There will be NO coffee hour today and on the following Sundays due to Lions Games:
November 6^th; December 4^th & 11^th; and January 1^st.  Thank you for your kind understanding and consideration.

Our Fall General Assembly will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2022.

CRETAN ASSOCIATION will be having their annual Memorial, Artoklasia and coffee hour on Sunday, November 13, 2022.

The Annunciation Cathedral Family will be preparing 100 bagged lunches to feed the poor in November at St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Detroit.  We are in need of donations and volunteers to prepare, assemble and deliver the food.  Preparation and bagging of the lunches will take place on Saturday, November 19^th in the Cathedral kitchen at 9:00am.  If we have enough helpers, the project will be complete by 10:30am.  On Sunday, November 20^th, we will need 3 people to deliver the food after the Divine Liturgy.  If you are able to help on either day, please email Will Lianos at wglianos67@gmail.com.

Checks for donations should be made out to the Annunciation Cathedral.  Thank you for your support of this great event that is organized by Alex Shashko every year.

The consulate General of Greece in Chicago - visit to Detroit on Saturday, November 19, 2022.
Please see "Bulletin inserts" page for more information or to book your appointment.

 

THE 2022 FALL CASH RAFFLE drawing took place on Thursday evening, October 6, 2022. 

• The three grand prize winners were Jean Astalakis, Christopher Boloven and John Hatzis.
  
  
• Their numbers were the last three to be drawn. They were all present prior to drawing the    

       last three numbers and all agreed to split the total $7,000.00 of grand prizes, each

       receiving $2,333.33.

• The Fall Cash Raffle committee wishes to thank all the tickets purchasers as well as the

       sellers for their continued support of the Cathedral as well as everyone who attended the

       dinner and watched the raffle live.

• Thank you again and we will see you in 2023 for this annual event!

Bible study will begin mid-November, right around Christmas fast.  More details and information to follow in future bulletins.

One of the most important things we can do for our children is ensure that they learn about our Orthodox faith.  Religious education should be an important part of their lives.  Classes for the 2022-2023 Sunday School have begun and are available for students from pre-K (age 4) to 12th grade.  Also, if anyone is interested in becoming a Sunday School teacher, please contact Fr. George.

Your choir has begun another year in song and we invite you to join us – young and old are welcome in the choir loft.  We accommodate all levels of musicality, and you do not have to read Greek to sing.  We practice once or twice per month, and sing with our whole hearts.   If you have always wanted to try, come sing with us!  We encourage you to offer your talents to your church.   

“Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head:  they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.  Isaiah 51:11

Any questions can be directed to your nearest choir member or Kim Lianos at kim.lianos04@gmail.com.  

The 707 East banquet hall is back in operation! After a two-year break due to the pandemic, we are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Ernie's Catering to handle our catering needs and to oversee all aspects of 707 East. They come highly recommended and also handle the catering for St. Nicholas in Troy. For all your catering needs, call Ernie's direct at 586-286-8435.

 Our Philoptochos Membership Form is included in the insert section of the bulletin.

The Holy relic (‘Αγιo Λείψανο) of St. Andrew the Apostle will be on display in the reliquary of the Annunciation Cathedral of Detroit for embracement and veneration for whomever wishes to do so.

The Holy relics have been safe-guarded in the sanctuary of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral for over one hundred years, and it is now the time for them to be venerated and presented to all the faithful Christians.

"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.

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 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! 

Any individual wishing to schedule an appointment for Confession with Fr. Georgios Manias may do so by contacting Father at 313-588-0829.

Live streaming of the Annunciation Cathedral services begin at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday.  

Please go directly to our website: http://www.annunciationcathedral.org and click the link: Annunciation Cathedral Services.

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

This week, find insights about the upcoming Gospel reading where the Lord talks about a nameless rich man and a poor man named Lazaros. But why is the poor man named and not the rich man?

To be with you for the Divine Liturgy on the feast of your patron saint, the Holy Great-Martyr and Myrrh-Streamer Demetrios, is truly a great spiritual joy. Today, we honor the mighty captain of men, who became an angelic general through his bravery in spiritual combat that tested his heart, his mind, his faith and his very flesh.

We live today – both in Greece and in America – as free peoples, because of the sacrifice of others. They sowed the harvest of our liberty, as the Psalmist says, “with tears, and they wept as they cast their seeds” (Psalm 125:6-7, LXX). They sowed in cold and rain. They sowed in hunger and thirst. They sowed and fought and labored, experiencing horrific deprivations. Many died without seeing the final triumph over the Axis powers. But they knew in their hearts and in their very bones the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Tonight, we enter into the feast of your heavenly patron, the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh-Streamer. This mighty protector of Thessaloniki is known throughout the world as an example of the highest fidelity to God. He was a man of supreme rank in the military, as well as a favored commander of the pagan Roman Empire, who recognized only one king – the King of Kings, our Lord Jesus Christ. Tonight, we chanted: