Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Sunday of the Paralytic
May 10, 2020
COVID19 UPDATE
Out of love for the sick, the suffering, and those who are attending to them, the Church is closed to the public. Please view us online here.
2020 GREEK FESTIVAL UPDATE
Dear Holy Trinity family, due to current events surrounding the COVID-19 crisis, the festival leadership and the Parish Council have made the very difficult decision to cancel our 2020 Raleigh Greek Festival.
While hard to make, we feel that this decision is in the best interest of both our community, vendors and patrons. We appreciate your understanding and hope that you will continue to volunteer and support us for the next Greek Festival,to be held next September 10th-12th, 2021.
+ Fr. Paul Christy
HOLY TRINITY GROCERIES
The HTGOC grocery day went off without a hitch and those parishioners that participated were extremely appreciative. We had over $290 in additional donations to go to the Church from our grateful community. Please place an order from our list of available groceries through the Church and provide a safe and sanitary method of grocery shopping. Items available include rice, pasta, cheese, bread, broccoli, beef, gyro meat, soups and more. Please email Kevin Stavredes at kcstav52@outlook.com or call Kevin at 919-539-0463 Monday – Friday between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm for an order form or to place your order (please leave a voicemail if Kevin doesn’t answer when you call and he will return your call).
HOLY TRINITY MEN AND WOMEN’S MEETINGS ON ZOOM
Join us on Thursday mornings with Pastoral Assistant Rob Shand and your fellow community members for our weekly prayer groups!
THURSDAY MORNINGS
7:00AM: Men’s Group
9:15AM: Women’s Group
Links for the Meetings:
Men’s 7:00AM Group Link (click here)
Women’s 9:15AM Group Link (click here)
2020 STEWARDSHIP CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Christ has Risen! Truly He has Risen!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there – today we salute you! We pray everyone is staying safe and well during these difficult times. While our community continues to be unable to gather in our spiritual home for prayer and fellowship, we remain united as a family of faith, always present for one another in love and support, guided by our beacon of hope, Holy Trinity.
We are humbled by your selflessness and generosity in recent weeks leading up to Pascha. We all are carrying the responsibility, and understand the full gravity that despite our temporary closing to the public, Holy Trinity’s expenses, especially in relation to Compensation, Archdiocese and Facilities, will not slow down. Thank you for being such incredible stewards of conviction during this unprecedented journey.
Please use our online giving site (https://abundant.co/holytrinityraleigh/give) or mail your donation and/or pledges to 5000 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh, NC 27612, to continue your stewardship. We understand this method of giving is new for most members, so we have created a short video showing you how to use the online giving portal. The video instructions are located right under the GIVE Online. button on the main page of Holy Trinity’s website. Click on the Online Giving Instructions button, to be directed to a link and password, to watch the video.
Please also remember that you can conveniently continue to embrace and incorporate our Orthodox holy traditions, by lighting a candle via the church’s main website (http://www.holytrinityraleigh.org/online-giving/light-a-candle). This silent gesture of quiet piety involves the lighting of candles for the well-being of the living, as well as for our departed loved ones.
If you have any questions about donating or stewardship, please contact Angela Georgallis, Stewardship Co-Chair, directly at 919-339-3169 or acgeorgallis@gmail.com. Again, we thank you for your generous support during this challenging time!
ATTENTION GRADUATING STUDENTS
If you are graduating from High School, College, or Graduate School, please email Fr. Paul Christy at htraleighfr@gmail.com so you can be recognized and honored by our community. Please let us know the following information or any other information you think would be useful or interesting.
1) The name of institution you are graduating from
2) Any awards, scholarships, honors, and extracurricular activities
3) Your plans for after you graduate
4) Your parents names
5) Your name
THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY
SUN MAY 10TH
SUNDAY OF THE PARALYTIC
MOTHER’S DAY
10:00AM: LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:45AM, DOXOLOGY AT 9:50AM)
THURSDAY MAY 14TH
7:00AM: MEN’S MEETING ON ZOOM
9:15 AM: WOMEN’S MEETING ON ZOOM
SUN MAY 17TH
SUNDAY OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
10:00AM: LITURGY
(BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:45AM, DOXOLOGY AT 9:50AM)