March 06
COFFEE HOUR
Please join us for our Sunday Coffee Hour immediately following the Divine Liturgy.
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS
PHILOPTOCHOS THANK YOU
Our annual Macaronatha was a huge success! Many thanks to our generous parishioners, and to our tireless kitchen crew, who shopped, prepped, set up, served, and cleaned up. Και του χρόνο!
MARCH 24-25 BAKE SALE
The Cathedral is asking for volunteers for the annual bake sale, which begins after Vespers March 24. Baked goods and sales help is needed, along with help setting tables for the coffee hour after Vespers. Philoptochos is chairing this event, however ALL proceeds go directly to the Cathedral. Please contact a Philoptochos board member or Parish Council member to sign up.
DUES
Philoptochos membership dues are now being collected. Membership remains unchanged at $30 and will be collected through April 15. Please renew your membership or consider joining today. You may also pay online through the Cathedral’s website. Thank you!
Philoptochos membership dues are now being collected. Membership remains unchanged at $30 and will be collected through April 15. Please renew your membership or consider joining today. You may also pay online through the Cathedral’s website. Thank you!
COOKBOOKS
Amaze your family and friends with your cooking skills! The Joy of Greek Cooking cookbooks are for sale once again! The book contains hundreds of authentic recipes from the kitchens of our parishioners. Price remains affordable at $20, or $24 which includes shipping. Porch pickup also available in Farmington Hills.
Our Philoptochos Membership Form is included in the insert section of the bulletin.
SATURDAY OF SOULS
Saturday of Souls is a series of Saturdays set aside in the liturgical Greek Orthodox Calendar for the remembrance of those who have died.
These days occur on designated Saturdays before and during the seasons of Lent and Easter: the first two are observed on the two Saturdays before Lent begins, the third Saturday of Souls coincides with the first Saturday of Lent, and the fourth
Soul Saturday takes place on the Saturday before Pentecost, the close of the the Easter season.
Saturday holds special significance in the religious calendar as the day on which the crucified Jesus lay dead in the tomb before His resurrection.
On each Soul Saturday a special service is held where prayers are offered in memory ofthose who have died and a list of names of the dead is recited.
Participants attending the services prepare Kolyva, and also supply Wine (Nama), Olive Oil and Prosfora. (Please note that due to covid-19, bring your Kolyva in plastic bags).
Saturday of Souls Services:
February 26 - 1st Saturday of Souls – Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
March 5 - 2nd Saturday of Souls – Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
March 12 - 3rd Saturday of Souls – Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.
DONATIONS NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
Flowers for Decoration of the Icons for our Feast Day
Artoklasia for March 24 and 25
Daffodils for the Service of the Veneration of the Holy Cross on Sunday, March 27
Wreaths for the four Services of the Salutations to the Virgin Mary and Akathist Hymn
Flowers for Holy Friday (Epitaphion) on Friday, April 22
PIONEERS - Tsourekia & Red Eggs Sales
The Annunciation Pioneers are currently taking orders for Tsourekia (Sweet Bread) and Red Eggs.
Pick up will be at the Annunciation Cathedral on Palm Sunday, April 17th, after the Divine Liturgy.
Please call Effie Tsopelas at 586-786-6774 or email the Cathedral at annunciation@prodigy.net
Please call Effie Tsopelas at 586-786-6774 or email the Cathedral at annunciation@prodigy.net
to place your order.
ΚΑΛΗ ΣΑΡΑΚΟΣΤΗ!
Annunciation Pioneers
PLEASE KEEP MARIA GLIKIS AND MARY GAGGOS IN YOUR PRAYERS
Maria Glikis
Ashford Court
37501 Joy Road, Westland, MI 48185
Phone number: 734-338-9451.
Mary Gaggos
Sunrise of Grosse Pointe Woods
21260 Mack Ave.
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
Phone number: 313-882-7614
You can send a card or call, I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated!
LIVE STREAMING OF SERVICES
We are pleased to announce that you can now watch live streaming of the Annunciation Cathedral services, starting at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday.
Please go directly to our website: annunciationcathedral.org
click the link: Annunciation Cathedral Services
SACRAMENTS AND SPECIAL LITURGICAL SERVICES
Please call Fr. Georgios Manias or the Church Office to schedule and confirm in advance, Sacraments and special Liturgical services, such as Memorials and Trisagion in order to honor your beloved ones.
MEETINGS
Meetings with Father Georgios Manias are by appointment only. Please schedule meetings through the church office or by contacting Father at 313-588-0829. Thank you!
CONFESSION
Any individual wishing to schedule an appointment for Confession with Fr. Georgios Manias may do so by contacting Father at 313-588-0829.
STEWARDSHIP
"As the Father has sent me, so I send you." John 20:21. Christian stewardship is a commitment to God through our time, talent, and treasure. Your 2022 Stewardship pledge card is available in the Narthex. Please take the time to complete your card and place it in the Stewardship box.
DONATIONS
To contribute to our Cathedral electronically. You can either go to our website's home page and click on the "Donate" button with the following link:
http://www.annunciationcathedral.org/
Or, you can click on the following link to go directly to the "Donate" PayPal page:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=L5LRXU8CDMKJW&source=url
You also still have the option of sending your donation by check directly to the Cathedral. In this tough economic time, we greatly appreciate any contribution towards your stewardship.
The Metropolis of Atlanta Religious Education Committee was blessed to host the Festival of Faith at the Diakonia Retreat Center on the weekend of February 25th & February 26th, 2022.
On Monday, February 28, 2022 on behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia accepted the invitation of Metropolitan Antony of Hierapolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (Ecumenical Patriarchate) to participate in the PRAYER VIGIL FOR UKRAINE at the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Memorial Church in Bound Brook, NJ.
What a joy it has been to come together again in person to celebrate our Faith and our Culture! I congratulate all of the organizers, on both the Metropolis and Parish levels. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, you have found a way to bring this event about, and it has been a marvel to witness once again the enthusiasm, artistic skill, and faith of our young people.
By its very name, this Annual Brunch highlights the role of the family in the life of our clergy. And I am not only speaking of the married clergy, for the celibate clergy often have living parents, and siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. Our clergy families are larger than those that share the dwelling. But certainly, understanding the life of the married clergy – of the families with children of varying ages and needs, is vital for successful ministries in our Archdiocese today.
This is the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, the very same Sunday that we observed together two years ago in Anaheim, California. It is a day that is leading us to prepare for the Fast of the Forty Days, and brings us to Holy Pascha. But in some ways, it contains the entire history of salvation – from the Creation to the Regeneration of all things.