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Annunciation/Evangelismos Church, Elkins Park, PA
Publish Date: 2017-01-15
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Annunciation/Evangelismos Church, Elkins Park, PA

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (215) 635-0316
  • Fax:
  • (215) 635-8301
  • Street Address:

  • 7921 Old York Road

  • Elkins Park, PA 19027


Contact Information




Services Schedule

We meet for divine worship every Sunday morning starting with Orthros (Matins) 8:30, Divine Liturgy 9:30-11AM, followed by a fellowship hour in our community center. All are ivited!

Please see Community Calendar for a complete listing of all weekday feastdays and worship services.


Past Bulletins


Weekend Update

12th Sunday of Luke, January 15, 2017

On January 15 we commemorate: our devout father Paul of Thebes; our devout father John Kalyvitis, the Hut-dweller, who was poor for Christ; the holy martyr Pansophios; the holy Six Fathers who reposed in peace. By the intercessions of Your Saints, O God, have mercy on us and save us. Amen

  • 8:30am ORTHROS (Matins), 9:30am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • Youth Catechism Classes Follow Holy Communion.
  • MEMORIAL prayers are offered today for the repose of the souls of our brethren:  Koula Heraklides (40day); Irene Papadopoulos (6months); Maria Poulos (1year);  Kostantinos Papakirk (1year); Antonios Thomas (11years); Fotini Zirounis (7years);  Michael Zirounis (32years);  Rubini Michelakis (37years)
  • Parish Council Installation & Oath of Office.
  • Fellowship Hour Hosted by PTO & the Thomas Family in Memory of Antonios.
  • HOPE-JOY Cookie Baking.

Tue Jan 17, 2017 Anthony the Great

  • 8:30am ORTHROS (Matins) 9:30am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • 5pm Youth Greek School Classes.
  • 7pm Adult Greek Language Class.
  • 7pm Parish Council meeting.

Wed Jan 18, 2017 Athanasios and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria

  • 8:30am ORTHROS (Matins) 9:30am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • 5pm Youth Greek School Classes.
  • 7pm Adult Greek Language Class.

Thu Jan 19, 2017

  • 7pm Choir Rehearsal.
  • 7pm PTO Meeting.

Fri Jan 20, 2017

  • 5pm Youth Greek School Classes.
  • 6:30pm JOY Greek Folk Dance Practice.
  • 7:30pm GOYA Greek Folk Dance and Sights & Sounds Practice.

Next Sunday, Jan 22, 2017

  • 8:30am ORTHROS (Matins), 9:30am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • Youth Catechism Classes Follow Holy Communion.
  • MEMORIAL: Dimitrios Maris (1-year).
  • Fellowship Hour Hosted by GOYA.
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Saints and Feasts

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January 15

Paul of Thebes

Saint Paul, first among hermits, was born about 227 in the Thebaid of Egypt. In 250 he fled into the wilderness because of the persecution raging at that time under Decius. Having lived a solitary life in a certain cave for ninety-one years, he reposed in 341, at the age of 114, and was buried by Anthony the Great, who had been directed thither by God several days before the Saint's repose.


Jkalyvitispaulthebes
January 15

John the Hut-Dweller

Saint John, who was from Constantinople, was the son of illustrious parents -- Eutropius the Senator and Theodora. At twelve years of age he departed secretly from his home and went to the Monastery of the Unsleeping (see Dec. 29). Aflame with longing for his parents, he returned after six years to his father's home in the guise of a pauper and beggar. Living in a small hut at the gates of his parents' house (wherefrom he is called "hut-dweller"), he remained unknown therein for many years, and suffered mockery at the hands of those who had been his own servants. Foreknowing his death, he revealed himself to his parents, and within a few moments reposed, about the year 450.


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Community News & Events

Upcoming Community Events

Please call the church office to be placed on the schedule

  • 2017 Parish Council Installation: Sunday, Jan. 15
  • HOPE-JOY Cookie Baking: Sunday, Jan. 15
  • HOPE-JOY Movie Night: Friday, Jan. 27
  • Parish Greek Letters Celebration: Sunday, Jan. 29
  • Metropolis Regional Greek Letters Celebration: Sunday, Jan. 29
  • 'Mommy & Me' Playgroup: Tuesday, Jan. 31
  • Delaware Valley GOYA Ski Trip: Satrurday, Feb. 5
  • Triodion Starts: Sunday, Feb. 5
  • Philoptochos "Go Red" Campaign & Collection: Sunday, Feb. 5
  • Godparents Sunday: Sunday, Feb. 12

Philoptochos News & Events

Philoptochos & PTO Holiday Dinner - We had a wonderful evening of fellowship, fun, and excellent food to celebrate the New Year at the annual Philoptochos & PTO holiday dinner on Monday, January 9, 2017. A special thanks to Stella Fisfis and Stella Nikolopoulos for chairing the dinner, and to Ellen Ballas for the fun trivia games and to Stella Fisfis for putting together the wonderful prizes. A blessed New Year to all!

“One Warm Coat” Drive – The Ladies Philoptochos ‘Nausica’ will be holding a coat drive from January 10 through February 5, 2017. Gently used coats for men, women and children will be accepted through Sunday, February 5, 2017. Coats should be placed in the bins in the alcove next to the church office and marked “One Warm Coat” Drive. All coats must be clean and in good repair and will be donated to a local non-profit organization to help keep someone warm this winter. Please contact Mary Jaxheimer with any questions.

Save the Date – A Philoptochos General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 7:00 PM in our Cultural Center. All current and prospective Philoptochos members are invited to attend. A presentation on Women understanding their finances for themselves and their families will also be given by George Fisfis, Morgan Stanley Global Wealth Management. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by February 8, 2017 to Stella Nikolopoulos 215-850-4066 or StellaNiko811@gmail.com


Ridesharing to Church

There are parishioners at  Annunciation who, by circumstances of their age or health, are unable to drive to church, but would very much like to be present at Liturgy. We are grateful for the parishioners who volunteer to serve in this ministry.

There are many ways we can reach out to help those who need assistance.  Offering a ride to church can be a simple gesture, but one that is heartfelt by those who would have no other way to join us at Liturgy.  

If you  Need-a-Ride, or interested in volunteering to Offer-a-Ride, please contact the parish office (215) 6350316 or office@anngoc.org, and we will try to match you up based on your location.


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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Mode

O Faithful, let us sing a hymn of praise and worship to the Logos, coeternal with the Father and the Spirit, who was born of the Virgin for our salvation. Of His own will He went upon the Cross in the flesh and suffered death, to raise the dead through His glorious Resurrection.
Τὸν συνάναρχον Λόγον Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι, τὸν ἐκ Παρθένου τεχθέντα εἰς σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν, ἀνυμνήσωμεν πιστοὶ καὶ προσκυνήσωμεν, ὅτι ηὐδόκησε σαρκί, ἀνελθεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, καὶ θάνατον ὑπομεῖναι, καὶ ἐγεῖραι τοὺς τεθνεῶτας, ἐν τῇ ἐνδόξῳ Ἀναστάσει αὐτοῦ.

Seasonal Kontakion in the First Mode

Your birth sanctified a Virgin's womb and properly blessed the hands of Symeon. Having now come and saved us O Christ our God, give peace to Your commonwealth in troubled times and strengthen those in authority, whom You love, as only the loving One.
Ὁ μήτραν παρθενικὴν ἁγιάσας τῶ τόκω σου, καὶ χείρας τοῦ Συμεὼν εὐλογήσας ὡς ἔπρεπε, προφθάσας καὶ νὺν ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός. Ἀλλ' εἰρήνευσον ἐν πολέμοις τὸ πολίτευμα, καὶ κραταίωσον Βασιλεῖς οὓς ἠγάπησας, ὁ μόνος φιλάνθρωπος.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Eighth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 20:11-18

At that time, Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." Saying this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that He had said these things to her.

Eighth Orthros Gospel
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 20:11-18

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, Μαρία δὲ εἱστήκει πρὸς τῷ μνημείῳ κλαίουσα ἔξω. ὡς οὖν ἔκλαιε, παρέκυψεν εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ θεωρεῖ δύο ἀγγέλους ἐν λευκοῖς καθεζομένους, ἕνα πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἕνα πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν, ὅπου ἔκειτο τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ. καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῇ ἐκεῖνοι· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὅτι ἦραν τὸν Κύριόν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν. καὶ ταῦτα εἰποῦσα ἐστράφη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν ἑστῶτα, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐστι. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· γύναι, τί κλαίεις; τίνα ζητεῖς; ἐκείνη δοκοῦσα ὅτι ὁ κηπουρός ἐστι, λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν, εἰπέ μοι ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν, κἀγὼ αὐτὸν ἀρῶ. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· Μαρία. στραφεῖσα ἐκείνη λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββουνί, ὃ λέγεται, διδάσκαλε. λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· πορεύου δὲ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς μου καὶ εἰπὲ αὐτοῖς· ἀναβαίνω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ πατέρα ὑμῶν, καὶ Θεόν μου καὶ Θεὸν ὑμῶν. ἔρχεται Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ ἀπαγγέλλουσα τοῖς μαθηταῖς ὅτι ἑώρακε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ταῦτα εἶπεν αὐτῇ.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal First Mode. Psalm 11.7,1.
You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Colossians 3:4-11.

BRETHREN, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. In these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away; anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.

Προκείμενον. Plagal First Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 11.7,1.
Σὺ Κύριε, φυλάξαις ἡμᾶς καὶ διατηρήσαις ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Σῶσον με, Κύριε, ὅτι ἐκλέλοιπεν ὅσιος.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κολοσσαεῖς 3:4-11.

Ἀδελφοί, ὅταν ὁ Χριστὸς φανερωθῇ, ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν, τότε καὶ ὑμεῖς σὺν αὐτῷ φανερωθήσεσθε ἐν δόξῃ. Νεκρώσατε οὖν τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν, πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν κακήν, καὶ τὴν πλεονεξίαν, ἥτις ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρεία, διʼ ἃ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας· Ἐν οἷς καὶ ὑμεῖς περιεπατήσατέ ποτε, ὅτε ἐζῆτε ἐν αὐτοῖς. Νυνὶ δὲ ἀπόθεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς τὰ πάντα, ὀργήν, θυμόν, κακίαν, βλασφημίαν, αἰσχρολογίαν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν· μὴ ψεύδεσθε εἰς ἀλλήλους, ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν νέον, τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατʼ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν· ὅπου οὐκ ἔνι Ἕλλην καὶ Ἰουδαῖος, περιτομὴ καὶ ἀκροβυστία, βάρβαρος, Σκύθης, δοῦλος, ἐλεύθερος· ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν Χριστός.


Gospel Reading

12th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 17:12-19

At that time, as Jesus entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said: "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." When He saw them He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus's feet, giving Him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then said Jesus: "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" And He said to him: "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

12th Sunday of Luke
Κατὰ Λουκᾶν 17:12-19

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἰσερχομένου αὐτοῦ εἴς τινα κώμην ἀπήντησαν αὐτῷ δέκα λεπροὶ ἄνδρες, οἳ ἔστησαν πόρρωθεν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἦραν φωνὴν λέγοντες· ᾿Ιησοῦ ἐπιστάτα, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς. καὶ ἰδὼν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· πορευθέντες ἐπιδείξατε ἑαυτοὺς τοῖς ἱερεῦσι. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὑπάγειν αὐτοὺς ἐκαθαρίσθησαν. εἷς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν, ἰδὼν ὅτι ἰάθη, ὑπέστρεψε μετὰ φωνῆς μεγάλης δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον παρὰ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ εὐχαριστῶν αὐτῷ· καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν Σαμαρείτης. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν· οὐχὶ οἱ δέκα ἐκαθαρίσθησαν; οἱ δὲ ἐννέα ποῦ; οὐχ εὑρέθησαν ὑποστρέψαντες δοῦναι δόξαν τῷ Θεῷ εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς οὗτος; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀναστὰς πορεύου· ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε.


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Focus On Our Church Family

Celebrations, Milestones, Gratitude, Comfort & Support

Pastoral care: If you or someone you know is sick, homebound elderly, or scheduled for surgery, please call the church office to let us know so Fr. John can make a pastoral visit, or to add someone to the prayer list.

Let us pray to the Lord for the health and salvation of: Suffering and persecuted Christians in the Middle East and the non-Christian world, Virginia, Leo, Lillian, Eugenios, Esther, Penelope, Angeliki, Anthony, Virginia, William, Nikolaos, Joanna, Irene, Jerry, Mary, Nicholas, Antigoni, Kyriaki, Charles.

Χρόνια πολλα!  Happy birthday!   God grant you many years!  To those celebrating this coming week: Daphne Calliagas, Christopher Lawrence, Antonios Malitas, Angela McCulloch, Argiris Mountis, Christopher Cosmas, Lazaros Mackrides, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Haroula Psihogios, Demetra Diamantas, John Ferello, Michael Ferello, Alan Gnessin, Papagiotis Mavrakis, Angeliki Mountis, Maria Stakias Rigalos, Katerine Tsakiris, Geovanny Cardenas, Greg Driscoll, Yiannis Moustakas, Philip Nanos, Constantine Avgiris, Connie Charocopos, Alexandra Nyktas, Nicole Pogas, Maria Botsaris, Markella Calliagas, Patricia Malamas, James Trivelis, Michael Trivelis, Anna Botsaris, Gerasimos Cosmatos, George Giordas, Anthony Mariani, Stella Triantafellou.

Happy anniversary! To those celebrating this week: Fifis, Dori & Chris; Rodgers, Denise & David; Warner, Christina & Byron; Downie, Marisa & Ryan.

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

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The Feast of Holy Theophany in Tarpon Springs

01/07/2017

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of America headed the festivities surrounding the Feast of Theophany, the Feast of Lights, which is traditionally celebrated by the large Greek Orthodox Community of St. Nicholas Cathedral in the Epiphany City with thousands of faithful in attendance. Archbishop Demetrios presided at the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy with the host Hierarch, Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos, Bishop Sevastianos of Zela and Bishop Cyril of Abydos concelebrating, while assisted by more than a dozen clergy.
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