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St. Athanasios Church
Publish Date: 2015-03-29
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St. Athanasios Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (630) 851-6106
  • Fax:
  • (630)898-6131
  • Street Address:

  • 1855 East 5th Ave.

  • Aurora, IL 60504
  • Mailing Address:

  • 1855 East 5th Ave.

  • Aurora, IL 60504


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the First Mode

When the stone had been sealed by the Jews and the soldiers were guarding Thine immaculate Body, Thou didst arise on the third day, O Saviour, granting life unto the world. Wherefore, the powers of the Heavens cried out to Thee, O Lifegiver: Glory to Thy Resurrection, O Christ. Glory to Thy Kingdom. Glory to Thy dispensation, O only Friend of man.
Τοῦ λίθου σφραγισθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ στρατιωτῶν φυλασσόντων τὸ ἄχραντόν σου σῶμα, ἀνέστης τριήμερος Σωτήρ, δωρούμενος τῷ κόσμῳ τὴν ζωήν. Διὰ τοῦτο αἱ Δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐβόων σοι Ζωοδότα· Δόξα τῇ ἀναστάσει σου Χριστέ, δόξα τῇ Βασιλείᾳ σου, δόξα τῇ οἰκονομίᾳ σου, μόνε Φιλάνθρωπε.

Apolytikion for Sun. of St. Mary of Egypt in the Plagal Fourth Mode

In thee the image was preserved with exactness, O Mother; for taking up thy cross, thou didst follow Christ, and by thy deeds thou didst teach us to overlook the flesh, for it passeth away, but to attend to the soul since it is immortal. Wherefore, O righteous Mary, thy spirit rejoiceth with the Angels.
Εν σοί Μήτερ ακριβώς διεσώθη τό κατ' εικόνα, λαβών γάρ τόν σταυρόν, ηκολούθησας τώ Χριστώ, καί πράττων εδίδασκες, υπεροράν μέν σαρκός, παρέρχεται γάρ επιμελείσθαι δέ ψυχής, πράγματος αθανάτου, διό καί μετά Αγγέλων συναγάλλεται, οσία Μαρία τό πνεύμά σου.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
Προστασία τῶν Χριστιανῶν ἀκαταίσχυντε, μεσιτεία πρὸς τὸν Ποιητὴν ἀμετάθετε. Μὴ παρίδῃς ἁμαρτωλῶν δεήσεων φωνάς, ἀλλὰ πρόφθασον, ὡς ἀγαθή, εἰς τὴν βοήθειαν ἡμῶν, τῶν πιστῶς κραυγαζόντων σοι· Τάχυνον εἰς πρεσβείαν, καὶ σπεῦσον εἰς ἱκεσίαν, ἡ προστατεύουσα ἀεί, Θεοτόκε, τῶν τιμώντων σε.
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Saints and Feasts

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March 29

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.


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March 29

Martyr Cyril the Deacon and Those with him

Saint Cyril was a deacon from Heliopolis in Phoenicia. During the reign of the Emperor Constantius, son of Saint Constantine, he had also broken the idols in pieces. When Julian came to power, Saint Cyril was seized by the idolaters and his belly was ripped open. The other holy Martyrs celebrated today, martyred in Gaza and Ascalon during the reign of Julian, were men of priestly rank and consecrated virgins; they were disemboweled, filled with barley, and set before swine to be eaten. The account of all the above Saints is given in Book III, ch. 3, of Theodoret of Cyrrhus' "Ecclesiastical History."


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Mark, Bishop of Arethusa

Saint Mark was Bishop of Arethusa in Syria. In the days of Saint Constantine the Great, Saint Mark, moved with divine zeal, destroyed a temple of the idols and raised up a church in its stead. When Julian the Apostate reigned, in 361, as the pagans were now able to avenge the destruction of their temple, Saint Mark, giving way to wrath, hid himself; but when he saw that others were being taken on his account, he gave himself up. Having no regard to his old age, they stripped him and beat his whole body, cast him into filthy sewers, and pulling him out, had children prick him with their iron writing-pens. Then they put him into a basket, smeared him with honey and a kind of relish of pickled fish, and hung him up under the burning sun to be devoured by bees and wasps. But because he bore this so nobly, his enemies repented, and unloosed him.


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March 29

The Holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius

As for the holy Martyrs Jonas and Barachesius, they were monks from Persia who lived in the reign of Sapor II, King of Persia from 325 to 379. These Saints found nine Christians in prison suffering for their faith, and comforted them, encouraging them to stand fast till the end, which they did, and received the crown of martyrdom. Because of this, Saints Jonas and Barachesius also were seized, and commanded to worship the fire, the sun, and the water. When they refused, Jonas, among other tortures, had his hands and feet cut off, was crushed in a device that broke his bones, and was sawn asunder. Barachesius was dragged naked over thorns, his whole body was pierced with sharp reeds and then broken in the same device employed upon Jonas, and when boiling pitch was poured down his throat, he gave up his soul into the hands of God.


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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

The Reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14

BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 9:11-14

Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι;


Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45

At that time, Jesus taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 10.32-45

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ ᾿Ιάκωβος καὶ ᾿Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε· τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ᾿ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς· οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν· οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾿ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.


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Parish News & Events

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK OF March 29, 2015       

Sunday, March 29th

Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt

8:15am Orthros

9:15am 40 Day Blessing - Kaelyn Eleni Schaefer

9:30am Liturgy/NO SS Today

40 Day Memorial - Chris Grenias

40 Day Memorial - Eunice Stathis

1 Year Memorial - Sophia Deligiannis

11:40am Jr. Choir Practice

Family of Sophia Deligiannis hosts coffee hour

 

Monday, March 30th

NO Great Compline Service Today

 

Wednesday, April 1st

5:00pm Greek School

6:00pm Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

 

Thursday, April 2nd

NO Book Club TODAY

 

Friday, April 3rd

Parish Office Closed

 

Saturday, April 4th

Saturday of Lazarus

8:30am Orthros with Liturgy to follow

40 Day Blessing - Nikolas Griffin

Family Lenten Retreat: Aquire the Spirit of Peace

 

 

Junior Choir Rehearsal  The Junior Choir has just two more practices in preparation for singing the full Liturgy on Holy Saturday morning: Today at 11:40am (meet in the 5th/6th grade classroom); and Holy Friday, April 10 at 1pm.  We have a small, but committed group of amazing young singers - and it's not too late for students in grades 1-8 to join us! Please support our Junior Choir by encouraging your children to join us. Contact Kim Kaminski at kaminski2952@wowway.com or 630-877-2115 for more information.

PHILOPTOCHOS TEA  With Easter 2 short weeks away and the Philoptochos Tea only 13 days later, we are asking you not to forget to make your reservations and also sign up as a hostess, if you are able.  There are Philoptochos members anxiously awaiting to count you in for this fundraiser.  Please consider stopping by today after liturgy, and remember, prepaid tickets are only $25.00.  The day of the event they go up to $30.00.  Please tell your friends and relations to attend this "English Tea Party" and Fashion Show, and don't forget all proceeds go to charity.

Sunday School note:  We ask that no food, snacks or treats be brought into the Sunday School classrooms. Also, if your child is celebrating a birthday and you were wanting to bring in something for the class, we ask that it be a non food item such as birthday pencils, paper, etc. We have several students throughout the Sunday School program that have life threatening food allergies. We ask for your cooperation to ensure the safety of all our children. Thank you! 
 
Family Lenten Retreat: Acquire the Spirit of Peace ~ Saturday, April 4th!
Please mark your calendars and be sure to join us for this year’s Family Lenten Retreat. This year’s retreat will focus on Saint Seraphim of Sarov. Saint Seraphim reminds us to “Acquire the Spirit of Peace and a thousand souls will be saved around you”.After the morning Saturday of Lazarus Service we will begin our retreat. Adults and children will separate for a 1 hour learning segment. After the learning segment, we will all meet together for a light lenten lunch. Finally, we will end the retreat by folding palms for Palm Sunday. This event is free, but registration is required in order to prepare materials. Registration will begin March 1st.
 
Assistance with Virtual Church setup in the Social Hall needed, April 4th after the Lenten Retreat. Those interested can contact the Parish Office or a Parish Council Member. 
 
Saint Athanasios Youth Missions and Ministries News! Sunday, May 3rd ~ We will again be making Health Kits!
Everyone is invited to join us for the final Mission of this school year.
We will be assembling Health Kits to send to IOCC (International Orthodox Christian Charities)
Last year we made over 200 Health kits, we hope to meet or exceed this goal on May 3rd!
We will begin accepting donations in March. You can place items in our purple tote located by the food bin.
The following NEW items ONLY will be accepted:
* one-gallon plastic zip-lock bags
* hand towels
* washcloths
* combs
metal nail files or nail clippers
* bars of individually wrapped hand-soap
* toothbrushes 
* band-aids
(Please do not bring in travel soap, toothpaste, shampoo, or any other items not listed. They will not be accepted)
 
Save the Date : May 23rd & May 24th - Junior Olympics :  Jr. Olympics registration will begin on March 29th in the church hall.  Events are open to those ages 7-18 and the 10K is open to ages 13 - adult.  There is no charge to participate and represent our parish, and is always a lot of fun!  Contact Maria Lambrou (makokoslambrou@yahoo.com) or Chris Haralambopoulos (chrish14@me.com).
 
Save the Date: August 3rd-6th ~ Saint Athanasios Summer Camp 2015: The Unrivaled Protectress!
Registration will begin after Easter: $20 per camper
Those students going into 1st-5th grades are invited as campers. This year's summer camp will focus on Our Most Holy Theotokos. We will discuss the Life, Miracles, and Reverence due to the Blessed Panagia. The children will learn of several miraculous icons of the Holy Virgin. Those who attend will be anointed with myrrh received from the miraculously flowing Hawaiian icon! The children will take a “trip” to Mount Athos and find out how she discovered this now Holy Mountain. In addition, the children will become familiar with the Small Paraklesis which is sung during the first 15 days of August. Many wonderful crafts and activities are planned! She is truly our Unrivaled Protectress who protects, guards, and guides all those who reach out to her! Most Holy Theotokos, Save Us!  
 

Front Pews Reserved: The front two pews on the right side of the Church will be reserved until after the Sermon is finished for the Altar boys, Chanters & the Families of Clergy. Please note, the reservation of the of the pews is for afternoon & evening Services as well.The left front pew will be reserved when there is a Memorial Service. Please note if you are scheduling a Memorial or have visitors from other communities attending a Memorial Service, please use the left front pew(s). The reservations of the front pews will be released after the Sermon is completed. Please observe this change and follow the direction of the Parish Council Members. If you have any questions please see Fr. Peter.

 
Greek School News:  The St. Athanasios Greek School is a participant in the Box Tops 4 Education Program.  Just clip the Box Top from any participating item and drop it off in the community room during coffee hour on Sunday's. There will be a box located near the coffee area.  For every Box Top we send in, we get $.10 (ten cents). This can add up quickly. Our goal for the year is to collect 3000 Box Tops, earning our school $300.00. We are ready to start collecting, so start clipping! Thank you for your continuing support of our school!

Easter Donations:  If you are interested in donating towards the purchase of various Easter items please see the list of needs below, thank you in advance for your generosity:

$75.00 for flowers for each Salutations Service (3/13, 3/20)

$225.00 - 12 Candles encircling the Crucifix Holy Thursday Eve.

500 Eggs dyed red (to have in Church by Good Fri. Morning)

We are asking again for people to bring in fresh flowers to decorate the Kouvouklion this year.

There is also a cost involved in getting the 'base' flowers for the Kouvouklion and the flowers that are handed out, monetary donations are also always appreciated to defray that cost as well.

Bookstore News: Available in the St. Athanasios Bookstore -

HOLY WEEK AND PASCHA By J. Euphemia Briere - This book takes us through the period in the life of Christ from the raising of Lazarus to the Resurrection as reflected in the Divine Services of the Holy Orthodox Church.

THE ENTRY OF OUR LORD INTO JERUSALEM -By Sister Elayne  with illustrations by Bonnie Gillis - Perfect for preschool children and up.

PASCHA TRANSFORMS WOLFMAN TOM - St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery - Wolfman Tom was a ruthless murderer in 19th century Russia.  This is the true story of how God transformed this hardened criminal into a saint through fire of repentance.  It is an example of repentance and salvation.

WE RETURN TO GOD - Department of Religious Education Orthodox Church in America - A manual for preparing children for the Sacrament of Penance

COME RECEIVE THE LIGHT - By Peter M. Kalellis - This simple guide is to help us explore the treasures of our Faith that we may joyfully arrive at the glory of Easter and beneficially receive the Unwaning Light.

LENTEN COOKBOOK - BY Arestedis Laftsidis - This cookbook is a short collection of vegan, vegetarian, and seafood recipe ideas for Orthodox Lent.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America offers various Scholarships:  2015-16 Undergraduate and Graduate scholarships - applications can be accessed by visiting www.goarch.org (scholarships listed under the 'SPOTLIGHT' section)  E-mail scholarships@goarch.org or call 212-774-0283, deadline is April 27, 2015. 

Hellenic College Holy Cross Opportunities: 

CrossRoad: 10 day summer experience on the campus visit www.hchc.edu/studentlife/vocation/crossroad/ for information

Semester of Faith: short term, college leve study at Hellenic College www.hchc.edu/admissions/semester_of_faith for more information.

Registration open for Ionian Village summer camp program visit www.ionianvillage.org 

Theology Thursdays!  St. Athanasios will begin Theology Thursdays in September!  Book Club will meet the 1st Thursday of each month, Youth Groups (Jr. JOY, JOY, Jr. GOYA, GOYA) will meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, Bible Study will be the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm followed by Orthodoxy 101 at 8pm.  

 
TOTS/INFANT PPROGRAM: Please note that TOTS, the program for children birth to 4 years and their parents, will meet with Fr. Peter on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. 
 
CHURCH ETIQUETTE: Please note that the Narthex is a Quiet Zone, while Parish Council members are there to greet you they have been asked to refrain from conversing with Parishioners as they light their candles, etc.  If you are in need of talking with a council member or another Parishioner, please do so outside of the Narthex in the foyer.

CANDLE SAFETY:  Please do not put 7 Day candles on the carpet in the Church, always place them in the candle stand, this is a Fire Hazard.                              

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED                                                                                                                                                 We are updating our volunteer database.  Please consider signing up as a volunterr for upcoming Church events such as Holy Week, Spring/Fall Festival, Summer Picnic and other activities.  There are forms in the Narthex for those who are interested.  Thank you!

PLANNED GIVING:  A charitable gift may give you substantial current tax benefits as well as estate tax benefits.  For most people, the greatest financial gift we are able to give is what we leave behind when we fall asleep in the Lord. Planned giving can be very rewarding, allowing to you to see your gift at work while receiving tax benefits now.  

“Come and See the works of God, Who is awesome” (Psalm 66:5).  Please see the brochures in the brochure rack, if you have further questions please contact the Parish Office or Fr. Peter.

MESSAGE FROM FR. PETER regarding Communications: In efforts to better communicate and manage communications with the parish, and to properly, and in a proper time receive communications from the parish, I am asking that if you have informational questions, to please call the church office, or send me an email.  If there is an emergency, please feel free to call my emergency number, for non emergency inquiries and scheduling, please email me at frpspiro999@gmail.com or call the church office at 630-851-6106.  However, due to my schedule- liturgical and otherwise, as well as the immediate intrusion of text messaging, I am asking that you refrain from texting my cell phone, as I will no longer be communicating via text messaging.   - Rev. Dr. Peter J. Spiro

PROSFORO
The Church is in need of Prosforo, if you are able to make some and bring it in it would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you! 

PRAYER LIST - 
Ann Helopoulos, Marie, Jeff Kuwaja, Joann Maroutsos, Eugenia, Carla, Peter, John Nowobielski, Deborah, Eleni, Mary Ann Gavrilys, Philomena Bilder, Athena, Kalliope, Vicki Sore, Lamona Athens, Elsie Mishos, Ellen, Chris


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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America News

Archdiocese Co-Sponsors Event at U.N. for the 59th Commission on the Status of Women

03/23/2015

A panel discussion titled, Trafficking & Migration, Girls & Women: Human Rights Have No Borders, took place March 9, 2015, at the United Nations and brought together migration and trafficking experts. The event was co-sponsored by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Council (the Greek Orthodox presence in the United Nations) and the Salesians of Don Bosco (Society of St. Francis de Sales, a Roman Catholic religious institute).

Schedule of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios for Mar. 12-17, 2015

03/11/2015

In Selma, A day of honor and tribute to the legacy of struggle and sacrifice, equality and freedom

03/09/2015

Thousands of people attended the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 National Voting Rights Act and “Bloody Sunday,” that concluded today, March 8, 2015, with a long service at the historic Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church and a final march through the town of Selma and across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Archbishop Demetrios of America Crosses Edmund Pettus Bridge with President Obama

03/08/2015

Archbishop Demetrios of America, together with President Barack Obama and other major civic and religious leaders, walked today, March 7, 2015, the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.”

Archbishop Demetrios to travel to Alabama for the 50th Commemoration of the “March on Selma”

03/04/2015

Archbishop Demetrios, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America will take part in the events commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the historic March on Selma, led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in which Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America also participated, along with other civil rights leaders on March 15, 1965.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Mourns the Tragic Death of Fr Matthew Baker

03/02/2015

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, on behalf of the Holy Eparchial Synod and the plentitude of the clergy and laity of the Archdiocese, expressed the deep sorrow and mourning of the Church for the untimely and tragic death of Rev. Fr. Matthew Baker, as a result of a car accident last night

NY GOYA Youth Present Donations for St. Nicholas and Assistance to Greece

02/27/2015

Representatives of the GOYA groups (Greek Orthodox Youth of America) in New York’s five boroughs visited His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America, Feb. 24, at his office and presented a donation of $10,000 dollars as their contribution to the rebuilding of Saint Nicholas at the World Trade Center.

Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios for Holy and Great Lent 2015

02/20/2015

In the hymns and services of the Triodion period and at the entrance of this holy season of Great Lent, we are called to repentance. We are invited to come before God in the humility of the Publican. We are beckoned to return to His dwelling and His compassionate embrace as the Prodigal Son. We are confronted with the causes of our separation from God and our need for His great mercy. It is truly a time of repentance as we prepare to commemorate and contemplate all that has been done for us through Christ our Lord.

Archbishop Demetrios Offers Condolences on the Slaying of Coptic Orthodox Christians in Libya - Archdiocese to Participate in a Special Prayer Service

02/19/2015

After learning about the recent brutal slaying of twenty-one Coptic Orthodox Christians from Egypt by the members of ISIS, Archbishop Demetrios of America, on behalf of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA, issued letters of condolences to the Coptic Orthodox Bishops in the United States. The Coptic Orthodox Christians were kidnapped in December and January from Libya and were held captive until their massacre.

FDF2015 - The largest gathering of Greek Orthodox Youth in the U.S.

02/16/2015

The 2015 Greek Orthodox Folk Dance and Choral Festival (FDF2015) just concluded another very successful year and its four-day weekend celebration of Faith, Dance and Fellowship. FDF is the largest gathering of Greek-Orthodox young people in the United States and arguably the largest youth festival of traditional Greek dancing in the world. Approximately 2,500 young people took part as dancers, musicians and singers, and more than 3,500 people attended in total, including parents, grandparents and friends.

Faith, Dance and Fellowship: 2015 Folk Dance and Choral Festival

02/12/2015

The 2015 Folk Dance and Choral Festival of the Metropolis of San Francisco begins today in Anaheim, California and will run through Sunday, Feb. 15. The renowned FDF event, now in its 39th year celebrates Faith, Dance and Fellowship and is the largest gathering of Greek Orthodox Youth in America, expected to surpass 3,000 people in attendance.

Schedule of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios for Feb. 12-23, 2015

02/10/2015

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