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Publish Date: 2020-07-19
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General Information

  • Phone:
  • (248) 477-1677
  • Fax:
  • (248) 477-0231
  • Street Address:

  • 25225 Middlebelt Rd.

  • Farmington Hills, MI 48336


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Services Schedule

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DIVINE LITURGY SUNDAYS 10 A.M.

OFFICE HOURS 10 A.M.- 3 P.M.  MONDAY-WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY  (CLOSED THURSDAY)

BONNIE SITARAS: OFFICE COORDINATOR

 


Past Bulletins


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Sixth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from Luke 24:36-53

At that time, Jesus, having risen from the dead, stood in the midst of his disciples and said to them, "Peace to you." But they were startled and frightened, and supposed that they saw a spirit. And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do questionings rise in your hearts? See my hands and feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have." And when he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they still disbelieved for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before them.

Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled. Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high."

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped him, and they returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple blessing God.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal Second Mode. Psalm 31.11,1.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous.
Verse: Blessed are they whose transgressions have been forgiven.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 3:8-15.

Titus, my son, the saying is sure. I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds; these are excellent and profitable to men. But avoid stupid controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels over the law, for they are unprofitable and futile. As for a man who is factious, after admonishing him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is perverted and sinful; he is self-condemned.

When I send Artemas or Tychicos to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. And let our people learn to apply themselves to good deeds, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not to be unfruitful.

All who are with me send greeting to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.


Gospel Reading

Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council
The Reading is from Matthew 5:14-19

The Lord said to his disciples, "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."


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Saints and Feasts

Allsaint
July 19

Saint Theodore, Bishop of Edessa

Our Father among the Saints Theodore was born in Edessa of Mesopotamia. At the age of about nineteen, he became a monk at the Monastery of Mar Sabbas in Palestine. After he had spent some twenty-four years there, he was chosen to become Bishop of Edessa, about the year 836. The city of Edessa at that time was beleaguered with many heresies, among them the Arian, Nestorian, Eutychian, and Manichean. Wishing to free the Orthodox of Edessa from the injustices of the many heretics, he undertook a journey to Babylon in Persia - that is, Baghdad - to ask the Persian King, who then ruled over all Syria, to use his power to protect the Orthodox of Edessa. When he arrived he learned that the King was gravely sick; but gaining admission to him, the holy Bishop Theodore restored him to health through prayer, and, after speaking to him many days in secret about the dispensation of God, converted him to Christ, baptizing him with the name of John. Returning to Edessa having accomplished his purpose, Theodore later learned by revelation that King John, with his three Arab body-guards who had been baptized with him, had professed their faith openly and received martyrs' crowns at the hands of the Persian Moslems. This was in the days when the blessed Theodora and her son Michael reigned in Constantinople. Not long thereafter, Theodore retired to the Monastery of Mar Sabbas, and ended his days.


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July 20

The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)

Elias of great fame was from Thisbe or Thesbe, a town of Galaad (Gilead), beyond the Jordan. He was of priestly lineage, a man of a solitary and ascetical character, clothed in a mantle of sheep skin, and girded about his loins with a leathern belt. His name is interpreted as "Yah is my God." His zeal for the glory of God was compared to fire, and his speech for teaching and rebuke was likened unto a burning lamp. From this too he received the name Zealot. Therefore, set aflame with such zeal, he sternly reproved the impiety and lawlessness of Ahab and his wife Jezebel. He shut up heaven by means of prayer, and it did not rain for three years and six months. Ravens brought him food for his need when, at God's command, he was hiding by the torrent of Horrath. He multiplied the little flour and oil of the poor widow of Sarephtha of Sidon, who had given him hospitality in her home, and when her son died, he raised him up. He brought down fire from Heaven upon Mount Carmel, and it burned up the sacrifice offered to God before all the people of Israel, that they might know the truth. At the torrent of Kisson, he slew 450 false prophets and priests who worshipped idols and led the people astray. He received food wondrously at the hand of an Angel, and being strengthened by this food he walked for forty days and forty nights. He beheld God on Mount Horeb, as far as this is possible for human nature. He foretold the destruction of the house of Ahab, and the death of his son Ohozias; and as for the two captains of fifty that were sent by the king, he burned them for their punishment, bringing fire down from Heaven. He divided the flow of the Jordan, and he and his disciple Elisseus passed through as it were on dry land; and finally, while speaking with him, Elias was suddenly snatched away by a fiery chariot in the year 895 B.C., and he ascended as though into heaven, whither God most certainly translated him alive, as He did Enoch (Gen. 5:24; IV Kings 2: 11). But from thence also, after seven years, by means of an epistle he reproached Joram, the son of Josaphat, as it is written: "And there came a message in writing to him from Elias the Prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the way," and so forth (II Chron. 21:12). According to the opinion of the majority of the interpreters, this came to pass either through his disciple Elisseus, or through another Prophet when Elias appeared to them, even as he appeared on Mount Tabor to the disciples of Christ (see Aug. 6).


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July 22

Mary Magdalene, the Holy Myrrh-bearer and Equal to the Apostles

Saint Mary was from Magdala in Galilee on the Sea of Tiberias, and for this was named Magdalene. When the Lord Jesus cast out seven demons from her, from which she had been suffering, she became His faithful and inseparable disciple, following Him and ministering unto Him even to the time of His crucifixion and burial. Then, returning to Jerusalem together with the rest of the Myrrh-bearers, she prepared the fragrant spices for anointing the body of the Lord. And on the Lord's day they came very early to the tomb, even before the Angels appeared declaring the Resurrection of the Lord. When Mary Magdalene saw the stone taken away from the tomb, she ran and proclaimed it to Peter and John. And returning immediately to the tomb and weeping outside, she was deemed worthy to be the first of the Myrrh-bearers to behold the Lord arisen from the dead, and when she fell at His feet, she heard Him say, "Touch Me not." After the Lord's Ascension, nothing certain is known concerning her. Some accounts say that she went to Rome and later returned to Jerusalem, and from there proceeded to Ephesus, where she ended her life, preaching Christ. Although it is sometimes said that Saint Mary Magdalene was the "sinful woman" of the Gospel, this is nowhere stated in the tradition of the Church, in the sacred hymnology, or in the Holy Gospels themselves, which say only that our Lord cast seven demons out of her, not that she was a fallen woman. "Madeleine" is a form of Magdalene.


Ezekiel
July 23

Ezekiel the Prophet

The Prophet Ezekiel ("God is strong") was the son of Buzi and a priest by rank. He was taken captive and brought to Babylon during the reign of Jechonias. In the fifth year of this captivity, about 594 or 593 B.C., he began to prophesy. Having prophesied for about twenty-eight years, he was murdered, it is said, by the tribe of Gad, because he reproached them for their idolatry. His book of prophecy, divided into forty-eight chapters, is ranked third among the greater Prophets. It is richly filled with mystical imagery and marvelous prophetic visions and allegories, of which the dread Chariot of Cherubim described in the first Chapter is the most famous; in the "gate that was shut," through which the Lord alone entered, he darkly foretold of the Word's Incarnation from the Virgin (44:1-3); through the "dry bones" that came to life again (37:1-14), he prophesied both of the restoration of captive Israel, and the general resurrection of our race.


Markella
July 22

Markella, the Virgin-martyr of Chios

Saint Markella was born in the 14th century on the island of Chios and was the daughter of the mayor of her town. She was raised in the Christian faith by pious parents, but lost her mother at a young age. This was especially difficult for her father who fell into depression. The young Markella was devoted to Christ and strove to preserve her virginity, fighting off numerous temptations from the Devil. Seeing he could make no progress with Markella, the Evil One turned his attention to her father, and enflamed within him an unnatural lust for his daughter.

One day he declared his desire for her at which she ran away in tears and fear. Arriving at the edge of the water and with nowhere to run, a rock opened up for Markella to enter so that her lower half could be enclosed within the rock. When her father arrived in pursuit of her, he was furious to have been deprived of his desire and beheaded his daughter there. The miraculous rock remains on Chios in the church dedicated to Saint Markella the Virgin-Martyr and is said to spring healing waters.


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July 25

Dormition of St. Anna, mother of the Theotokos

According to tradition, Anna, the ancestor of God, lived for sixty-nine years, and her spouse Joachim, for eighty; according to one account, Saint Joachim died two years before Saint Anna. The Theotokos had been orphaned of both her parents already when she was eleven years of age, when she was living in the Temple (see Sept. 8 and Nov. 21). Saint Anna is invoked for conceiving children, and for help in difficult childbirth.


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Holy Cross Notices

 

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 WELCOME BACK! CHURCH IS OPEN!

PHASE TWO REOPENING: JULY 5

*PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER WITH GUIDELINES FROM THE METROPOLIS OF DETROIT

*LITURGY BOOKS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PEWS. PLEASE USE THIS LINK TO VIEW THE DIVINE LITURGY BOOK 

  https://www.goarch.org/-/the-divine-liturgy-of-saint-john-chrysostom

 *PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE DAILY READING LITE  AP (free download) FOR THE GOSPEL & EPISTLE 

 

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  You can also click on the link below to be redirected to the Archdiocese site listing all live internet broadcasts of church services, including our sister churches in the Metropolis of Detroit. 

 https://www.goarch.org/live-broadcast  

 

STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE: Please continue to support our Chuch during this difficult time via your Stewardship pledge and donations. Please mail your checks directly to

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, 25225 Middlebelt Rd., Farmington Hills MI 48336  

 VIGIL CANDLES: If you would like us to light a vigil candle for you, please call the Church Office or  email holycross1969@gmail.com with your name(s) and we will make sure to light a vigil candle for you and say a prayer. You can send in your donation by mail (please write vigil candle in the memo line). 

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Prayer Requests

Please continue to pray for the health and healing of the following friends:

Fr. George Livanos

Christina Burke

Dr. Maureen Kelly

George Stefanakis

Dr. Rick Wilsom

Dina Rand

Mary Poniros

Caliope Muzithras

 

 

If you would like to add your name or a loved one's name to the prayer list, please email the office 

holycross1969@gmail.com

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Ladies Philoptochos News

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NEXT PHILOPTOCHOS MEETING: 
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Call Bonnie Sitaras or Debbie George
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Altar Boy List

HOLY CROSS ALTAR BOYS 2019 - 2020            

Captains:  Sam Zervos, Yianni Giannakis, Alex Matthews

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TEAM 1                          TEAM 2

Nicholas Barnaby             

Benjamin Barnaby     Cristo Stilianos

Mateo Pesaros            Pano Stilianos

Stavros Fekaris           Dino Thanos            

Dimitri Sitaras             Niko Thanos                  

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Team 1                          Team 2

December 1,15,29       December 8, 22

January 12, 26            January 5, 19

February 9, 23             February 2, 16

March 8, 22                 March 1, 15, 29

April 5,  Holy Week 12-19    April 26

May 3, 17, 31               May 10, 24

June 14, 28                 June 7, 21

July - August (Open)

September 13, 27        September 6,20

 

On Holy Days, if you come on Time you can serve :

for robes on holy days it’s first come-first serve.

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PLEASE NOTE ALTAR BOYS & PARENTS-

This is a great commitment to the Lord and it is an important RESPONSIBILTY to be on Time for the Divine Liturgy!

Liturgy begins at 10 a.m. SO please be on time !

DO NOT come into the Holy Altar  after 10:05 a.m.

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Memorial Donations to Holy Cross

OUR THANKS

To those who in lieu of flowers gave monetary

contributions to the Church in memory of :

 NICHOLAS AND MARGE LAZAROU

Dr/M James Stewart & Family

M/M Andrew Bittinger & Family

HOMER AND HELEN VARVERIS

M/M James Heller & Family

JAMES AND BETTY HELLER

M/M James Heller & Family

 ANTHONY AND MARIA CASCAVALOS

M/M James Heller & Family

NICHOLAS AND VASILIA VARVERIS

M/M James Heller & Family

ARNOT AND RUTH HELLER

M/M James Heller & Family

 ALBERT AND MARGARET GATZKE

M/M James Heller & Family

 FR. JOHN MOUTAFIS

M/M Steve Fekaris

Ms. Kassiane Power

M/M Edward Power

M/M Peter Zervos

MARGE LAZAROU

M/M Andrew Bittinger

Dr/M James Stewart Jr.

Mr. Paul Stewart

Mr. Mark Stewart

M/M George Katsias

M/M James Heller

M/M James Sitaras

M/M Steve Fekaris

M/M Edward Power

M/M Stefan Korcek

M/M Gary Abbo

M/M Bob Emerine

 M/M John George

 M/M Evans Lucas

M/M Tim Keros

M/M Edward Toth

Dr/M Thomas Alexander

M/M Peter Zervos

M/M Thomas Dabareiner

M/M Thomas Casoglos

Ms. Margarita Shukla

M/M Neeraj Shah

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

Mrs. Tula Georgeson

M/M Van Kyriakopoulos

M/M Michael Blough

Mrs. Helen Cargas

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bittinger

Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bittinger, Jr. 

M/M Lanny Nuechterlein

M/M Adam Angelas

Ms. Geraldine G. Hansen

M/M Scott & Angel Linzell

Holy Cross Choir

Dr/M Marcus Zervos

Ms. Virginia Becker

M/M Anthony Barr

Ms. Anastasia Spanos

M/M Tad Krear

Dr. & Mrs. Harry Mighion

Holy Cross Philoptochos

M/M Gus Kavalaris

Mr. Jim Kavalaris

M/M Demetri Preonas

M/M Marty Gehan

GUS SPANOS 

M/M Evans Lucas

M/M James Sitaras & Family

M/M John George

Hountalas Families

M/M George Fekaris & Family

M/M Peter Zervos

M/M Konstantinos Voutsinas

James Huffman & Barbara Clements

M/M Dan Dallas

M/M Edward Power

AHEPA V.I. Chebithes Chapter 391

Mr. Elias Nicholas

Ms. Karen Madias

M/M Patrick Quinn

Mrs. Helen Woznicki

M/M Louis Sinagra

M/M Robert Woznicki

M/M Bill Williams

M/M Bill & Julie Hiotaky

M/M Scott & Angel Linzel

M/M George & Irene Katsias

Mrs. Elaine Ioanou

M/M Steve Fekaris

Ms. Danielle M.  Petras

M/M Anthony Barr

M/M George Stefanakis

Dr/M James Stewart Jr.

M/M Andrew Bittinger

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

Mrs. Tula Georgeson

Helen Dimitriou Carlson

M/M George Liadis

M/M Van Kyriakopoulos

Ms. Calli Lucas

M/M Michael Sturm

M/M Francis Tatu

Mrs. Helen Hountras

M/M Nicholas Madias

Eugenia Mellis

M/M Paul Yee

Mr. Karl Zimmermann

Joshua Lefkowitz

Mary Poniros

Bill and Despina Catsikopoulos

Ms. Susan Armstrong

M/M Timothy Somero

Mrs. Peggy Theodore

M/M Peter Rupas

M/M Gus Zervos

Dr/M Thomas Alexander

M/M Limperis Zervos

M/M Tim Keros

M/M Adam Angelas

M/M Tom Casoglos

Ms. Margarita Shukla

M/M Douglas Garber

M/M Mark Chmielewski

M/M Albert Scaglione

Mr. Angelo Gaggos

M/M John Liadis

Mr. Stephen Stamatiou

M/M Ted Andris

Ms. Catherine Pikulas

Ms. Maritsa Loizos

M/M James Heller

Diane Morris & Family

M/M Peter Angelas

M/M Andry Moundros

M/M Lanny Nuechterlein

M/M Stephen Economy

M/M George Malis

Ms. Sophie Paron

Dr/M Arthur Vrettas

Ms. Mary Sitaras

M/M Stylianos Sinanis

West Hills Middle School

M/M Neeraj Shah

M/M Stephen Liadis

M/M Paul Pesaros

M/M Michael Blough

Dr/M Marcus Zervos

M/M Dean Tselepis

M/M John Kotsogiannis

Fr. Simeon & Pres. Aza Catau

M/M Tad Krear

M/M Marty Gehan

Mrs. Lula Abbo & Family

 

RON FIELDS

 M/M George Katsias

MARY ANTON

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

Mrs. Tula Georgeson

HELEN PHOTSIOS

M/M Steve Fekaris

GEORGE PSAROS

M/M George Stefanakis

TASIA DEMOPOULOS

M/M Patrick Quinn

ALIA DEMOPOULOS

M/M Patrick Quinn

M/M Van Kyriakopoulos

WILLIAM POWER JR.

M/M Antony Barr

M/M Limperis Zervos

M/M Tim Keros

M/M Van Kyriakopoulos

BARBARA SAAD

M/M Evans Lucas & Calli Lucas

JAY GALYON

M/M Evans Lucas

JAMES STEWART SR.

M/M Michael Blough

M/M Anthony Barr

M/M James Heller

Dr/Mrs. James Stewart Jr.

 DR. JOHN AND ELIZABETH LUCAS

Family of Dr. John and Elizbeth Lucas

 GEORGIA MORRIS

M/M George Katsias

JIM CONSTAND

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

DAVE NORTON

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

DR. JOHN DELASSANDRO

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

 ROSE REIDER

M/M George Liadis

MARIA KOUTOURAS

M/M George Liadis

ANGIE PERESKY

 M/M Van Kyriakopoulos

MAY THEIR MEMORY BE ETERNAL

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