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Annunciation/Evangelismos Church, Elkins Park, PA
Publish Date: 2021-08-22
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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 and on holy days starting with Orthros (Matins) at 8:30, Divine Liturgy at 9:30-11 AM.

Visit us at www.anngoc.org for information on how to attend services during the COVIT-19 Pandemic.


Past Bulletins


A Message from Fr. John Johns and Parish Council President Dean Dalson

Dear Annunciation Community,

We look forward to welcoming everyone back from the summer to a new Ecclesiastical Year.  We have many activities planned for the upcoming year and want to start sharing information with you:

COVID Protocols. As you see in news reports, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading in our area, and we will be following these protocols effective August 22:

  • Every other pew seating is available in the two outer sections of church pews for those who are more comfortable with additional social distancing.  The two center sections of pews will be every pew seating.
  • We encourage everyone to wear masks while inside the church and hall.  This is for the protection of the entire community, especially those families with younger children who are not yet vaccinated.
  • Masks are required for indoor Youth Activities, Sunday School, and Greek School for students, teachers, and parents.
  • We are adding room air circulators and filters to all the classrooms to help maintain safe conditions in the classrooms.

September 17-18 Greek Food Fest. We will have a Greek Food Fest on Friday, September 17, and Saturday, September 18, 3– 8 pm. Similar in format as the May festival but with some new features:

  • We will have tables set up in the grassy areas; some will be under small tents, and some out in the open for people to eat on-site.
  • We will have a Beer Garden serving varieties of draft beer and appetizers.
  • The Restaurant will be serving packaged entrees as we did in May, with the addition of lamb shank and roasted chicken platters. Restaurant entrees are available to order online and on-site.
  • We will have the Gyro / Souvlaki tent as well, with some new offerings! 

Welcome Back Cookout and Youth Activities kick-off. We want to welcome everyone back to church and ask you to bring your whole family and invite friends to join us in events on both Sunday, September 19, and September 26:

  • On September 19, we will have a community picnic after the liturgy, using the tents and foods from the festival.  So please bring family and friends and enjoy the outdoor fellowship and food!
  • On September 26, we will welcome all families to kick off the youth activities for the year!  PTO will offer refreshments.

We look forward to seeing everyone in church!  We will be sharing more exciting news about the new year over the next few weeks.

Prayerfully,
Father John Johns
Dean Dalson, PC President

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Weekend Update

You no longer need to register in advance to attend liturgy or other church activities.

For those unable to attend in person, install the AGES Initiatives app on your phone or tablet to see the text and pray with us through our Facebook Livestream.

Let us know if you would like for us to light a votive candle for you here.

 

9th Sunday of Matthew, August 22, 2021
Κυριακή Θ΄ Ματθαῖου, 22 Αυγούστου, 2021

  • 8:30 am MATINS, 9:30 am DIVINE LITURGY.
  • Join us in offering memorial prayers for the peaceful repose of the souls of Louise Sophia Voutsinos (40-days), and Chris Gabriel (1-year) of blessed memory.
  • Our Greek School invites all to the kalosorisma/fellowship hour after the liturgy.

Sunday, August 29, 2021. Beheading of the Forerunner and Baptist John

  • 8:30 am -MATINS, 9:30 am- DIVINE LITURGY.
  • Join us in offering memorial prayers for the peaceful repose of the soul of Ioannis Karystinos (1-year) of blessed memory.
  • Our GOYA invites all to the kalosorisma/fellowship hour after the liturgy.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Fourth Mode. Psalm 75.11,1.
Make your vows to the Lord our God and perform them.
Verse: God is known in Judah; his name is great in Israel.

The reading is from St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians 3:9-17.

Brethren, we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building upon it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it. For no other foundation can any one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any one builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw - each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.

Προκείμενον. Plagal Fourth Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 75.11,1.
Εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν.
Στίχ. Γνωστὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ὁ Θεός, ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ μέγα τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Κορινθίους α' 3:9-17.

Ἀδελφοί, Θεοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν συνεργοί· θεοῦ γεώργιον, θεοῦ οἰκοδομή ἐστε. Κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, ὡς σοφὸς ἀρχιτέκτων θεμέλιον τέθεικα, ἄλλος δὲ ἐποικοδομεῖ. Ἕκαστος δὲ βλεπέτω πῶς ἐποικοδομεῖ. Θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. Εἰ δέ τις ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦτον χρυσόν, ἄργυρον, λίθους τιμίους, ξύλα, χόρτον, καλάμην, ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον φανερὸν γενήσεται· ἡ γὰρ ἡμέρα δηλώσει, ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ ἀποκαλύπτεται· καὶ ἑκάστου τὸ ἔργον ὁποῖόν ἐστιν τὸ πῦρ δοκιμάσει. Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον μένει ὃ ἐποικοδόμησεν, μισθὸν λήψεται. Εἴ τινος τὸ ἔργον κατακαήσεται, ζημιωθήσεται· αὐτὸς δὲ σωθήσεται, οὕτως δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός. Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς θεοῦ ἐστε, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν; Εἴ τις τὸν ναὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φθείρει, φθερεῖ τοῦτον ὁ θεός· ὁ γὰρ ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς.


Gospel Reading

9th Sunday of Matthew
The Reading is from Matthew 14:22-34

At that time, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear. But immediately he spoke to them, saying "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."

And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water." He said, "Come." So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus; but when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me." Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" And when they entered the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." And when they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

9th Sunday of Matthew
Κατὰ Ματθαῖον 14:22-34

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠνάγκασεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς μαθητὰς ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πέραν, ἕως οὗ ἀπολύσῃ τοὺς ὄχλους. Καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατ᾽ ἰδίαν προσεύξασθαι. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης μόνος ἦν ἐκεῖ. Τὸ δὲ πλοῖον ἤδη σταδίους πολλοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἀπεῖχεν, βασανιζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων, ἦν γὰρ ἐναντίος ὁ ἄνεμος. Τετάρτῃ δὲ φυλακῇ τῆς νυκτὸς ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς περιπατῶν ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν. Οἱ δὲ μαθηταὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης περιπατοῦντα ἐταράχθησαν λέγοντες ὅτι Φάντασμά ἐστιν, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου ἔκραξαν. Εὐθὺς δὲ ἐλάλησεν [ὁ ᾽Ιησοῦς] αὐτοῖς λέγων, Θαρσεῖτε, ἐγώ εἰμι· μὴ φοβεῖσθε. Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν, Κύριε, εἰ σὺ εἶ, κέλευσόν με ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα· ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ᾽Ελθέ. καὶ καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ πλοίου ὁ Πέτρος περιεπάτησεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν ᾽Ιησοῦν. Βλέπων δὲ τὸν ἄνεμον ἐφοβήθη, καὶ ἀρξάμενος καταποντίζεσθαι ἔκραξεν λέγων, Κύριε, σῶσόν με. Εὐθέως δὲ ὁ ᾽Ιησοῦς ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα ἐπελάβετο αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, ᾽Ολιγόπιστε, εἰς τί ἐδίστασας; καὶ ἀναβάντων αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες, ᾽Αληθῶς Θεοῦ υἱὸς εἶ. Καὶ διαπεράσαντες ἦλθον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν εἰς Γεννησαρέτ.


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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
August 22

The Holy Martyr Agathonicus

The Martyr Agathonicus, because he converted pagans to Christ, was seized in Nicomedia, violently beaten, haled about in bonds, and beheaded in Selyvria, during the reign of Maximian, in the year 298.


Irenaeus
August 23

Our Holy Father Ireneaus, Bishop of Lyons

The Holy Hieromartyr Irenaeus was born in Asia Minor about the year 120, and in his youth was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna. Saint Irenaeus was sent to Lyons in Gaul, to be a fellow labourer of Pothinus, Bishop of Lyons (celebrated June 2), who had also been a disciple Saint Polycarp. After the martyrdom of Saint Pothinus, Saint Irenaeus succeeded him as Bishop of Lyons. Besides the assaults of paganism, Irenaeus found himself compelled to do battle with many Gnostic heresies, against which he wrote his greatest work, A Refutation and Overthrow of Knowledge Falsely So Called . He was also a peace-maker within the Church. When Victor, Bishop of Rome, was prepared to excommunicate the Christians of Asia Minor for following a different tradition celebrating Pascha, Irenaeus persuaded him to moderate his zeal, and mediated peace. He made Lyons an illustrious bastion of Orthodoxy and a school of piety, and sealed his confession with martyrdom about the year 202, during the reign of Septimius Severus. He is not to be confused with Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Sirmium, also celebrated today, who was beheaded and cast into a river in 304 under Diocletian.


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Youth Activities and News

2021-2022 Annunciation/Evangelismos Youth Ministries Registration is Now Open

Please register your children for all church youth activities here:

https://form.jotform.com/212298162342150


Readers Ministry

As we are gradually returning to church services, we want to have more of you actively participate in the liturgy and the other church services by being a Reader for the Epistles, Psalms, and other prayers offered during the services. You can choose to read in Greek or English.

This ministry is open to anyone who wants to participate, from GOYA age boys and girls to mature adults. You have noticed that readings are done from the Left side cantor’s stand in keeping a safe distance from the cantors and the congregation. 

Here is how to participate:

  1. Install the AGES Initiatives app on your tablet or mobile phone so that you can have access to all the church services and the Readings for each service.
  2. Call or email George Dalagelis at the church office and let him know you are interested in participating. 

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Community News & Events

Homeless Ministry News

Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network

Would like to give a big thank you to all those who supported the Annunciation Church backpack drive, collecting 75 backpacks and school supplies for students from families experiencing homelessness!

  • Summer Water Drive (continues through the summer)
  • Project HOME Book Drive (continues until September 30th)

Donations may be placed in the Homeless Ministry Basket located on the Mezzanine level next to our Resource Center.

Monetary donations may be mailed, hand delivered or made through our online GivePlus program.

Thank you!

The Homeless Ministry


Philoptochos News and Events

Ladies Philoptochos 'Nausica' 2021-2023 Board of Directors
Congratulations to the newly elected officers and board members for the 2021-2023 term:

  • Stella Fisfis, President 
  • Cathy Avgiris, 1st Vice President 
  • Maria Mountis, 2nd Vice President 
  • Maria Grigorakakis, Treasurer 
  • Olga Econome, Assistant Treasurer 
  • Toula Pithis, Recording Secretary 
  • Patra Karidas, Corresponding Secretary 
  • Diane Saphos, Advisor 

Board Members:  

  • Polly Georgiou, Joyce Gutchigian, Kiki Malitas, Maria McNally, Dora Mikroulis, Stella Nikolopoulos, Vaso Trifonidis, Kathy Verros, Angela Vlahos.
  • Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mary Jaxheimer for her many years of dedicated service to the Ladies Philoptochos 'Nausica' as a past Treasurer and board member. 
  • We also wish to acknowledge Debra Exarchos of blessed memory for her many years of dedication as a Past President and board member of the Ladies Philoptochos 'Nausica'.  May her memory be eternal!

Save the Date ~ Annual Bid 'n Buy
The Ladies Philoptochos 'Nausica will hold their annual Bid 'n Buy "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM in our Cultural Center. The event will be limited to 150 tickets and no tickets will be sold at the door. Link to purchase ticket and further details coming soon.


Donate Your Extra Tools to Church

Dear parishioners,
We need some basic tools to carry out day-to-day repairs around the church building and grounds.
If you have any of the tools on this list in your home garage and no longer need them, please consider donating them to your church. Thank you!

Friendly Reminders

Bulletin Announcements

Please submit your material by Tuesday 12 noon for the upcoming Sunday’s bulletin. 

Your submission should be an editable document (Word, Publisher, Google Doc, Pages), as well as your final PDF document. Please send your submission to office@anngoc.org and 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.

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.


Young at Heart Ministry

We invite you to our first get-together for the year on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, after the divine liturgy for the feast of the Holy Cross.
We look forward to meet-and-greet everyone over coffee, tea, and refreshments.

Young at Heart Ministry: ”Offering a social and supportive network and fostering relationships among our 65 and older members”


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Focus on Our Church Family

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 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, Yianni, Fotini, Dimitri, Maria, Virginia, George, Vaia, Maria, Constantino, Panagiotis.
 
We will keep the names 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 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, 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 wedding anniversary to those celebrating this week: Kathlyn & Anthony Limberakis, Dimitra & Achileas Psilos, Maria & Ken Chin, Agnoula & George Marcantonis, Asleigh & Manny Stoupakis.
 
Χρόνια πολλά & ευλογημένα!  God grant you many years!  To those who are celebrating birthdays this coming week: Kathleen Connolly, Theodore Contoudis, Joann Leventis, Alexandra Pappas, Christina Stathis, John Fkiaras, Peter Skoutelas, Ellen Papacostas, Marc Storace, George Christodoulakis, George Karanikas, Sophia Loiacono, Olivia Moscow, Eliana Ojeda, Marilena Diamantas, Thomas Hatzopoulos, Michael Vafiadis, Vasilios Zonios, Stephanos Makris, Christina Mathioudis, Georgios Pappas, Jack Stoupakis, Eleni Kalogrias.
 
Our deepest sympathy to the Karagiannis family for the repose of their beloved father, and grandfather Christos Karagiannis, 88,  of blessed memory, on August 12. His funeral was held at Annunciation/Evangelismos Church on Tuesday, August 17. May his memory be eternal.
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Archdiocese News

“How-to” Green Your Parish, Episode 18: Leaning about Insects

08/19/2021

The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation care and sustainability in your parish and home.

Leadership 100 Approves $200,000 Matching Grant to Support Archdiocesan Greece Fire Relief Efforts

08/19/2021

At a special meeting on August 18, 2021, the Leadership 100 Executive Committee unanimously approved an emergency $200,000 matching grant to support the fundraising efforts of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The grant, in response to a direct appeal of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, will go towards the total funds that will be dispersed in Greece, with the support of IOCC, to support long-term assistance in the wake of the recent catastrophic fires across Greece.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and IOCC Partner to Provide Relief to Greece

08/14/2021

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, following the launch of a nationwide fundraising campaign, will partner with International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) to identify specific needs and distribute the funds that are being collected in order to provide long-term assistance in the wake of the recent catastrophic fires across Greece.

Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos Appointed Director of Religious Education

08/16/2021

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced today the appointment of His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos as the new Director of Religious Education for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. In addition, His Grace will continue in his role of Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese.

The Parable Project

08/18/2021

Calling at JOY Ministries: The Parable Project is a JOY based program created by the Metropolis of Pittsburgh for parish ministry. Starting September 1, and every 2 months after, parishes will receive a video containing a lesson on a parable and a step-by-step explanation and demonstration on a craft project that ties into the parable.

In Memorial of Father Apostolos (Paul) Panos

08/18/2021

Father Apostolos (Paul) Panos was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 25, 1959. His parents, Peter and Georgia Panos, were from the Province of Arkadia, Peloponnesos, Greece near Tripolis. As a child,Father Paul worshiped at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Oak Lawn, Illinois and graduated from their Homer Greek Language School. Upon graduating from a Chicago public high school, he enrolled in a technical school and was later employed by General Motors.
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Beyond Annunciation

Rent and Utility Relief Programs Available

Montgomery County utility and rent assistance
 
Bucks County utility and rent assistance
 
Philadelphia utility and rent assistance
 
White House hotline help from effects of Covid-19 

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