Parish News and Events
04/02/2017
5th Sunday of Lent. St Mary of Egypt
Orthros, 9:00am, Divine Liturgy and Sunday School, 10:00am
Philoptochos will pass a tray for Sisterhood and
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Memorials for George Doukas, Vasilios Pantanagopoulos
Michael Samios and Eleni Spyrou
Library Book Sale in the Foyer following Church Service
Baptism ~ Child of Julian Fatovic & Maria Karadimos at 12:30pm
Agape following Church Services
Church Services for the Week
Saturday, April 8th |
Saturday of Lazarus. 9:30am Orthros, 10:00am Divine Liturgy (Special Liturgy for children in our Parish followed by Breakfast AND PALM CROSS MAKING |
Events of the Week
Tuesday, April 4th |
Mommy & Me ~ Classrooms ~ 11:30am |
Wednesday, April 5th |
Young at Heart ~ Social Hall ~ 11am-2pm |
Thursday, April 6th |
Cooking for Hope ~ Kitchen ~ 6pm-9pm |
Friday, April 7th |
Greek School ~ Classrooms ~ 5pm-6:30 |
Saturday, April 8th |
Advanced Greek Class ~ Library ~ 10am-11:30am |
COOKING FOR HOPE - During the Lenten season, when God asks us to give a little more of ourselves, please join us to cook for the HOPE Soup Kitchen of New Rochelle. HOPE serves dinner three evenings a week 52 weeks a year to our neighbors in need. We will be cooking (in our Church kitchen): April 6th – 6:00pm, May 11th – 6:00pm and June 8th – 6:00pm. If you would like to join us or have any questions please contact Stephanie Madouros (s.madouros@wssworldseas.com) or Linda Kondos (lovelyylinda@aol.com )
COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE - During this period of Great Lent our Lord’s words “…for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink…”take on renewed meaning. This week the Philoptochos will be handing out grocery bags for you to take home. While doing your food shopping during this Holy Lenten period, each week please consider buying two extra items for the grocery bag. Each item you put in the bag represents a meal for someone who would otherwise go hungry. Please drop off your food donations in the bin located outside the Church office. Thank you for your kind support.
MANHATTAN HOMELESS OUTREACH – We serve homemade food, provide clothing, shoes and toiletries, along with conversation and compassion, to 125 homeless on the sidewalk of 33rd Street in Manhattan once a month during our “soup run”.At this time, we can only accept warm clothing (coats, sweaters, pants), new men’s and women's underwear and toiletry items. Our next soup runs are on April 27th, May 25th, June 22nd, July 27th, August 24th, and we meet in the Church kitchen at 6:30 p.m. Contact Despina Kartson (dkartson@gmail.com; 914-779-5543/917-603-7854) or Maria Scaros-Mercado (mscamer@hotmail.com; 203-531-5500/ 203-399-7292) if you would like to join us, have questions or would like to sponsor a soup run for $150.
YOUND AT HEART - promotes a happy and friendly environment for our seniors through monthly meetings and travel trips. Our upcomimg meeting will be on Wednesday, April 5th at 11:00am.
KNITTING FOR CHARITY- Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, April 26th at 7:30pm in the library. Contact Anthoula DeKnatel with any questions anthoulad@verizon.net or 914-723-6285
PHILOPTOCHOS BOOK GROUP - Our next meeting will be on Thursday, April 20th at 7:30pm
HOLY TRINITY DANCE TROUPE -Dancing enthusiasts, Every Sunday at 2pm we meet in the foyer. Join us in gathering together our kindred spirits and sharing the joy of dance!!! If you have any questions please contact Eirini Metaxas at 914.656.1242 or htdancers@icloud.com
SCOUTING —Studies published both in the U.S. (2015) and the U.K. (2016) are now confirming what Scouters have sensed all along. Scouting has a measurable, positive impact in the character development of young people and children who participate in Scouting organizations are likely to have better mental health in middle age. Children demonstrate increased cheerfulness, helpfulness, trustworthiness, hopeful future expectation as well as religious reverence, while learning to be self-reliant. Join us for a future meeting the 1st, 3rd and 5th Friday of each month. For more information please contact us at: Kristine Kingsley-Mulder at: ktkingsley@hotmail.com; Dave Kerwick at: djkerwick@aol.com; or Helen Dallaris at: helen@dallaris.com
YOUNG ADULT FORUM - A casual, conversational gathering of college students and young adults, discussing life, faith, and the world we live in. Next meeting Saturday, April 8th at 7pm.