Wednesday, April 13 - 6:00PM Liturgy of Pre-Sanctified Gifts

Saturday, April 16 - Lazarus Saturday

9:00AM Orthros, 10:00AM Divine Liturgy, 11:30AM Making Crosses for Palm Sunday

We are very thankful for the support of so many families and individuals who financially support the Ministries of our Assumption Church. Your Stewardship Commitment and donations for candles, Feast Days and special offerings help our Church meet the Yearly Budget. Our Parish Council has decided to continue placing the traditional Collection Basket on a table in the Narthex. Parishioners and visitors may offer a donation if they wish following Divine Liturgy and other Services as they exit the Church. Thank you for your gifts that support the many Ministries and programs of our Church. God Bless you.

PASCHA PREPARATIONS!  

PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING.  WE NEED YOUR HELP.

BAKING FOR PASCHA: On Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday 13 - volunteers needed to help with the koulourakia and tsourekia starting at 11:00 am.  Specific questions about baking can be directed to Nitsa Carino.

Meeting: Next Philoptochos meeting on May 3rd.

National Obligations: Our monthly National obligations for April are

1. Sisterhood for St. Basil Academy; 2. IOCC.  Thank you for your continued support and generosity. Information regarding all of our National obligations can be found at:  https://www.philoptochos.org/commitments/ 

Agape Coffee Fellowship: Thank you to Eve Zacharakos for hosting this Sunday’s fellowship!

Palm Sunday Agape Fellowship: We need people to help hosting on Palm Sunday. Please sign up here:  Hosting March - April

We truly appreciate the volunteer work of our hosts and hostesses.

Please note, should we not have two people to host on a Sunday, coffee hour will be canceled.

Questions? Please contact Barbara Soldano or Caryn Flannery (philoptochos@agoc.us). For Agape fellowship Sponsoring opportunities/availability and guidelines please contact Margot Racano at: office@agoc.us.

Latest National Philoptochos Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/philoptochos.org/philanthropy-witness-march-2022

Registration for the Greek Dance Program continues now through April 10th. Registration forms will be available in our Church Hall.

We encourage all young people, Kindergarten to Young Adult, to be part of our wonderful Dance Troupes and learn the traditional folk dances of Greece. Our Church is known throughout the Archdiocese for our Greek Folk Dance Troupes that provide entertainment at our Greek Festivals.

Dance practices will begin on May 5th.

For more information, please contact Presbytera Maria Karloutsos at: greekdance@agoc.us

United Methodist Church of Danbury (across the street from our Church) has launched a new infant and toddler ministry. Josiah's Closet will be providing new and gently used clothing to low-income, at-risk families with small children. 

Donation boxes have been placed in our Assumption Parish Hall to contribute to this ministry. They are only accepting infant and toddler clothing up to size 4T. 

 Adult Choir

We need voices to sing praises together - experienced or new, men, women, young and old, even families learning hand-in-hand - all raising our voices as we lead the congregation in harmonious worship.

Please join us after regular services in the Choir Loft for practice and become an active participant as we venerate our God for His great love and mercy! Questions? Please contact Anne Ktorides at choir@agoc.us

Youth Choir

Youth Choir WILL NOT be singing on Sundays, April 10 or 24. We will ONLY sing for PALM SUNDAY, April 17th.

April rehearsals: Sunday, April 17th @ 9:00 am followed by Palm Sunday Liturgy.

May rehearsals: Sundays May 8th & 22nd @ 9:00 am followed by Liturgy. These will be the last 'Youth Choir Sundays' of our academic year.

Paradosi: Beginning May1st, Youth Choir Members who wish to be part of a "Paradosi Ensemble" that will sing Greek Folk Songs at our Greek Festival will meet for additional rehearsals after church on Sundays, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 & June 5. Please let Ms. Cindy know as soon as possible if you are interested in participating.

Baking Schedule - Volunteers Needed!

April 12 and 13 - Philoptochos will be making Tsourekia and Koulourakia - 11:00am

May 10 - Rolling Dolmades - check back for time

May 12, Thursday- Roll Galaktobourika & Koulourakia - 9:00am 

May 17, Tuesday - Kourembeithes and Finikia (or some say Melomakamora) - 9:00am 

June 7, Tuesday - Baklava, Kataifi, Revani and Karidopites - 9:00am 

June 9, Thursday - Pack up the pastries and set up 5:00-8:00pm  

Please share these dates/times with others. We appreciate all the people who help for any amount of time. Lunch will be served!

Pray with us by subscribing to the Assumption YouTube channel 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9tD5mB_u3GgO1J8ikwIW0g

Or by visiting our Assumption page on Facebook 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/assumptiongreekorthodoxchurch/videos/?ref=page_internal

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

We hope everyone enjoyed our Greek School program for March 25th!! Thank you for your support! Our program will be looking for possibly 2 teachers for the next school year. If you are interested in teaching or substitute teaching our classes next year, please contact Paraskevi at greekschool@agoc.us Thank you!