Titus the Wonderworker
Little is known of this Saint except that he took up the monastic life from his youth, became the abbot of a monastery, and reposed in peace.
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. Check our Parish Calendar for more information.
Friday, March 31, 2023
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Fifth Sunday of Lent: St. Mary of Egypt, April 2, 2023
Κυριακὴ Εʹ τῶν Νηστειῶν τῆς Ὁσίας Μαρίας τῆς Αἰγυπτίας, 2 Απριλίου, 2023. Το Κήρυγμα της Κυριακής εδώ
Monday, April 3, 2023
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Friday, April 7, 2023
Lazarus Saturday, April 8, 2023
Palm Sunday, April 9, 2023
At Annunciation Church, we believe that children and youth should be safe at every youth ministry program or event. To this end, we require all of our Staff and Volunteers who come in contact with our children to register and follow the instructions here: Annunciation/Evangelismos Church Youth Worker Registration
2023 GOYA Sights & Sounds Update
GOYA is collecting diapers and wipes for their service project
“Children are a gift from the Lord. They are a reward from Him.” Psalm 127:3
While Christ is the ultimate healer, Orthodox Christians call upon Agios Stylianos to protect their children. With the Lord’s assistance, the touch of Agios Stylianos healed children of their illnesses. He put smiles on their faces while grinning his own. You could be putting smiles on the faces of families in need by donating infant diapers to GOYA. Infant diapers are a necessity for all babies. However, this product is costly for many. Since diapers are not covered by food stamps or WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) vouchers, many families cannot afford their newborn’s needs; to stay hygienic, babies need between six to twelve diapers a day. Children are a gift from the Lord, and we, as a parish, should ensure they are clean and healthy as God intended them to be.
GOYA will collect infant diapers (all brands, bundles, and sizes) until April 23; there is a box across from the trophy case. The donations will then go to The Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank, which gives diapers to low-income families in the Philadelphia region. We thank you for your contributions, and the babies thank you for keeping them clean, dry, and healthy.
1. Your Holy Week-Pascha packet containing the ecclesiastical schedule and information on all the youth and family-related Holy Week activities.
2. Your Quarterly 2023 Stewardship Statement.
3. A reminder to those who still need to submit a pledge for 2023.
The Metropolis of New Jersey Philoptochos is once again offering an opportunity to qualifying High School seniors enrolled in an accredited University, College or Trade School to apply for a Metropolis of New Jersey Philoptochos merit-based scholarship.
Funding for these scholarships was made possible with donations made in memory of beloved past Metropolis Philoptochos President, Mrs. Anastasia Michals. Anne Michals was an educator by profession, a dedicated steward of Philoptochos, and a faithful Orthodox Christian.
The Ladies Philoptochos 'Nausica' encourages all our Annunciation high school seniors to learn more about this scholarship opportunity.
Link to learn more and to download the application from the Metropolis of New Jersey Philoptochos website:
https://www.njphiloptochos.org/resources/scholarship-information
Applications are due by June 15, 2023
Spring has finally sprung! We are beginning to see the signs around us as new buds form on the trees and hyacinths emerge after a long winter. It is a beautiful site to be surrounded by God’s gifts and little miracles. This season of renewal is not just outward; it embraces our inward spirit.
There are so many wonderful meditations that our faith focuses on throughout Lent. Proverbs 11:24 touches on giving. Our gifts are from God, and as St. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9:7, God loves a cheerful giver. What a wonderful reminder to give with your heart.
We thank everyone who has donated to our Lenten Meat Drive. It’s still going, and we welcome monetary donations in any amount. You can give directly through Vanco, place it in our M25 slot in the office, or send a check to Lisa Trivelis.
We can’t emphasize the growing needs enough at all the pantries this season. We continue to be humbled by the difficulties people face with food insecurities. Inflation continues to plague all of us.
We were so happy to serve the children at the Mattie Dixon After School Homework Club with healthy snacks on February 28th! It warms our hearts to see the smiles on these very grateful children.
“If you cannot feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” -Mother Theresa
YOUR NAME: _____________________________________________
Quantity: ____________ x $ 35 (or more)= _____________________
Please send the form (and check if not giving through Vanco) to:
Lisa Trivelis. 31 Trailwood Drive. Holland, PA 18966
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 Letter to the Hebrews 9:11-14.
BRETHREN, when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Προκείμενον. First Mode. ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 32.22,1.
Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ' ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε δίκαιοι ἐν Κυρίῳ
τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 9:11-14.
Ἀδελφοί, Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτʼ ἔστιν, οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως, οὐδὲ διʼ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος. Εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων, καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους, ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων, εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν θεῷ ζῶντι;
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
The Reading is from Mark 10:32-45
At that time, Jesus took his twelve disciples, and he began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant of James and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Κατὰ Μᾶρκον 10:32-45
Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραλαβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητάς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς λέγειν τὰ μέλλοντα αὐτῷ συμβαίνειν, ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς ῾Ιεροσόλυμα καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσι καὶ γραμματεῦσι, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ ἐμπαίξουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ μαστιγώσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμπτύσουσιν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστήσεται. Καὶ προσπορεύονται αὐτῷ ᾿Ιάκωβος καὶ ᾿Ιωάννης υἱοὶ Ζεβεδαίου λέγοντες· διδάσκαλε, θέλομεν ἵνα ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσωμεν ποιήσῃς ἡμῖν. ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί θέλετε ποιῆσαί με ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δὸς ἡμῖν ἵνα εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τὸ μὲν ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ πίνω πίεσθε, καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε· τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλ᾿ οἷς ἡτοίμασται. Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἤρξαντο ἀγανακτεῖν περὶ ᾿Ιακώβου καὶ ᾿Ιωάννου. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς λέγει αὐτοῖς· οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ δοκοῦντες ἄρχειν τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι αὐτῶν κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν· οὐχ οὕτω δὲ ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾿ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ γενέσθαι μέγας ἐν ὑμῖν, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος, καὶ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ὑμῶν γενέσθαι πρῶτος, ἔσται πάντων δοῦλος· καὶ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι, ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι, καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.
Χρόνια πολλά & ευλογηµένα! God grant you many years! To those who are celebrating birthdays this coming week: Calliope Damian, John Koutsouros, Nicholas Vlachos, Ashley Kagiavas, Marc Klebanoff, Haris Martinos, Tara Pinto, Anastasia Vlachos, Paul Koutsouros, Steve McDermott, George Prousi, Emil Rongione, Markus Shehu, Theodore Steiros, Nicholas Marmarou, Dimitrios Spyrou, Anne-Marie Voutsinos, Peter Nikolopoulos, Katerina Rigalos, Megan Maris, Ronald Markos, Iakovos Toumbanakis, Efremia Vratsanos, Peter Gouris, Fotini Rivera.
Little is known of this Saint except that he took up the monastic life from his youth, became the abbot of a monastery, and reposed in peace.
The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism of her who fasted in the wilderness forty-seven years; and also that the great loving-kindness of God, and His readiness to receive the repentant, might be demonstrated in very deed.
On Saturday, March 18, 2023 the Metropolis of New Jersey Delaware Valley Youth Commission, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, hosted its Annual GOYA Sights and Sounds Festival at St. Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
This week, find insights about the upcoming Gospel reading, where we learn about the Cross and the Kingdom. But how do we follow the way to the Kingdom? And what does it mean to sit at the right hand of Christ? Also, what comes before grace?
Once again, the White House honors the Greek-American Community – a family with roots deep in Hellas, in Cyprus, in Asia Minor – by honoring the Immortal Heroes of 1821 and the Re-Birth of Greece.
Celebrate Easter with your little ones through storytelling and coloring. Three children’s books for ages 4-8 help explain the true meaning of Easter and the Orthodox faith. They are the perfect Easter basket stuffers for your children, godchildren, grandchildren, and Sunday school classes.
Icons are windows to heaven, a symbol of faith, and a sign of holiness. They are an essential part of Orthodox worship.
We are halfway to Pascha, so let us help you carry your crosses to the Resurrection. From personal reflection books, guides to help apply ascetic teachings to everyday life, liturgical publications, and religious education resources to books for all ages.
Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis - Ph.D., graduated from the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida in 2022.
Yiorgo will visit eastern Pennsylvania between May 10 and 19 to interview descendants of immigrants from Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, Imbros, Tenedos, and the Islands in the Sea of Marmara.
Yiorgo will collect information regarding immigration and settlement of immigrants from the late Ottoman Empire to eastern Pennsylvania between 1900 and 1940. He is personally invested in this research because he is the descendant of refugees from the region of northern Asia Minor (Pontus).
If you or anyone you know is from the aforementioned regions and is interested in being interviewed, please contact Yiorgo directly at 727-207-0623 or ytopalidis@ufl.edu.
Sunday, April 2, 2023
Sunday, April 2, 2023
Lenten Books Sale
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Early Sunday Morning, April 16