fr. robert stephanopoulos, a priest for over 50 years, served our...

Fr. Robert Stephanopoulos, a priest for over 50 years, served our parish as its Dean from 1974-82, and the Archdiocesan Cathedral as Dean for about 3 decades. During this time he witnessed up close a number of Archdiocesan "crises," giving him a unique perspective on the most recent events. Below are his thoughts and advice for us all. DO THE RIGHT THING

My great respect and love for out Church, having served it for 59 years – 8 years in Sts. Constantine and Helen – allows me to speak to you about an issue that will be included in the agenda of the special General Assembly of September 16th. Since I’ll be absent from the General Assembly, permit me to

speak to that issue.

I read the latest “Orthodox Observer” report, as well as Father Stephen’s and President Dick Warren’s reports on the Clergy-Laity Congress in Boston (July 2018). Like you, in following for years the rebuilding of the St. Nicholas Church at “Ground Zero” and experiencing growing resentment – even anger – at the “mistakes” that were made and the exorbitant costs incurred, I sadly resigned myself to accept defeat and the prospect that we collectively failed to be faithful to our responsibility to our Church and the Civic Community. I believe that our immigrant Orthodox forebearers (already into the fifth generation of Orthodox in this nation), with sacrificed determination and limited resources, but with faith in Christ, in Church and in our cultural heritage, have successfully provided us something to be proud of as a vibrant

Christian Church witness in the Western Hemisphere.

For me, it was a blessing that as I prepared for a sermon for July 29th at St. Paul Church the Sunday lessons (see Matthew 14.:22-34) the miracle of the Lord’s walking on the waters and rescuing Peter, and (see I Corinthians 3:14) on the Church’s foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord, several things became clear to me as they related to the issue matter of rebuilding the

St. Nicholas Shrine. Let us consider the following conclusions:

1. Like St. Peter we should not allow the storms and tribulations of life sink us into despair and oblivion, but rather to have faith and to call on Jesus Christ for help – “Lord save me”, and as always, the Lord of Life comes

to us and lifts us up (Matthew 14).

2. Like St. Paul speaking to the fractured Corinthian Church, and to us now as well, we must suppress anger,

factionalism, envy and strife and become “fellow workers of God…God’s building.” (I Cor.3)

3. The foundation of St. Nicholas Church has already been laid. St. Paul reminds us, “Let each see to it how he builds on it; for no one can lay any other foundation beside that which is already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

(I Cor. 3-11). Accordingly, we must persevere and continue to complete the task already begun.

4. But first, as Christians, we must find forgiveness for the “mistakes that were made” and undertake a path of reconciliation with those responsible. We must encourage all sincere and honorable efforts that will lead to

completion of the Shrine.

As Christians we can find strength and courage to cope with the task ahead. In Christ’s Church we can find hope for the future and the greater glory to come, because “the Church’s firm foundation is Jesus Christ our Lord,” to quote a Protestant hymn. St. Nicholas is a monument to the tragedy of 9/11; it is our contribution to the memory of those who died there; it is a testimony to our heritage-Orthodoxy and Hellenism; it is a nation Shrine for all people of faith; it is our lasting gift to

America and its people.

Of course, we will support the rebuilding of S. Nicholas. But, forgiveness doesn’t mean that we ignore the necessity for full transparency and detailed accountability from those who bear the responsibility to complete its rebuilding. No more dumb “mistakes!” The costly completion of St. Nicholas will require an estimated 33 million dollars. It’s going to strain the resources of our parishes, our organizations, our faithful across the board. No doubt about it! It’s time for resolve of all of

us as a national community to do the right thing. Amen.

September 2018/October 2018

In this issue: Page 3 • President’s

Message Page 4 • Treasurer’s Report • Financials Pages 5, 6 • Youth Ministries

Pages 7, 8, 9 • Orthodox

Education Page 10 • Fr. Stephen

Celebration

Page 11 • Library • Sunshiners • Daughters Pages 12, 13 • Diocese

Newsletter Page 14 • Phioptochos Pages 15, 16 • St. Hermans Pages 17, 18, 19, 20 • Festival 1 • In Memorium Page 22 • June 2018

Calendar

Page 23 • July 2018

Calendar Page 24 • August 2018

Calendar

A publication of

Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral 3352 Mayfield Road · Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Tel: 216-932-3300 · Fax: 216-932-0825

Fr. Stephen Callos Fr. Peter Metallinos

Fr. Tom Drenen Fr. Stephen e-mail: [email protected]

Office email: [email protected] Koinonia email: [email protected]

Website: www.stsconstantine.com

Parish Council—2018

Richard Warren, President Fay Miller

George Stamatis, Vice President Clay White

Jason Berry, Secretary Effie Tsengas

Costa Tsatiris, Treasurer Tom Parras, Home

Costa J. Sarris, Assistant Treasurer Bill Chevako, Home

Gus Kallergis, Stewardship Marguarite Stephanopoulos

Philoptochos—2018

Toni Madden, President Elaine Joaquin, Makarias

Heidi Peters, Inreach Susan Trumbull, Membership

Maria Kallergis, Secretary Fran Vento, Fundraising

Helen Primbas, Treasurer Susan Schmiedicker, Fundraising

Maria Giannirakis, Past President Advisor Molly Drenen and Dena Magoulias, Outreach

Cathedral Support Groups

Orthodox Forum………….……..Kathy Chimples, John Collis Foundation………….…………..….. Jim Myers

Greek School…………………….…………...Nellie Baltazzi GOYA………….Yianni Sarris and Victor Myers

Library……………………………………...Elaine Joaquin OCF…………………………..Andrew Kartalis

St. Makarina Bible Study………………….....Kathy Chimples Coffee Hour………....………………………

Sr. Hellenic Dancers………………………………………… Christina Callos, Konstandinos (Bill) Mavrakis, Sandy Latsa

Bookstore…………....……………Jim Huebner

IOCC....……………….…………...Jim Basilion

Jr. Hellenic Dancers…………………………… St. Hermans FOCUS………...……..Fr. Stephen

OPA Dance Group……………………………..Bill Mavrakis Men’s Bible Study.………..………Peter Poulos

HOPE……………………………..……...…Angelique Berry JOY……......…………………….Maria Kehres

Cathedral Staff

Ted Cherpas………….…………………………………….. ………………..….Director of Youth Ministries

Maria Sikoutris…………………………………………….. ……………….Director of Orthodox Education

Rose Farinacci-Dibbin………………………………………. ……….……………………....Office Manager

Dennis Bell………………………………………………….. ……….………………………...Choir Director

Pericles Corfias…………………………………………….. ………….…………………………….Chanter

Page 2 September 2018/October 2018

President’s Message by Richard Warren

On behalf of the Parish Council I would like to give our heart-felt thank you to each and every person for their prayers, time and donations to this year’s Sts. Constantine and Helen Festival. We were blessed with good weather (that's where the prayers come in) and an abundance of our loyal guests who support us year after year. That same support is evident in the time our volunteers gave to our effort. There are far too many volunteers to mention the individuals who each put in an exceptional amount of time in festival preparation and execution: baking, cooking, booth chairs, clean-up crew, publicity, dancing, finances. We couldn’t have done it without your help. I would be remiss if I did not give a special

thank you to Marguarite Stephanopoulos and Anna Warren, our Festival chairs.

On Sunday September 16, immediately after Church we will be having a special General Assembly to discuss the 2018

Clergy Laity Conference and to approve the plans for the new Cathedral front entrance. Please plan on attending!

As we start a new Orthodox Education, Greek School and GOYA season let's give our total support to Ted Cherpas,

Maria Sikoutris, the teachers and all of our wonderful children.

We will soon begin a Capital Campaign to raise funds for much needed repairs to our facilities. If you would like to help and be on the Campaign Committee, please give me a call. We need people who can help raise these much-needed

funds.

Lastly, at our November General Assembly we will be electing new Parish Council members to fill expiring terms. Please

let me know if you would like to consider joining us in the governance of our Church.

Richard Warren

216-287-6886

Orthodox Forum


The fall season of Orthodox Forum, our "Sunday School" for adults, begins Sunday, September 23. Dr. John Collis will talk about one of the chapters in "What the Church Fathers say about . . ." Future speakers will be Dennis Bell on Iconography and Dr. Nick Papadakis with a two-part series on the Twelve Sacraments. Move to the Sunday School section of the church after Holy Communion, get coffee and sweets and bring them upstairs to the Conference Room across from the Church office. Forums begin about 11:45 a.m. and last about thirty interesting, informative minutes. Volunteers to speak, ideas for topics and attendees are always welcome. For more information, see Dr. John Collis or

Kathy Chimples.

"Don't stay the same size all your life." St. Makrina Bible Study Group will be reading and discussing Tools for Theosis:

Becoming God-like in Christ by Fr. Anthony M. Coniaris.

This book, an easy read with challenging ideas, makes us aware of the countless everyday, practical tools at our disposal to enable us to achieve our full potential. Meetings will begin on Wednesday, September 13 through December 5 at Orange Public Library, 31975 Chagrin Boulevard, Pepper Pike from 9:30 a.m. until 11;00 a,m. To reserve a book ($18), email Kathy Chimples, [email protected]. Books will be available at church on September Sundays. Weekly assignments run about 15 pages; a discussion guide will be distributed at the first meeting so that we can take turns leading. It is not necessary to come every week--come when you can! Please join us for fellowship, laughter, and to grow in faith with us. Don't stay the same size all your life! For more information, call or email Kathy,

216-952-3847.

St. Makrina Bible Study

mailto:[email protected]

Treasurers Report by Costa Tsatiris

Dear Parishioners,

It’s hard to imagine but our festival was almost one month ago. Just to think that over a 4 day period we sold almost $323,000 worth of delicious home cooked Greek foods, drinks, and various goods. What an incredible accomplishment! Obviously, it easy to get carried away and only focus on the monetary success of the festival. We all know that the festival plays an enormous role in

our church’s financial health.

A successful festival ensures that we can meet the churches obligations. However we wouldn’t have a festival and the festival wouldn’t have been a success without the tireless contributions of the entire community. Personally, I would like to extend an enormous thank you to our volunteers, sponsors and donors for all of your efforts to make the festival a success. What a fabulous

combination of faith, culture, friendship, and teamwork.

A summary of booth sales is included herein for reference.

Sincerely,

Costas Tsatiris


Many thanks to all Sts. Constantine and Helen parishioners whose time, talents and treasures helped make Greek Festival

2018 such a success (you know who you are!). We appreciate your support.

Not only was our community blessed with good weather and a financially successful festival, we were able to provide a

great atmosphere for our guests to share our faith, culture, food, pastries, dancing and hospitality.

This was all possible because of the tireless efforts of our amazing volunteers (many of whom were not members of our parish). Including set up, the four days of the festival, tear down and clean up, there were over 1,000 shifts filled before, during and after our festival. If you add in the volunteer hours for baking, dance practice and pre-planning by the 20+ committee members, you can see what it takes to host such a wonderful event. If you were unable to be a part

of this united effort, we hope you can join in next year.

Again, THANK YOU!! to all our volunteers, sponsors and donors. We couldn’t have done it without you. You are the

best!

Sincerely,

Marguarite Stephanopoulos and Anna Warren

Thank You!

Mission Statement

To lead people to God through Orthodox Christianity and to provide ways for them to live and share God’s love.

Youth Ministries by Ted Cherpas

Just about one year ago I told my brother and fellow parishioner James Cherpas that Sts. Constantine & Helen had offered me a job as the parish youth director. I also told him that I was going to accept the offer. Without missing a beat

James instantly replied, “Now you work for me.”

He was right, of course. I do work for him, and I also work for all of you. As Fr. Stephen first explained to me when I started, my most basic and fundamental responsibility to you all is to “impart zeal” to our community’s youth to create a strong, stable, and vibrant future for Sts. Constantine & Helen. For the past 12 months, that is exactly what I have tried to

do.

At the one-year mark of my tenure here, I thought now would be an appropriate time for me to explain why I feel passionately about youth work. If you look at the numbers from the Archdiocese Registry from the past few years, you will notice several disturbing trends. Baptisms are down. Chrismations (i.e. conversions) are down. Weddings are down. Funerals are up. Finally, while the Archdiocese Registry Department doesn’t directly track this itself, the CDC also reports

that suicides are up. This is all very painful and completely heartbreaking.

All of these trends say the same thing: in the modern world human suffering is increasing not decreasing. Various people may have all kinds of different opinions as to why that is, but the true reason is actually very simple: people are growing

further away from God instead of closer to Him. This is why human suffering is on the rise.

The reason I feel passionately about youth work is that I want to play a small part in changing all of those trends described above. This is the goal behind everything I do as youth director. By “imparting zeal” to our youth, by encouraging them to grow closer to God, human suffering can be alleviated. When I think about what “success” means,

that’s part of the picture I have in my head.

The other part of that picture comes from a story I once heard from Fr. Ted Petrides at Camp Nazareth. Shortly after the Resurrection and the Ascension, the Lord looked down on the Earth with His angels. At that time they saw that humanity was in a critically dark and dangerous place. The angels were very distressed by this and said to Jesus, “Lord, behold the sorrowful state of the Earth! What is your plan?” The Lord smiled and pointed to His disciples. “Do you see them? That’s

My plan.”

My hope and dream for Year 2 of my work here is that when the Lord looks down at the Earth with His angels today, He points to Sts. Constantine & Helen, Cleveland Heights. “Do you see what is happening there with the youth? That’s My

plan.”


Jr. Hellenic Dancers

Most recent GOYA meeting Altar Boys attending the Indians game

Youth Ministries continued...

Camp Session 1 Camp Session 2

Camp Session 3 Camp Session 4

Annual Youth Paraklesis Camp Reunion Goyans promoting the Festival


Thank you to all those who volunteered last year and the support in bringing your kids to church, classes and whatever you

do at home!

The OE Picnic was a success! Everyone enjoyed themselves with activities for all age groups.

Vacation Church School was a very fulfilling and fun week with a record–breaking turnout this year! Thank you to all

those who helped!

Below please see the upcoming events for September through the first couple weeks in November:

First day of OE Class is Sunday, September 9th with regular registration for OE and Greek School. There is NO fee for Orthodox Education this year. Please let the registration table know that you want to update your registration on September 9th or e-mail Maria Sikoutris at [email protected]. Only those who have NOT filled out a registration form last year need to fill one out AND if registering for any Greek School. Greek

school does have fees. See registration form in church.

First day of Greek School is Saturday, September 15th at 10:00 a.m.

September 16th during class 6th-12th graders will meet in the Conference room for speakers Peter and Sharon Georges who attend St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Mentor. They are long-term missionaries to Uganda.

Please welcome them with your presence.

September 23rd is a parent meeting. The Christmas program will be one of the topics on the agenda, as well as a

couple of new changes for this year.

Open House: 4th/5th & 8th – September 23rd PreK & 9th/10th – September 30th K/1st & 6th/7th – October 7th 2nd/3rd & 11th/12th – October 21st

Preschool & Kindergarten Greek sessions begin running October 8th- November 26th

Mondays for Preschool and Mondays and Wednesdays for Kindergarten 5:45-6:15 p.m.

October 14th is Craft day for PreK-1st & GAME DAY for 2nd-8th Muffins with Mom:

2nd/3rd & 11th/12th November 4th PreK, 4th/5th & 8th November 11th

Orthodox Education by Maria Sikoutris

Vacation Church School


A Pilgrimage Journey by Iakovos

If you would like to submit an article, pictures, and/or announcements for the Koinonia, please email

Marguarite Stephanopoulos at [email protected] or call 917-459-7533.

The deadline for the next issue for Koinonia submissions will be the following:

November/December issue: Deadline-Sunday, October 14. This issue of the Koinonia will be mailed to

homes in the first full week of November.

Pictures would be greatly appreciated.

Daughters of Penelope

2018 Calendar

Sunshiners

2018 Calendar

Thursday, September 20, 2018 7:00 pm

Thursday, September 13, 2018

1:00 pm

Abuelo's Mexican Restaurant 26100 Harvard Rd

Thursday, October 18, 2018

7:00 pm Thursday, October 11, 2018

1:00 pm

Arrabiata's Italian Restaurant 6109 Mayfield Rd

In today’s world, especially in Europe and America where there is a certain amount of affluence, individuals and families do not go “on pilgrimage”; they “take vacations.” They go skiing, or they go to Disneyland, or they travel as tourists to see some interesting — but usually non-Orthodox, non-religious — places and sites. Our forefathers in the ancestry countries, however, knew nothing about such things as vacations; they only knew about pilgrimages. They lived longing for the day when they could go on a pilgrimage to the shrine of some wonderworking icon or a saint. This was their concept of a vacation — something that would nourish the soul rather than give rest to the body and soul, for All our journey’s we have had very little time for writing letters or think about the inner soul and what it really needs to survive in the world today. Having a quiet place to reconnect to our Lord is a treasure, I use this quiet morning of August 4th in jotting down few lines from this Holy Place, Saint Georgy Palamas, located a short One Hour and half drive from Saints Constantine and Helens located in the hill sides of Ashland county in Perrysville Ohio. It is such an intense joy being here and many thoughts constantly fly to what a beautiful gift this Monastery is what God gave us. The Monks in constant prayer and obedience to the lord by praying to God to send us all the blessings they possible send forth in blessing’s…. It is such a dream to see how Our Lord thrives in each one of these Orthodox Monks and Pilgrims a such an intense comfort to have been able to come to little paradise …. one can quietly pray and recall as a little child all the wonder’s we received and heard with such religious awe as we grew with our parents and grandparents and feel this grace, and treasures. Next time you plan a treasured vacation plan on

visiting a close treasure as Saint Georgy Palmas and feel the Lord Love, taste a see the spirt of our Lord in action.


Philoptochos News by Toni Madden

News from the 2018 Philoptochos Biennial Convention in Boston : Theme: “All Things are possible to the one who believes in Christ” This year’s convention focused on Philoptochos service- service to members, service to parish communities, and service to humanity.

• Donations made during 2016 through 2017 totaled $3.8 million and $800,000 thus far in 2018

• There were collections of $100,000 to hurricane victims

• The Feed the Hungry Program, Women’s Heart Initiative, Online Education Program on Bullying and the Social Ser-vices Cancer Support Group were discussed.

Budget

An auditor from the firm Schall and Asenfarb, LLC joined the meeting via Zoom conference and reported no problems with our operational procedures and that the organization is in a strong financial position

Guest Speakers (These presentations were posted on Sts. Constantine and Helen Facebook and also Sts. Constantine and Helen Philoptochos Facebook). Please view these worthwhile presentations!

THRIVE Clinic for Human Trafficking Survivors

Opioid Addiction- Denise Garlick, Massachusetts State Representative-House Chair Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Recovery

Despina C. Kartson, author of Last “Night’s Soup Run.”

Her book is a memoir of feeding the homeless on the streets of New York City,

Austin Perine- Our Hero of the 2018 National Philoptochos Convention Austin is a 4-year-old boy who feeds the homeless and spreads love and joy.

National Philoptochos has also instituted these Educational Initiatives:

Women’s Heart Heath Alzheimer’s Disease Inclusion Ministries- limited sensory liturgy services for special needs kids

More information, powerpoints and videos can be found on the National Philoptochos website. http://www.philoptochos.org/ More News We have donated $1000 to the fire victims in Greece

Coming Soon! Save the Dates! • Our October Fundraiser

• Our Annual Pancake Breakfast on October 28th

• Our November 8th Meeting and Potluck with Dennis Bell as a gust speaker- Holy Icons-Theology in

Color • Please join our facebook page Philoptochos, Sts. Constantine & Helen, Greek Community, Cleveland,

Ohio • Our 2019 membership campaign has begun- Our goal is 125 members! Please join or renew today!


The Haitian Vision Foundation had our fundraiser at Sts Constantine and Helen church. It was a huge success raising 17,000 dollars. We had about 100 people from the community attend thanks to the Cleveland Heights Jazzercise group that organized the event. Right now we are sending 1000 dollars a month to Haiti to pay a nurse and provide free medicine for 350 people. We want to continue to expand the services as we raise money. Thank you to

everyone who attended and donated!

Fairfax Elementary School students came to perform a musical concert at our name day luncheon. Our very own Markos Alden was in the choir. We are partnered with Fairfax Elementary school in Cleveland Heights through the Faiths Alive program that pairs churches with schools.

Molly Drennen had the Tri-C optometry tech students make eyeglasses with different prescriptions for Haitians. Dr Wisler Saint-Vil took them to Haiti to distribute at his mobile clinic in April. According to a recent New York Times article, 2.5 billion people in the world need glasses. Children do poorly in school, truck drivers can’t drive safely, farmers can’t see the beans they are picking, etc. Can you imagine not being able to see just because you can’t afford glasses? When Dr. Beverly Forcier, a retired ophthalmologist, heard about Molly’s project she agreed to donate vision testing equipment and to pay the salaries of two Haitians who will screen

for vision problems. That is how God’s love spreads!

Philoptochos News continued…..


2019 Philoptochos Membership

Please become a new member or renew your old membership for 2019!

Philoptochos (friends of the poor) is the philanthropic arm of our holy and ancient Greek

Orthodox Church. This year we are striving for all ladies of our parish to join.

Your involvement can be as little as your membership dues or volunteering for a

committee. The first step is to join.

If you choose not to join Philoptochos please consider a donation, no amount of help is

too little. We can continue to expand our charitable programs.

__________________________________________________________________

Please make your check payable to: Sts. Constantine & Helen Philoptochos

Annual membership dues are $30. Deadline February 28, 2019

Mail check to Susan Trumbull, P.O. Box 281, Burton, OH 44021

Name__________________________________________________________________________

Address_________________________________________________________________________

Phone________________________________Email______________________________________

Membership $30____________________Donation______________ Total:___________________

I am interested in helping with:

Outreach_______ Inreach_______ Makarias_______Fundraising_______


Save the Date! October 28, 2018

Philoptochos All-You-Can-Eat

Pancake Breakfast

This is a fundraiser. All proceeds support the good works of Philoptochos.


Sts. Constantine & Helen

Philoptochos Fundraiser

SAVE THE DATE

Thursday, October 4, 2018

7-10 pm Fellowship Room

Please join us for an evening of fellowship, fun & philanthropy.

Learn about one of the worthwhile causes Philoptochos

supports- Salvation Army/ Zelma George Family Shelter.

Enjoy complimentary wine and appetizers while sharing the company of like-minded women who want to help

those in need.

Library Committee—2018 Festival Display


In Memoriam

PETER G. PARRAS , age 88. Beloved husband of Victoria (ne George) (deceased). Loving father of George, Elaine (Robert), and Thomas (Jodi). Beloved Pappou of Caroline Victoria, Catherine Elena (Todd), Robert Nathan III, Chloe Anastasia, Gregory George, Isabel Victoria, Peter Ronald, Callie Elyse, Kyra Elaine and Lilly Anastasia. Brother of Gregorios, Anastasios, Constantinos, Eleni and Christos. Peter (Taki) married to his wife, Victoria, in Kifisia, Greece in 1955, and emigrated to America in 1957, settling in her hometown, Cleveland, Ohio where they started their family. Mr. Parras worked in various jobs in the service and restaurant industries, before starting his own restaurants and then his real estate management and development company. With his devotion to his family and his Orthodox Church, gratitude for his new country

as well as love for his motherland, Mr. Parras shared the many gifts with which he was blessed.

Be the Salt of the Earth!

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt looses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be

thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Matt 5:13

The Gospel gives us His Words. His Love. His Mercy. His Truth. He has given us THE SALT he speaks of. But if we hide those things from those who live among us, how can this precious gift, His Salt, season and change the world? It cannot.

So what good is our faith? “…to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men”? God forbid!

It is sad to say that many who come to ZOE have never had a single person, parent or otherwise, on whom they could depend. No one who offered to stand with them, stare down the enemy and honestly share Christ’s love with them. Women seeking abortion feel abandoned and alone, often traumatized by a past dominated by pain and abuse, with

no hope whatsoever for a brighter tomorrow. Reader, you can change that.

Speaking to a woman considering abortion, or having had one, is a fearsome task. What words we can use to begin a

caring conversation, the ultimate goal of which is to bring her to the foot of The Cross, to the only Healer, Christ?

To bring us to an understanding of how we can do this, we have scheduled Volunteer Training Sessions. We ask you to set aside 2 Saturdays in September, the 15th and the 29th, from 9:00 to 4:00, and the following Sunday afternoons, the 16th and the 30th, from 1:00 to 4:00, to join us at ZOE House, 5454 State Road, in Parma, OH. We promise you will come away with the tools and confidence to do more to season the world around us with His love. Here is your chance to

get involved, even if you have not volunteered in the past.

Allow us to offer you the link to an e-book , “10 Things Not to Do When a Woman Tells You She Wants an Abortion”, CareNet 10 Things not to Do.pdf . Please print it, read it, and prepare yourself to be the salt of the earth to our sisters and brothers in Christ. It is time for us to season the world around us.

Call 440-893-9990 to register. Be His Salt!

NANCIE N. D’ABATE (nee Kostov), age 67. Beloved wife of Vincent. Cherished mother of Alexandra (Will). Dear step-grandmother of Viktoria. Dear sister of Michael (Judy) Kostov and Lee (John) Stankus. Dear daughter of John and Zorka Kostov (both deceased). Dear aunt of John Michael, Nicole, Jacqueline and Julie. Dear friend of many. Wonderful caretaker of many lucky pets. Nancie had a passion and dedication for the care and nurturing of many children

through after school programs at Ruffing Montessori and Grace Point Church.


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September 2018 Community Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

5:00 pm

Vespers

(& confession)

2

CREDIT CARD

SUNDAY

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team C

3

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

4

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

5 6 7

8

9:30 am Liturgy

(Nativity of

Theotokos)

5:00 pm

Vespers

(& confession)

9

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team D

10:45 am

First day of OE

and registration

12:00 pm

Baptism:

Owen-Frangos

10

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

11

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

12

13

1:00 pm

Sunshiners

Lunch:

Abuelo’s

14

9:30 am Liturgy

(Holy Cross)

15

10:00 am

First day of

Greek School

2:00 pm

Baptism:

Dinallo

5:00 pm

Vespers

(& confession)

16

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team A

11:30 am

SPECIAL

General Assembly

17

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

18

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

19 20

7:00

Daughters

of Penelope

Meeting

21 22

5:00 pm

Vespers

(& confession)

23

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team B

11:30 am

Orthodox Forum

1:00 pm

Baptism:

Opel

24

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

25

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

26 27

28

29

30

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team C

11:30 am

Orthodox Forum


October 2018 Community Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

9:30 am

Liturgy

(St. Romanos)

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

2

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

3

4

6:00 pm

Philoptochos

Fundraiser

5 6

7

CREDIT CARD

SUNDAY

NO MEMORIALS

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team D

11:30 am

Orthodox Forum

8

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

9

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

10 11

1:00 pm

Sunshiners

Lunch:

Arrabiata’s

12

13

14

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team A

11:30 am

Orthodox Forum

15

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

16

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

17 18

9:30 am

Liturgy

(St. Luke)

7:00

Daughters of

Penelope

Meeting

19

20

9:00 am

Cleveland-

PanOrthodox

City

21

8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team B

11:30 am

Orthodox Forum

22

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

23

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

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8:15 am Matins

9:30 am Liturgy

Pangari Team C

11:15 am

Philoptochos

Pancake

Breakfast

1:00 pm

Baptism:

Patzakis

29

7:30 pm

Gamblers

Anonymous

30

6:30 pm

OPA Dance

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Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral

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Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

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