Sunday & Weekday Divine Services
9:00am - Orthros and Divine Liturgy
In giving birth, you preserved your virginity; in your dormition, you did not forsake the world, O Theotokos. You were translated unto life, since you are the Mother of Life, and by your intercessions, you do redeem our souls from death.
Εν τη γεννήσει την παρθενίαν εφύλαξας· εν τη κοιμήσει τον κόσμον ου κατέλειπες Θεοτόκε. Μετέστης προς την ζωήν, μήτηρ υπάρχουσα της ζωής· και ταις πρεσβείαις ταις σαίς λυτρουμένη εκ θανάτου τας ψυχάς ημών.
Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 6:13-20
BRETHREN, when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore to himself, saying, "Surely I will bless you and multiply you." And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise. Men indeed swear by a greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath, so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us. We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Sunday of St. John Climacus
Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 6:13-20
Ἀδελφοί, τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὁ θεός, ἐπεὶ κατʼ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθʼ ἑαυτοῦ, λέγων, Ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ σε. Καὶ οὕτως μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχεν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. Ἄνθρωποι μὲν γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν, καὶ πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος. Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ, ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος· ἣν ὡς ἄγκυραν ἔχομεν τῆς ψυχῆς ἀσφαλῆ τε καὶ βεβαίαν, καὶ εἰσερχομένην εἰς τὸ ἐσώτερον τοῦ καταπετάσματος· ὅπου πρόδρομος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς, κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀρχιερεὺς γενόμενος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Sunday of St. John Climacus
The Reading is from Mark 9:17-31
At that time, a man came to Jesus kneeling and saying: "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." And he answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he had this?" And he said, "From childhood. And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again." And after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting." They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise."
Sunday of St. John Climacus
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 9:17-31
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἄνθρωπός τις προσῆλθε τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγων, διδάσκαλε, ἤνεγκα τὸν υἱόν μου πρός σε, ἔχοντα πνεῦμα ἄλαλον. καὶ ὅπου ἂν αὐτὸν καταλάβῃ, ῥήσσει αὐτόν, καὶ ἀφρίζει καὶ τρίζει τοὺς ὀδόντας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξηραίνεται· καὶ εἶπον τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου ἵνα αὐτὸ ἐκβάλωσι, καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν. ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος, ἕως πότε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔσομαι; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετε αὐτὸν πρός με. καὶ ἤνεγκαν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτόν. καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν εὐθέως τὸ πνεῦμα ἐσπάραξεν αὐτόν, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐκυλίετο ἀφρίζων. καὶ ἐπηρώτησε τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ· πόσος χρόνος ἐστὶν ὡς τοῦτο γέγονεν αὐτῷ; ὁ δὲ εἶπε· παιδιόθεν. καὶ πολλάκις αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς πῦρ ἔβαλε καὶ εἰς ὕδατα, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ αὐτόν· ἀλλ᾿ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήθησον ἡμῖν σπλαγχνισθεὶς ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ τὸ εἰ δύνασαι πιστεῦσαι, πάντα δυνατὰ τῷ πιστεύοντι. καὶ εὐθέως κράξας ὁ πατὴρ τοῦ παιδίου μετὰ δακρύων ἔλεγε· πιστεύω, κύριε· βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ὅτι ἐπισυντρέχει ὄχλος, ἐπετίμησε τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ λέγων αὐτῷ· τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλαλον καὶ κωφόν, ἐγώ σοι ἐπιτάσσω, ἔξελθε ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ μηκέτι εἰσέλθῃς εἰς αὐτόν. καὶ κράξαν καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξαν αὐτὸν ἐξῆλθε, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρός, ὥστε πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς κρατήσας αὐτὸν τῆς χειρὸς ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀνέστη. Καὶ εἰσελθόντα αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ δύναται ἐξελθεῖν εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. Καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξελθόντες παρεπορεύοντο διὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας, καὶ οὐκ ἤθελεν ἵνα τις γνῷ· ἐδίδασκε γὰρ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀποκτανθεὶς τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται.
January's Liturgical Calendar
Saturday, January 1st - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Saint Basil the Great)
Sunday, January 2nd - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Sunday before Epiphany)
Wednesday, January 5th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Eve of Theophany of our Lord)
Thursday, January 6th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Holy Theophany of our Lord)
Friday, January 7th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Synaxis of Saint John the Baptist)
Sunday, January 9th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Sunday after Epiphany) - Throwing of the Cross at Island Park Beach (Masone Beach).
Sunday, January 16th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (12th Sunday of Luke)
Sunday, January 23th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (14th Sunday of Luke)
Tuesday, January 25th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Saint Gregory the Theologian)
Wednesday, January 26th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Xenophon & his Companions Symeon the Elder)
Sunday, January 30th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy ( Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs)
February's Liturgical Calendar
Wednesday, February 2nd - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Presentation of our Lord)
Sunday, February 6th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Sunday of the Canaanite)
Monday, February 7th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Parthenios Bishop of Lampsakos
Thursday, February 10th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Hieromartyr Haralambos)
Sunday, February 13th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Sunday of the Publican and Pharisee - Triodeon Begins)
Tuesday, February 15th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Our Righteous Father Anthimus of Chios)
Thursday, February 17th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro - Panagia Dakryrooussa)
Sunday, February 20th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy ( Sunday of the Prodigal Son)
Saturday, February 26th - 9:00am ( 1st Saturday of Souls)
Sunday, February 27th - 9:00am Orthros & Divine Liturgy (Judgment Sunday, Meatfare Sunday)
Artoclasia
Greek School of Panaghia of Island Park
JANUARY'S CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday, January 9th - Throwing of the Cross at Masone Beach in Island Park after Divine Liturgy.
Tuesday, January 11th - Parish Council meeting 7:30pm
Thursday, January 27th - Agape Lunch 12:00pm
Sunday, January 30th - Greek School Celebration of the Feast Day of the Three Hierarchs.
FEBRUARY'S CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Sunday, February 6th - Godparents Day - Hosted by the Sunday School. All Godparents and Godchildren are invited to attend Church for this special event. Breakfast will be served after the Divine Liturgy.
Tuesday February 8th - Parish Council meeting at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 13th - Super Bowl Party starting at 5:00pm in the Community Hall.
Saturday, February 26th - First Saturday of Souls. to order koliva please call the Church Office.
Membership 2022
Celebration of the Three Hierarchs and Greek Letters
Godparent Sunday February 6th
Sunday February 13th at 5:00pm Great Food, and Football!
House Blessings
Please donate new undergarments for men, women and children. Donation box will be located in the Community Hall until March 1st
Parish Council Executive Board
George Nikias, President
Peter Rizik, Vice President
Despina Scanlon, Secretary
Andrew Babatsikos, Treasurer
Parish Council Board Members
Pauline Alexander, Steve Efstathios, Eric Fandaros, Nick Giannopoulos, John Koumbiadis, Iakovos Kotjiapashis, Markos Markoulli, Christos Papadopoulos, Aris Papathanasiou, Chris Spirou and Nick Tembelis
Panaghia Philoptochos Executive Board
Georgia Papathanasiou, President
Pauline Alexander, Vice President
Maro Makros, 2nd Vice President
Argiro Damiris, Secretary
Georgia Tsougas, Treasurer
Stella Arniotis, 2nd Treasurer
Sunday School
Despina Scanlon, Principal
Greek School
Georgia Papathanasiou, Principal
PTO
Maria Nikias, President
AGAPE Group
Anastasia Rizik and Margarita Salomides
AHEPA
Spyro Vasilakis