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St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church
Publish Date: 2018-10-28
Bulletin Contents
Saints and Feasts
Hymns of the Day
Gospel and Epistle Readings
Wisdom of the Fathers
Ministry News
Bulletin Inserts
Stewardship
Unmercenaries
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St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church

General Information

  • Phone:
  • (908) 968-4004
  • Fax:
  • (908) 968-4002
  • Street Address:

  • 85 Voorhees Corner Road,

  • Flemington, NJ 08822

Contact Information

St. Anna Office staff

stannagoc@gmail.com | (908) 968-4004

Proistamenos Rev. Fr. Anastasios Kousoulas

frakousoulas@gmail.com | mobile (908) 528-1077

Services Schedule

Weekly Services

(Please note schedule subject to change.  Please call church office to confirm times.)

Sunday Services:  Orthros 8:15 am; Divine Liturgy 9:15  am.  Followed by Sunday School and Fellowship Hour in our Community Center.

Weekly Feastday / Major Saint Day Liturgies:  9 am Orthros followed by Divine Liturgy.

Past Bulletins


Saints and Feasts

Unmercenaries
November 01

Cosmas and Damian the Holy Unmercenaries of Asia, and their mother Theodota

These Saints were from Asia (that is, Asia Minor). After the death of their father, their Christ-loving mother Theodota reared them in piety and in all manner of virtue, and had them instructed in every science, especially that of medicine. This became their vocation, and they went about healing every illness and malady, bestowing healing freely on both men and beasts alike; because of this, they are called "Unmercenaries." And thus, having completed the course of their life, they reposed in peace.

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Hymns of the Day

Resurrectional Apolytikion in the Plagal First Mode

Let us worship the Word who is unoriginate * with the Father and the Spirit, and from a Virgin was born * for our salvation, O believers, and let us sing His praise. * For in His goodness He was pleased * to ascend the Cross in the flesh, and to undergo death, * and to raise up those who had died, * by His glorious Resurrection.

Apolytikion for St. Anna (Dec. 9) in the Fourth Mode

Today the bonds of childlessness are loosed; for God hearkened to Joachim and Anna. And though it was beyond hope, He clearly promised them that they should bear a divine child, from whom was born the Uncircumscribable One Himself Who became a mortal, and through an Angel commanded them to cry unto her: Rejoice, thou who art full of grace, the Lord is with thee."

Seasonal Kontakion in the Second Mode

O Protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, mediation unto the creator most constant: O despise not the voices of those who have sinned; but be quick, O good one, to come unto our aid, who in faith cry unto thee: Hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication, O thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
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Gospel and Epistle Readings

Epistle Reading

Prokeimenon. Plagal First Mode. Psalm 11.7,1.
You, O Lord, shall keep us and preserve us.
Verse: Save me, O Lord, for the godly man has failed.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 6:11-18.

Brethren, see with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh that would compel you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh. But far be it from me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule, upon the Israel of God. Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

Gospel Reading

7th Sunday of Luke
The Reading is from Luke 8:41-56

At that time, there came to Jesus a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue; and falling at Jesus' feet he besought him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As he went, the people pressed round him. And a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood ceased. And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those who were with him said, "Master, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!" But Jesus said, "Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me." And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace." While he was still speaking, a man from the ruler's house came and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more." But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do not fear; only believe, and she shall be well." And when he came to the house, he permitted no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child. And all were weeping and bewailing her; but he said, "Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But taking her by the hand he called, saying, "Child, arise." And her spirit returned, and she got up at once; and he directed that something should be given her to eat. And her parents were amazed; but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.

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Wisdom of the Fathers

He puts an end to the woman's fear ... He sets her right, in respect of her thinking to be hid ... He exhibits her faith to all, so as to provoke the rest also to emulation ...
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 31 on Matthew 9, 4th Century

At the same time both signifying that it is easy for Him to raise the dead ... and also teaching us not to fear death; for that it is not death, but is henceforth become a sleep.
St. John Chrysostom
Homily 31 on Matthew 9, 4th Century

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Ministry News

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TODAY there will be a 40-day Memorial Service today for George Sakellaropoulos, devoted father of Evan and Cathy Sakellos, Socrates and Connie Sakellaropoulos and Irene Vidal;  loving grandfather of Alexandra and George Sakellos and Nia and Zoe Sakellaropoulos. 

TODAY Fellowship Hour is sponsored by the Sakellos family.

TODAY there will be a General meeting of the Philoptochos at 11:15 am after church in a Sunday school classroom.

 

Church Calendar:

Thursday, November 1 – Sts. Cosmas and Damianos - Orthros / Divine Liturgy, 9 am

Sunday, November 4 – Fall General Assembly

A note from the PC:  The Fall General Assembly will take place following Fellowship Hour at our Mr & Mrs Bouras Memorial Hall after. The GA is the forum where every steward can engage with the PC members and be informed about the life of our church, review and approve the 2019 budget, participate in the elections, and learn about the activities of our ministries.  Please make every effort to attend these valuable General Assembly meetings.

Adult Bible Study:   The last three Fridays for the class on 1st Corinthians are November 2, 9 and 16. Bible Study is on Fridays from 12 – 1 pm.  Please let Fr. A know if you are interested.  All are welcome!

 

EDUCATION:

Sunday School:  Sunday School is on our regular schedule.  A reminder that Grades Pre-K and Grades 1-2 are dismissed at 11:15 am.  Parents, please pick up your children from their classrooms.  All other classes (Grades 3+) are dismissed into Fellowship Hour at 11:30 am.

Greek School  - Anyone interested in an adult Greek class should contact Maria Sfondouris or Father Anastasios with their interest and possible day of the week to hold classes.   We welcome all new students!  Contact:  msfondouris@gmail.com

 

PC CORNER: 

First Vendors day event on Saturday and Sunday, November 17 and 18. It is our first event but we expect a large number of people to attend, therefore we will need “all hands on deck” to assist in the  preparation, serving, cleaning, etc. See contacts below and please volunteer your time: 

Vendors:  Sofia Manoussakis (S_Manoussakis@yahoo.com) and Kristen Diagelakis (kristen81081@aol.com) have volunteered to lead the vendors effort. Please contact them if you know of any vendors who might like to participate. 

Advertising:  Diana Grina (dianag2003@yahoo.com) is leading the advertising effort.

Food preparation and serving:  Margaret Panageas (MPanageas.mp@gmail.com)  is chairing the food preparation and serving and anything associated with the Philoptohos

Chairpersonship:  John Kaldes (jskaldes@aol.com and phone 908-764-0220) is the temporary chair, but only until someone else comes forward to lead this important new event.  Please see John if you are interested in becoming the Event Chairperson. 

 

Iconography:  We expect to have the scaffolding installed the last week of October in order to start the iconography on the back wall and on the Dome. In addition, we have received a large donation for the glass partitions and this helps with the execution of the overall iconography program. The lettering "SAINT ANNA GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH"  is completed in the front of the church around the first arch.

 

The Iconostasion is expected to arrive sometime around 24-25 of October in NYC harbor. We do not know how long it will take to clear US Customs but we have provided every possible document and have hired a customs broker to help us. After it clears Customs, we will schedule the arrival of the Wood Carver from Greece to do the installation. We expect that the iconostasion installation to be a 3-5 day installation and we are targeting before the end of November. 

 

Emails: The PC is working to improve the email delivery system in order to ensure that everyone receives our notices and bulletins. In a recent review, we noticed that some emails bounce back therefore some of you are not getting the information we send out. We also noticed that some of you have changed emails, but we have not received the change and therefore we can't fix the issue. Please make a concerted effort to let us know if you do not receive email information from the church and/or if your email address has changed. This way we can update our system.

 

Fellowship Hour:  Contact John Giannouris at (610) 680-7507 or john.giannouris@comcast.netif you are interested in sponsoring Fellowship Hour.  Thank you. 

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Stewardship

STEWARDSHIP:  Stewardship is the sharing of the talents and treasures that God has provided for us.  An Orthodox Christian Steward is an active participant in the life of the Church. The parish encourages all who accept the Orthodox Faith to become practicing Stewards.

 

2018 Stewardship Status: We have 141 Pledges totaling $140,025 for an average of $993 and $107,741 received to date. We also have 7 families who have contributed $5,800 to date but have not submitted a stewardship card.  It is important that all families complete a stewardship card to be considered a steward.  Current Stewardship List and other stewardship information is posted in bulletin board by water cooler.         

We need everyone’s participation to exceed this year’s stewardship pledge target of $175,000.  If the remaining 36, families that were stewards in 2017 give at the same level as last year we could exceed our budget and reach a record high number of stewards

 

If you have not done so already, we ask that you prayerfully consider your Stewardship commitment and submit a 2018 pledge card as soon as you can.

  

…Remember a rich man is not one who has much, but one who gives much...

 

  
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