Special Services

Sunday, Dec. 6 - 8:45am Orthoros, 10am --Assumption Spirit Day Service  -- Support our Awesome Basketball Program by wearing your team Assumption gear. 

Wednesday, Dec. 9 -8:45am Orthoros, 10am Divine Liturgy - The Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos

Pray with us by subscribing to the Assumption YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9tD5mB_u3GgO1J8ikwIW0g

Or by visiting our Assumption page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/assumptiongreekorthodoxchurch/videos/?ref=page_internal

Live events will be streamed on both these services on programmed service hours.

In this time of social distancing we'd like to remind our parishioners of the Church's new ability to accept online donations by CLICKING HERE  You will be taken to Assumption Church's secure payment portal through Vanco, a reputable and leading provider of electronic payment and donation processing solutions (https://www.vancopayments.com).  More than 40,000 churches, faith-based groups, nonprofits, schools and educational organizations trust Vanco to simplify administrative processes, organize events and securely complete transactions every day.

Virtual Be the Bee, BeeTreat - GOYA Ages 13-18 

Saturday, December 12th at 11:30am

"Making Time for Silence"

Please join us Virtually on Saturday December 12^th for Divine Liturgy and a Youth Ministries Retreat lead by Mr. Steve Christoforou aka “Be the Bee”! We will be hosting this virtual regional youth retreat with a session on “Learning to be Still”. Steve does an amazing job of communicating important lessons to young people and adults alike and we are expecting another truly special and informative virtual session with him as he leads our young people into a deeper awareness of some very important topics. Please reserve your virtual spot so we may email the BeeTreat zoom link to you.

We look forward to a day filled with fun and a lot of great lessons that we can all learn from so once again, reserve your spot! 

To Sign-up for the Bee The Bee Virtual Retreat please click link below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054faaad29a1f49-saturday3

Sponsored by The Greek Orthodox Church of Our Saviour in Rye, NY.

Fourth Week of Advent 

This week's episode of Comfort Food for Families from the GOA Center for Family Care Director, Fr. Alex, covers the life and works of St. Nicholas Archbishop of Myra, who's feast day we celebrate today, December 6th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brX3Jzj3ia8

Koulourakia and Kourambiedes for Sale - Available after church services in the lobby. Quantities limited. Some of our wonderful ladies are generously baking using their beloved recipes.  

Vasilopitas for Sale – CANCELLED - The Monastery that makes the Vasilopitas cancelled because the Monastery is in self quarantine.  All monies that we collected will be returned shortly. Thank you to everyone who ordered.  We appreciate your support and are sorry for this cancellation. 

Diaper Drive - Just a Few More Days - Let’s Collect Diapers to Donate (larger sizes please) – Diapers collected up to December 7^th - delivered locally to The Community Action Agency of Western CT and Birthright of Greater Danbury. Please drop off in the bins/bags provided outside of the church entrance near the classrooms.  Be sure items are secure from the weather and outdoors. Questions?? Rose Koulouris 203-417-8450 or Caryn Flannery 203-512-5698.               

Adopt a Family – The list was sent out this past week.  There are already 6 families adopted; so, there are only 4 families left of the 10 families to be adopted. Thank you to those who were able to adopt.  Please consider adopting or contributing towards a family. Items on list may be purchased or relevant gift cards can be provided this year. Local supermarket gift cards in increments of $25 to $50 are also welcome to help the families with a holiday dinner. Items are due December 14th in our conference room. Please have your bag labeled with your adopted family number and name on your bag. You may email philoptochos@agoc.us or contact Caryn Flannery via text at (203) 512-5698 with questions or requests to adopt.

FESTIVAL of TABLES 2020 – Cancelled due to COVID-19. Our “FOT Special Appeal” asks that you consider donating to our largest annual fundraiser.  Help us raise money so we may continue to provide support to those in need. A complete email/letter was recently distributed. If you have questions, email us at philoptochos@agoc.us. WE WON'T STOP CARING!  

National Obligations - Our monthly National obligations for December are 1.) the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which helps protect the rights, health and well-being of children worldwide; and 2.) the General Medical Fund which provides financial resources for individuals in need of assistance not covered by other programs. Thank you for your continued support and generosity. Information regarding all of our National obligations can be found at:  https://www.philoptochos.org/commitments/ 

Donations - Donations may be made directly to our Philoptochos by CLICKING HERE. BE SURE TO CHECK OFF LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS. You may also mail a check to church. 

Philoptochos Stewardship – Be EARLY for 2021 Stewardship! You may make online stewardship donations by CLICKING HERE.  BE SURE TO CHECK OFF LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS. Email us at philoptochos@agoc.us to notify us you have submitted a stewardship offering. You may also mail your stewardship offering and include a Stewardship Form, available on the church site: https://agoc.us/agoc-organizations/philoptochos/. 

“Some people, to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look below you! Note it. Read it. God, whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink. Instead, He set before your eyes the things that He had made. Can you ask for a louder voice than that?”

- St. Augustine (354-430)