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Annunciation/Evangelismos Church, Elkins Park, PA
Publish Date: 2020-03-08
Bulletin Contents
Weekend Update
Saints and Feasts
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
2020 Great Lent Resources
Community News and Events
Focus on Our Church Family
Bulletin Inserts
ΟΠΑ 2020 Greek Food Fest
Beyond Annunciation
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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

Saturday of Souls, March 7, 2020
  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY 
  • 11 am Our Philoptochos invites everyone to a community breakfast.

Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 8, 2020

Κυριακὴ τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας, 8 Μαρτίου, 2020. Το κήρυγμα ΕΔΩ

  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY. Sunday school students: Please bring your favorite holy icon to participate in the procession.
  • Philoptochos collection to benefit the Metropolis of New Jersey Social Services.
  • The Greek School invites everyone to the fellowship hour.
  • 12 pm GOYA Sights & Sounds dress rehearsal. Parishioners are invited to attend.
Monday, March 9, 2020
  • 6 pm GREAT COMPLINE.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
  • 5 pm Greek School classes.
  • 7 pm Intermediate/Advanced adult Greek class.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
  • 9 am LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS.
  • Thursday, March 12, 2020
  • 7 pm Choir rehearsal.
Friday, March 13, 2020
  • 5 pm Greek School classes.
  • 6 pm GOYA Sights & Sounds practice.
  • 6:30 pm II STANZA OF THE AKATHIST TO THE MOTHER OF GOD.
  • 6:30 pm Beginners adult Greek class.
  • 7:30 pm GOYA dance practice
Saturday, March 14, 2020
  • 9 am Regional Sights and Sounds Youth Arts Festival at St Luke’s Church, Broomall, PA.
Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas, March 15, 2020
  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • Memorial prayers will be offered for the repose of the soul of George Mitsas of blessed memory (40-days).
  • 40-day mother & child blessing: the Avgiris family.
  • 12 pm Council of Ministries meeting.
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Saints and Feasts

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March 08

Sunday of Orthodoxy

For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of Theophilus (829-842). After Theophilus's death, his widow the Empress Theodora (celebrated Feb. 11), together with the Patriarch Methodius (June 14), established Orthodoxy anew. This ever-memorable Queen venerated the icon of the Mother of God in the presence of the Patriarch Methodius and the other confessors and righteous men, and openly cried out these holy words: "If anyone does not offer relative worship to the holy icons, not adoring them as though they were gods, but venerating them out of love as images of the archetype, let him be anathema." Then with common prayer and fasting during the whole first week of the Forty-day Fast, she asked God's forgiveness for her husband. After this, on the first Sunday of the Fast, she and her son, Michael the Emperor, made a procession with all the clergy and people and restored the holy icons, and again adorned the Church of Christ with them. This is the holy deed that all we the Orthodox commemorate today, and we call this radiant and venerable day the Sunday of Orthodoxy, that is, the triumph of true doctrine over heresy.

Allsaint
March 08

Theophylact the Confessor, Bishop of Nicomedia

Theophylact was from the East; his native city is unknown. In Constantinople he became a close friend of Tarsius, who afterwards became Patriarch of Constantinople (see Feb. 25).Theophylact was made Bishop of Nicomedia. After the death of Saint Tarsius, his successor Nicephorus (see June 2) called together a number of Bishops to help him in fighting the iconoclasm of Emperor Leo the Armenian, who reigned from 813-820. Among them was Euthymius, Bishop of Sardis (celebrated Dec. 26), who had attended the holy Seventh Ecumenical Council in 787 - he was exiled three times for the sake of the holy icons, and for defying the Emperor Theophilus' command to renounce the veneration of the icons, was scourged from head to foot until his whole body was one great wound, from which he died eight days later, about the year 830; Joseph of Thessalonica (see July 14); Michael of Synnada (see May 23); Emilian, Bishop of Cyzicus (see Aug. 8); and Saint Theophylact, who boldly rebuked Leo to his face, telling him that because he despised the long-suffering of God, utter destruction was about to overtake him, and there would be none to deliver him. For this, Theophylact was exiled to the fortress of Strobilus in Karia of Asia Minor, where, after 30 years of imprisonment and hardship, he gave up his holy soul about the year 845. Leo the Armenian, according to the Saint's prophecy, was slain in church on the eve of our Lord's Nativity, in 820.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40.

Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Προκείμενον. Fourth Mode. Δανιήλ 3.26-27.
Εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Πατέρων ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Ὅτι δίκαιος εἶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷς ἐποίησας ἡμῖν.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 11:24-26, 32-40.

Ἀδελφοί, πίστει Μωϋσῆς μέγας γενόμενος ἠρνήσατο λέγεσθαι υἱὸς θυγατρὸς Φαραώ, μᾶλλον ἑλόμενος συγκακουχεῖσθαι τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ πρόσκαιρον ἔχειν ἁμαρτίας ἀπόλαυσιν· μείζονα πλοῦτον ἡγησάμενος τῶν Αἰγύπτου θησαυρῶν τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἀπέβλεπεν γὰρ εἰς τὴν μισθαποδοσίαν. Καὶ τί ἔτι λέγω; Ἐπιλείψει γὰρ με διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος περὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ τε καὶ Σαμψών καὶ Ἰεφθάε, Δαυίδ τε καὶ Σαμουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν· οἳ διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας, εἰργάσαντο δικαιοσύνην, ἐπέτυχον ἐπαγγελιῶν, ἔφραξαν στόματα λεόντων, ἔσβεσαν δύναμιν πυρός, ἔφυγον στόματα μαχαίρας, ἐνεδυναμώθησαν ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας, ἐγενήθησαν ἰσχυροὶ ἐν πολέμῳ, παρεμβολὰς ἔκλιναν ἀλλοτρίων. Ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν· ἄλλοι δὲ ἐτυμπανίσθησαν, οὐ προσδεξάμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν, ἵνα κρείττονος ἀναστάσεως τύχωσιν· ἕτεροι δὲ ἐμπαιγμῶν καὶ μαστίγων πεῖραν ἔλαβον, ἔτι δὲ δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς· ἐλιθάσθησαν, ἐπρίσθησαν, ἐπειράσθησαν, ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανον· περιῆλθον ἐν μηλωταῖς, ἐν αἰγείοις δέρμασιν, ὑστερούμενοι, θλιβόμενοι, κακουχούμενοι - ὧν οὐκ ἦν ἄξιος ὁ κόσμος - ἐν ἐρημίαις πλανώμενοι καὶ ὄρεσιν καὶ σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῆς γῆς. Καὶ οὗτοι πάντες, μαρτυρηθέντες διὰ τῆς πίστεως, οὐκ ἐκομίσαντο τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ἡμῶν κρεῖττόν τι προβλεψαμένου, ἵνα μὴ χωρὶς ἡμῶν τελειωθῶσιν.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of Orthodoxy
The Reading is from John 1:43-51

At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

Sunday of Orthodoxy
Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:44-52

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν· καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι. ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ᾿Ανδρέου καὶ Πέτρου. εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, ᾿Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ᾿Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. εἶδεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ· ἴδε ἀληθῶς ᾿Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι. λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι, ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε. ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ. ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς, πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Moses... was himself saved by means of wood and water before the Law was given, when he was exposed to the Nile's currents, hidden away in an Ark (Exod. 2:3-10). And by means of wood and water he saved the people of Israel, revealing the Cross by the wood, Holy Baptism by water (Exod. 14:15-31). Paul, who had looked upon the mysteries, says openly, 'They were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud' (I Cor. 10:2). He also bears witness that, even before the events concerning the sea and his staff, Moses willingly endured Christ's Cross, 'Esteeming', he says, 'the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt' (Heb. 11:26). For the Cross is the reproach of Christ from the standpoint of foolish men. As Paul himself says of Christ, 'He endured the cross, despising the shame' (Heb. 12:2).
St. Gregory Palamas
Homilies Vol. 1, Homily Eleven para. 14; Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press pg. 123, 14th century

Peter, when after so many miracles and such high doctrine he confessed that, "Thou art the Son of God" (Matt. xvi. 16), is called "blessed," as having received the revelation from the Father;
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 21 on John 1, 1. B#58, pp. 72, 73, 4th Century

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2020 Great Lent Resources

Akathist

Guide to Lenten Weekday Services

Great Compline / Απόδειπνο

  • Five consecutive Mondays starting March  2, at 6 pm.

Great Compline is prayed in monasteries daily before one retires for sleep. It is prayed in our churches during the Great Lent. This 45 minute-long service consists mostly of Psalm readings and prayers. It ends with the very powerful hymn, "Lord of the Powers, be with us" The service allows us an opportunity to pray and reflect, seek God's mercy and forgiveness, and to acknowledge that all our hopes and salvation must be placed in God's hands. 

Bilingual booklets will be available for Lenten services for congregational reading & singing. Please see George Dalagelis if you would like to participate as a reader/singer at the cantor's stand.

Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts / Λειτουργία των Προηγιασμέμων Δώρων

  • Five consecutive Wednesdays starting March 4 and alternating 6 pm, and 9 am every other week.

Since the Divine Liturgy is a festive and joyous celebration, it is not celebrated on weekdays during Lent, except on the Saturdays of the Souls and the Feast of the Annunciation. However, because Lent is a period of fasting, it should also be a period of more frequent reception of Holy Communion. There is no consecration of the Gifts at this Liturgy (hence the name Pre-sanctified). They have been consecrated on the preceding Sunday at a regular Divine Liturgy. It lasts just over an hour and contains the service of the Ninth Hour and the Vespers, with Holy Communion added at the end. Those who choose to keep the entire fast are encouraged to attend this service and to receive Holy Communion as a way of sustaining the fast by receiving the Body and Blood of Christ even more frequently during this period of spiritual discipline.

The Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God / Ο Ακάθιστος Υμνος εις την Υπεραγία Θεοτόκο

  • Five consecutive Fridays starting March 6, at 6:30 pm.

This service consists of hymns and prayers addressed to Christ and the Theotokos. It is a beautiful poem of praise and devotion to the Mother of our Lord. It was sung in the year 626 in the Church of the Theotokos in Constantinople on the occasion of the deliverance and freedom of the City from the barbarians. It is comprised of 24 stanzas, each beginning with a letter of the Greek alphabet from Alpha to Omega. It is divided into four parts, one part sung on each of the Fridays of Lent (Salutations), and on the fifth Friday, the hymn is sung in its entirety. It is called "Akathist" because the people, out of love, devotion, and gratefulness to the Theotokos, stood during the entire hymn.

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Community News and Events

Great Lent Resources


Sunday School News

Dear Sunday School Families,

Glory to Jesus Christ! 

Christians have been sharing the Faith with others for nearly 2000 years. They have offered a living witness to the love, hope, and salvation of Jesus Christ to people everywhere and even to those who live in the most remote corners of the world. Some of those who dedicated their lives to this important work are recognized as great saints in the Church. Even today there are people who are hard at work sharing Christ with the world. Not just priests or monks, these people may stand next to you every Sunday during Liturgy. 

On March 1st - Mission Sunday, we will be distributing the OCMC coin boxes to all Sunday School students. Funds raised through the Mission coin boxes will help the OCMC fulfill Christ's teaching to "make disciples of all nations". Students will bring their coin boxes home and are asked to place spare coins in their boxes each day, and pray for their brothers and sisters serving Christ's Church around the world in mission countries.  Please consider "seeding" your child's box, placing money in the box to get it started. Students should return their coin boxes to any of the Sunday School teachers at church by Holy Friday. 

Pray, Fast, Do Good, Learn - Great Lent is a time to work on developing these four basic disciplines of Christian living. We pray that you will help your child participate in the Mission Coin Box Program this Lenten season.

In Christ's Service,

The Sunday School Teachers


Philoptochos News & Events

National Philoptochos Telephone Caregiver Support Group

The National Philoptochos Department of Social Services is mounting a "Telephone Caregiver Support Group" beginning at the end of February specifically for Orthodox Christians who are caring for a loved one who is elderly or suffers from a chronic or life-threatening illness, or who is disabled.  We are fully aware that many organizations sponsor caregiver support groups; however, ours is faith-based and thus, unique.  It will incorporate and recognize our community's cultural characteristics, attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs that can influence how caregivers address the challenges they face. 

For seven consecutive Thursday evenings from February 27 to April 9, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, EST, we will "meet" over the telephone, thus allowing caregivers throughout the Archdiocese to participate.  

Please click HERE for details and how to register to attend.


Matthew 25 Outreach

The Time Has Come! 40 Day Lenten Project

Monday, March 2nd is the first day of our lenten spiritual journey to Pascha. As Archbishop Elpidophoros stated in his Meatfare Sunday homily*, “We are called to think about how we treat our fellow human beings, how we respond to their needs and their cries for help, because how we treat them, reveals what grace and identity with Christ are inside of us.” We are given many opportunities during this season to pray, worship, gain insight into our own behaviors, and intensify our efforts to serve the needs of others.

With this in mind, we ask you to consider selecting non-perishable food items from your home pantry or local grocery store and putting them into the bag that we have provided to you over the 40 days of Great Lent. You can place your lovingly filled bag into one of the bins labeled Matthew 25 in the church hall. These goods will be delivered to the Seeds of Hope Food Pantry.

Food items to be collected can be anything from a box of pasta, a jar of pasta sauce, a container of peanut butter or jelly, a package of flour or sugar, or as simple as a can of soup, vegetables, beans, or tuna or a bag of dried beans, a package of crackers, a granola bar, etc.

If you are more comfortable purchasing in bulk from warehouses, feel free to donate food items that way. It is up to you to choose how and what you would like to share. Any non-perishable food item is welcome as long as it is commercially pre-packaged and individually wrapped.

Collect any amount that you are comfortable donating. All donations are happily accepted no matter how big or small. Items can be delivered to the bins at church at any time during Great Lent. Matthew 25 will be delivering your items to Seeds of Hope on the following dates during Great Lent: March 16 and April 8. We will also be delivering on April 22, after Pascha. Please reach out to the Matthew 25 Ministry for additional bags, if needed.

A big THANK YOU to all in advance for your participation and donations.

The Matthew 25 Ministry

*https://www.goarch.org/-/homily-sunday-of-meatfare-boca-raton-fl


Young @ Heart News

Coffee, Refreshments, & Speaker

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 12:30-2:30 pm
Dr. Mensch, a pharmacist from Abington-Jefferson Health, will speak about prescription drugs.


Come and socialize with old friends & meet new ones!
Please RSVP by March 10:
Agnes Louridas, (215) 947-2992
Helen Papanicolaou, (215) 646-8752
We look forward to seeing you!


Pictorial Church Directory Update

As you have noticed in our weekly bulletin, our parish leadership has determined it is time to create a new pictorial church directory.

Our new pictorial church directory will help us all get to know one another better. The directory will also be a wonderful gift for new members, helping them to get to know their new church family quickly.

This CHURCH DIRECTORY INVITATION PACKAGE will be arriving at your home by postal mail with all the information that you need in order to participate in the pictorial church directory.

We look forward to providing our parish with a complete pictorial church directory by the end of spring. 

The pictorial church directory team members below are at your service to answer any questions.

In Christ’s Service,

Sophia Penning, sophiagreekgirl@gmail.com
Mary O’Hara, mohgec@comcast.net
Dawn Nylander, dawn.nylander@trgc.com
Lisa Trivelis, oceancitymom@aol.com
George Dalagelis, office@anngoc.orrg


PTO Pascha Tsoureki Sale

Place your order HERE by Sunday, March 31, 2020,

Pick up at church on Lazarus Saturday, April 11 & Palm Sunday, April 12.


Looking Ahead Beyond Next Week...

  • Sunday, March 22, 2020 - Sunday of Holy Cross

    Visit by His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos
    Greek School Independence Day Program

  • Tuesday, March 24, 2020, Great Vespers for the Feast of Annunciation/Evangelismos

  • Wednesday, March 25, 2020, Feast Day of Annunciation/Evangelismos

  • Sunday, March 29, 2020- Philadelphia Greek Independence Day Parade

  • Sunday, April 13, 2020- Palm Sunday, Start of Holy Week


In Honor of the Feast Day of Annunciation/ Evangelismos of the Mother of God, March 25

Great Vespers * will be prayed on Tuesday, March 24, at 7:00 pm.

Our Philoptochos will host a reception afterward.

The Feast Day Orthros & Divine Liturgy * will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 25, starting at 8:30 am. A thanksgiving doxology for the liberation of Greece will also be offered at the conclusion of the liturgy.

 Join us for a luncheon afterward offered by Philoptochos.

* Please let the church office know in advance of you would like to offer Artoklasia—Blessing of the Bread, Wine & Oil- for health and salvation of your family in honor of the Annunciation Feast.


Liturgical Items Needed

Prosforo for the Eucharist. We use 2 –3 loaves on Sunday plus a few more for weekday liturgies.  There will never be too much prosforo in stock.  Please do not hesitate to bring any amount at any time!

Charcoal briquettes & incense. Donations are appreciated as we purchase specific king of charcoal & incense.

Thank you!


Friendly Reminders

Sunday Extra Services

Please contact the parish office at least two weeks in advance if you would like to have a 40-day mother & child blessing, memorial, trisagion, or artoklasia (the blessing of the five loaves-wine & oil).

 Requests are considered based on the ecclesiastical calendar.

Bulletin Announcements

Please submit your material by Wednesday noon for the upcoming Sunday bulletin. Send your submission to office@anngoc.org, and always Cc Fr. John at frjohn@anngoc.org for his review and approval.

All submissions will be placed on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis and are subject to editing and review.


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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, Mary, Maria, Noel, Pavlos, Vincent, Alexandros, Constantino, Janet, Dionysios, Elizabeth, Peter, Athanasia, Earnest, Virginia, Sandra, Tom, Stephen, Betty, Chryssie, Stacey, Athena, Konstantinos, Matina, Stella.

Names will be kept on this list for approximately three 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 to the Lord in your personal prayer life also.

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

Χρόνια πολλα!  Happy birthday!   God grant you many years!  To those celebrating this week: Konstantinos Niamonitos, James Rokos, Maria Rokos, Demetrios Skoutelas, Nicholas Economopoulos, Sophia Gaugler, Linda Holberg, Kristina Koutsouros, Gregory Louridas, Christopher Metsikas, Emilia Obenrader, Jason Ojeda, Shauna Trifonidis, Argie Zoubroulis, Leonidas Koletas, Jacinda Ojeda, Frank Holberg, Dimitrios Pappas, Stelios Tsinontides, Steven Zoubroulis, Christopher Freedman, Andrew Pogas.

 

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Bulletin Inserts

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ΟΠΑ 2020 Greek Food Fest

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Preparations have begun for our 2020 OΠA Festival, which runs from Thursday, May 21,  through Sunday, May 24, 2020.  Please plan to join us!

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, the OPA Ad Journal has been a great success. Work on the 2020 OPA Journal has begun, and we are asking you to support this fundraiser once again. This is an excellent opportunity to show our love and commitment to our church and one another! 

Why not send someone special a message through the journal?  Surprise yiayia and papou with a photo message from their grandchildren or remind nouna and nouno what a blessing they are to your family.  You can also contribute by soliciting ads from businesses you patronize or work with (such as restaurants, hair salons, and florists), and don’t forget to invite those same contacts to our festival!

Please complete the 2020 OPA Ad Journal Order Form and return it with your check by Saturday, May 2, 2020.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss your ad, please contact the church office at (215) 635-0316 or office@anngoc.org.

Please support this project in any way you can and let us join one another in being “good and faithful stewards!”

Thank you for your time, love, and support!

Bonnie Koletas and Mary O’Hara, OPA Journal Chairs

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Beyond Annunciation

  • GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS
  • RECOLLECTING  GLORY: ORTHODOX  EDUCATION  FOR  WISDOM, VIRTUE, AND  JOY. Saturday, March 28, 2020, at St. Philip's Church in Souderton.
  • 2020-2021 HUC SCHOLARSHIPS The Hellenic University Club of Philadelphia is pleased to announce its Scholarships for the 2020-2021 Academic Year.  This year we are offering 17 Scholarships (8 Undergraduate, 6 Graduate and 3 Undergraduate/Graduate) totaling $57,500 to worthy students in the greater Philadelphia area of Greek descent and to students who are declared majors in Greek Studies, regardless of their heritage. Descriptions of our scholarships and applications can be found on our website at www.hucphiladelphia.org. We encourage eligible students to apply for one of our scholarships. Please note applications and all supporting documents must be received no later than Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
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