Rassias, Dion & Gina Rassias, George & Amalea Rassias, Peter & Julie Roussalis, Valerie & John Ruhl, David & Athena Savopoulos, Basil & Despina Skiadas, Nicholas Souleles, Nicholas & Alexis Tangalidis, Dimitrios & Maria Terris, Costas & Clara Terss, Eugenia Tsaganos, Anthony & Joanne Tsaganos, Nicholas & Joanne Tsakumis, George & Julia Tsavalas, George & Yvonne Turley, Steve & Akiko Vande Poele, David & Anne Vassilatos, George & Yvonne Vassos, Barbara Visvardis, Socrates & Ruth Wolcott, Josiah & Paraskevi Yiannos, Stella We graciously thank the 60 parishioners who have stepped up and made a pledge for the restoration project. Please use the form on the next page and send in your pledge today! Adamopoulos, Christos & Nancy Agriantonis, Demetrios & Saori Apostolakis, Nicholas & Irene Apostolatos, Evaggelos Bacchieri, Gregg & Stacey Boines-Pierson, Georgia Christopher, Michael & Soula Christou, Vasilis & Alexandra Colborn, Brian & Nicole Constantinou, George Demourtzidis, Nick & Daphne Diamanty, Tom & Sue Drimones, Clara Drimones, Nicholas Faller, James & Catherine Fournaris, Emmanuel & Evie Gatos, Paula George, Mary Giannaris, Memory of Fr George Halakos, Demitris & Georgia Halakos, Evangelos & Donna Halakos, Ioannis & Effie Hatzis, Thomas & Georgia Hernjak, Nicholas Johnson, Margo & Fred Karakasidis, Stephanos & Evangelia Karakasidis, John & Vickie Kimbiris, George & Beatrice Kress, William & Bess Lazare, John & Sandra Markatos, Harry & Susan McFarland, Antoinette Michell, Theodore & Catherine Nicholas, Steve Oikonomou, Georgios & Lena Papachrysanthou, George & Laura Papettas, Vasilis & Christine Pappas, Helen Pat's Pizza Phillips, Pauline Psaltis, Thomas & Cindy Psaltis, Nicholas & Sophia Psaltis, John Raisis, Leo & Irene Rassias, George & Amalea Riggins, Margaret Roussalis, John & Valerie Sarmousakis, George & Tessie Sartin, Nimrah & Deborah Tangalidis, Dimitrios & Maria Terris, Costa & Clara Tsaganos, Anthony & Joanna Tsakumis, George & Julie Tsavalas, George & Yvonne Valko, Regina Vassilatos, George & Yvonne Vice, Elaine & Billy Wolcott, Josiah & Paraskevi Zerefos, Demetrios & Tina Zinna, Anthony & Nina ADD YOUR NAME HERE...
PLEASE NOTE: The Parish will have a special, brief General Assembly on Sunday, March 20, 2016 immediately following Divine Liturgy during Coffee Hour in the Community Center. Please plan to attend. Preserving and Restoring our Beautiful Church One Brick at a Time Your Capital Campaign pledge will be welcome and appreciated! Over $15,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 $2,500 Other Payable as follows with your check made payable to HTGOC Restoration Fund: 1st Quarter of 2016 $ 1st Quarter of 2017 $ Signature: Capital Campaign To contribute, please send your donation to: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church ATTN: Capital Campaign 808 North Broom Street Wilmington, DE 19806 As of today, 60 parishioners have made a pledge to help our community. Please join them as we raise the funds needed to restore and preserve our Holy Trinity Church. Your Community Needs you! Total # of To be paid by To be paid by TOTAL PAID as of PAID in Parishioners Pledged 2015 April 1, 2016 April 1, 2017 Pledged DEC 2015 2016 Pledged TOTALS $187,545.00 $119,140.00 $93,100.00 $399,785.00 $192,745.00 $52,290.00 60 Pledges to date represent 40% of our $1,000,000.00 goal Thank you for your commitment to our Community!
Narthex Duty: March 6 ~ Group 2 March 13 ~ Group 2 March 20 ~ Group 2 March 27 ~ Group 1 Coffee Hours: March 6 ~ The Kollias Family March 13 ~ Philoptochos March 20 ~ AHEPA March 27 ~ Young @ Heart Prosforon Offerers March 6 ~ Eleni Katapodi March 13 ~ Vickie Karakasidis March 20 ~ Vasiliki Kromedas March 27 ~ Eugenia Zerefos Serving in March If you cannot meet your scheduled date for Prosfora please contact Loula Kapordelis @ 354-5383. ALTAR SERVERS Alexios Angeletakis Athanasios Bodine Matthew Christofidis Chris Coulaloglou Theodore Fessaras Constantinos Fournaris Lazarus Kirifides Markos Zerefos Yianni Zerefos
Confusion about the word "Love" By Robert Hart Quinquagesima 2016 READING: I Corinthians 13 * Luke 18:31-43 At the present time the Church and all of society are in a crisis due to the attempt to rob the word "marriage" of any true definition, adding more confusion to what has been imposed in the past by a rampant divorce culture. The secular proponents of what they call this "evolution" justify it by using the word "equality" without definition and in place of a substantive argument. The religious proponents of it try to justify it by the word "love." After all, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." The problem is that we use the word "love" in English to mean several things, making it unlike many words in our language that are precise. You may say "I love a juicy steak." But you cannot have charity for a juicy steak. The King James version of today's Epistle reading, I Corinthians 13, uses the word "charity." In most other places where the same word, agape (ἀγάπην), appears in the original Greek, the King James Version has it translated as "love." Here it is translated, however, with the word "charity" perhaps to be very specific, coming as it does from the Latin caritas, into which agape was translated by St. Jerome. Good Biblical exegesis and study places agape on a higher level than the other words also translated "love." Indeed, it is not too much to say that this word speaks of the love of God, and that this love is a virtue that can be grown in our lives only by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5, Galatians 5:22). The character of this love is described very powerfully in today's Epistle reading, and in the character of this love we see the character of God, in fact, we see Jesus. The character of this love is completely giving and selfless, and this love was the love that kept Jesus Christ from coming down off the cross. This love, not the nails, held Him there. As I have said before, take that love personally, as did St. Paul: "...the Son of God who loved me, and gave Himself for me (Galatians 2:20)." In no way is this love ever selfish, selfseeking, indifferent, or apathetic. It overcomes anger, and wants the best for everyone in a sincere, indeed active, manner. It produces spontaneous fruit of good works and it forgives instantly. We also see that "Charity...rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth." And, to that point we will return. Another word that is used in the original Greek New Testament, and that is translated "love," is philea (φιλία), which means brotherly love and also friendship. From this we have the words Philadelphia, that is, City of Brotherly Love, and philosophy, that is, love of wisdom, philanthropy, that is, love of mankind, etc. It is a very good and positive word when speaking about human relations, love of friends and family. It is consistent with agape, though not itself as high and spiritual in nature. Surely, philia is present where agape is present; however, I cannot make the same guarantee in reverse. One's sincere and heartfelt love might fall just short of Divine love, choosing in some crisis the comfort of being loved in return over that of complete selfless giving, or maybe failing in courage. Another Greek word is storge, (στοργή), which is the affection of parents to their children. It is a word that was not used much in ancient literature, but it has survived. The fourth Greek word for love is never used in the New Testament, though it appears in the Greek Apocrypha. That word iseros (ἔρως), and from it we have the English word "erotic." It is the love of sexual passion. When the word has a good meaning it is only between a man and his wife. It can be present side by side with both philea and even agape. But, again, only between a man and woman who are married to each other is this kind of love a good thing. Eros can be present, however, with practices forbidden by God's commandments in such sins as adultery or fornication.
Here we must deal with another Greek word that appears quite a bit in the New Testament, a word that is never translated "love," and never should be so translated. In the Gospel accounts of things that Jesus said when warning against carnal sins, in the Greek manuscripts quoting Him, He used this word; that word is pornea (πορνεία). From it come the words pornography and fornication. Obviously, pornea has no redeeming value. It is always sin. The weakness of translating the word pornea as "fornication" is that modern people assume that fornication is limited in definition to premarital sex. But, in fact, pornea means any and every kind of sexual immorality, from adultery to incest, from premarital sex to same-sex acts, etc. The following things, therefore, can be present in combination: 1.Eros and pornea 2. Eros and philia 3. Philia and pornea. 4. Philia and agape 5. Perhaps even eros and agape, but only in marriage. (In the above, bear in mind that pornea is never translated as love.) But what can never be present in combination is pornea and agape, for, as we heard read in today's Epistle, "Charity... rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth." We also heard, "Charity... seeketh not her own." To equate love of neighbor, which is agape, with eros is a problem. Such love should be exclusive of a man for his wife, and a woman for her husband. And since pornea is not love at all, but lust, even if it is combined with eros, it is certainly not the love God commands us to have for our neighbor, and is far from the new commandment of Christ, "That ye love one another as I have loved You (agape)." Indeed, when it comes to the subject of sin, if seeing that one's neighbor is in the grip of sin and needs to repent and be forgiven by Christ, charity, agape, cannot rejoice. Charity moves us to pray and hope for the person's repentance and salvation. It cannot move us to participate or enable sin. Such is not the love of God. Some indeed protest that their acts and relationship of pornea are a kind of love, a kind the Church needs to affirm. So they tell us that the Church ought to bless same-sex "marriages." But, I ask you, cannot two people in an adulterous affair also claim that their acts and relationship are a kind of love? Indeed, inasmuch as eros may be filled with emotion, people do say it and mean it. If we can bless a sinful union then why not have the Church some up with rites to bless an adulterous affair? After all, they are in love, and love is always good -- right? But the true love of God, charity, agape, cannot rejoice in iniquity. It will move one to repent, and to want the other party to repent also. Let us look at the context of that specific commandment that Jesus quoted as the second great commandment of the Law: "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD (Leviticus 19:17, 18)." Does the love of God actually rebuke? In this case, does it actually move one to urge repentance of his neighbor? Yes. You see agape doesn't seek its own gratification, and is willing to be unloved and rejected, just as Christ was willing to go to the cross and endure the hostility of sinners against Himself. So throwing around the word "love," as these proponents and apologists of sin do all the time, turns the word into a sound no more meaningful than a dog's bark. The Son of God came into the world to save the world, not to make the world safe for immorality. Jesus showed the love of God by dying for our sins and offering forgiveness and a new life to all who come to Him with sincere repentance and true faith. Robert Hart is the rector of Saint Benedict's Anglican Catholic Church in Chapel Hill, NC. He is a contributing editor of Touchstone, a Journal of Mere Christianity, and a writer for the blog, The Continuum. He is an occasional contributor to VOL
When you pray "THROUGH EVERY PRAYER AND ENTREATY RE- MAIN IN CONSTANT SUPPLICATION AT ALL TIMES IN THE SPIRIT BEING WATCHFUL IN THIS WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE SAINTS." EPHESIANS 6:18 Prayers for Health... Andreas Anna Barbara Caroline Catherine Chris Christine Clara Doug Eleni Faye George Gerasimos Gregg Gus Jacob Katherine Kathryn Maria Marika Mary Matina Nicholas Spyros Stephanie Taylor Tena We ask that you give baptismal names only. GOYAn s please JOIN US: Our Dance Troupe NEEDS YOU For more information or to join the GOYAn Dance Troupe call or email Christina Angeletakis @ 302.834.8380 or 714.721.4028 Email: christine4arts@yahoo.com Practices times listed on Youth Schedule Note that for children from PreK to 6th Grade - Dance Practice will take place during Greek School as part of the curriculum. See John Pennias for more information
HOLY TRINITY REGISTRY Funerals: Polly Kollias fell asleep in the Lord on January 23rd. Her funeral was held at Holy Trinity on January 29th. Polly was pre-deceased by her husband of 50 years, Dr. Anthony V. Kollias, and is survived by her two children, Georgia N. Kollias and Basil C. Kollias, Esq., of Wilmington, Delaware, and four grandchildren: Michael and Anthony Daskalakis of New York City and Washington D.C., Kelly (Polykarpia) and Georgia C. Kollias, daughter-in-law Demi Kollias of Wilmington, Delaware, and son-inlaw George Daskalakis of Athens, Greece. May her memory be eternal. John Pappas fell asleep in the Lord on January 26th. His funeral was held at Holy Trinity on January 30th. John is survived by his wife of 60 years, Lois (Anders) Pappas; his daughters, Vickie Dobroski and husband, Charles, Sandra Forscht and husband, Joseph, Christine Pappas (deceased husband, Frank Lichtenstein), Cheryl Ellis (deceased husband, Theodore), Viola Tiner and husband, Michael, and Carol Ann Pappas-Braden and husband, Steven; ten grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and his brother, Peter James Pappas. May his memory be eternal. Memorials: Sharon Alexandridis ~ 1 Year ~ February 21 Petro Contompasis ~ 40 Day ~ February 21 Konstantina (Konnie) Koninis ~ 5 Years ~ February 28 Loula Hadjimallis McLaughlin~ 11 Years ~ February 28 Demetrios Hadjimallis ~ 67 Years ~ February 28 Demetria Koninis ~ 20 Years ~ February 28 Konstantine Koninis ~ 30 Years ~ February 28 The AHEPA offered an Artoclasia on February 21 in honor of their Founding Fathers The Daughters of Penelope offered an Artoclasia on February 28 for the health and wellbeing of their members. The Young @ Heart Please join us at our next Gathering on @ 1pm in the AHEPA Room We hope to see you there! The Young @ Heart will not be presenting their annual Taverna Night Program this year. They will go on hiatus for this year and will let you know of future plans for this program next year 2017!! We thank you for your continued support of our programs.
Holy Trinity Youth Activities Dance Troupe Practices: March 6 ~ 1-2pm ~ March 13 ~ 1-2pm March 20 ~ 1-2pm ~ March 27 ~ 1-2pm GOYA Meetings: 1st Sunday of every month after Divine Liturgy GOYA Hosting Sights & Sounds - Weekend of April 9th PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP Basketball Practices: EVERY Tuesday 6:00pm Girls & 7:15pm Boys HOPE/JOY Gatherings: Movie Night ~ March 19th 4pm to 7pm Greek School: Every Friday @ 5pm OXI Day Celebration ~ April 3 Sunday School: Every Sunday after Communion (unless otherwise stated)
ALTAR GUILD The Altar Guild would like to acknowledge and thank the following for their donation during the month of February: The Frangia Family Flowers on the Solea on February 7: In loving memory of our grandfather, George Manolakis, on the 30 th anniversary of his death (February 6). ***** Members on Duty in February: Helen Doukakis, Steve Nicholas and Catherine Faller ***** GREAT LENT OF EASTER AND RESURRECTION Our Lenten season will begin on Monday, March 14. As we enter into this season of self-denial and renewal, we also think about the Lily-- the flower that we most associate with Easter. By the Saturday evening Resurrection Service, lilies are beautifying our entire Church with their royal display and fragrance. Flowers are seen in wreaths made for special services: the icon of the Theotokos is adorned for five Friday evening services of the Salutations, beginning March 18. On April 24, Palm Sunday evening, a wreath will surround the icon of our Lord (wreath of the Nymphios). Along with flowers on Holy Thursday evening, a wreath of red roses will adorn the Holy Cross. The lilies will be placed for the Resurrection Service on April 30 and for Holy Pascha on May 1. The following are wreaths that we will be making during this Holy Season, or flowers that will be needed: Wreaths for the Virgin Mary at the Service of Salutations ($45 each): March 18 (taken) March 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 Wreath for the Sunday of Orthodoxy ($45) March 20 Wreath for the Annunciation of the Theotokos ($45) March 25 Wreath for Second Sunday of Lent St. Gregory Palamas March 27 Daffodils for the Veneration of the Cross ($100) April 3 Wreath for Fourth Sunday of Lent St. John Climacus (45)- April 10 Wreath for Fifth Sunday of Lent St. Mary of Egypt ($45) April 17 Wreath for Lazarus Saturday ($45) April 23 Wreath for Palm Sunday Evening- Service of Nymphios April 24 Wreath for the Mystical Supper ($45) April 27 Wreath for Holy Cross ($45) Holy Thursday, April 28 Purple mums at base of Holy Cross ($30)- Holy Thursday, April 28 Wreath for Icon of Extreme Humility ($45) April 28 Wreath for Icon of Crucifixion ($45) April 28 Wreath for Apokathelosis ($45) Holy Friday, April 29 Wreath for Icon of Myrrhbearers ($45) Holy Saturday, April 30 Wreath for the Lavaro (Resurrection Standard) ($75) April 30 Arrangements (2) at Altar Doors ($100) Holy Saturday Resurrection Service, April 30, and Holy Pascha, May 1 Lilies ($20 each) If you wish to donate for the purchase of any of these flowers during this period, please advise a member of the Altar Guild, Helen Doukakis (475-7672), Stacy Koninis (475-1236) or use the form below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Telephone Reserve Date Special Occasion Enclosed check in the amount $ made out to Holy Trinity Altar Guild Mail to: Stacy Koninis, 2602 Brightwell Drive, Wilmington, DE 19810 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICON BOOTH For the convenience of the parishioners, the Icon Booth will be open on March 13 and March 27. We have available a beautiful assortment of icons a perfect gift for Easter, a birthday or a nameday. And of course, we have our usual books cookbooks (always a great gift idea), the Orthodox Study Bible, A Guide to Greek Traditions and Customs in America and many children s books. It would be a good time to visit our booth on these dates.
40 Martyrs at Lake Sebaste (March 9) Reading: The martyrdom of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebasteia is a powerful lesson in Christian faith, perseverance, sacrifice, and friendship. The story of this martyrdom begins in the early part of the 4th century when the persecution of Christians was still active. There were 40 soldiers of the Roman army who possessed sincere faith in Jesus Christ. When it was realized that they would not deny their belief in the Lord, they were brought to trial before their commander who threatened to have them discharged from the military dishonorably. One of the soldiers responded: "Do not take only our military status, but also our bodies; nothing is dearer or of greater honor to us than Christ our God." Following a number of failed attempts to torture them, they were finally stripped, tied, and thrown into a lake. It happened to be wintertime and the temperature was extremely cold. To tempt the soldiers to deny Christ, the torturers lit fires near the lake to entice them to deny Christ. One soldier actually did come out of the water and headed for the fire, but before he could get there, he died. During the night, a light from heaven came down and heated the lake and warmed these Christian witnesses. At the same time, thirty-nine crowns were sent from heaven and rested upon each of them. One of the soldiers torturing them saw this and, moved by this event, confessed the Christ as Lord and Savior and joined the others in the lake. A fortieth crown appeared and descended upon him at that very moment. In the morning, the commander was furious when he learned of the events and ordered that their legs be broken and they be thrown back into the lake. On the third day following their drowning, the martyrs appeared to the local bishop and told him to search beneath the water and recover their relics. In the middle of the night, the bishop, along with his priests, went to the lake where they found the relics glowing in the water and, gathering them together, they gave them a proper burial. Apolytikion in the First Tone Be entreated, O Lord, by the sufferings endured for You by the Saints, and we pray You, heal all our pain. Kontakion in the Plagal of the Second Tone O Forty Champions of the Lord, you abandoned the armies of the world and attached yourselves to the Master in heaven. Having gone through fire and water, O Blessed Ones, you worthily won glory from heaven and a multitude of crowns. Reading courtesy of Narthex Press/Apolytikion courtesy of Narthex Press Kontakion courtesy of Narthex Press / Icon courtesy of Theologic Systems Chrysanthos & Daria the Martyrs (March 19) Reading: Saint Chrysanthus, who was from Alexandria, had been instructed in the Faith of Christ by a certain bishop. His father, who was a senator by rank and a pagan, had him shut up in prison for many days; then, seeing the unchanging disposition of his mind, he commanded that a certain young woman named Daria be brought from Athens. She was a very beautiful and learned maiden, and also an idolater, and Chrysanthus' father wedded him to her so that he might be drawn away from the Faith of Christ because of his love for her. Instead of this however, Chrysanthus drew Daria unto piety, and both of them boldly proclaimed Christ and received the crown of martyrdom in 283, during the reign of Numerian, when they were buried alive in a pit of mire. Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful. Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery / Apolytikion courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
The 2016 Parish Council takes the Oath of Office January 31, 2016
Introducing...Holy Trinity s Little Argonauts Basketball Team Come join us in the Community Center on Saturday Mornings for Fun & Basic Basketball Training Saturdays ~ 9am to 11am (come when you can ~ leave when you must) ALL YOUTH boys & girls - ages 12 and under are welcome to join in the fun!!!!coffee will be served for Mom & Dad!! Questions or for more information call the Church Office 302.654.4446
The 25th of March, 1821--Greek Independence Day Dr. Costas G. Fountzoulas The struggle of the enslaved Greeks against their ruthless rulers, the Ottoman Turks, officially started on the 25th of March 1821 in the monastery of Hagia Lavra, Kalavryta. Germanos, the bishop of Paleon Patron, raised the banner of the revolution and blessed the arms of the captains of the revolting Greeks. The beginning of the revolution coincided with one of the holiest days for Orthodox Christians, the Annunciation of the Theotokos. Unofficially though, the revolution of the Hellenes against the Ottoman Turks started one day after the fall of Constantinople on the 29th of May 1453, and continues until today. However, about 20 actual unsuccessful uprisings took place before the 1821 revolution that managed to liberate about 25% of the Hellenes residing in the Ottoman empire. The culturally superior Hellenic world, as represented by the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantine Empire, in 1453, fell to the nomadic Asian Turk, and further failed to civilize and assimilate this new conqueror as it had previously done with the Romans. The Moslem Turk adopted the material part of the Byzantines but not its Hellenic intellectual and cultural heritage. Under penalty of death, no Turk could be Christianized but many Christians, for their survival, converted to Islam. Thus, the probability that many of today s Turks are descended from the Greeks is high. During the 400 years of Ottoman occupation complete lack of schooling resulted in illiterate, superstitious and ignorant Hellenes (especially in their culture, history and language). Interestingly, the same Turkish policy continues today with the Kurds! systematic abduction of Christian children forming the infamous and cruel Jenisaries, faithful only to Sultan moderate religious freedom was granted to those minorities who accepted the Sultan as their despotic leader and paid their taxes churches were turned into mosques and icons were destroyed (usually by poking out the eyes of the depicted saints, as it is happening in the conquered north part of Cyprus today, at the end of the 20th century). However, the Hellenes living in the occupied Hellas reacted to the oppression, lack of education and freedom by continuous uprisings against their Ottoman overlords (kleftes and armatoloi were a continuous headache for the Turks) obtaining elementary education in the Hidden Schools (for reading and writing only), formed and covertly operated by the church (at the same time the Europeans, through the discovery of Hellenic classics, began the renaissance, after many centuries of darkness) always being reminded of their glorious past and the contribution of their ancestors to the world by the surrounding ruins of ancient temples, theaters and stadia; thus keeping their historical identity alive becoming successful international ship owners and merchants (Turks were not very successful as sea merchants, thus bringing the European ideas of democracy and freedom back to the enslaved Hellenes and at the same time informing the Europeans of their struggle (AGON) for independence and human dignity-- the contributions of the fleet of Spetses, Hydra and Chios were of extreme importance to the success of the revolution. The struggle of the Hellenes for independence was coordinated from abroad. The Hellenes of Diaspora were the strategic and financial brains behind the revolution (Secret Society of Friends [Filiki Etaeria], Sacred Band [Ieros Lohos], Ypsilandis, Koraes, Kapodistrias and many others raised the interest of the European and American intellectuals and Phil- Hellenes (Lord Byron, Dr. Samuel Gridly Howe, and Daniel Webster to name a few) The Hellenes of mainland Hellas formed military groups and carried out most of the burden of the fighting against the Ottoman Turks in Hellas; Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis, Papaflessas, Androutsos, Botsaris, Bouboulina, and Miaoulis were some of the heroes and military leaders suffered most of the consequences of their revolution against the Turks (burning of Chios and Psara) proved to the enslaved peoples of the Balkans (Aemos peninsula) that the Ottoman army was not invincible through their determination and self-sacrifice (Souli, Alamana, Messologi, Maniaki) they achieved significant victories over the Turks, thus liberating within 2 years Attica, Peloponnese and Sterea Ellas, which comprised in 1823 the first free Hellenic State forced the allied victory at the battle of Navarino, 1828, thus accelerating the demise of the Ottoman Empire The Holy Alliance, comprised of Austria, Russia, England, France, and Germany, tried to put an end to the revolution. The revolting Hellenes had been characterized, mainly by the Austrians, as agitators or terrorists using today s language. However, their fight for independence inspired many Europeans Phil-Hellenes, who gave their life for their righteous struggle. It is worth mentioning that there were Phil- Hellenes from every European nation except Austria and Czarist Russia (however, the Ieros Lohos (Sacred Band) was formed in Russia). The struggle of the Hellenes for Independence eventually resulted in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and the liberation of the enslaved Balkans (Haemus Peninsula) from the Ottoman yoke--it is also worth mentioning that the only people in the Balkans who fought against the Ottoman Turks were the Hellenes, something never forgotten by the contemporary Turks, and the creation of the contemporary Hellas State, an oasis of peace, democracy and stability, not only in the Balkans but in the Eastern Mediterranean as well. LONG LIVE THE 25TH OF MARCH 1821!!!
25 η Μαρτίου 1821 Δρ. Κώστας Γ. Φούντζουλας Ο αγώνας των σκλαβωμένων Ελλήνων εναντίον των σκληρών και ανελέητων Οθωμανών Τούρκων, άρχισε επίσημα την 25 η Μαρίου στήν Μονή της Αγίας Λαύρας στα Καλάβρυτα. Ο επίσκοπος Παλαιών Πατρών Γερμανός ύψωσε το λάβαρο της επαναστάσεως και ευλόγησε τα όπλα των καπεταναίων των επαναστατημένων Ελλήνων. Η έναρξη της επαναστάσεως συνέπεσε με τον Ευαγγελισμό της Θεοτόκου, μία από τις ιερώτερες ημέρες της Ορθοδοχίας. Όμως η επανάσταση των Ελλήνων ή ο ξεσηκωμός του Γένους, όπως αλλοιώς είναι γνωστή, είχε αρχίσει την επόμενη ημέρα από της πτώσεως της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, 29 Μαϊου 1453, και συνεχίζεται μέχρι τις ημέρες μας. Συγκεκριμμένα περίπου 20 αποτυχημένες προσπάθειες προηγήθηκαν της επαναστάσεως της 25 η Μαρίου του 1821. Μέσα στα επόμενα 7 χρόνια το 25% των σκλαβωμένων Ελλήνων είχε απελευθερωθεί. Η πτώση της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως το 1453 εσήμανε το τέλος της Ανατολικής Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας, φνωστή ως Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία, και την αντικατάστασή της υπό της βαρβάρου και απολιτίστου Οθωμανικής αυτοκρατορίας. Πολλοί Χριστιανοί για να σώσουν το κεφάλι τους και να προστατέουν της οικογένειες τους εξισλαμίσθηκαν (όπως συνέβη με τους Μουσουλμάνους της Βοσνίας). Κατά την διάρκεια των 400 χρόνων Οθωμανικής κατοχής η παντελής έλλειψις εκπαιδεύσεως εδημιούργησε Έλληνες προληπτικούς και αμόρφωτους, επιλήσμονες της γλώσσας των και της ιστορίας των. Η ίδια πολιτική εφαρμόζεται σήμερα στους Κούρδους! συστηματική απαγωγή των αρσενικών παιδιών των Χριστιανικών πληθυσμών (παιδομάζωμα), τα οποία εχρησιμοποιήθηκαν δια τον σχηματισμό των απανθρώπων Γενιτσάρων, πιστών μόνο στον Σουλτάνο περιορισμένη θρησκευτική ελευθερία είχε δοθεί μόνο στις μειονότητες που είχαν αποδεχθεί τον Σουλτάνο σαν αρχηγό τους και επλήρωναν τους φόρος τους εκκλησίες μετετράπηκαν σε μουσουλμανικά τεμένη (τζαμιά) και εικόνες κατεστρέφοντο (συνήθως τους αφαιρούντο τα μάτια, όπως συμβαίνει εξ άλλου και σήμερα στο κατεχόμενο, τμήμα της Κύπρου) Η αντίσταση των σκλαβωμένων Ελλήνων στην καταπίεση, έλλειψη εκπαιδεύσεως και ελευθερίας χαρακτηρίζεται από τις συνεχείς εξεγέρσεις εναντίοντων Τούρκων (Κλέφτες και οι Αρματωλοί ) από την μάθηση στοιχειώδους αναγνώσεως και γραφής στα Κρυφά Σχολεία (σε αντιδιαστολή οι υπόλοιποι Ευρωπαίοι δια μέσου της ανακαλύψεως των δημιουργημάτων των αρχαίων Ελλήνων είχαν αρχίσει την αναγέννησή τους μετα απο έναν πολύχρονο Μεσαίωνα) από την υπενθύμιση του ενδόξου παρελθόντος των και της συνεισφοράς των προγόνων των στον κόσμο μέσω των ερειπίων των αρχαίων ναών και θεάτρων.διατηρώντας έτσι την εθνική ταυτότητα τους ζωντανή απο την επιτυχία τους ως εφοπλιστών και εμπόρων (οικονομικοί τομείς όπου οι Τούρκοι δεν είχαν επιτύχει), μεταφέροντας κατ αυτόν τον τρόπο στην Ελλάδα τις Ευρωπαϊκές ιδέες για δημοκρατία και ελευθερία και ταυτοχρόνως μεταφέροντας τον αγώνα των Ελλήνων για ανεξαρτησία και ανθρώπινη αξιοπρέπεια στους Ευρωπαίους η συνεισφορά των εμπορικών στόλων των Σπετσών, Ύδρας και Χίου ήταν αποφασιστικής σπουδαιότητας στην επιτυχή έκβαση της επαναστάσεως Ο αγώνας των Ελλήνων για ανεξαρτησία συντονίζετο από το εξωτερικό. Οι Έλληνες της Διασποράς ήταν οι στρατηγικοί σχεδιαστές και οικονομικοί παράγοντες της επαναστάσεως (Φιλική Εταιρεία, Ιερός Λόχος, Υψηλάντης, Κοραής, Καποδίστριας και πολλοί άλλοι) προκάλεσαν το ενδιαφέρον των Ευρωπαίων και Αμερικανών Διανοουμένων και Φιλελλήνων (Λόρδος Βύρων, Δρ. Σαμουήλ Χάουη και Δανιήλ Γουέπστερ κ.α.) Οι σκλαβωμένοι Έλληνες της κυρίως Ελλάδος εσχημάτισαν επαναστατικά στρατιωτικά σώματα και εσήκωσαν το μεγαλύτερο βάρος της εξεγέρσεως εναντίον των Οθωμανών Τούρκων. Κολοκοτρώνης, Καραϊσκάκης, Παπφλέσσας, Ανδρούτσος, Μπότσαρης, Μπουμπουλίνα και Μιαούλης είναι ονόματα μερικών ηρώων και στρατιωτικών ηγετών του αγώνα υπέφεραν τις περισσότερες συνέπειες του αγώνα τους (καταστροφή των Ψαρών και της Χίου) απέδειξαν στούς σκλαβωμένους κατοίκους της Χερσόνησου του Αίμου (Βαλκάνια) ότι ο πολυάριθμος Οθωμανικός στρατός δεν ήταν ανίκητος κατέφεραν με την αυτοθυσία τους και τον ηρωϊσμό τους (Σούλι, Μανιάκι, Αλαμάνα, Μεσολόγγι) σημαντικές νίκες κατα των Τούρκων, απελευθερώνοντας έτσι μέσα σε 2 χρόνια την Αττική, Πελοπόνησσο και Στερεά Ελλάδα, τα οποία απετέλεσαν το 1823 το πρώτο ελεύθερο Ελληνικό κράτος ανάγκασαν τους συμμάχους να νικήσουν τον Τουρκικό στόλο στο Ναβαρίνο το 1828, επιταχύνοντας έτσι την πτώση της Οθωμανικής αυτοκρατορίας. Οι Έλληνες είχαν χαρακτηρισθεί από τους Αυστριακούς ιδιαίτερα σαν επαναστάτες ή τρομοκράτες με τα σημερινά δεδομένα. Παρ όλα ταύτα ο αγώνας τους ενέπνευσε πολλούς Φιλέλληνες, οι οποίοι έδωσαν την ζωή τους για τον δίκαιο αγώνα τους. Αξιοσημείωτο είναι ότι υπήρχαν Φιλέλληνες απ όλη την Ευρώπη πλήν της Αυστρίας και της Τσαρικής Ρωσσίας Ο αγώνας των Ελλήνων δια Ανεξαρτησία τελικώς επέφερε την πτώση της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας τη απελευθέρωση των σκλαβωμένων Βαλκανίων (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου) απο τον Οθωμανικό ζυγό Οι Έλληνες ήταν οι μόνοι που επολέμησαν τους Οθωμανούς Τούρκους στα Βαλκάνια, κάτι που οι Τούρκοι δεν ελησμόνησαν ποτέ, και την δημιουργία του συγχρόνου Ελληνικού Κράτους, το οποίο είναι μιά όασις ειρήνης, δημοκρατίας και σταθερότητος, όχι μόνο στα Βαλκάνια αλλά και στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου. ΖΉΤΩ Η 25 Η ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ 1821!!!
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Μάρτιος 2016 Κυριακή Δευτέρα Τρίτη Τετάρτη Πέμπτη Παρασκευή Σάββατο 1 6μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Θηλέων 7:15μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Αρρένων 7:15μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Αρρένων 7 μμ ΟΠΦ@ UD Catholic Chapel 2 12:30μμ Μελέτη Βίβλου 6μμ Πρακτική Χορού 3 5μμ Μελέτη Βίβου στα Ελληνικά 4 5μμ Ελληνικό Σχολείο 5 Α! Ψυχοσάββατο 8:45 πμόρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 6 Κυριακή των Απόκρεω 8:45 πμόρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία Κατηχητικό 12:30μμ Συνάντηση διδασκόντων Κατηχητικού 7 7μμ Τάξις Βιβλίου Αποκαλύψεως 8 11πμ Τάξις Βίβλου 6μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Θηλέων 6:30pm AHEPA Meeting 7:15μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Αρρένων 7 μμ ΟΠΦ@ UD Catholic Chapel 9 Άγιοι Σαράντα Μάρτυρες της Λίμνης Σεβαστείας 8:45 πμ Όρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 12:30μμ Μελέτη Βίβλου 6μμ Πρακτική Χορού 10 1μμ Αειθαλείς Νέοι 5μμ Μελέτη Βίβου στα Ελληνικά 7μμ Συνάντηση Κοινοτικού Συμβουλίου 11 5μμ Ελληνικό Σχολείο 12 Β! Ψυχοσάββατο 8:45πμ Όρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 12μμ Σερβίρισμα @ Emmanuel Dining Room 13 Κυριακή της Τυροφάγου 8:45 πμόρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία Κατηχητικό Εσπερινός Συγχωρήσεως ακολουθεί την Θεία Λειτουργία 14 Lent Begins 6μμ Απόδειπνο 7μμ Τάξις Βιβλίου Αποκαλύψεως 15 11πμ Τάξις Βίβλου 6μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Θηλέων 7:15μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Αρρένων 7 μμ ΟΠΦ@ UD Catholic Chapel 16 12:30μμ Μελέτη Βίβλου 6μμ Πρηγιασμένη Λειτουργία 17 5μμ Μελέτη Βίβου στα Ελληνικά 18 5μμ Ελληνικό Σχολείο 7μμ Α! Χαιρετισμοί 19 Γ! Ψυχοσάββατο 8:45πμ Όρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 11πμ & 12μμ Συνάντησ Φιλοπτώχου 20 Κυριακή της Ορθοδοξίας 8:45 πμόρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία Κατηχητικό Περιφορά Εικόνων Δίσκος Φιλοπτώψου για την Μητρόπολη ΕΙΔΙΚΗ ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΕΛΕΥΣΗ μετά τηςν Λειτουργία Εσπερινός Ορθοδόξων @ St. George, Philadelphia 21 6μμ Απόδειπνο 7μμ Τάξις Βιβλίου Αποκαλύψεως 22 6μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Θηλέων 7:15μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Αρρένων 6:30 μμ Συνάντη Θυγ. Πηνελόπης 7 μμ ΟΠΦ@ UD Catholic Chapel 23 12:30μμ Μελέτη Βίβλου 6μμ Πρηγιασμένη Λειτουργία 24 5μμ Μελέτη Βίβου στα Ελληνικά 7μμ Μέγας Εσπερινός στον Ευαγγελισμό, Elkins Park & Philadelphia 25 Ευαγγελισμοός της Θεοτόκου 8:45 πμόρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία 5μμ Ελληνικό Σχολείο 7μμ Β! Χαιρετισμοί 26 2μμ Κοινωνική Φιλοπτώχου 27 Κυριακή του Γρηγορίου Παλαμά8:45 πμόρθρος 10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία Κατηχητικό Εορτασμός 25ης Μαρτίου, από το Ελληνικό Σχολείο 28 6μμ Απόδειπνο 7μμ Τάξις Βιβλίου Αποκαλύψεως 29 6μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Θηλέων 7:15μμ Προπόνηση Μπ.Μπ. Αρρένων 7 μμ ΟΠΦ@ UD Catholic Chapel 30 12:30μμ Μελέτη Βίβλου 12pm Αγία Ελπίδα Sσερβίρει @ Emmanuel Dining Room 6μμ Πρηγιασμένη Λειτουργία 31 5μμ Μελέτη Βίβου στα Ελληνικά
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