march 2015 monthly newsletter

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March 2015

Annunciation of the Theotokos

March 25

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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church March 2015

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Fr. Jon Emanuelson

Parish Priest

Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9AM – 2PM

Office Phone: 910-392-4444 Office Fax: 910-392-4905

Fr. Jon’s Mobile Number: 910-685-0080

Office Email: [email protected]

Fr. Jon’s Email: [email protected]

Church Website: www.stnicholaswilmington.org

Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/StNicholasWilmington

2015 PARISH COUNCIL

CHURCH STAFF

Angelique Skandalakis, Parish Office Administrator

PARISH MINISTRY TEAM

Officers Members

Barbara Reynolds, President John Burgee Debra Rallis

Evangelos Fragos, Vice President Peter Manolukas Nick Saffo

Irene Sotiriou Vogiatzis, Secretary Peter Malahias Maria Stasios

Tina Bostic, Treasurer Emanuel Miliotis

Religious Education…Richard Reynolds, Ministry Chair Communications - Technology Ministries…

Adult Education…Richard Reynolds Alexandros Theodoropolos, Ministry Group Leader

Youth Catechism…Courtney Malahias, Director Webmaster… Alexandros Theodoropolos

Bookstore/Library…Mary Ann Wall Publications…Angelique Skandalakis, Stella McTaggart

Oratorical Festival…Courtney Malahias Technology… Alexandros Theodoropolos

Media/Community Relations…Beth Burgee, Debra

Hellenic Culture…Kitsa Wiersteiner, Ministry Chair Rallis, Alexandros Theodoropolos

Hellenic School…Anestis Logothetis, Acting Director

Romiosini Dance Group… Zaharoula Katsikis Parish Family Life…**Volunteer Needed**

Zoyra Dance Group… Zaharoula Katsikis Parish Family Night…**Volunteer Needed**

Choral…Dr. Michael Rallis Men’s Group…Richard Reynolds

Special Activities… Kitsa Wiersteiner Women’s Group…**Volunteer Needed**

Forever Young…Stella Vallianos

Youth Diakonia…Koula Katsikis, Ministry Chair LOVE…Stella McTaggart

GOYA…Mary Beth Miliotis, Tina Bostic, Dr. David

Snow, Irene Vogiatzis Outreach & Evangelism…Diane McGowan

HOPE/JOY… Joyce Patsalos, Renée Psilos, Sophia OCF…Fr. Jon, Alexandros Theodoropolos

Brewer, Connie Ronner, Jaime Saffo Hospitality…Ed and Kathleen Mayorga

Community Service…Christina Mount

Liturgical Life… Dr. Michael Rallis, Ministry Chair Parish Care…Pat Poulos, Tina Stamatakis

Liturgical Music… Dr. Michael Rallis

Acolytes…Doug Brown Philoptochos…Thalia Kefalas, Chapter President

Neokoros/Sexton…**Volunteer Needed**

Stewardship…Debra Rallis

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From the Desk of Father Jon In the Orthodox Church, the last Sunday before Great Lent – the day on which, at Vespers, Lent is liturgically an-

nounced and inaugurated – is called Forgiveness Sunday. On the morning of that Sunday, at the Divine Liturgy, we

hear the words of Christ:

"If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you forgive not men their tres-

passes, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses..." (Mark 6:14-15)

Then after Vespers – after hearing the announcement of Lent in the Great Prokeimenon: "Turn not away Thy face from

Thy child for I am afflicted! Hear me speedily! Draw near unto my soul and deliver it!", after making our entrance into

Lenten worship, with its special memories, with the prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian, with its prostrations – we ask for-

giveness from each other, we perform the rite of forgiveness and reconciliation. And as we approach each other with

words of reconciliation, the choir intones the Paschal hymns, filling the church with the anticipation of Paschal joy.

What is the meaning of this rite? Why is it that the Church wants us to begin Lenten season with forgiveness and recon-

ciliation? These questions are in order because for too many people Lent means primarily, and almost exclusively, a

change of diet, the compliance with ecclesiastical regulations concerning fasting. They understand fasting as an end in

itself, as a "good deed" required by God and carrying in itself its merit and its reward. But, the Church spares no effort in

revealing to us that fasting is but a means, one among many, towards a higher goal: the spiritual renewal of man, his re-

turn to God, true repentance and, therefore, true reconciliation. The Church spares no effort in warning us against a hyp-

ocritical and pharisaic fasting, against the reduction of religion to mere external obligations. As a Lenten hymn says:

In vain do you rejoice in no eating, O soul!

For you abstain from food,

But from passions you are not purified.

If you persevere in sin, you will perform a useless fast.

Now, forgiveness stands at the very center of Christian faith and of Christian life because Christianity itself is, above all,

the religion of forgiveness. God forgives us, and His forgiveness is in Christ, His Son, Whom He sends to us, so that by

sharing in His humanity we may share in His love and be truly reconciled with God. Indeed, Christianity has no other

content but love. And it is primarily the renewal of that love, a return to it, a growth in it, that we seek in Great Lent, in

fasting and prayer, in the entire spirit and the entire effort of that season. Thus, truly forgiveness is both the beginning of,

and the proper condition for the Lenten season.

One may ask, however: Why should I perform this rite when I have no "enemies"? Why should I ask forgiveness from

people who have done nothing to me, and whom I hardly know? To ask these questions, is to misunderstand the Ortho-

dox teaching concerning forgiveness. It is true, that open enmity, personal hatred, real animosity may be absent from our

life, though if we experience them, it may be easier for us to repent, for these feelings openly contradict Divine com-

mandments. But, the Church reveals to us that there are much subtler ways of offending Divine Love. These are indiffer-

ence, selfishness, lack of interest in other people, of any real concern for them -- in short, that wall which we usually

erect around ourselves, thinking that by being "polite" and "friendly" we fulfill God’s commandments. The rite of for-

giveness is so important precisely because it makes us realize – be it only for one minute – that our entire relationship to

other men is wrong, makes us experience that encounter of one child of God with another, of one person created by God

with another, makes us feel that mutual "recognition" which is so terribly lacking in our cold and dehumanized world.

On that unique evening, listening to the joyful Paschal hymns we are called to make a spiritual discovery: to taste of an-

other mode of life and relationship with people, of life whose essence is love. We can discover that always and every-

where Christ, the Divine Love Himself, stands in the midst of us, transforming our mutual alienation into brotherhood.

As l advance towards the other, as the other comes to me – we begin to realize that it is Christ Who brings us together by

His love for both of us.

And because we make this discovery – and because this discovery is that of the Kingdom of God itself: the Kingdom of

Peace and Love, of reconciliation with God and, in Him, with all that exists – we hear the hymns of that Feast, which

once a year, "opens to us the doors of Paradise." We know why we shall fast and pray, what we shall seek during the

long Lenten pilgrimage. Forgiveness Sunday: the day on which we acquire the power to make our fasting – true fasting;

our effort – true effort; our reconciliation with God – true reconciliation.

Sharing the Words of Father Alexander Schmemann


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From the Parish Council President

Barbara Reynolds

In March we all look forward to the end of our cold, wet winter and the beginning of spring.

We are already seeing the daffodils starting to come up. In March we also celebrate Great Lent.

It is a time of fasting, reflection and repentance for Orthodox Christians. During March we will

be having many special and meaningful services for Great Lent including: the Great Compline

on Mondays, the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts on Wednesday nights and the Salutations to

the Theotokos on Friday nights in addition to Great Vespers and Sunday liturgy. Please take

time out of your busy schedule to take advantage of these beautiful Lenten services.

Other special events in March include:

Procession of icons – Sunday, March 1 during Divine Liturgy

Oratorical Festival – Sunday, March 1 after Divine Liturgy

Procession of the Cross – Sunday, March 15 during Divine Liturgy

Greek Independence Day – Sunday, March 22 after Divine Liturgy

In Christ’s service,

Barbara

April 4 - Pancake Breakfast and Palm Cross Making

April 5 - Palm Sunday

April 12 - Pascha: Agape Vespers/Picnic (12 AM Hugh McRae Park)

April 18 - Golf Tournament

April 25 - Relay for Life

SAVE THE DATE - APRIL 2015


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Bookstore Mary Ann Wall

Easter is coming! If you wish to order icons or books

for Pascha, please visit our Bookstore or contact

MaryAnn Wall to place your order. All orders are

due by Wednesday, March 11. Please see later in the

Newsletter for the order form.

Hellenic Culture Kitsa Weirsteiner

Greek Independence Day program will be celebrated

on Sunday, March 22 in the Hellenic Center follow-

ing Divine Liturgy. The guest speaker will be Dr.

Anestis Logothetis. This special festivity also in-

cludes poems, dances, and songs. The Hellenic

School will sponsor the luncheon. Those individuals

who need help in reciting their poems, coaching will

be available on Sunday, March 8 and on Sunday,

March 15 during the fellowship hour. Please contact

Kitsa Wiersteiner to make arrangements. Please

come and join us in the celebration of this special

event. This program is sponsored by the Hellenic

Culture Ministry.

Special Event

St. Nicholas once again participated in the UNCW

Intercultural Festival on Friday, February 14th, 2015.

This event is open to the public for all to come and

learn about many of the cultures represented by peo-

ple in the Wilmington area. There were displays

from a large number of countries and organizations

along with demonstrations of music and dance. Kitsa

Wiersteiner, chair of the committee, did an excellent

job of organizing our involvement in this wonderful

educational event. We had a beautiful booth with

objects of art that represented various aspects of the

culture of Greece, from religion, to language, to

dress, and of course to food. Many who came to see

our display were able to get their names written in

Greek, thanks to Kathy Dimopoulos, Mary Kaity

Tzanis, Joanne Simotas, and Soula LeRay. Helen

Flowers and Athy Lionikis assisted in setting up the

display and working the event. Our dancers, the Ro-

miosini and Zoyra groups, once again gave wonderful

dance performances. Plan on coming out next year to

join us and to learn about other cultures.

Philoptochos Thalia Kefalas

Philoptochos Happenings

We have had a busy holiday season!

We helped a family from First Fruits Ministry for

Christmas.

We had a successful Vasilopita Auction. We made

$3,200.00. We are giving half to St. Basil’s Acade-

my (an orphanage in New York) and half to the Be-

nevolent Fund.

At our February general meeting, we collected over

50 cereal boxes for the Good Shepherd House.

Thank you to all who contributed! The Good Shep-

herd house was very appreciative!

We need help this Pascha season….if you can help,

please contact the office or a board member for more

information.

Lastly….. we would like to invite all the ladies of St.

Nicholas to come to our next general meeting on

March 15th after Divine Liturgy.

Youth Catechism Courtney Malahias

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their

strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they

will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not

grow faint.” Isaiah 40:31

The lenten season is upon us and this is such a beauti-

ful time for reflection and being quiet.

The lenten season is about renewing our strength and

challenging ourselves to increase our prayer life,

almsgiving and fasting. My goal is always to enhance

my prayer life. I find the biggest challenge is making

the time, not finding the time. The time is

there…….I just need to carve it out. Our classrooms

will be focusing on Great Lent and how to make

these adjustments to our lives.

Sunday Church School is going well and we have

much to be thankful for. Our teachers are amazing

and dedicated and our children are making us proud!


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I wanted to take this time to let you all know that we

have added a class to our program. Our little ones

aged 3-5, led by various parents, are holding a class in

the hall with activities and bible stories. I am so proud

of this group of parents who have taken this on. It

makes my heart smile!

Thank you to our teachers and students who helped

make Valentine cards for the Golden Agers and our

parishioners who are homebound. You helped bright-

en their day!

Our teachers will be meeting this month to share ideas

and improve our lessons! We are always learning and

growing together!

As I write this, some of our children are preparing

their speeches for the St. John Chrysostom Oratorical

Festival being held on March 1! Good luck and God

bless all the children who are participating.

Thank you for all you do……….

GOYA

Koula Katsikis, Mary Beth Miliotis, Tina Bostic, David Snow,

Irene Vogiatzis

We have many activities in March for our GOYANS.

We hope you can join us for some of these!

March 1: Oratorical Festival & Sunday of Orthodoxy

March 4: Goyan Discussion Group w/ Fr Jon; 7pm

March 18: Goyan Discussion Group w/ Fr Jon; 7pm

March 6-8: Lenten Retreat – Diakonia Center. Chap-

erones and drivers needed.

March 6-8: Weeping Icon of Panayia Kardiotissa will

be coming back to Holy Trinity, Charlotte NC

March 15: Car wash Fund raisers: 12 noon immedi-

ately following the Divine Liturgy.

March 22: Greek Independence Day celebration –

Dance performance/ poems

March 28: March of Dimes Walk – Hugh MacRae

Park 9am registration

Mar 30 - Apr 3: Spring Break begins

LOVE Stella McTaggart

For those not going to Charlotte to see the Weeping

Icon of Panagia Kardiotissa, please join Fiona and

myself for an outing the morning of Saturday, March

7 at 10am. We will take our little ones to an outing at

If you have any empty “Altoid”

brand/type boxes I am collecting for

an outreach project. Please give to

me at Church or put in the Sunday

school box near the office.


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Paint –n-Play which is located at 1021 S Kerr Ave. in

Wilmington, NC. The LOVE group will cover the

studio fee for each family who attends, so please

RSVP to me by Tuesday, March 3 so I may make our

reservation. (4 families and over the cost goes

down!!) Please note older siblings are more than wel-

come to join in the fun.

Forever Young Stella Vallianos

Oh, what an early Valentine's celebration did Forever

Young enjoy! Once again, Kay Skandalakis and Sue

Lawler outdid themselves in preparing a delicious

meal and decorating the tables, which included beauti-

ful Valentine's cards prepared by the Sunday school

children. Thank you, Kay, Sue and all the children for

their love and thoughtfulness. "Our cup runneth

over!"

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 3, 11:00

a.m., at the church. We will be going out to eat after-

wards.

Community News

Adult Greek Dance

Kitsa Wiersteiner

The Adult Greek dance group will stop dancing during

our Great Lent and will resume Tuesday, April 21st.

Please come and join us! It is very good exercise and a

wonderful fellowship with our instructor Antonia Io-

annou.

AHEPA

Cape Fear Chapter No. 408 was honored to have Su-

preme President, Brother Phillip T. Frangos and his

wife, Tula, visit our Chapter on Tuesday, February 3rd.

I dinner meeting was held at Giorgio’s Italian Restau-

rant with 51 people in attendance.

Also in attendance at the meeting were Leo Polydor-

poulos, AHEPA Past Supreme President-Canada, and

his wife, Alexis and AHEPA Past Supreme President

and member of our Chapter, Dr. Spiro J. Macris.

Three new Life Members with 50 years of member-

ship in AHEPA were recognized at our meeting. They

were: George Fokakis, George A. Saffo and A.V.

“Doky” Saffo. They joined James Patsalos, who was

our Chapter’s only other Life Member.

Two new AHEPA Brothers were administered their

Oath of Membership by Supreme President Frangos.

They were: Yianni Diakogannis and Cameron Cal-

houn. We also welcomed George Sardis and Jack

Poulos, who joined our Chapter late last year. In addi-

tion, we welcome Dr. Peter Manolukas, who recently

transferred his membership to our Chapter.

On February 14th our AHEPA Chapter co-sponsored

with our Parish’s Hellenic School, our community’s

annual Valentine’s Day Dance. Proceeds of the dance

will benefit both organizations.

Greek Festival

Our Greek Festival will be May 15th-17th. For a suc-

cessful event we need all hands on deck in every ca-

pacity. We use food distributors to order food and


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paper products, however if you would like to donate a

certain item such as tomatoes, onions, lettuce, lamb,

beans, dolmathes, rice, potatoes, bread, napkins, sil-

verware, etc. please let us know so we can order these

items directly from the distributors. For any food or

monetary donation, please contact the office at 910-

392-4444.

The next Festival meeting will be March 17th at

7:00pm.

Outreach and Evangelism Nick & Kristi Dodge,

O&E Co-Chairs of Family Outreach Event

The Outreach and Evangelism Ministry hosted a com-

plimentary Family Outreach Sunday luncheon on Feb-

ruary 8, 2015. The goal of the event was to reach out

to those family members or friends, who may struggle

with regular attendance. Angie's Catering graciously

prepared and delivered a delicious Chicken Florentine,

rice pilaf, salad, and lemon pie meal, which was

served to approximately 100 guests by our wonderful

GOYAs. O&E Ministry members and several other

parishioners worked diligently to prepare Hellenic

Hall, the entertainment, and the food to ensure a pleas-

ant experience for the guests. During the meal, guests

were treated to a video presentation of 2014 Parish

highlights and an interesting presentation by OCMC

Annual Gifts Officer, Kenny Kidd, that spotlighted the

work of the Orthodox Christian Ministry Center.

Thank You to all who helped organize and execute

this event.

Gratitude

A Special Thank You to All

We would like to share some very good news with all

of you. If you remember, we did a stem cell donor

drive at church a year and a half ago for our niece,

Marina Sampanes Peed, who had been suffering with

a rare blood cancer (myelofibrosis) for over 13 years.

A donor was found and she had the stem cell trans-

plant at the end of August of 2013. On January 27th of

this year she received the best news; 551 days after

her stem cell transplant, her report came back that she

was in remission. We would like to thank everyone

for their prayers and kind words during this difficult

time. Marina also sends her sincere thank you. As

her doctors said “science can go just so far, prayer can

go all the way”. If you are called upon to be a donor,

we hope that you will give it serious consideration so

that another family can one day receive this good

news.

Sincerely, Emmanuel and Athanasia Lionikis

Thank you from our Community

A big thank you goes out to all the Sunday School

students who made Valentine’s Day cards for both

our Golden Agers who attended the February For-

ever Young luncheon and for the senior residents of

Cedar Cove. You all really brightened their day.

Also, we want to thank the dancers from Romiosini

and Zoyra who performed for the Cedar Cove resi-

dents on Valentine’s Day. Thank you for doing to

the dancers and their parents for organizing this

amazing service project for the seniors who bright-

en our lives. Thank you again. They appreciated all

that was done for them. Thank you for doing this

amazing service outreach project!!

Congratulations

For all the people celebrating their birthday, anniver-

sary, and name day in the month of March may you

have many happy years! Many Happy Years!

Sympathies and Memorials

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of

Konstandinos “Gus” Tsingelis. Gus fell asleep in the

Lord on February 5, 2015. May his memory be

eternal!

With the Saints, give rest to the souls of Your servants, where there is no pain, sorrow, or suffering, but life

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Stewardship Debra Rallis

Free to BE Generous

February 11, 2015 by Fr. Barnabas Powell

There’s one sure way for any politician to get an applause line in a stump speech. All he or she has to do is say

“I support our troops!” And rightly so. The brave men and women who serve in our military perform a vital

function in the preservation of our liberty, and we, as a nation, should always show our gratitude for their sac-

rificial service.

The truth is freedom isn’t free, and it never has been. Freedom, in a world so easily gripped by domination,

ego, and self-interest, is always hard won and must be diligently guarded.

What is true of our constitutional government, is also true of our spiritual lives. Our freedom from the slav-

ery of our own undisciplined desires requires us to “fight”, to war against, the entropy of slavery so unnatural-

ly present in our selfish hearts. We must be transfigured away from this decay of soul if we ever hope to pull

out of the gravitational tug toward the baser existence of our lives.

One of the greatest enemies of our spiritual freedom, and even our political freedom is the cancer of greed. A

lack of a purposeful and deliberate development of a spirit of generosity is THE quickest way to become

slaves to our selfishness. But, that isn’t our true self. We all know that generosity is always best. We KNOW

it. You know it. Don’t you?

In today’s Gospel Lesson our Lord Jesus teaches His disciples the central principle about developing a gener-

ous heart and mind. Look at In Matthew 10:1, 5-8:

“At that time, Jesus called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to

cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. These twelve Jesus sent out, charging

them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost

sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal

the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without

pay.”

The Lord instructs His disciples to get out there and start spreading spiritual freedom around to everyone.

Notice, first He gives them the power to do this work and then He tells them to get to it. But He ends His in-

structions with a phrase that reveals the heart of the matter AND the path to continue having the power to do

this work of spiritual freedom. He tells them “You received without paying, give without pay.” (Matthew

10:8)

A spirit of generosity will never be truly present based on sentimentality or pity. Those emotions and motiva-


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tions can and do create the opposite effect – bitterness and resentment. No, true generosity is always based on

the sure knowledge that what I have has been a blessing from God. Even the energy and intellect I possess

to be productive and achieve is given to me, not earned! I can certainly develop, and should develop, my gifts,

but even that strength to do that is a gift from God! Generosity will only exist in a heart convinced that “I am

a debtor to love.” The disciples were meant to do all this good work based on the eternal truth that what I have

been given MUST be given away if I am ever going to enjoy what I’ve been given! In fact, I won’t be able to

keep what I’ve been given if I don’t give it away!

It is the paradox of true generosity that it is giving away what I’ve been given that allows me to enjoy what

I’ve been given.

In a world where “he who dies with the most toys wins” mentality tends to dominate, this mindset of generos-

ity seems naive and foolish. To be sure, it does appear that way. But if I am ever going to be free, truly, spirit-

ually, free, I am going to have to abandon the hoarder mentality and realize that freedom isn’t free. The

price I must pay for my freedom is a willingness to be generous. Without this central principle in my life, I

will remain a slave.

Today, are you a generous person? It is insightful that when you hear this, your first thought will be about

money. And that is a primary icon of our generosity. But I have witnessed very poor people being generous;

generous with their time, their love, their patience, and their understanding. This spirit of generosity will and

must certainly affect your pocketbook, but that is only because it has first transformed your heart and mind.

Today, you have freely received, freely give. Not an option, dear one. Freedom isn’t free. Today, BE generous

and you will be Orthodox on Purpose!

P.S. Fr. Barnabas wants to pass along his gratitude for your wonderful notes of encouragement. The words of

thanks and the words of advice and correction are so very much appreciated. Don’t forget to drop father a

note at [email protected]!

Source: http://blogs.ancientfaith.com/faithencouraged/2015/02/free-generous/

Church Financial Snapshot of General Fund January 31, 2015

Jan Jan

Operating Income $17,199 $17,199

Operating Expense $28,126 $28,126

Net Operating Income / Loss ($10,927) ($10,927)

Stewardship Pledged $155,944.00

Total number of Parishioners

Pledged 64

Stewardship Received $13,967.76

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2015 Stewards as of Feb 16, 2015

Angeledes, Angelo & Evelyn

Batis, John & Emily

Berrehamn, Meleshaw & Gebremskal, Kidane

Bostic, Michael & Tina

Brilakis, Antony & Shirley

Brown, Doug & Argie

Cranidiotis, Chris & Joy Faulk

Dandulakis, Gregory & Kimberly

Demas, Ronald & Sharon

Dentiste, Angela

Diakogiannis, Ifiynia

Diakogiannis, Yiani

Dimopoulos, Pete & Katherine

Dimopoulos, George

Dimopoulos, Maria

Dimopoulos, Vasilios

Dodge, Nicholas & Khristina

Flowers, Larry & Helen

Fokakis, George

Fragakis, John & Sophia

Haralambous, Irene

Jefferies, Phil & Irene

Katris, Gus

King, Lee & Doris

Kirkby, Matthew & Melissa

Koklanaris, Emmanuel & Lambra

Kratsa, Perry Caleb & Anita Nagy

Kruczko, Serge Mark & Ashlee

Lazaridis, Nick & Nena

Lionikis, Emmanuel & Athanasia

Logothetis, Anestis & Constance

Maggio, Evelyn

Malahais, Peter & Courtney

Manolukas, John

Manolukas, Dr. Peter & Joan

Marmaras, Mary

Mayorga, Ed & Kathleen

Mayorga, Sia

McGowan, Calvin & Diane

Miliotis, Emanuel & Mary Beth

Papakidis, Maria

Patsalos, Nick & Joyce

Pekatos, Spero & Lucy

Pinkston, Anne

Rallis, Michael & Debra Bakalis Rallis

Reynolds, Rick & Barbara

Saffo, Angelique

Saffo, Doky & Despina

Saffo, Kay

Saffo, Marian & Marika

Saffo, Nick & Tia

Saffo, Peter & Kimberly

Saffo, Tony & Jamie

Schaefer, Robert & Rena

Skinner-Darby, Patricia

Snow, David & Daphne

Spyropoulos, Maria

Stasios, James & Maria

Triantafillopoulas, Konstantinos & Debbie

Vallianos, Stella

Vogiatzis, Ioannis & Barbara

Vogiatzis, Vasilios & Sotirou, Irene

Voneiff, George & Irene

Wall, Mary Ann

Whitley, John & Helen

Wickersham, Donald Ross

Wiersteiner, Sam & Kyriaki

Zezefellis, Effie

Jesus Christ is God’s great gift to us.

Through Him continues the healing,

liberating, forgiving, empowering,

loving ministry of His Church. God,

infinite though He is, has chosen to

work through us, through our gifts,

to continue His work in the world

today.


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Calendar as of February 20, 2015

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