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Annunciation/Evangelismos Church, Elkins Park, PA
Publish Date: 2020-03-15
Bulletin Contents
From Our Parish Council President
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


From Our Parish Council President

Dear family and friends of Annunciation Elkins Park,

Father John and I are writing this third health update regarding the impact the “CoronaVirus” (COVID-19), now a Pandemic, is having on our church’s scheduled activities in particular, and what our response is.

First, let me say that we hope you now know at this point how important your health and safety, and that of our entire Church family and our surrounding local communities, are to us as the leaders of your Annunciation. Second, and once again, the need to be calm, thoughtful, and cautious in how we approach decisions related to church activities cannot be overstated.

However, if you are sick or have a chronic illness that puts you into a high-risk category, please stay home to protect yourself and others. If  you need to remain at home, for this reason, you can still participate in Sunday Church Services via the internet from the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York at 10:00 AM Sundays at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/c/ArchdiocesanCathedraloftheHolyTrinity/live

Here are updates on specific upcoming church activities, effective immediately:

Sights and Sounds, scheduled for Saturday, March 14 has been postponed. Our children have put in a lot of wonderful effort, but this type of large activity bringing together families from across the entire Delaware Valley region would put too many people at risk if there was someone there exposed to the virus.

  • Greek School and Sunday School are canceled for the next two weeks. This includes Tuesday classes, Friday classes, and adult classes.
  • The Young at Heart luncheon scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, is canceled.
  • The Greek School program to celebrate the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and Greek Independence will be rescheduled for a later date to be determined. Our children and teachers have been working hard to put together an excellent program, and we owe it to them to recognize their talents. However, just like Sights & Sounds, this type of large gathering is not prudent at this time.
  • Matthew 25 donations to Seeds of Hope will continue. You can bring donations of packaged food to the church, and we will continue to deliver these to the Seeds of Hope pantry in a safe manner and in compliance with their current plans as this service will be even more critical during this time.
  • All church services will continue as scheduled. Please refer to Father John’s email directive entitled “CoronaVirus Update #2”, which included best precautionary practices from the CDC, the WHO, and our Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

In general, please remember to take the following actions yourself to help prevent getting and transmitting the virus:

  • Wash your hands frequently for at least 20 seconds with warm, soapy water.
  • Minimize unnecessary travel, especially if you are elderly or have other underlying health issues.
  • Stay at home if you have been exposed to the virus, are generally sick, have a fever, or are caring for someone who is ill.
  • Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a single-use tissue.
  • Maintain a 6-foot distance from others.
  • Sanitize surfaces in your home using commercially available cleaning/sanitizing products or diluted bleach solutions. 

Finally, at church, we have placed a hand sanitizing station in the Narthex. We have implemented a daily sanitizing schedule that includes all desks, tables, countertops, doorknobs, icons, and other contact surfaces before and after activities and services.

We will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves and will provide updates about activities scheduled beyond March 22 as we get closer to those dates. We ask that everyone take common-sense measures to help prevent the transmission of the virus, and we pray for everyone’s health and safety.

Sincerely,

Dean Dalson

President of Parish Council

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Weekend Update

Second Sunday of Lent - St. Gregory Palamas, March 15,  2020

Κυριακὴ Βʹ τῶν Νηστειῶν τοῦ Ἁγίου Γρηγορίου Παλαμᾶ, 15 Μαρτίου, 2020. Το κήρυγμα ΕΔΩ

8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY.

  • No Sunday school today
  • We offer Memorial prayers today for the repose of the soul of George Mitsas of blessed memory (40-day). The congregation is invited to join in prayer with the family of the departed.
  • Our PTO invites all to the fellowship hour.
  • Picture taking for the new church pictorial directory. Please schedule your time HERE
  • Council of Ministries meeting.
Monday, March 16, 2020
  • 6 pm HOLY UNCTION
  • 7 pm OPA 2020 planning meeting.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
  • 7 pm Parish Council meeting.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
  • 12 pm Matthew 25 Ministry delivery to Seeds of Hope.
  • 6 pm LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
  • 7 pm Choir rehearsal.
Friday, March 20, 2020
  • 6:30 pm III STANZA OF THE AKATHIST HYMN TO THE MOTHER OF GOD.
Third Saturday of Lent March 21, 2020
  • 6 pm Federation Eleftheria Awards Dinner at Adelphia Restaurant.
Sunday of the Holy Cross, March 22, 2020
  • Visit by His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos
  • 8:30 am Hierarchical MATINS & DIVINE LITURGY-Sunday school students holy cross procession.
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Saints and Feasts

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March 15

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas

This divine Father, who was from Asia Minor, was from childhood reared in the royal court of Constantinople, where he was instructed in both religious and secular wisdom. Later, while still a youth, he left the imperial court and struggled in asceticism on Mount Athos, and in the Skete at Beroea. He spent some time in Thessalonica being treated for an illness that came from his harsh manner of life. He was present in Constantinople at the Council that was convened in 1341 against Barlaam of Calabria, and at the Council of 1347 against Acindynus, who was of like mind with Barlaam; Barlaam and Acindynus claimed that the grace of God is created. At both these Councils, the Saint contended courageously for the true dogmas of the Church of Christ, teaching in particular that divine grace is not created, but is the uncreated energies of God which are poured forth throughout creation: otherwise it would be impossible, if grace were created, for man to have genuine communion with the uncreated God. In 1347 he was appointed Metropolitan of Thessalonica. He tended his flock in an apostolic manner for some twelve years, and wrote many books and treatises on the most exalted doctrines of our Faith; and having lived for a total of sixty-three years, he reposed in the Lord in 1359.

His holy relics are kept in the Cathedral of Thessalonica. A full service was composed for his feast day by the Patriarch Philotheus in 1368, when it was established that his feast be celebrated on this day. Since works without right faith avail nothing, we set Orthodoxy of faith as the foundation of all that we accomplish during the Fast, by celebrating the Triumph of Orthodoxy the Sunday before, and the great defender of the teachings of the holy Fathers today.

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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 27.9,1.
O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance.
Verse: To you, O Lord, I have cried, O my God.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 1:10-14; 2:1-3.

"IN THE BEGINNING, Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands; they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old like a garment, like a mantle thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years will never end." But to what angel has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet?" Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him.

Προκείμενον. Plagal Second Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 27.9,1.
Σῶσον, Κύριε τὸν λαὸν σου καὶ εὐλόγησον τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Στίχ. Πρὸς σἐ, Κύριε, κεκράξομαι ὁ Θεός μου.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 1:10-14, 2:1-3.

Κατʼ ἀρχάς, Κύριε, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας, καὶ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σού εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοί· αὐτοὶ ἀπολοῦνται, σὺ δὲ διαμένεις· καὶ πάντες ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιωθήσονται, καὶ ὡσεὶ περιβόλαιον ἑλίξεις αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀλλαγήσονται· σὺ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς εἶ, καὶ τὰ ἔτη σου οὐκ ἐκλείψουσιν. Πρὸς τίνα δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἴρηκέν ποτε, Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου; Οὐχὶ πάντες εἰσὶν λειτουργικὰ πνεύματα, εἰς διακονίαν ἀποστελλόμενα διὰ τοὺς μέλλοντας κληρονομεῖν σωτηρίαν; Διὰ τοῦτο δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμᾶς προσέχειν τοῖς ἀκουσθεῖσιν, μήποτε παραρρυῶμεν. Εἰ γὰρ ὁ διʼ ἀγγέλων λαληθεὶς λόγος ἐγένετο βέβαιος, καὶ πᾶσα παράβασις καὶ παρακοὴ ἔλαβεν ἔνδικον μισθαποδοσίαν, πῶς ἡμεῖς ἐκφευξόμεθα τηλικαύτης ἀμελήσαντες σωτηρίας; Ἥτις, ἀρχὴν λαβοῦσα λαλεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ κυρίου, ὑπὸ τῶν ἀκουσάντων εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐβεβαιώθη.

Gospel Reading

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
The Reading is from Mark 2:1-12

At that time, Jesus entered Capernaum and it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, "Why does this man speak thus? It is a blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question thus in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your pallet and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins"-he said to the paralytic-"I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home." And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out before them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"

Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 2:1-12

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς εἰς Καπερναοὺμ δι᾿ ἡμερῶν καὶ ἠκούσθη ὅτι εἰς οἶκόν ἐστι. καὶ εὐθέως συνήχθησαν πολλοί, ὥστε μηκέτι χωρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν· καὶ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον. καὶ ἔρχονται πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν φέροντες, αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων· καὶ μὴ δυνάμενοι προσεγγίσαι αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον, ἀπεστέγασαν τὴν στέγην ὅπου ἦν, καὶ ἐξορύξαντες χαλῶσι τὸν κράβαττον, ἐφ᾿ ᾧ ὁ παραλυτικὸς κατέκειτο. ἰδὼν δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ· τέκνον, ἀφέωνταί σοι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου. ἦσαν δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων ἐκεῖ καθήμενοι καὶ διαλογιζόμενοι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν· τί οὗτος οὕτω λαλεῖ βλασφημίας; τίς δύναται ἀφιέναι ἁμαρτίας εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ Θεός; καὶ εὐθέως ἐπιγνοὺς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τῷ πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ὅτι οὕτως αὐτοὶ διαλογίζονται ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί ταῦτα διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν; τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ, ἀφέωνταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν, ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει; ἵνα δὲ εἰδῆτε ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀφιέναι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἁμαρτίας - λέγει τῷ παραλυτικῷ· σοὶ λέγω, ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου. καὶ ἠγέρθη εὐθέως, καὶ ἄρας τὸν κράβαττον ἐξῆλθεν ἐναντίον πάντων, ὥστε ἐξίστασθαι πάντας καὶ δοξάζειν τὸν Θεὸν λέγοντας ὅτι οὐδέποτε οὕτως εἴδομεν.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

Now Matthew indeed saith, that "they brought him," but the others, that they also broke up the roof, and let him down. And they put the sick man before Christ, saying nothing, but committing the whole to Him.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 29 on Matthew 9, 1. B#54, pp. 195, 196, 4th Century

Take up your bed. Carry the very mat that once carried you. Change places, so that what was the proof of your sickness may now give testimony to your soundness. Your bed of pain becomes the sign of healing, its very weight the measure of the strength that has been restored to you.
St. Peter Chrysologus
Homily 50.6. Taken from: Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Vol. 2: Mark. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2005, p. 27.

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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. 

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

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


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.

Please check your postal mail for the CHURCH DIRECTORY INVITATION PACKAGE  which has 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.


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.


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: Calliope Costrals, Thomas McHugh, Danielle Perry, Kaliope Godshall, Constantine Karmokolias. Katerina Karmokolias, Mary Mack, Irene Vouladas, Konstantinos Halkidis, Chryssa Papakirk, Konstantinos Vafiadis, Argero Fafalios, Joann Ow, Maria Papanikolaou, Demetrios Varoumas, Sophia Bandy, Dimitrios Econome, Kai Hans Fentross, Effie Giannos, Dawn Nylander, Ian Cooper, Jodi Jasionowicz, Daphne Loizos, Antonis Pantazopoulos, Argyris Sahlanis, Demetrios Vafiadis.

Our deepest sympathy: to the family of Stella Triantafellou, 91, who fell asleep in the Lord on March 8, 2020. Her funeral is on Friday, March 13. May her memory be eternal.

 

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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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