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Holy Cross Church
Publish Date: 2022-06-05
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Holy Cross Church

General Information

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

  • 25225 Middlebelt Rd.

  • Farmington Hills, MI 48336


Contact Information






Services Schedule

DIVINE LITURGY

Sundays 10 am

OFFICE HOURS

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

10 am - 3 pm

(Closed Wednesday) 


Past Bulletins


Gospel and Epistle Readings

Matins Gospel Reading

Tenth Orthros Gospel
The Reading is from John 21:1-14

At that time, being raised from the dead, Jesus revealed himself to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off.

When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.


Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Fourth Mode. Daniel 3.26,27.
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers.
Verse: For you are just in all you have done.

The reading is from Acts of the Apostles 20:16-18, 28-36.

IN THOSE DAYS, Paul had decided to sail past Ephesos, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. And from Miletos he sent to Ephesos and called to him the elders of the church. And when they came to him, he said to them: "Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me. In all things I have shown you that by so toiling one must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.' " And when he had spoken thus, he knelt down and prayed with them all.


Gospel Reading

Fathers of the 1st Council
The Reading is from John 17:1-13

At that time, Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work which you gave me to do; and now, Father, you glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.

"I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you; for I have given them the words which you gave me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you did send me. I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are mine; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I am coming to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves."


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Wisdom of the Fathers

For there is One God, and One Mediator between God and Man, the Man Christ Jesus. For He still pleads even now as Man for my salvation; ...
St. Gregory the Theologian
4th Theological Oration, 4th Century

... for He continues to wear the Body which He assumed, until He make me God by the power of His Incarnation; although He is no longer known after the flesh -- I mean, the passions of the flesh, the same, except sin, as ours.
St. Gregory the Theologian
4th Theological Oration, 4th Century

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal Second Mode

When the angelic powers appeared at Your grave, the soldiers guarding it feared and became as dead. And standing by the sepulcher was Mary who was seeking Your immaculate body. You devastated Hades, not afflicted by it. You went to meet the virgin, and granted eternal life. You resurrected from the dead. O Lord, glory to You.

Apolytikion for Holy Ascension in the Fourth Mode

O Christ our God, You ascended in Glory and gladdened Your disciples by the promise of the Holy Spirit. Your blessing assured them that You are the Son of God, the Redeemer of the world.

Apolytikion for Fathers of the 1st Council in the Plagal Fourth Mode

You are greatly glorified, O Christ our God, who established our Fathers as luminaries upon the earth, and through them led us all to the true Faith. O Most compassionate, glory to You.

Apolytikion for the Church in the First Mode

Save, O Lord, Your people and bless Your inheritance, granting victory to the faithful over the enemy, and by Your Cross protecting Your commonwealth.

Seasonal Kontakion in the Plagal Second Mode

O Christ our God, upon fulfilling Your dispensation for our sake, You ascended in Glory, uniting the earthly with the heavenly. You were never separate but remained inseparable, and cried out to those who love You, "I am with you and no one is against you."
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Saints and Feasts

Hlyfthrs
June 05

Fathers of the 1st Council

The heresiarch Arius was a Libyan by race and a protopresbyter of the Church of Alexandria. In 315, he began to blaspheme against the Son and Word of God, saying that He is not true God, consubstantial with the Father, but is rather a work and creation, alien to the essence and glory of the Father, and that there was a time when He was not. This frightful blasphemy shook the faithful of Alexandria. Alexander, his Archbishop, after trying in vain to correct him through admonitions, cut him off from communion and finally in a local council deposed him in the year 321. Yet neither did the blasphemer wish to be corrected, nor did he cease sowing the deadly tares of his heretical teachings; but writing to the bishops of other cities, Arius and his followers requested that his doctrine be examined, and if it were unsound, that the correct teaching be declared to him. By this means, his heresy became universally known and won many supporters, so that the whole Church was soon in an uproar.

Therefore, moved by divine zeal, the first Christian Sovereign, Saint Constantine the Great, the equal to the Apostles, summoned the renowned First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea, a city of Bithynia. It was there that the shepherds and teachers of the Church of Christ gathered from all regions in the year 325. All of them, with one mouth and one voice, declared that the Son and Word of God is one in essence with the Father, true God of true God, and they composed the holy Symbol of Faith up to the seventh article (since the remainder, beginning with "And in the Holy Spirit," was completed by the Second Ecumenical Council). Thus they anathematized the impious Arius of evil belief and those of like mind with him, and cut them off as rotten members from the whole body of the faithful.

Therefore, recognizing the divine Fathers as heralds of the Faith after the divine Apostles, the Church of Christ has appointed this present Sunday for their annual commemoration, in thanksgiving and unto the glory of God, unto their praise and honour, and unto the strengthening of the true Faith.


Allsaint
June 05

The Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre

Saint Dorotheus became Bishop of Tyre in Phoenicia about the end of the third century. During the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian, about the year 303, he fled to Odyssopolis in Thrace to preserve his life, and after the death of the tyrants he returned to Tyre. He lived until the reign of Julian the Apostate (361-363), from whose persecution he again fled to Odyssopolis (or, according to Theophylact of Bulgaria, Edessa), but was found by Julian's men and slain in great torments, at the age of 107, in 361. He was very learned, and has left behind writings in both Latin and Greek relating the lives of the holy Prophets, Apostles, and other Saints.


Philbartbarnabas
June 11

Bartholomew the Holy Apostle

Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles, and had Galilee as his homeland; this is all that is known of him for certain according to the history of the Gospels. Concerning his apostolic work, certain say that he preached in Arabia and Persia, and especially in India, bringing to them the Gospel written by Saint Matthew, which had been written originally in Hebrew, and which was found there one hundred years later by Pantaenus, formerly a stoic philosopher and later an illustrious teacher of the Christian school in Alexandria (see Eusebius, Eccl. Hist., 5: 10). Other accounts say that he went to Armenia. According to some, he ended his life by being crucified, or by being flayed alive, in Albanopolis (Urbanopolis) of Armenia. This also confirms an ancient tradition preserved by the Armenians. According to some, Bartholomew and Nathanael are the same person, because the Evangelists who mention Bartholomew do not mention Nathanael; and John, who alone mentions Nathanael as one of the Twelve, says nothing of Bartholomew. Indeed, Bartholomew is a patronymic, "son of Talmai," which means "bold, spirited" (see also Jesus of Navi 15:14; II Kings 3:3), and Nathanael could have had this as a surname. According to the Synaxarion of the Menaion on April 22, however, it is Simon the Zealot and Nathanael who are the same; the Evangelists who mention Simon the Zealot (or "the Canaanite") do not mention Nathanael.


Philbartbarnabas
June 11

Barnabas the Holy Apostle

Saint Barnabas, one of the Seventy, was from Cyprus, of the tribe of Levi, and a fellow disciple with Paul under Gamaliel. He was called Joses, but was renamed Barnabas, which means "son of consolation," perhaps to distinguish him from the Joses called Barsabas and surnamed Justus (Acts 1:23). Saint Barnabas had a field, which he sold and brought the money to the Apostles (Acts 4:36-37). Before the conversion of Saul to Paul, it was Barnabas who was the leader of the Seventy Apostles, the first in preaching and chief spokesman. After Saul's vision on the road to Damascus, it was Barnabas who joined him to the Apostles when the others, because of Saul's reputation as a persecutor of the Church, still feared him (Acts 9:26-27); again it was Saint Barnabas who conscripted Paul as a preacher, bringing him from Tarsus to Antioch after the stoning of Stephen, to assist in spreading the Gospel (Acts 11:25-26). Saint Barnabas preached the Gospel in many places, traveled together with Paul, and finally was stoned to death by the Jews in his native Cyprus. During the reign of Zeno, in the year 478, his sacred relics were found, having on his chest the Gospel according to Matthew written in Greek by Barnabas' own hand. This Gospel was brought to Zeno. Because of this the Church of Cyprus received the right of autonomy, and its archbishop was given the privilege, like the emperor, of signing his decrees and encyclicals in vermilion.


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Announcements

GUS' NIGHT OF EXCELLENCE

Friday, June 17th. See flyer attached.

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CLASS OF 2022

We will be honoring all our graduates on June 19th.

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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 

Faith Endowment Scholarship opportunity

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METROPOLIS OF DETROIT SUMMER CAMP 2022

Register now.

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 UKRAINE RELIEF FUND

 Click here to help.

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TODAY

Sunday, June 5- Divine Liturgy @ 10:00 am 

              Memorials: Katherine Culley and Chris Demou (40 days) 

               Esther Stassinopoulos (1 year) and Panagiotis Bourdouvalos (3 year) 

             - Coffee hour hosted by families of departed 

             - Church School & Catechesis     

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UPCOMING

Monday, June 6 - Bible Study (Leviticus 21-25) @ 7:00 pm

Thursday, June 9 - Choir Rehearsal @ 7:00 pm

Friday, June 10 - Paraklesis @ 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 11 - Divine Liturgy for Saturday of Souls @ 10:00 am

            - followed by Memorials

Sunday, June 12 - Divine Liturgy @ 10:00 am

            - 40 day Blessing of Arthur Harrison Vrettas

            - 40 day Blessing of Van Alexander Chaka

             - Coffee hour TBD

            - Church School & Catechesis 

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FLOWERS

If you are interested in donating to purchase flowers or decorate an icon for a feast day, please contact Debbie George or the Church Office.

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PROSPHORA

Interested in sponsoring prosphora? Please contact Church Office.

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ICONS IN THE ALTAR

If you brought icons to be blessed in the altar, please retrieve them soon. 

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HOUSE BLESSINGS

Please contact the Church Office to schedule your annual house blessing with Fr. Alex. 

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WORSHIP

THE CHURCH IS OPEN. Please join us in prayer. 

Please use this link to view the Divine Liturgy book.

Please download the Daily Readings App Lite (free download) for the daily Gospel & Epistle readings.

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LIVESTREAM SERVICES

www.holycrossgo.org/webcam

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STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE

Please continue to support our Chuch during this difficult time via your Stewardship pledge and donations. Please mail your checks directly to the church or donate online by clicking on the "GIVE" button on our website. Visit the Stewardship webpage to fill out your annual pledge card and/or to pay your stewardship.

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VIGIL CANDLES

If you would like us to light a vigil candle for you, please call the Church Office or email office@holycrossgo.org with your name(s) and Fr. Alex will light a vigil candle for you and say a prayer. Donations are optional.

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SHOP AT ACE HARDWARE? 5% minus tax = (!)

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church or #214538. 5% line discount off everyday pricing in the store Ace Rewards as well as 6% Tax Exempt will come off automatically. 2% Ace Rewards

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SHOP AT KROGER?

Register your card in a few steps. Each May the registration needs to be renewed,
so if you were part of the program last year and haven't renewed, please do so. Go to:
www.krogercommunityrewards.com
Holy Cross' ID # 83567

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Graduates

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Ioanna Goulas, daughter of Panagiotis & Vasiliki Goulas, graduated from South Lyon East High School. Ioanna is the recipient of the 2 time gold academic metal, 4 year Honor roll, 4 year Principal’s list award. She is the Senior Class Vice President, a member of the National Honor’s Society, and played high school varsity tennis. Ioanna will be attending Michigan State University in the fall.

Alexander Matthews, son of Denise Liberty and Bill Matthews, graduated from Detroit Country Day with magna cum laude academic honors and a Conservatory Distinction in Theater. He is the recipient of two faculty voted awards. Alex worked on 14 theatrical shows in high school and achieved the position of stage manager in his junior and senior years.  Alex proudly served as his school's mascot for the last three years and was the Blue and Gold Scholar Athlete in Cheerleading.  He was an active member of the yearbook staff and was the photos editor his senior year.  Alex will be attending the Honors College at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo to study stage management this fall.

Dimitrios Sitaras, son of Jim and Bonnie Sitaras, graduated from Walled Lake Western High School summa cum laude. He is the recipient of the Bernie and Diane Stafford Memorial Scholarship. Dimitri is a member of the National Honor Society. He is a 4-year member of the drum line in the high school marching band and section leader his senior year. He was also a member of Walled Lake Percussion and the men’s high school golf team. Dimitri received the rank of Eagle Scout this spring. Dimitri will be attending the University of Michigan – Dearborn to study Business.

Briana Sturm, daughter of Mike and Lisa Sturm, graduated from Lake Fenton High School. Briana will be attending Grand Valley State University. She will be double majoring in Legal Studies and Criminal Justice.

COLLEGE GRADUATES

Milton Alexander, son of John and Vassoula Alexander, graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Business Degree in Marketing. Milton is currently working in Sales & Promoting.

Christina Hiotaky, daughter of Julie and the late William Hiotaky, graduated from Illinois Institute of Technology with a BS in Architectural Engineering. Christina was a 4 year swimmer & Captain her senior year. She is currently working at Clark Dietz in Chicago as a mechanical/architectural engineer.

Thomas Power, son of Ed & Maria Power, graduated summa cum laude from Michigan Technological University with a Bachelor of Science. He is a member of Epsilon Pi Tau Honor Society. Thomas is employed as an Engineer focusing on test of fluid power and electromechanical systems at Husco International Inc. in Waukesha, WI.

POST GRADUATE GRADUATES

Lauren Bittinger, daughter of Andrew & Denise Bittinger, graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University.  She earned her Master of Accounting and is currently pursuing her CPA certification.  She will begin work at PwC in its audit practice in Chicago this fall.

Dr. Andrew Leamon received his Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. He is currently a doctor in the ER at Henry Ford Hospital - West Bloomfield.

Dr. Georgina Leamon, daughter of Peter & Evelyn Morris, received her Master of Health Service Administration from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. She is currently a doctor of Internal Medicine Geriatrics at Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak.

Spiridon Morris, son of Peter & Evelyn Morris, received his Master of Divinity with distinction from Hellenic College Holy Cross.

 

 

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Prayer Requests

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

  • Maria George
  • Beth Tudehope Moore
  • Fr. John Stavropoulos
  • Baby George
  • Ted Andris
  • Zoe Jaimee
  • Kalliope Christo
  • Mary Christo Alexiades
  • Heather
  • Irene Katsias
  • Mr. Adam Angelas
  • Elise Gorman
  • Paraskevi Theodorou
  • Niki Brogger
  • Dr. Nicholas Varveris
  • Irene Zervos
  • Tula Georgeson
  • Marilyn Georgeson
  • George Benardos
  • Gina Weiler
  • Terrie Stefanakis
  • Evelyn Morris
  • Dr. Pan Pesaros
  • Faye Prekeges
  • Dr. Maureen Kelly
  • Dr. Rick Wilson
  • Dina Rand

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

 

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Ladies Philoptochos News

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NEXT PHILOPTOCHOS MEETING

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 @ 6:00 pm at The Pines.

Located at the Farmington Hills Golf Course. Please RSVP to Bonnie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022 STEWARDSHIP

New and returning members are encouraged to complete the stewardship form. New members and new ideas are always welcome, so please consider joining and attending a meeting. Click here for the stewardship form.

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COFFEE HOUR

If you are interested in hosting Coffee Hour, please contact Denise Liberty or the Church Office.  

Sunday, June 5 - families of Katherine Culley, Chris Demou, Esther Stassinopoulos and Panagiotis Bourdouvalos

Sunday, June 12 - TBD

Sunday, June 19 - GOYA

Sunday, June 26 - Andrea Konsoer & Alice Smith

 

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Altar Boys

NOTICE FOR ALTAR BOYS & PARENTS

Being an Altar Server is a GREAT RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMITMENT to the Lord. Please BE ON TIME (arrive at least 15 minutes prior to any Church Service).

 

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LIST OF ALTAR BOYS 

 TEAM A

 TEAM B

​ Dimitri Sitaras (Cpt)

 Ioannis Yiannakis (Cpt)​​ 

 Stavros Fekaris

 Louis Foster

 Alex Matthews

 Christo Stilianos

Stephen Mihos

 Dino Thanos

 Mateo Pesaros

 Nikolas Thanos

SCHEDULE 2021-2022 

TEAM A

TEAM B

2021

2021

SEP 26

​SEP 19

OCT 10, 24

OCT 3, 17, 31

NOV 7, 21

NOV 14, 28

DEC 5, 19

DEC 12, 26

2022

2022

JAN 2, 16, 30

JAN 9, 23

FEB 13, 27

FEB 6, 20

MAR 13, 27

MAR 6, 20

APR 10, 24

A​PR 3, 17

MAY 8, 22

MAY 1, 15, 29

JUN 5, 19

JUN 12

 

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Memorial Donations to Holy Cross

OUR THANKS

To those who in lieu of flowers gave monetary

contributions to the Holy Cross Church in memory of :

 

CONSTANDINA GIKAS

M/M Evans Lucas

Mrs. Anna Zervos

M/M Tom Casoglos

M/M Steve Fekaris

M/M James Heller

Margarita Shukla

BEATRICE SIMON

Mrs. Anna Zervos

NICHOLAS G. MADIAS

M/M Steve Fekaris

Mrs. Anna Zervos

GEORGIA MORRIS

M/M George Katsias

KATHERINE CULLEY

Holy Cross Philoptochos

M/M Tom Casoglos

Dr/Mrs. Marcus Zervos

M/M Michael Blough

M/M John George

M/M Evans Lucas

M/M James Heller

M/M Steve Fekaris

M/M Limperis Zervos

M/M Tim Keros

M/M George Katsias

M/M Edward Power

Mrs. Anna Zervos

Margarita Shukla

M/M John Liadis

Holy Cross Choir

Paolo & Nina Vitale

M/M Todd Barnaby

M/M Stylianos Sinanis

M/M Bill Williams

M/M Andrew Bittinger

Sofia Vlahakis

Davis-Eberts-Garber Families

M/M Anthony Barr

Hountalas Family

Paraskevi Theodorou

M/M Van Kyriakopoulos

M/M Peter Angelas

Scotch Special Ed Team

Drs. Pamela Georgeson & Mark Decco

RUTH DOW

Mary Kargilis

MUNIM KAJY

M/M John Liadis

GUS SPANOS

The Hountalas Family

Dr/Mrs. Marcus Zervos

CELIA GONZALES

The Heller Family

MATTHEW MORRIS

Diane Morris

THOMAS & GEORGIA MORRIS

M/M Peter Morris

ANGERO SPETHOGIANIS

M/M Adam Angelas

LULA PAPPAS

M/M Steve Fekaris

HELEN VARVERIS

M/M Doug Garber

KRISTIN SEAMAN

M/M James Heller

KYRIAKI (KOULLA) IOANOU

Elaine Ioanou

M/M George Katsias

Dr/M Marcus Zervos

M/M Doug Garber

Mrs. Anna Zervos

Michael & Evdokia Philippou

M/M David West

M/M Anthony Barr

 

 MAY THEIR MEMORY BE ETERNAL

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Events, Announcements and Flyers

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