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Annunciation/Evangelismos Church, Elkins Park, PA
Publish Date: 2019-08-25
Bulletin Contents
Weekend Update
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Community News & Events
Greek School News
Bulletin Inserts
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News
Focus on Our Church Family
Beyond Annunciation
Allsaint
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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

Presiding Priest: Rev. Fr. John L. Johns


frjohn@anngoc.org | (215) 635-0316

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 invited!

Please see Community Calendar for a complete listing of all weekday feast-days and worship services.

Past Bulletins


Weekend Update

Tenth Sunday of Matthew, August 25, 2019
Κυριακή I’ Ματθαίου. To κήρυγμα ΕΔΩ
  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • The fellowship hour is hosted by PTO.
Thursday, August 29, 2019

The Beheading of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John. Strict fast day.

  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • 7 pm Choir rehearsal.
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Ecclesiastical New Year.

  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • The fellowship hour will be hosted by Philoptochos.
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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
August 25

Ebba, First Abbess of Coldingham

Natalia
August 26

The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie

The holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie confessed the Christian Faith during the reign of Maximian, in Nicomedia, in the year 298. Adrian was a pagan; witnessing the valor of the Martyrs, and the fervent faith with which they suffered their torments, he also declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned. When this was told to his wife Natalie, who was secretly a believer, she visited him in prison and encouraged him in his sufferings. Saint Adrian's hands and feet were placed on an anvil and broken off with a hammer; he died in his torments. His blessed wife recovered part of his holy relics and took it to Argyropolis near Byzantium, and reposed in peace soon after.

Allsaint
August 25

Titus the Apostle of the 70

Saint Titus was a Greek by race, and an idolater. But having believed in Christ through the Apostle Paul, he became Paul's disciple and follower and labored with him greatly in the preaching of the Gospel. When Paul ordained him Bishop of Crete, he later wrote to him the Epistle which bears his name. Having shepherded in an apostolic manner the flock that had been entrusted to him, and being full of days, he reposed in peace, some ninety-four years of age.

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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 Apostle Bartholomew in the Third Mode

O Holy Apostles, intercede with the merciful God that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.
Απόστολοι Άγιοι, πρεσβεύσατε τώ ελεήμονι Θεώ ίνα πταισμάτων άφεσιν, παράσχη ταίς ψυχάς ημών.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Fourth Mode

In your holy birth, Immaculate One, Joachim and Anna were rid of the shame of childlessness; Adam and Eve of the corruption of death. And so your people, free of the guilt of their sins, celebrate crying: "The barren one gives birth to the Theotokos, who nourishes our life."
Ιωακείμ καί Άννα όνειδισμού ατεκνίας, καί Αδάμ καί Εύα, εκ τής φθοράς τού θανάτου, ηλευθερώθησαν, Άχραντε, εν τή αγία γεννήσει σου, αυτήν εορτάζει καί ο λαός σου, ενοχής τών πταισμάτων, λυτρωθείς εν τώ κράζειν σοι, Η στείρα τίκτει τήν Θεοτόκον, καί τροφόν τής ζωής ημών.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. First Mode. Psalm 32.22,1.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
Verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 4:9-16.

Brethren, God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are ill-clad and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the off-scouring of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.

Προκείμενον. First Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1.
Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 4:9-16.

Ἀδελφοί, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους· ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἀνθρώποις. Ἡμεῖς μωροὶ διὰ Χριστόν, ὑμεῖς δὲ φρόνιμοι ἐν Χριστῷ· ἡμεῖς ἀσθενεῖς, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰσχυροί· ὑμεῖς ἔνδοξοι, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄτιμοι. Ἄχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν, καὶ διψῶμεν, καὶ γυμνητεύομεν, καὶ κολαφιζόμεθα, καὶ ἀστατοῦμεν, καὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν· διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα· βλασφημούμενοι παρακαλοῦμεν· ὡς περικαθάρματα τοῦ κόσμου ἐγενήθημεν, πάντων περίψημα ἕως ἄρτι. Οὐκ ἐντρέπων ὑμᾶς γράφω ταῦτα, ἀλλʼ ὡς τέκνα μου ἀγαπητὰ νουθετῶ. Ἐὰν γὰρ μυρίους παιδαγωγοὺς ἔχητε ἐν Χριστῷ, ἀλλʼ οὐ πολλοὺς πατέρας· ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ διὰ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα. Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.

Gospel Reading

10th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 17:14-23

At that time, a man came up to Jesus and kneeling before him said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him." And Jesus answered, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me." And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move hence to yonder place,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting." As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day."

10th Sunday of Matthew
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 17:14-23

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἐλθόντων αὐτῶν πρὸς τὸν ὄχλον προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος γονυπετῶν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγων· Κύριε, ἐλέησόν μου τὸν υἱόν, ὅτι σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς πάσχει· πολλάκις γὰρ πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ καὶ πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ. καὶ προσήνεγκα αὐτὸν τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν αὐτὸν θεραπεῦσαι. ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν· ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη! ἕως πότε ἔσομαι μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν; ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; φέρετέ μοι αὐτὸν ὧδε. καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ δαιμόνιον καὶ ἐθεραπεύθη ὁ παῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης. Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ κατ᾿ ἰδίαν εἶπον· διατί ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό; ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· διὰ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὑμῶν. ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, μετάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν ἐκεῖ, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ γένος οὐκ ἐκπορεύεται εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ. ᾿Αναστρεφομένων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· μέλλει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται. καὶ ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα.

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Community News & Events

2019-2020 Youth Ministries Registration Now Open

We are blessed here at Annunciation/Evangelismos Church with many Christ-centered Youth Ministries, headed by faithful and caring parishioners who have completed background clearances based on Pennsylvania state laws.

We invite you to visit our website and learn more about each Annunciation Youth Ministry: PTO, Catechism School, Little Apostles, JOY/HOPE, GOYA,  Greek School, Greek Folk Dance.

You will see that the following goals are at the core of every Youth Ministry:

  • Reach out to young people to help them grow in God’s love.
  • Assist our youth in understanding and deepening their faith.
  • Provide a place of Christian acceptance and Christian role models.
  • Help our youth to build a community with their peers in our church.
  • Provide opportunities for young people to share in the ministry of the church and develop a willingness to serve the needs of others.

Why Youth Registration?

We request every young person participating in youth ministry (regardless of how much or how little) to be registered through the parish office. The information allows us to have home/emergency information on hand as well as birth dates and interests of each youth involved.

We kindly ask you to register now to give us time to organize our volunteers and be ready to welcome our youth in September.

The online 2019-2020 Youth Ministries Registration Form takes just a few moments to complete from any computer or mobile device. Youth Ministry events will be included as soon as they are scheduled on our web calendar.

Annunciation Youth Ministries are led by parent volunteers and we encourage you to get involved in Youth Ministry with your child.  Please review the various Youth Ministries on our website and don’t hesitate to reach out to Fr. John if you are able to assist.


2nd Annual Parish Backpack Drive

Take advantage of “Back to School” sales and help Annunciation reach our goal of 50 backpacks this year! 

You don't have time to shop? Please consider making a donation and we'll do the shopping for you! 

Let's all work together to help others! 

“Many hands make light work!”

Please plan to drop in and help fill backpacks for our 2nd Annual Parish Backpack Drive after Liturgy on Sunday, September the 1st downstairs in the social hall.

Also, we will be delivering the filled backpacks on Thursday, September the 5th at 2 pm to the Logan Hope School.

If you are available and interested in helping, please contact Angela Godshall either by text or call at 215.370.2623 to coordinate.


Join the Choir!

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

The Orthodox Divine Liturgy is a feast for the senses! Incense lights up our sense of smell, icons blanket our walls with color and history while music and chants speak to our ears.

As summertime comes to a close, the choir is starting to plan for the upcoming ecclesiastical year.

Maybe your situation has changed and your time is more available, or maybe you want to participate more fully in the liturgy but think you haven’t sung in such a long while. Maybe you just want to reconnect and sing the Orthodox hymns that you grew up with or maybe you want to join the fellowship and sense of pride that comes with learning a new hymn together.

Our first practice is on Thursday, August 29 at 7 pm.

You do not need to read music or Greek … we will help you! In fact, you will be assigned a “choir buddy” who will size you for a robe and make sure you have all the music you’ll need and who will keep in touch with you during your first year. As far as time commitment, practices are on Thursdays at 7 pm and last 1.5 hours. Our choir members find that they are back home with enough time for their evening cup of tea and to relax.

Contact Stacy Lagakos, our choir director, by email (swl@mayerpollock.com) or cell (856-816-0116) or contact any choir member you know to find out more about how our ministry works.


"Young At Heart" (65+ parishioners) News

You Are Invited!

We are pleased to announce our first event of the season will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, 10 AM, in our Church Hall.
We will be hosting “Breakfast with Fr. John”, followed by a Q & A session which will give us the opportunity to ask Fr. John questions we always wanted to ask but did not have the chance.
We look forward to seeing you! Please let us know if you will be attending.
Agnes Louridas, 201-947-2992
Helen Papanicolaou, 215-646-8752


Mathew 25 Ministry News

Thank you ! to all who contributed to M25 this summer.  Seeds of Hope was thrilled with our unexpected delivery this past Monday. Donations are lean in the summer months and needs are greater with the kid’s home for the summer.  It was so refreshing to see all the unsolicited food items that made it into our bins.

We look forward to the new ecclesiastical year at Annunciation and increasing our donations to the pantry.  We’ll be posting future delivery dates in the coming weeks.  Enjoy your summer and next time you're in the market consider donating some healthy non-perishable food.  We noticed they were unusually low on pasta sauce this week.  Ευχαριστούμε!

The Matthew 25 Ministry


Looking Ahead in September...

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

  • 7 pm Philoptochos board meeting.

Friday, September 6, 2019

  • Start of JOY & GOYA dance practice.

Sunday, September 8, 2019

  • Start of Sunday school. Youth Sunday. Invite a friend Sunday (parish council hosted luncheon), agiasmos/ blessing of catechism school classrooms, and youth ministry kick-off.

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

  • 10 am ‘Young at Heart’ breakfast and Q & A with Fr. John.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

  • 5 pm Greek School agiasmos and the first day of classes for Greek School.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

  • GOYA advisors and officers installation.

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Greek School News

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Greek School Registration

Registration is OPEN for Greek School for the year 2019-20

Children Pre-K to 6th Grade & Adult Classes

Sign up HERE

ALL REGISTRANTS MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY SEPTEMBER

*NEW* Offering Beginner Adult Classes

Every Friday from 7 pm to 9 pm

 

Οι εγγραφές είναι ΑΝΟΙΧΤΕΣ για το Ελληνικό Σχολείο για το έτος 2019-20

Παιδικές Τάξεις Προ-Κ έως 6ης & Μαθήματα Ενηλίκων

Εγγραφείτε ΕΔΩ

Τα δίδακτρα πρέπει να καταβληθούν πλήρως τον Σεπτέμβριο

 

*Προσφέρουμε Μαθήματα Ενηλίκων Beginner Greek

κάθε Παρασκευή από τις 19:00 έως τις 21:00

Help Needed

Our Greek School is looking for a music/vocal instructor who would be interested in volunteering twice a month with our 4th to 6th grade Greek School students. Please contact Debbie Sourias for more information debbie.thomadi@gmail.com or 215.407.1872.

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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese News

FAITH Announces New Program “Executive Education Program in Strategic Leadership and Transformative Action” (SLTA) for members of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese at The Fletcher School at Tufts University

08/22/2019

FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism (FAITH), in partnership with The Fletcher School at Tufts University, is pleased to announce a new leadership training program, the “Executive Education Program in Strategic Leadership and Transformative Action” (SLTA) for members of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
https://www.goarch.org/-/faith-endowment-executive-education-program

Archbishop Elpidophoros Meets with Archbishop Anoushavan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church

08/20/2019

On Tuesday, August 20, 2019, Archbishop Elpidophoros met with Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia.
https://www.goarch.org/-/2019-08-20-archbishop-anoushavan-armenian-apostolic-church

An Emotional 15th of August in Imbros

08/19/2019

In a moving atmosphere, the Dormition of the Theotokos was celebrated in Imbros, where the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the village of Agios Theodoros.
https://www.goarch.org/-/an-emotional-15th-of-august-in-imbros
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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 health and salvation: Suffering and persecuted Christians in the Middle East and the non-Christian world, Antonios, Anthony, Debora, Despina, Nikolaos, George, Yiannis, Eugene.

Names will be kept on this list for approximately 3 months. Please resubmit Names if needed. Fr. John will include the submitted names at the Psokomide “Offering of Gifts” during the first part of the liturgy when he prepares the mystical gifts of bread & wine. Please lift these names up to the Lord in your personal prayer life as well.

Prayer for healing: Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent our Lord to heal every sickness. Visit and heal us. Grant patience in this sickness, the strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health. Lord, You have taught us to pray for each other that we may be healed. We pray that You heal, guide and protect your servant (s) (pray by name for those who are sick) and grant them the gift of complete health. You are the source of healing and to You we give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen

Happy Anniversary! To those celebrating this week: Limberakis, Anthony & Kathryn; Tsinontides, Stelios & Laurie; Voutsinas, Dimitrios & Anastasia; Chin, Ken & Maria; Stoupakis, Manny & Asleigh; Konidaris, Marios & Stamatia; Gonzales, Sebastian & Joanna.

Χρόνια πολλα!  Happy birthday!   God grant you many years!  To those celebrating this week: George Christodoulakis, George Karanikas, Sophia Loiacono, Olivia Moscow, Eliana Ojeda, Marilena Diamantas, Thomas Hatzopoulos, Michael Vafiadis, Billy Zonios, Georgios Pappas, Eleni Kalogrias, Sara Georges, Christos Karagiannis, Anastasia Perry, Michael Chin, George Georgiou, Marissa Georgiou, George Kyriakodis, George Kyriakodis Jr., Nicole Matraszek, Melissa Prousi, Anthony Contoudis, Angela Pappas, Markella Skarvelis, Athanasia Staparounas.

 

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Beyond Annunciation

  • Delaware Valley Greek Festivals Guide
  • Saturday, September 7, 2019, 8:00 pm:  A Night With Stelios Dionisiou,  at St Luke's Community  Center. Sponsored by  The Federation of Hellenic American Societies of Philadelphia and Greater Delaware. Details and tickets HERE
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