Thank you to Eve Zacharakos for hosting today's Agape Coffee Fellowship.

If you'd like to be a hostess or host, please sign up on the board that is located in our Parish Hall or on line at: 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084DA4AF22A7F94-agape10

Hosting duties include setting up, serving the coffee and cleaning up. We will always pair you with an experienced hostess!

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.

GOYA Meeting 

Sunday April 2nd following catechism school in conference room.

First Aid/CPR/AED Course

We are planning a 4-hour course during the month of May at Church. There is no charge. For more information or to sign up, please email Panaiota Constantine at panaiota.constantine@gmail.com.

Feed the Hungry Ministry

Thank you to our GOYA and GOYA parents for volunteering to "adopt" our April sandwich commitment.

Volunteers are needed on the fourth Wednesday of each month to make 60 sandwiches for the Dorothy Day Hospitality House in Danbury. We meet in our parish hall to assemble the sandwiches and deliver them to Dorothy Day, which is only 10 minutes away from our parish. Or you may organize your own Tuesday meetng and leave the sandwiches in the refrigerator and they will be delivered the next day. A detailed shopping list and instructons will be supplied. For more information, please email office@agoc.us.

Preparing for HOLY CONSECRATION – September 30/October 1, 2023

This fall, our Church building will be sanctified through Holy Consecration -- “set apart and made Holy for God’s sacred use.”

As we sanctify our Church, we have the opportunity to also dedicate ourselves to God’s holy purpose, to become as we are designed: to become unique expressions of God’s Love here on Earth.

With our personal journey in mind, how might we approach the Holy Consecration and apply this ritual to our own spiritual growth? We offer three themes of personal and community preparation:

CELEBRATION – Appreciating the history of our Church and Assumption community -- Sharing and preserving stories of all that brought us to today; contributing to and participating in the ministries of our Church, ensuring we will thrive into the future.

We invite stewardship and creative offerings with historical perspectives, memories and insights – writings, photographic records, videos—as your heart may direct.

RENEWAL - As in the ceremony itself, we cleanse ourselves and emerge “anew” -- Acknowledging and removing barriers to fulfilling our Christian purpose with God’s help, through reading, reflection, sharing, and receiving the sacraments of our Church.

We fervently glorify God in our daily life, and we gather as brothers and sisters in Christ, getting to know one another better as we follow His command to “Love One Another.”

DEVOTION – We express our Love for Christ and acceptance of His message of Love – Identifying and moving forward on our personal path, expressing our Faith in God’s Love, relying on His guidance to live our best lives through Christ Jesus.

We actively participate in worship, developing our personal and collective relationship with Christ as we plan for the future of our beloved Church community.

Registration for the Greek Dance Program ends on Sunday, April 2th. Registration forms are available in our Church Hall.

The Festival Dance Groups are a part of the Assumption Church’s Youth Ministry. We encourage all young people - Kindergarten to Young Adult, to be a part of our wonderful Dance Troupes and learn the traditional folk dances of Greece. No on line registration.

Dance practices will begin on Thursday, April 27th for the Angeloudia, Kamari, Ellinopoula and Asteria Groups. 

Levendia Group will be contacted by instructors of schedule of practices.

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

Lambades/Easter candles: now available for sale after Divine Liturgy in the outer Narthex.

04/04 and 04/05 - Save the date for baking for Pascha: Come, help, and learn how to make traditional Tsourekia/Easter bread and koulourakia/traditional Greek cookies.

04/09/23 - Palm Sunday: We need volunteers on that day to help with hosting a very special coffee hour. Please sign up here: Palm Sunday

Philoptochos Stewardship: You may make online stewardship donations by CLICKING HERE.  BE SURE TO CHECK OFF LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS and follow up with an at philoptochos@agoc.us to notify us you have submitted a stewardship offering. You may also mail your offering and your Stewardship Form, available on the church site: https://agoc.us/agoc-organizations/philoptochos/.  

Stay connected with us: Facebook Assumption Ladies Philoptochos Danbury

Wednesday, April 5

6:00PM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

Saturday, April 8 - Lazarus Saturday

8:45AM Orthros, 10:00AM Divine Liturgy

Sunday, April 9 - Palm Sunday

8:45AM Orthros, 10:00AM Divine Liturgy

7:00PM 1st Bridegroom (Nymphios) Service

Monday, April 10 - Holy Monday

7:00PM 2nd Bridegroom (Nymphios) Service

Tuesday, April 11 - Holy Tuesday

9:30AM Pre-Sanctified Liturgy

7:00PM 3rd Bridegroom (Nymphios) Service

Wednesday, April 12 - Holy Wednesday

4:00PM Holy Unction

7:00PM Holy Unction

Thursday, April 13 - Holy Thursday

8:00AM Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

6:30PM The Holy Passion & Crucifixion Service - 12 Gospel Readings

Friday, April 14 - Holy Friday

9:30AM The Great Hours on Holy Friday

3:00PM Vespers and Apokathelosis Service

7:00PM Service of Lamentations (Epitaphios)

Saturday, April 15 - Holy Saturday

9:30AM Vesperal Liturgy of St. Basil

11:00PM The Canon, Orthros and Divine Liturgy

Sunday, April 16 - Great and Holy Pascha

12:00PM Agape Vespers

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.