FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF LUKE
MATINS:      8:15 a.m.
LITURGY:     9:30 a.m. 
EPISTLE:      1 Timothy 4:9-15
GOSPEL:       Luke 19:1-10  
ACOLYTES:   Team B
PROSFORA:  Maria Gentis     
PANGARI:    Team D:  George E Loucas, Maria Misthos, Angelo Savakis/William Raybuck
ORTHODOX ED: 9:30 a.m. - Classroom Learning
MEMORIALS:  10:45 a.m. - 6 Month Memorial: Vasilios Economou
                       10:45 a.m. - 1 Year Memorial: Chris Dufopulos
                       10:45 a.m. - 1 year Memorial: Frank Karfes
                       10:45 a.m. - 1 year Memorial: May Paparizos
COFFEE HOSTS: Nikki Stathopoulos & family and Sandy Latsa

STREAMING SERVICE:   youtube.com/stsconstantine

Mon, Jan.  29th        - 6:00 p.m. - Greek School - adult
                                  - 6:30 p.m. - Boys Basketball
                                  - 7:30 p.m. - Gamblers Anonymous
Tues, Jan. 30th        - 9:30 a.m. - Liturgy (Three Hierarchs)
                                  - 6:30 p.m. - OPA Dance
Weds, Jan.  31st      - 6:00 p.m. - Greek School - adult
                                  - 7:00 p.m. - Choir Practice
Thurs, Feb.  1st        - 5:00 p.m. - Greek School – Youth
                                  - 6:30 p.m. - Girls Basketball
                                  - 7:30 p.m. - Memory Eternal Zoom Group 
Fri, Feb. 2nd             - 9:30 a.m. - Liturgy (Presentation of Christ)
Sat, Feb.  3rd           - 9:00 a.m. - Philoptochos baking
                                  - 9:30 a.m. - Greek School – Youth
                                  - 5:00 p.m. - Vespers (& Confessions)
Sun, Feb. 4th           - 8:15 a.m. - Matins
                                  - 9:30 a.m. - Liturgy
                                  - 9:30 a.m. - Orthodox Ed: Family Worship Sunday / Student Church Learning
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - 3 Month Memorial: Helen Misthos
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - Memorial: George Misthos
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - Memorial: Harry Cashy
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - Memorial: George Cashy
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - 5 Year Memorial: Harriet Kappos
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - 8 Year Memorial: Mary Klonaris
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - 9 Year Memorial: John Kappos
                                  - 10:45 a.m. - 24 Year Memorial: Sam Klonaris
                                  - 5:00 p.m. - Orthodox Ed HS Class

We’re happy you’ve joined us today. Please sign our guestbook and introduce yourself to one of our greeters or anyone wearing a nametag. We’re here to answer your questions and make your visit to our church meaningful and enjoyable.

Everyone is welcome in the Orthodox Church & may receive the blessed bread (antidoron) at the end of the service, but only practicing Orthodox Christians may receive the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Those wishing to follow the livestreamed services with a written text may do so using the links below.
Electronic Version of Orthros (Matins) on Jan 28th:

• dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/p/s/2024/01/28/ma/gr-en/se.m01.d28.ma.pdf

Electronic Version of Divine Liturgy on Jan 28th:

• dcs.goarch.org/goa/dcs/h/s/2024/01/28/ma/gr-en/index.html

Donations of pure olive oil for the vigil lamp on the Holy Altar. 

Please join us on Sunday, February 4th at 11:30 am in the conference room, when Dr. Peter Gilbert will complete his discussion on the topic “Is Christian Zionism a heresy?”. See you there.

Don't forget - the Philoptochos General meeting will be held on January 28 after church in the conference room across from the office. Hope to see you there! 

Please note - the printed version of the bulletin lists a Fish Fry meeting as occuring on Monday, Jan. 29th. This is in error. We apologize for any confusion this may cause.

When giving any check to the parish, please provide what the gift is for in the “memo” line of the check. This helps ensure your gift is appropriately used and recorded. Note: If a check is given to the parish without listing anything on the memo line, your gift will be recorded based on the amount of the check using the following rule:

• $14.99 or less: Candles
• $15.00-$49.99: Trays
• $50:00 or greater: Stewardship towards current year

Philoptochos will be baking in preparation for our upcoming fish fry.  Please join us for a few hours, starting at 9 a.m. on the following days: 

• Feb. 3

Our GOYA athletes will be competing at Blossom Hill Field House (3500 Oakes Road, Brecksville, 44141) on Saturday, February 3rd. Games times are currently TBA, but contact Ted Cherpas for more information. Come and cheer them on!

On Tuesday, February 6 the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh will celebrate the feast of its patron saint, Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople. Regional celebrations will be held in places accessible to our faithful across the Metropolis. Our regional celebration will take place at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 4705 Fairhaven Ave NW, Canton, Ohio. Orthros 8:30 am; Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.

St. Luke the Evangelist Antiochian Orthodox Church Presents a free public lecture series:
“Blessed Are Those…” A series of four presentations that explore the Beatitudes given by Christ in Matthew 5:3-12 (part of the Sermon on the Mount). All presentations given by Fr. Matthew Thurman.

• January 24, 2024: The Poor in Spirit. Those Who Mourn.
• February 7, 2024: The Meek. Hunger & Thirst for Righteousness
• February 21, 2024: The Merciful. The Pure in Heart
• March 6, 2024: The Peacemakers. The Persecuted.

All sessions will be at 7:00 p.m. at:
St. Luke the Evangelist Antiochian Orthodox Church
18046 Chillicothe Rd
Bainbridge, OH 44023
For more information: Email: info@stluke.us or call (440) 384-3285

Please join us on Tuesday, February 6 at 7 pm for the monthly Metallinos Guitar Workshop (MGW). Since February is Valentine's month, we will be working on love songs, which limits us to only about 20,000 tunes. We can't promise to cover them all, but we'll have fun getting started. Listeners are welcome, as always. Please contact Dean Peters at deanmp58@gmail.com or (216) 570-4537. 

Sunshiners, we are meeting at the Chagrin River Diner, 4099 Erie Street, at 1 PM on February 8. The diner is in Downtown Willoughby on the corner of Erie Street and Glenn Avenue. Please call or text Maria Cashy at 216-390-2294 or email at mcashy@aol.com. If you need a ride, let her know and she will try to coordinate arrangements.
In March, we will be going to the Fish Fry on FRIDAY, March 15!

Interested in learning to bake prosforo for communion?  Please come to our class on Saturday, February 10th at 10 am in the upstairs kitchen. The class should last about 1 to 1.5 hours.  Please contact Maria Misthos at mmisthos@mindspring.com if you are interested or have any questions.  

Save the date: Godparent Sunday and Family Photograph. 

Family Worship Sunday, March 3rd is Godparents’ Sunday at our church.   Please invite godparents and godchildren to join us for liturgy and coffee hour. We will also provide a professional photographer for family pictures with your godparent (free download/ no cost to our parishioners). Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44ABA923A46-47243357-godparent

Why not make it your new year's resolution to help continue our Sunday Morning Greeting Tradition? All it requires is a warm smile, a handshake, and the fun of meeting and welcoming new friends in the community. We only ask that you volunteer your time at least one Sunday every few months to serve as a greeter before and during the liturgy. Below is a “Sign Up Genius” link with preset dates to schedule with ease. Most of you should be familiar with this process from staffing our church festival. Please feel free to reach out to Vanessa Pasiadis with questions. Her email address is: Vmpasiadis@sbcglobal.net and the Sign Up Link can be found at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A5AD23A4F58-sunday#/

1) Registration for the 2024 GOYA Spring Retreat @ Camp Nazareth is now live: pittsburgh.goarch.org. The actual event will be March 8th - 10th. Fr. Constantin Ursache will speak on "Being Prepared for Our Lenten Journey." Camp Naz can and does sell out, so please reserve your spots quickly. Contact Fr. Stephen for parish scholarship codes, and Ted about the St. Cons carpool.

2) St. Kyranna Cooking Class on Saturday, February 3rd in Akron has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. Young adults are instead encouraged to attend Vespers and a fellowship dinner at Annunciation, Akron on Saturday, February 17th @ 4:30 p.m. Contact Fr. Nick Manuel at nmanuel@annunciationakron.org

3) The Metropolis Youth Office joyfully presents "In Her Embrace," a 1-day youth retreat for those with moderate to intensive special needs (for those in kindergarten through 35-years-old). This will be hosted by St. Nicholas, Youngstown on Saturday, February 10th from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. For more information and to register, contact Alyssa Kyritsis at akyritsis@pittsubrgh.goarch.org.

4) HOPE/JOY youth (kindergarten - 6th grade) are invited to a parish field trip to the Natural History Museum (1 Wade Oval Dr, Cleveland, 44106) on Monday, February 19th (i.e., Presidents' Day). We will meet at the museum at 1:00 p.m. Tickets will be reserved in advance. To participate, kindly RSVP to Ted by Sunday, February 11th.

5) GOYA is invited to a 1-day Metropolis volleyball tournament on Saturday, March 2nd. The tournament will be hosted by St. Nicholas, Pittsburgh. This is not an overnight event. Let Ted know if you are interested in participating so we can organize our team and carpools.

Philoptochos is collecting items for ZOE for Life! to distribute to mothers who come to ZOE House for material items for their babies.  The items needed are baby wipes, baby shampoo, baby wash, baby washcloths, baby towels, receiving blankets, and diapers newborn size and sizes 3-6.  Please place your donations in the brown donation box by March 10.  Please contact Anna Warren with any questions.  Thank you. 

In the Fall, we zoomed together to read "Prayer: Encounter with the Living God", and discovered a desire to read and discuss praying for our departed loved ones and grieving our losses. We plan to meet again to read and discuss "Memory Eternal: Living with Grief as Orthodox Christians", by Sarah Byrne-Martelli, DMin; a chaplain, bereavement counselor and St. Vladimir graduate.

The group will meet weekly over Zoom on Thursday evenings at 7:30-8:30 pm starting January 11th. If interested, contact Cynthia Terezis at cterezis@aol.com to be added to the Zoom email invite. 

Our parish strives "To lead people to God through Orthodox Christianity and to provide ways for them live and share God's love."  It does so in good days and in bad. Any financial help that you might offer is, as always, deeply appreciated.

OPA Dance is back! We invite all to join us for dancing and parea. OPA meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.  

Thank you to those who have responded to our request for coffee hosts - we have filled all the dates for the first months of the year! We now have only the following dates to cover for the weeks ahead:

• Mar 17th
• Mar 24th
• Mar 31st - and beyond..

Please email office@stsconstantine.com or call Sade in the church office at 216 932-3300 to ask about your preferred day. 

The National Hellenic Society's Heritage Greece Program is a complementary, 2-week cultural immersion odyssey for accomplished Greek American college students who share their experiences with a peer group of exceptional students from the American College of Greece (ACG) in Athens, Greece or the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Heritage Greece Program® goal is to connect the participants with their faith, heritage, roots, and Greek identity. For more information, visit www.hellenicsociety.org

Evening Prayer Sessions  

The Faith In Action group has Evening Prayer Sessions Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday of each week at 8:30pm (EST) for all those interested.
Zoom link: https://cwru.zoom.us/j/8671878236?pwd=ajgvNWRwQ3NQcmlSZTc4MmFWRU4wdz09
Meeting ID: 867 187 8236 Passcode: Jesus
One tap mobile: +13126266799,,8671878236# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,8671878236# US (New York).