Friday 3/25 @ Annunciation of the Theotokos +Orthros @8AM & Divine Liturgy @9:AM

Friday 3/25 @6pm Third Salutations

Sunday 3/27 Sunday of the Holy Cross Orthros @8:15am DL SJC @9:30am

 Memorial Services – Μνημοσινα

A 40 Day Memorial Service will be held for the repose of the soul of +Panagiotis Παναγιώτη Mastrogiannakos, beloved husband of Dimitra, father of Tim (Patti) and Eugenia Mastrogiannakos, grandfather of Olivia and Sophia; brother of Nikos, Vasili Margaret and Eleftheria.
Friends and relatives are invited to join the family for refreshments in honor of Panagiotis’ blessed memory.

 Α One Year Memorial Service will be held for the repose of the soul of +Michael Μιχαήλ Dontas, beloved husband of Maria, father of George (Georgia), Dimitrios and Paraskevi Galitis,Theodore (Athena) and grandfather of Maria and Casey Miller, Angeliki and Vasilis Patrikis, Michael G. Dontas, Michael P. Dontas, Alexandros Dontas, Maria Dontas, Christina Dontas

 Α One Year Memorial Service will be held for the repose of the soul of + Panayiota Παναγιώτας Stamatelos, beloved sister of Jean Pellegrino and Helen Christie, dear aunt of Anastasia Pellegrino.
Friends and relatives are invited to join the family for refreshments in honor of Panayiota’s blessed memory.

An Annual Memorial Service will be held for the repose of the soul of +Zoe ΖωήςPaleocostas, beloved wife of the late Vasilios, devoted mother of: Steven (Ashley), Vicky (Billy), Sandy, and Dimitri; daughter of: Spyridoula; grandmother of: Loula, Zoe, Demetra, Alexander, Mila, Christiana and Adriana; sister of: Efthimia (Gus) Gizas, and aunt of: Angie, Billy, and Dimitri dear friend of: Effie and Angela.

Sunday 3/27 @4pm KATANYKTIKOS “SOLEMN” VESPERS 

Monday 3/28 @11 am Funeral Service for the repose of the soul of Tessie Nomas 

Monday 3/28 @6pm Office of the Great Compline  

Wednesday 3/30 @ 6pm Pre-Sanctified Gifts Liturgy

Friday 4/1 @6pm Third Salutations

Sunday 4/3  Sunday of the Holy Cross Orthros @8:15am DL SJC @9:30am

Participation in services is also available via livestream - go to: 

Home | St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church (orthodoxws.com) and choose LIVESTREAM on the Menu bar

Prayers/Liturgy can always be found at: https://www.agesinitiatives.com/dcs/public/dcs/dcs.html 

Online Giving System: Website: https://www.standrewgonj.org/ and choose PayPal / online WeShare

Sunday Services are at 8:15am Orthros & at 9:30am Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom

Bible Study on Fridays at 10am on April 1, 8, 15, May 6, 13 & 20
Saint Andrew will begin its Lenten and Paschal Bible Study on Friday April 1^st 2022 at 10:00 am, by focusing on the lives of the personalities of the Old Testament. These Bible Studies will examine the lives of important biblical figures and discuss their faithfulness to God or in some cases their lack of faithfulness. The Old Testament is so rich with lessons and examples for us. Let’s come together get to know and learn from these people who have so much to share with us.

Join us for Little Angels Playgroup (LAP)!: Calling all Little Angels ages 0-4! For basic introduction to Greek nursery rhymes and religion. Feel free to bring toys, snacks. A caretaker must be present. Drop in any time between 9:30-11:00 am  on scheduled Fridays.  -  March 25 Pray & Play ● April 1 & 15  If you have questions or plan on attending, please contact Athina Vella at amv1823@gmail.com or call/text 973-879-7095.

Stewardship Proportionate Giving 
The more we are given, the more is expected of us. Each steward should determine the percentage of their income that will be committed to Christ and His Church.

LAMBATHES: Paschal Candles beautiful decorated available for $20

Holy Cross Offers the PASCHAL SERIES  each Monday: The faculty of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology will offer spiritual guidance and instruction in various forms throughout the entire Paschal period, from the beginning of Lent until -The first video is posted and is entitled "Grant Me to See: Reflections on the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephraim."   https://youtu.be/IF914kS_8j4

Pre-marriage Counseling Mondays at 7:45pm   March 7^th & 14^th, and April 4^th  Three sessions will be led by Fr John Theodosion.  If you and your fiancée would like to attend, please contact the office info@standrewgonj.org

HOPE- JOY: HOPE Hellenic Orthodox Primary Education - Grades K through 2  |JOY Junior Orthodox Youth - Grades 3 through 6 |For more information or upcoming events/activities, please contact HOPE & JOY: hopejoystandrews@gmail.com  

Philoptochos:
May 13^th Tricky Tray: our main fundraiser |proceeds to benefit Philoptochos charities
Can you help? Please contact Mary Michailidis mmichailidis@yahoo.com|
Saint Andrew Philoptochos Facebook Page: Please keep up with the news at our NEW Facebook Page by making a friend request to follow us.
FOOD PANTRY EAGLE SCOUT PROGECT - SEE FLYER 

Knitting & Crocheting & Pillow Ministries meet at @ 10am on the 1^st & 3^rd Wednesday of the month
Please join us on the 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of the Month at 10:30am for knitting and or sewing. We need you to help us provide blankets, scarves, and pillows to the different organizations we are helping. Feel free to drop in for a cup of coffee …  we usually have little lunch a lot of laughs. Meeting Dates  April 6

Upcoming Events for Orthodox Christians 
Vasiliki Tsigas-Fotinis created aGoogle Doc with upcoming events for Orthodox Christians.  keep the link for 2 months, she will  update more events/Retreats as received   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K3Iaej2xe8HAKtLtFr-Ts3FT0YxzbiogNgxCmuAgEdI/edit?usp=sharing 
Some of the events will be virtual allowing anyone around the world to participate. Others will be in person, some both. Vasiliki will  be updating it at least weekly!  Blessed Triodion & Great Lenten journey 

Hellenic Afternoon School  

Mondays  at 4:30pm for Jr.PK, PK, K, Levels 1 & 2.  

Thursdays at 4:30pm for Levels 3,4,5 and 6

Greek Dance Class: Thursdays for Group 1 at 5:45pm & for Group 2 and 6:30pm

GOYA GREEK DANCE:  Thursdays at 7:30pm 

GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA

ARCHIEPISCOPAL ENCYCLICAL

Prot. No. 46/2022

Archiepiscopal Encyclical on the
Feast of the Annunciation and Greek Independence Day

March 25, 2022

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese of America.

                           To You the Champion, I your City dedicate a feast of victory and thanksgiving,
                            as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos. (Kontakion of the Theotokos)

My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Today, as we chant our hymn of “victory and thanksgiving,” we remember our sisters and brothers struggling in Ukraine at this very hour, who are under a brutal and inhuman attack by their neighbor, even their fellow Orthodox Christians. We remember that last year, as we celebrated the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution, that in those early days of the struggle for independence, many Greeks came home from abroad – from Odessa and Kyiv and other regions of the Slavic world to fight for the freedom of Greece. And today, we hold dear in our hearts not only our Ukrainian brethren, but our fellow Greeks who are still in Mariupol, holding on with bare threads against the evil thrust against them. And we remember with pity the Russian people who are deceived by their leaders, and those poor soldiers being sent to kill their own flesh and blood.

This day, the Day of the Annunciation and the Day of the commencement of the Liberation of Greece, is a day when we direct all our love and all our compassion to those 2 who are still fighting for democracy, for freedom, for truth. Like the Heroes of 1821, they too are willing to die for something greater than themselves, for a greater good. Let us hold fast in prayer and supplication.

Let us honor their struggle by living every day in gratitude and rejoicing for the freedom that we enjoy both in America and in Greece. Let us join our minds and hearts with that of the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, whose icon rises over six meters high in the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Kyiv – where she has raised her hands in mighty intercessions for over one thousand years. She is the Ὑπέρµαχος who watched over the Heroes of 1821, and she will watch over the heroes of Ukraine, and grant them victory over their unjust and fratricidal enemy.

Long live Greece! Long Ukraine!

With paternal love in the Lord Jesus Christ,

† ELPIDOPHOROS
Archbishop of America

Coffee Hour on Sunday 

hosted by GOYA and sponsored by the families of: +Panagiotis Mastrogiannakos’ and +Panayiota Stamatelos’ in honor of their blessed memory.

Bagels are donated by Jimmy Psaras of ALFA BAGELS on Route 10 in Randolph, NJ

Coffee is donated by Aristotle Leontopoulos of Coffee Associates in Edgewater, NJ

HOSTING ON:   4/3* Philoptochos 4/10* DOP, 4/17* Palm Sunday All Ministries, (*LENT) 4/24 PASCHA No Coffee hour, 5/1 Philoptochos, 5/8 PTA, 5/15 DOP, 5/22 GOYA, 5/29 Bakaliko….

Monday 3/28

@4:30pm HAS CLASSES: JPK, PK, K, L1, L2

Office of the Great Compline Service @6pm

7:30pm Parish Council Meeting

Tuesday 3/29

Wednesday 3/30

Pre-sanctified Liturgy @6pm

NNJYC Senior Prom at St George Ocean Township @7pm

Thursday 3/31

@4:30 HAS LEVELS: L3, L4, L5, L6

@5:45 Greek Dance Class Group 1 | @6:30pm Greek Dance Class Group 2

@7:30pm GOYA GREEK Dance Practice

Friday 4/1

@9:30am LAP Little Angels Play Group (PRAY in Church then PLAY in gym!)

@10am Bible Study also on 4/8, 4/15, 5/6, & 5/13, 5/20

Fourth Salutations @6pm

Saturday 4/2

Sunday 4/3  Sunday of the Holy Cross Orthros @8:15am DL SJC @9:30am

Memorial Service: +Nikolaos Rotsides, +Elias Kalavrezos, +George Kavalos  

Monday 4/4

@4:30pm HAS CLASSES: JPK, PK, K, L1, L2

Office of the Great Compline Service @6PM

@7:45pm Pre-Marriage Counseling session 3^rd of 3Tuesday 4/5

Wednesday 4/6

@10:30am Knitting & Pillow Ministry Meet

Pre-sanctified Liturgy @6pm

Prayer for a Sick Person:

Heavenly Father, physician of our souls and bodies, who have sent Your only-begotten Son and our Lord Jesus Christ to heal every sickness and infirmity, visit and heal (me) Your servant from all physical and spiritual ailments through the grace of Your Christ. Grant (me) patience in this sickness, strength of body and spirit, and recovery of health.  Lord, You have taught us through Your word to pray for each other that we may be healed.  I pray that You heal (me) as Your servant and grant (me) the gift of complete health. For You are the source of healing and to You I give glory, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen

Please keep these names in your prayers 

children and families of Ukraine, Evangelia, Christine,  Vasiliki, Anastasia, Aikaterini, Cynthia, Demetrios, Robin,  Paraskevi, Nikoletta, Theodore, Eleni, Athena, Katerina, Sophia, Eleni, Corinne, Maria, Ioannis, Michael, Eleana, Demetra, Kenneth, Eleni, Anastasios, Phillip, Gregory, John, Marny,  Chari, Nikolaos, Janet, Melissa, Marty, Andreas, Fotini, Georgia, Pamela, Haralambos, Photeine, Christina, Michael, Adrianne, George, Anastasia, Nicholas, Michael, Alexandra, Sofia, Joseph, Vasilios, Robert, Chrisopigi, Guadalupe, Barbara, Ioannis, Margaret, Ava, Venessa, Chris, Dominic, Ralph, Ralph L,  Elenitsa, Sophia, ….

If you would like us to remember you or your loved one in our prayers, please contact the office. 973-584-0388 or send us an email to info@standrewgonj.org   

Names will be kept on this list for approximately 3 months. Please resubmit Names if needed.   Fr. John will pray for the Names above during the Proskomide “Offering of gifts” during the first part of the Divine Liturgy when our priest prepares the mystical gifts of bread and wine. Please keep these names in your prayers as well.