Memorials Today

Memorial prayers will be offered at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy today for the repose of the souls of the servants of God, Diana Andromalos-Dale (40 days) and Marie Backeris (1 year). May their memory be eternal! Coffee Hour will be sponsored today by the Andromalos-Dale and Backeris families.

Prayer Partner Cards for First Quarter 2018 Distributed Today (rescheduled due to snow). Here is a ministry EVERYONE can participate in this vital ministry EVERY DAY: “Prayer Partners!” Would you like to know that someone is praying for you every day “just because” you are a part of this parish family? As a core component of our “Faith and Family Weekdays” Ministry, that is what happens here at Holy Trinity Church. On the first Sunday of January, April, July and October, blank prayer cards are distributed. Those in attendance are asked to write their first name only (baptismal name preferred) on one card. They will then be collected and randomly distributed at the end of the service. Each person will commit to offer prayers daily for the person they receive daily during that quarter. What a beautiful gift to pray for someone and be prayed for yourself. This “anonymous” ministry of spiritual service is known only to our merciful Lord, Who directs us through his Holy Apostle James, "Pray for one another" (James 5.16). Thank you for adding to the spiritual life and dedication of our Holy Trinity parish family. Remember: pray for your Prayer Partner every day!

Ten Minutes of JOY  

Our children in JOY (grades 3-6) will continue to meet with Father Radu once a month for ten minutes after their Church School lesson. Please help your children formulate questions about our faith, and we will address those topics during our “Ten Minutes of JOY” today.

Services This Week: (“SG” = St. George Chapel)

Wednesday, January 30: 8:30am Orthros/9:30am Liturgy – The Three Hierarchs (SG)

Friday, February 1: 7:00pm Great Vespers of Ypapanti, Presentation of Christ Church, East Pittsburgh PA

Saturday, February 2: 8:15am Orthros/9:30am Divine Liturgy, Ypapanti, Presentation of Christ Church, East Pittsburgh PA

[Jan 30] “Faith and Family WEEKDAYS” This Week

Holy Trinity Church’s new, expanded “Faith and Family WEEKDAYS” ministry continues this month. Building on the fruits of our last five years, we are now including more days and more opportunities for everyone to participate in and grow from worship, spiritual life and educational ministries beyond Sunday morning and to make the Church the "crossroad of daily life”.

THIS WEEK’S OFFERINGS:

• Daily: Prayer Partners. Have you remembered your prayer partner every day? Please keep the promise.
•  “Explore the Word” - Bible Study Ministry - Wed. Jan 30, 6:30pm Worship/7:00pm Bible Study. Prayerfully read the Bible! In Deut. 11, it says, “Lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul.” Each Wednesday come and till your heart in worship in the Church at 6:30pm and then meet at 7:00pm in the Conference Room for the study of the Gospel of St. Matthew led by Father Radu Bordeianu. Learn the Scriptures. Depend your faith. “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3.18).

Festival Cooking – IT’S BACK!

IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY to get started on our FESTIVAL COOKING 2019!  Please mark your calendars and plan to come and help on the following weekends. Bring the kids, bring your husbands, bring your wives, bring your friends!  All are welcome...no experience necessary. Tons of light and heavy tasks for all. THANK YOU!

• TODAY, Sunday, January 27, after Liturgy, 12:00pm-5:00pm - Tiropita
• TOMORROW, Monday, January 28, 9:00am-9:00pm - Tiropita
• Thursday, March 7, 6:00pm-10:00pm - Pastitsio
• Friday, March 8, 9:00am-9:00pm - Pastitsio
• Saturday, March 9, 9:00am-5:00pm – Pastitsio
• Sunday, March 10, after Liturgy, 12:00pm-3:00pm – Pastitsio
• Thursday, March 21, 6:00pm-10:00pm – Spanakopita
• Friday, March 22, 9:00am-9:00pm – Spanakopita
• Saturday, March 23, 9:00am-5:00pm – Spanakopita
• Sunday, March 24, after Liturgy, 12:00pm-3:00pm - Spanakopita

[Feb 5, 11 & 20] GOYA Basketball Practice

GOYA will hold basketball practice in preparation for the 2019 basketball tournament season on February 5, 11 & 20 from 6:30-8:30pm at Hosack Elementary School, 9275 Peebles Road, Allison Park, PA 15101.

[Feb 9] International Soup Sampling and Health Kit Drive to Benefit the IOCC

Please join our sister parish of Holy Cross on Saturday, February 9 from 11am to 2pm for an International Soup Sampling. Experience tastes from around the world! Sample five homemade soups for $10 and then take your favorite quart home for a $10 donation. Holy Cross is located at 123 Gilkeson Rd (Mt. Lebanon) Pittsburgh, PA 15228. Questions? Call Marianne at 412-668-0429. On the same day, youth groups from all jurisdictions will assemble health kits for the IOCC. Donations are needed to purchase bulk health kit supplies. To be a sponsor, please call Nick Terezis at 740-282-5198.

[Feb 18] Ordination of George Athanasiou

By the grace of God and through the Laying on of Hands by His Eminence Metropolitan Savas of Pittsburgh, the servant of God, George Athanasiou will be ordained to the Holy Diaconate on Monday, February 18 here at Holy Trinity Church, 8:30AM Orthros/9:30 Liturgy. Luncheon to follow. Please RSVP at www.HolyTrinityPgh.org/events.

2018 Stewardship – Are you all caught up?

It’s not too late to fulfill your 2018 Stewardship and Capital Campaign pledge!  Our records show that some of us do have outstanding balances, so please be sure to complete your 2018 contributions this month. The 2018 year-end statements will be mailed out at the end of the month.  If you have questions, please give the church office a call.

2019 Stewardship Drive Now Under Way

The 2019 stewardship pledge submissions are off to a very good start!  If you haven’t yet, please be sure to complete and submit yours as soon as possible.  Remember that our own offerings are the primary source of revenue, to fulfill our mission and grow our community ministries.  Let us be generous, be charitable and be good Stewards of the Faith.  Thank you!

The 2019 Schedule is Out! Sign Up to Provide FOCUS Lunches for the Needy

It’s time once again to get your group or family together for a meaningful day of giving to the poor and hungry in our region. Sponsored through FOCUS Pittsburgh, the 2019 weekly schedule of delivering 140 lunch bags to our less fortunate neighbors, every Saturday of the year, has many open dates available. Holy Trinity Church’s participation has been critical in fulfilling this goal in the past, and we are grateful for our parishioners’ renewed generosity this time around. Please see Mike Kritiotis after Liturgy to sign up for a Saturday that fits your schedule or contact him by emailing outreach@holytrinitypgh.org for available dates. Thank you, good and faithful servants of Christ!

Holy Trinity’s Connect Center
The “Connect Center” is a great resource and contact display prominently located in the Gallery every Sunday and it is for YOU! The purpose is to help EVERYONE in our Holy Trinity community become more informed about the many ministries and opportunities offered here and to make it easier to become involved in all areas of life at Holy Trinity Church. Stop by and check it out or just say hi!

Sunday Coffee Hour Sponsors

Did you know that sponsoring the Sunday Coffee Hour is not just for Memorials? You can sponsor the Coffee Hour in honor of a loved one’s Birthday, Baptism, Chrismation, Anniversary, Graduation or just out of love for your parish family. Several families can also go in together to sponsor Coffee Hour. Best of all, you will help to support our Ladies Philoptochos who faithfully take care of providing the Coffee Hour on most Sundays. Please contact Marianne Stearns or the church office for more information. Thank you!

Welcome, Holy Trinity Guests!

We welcome all our guests to Holy Trinity Church today, whether as visitors from out of town, family members joining others here for worship today or even soon-to-be members here for the first time. No matter what the reason the Holy Spirit brought you here today, we welcome you with open arms and hearts filled with the love of Christ. Please help us welcome you by signing in at the hospitality table in the Narthex, where you will be presented with a yellow lapel Cross to help our Holy Trinity family know you're here. Please fill out an information card so we can contact you with any information you may need concerning life here at Holy Trinity Church. Following Liturgy, we invite you to stop by our Connect Center located in the Gallery and join us for our Fellowship Coffee hour.

About Receiving Holy Communion in the Orthodox Church

As an extension of our hospitality and outreach ministries, we welcome all who have come to worship with us today. Whether you are an Orthodox Christian, an inquirer to the faith or a first-time guest in an Orthodox Church, we are pleased to have you with us and thankful for the opportunity to share and bear witness to this ancient and timeless Faith. In accordance with the holy canons and traditions of the Church, please note that Holy Communion and the other Holy Mysteries (Sacraments) are received only by those who are baptized and chrismated (confirmed) Orthodox Christians who have properly prepared through prayer, fasting and confession. All others are invited receive the antidoron (blessed bread) and a blessing from the priest at the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy. The antidoron is not a sacramental offering but is blessing and a reflection of the agape (love) feast that followed worship in the ancient Christian Church. Please join our parish family for hospitality after the holy services and allow us to meet and welcome you. Interested in joining or learning more about the Orthodox Christian Faith? Please see one of our priests or complete a visitor’s card today!

            For those who do receive, please remember the following helpful hints aimed at helping to preserve the solemnity and safety of the Holy Mystery: 1) The Church School Staff only is asked to please proceed first to receive from the left-most chalice so they may depart for their classrooms before their students arrive; 2) All other students, parishioners and Orthodox Christian guests, please remain at your place until you are dismissed by the Parish Council down the center aisle only; 3) We respectfully ask women to remove their lipstick before approaching the Holy Chalice; 4) Please wait in the Holy Communion line reverently, prayerfully and quietly without talking; 5) It is traditional as we approach with awe that we make the sign of the Cross  or bow down with a “metanoia” as an act of humility before the Lord; 5) Be sure to offer your baptismal name to priest before receiving; 6) Please take great care to place the red cloth under your chin and to fully open your mouth so that none of the precious Body and Blood of Christ is accidentally spilled, then to dab your lips on the cloth afterwards so none of the Holy Gifts are left on other objects. Thank you for your cooperation, and may God have mercy on us all!

Upcoming Memorials: February 10: Peter Valliant (40 days)