Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

HOLY TRINITY
November 2015
Volume 46
Issue 11
St. John Chrysostom
Archbishop of Constantinople
Patron Saint of our Holy Metropolis
November 13
ΑΓΙΑ ΤΡΙΑΣ
Holy Trinity
Greek Orthodox Church
Wilmington, Delaware
The Official Publication of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
808 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19806 / Telephone: (302) 654-4446 Fax: (302) 654-4204
Church Office Email Address: [email protected]
Church Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 4:30pm
His Eminence Metropolitan EVANGELOS of New Jersey, Hierarch
Rev. Fr. Christos Christofidis, Proistamenos, [email protected]
For pastoral emergencies - you may call Fr. Christos @ (717) 701-1971
Susan Kelleher, Church Secretary 384-7805 (home)
Anargyros Liparos, Protopsaltis 654-4446
2015 PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS
George Rassias, President - (610) 322-3200
Georgia Halakos, First Vice President - (302) 379-4335
Tom Hatzis, Second Vice President - (302) 764-2223
Tom Karas, Parish Council Treasurer - (302) 234-9090
John Pennias, Recording Secretary - (302) 530-1517
Yvonne Tsavalas, Corresponding Secretary - (302) 540-2891
593-6433 Constantine Caras
Michael Kirifides
897-9429
562-3850 Tom Diamanty
John Koninis II
535-1344
478-2322 Leon Fotakos
Louis Novakis (610) 358-3544
475-5035 Emmanuel Fournaris Peter Xarhoulakos
562-5151
(856) 678-3169 Vickie Karakasidis
Parish Council Meetings - 3rd Thursday of every month @ 7PM
CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS
379-4335
(856)678-4924
293-1127
650-4871
(856) 678-5860
384-2405
478-7864
562-5151
530-1517
798-3052
(609) 456-3206
475-7672
633-1112
655-2252 / 764-2183
897-1029
798-3052 / 239-6140
654-4446
Philoptochos
Sunday School
Sunday School
GOYA
JOY
HOPE
Choir
The Young @ Heart Club
Greek School
St. Elpida
Terpsichorean Dance Troupes
Altar Guild
Editorial Staff
Emmanuel Dining Room East
Holy Trinity Food Pantry
Adult Bible Study
Bible Study Class
Georgia Halakos, President
Maroula Haralambidis, Co-Director
Amalea Rassias, Co-Director
Dia Halakos
Tonia Belitsas
Hillary Raptis
Anthony Pantelopulos, Director
Peter Xarhoulakos, President
John Pennias, Director
George Righos
Harry Malapetsas
Helen Doukakis, President
Dr. Costas Fountzoulas
Nikkie Tsakataras & Tina Ganiaris King
Steve Nicholas
George Righos & John Lazare
Fr. Christos Christofidis
AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS
897-9429
AHEPA
Michael Kirifides, President
764-7278
Daughters of Penelope
Gale Kostas, President
652-6242
Hellenic University Club
Maria Caras, President
Holy Trinity Website Address: www.holytrinitywilmington.org
ALL ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS MUST BE IN THE OFFICE BY THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH.
THESE ARTICLES & ANNOUNCEMENTS CAN BE DROPPED OFF, EMAILED, FAXED OR U. S. MAIL.
From the desk of Father Christos
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
/ Priorities, Priorities, Priorities…
Although different in meaning each word has a direct
impact on the other and vice-versa. One’s decisions are
influenced by one’s priorities and one’s priorities are
guided by one’s decisions. Confusing? Not really
when you consider the following and how important
they are in our lives: family, friends, career, money,
security, faith/God, love/happiness and peace.
The decisions we make are often influenced by their
priority in our list of priorities. Depending on where
we are at in our life’s journey will determine what our
priorities are. If we are a teenager, our friends come
first. If we are finishing our formal education our
career comes first. If we are married, our family; in
business, the bottom line; approaching retirement,
financial security; and the list continues based on age,
marital status, and career.
Now comes the difficult question. Where does God fit
into our list of priorities? Is He number one, number
ten, or nowhere at all? How does our faith function in
our decision making? Do we ask ourselves - - What
would our Lord do in this situation? How would He
decide? How would He react? Not easy questions to
answer, especially difficult when our faith in God, His
commandments, and teachings, are not even
considered as relevant to our lives and “standards” of
living. I cannot imagine anyone acknowledging
today’s society as the ideal that we are seeking. There
are many problems that can contribute to it not being
acceptable as is part of the problem can be attributed to
our emphasis on the individual – on the “me”, the I in
place of “us”. When life is predicted on the I and me,
then there is no room for anyone else. Now tell me, for
the sake of argument, if you were God, how would you
react to being last on the list or left out completely?
It does not have to be that way – we can do something
about it. We can place the icon of Christ first, and in
doing so give our life a direction, a purpose, a cause
for being that goes beyond ourselves. Have you ever
been on a ship with its rudder jammed? You go in
circles – no destination. If we allow the Lord and His
teachings to be our “rudder”, then our ship will make it
to port, our destination will be reached –(Heaven) –and
our purpose will be accomplished –salvation. Amen.
Αποφάσεις, Αποφάσεις, Αποφάσεις
/Προτεραιότητες, Προτεραιότητες, Προτεραιότητες ...
Αν και η κάθε λέξη σημαίνει κάτι διαφορετικό, όμωςέχει
άμεσο αντίκτυπο η μία στην άλλη. Οι αποφάσεις μας,
επηρεάζονται από τις προτεραιότητες του καθενός και οι
προτεραιότητες ενός ατόμου καθοδηγούνται από τις
αποφάσεις του. Μπερδευτήκατε; Όχι πραγματικά, όταν θα
εξετάσετε τα ακόλουθα και πόσο σημαντικά είναι στη ζωή
μας: την οικογένεια, τους φίλους, την καριέρα, τα χρήματα,
την ασφάλεια, πίστη/Θεό, αγάπη/ευτυχία και την ειρήνη.
Οι αποφάσεις που παίρνουμε συχνά επηρεάζονται από
την σειρά τους στη λίστα των προτεραιοτήτων μας. Ανάλογα
με το σημείο πού βρισκόμαστε στο ταξίδι της ζωής μας, αυτό
θα καθορίση ποιες είναι οι προτεραιότητές μας. Αν είμαστε
ένας έφηβος, οι φίλοι μας έρχονται πρώτα. Αν τελειώνουμε
την τυπική εκπαίδευση μας η καριέρα μας έρχεται πρώτη. Αν
είμαστε παντρεμένοι, η οικογένειά μας• στην επιχείρηση, η
κατώτατη
γραμμή•
πλησιάζοντας
την
ηλικία
συνταξιοδότησεως, η οικονομική ασφάλεια• και η λίστα
συνεχίζεται με βάση την ηλικία, την οικογενειακή
κατάσταση και τη σταδιοδρομία.
Τώρα έρχεται το δύσκολο ερώτημα. Που ευρίσκεται ο
Θεός στη λίστα των προτεραιοτήτων μας; Είναι νούμερο ένα,
δέκα, ή πουθενα; Πώς λειτουργεί η πίστη μας στη λήψη
αποφάσεων μας; Αναρωτιόμαστε - - Τι θα έκανε ο Κύριος
μας σε αυτή την κατάσταση; Πώς θα αποφασίζε; Πώς θα
μπορούσε ν’ αντιδράση; Δεν είναι εύκολο να απαντήσουμε
σε ερωτήσεις, ιδιαίτερα δύσκολες όταν η πίστη μας στο Θεό,
τις εντολές Του, και διδασκαλίες, δεν θεωρούνται καθόλου
σχετικές με τη ζωή μας και τα «στάνταρτ» της ζωής. Δεν
μπορώ να φανταστώ κανέναν ν’ αναγνωρίζη την σημερινή
κοινωνία ως το ιδανικό που επιδιώκουμε. Υπάρχουν πολλά
προβλήματα που μπορούν να συμβάλουν στο ότι αυτό δεν
είναι αποδεκτό καθώς είναι μέρος του προβλήματος, που
μπορεί να αποδοθή στην έμφαση μας σχετικά με την
ατομικότητα - στο "εγώ", το εγώ στη θέση του «εμείς». Όταν
η ζωή προκαθορίζεται με το εγώ κι εμένα, τότε δεν υπάρχει
χώρος για τίποτα άλλο. Τώρα πείτε μου, για χάρη της
συζητήσηεως, αν ήσασταν Θεός, πώς θα αντιδρούσατε αν
ήσασταν τελευταίος στον κατάλογο ή αν δεν
συμπεριλαμβάνώσασταν καθόλου;
Δεν πρέπει να είναι έτσι - μπορούμε να κάνουμε κάτι γι’
αυτό. Μπορούμε να τοποθετήσουμε την εικόνα του Χριστού
πρώτα, και με αυτόν τον τρόπο να δώσουμε στην ζωή μας
μια κατεύθυνση, έναν σκοπό, μια αιτία πέρα από τους
εαυτούς μας. Έχετε ταξιδέψει ποτέ με ένα πλοίο με το
πηδάλιο του μπλοκαρισμένο; Κάνετε κύκλους - χωρίς
προορισμό. Αν επιτρέψουμε στον Κύριο και τις διδασκαλίες
Του να είναι το «πηδάλιο» μας, τότε το πλοίο μας θα φθάση
στο λιμάνι,, ο προορισμός μας θα επιτευχθή - (Ουρανός) -και
ο σκοπός μας θα έχει επιτευχθεί -σωτηρία. Αμήν.
The President’s Message
Fellow Parishioners,
I hope you all are well.
I want thank those of you who have returned your
Capital Campaign Cards and 2016 Stewardship Cards.
If you have not, please try to return these items as soon
as practical. Stewardship Sunday is November 8th.
Please make it a point to join us that day. Also, with
respect to your 2016 Stewardship Card, please take
the time to select those areas of the Church Ministry
where you can lend your time and talents. We all
should take ownership in our Church and good
Stewards do not just finance our Church, but also
sustain and build our Church through Ministry
organization and participation. Our Ministries can
always use your assistance and support, not to
mention fresh ideas and approaches. As Stewards of
the Orthodox faith, we appreciate what our Church
gives us and so, in turn, we must give back.
In the coming days, you will be notified and informed
of a wonderful scholarship opportunity for our
children of Holy Trinity. The Boines Scholarship Fund
will provide thousands of dollars in scholarship
opportunities for those pursuing educational
opportunities beyond high school. The awards will be
based solely upon participation in Church ministries
and not restricted by financial or academic criteria.
This program is a unique and lucrative opportunity to
encourage and reward participation in our youth
ministries for many years to come.
Thank you to all of those who organized and
supported many recent events in our Parish including
the Golf Tournament, the Philoptochos Bid-N-Buy,
and the Hellenic University Club's Lecture Series Event
with Dr. Michael Soupios.
Please note some upcoming events referenced in this
Bulletin: Parish General Assembly, GOYA Service
Project, JOY/HOPE Pie Baking, various Ministry &
Organization Christmas Activities and the New Year's
Eve Community Dance.
Finally, with Thanksgiving and the Christmas season
upon us, please do not forego an opportunity to
support the Sunday School's canned food drive as well
as the ongoing Holy Trinity Food Pantry Food Drive by
bringing items to the Narthex for distribution to those
less fortunate.
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving,
George Rassias
Αγαπητά Μέλη της Ενορίας,
Ελπίζω να είσθε όλοι καλά.
Θέλω να ευχαριστήσω όσους επέστρεψαν τις κάρτες του
Καμπάνιας Κεφαλαίου και Διαχείρισης
του 2016.
Παρακαλώ προσπαθήστε να τις επιστρέψετε το
συντομώτερο δυνατόν. Η Κυρακη, 8η Νοεμβρίου, είναι η
Κυριακή
της
Διαχειρήσεως.
Παρακαλείσθε
να
προσπαθήσετε να είσθε παρόντες εκείνη την ημέρα.
Επίσης, σε σχέση με την κάρτα Διαχειρήσεως του 2016, να
επιλέξετε τις υπηρεσίες της Εκκλησίας, όπου μπορείτε να
αφιερώσετε τον χρόνο και τα ταλέντα σας. Όλοι θα πρέπει
να γίνουμε ιδιοκτήτες της Εκκλησίας μας, και οι καλοί
διαχειρηστές να μην χρηματοδοτούμε απλά και μόνο την
Εκκλησία μας, αλλά και επίσης συντηρούμε και οικοδούμε
την Εκκλησία μας μέσα από την οργάνωση και τη
συμμετοχή σις υπηρεσίεςτης . Οι υπηρεσίες μας μπορούν
να χρησιμοποιούν πάντα βοήθεια και την υποστήριξή σας,
συμπεριλαμβανομέων
καινοτόμων
ιδεών
και
προσεγγίσεων. Ως διαχειριστές της Ορθόδοξης πίστης,
εκτιμούμε αυτό που η Εκκλησία μας μας δίνει και έτσι, με
την σειρά μας, πρέπει να της το ανταποδώουμε.
Τις επόμενες μέρες, θα ενημερωθείτε για μια θαυμάσια
ευκαιρία υποτροφιών για τα παιδιά μας της Αγίας Τριάδας.
οΙ Υποτροφίες Boines προσφέρουν χιλιάδες δολάρια για
υποτροφίες σε εκείνους που επιδιώκουν ανώτερες σπουδές.
Τα βραβεία θα βασίζονται αποκλειστικά στη συμμετοχή
στις υπηρεσίες της Εκκλησίας και δεν περιορίζονται από
οικονομικά ή ακαδημαϊκά κριτήρια. Αυτό το πρόγραμμα
είναι μια μοναδική και αξιόλογη ευκαιρία για να ενθαρρύνη
και να επιβραβεύση τη συμμετοχή της νεολαίας στις
υπηρεσίες μας για πολλά χρόνια στο μέλλον.
Ευχαριστώ όλους εκείνους που οργάνωσαν και
υποστήριξαν πρόσφατες εκδηλώσεις της Ενορίας μας, όπως
το τουρνουά γκολφ, την «Δημοπρασία» της Φιλοπτώχου
και την Διάλεξη της Ελληνικής Λέσχης του Πανεπιστημίου
με τον Δρ Μιχαήλ Σουπίου.
Παρακαλώ σημειώστε προσεχείς εκδηλώσεις αναφer;
omenew στο παρόν Δελτίο: Γενική Συνέλευση Κοινότητας,
Δραστηρι; GOYA, Ψήσιμο Πίτας ΧΑΡΑ/ ΕΛΠΙΔΑ,
Δραστηριότητες διaφόρων Υπηρεσιών και Οργανώσεις &
διοργάνωσις Χριστουγεννιάτικων δραστηριοτήτων και
Χοροεσπερίδα της Παραμονής της Πρωτοχρονιάς.
Με την περίοδο της Ημέρας των Ευχαριστιών και των
Χριστουγέννων
πλησίον
σας
παρακαλούμε
μην
παραλήψετε να υποστηρίξετε την εκστρατεία συλλογής
κονσερβοποιημένων τροφίμων του Κατηχητικού Σχολείου
μας, καθώς και της Αγίας Τριάδος στον Νάρθηκα για
διανομή τους λιγώτερο τυχερούς.
Σας εύχομαι μία Ευτυχισμένη Ημέρα των Ευχαριστιών,
Γιώργος Ρασσιάς
Stewardship Sunday
Luncheon
November 8, 2015
Sunday, November 8th has been designated as
Stewardship Day to inaugurate the new year. Please
bring with you the 2016 Stewardship Pledge Card
that Sunday. At the end of the Divine Liturgy all
pledge cards will be collected and offered to the
Lord to be blessed by Him and accepted as a spiritual
offering. Following the distribution of the andidoron
we'll gather as one family to share a meal in the
Community Social Hall as a way of saying thank you
to all the Stewards of our Parish.
What is a Steward?
A Steward is a person who MANAGES
the affairs of God on earth. God has
made each of us a Steward and has
given us ABILITIES that are unique.
Here at Holy Trinity we
strive to accomplish God's
work with all our strength,
love and joy.
This community has been blessed by the almighty God for
many decades to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to
everyone around us. This work could not be
accomplished without your generous contributions,
donations and most importantly your presence.
This is the time of the year in which we need to look back and forward. Back, in
order to examine if we have been good and faithful Stewards fulfilling our
promise to God, and forward, in order to commit again ourselves and one another
to Him and to His Church.
GREEK LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY
St. Agape Chapter
Dear Beloved Philoptochos Members and Parishioners,
I would like to thank all who sponsored our Bid N Buy Event. Your generous donations will help our Ministry
fulfill its Philanthropic obligations as well as our commitment to IOCC to aid in the Syrian Refugee crisis.
For the upcoming holiday season our Ladies will be baking Christopsomo, so place your orders early by using
the flyer in this bulletin.
Once again, we will be sponsoring a Community Christmas Card, which proceeds will go to the Needy Family
Fund and Hope House, so please support by placing your name in the card. You can use the flyer in this bulletin
or see us at our table during Coffee Hour to add your name.
We will also be hosting our Annual Christmas Luncheon on Saturday, December 5 th at the Columbus Inn. We
hope you will join us for a delicious Christmas Brunch and Holiday Fellowship. (see details in this bulletin) –
Please save the date!
Our next Executive Board Meeting is on Wednesday, November 4th at 4pm and our next General Meeting will
be on Sunday, November 8th after the Divine Liturgy in the Philoptochos Room. Please plan to attend.
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving.
In Christ’s Service,
Georgia Halakos
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Kollyva for Memorials
Our Philoptochos Society would like to thank two of its members, Vasiliki Kromedas, for her generous offer to
prepare the kollyva for any family of our community and donate the money for our Philoptochos charities, and
Loula Kapordelis for helping her. The cost will be $100 which will include the Prosforon and the wine. Please allow
at least a week and call Alexandra Tsaganos at 302-762-5292 who will contact Vasiliki.
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Order Form for Christmas Bread (Christopsomo)
Now is the time to order.
The Philoptochos Ladies will be making this wonderful, traditional bread on Thursday,
December 17th. This makes a wonderful gift for a friend or family member ~ or ~ a lovely
addition to any meal during the Christmas Season. Please use this form for your order. Bread
can be picked up between 4:00 to 5:00pm on Thursday, or Sunday during Coffee Hour, after
the Divine Liturgy. Cost: $12.00
Name: ____________________________________ Phone #: _______________________________
# of Breads _____________________
Amount enclosed: ________________________
Make checks payable to Philoptochos Society and mail to:
Helen Grivas ~ PO Box 801, Mendenhall, PA 19357 ~ 610-517-1413
December 5, 2015 at 12noon
gratuity included
RSVP to:
Yvonne Tsavalas - 302.540. 2891
or
Vickie Karakasidis - 856.678.3169
Send checks (no cash please)
ON or BEFORE December 1st to:
Yvonne Tsavalas
24 Withers Way, Hockessin, Delaware 19707
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Name: ___________________________________
How Many Attending ___________
Amount Enclosed ___________
I would like to sit with: __________________________________
2015 Community Christmas Card
Dear Parishioners,
As the Christmas Season is approaching, the Philoptochos
Society once again is asking you to express Holiday Greetings
to each other by including your name in our Community
Christmas Card. Your contribution of $25.00 per person or
family will go towards Philoptochos charities. For your
convenience, the Philoptochos ladies will be available in the
community hall every Sunday during November, or you may
complete and mail the form below.
We thank you and wish you a very Merry Christmas!
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I/We wish to add my/our name(s) to the Community Christmas Card.
Name(s): ___________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________
City & State__________________________________________
Zip _______________________
Telephone: ____________________________
Deadline: Monday, December 1, 2015
Please make checks payable to:
Philoptochos Society
Mail to: Vickie Karakasidis
264 E Pittsfield Street
Pennsville, NJ 08070
Phone: 856.678.3169
The
Young @
Heart
The Young @ Heart sends their
Warmest Wishes for a
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Please join us at our next Gathering on
Thursday, November 12th
@ 1pm in the AHEPA Room
We hope to see you there!
GOYA News
Dear Fellow GOYAns,
GOYA is off to a strong start with the beginning of our DVYC League Games, Dance
Practices, Monthly Meetings and many other activities.
We will be having a Sights & Sounds Workshop in November and are planning an Ice
Skating Party at the Riverfront in December.
If you have not signed up for GOYA, please do. We welcome all youth grades 7th to 12th.
In Christ,
Our 2015-2016 Board:
Dia Halakos
President: Dia Halakos
1st Vice President: Sophia Mantzavinos
2nd Vice President: Dino Matulas
Treasurer: Elena Kirifides
Corresponding Secretary: Eva Maravelias
Recording Secretary: Eirenee Fountzoulas
Assist. Record. Secretary: Sophia Angeletakis
Historians: Lia Halakos & Lazarus Kirifides
HOLY TRINITY REGISTRY
Baptisms:
Melina Stroud, daughter of Sean & Anna Phalangas-Stroud, was baptized in our church on
October 3rd. The sponsor was Samar Qassi Kanazi. We congratulate her and her parents and
sponsor and welcome Melina into the Orthodox faith.
Ramanos Rapposelli, son of Hareklia Rapposelli, was baptized in our church on October 4th. The
sponsor was Evangelia Voultsis. We congratulate him and his parents and sponsor and welcome
Ramanos into the Orthodox faith.
Memorials:
Basil Giannaras ~ 2 Year ~ October 4
Demetra Giannaras ~ 1 Year ~ October 4
Nicholas Pappas ~ 40 Day ~ October 18
An Artoclasia was offered in honor of St. Gerasimos by Chris & Mary Mantzavinos on October 18
Serving in October
Narthex Duty:
November 1 ~ Group 2
November 8 ~ Group 1
November 15 ~ Group 2
November 22 ~ Group 1
November 29 ~ Group 2
Coffee Hours:
November 1 ~ Daughters of Penelope
November 8 ~ Parish Council (Stewardship Sunday)
November 15 ~ Philoptochos (General Assembly)
November 22 ~ GOYA
November 29 ~ No Coffee Hour (Thanksgiving)
Prosforon Offerers
November 1 ~ Katina Zographos
November 8 ~ Maria Papanicholas
November 15 ~ Dimitra Lempesis
November 22 ~ Eugenia Zerefos
November 29 ~ Katina Galanakis
If you cannot meet your scheduled date for Prosfora please contact Loula Kapordelis @
354-5383
Altar Servers / Epistle Readers
November 1 ~ John Zerefos
November 8 ~ Theodore Fessaras
November 15 ~ Lazarus Kirifides
November 22 ~ Matthew Christofidis
November 29 ~ Markos Zerefos
If you cannot meet your scheduled date please notify Fr. Christos to find another reader
ST. BASIL & ST. CHRYSOSTOM TEAM LEADER
Matthew Christofidis & Theodore Fessaras
MEMBERS:
Alexios Angeletakis
Athanasios Bodine
Chris Coulaloglou
Constantinos Fournaris
Lazarus Kirifides
Markos Zerefos
Yianni Zerefos
Holy Trinity Food Pantry
We here in America ~ all of us – (Greek, Italian, Polish,
German, etc.) celebrate together the great All-American
Holiday – THANKSGIVING!
It has been said that it all began in 1621 and it is still
celebrated today around our nation with family and friends.
On this very special day, all of us come together, some from
great distances, to celebrate and to give thanks for all we
have and also for our great country ~AMERICA!!
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, more food will be needed to fill the hundreds of food
baskets that will be prepared and delivered to the poor and unemployed throughout the city
by various organizations.
We, the parishioners of Holy Trinity, can be involved in this special food drive by starting
to fill the bins found around the church, by the office, in the Sunday School Hallway and
on the balcony of our church hall, with non-perishable food such as:
Soups, fish, vegetables, meat, fruit, (any canned item), cereals, sugar,
rice, pasta, Jellies, Peanut Butter, Pasta Sauces, Mac & Cheese, baby food,
coffee, tea, gravies, flour, sugar, etc. Any food that will not spoil.
Also, for your convenience, we will pick up any frozen food item from your home ~ just
call the church office (302-654-4446) ~ the deadline for this convenient pick-up service is
Monday, November 23. FROZEN FOOD items can be: turkeys, other meats, vegetables,
complete frozen dinners, any food found in the frozen food section of your favorite
market.
We at Holy Trinity are proud to be involved in the local food drive of feeding the poor.
Your food donations will reach the tables of our city’s less fortunate. This group is evergrowing and it is estimated that 1 in 5 children leave home hungry every day.
Again this year, our Sunday School children will be pitching in to help. A flyer will be
given to all Sunday School children to ask them to join the effort. We thank our youth for
setting the example for us to follow!!
Your Food Pantry Committee ~
John, Nikkie, Steve & Tina ~
wish you all a Happy Healthy Thanksgiving.
May you all know that joy of family and friends and the satisfaction of giving to others!
JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE / November 13
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the Fourth Tone
The grace of your words illuminated the universe like a shining beacon. It amassed
treasures of munificence in the world. It demonstrated the greatness of humility,
teaching us by your own words; therefore, O Father John Chrysostom, intercede to
Christ the Logos for the salvation of our souls.
Kontakion in the Plagal of the Second Tone
You received divine grace from Heaven, and by your own lips taught all to worship the
One God in Trinity. All-blessed, venerable John Chrysostom, deservedly, we praise you
for you are a teacher clearly revealing things divine.
Reading:
This greatest and most beloved of all Christian orators was born in Antioch the Great in
the year 344 or 347; his pious parents were called Secundus and Anthusa. After his
mother was widowed at the age of twenty, she devoted herself to bringing up John and
his elder sister in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. John received his literary
training under Anthragathius the philosopher, and Libanius the sophist, who was the greatest Greek scholar and
rhetorician of his day. Libanius was a pagan, and when asked before his death whom he wished to have for his
successor, he said, "John, had not the Christians stolen him from us." With such a training, and with such gifts as
he had by nature, John had before him a brilliant career as a rhetorician. But through the good example of his
godly mother Anthusa and of the holy Bishop Meletius of Antioch (see Feb. 12), by whom he was ordained reader
about the year 370, he chose instead to dedicate himself to God. From the years 374 to 381 he lived the monastic
life in the hermitages that were near Antioch. His extreme asceticism undermined his health, compelling him to
return to Antioch, where Saint Meletius ordained him deacon about the year 381. Saint Meletius was called to
Constantinople later that year to preside over the Second Ecumenical Council, during which he fell asleep in the
Lord. In 386 Bishop Flavian ordained John presbyter of the Church of Antioch. Upon his elevation to the priesthood
his career as a public preacher began, and his exceptional oratorical gifts were made manifest through his many
sermons and commentaries. They are distinguished by their eloquence and the remarkable ease with which rich
imagery and scriptural allusions are multiplied; by their depth of insight into the meaning of Scripture and the
workings of God's providence; and, not least of all, by their earnestness and moral force, which issue from the
heart of a blameless and guileless man who lived first what he preached to others. Because of his fame, he was
chosen to succeed Saint Nectarius as Patriarch of Constantinople. He was taken away by stealth, to avoid the
opposition of the people, and consecrated Patriarch of Constantinople on February 28, 398, by Theophilus,
Patriarch of Alexandria, who was to prove his mortal enemy.
At that time the Emperor of the East was Arcadius, who had had Saint Arsenius the Great as his tutor (see May 8);
Arcadius was a man of weak character, and much under the influence of his wife Eudoxia. The zealous and upright
Chrysostom's unsparing censures of the lax morals in the imperial city stung the vain Eudoxia; through Theophilus'
plottings and her collaboration, Saint John was banished to Pontus in 403. The people were in an uproar, and the
following night an earthquake shook the city; this so frightened the Empress Eudoxia that she begged Arcadius to
call Chrysostom back. While his return was triumphant, his reconciliation with the Empress did not last long. When
she had a silver statue of herself erected in the forum before the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in
September of 403, and had it dedicated with much unseemly revelry, Saint John thundered against her, and she
could not forgive him. In June of 404 he was exiled to Cucusus, on the borders of Cilicia and Armenia. From here
he exchanged letters with Pope Innocent of Rome, who sent bishops and priests to Constantinople requesting that
a council be held. Saint John's enemies, dreading his return, prevailed upon the Emperor to see an insult in this,
and had John taken to a more remote place of banishment called Pityus near the Caucasus. The journey was filled
with bitter sufferings for the aged bishop, both because of the harshness of the elements and the cruelty of one of
his 310 guards. He did not reach Pityus, but gave up his soul to the Lord near Comana in Pontus, at the chapel of
the Martyr Basiliscus (see May 22), who had appeared to him shortly before, foretelling the day of his death, which
came to pass on September 14, 407. His last words were "Glory be to God for all things." His holy relics were
brought from Comana to Constantinople thirty-one years later by the Emperor Theodosius the Younger and Saint
Pulcheria his sister, the children of Arcadius and Eudoxia, with fervent supplications that the sin of their parents
against him be forgiven; this return of his holy relics is celebrated on January 27.
Saint John was surnamed Chrysostom ("Golden-mouth") because of his eloquence. He made exhaustive
commentaries on the divine Scriptures and was the author of more works than any other Church Father, leaving us
complete commentaries on the Book of Genesis, the Gospels of Saints Matthew and John, the Acts, and all the
Epistles of Saint Paul. His extant works are 1,447 sermons and 240 epistles. Twenty-two teachers of the Church
have written homilies of praise in his honour. Besides his feasts today and on January 27, he is celebrated as one
of the Three Hierarchs on January 30, together with Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory the Theologian.
It should be noted that, because September 14 is the Exaltation of the Cross, the Saint's memory has been
transferred to this day.
Reading courtesy of Holy Transfiguration Monastery
Apolytikion courtesy of Narthex Press / Kontakion courtesy of Narthex Press
Icon courtesy of Theologic Systems / Icon courtesy of Theologic Systems
HOPE / JOY
Calling all children between
the ages of 4 and 11!
What: Annual Pie Baking
When: Saturday, November 21st
10:00AM
Where: Community Center Kitchen
Please join us for our annual pie baking, fun, and fellowship!
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact:
or Hilary Raptis at [email protected] or 302.384.2405
If you have children, grandchildren, nieces,
nephews, or friends that would like to be included in
the Hope/Joy email list, please contact Julie or
Hillary to receive future announcements and
information on upcoming events.
Thank you!
Sunday, November 22rd
Support the HOPE/JOY Program by reserving your JOY-made
Apple or Cherry pie today. Call the church/ email us at
[email protected] /or send your check in with this order
form. Mark your check Hope/Joy Pie Bake. Cost of a pie is $10.00, all
proceeds go the Joy/Hope/ministry.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Name: ________________________________________________
Please reserve me _____ Apple ______ Cherry
Amount enclosed __________________
On the 18th day of October 2015
during the
Investiture Ceremony for new
Archons of the Order of St. Andrew
in the Archdiocesan Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York City,
and after the celebration of the Divine Liturgy and in the presence of our beloved
Metropolitan of New Jersey Evangelos
our brother in Christ,
Demitris Halakos
was inducted in the
Order of St. Andrew as a new member!
May the Lord Jesus guide him to serve the great
Church of Christ faithfully and diligently! Amen!
October 12th at the Emmanuel
Dining Room East
Over 153 men, women and children enjoyed a warm meal on Friday, October 12th through
the charitable contribution of Eirini Daskalaki Staikos and family. The family generously
sponsored and hosted the day in honor Eirini’s father, Evangelos, marking the three
month memorial of his passing. Eirini, Nick and Eleni were joined by Steve Nicholas as
they worked the kitchen and served the luncheon meal. We thank them all for giving their
time and for their generosity. The Philoptochos will sponsor and host our day on Thursday,
November, 12th. All are welcome to join them that day and on the 12th of every month.
We greatly appreciate all who generously serve and give to this charitable cause!
Various groups and individuals generously donate the food and host the luncheon meal at this
dining room, located at 3rd and Walnut, on the 12th of every month throughout the year.
New sponsors are needed to fill a few months, so if you would like to become a part of
this worthy service project with your family, friends or church organization, please contact
Nikkie Tsakataras at 655-2252 or Tina Ganiaris at 764-2183 for more information.
SYNAXIS OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL & THE OTHER BODILESS
POWERS: GABRIEL, RAPHAEL, URIEL, SALAPHIEL, JEGUDIEL, &
BARACHIEL / November 8
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone
O Commanders of the Heavenly Host, we the unworthy beseech you, that through
your entreaties you will fortify us, guarding us in the shelter of the wings of your
ethereal glory, even as we fervently bow before you crying: "Deliver us from all
danger, as Commanders of the Powers on high!
Kontakion in the Second Tone
Chief Commanders of God; ministers of divine glory; guides for men and
leadership of the Incorporeal; as Chief Commanders of the Incorporeal, plead for
our welfare and for great mercy.
Reading:
All the Angels, according to the Apostle Paul, are ministering spirits, - sent forth to minister to them who
shall be heirs of salvation - (Heb. 1:14). God set them as overseers of every nation and people, and
guides to that which is profitable (Deut. 32:8); and while one Angel is appointed to oversee each nation
as a whole, one is also appointed to protect each Christian individually. He commands them to guard
them that hope on Him, that nothing should harm them, neither should any evil draw nigh to their
dwelling (Ps. 90:10-12). In the Heavens they always behold the face of God, sending up to Him the thrice
-holy hymn and interceding with Him in our behalf, seeing they rejoice over one sinner that repents
(Esaias 6:2-3; Matt. 18:10; Luke 15:7). In a word, they have served God in so many ways for our
benefit, that the pages of Holy Scripture are filled with the histories thereof. It is for these reasons that
the Orthodox Catholic Church, wisely honouring these divine ministers, our protectors and guardians,
celebrates today the present Synaxis that is, our coming together in assembly for their common feast to
chant their praises, especially for the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, who are mentioned in the
Scriptures by name. The name Michael means "Who is like God?" and Gabriel means "God is mighty." The
number of Angels is not defined in the divine Scriptures, where Daniel says that thousands of thousands
ministered before Him, and ten thousands of ten thousands attended upon Him -(Dan. 7:10). But all of
them are divided into nine orders which are called Thrones, Cherubim, Seraphim, Dominions, Powers,
Authorities, Principalities, Archangels, and Angels.
KATHERINE THE GREAT MARTYR OF ALEXANDRIA / November 25
Apolytikion in the Plagal of the First Tone
Let us praise the most auspicious bride of Christ, the divine Katherine,
protectress of Sinai, our aid and our help. For, she brilliantly silenced the
eloquence of the impious by the sword of the spirit, and now, crowned as a
martyr, she asks great mercy for all.
Kontakion in the Second Tone
O friends of martyrs, now divinely raise up a renewed chorus, praising the allwise Katherine. For, she proclaimed Christ in the arena, trampled on the
serpent, and spat upon the knowledge of the orators.
Reading:
Saint Catherine, who was from Alexandria, was the daughter of Constas (or
Cestus). She was an exceedingly beautiful maiden, most chaste, and illustrious
in wealth, lineage, and learning. By her steadfast understanding, she utterly
vanquished the passionate and unbridled soul of Maximinus, the tyrant of
Alexandria; and by her eloquence, she stopped the mouths of the so-called philosophers who had been
gathered to dispute with her. She was crowned with the crown of martyrdom in the year 305. Her holy
relics were taken by Angels to the holy mountain of Sinai, where they were discovered many years later;
the famous monastery of Saint Catherine was originally dedicated to the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord
and the Burning Bush, but later was dedicated to Saint Catherine. According to the ancient usage, Saints
Catherine and Mercurius were celebrated on the 24th of this month, whereas the holy Hieromartyrs
Clement of Rome and Peter of Alexandria were celebrated on the 25th. The dates of the feasts of these
Saints were interchanged at the request of the Church and Monastery of Mount Sinai, so that the festival
of Saint Catherine, their patron, might be celebrated more festively together with the Apodosis of the
Feast of the Entry of the Theotokos. The Slavic Churches, however, commemorate these Saints on their
original dates.
Financial Stewards of holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 2015
Adamopoulos, Chris & Nancy
Adamopoulos, Demetrios
Agriantonis, Demetrios & Saori
Al-Annouf, Nabil & Rabia Batah
Alexandratos, Angelos
Alexandridis, Thanos
Alexopoulos, Demetrios & Lauren
Alexopoulos, John & Elena
Almasou, Elias & Rasha
Anagnostou, AnaMaria
Anagnostou, Anthoula
Anagnostou, Mary
Anastasakos, Georgia
Anastassiades, Andreas & Litsa
Andreadis, Evan & Theone
Andrianopoulos, Alexis
Andrianopoulos, Faith
Angeletakis, Christos & Christina
Anton, Anthony & Lucille
Apessos, Spyros & Maria
Apostolakis, Nicholas & Irene
Arvanitis, Argyrios & Lisa
Aslaouridis, Eleni & Nick
Atsidis, Kostas & Eutichia
Baker, Stephanie
Bambacus, Meropi
Bauman, Stephanie
Boines, Georgia
Bouloukos, Harry & Anastasia
Brown, Stacy & Mark
Burpulis, Byron & Kecia
Burpulis, John & Mary
Burpulis, Maria
Busby, Evee & William
Caras, Constantine $ Maria
Chahalis, Maria
Chambers, George & Katherine
Chappel, Jane
Chilimidos, Dennis & Effie
Chilimidos, Jerry & Amy
Dunkelberger, Penelope & Keith
Efelis, Michael
Efelis, Nicholas
Eliades, Sophie
Evangelatos, Speros & Emily
Evlom, Martena
Fafalios, Mary
Faller, James & Catherine
Ferentinos, Joan
Fessaras, Costas & Anna
Fotakos, Leonidas & Sophia
Fountzoulas, Costas & Audrey
Fournakis, Kathleen
Fournaris, Anna
Fournaris, Constantine
Fournaris, Emmanuel & Evanthea
Fournaris, George & Aspasia
Frangakis, John & Christine
Frangia, Steve
Galanakis, Ekaterini
Galanis, Agnes & Nick
Ganiaris, Pres. Joan
Ganoudis, Joanna
Gatanis, Theodore
Gatos, Paula
Geanopulos, Georgiean
Geanopulos, Katy
George, Anastasia
George, Mary
Georgiou, Gus
Gerakios, Michael
Gerakios, Nikoletta
Gerakios, Sakelaris & Spiridoula
Geralis, Loula
Gianelos, James & Stacie
Giannatos, Christian
Giannatos, Gerry & Anna
Gotides, Virginia
Graham, Alton & Catherine
Gray, David & Eugenia
Christofidis, Fr. Christos & Pres. Ioanna Grigorakakis, Maria
Christou, Christos
Grivas, Christopher & Michele
Christou, Vasilios & Alexandra
Grivas, Demetrios & Helen
Coates, Eftihia (Evie) & George
Guajardo, Evangelina
Colborn, Brian & Nicole
Guardascione, Lou & Shelly
Colyvas, Peter
Hadjipanayis, George & Voula
Constantinou, John & Carol
Halakos, Billy
Contompsis, Petros & Bessie
Halakos, Demetrios & Georgia
Costalas, Alexandra
Halakos, Evangelos & Donna
Costis, Gus & Patsy
Halakos, Joannis & Eftihia
Coulaloglou, Michele & Costas
Haldas, Harry
Courtis, Harry & Sophia
Haldas, Nicholas & Rodie
Coustenis, Robert & Katherine
Haldas, Thomas & Prudy
Cozamanis, Olympia
Hall, Elena & Phillip
Cusanelli, Patrick
Hann, Christopher & Amber
Dalianis, John & Vicky
Hann, Eugenia & Gary
Daskalopoulos, Jimmy & Anroniki
Hantzandreou, George & Diane
Demetriou, Spyros & Anna
Hantzandreou, Katerina
Diamanty, Thomas & Sue
Hantzandreou, Theodore & Labrini
Diamond, Anthony & Lauren
Hantzopoulos, George
Diamond, John & Susan
Hantzopoulos, Liza & Bill
Diamond, Thomas
Haralambidis, Maroula
Dickey, Irene
Hatzis, Nicholas & Katherine
Dorian, Paul & Amanda
Hatzis, Thomas & Georgia
Doukakis, Helen
Hernjak, Nicholas
Drimones, Clara
Hondry, Bill
Drimones, Nicholas
Hondry, Joan
Drossos, Peter
Humphrey, Caroline
Iliadis, Dimitrios & Tina
Ioannou, Ida
Issaris, Katherine
Jannelli, Richard & Eva
Joannides, Joseph & Alice
Johnson, Margo
Joseck, Fred & Xanthy
Kalaitzoglou, Apostolos & Niki
Kanas, Larry & Alicia
Kapordelis, Loula
Karakasidis, Demetrios & Eleni
Karakasidis, John & Vicki
Karaoglanis, Eleftherios & Niki
Karas, George
Karas, Tom
Karas, Yianni
Karavasilis, Nick & Foula
Kehagias, Basil & Irene
Keros, Georgia
Kimbiris, George & Beatriz
Kirifides, Alexander & Kathy
Kirifides, Eleni
Kirifides, Lazarus
Kirifides, Lazarus & Helen
Kirifides, Maria
Kirifides, Michael & Kerry
Kirifides, Vasil & Elefteria
Kirtses, Eugenia
Kirtses, Evan
Kirtses, Petros & Athy
Kledaras, Nicholas & Antonia
Kledaras, Olympia
Klezaras, Michael & Kathy
Klezaras III, Michael
Klezaras-Lurz, Marina
Kollias, Basil & Dimitra
Kollias, Georgia
Koninis, Christina
Koninis, John & Anastasia
Koninis, II, John & Eleni
Kontis, Gus & Cindy
Kontomaris, Kostas & Melissa
Kostas, John & Gale
Kotanidis, Anthony & Roula
Kotanidis, Christos & Maria
Kountourzis, Maria
Kramedas, Gregory & Matoula
Kramedas, Maria
Kritikos, Thrasivoulos & Evangelia
Kromedas, Constantinos & Vasiliki
Kyranakis, John
Laletas/Brockett, Ernest & Barbara
Lazare, John & Sandra
Lazaridis, Anastasis & Christina
Lazopoulos, John & Christina
Lemper, Anthony & Diane
Lempesis, Dimitra
Liarakos, George & Ann
Liparos, Anargyros
Little, Mary
Lomis, Dean & Toula
Long, Irene
MacKewiz, W. Lee & Irene
Makis, Gus & Anthi
Manis, Voula & John
Manolakis, Mary
Manolakos, Nick & Paula
Manoloudis, Michael & Kandi
Mantzavinos, Chris & Mary
Mantzavinos, Spiros & Megan
Maravelias, James & Diana
Marini, Irene
Markatos, Harry & Susan
Mavrantonis, Christina
Mavridis, Prodromos & Maria
McFarland, Antoinette & Steve
McManus, Theodora & Ryan
Mentis, Constantia
Michell, Constantine & Elaine
Michell, Theodore & Catherine
Mihok, Amy & Timothy
Milionis, Chris & Bryna
Milionis, Constantine
Misogianes, Milt & Carol
Mistras, Antonis & Soula
Moutsatsos, George & Alexia
Nagle, Stephanie
Nannas, Theodore & Alexandra
Ney, Bruce & Marina
Nicholas, Steve
Nicholas, William
Novakis, Louis
Ohlemacher, Leo & Evangline
Oikonomou, Georgios & Lena
Pagonis, Carrie
Pagonis, Markos & Cheryl
Pandelakis, Denis & Anna
Pantelopulos, Anthony & Daphne
Papachrysanthou, Christos & Penelope
Papachrysanthou, George & Laura
Papanicolas, Maria
Papettas, Vasilis & Christina
Pappas, Dean & Zoe
Pappas, Elizabeth
Pappas, Helen
Pappas, Sandra
Pappoulis, Demetra
Parker, Joe & Anastasia
Pastis, Jackie
Perna, Kevin & Elpida
Pettaris, George & Stavroula
Phalangas, Charalambos & Mary
Phalangas-Stroud, Anna & Sean
Phillips, Pauline
Pierson, Vetta & Charles
Pittaoulis, Steve
Pittas, John
Pittas, Michael
Popescu, Chris & Viktorya
Poulos, Marika
Poulos, Vasilios & Eulampia
Psaltis, John
Psaltis, Nickolas & Sophia
Psaltis, Thomas & Cindy
Raisis, Leonidas & Irene
Raisis, Spiros
Ranalli, Anthony & Marie
Rapposelli, Hareklia
Rassias, Dion & Gina
Rassias, George & Amalea
Rassias, Peter & Julie
Rayias, Peter
Regas, Sofia
Riggins, Margaret
Righos, George & Elaine
Roussalis, Valerie & John
Financial Stewards of holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 2015 (continued)
Roussos, Michael & Anna
Ruhl, David & Athena
Saitis, Mary
Sarmousakis, George & Anastacea
Sartin, Nimrah & Deborah
Savopoulos, Basil & Despina
Savopoulos, Virginia
Semos, Paul & Joann
Shaer, Issa & Nuha
Skiadas, Nicholas
Soccio, Stephen & Antonia
Spanos, John & Carol
Staikos, Nicholas & Eirini
Stathakis, Catherine
Stavropoulos, John & Xanthy
Stavru, Nicholas & Maria
Stevens, Richard & Penny
Stout, Bob & Voula
Tangalidis, Dimitrios & Maria
Tarabicos, Christina
Tarabicos, James & Sophia
Tarabicos, John & Joanne
Tarabicos, Nicholas
Tarabicos, Nina
Tawfik, Emad & Soultana
Terris, Costas & Clara
Terss, Eugenia
Theodorakis, Stamatis & Lisa
Thomas, Angelina & Richard
Thomas, Donald & Effy
Trikaliotis, Kostas
Tsaganos, Anthony & Joanne
Tsaganos, George & Alexandra
Tsaganos, Nicholas & Joanne
Tsaganos, Robert & Popi
Tsaganos, Tina
Tsakataras, George
Tsakataras, Nikki
Tsakumis, George & Julia
Tsakumis, Theodore
Tsaldaris, Nicholas & Bonnie
Tsavalas, George & Yvonne
Tsionas, Angela
Tsionas, Efthimios & Anna
Tsoukalas, George & Frideriki
Tsoukalas, Harry & Niki
Tsoukalas, Stavroula
Tsugranes, George & Penny
Turley, Steve & Akiko
If you have not sent in your pledge for 2015,
please take this opportunity to do so now!
Tzinoudis, Konstantinos & Demetra
Valko, Regina
Vande Poele, David & Anne
Vassilatos, George & Yvonne
Velitskakis, George
Velitskakis, Steve & Karen
Vice, Billy & Elaine
Visvardis, Socrates & Ruth
Vlamis, Nicholas & Peggy
Voultsis, Evangeline
Voultsis, Petros & Catherine
Vouras, Connie +
Vouras, Nicholas
Wallace, Charles & Olga
Wilkinson, Clifford & Suzanne
Wissman, Charles & Vaya
Wissman, Charles
Woodward, Georgia & Robert
Xarhoulakos, Peter
Xarhoulakos, Sofia
Yiannos, Stella
Zambetis, Paul & Zoe
Zerefos, Demetri & Tina
Zerefos, Markos & Eugenia
Zinna, Anthony & Nina
Zographos, Nicholas & Katherine
As of October 25, 2015
Stewardship…
...as of October 25, 2015
Amount Pledged:
$195,895.00
Amount Paid:
$198,808.00
Total Number of Pledging Families:
346
Total Number of Eligible Stewards:
600
Average Pledge:
$575.00
S HARING
Name
Address
City
State
Zip
Your stewardship number:
Your weekly 2014 pledge was:

Please increase my pledge by 10% to:

Please increase my pledge by 20% to:

My weekly 2015 commitment is:
$500.00
($42month or $10/week)
$1,000.00 ($84month or $20/week)
$1,500.00 ($125month or $29/week)
$5,000.00 ($415/month or $96/week)
$OTHER ($___/month or $___/week)
(above figures are rounded)
I/We understand that by completing this good faith estimate,
and by committing my/our Time, Service and Sharing section of
this Stewardship Card, I/We shall be steward(s) in good
standing of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church during 2015.
Signature
Date
Proportionate Sharing
Our operating budget for 2015 will be $500,000.
We offer you this giving guide to assist you in determining your 2015
pledge. Please use the enclosed envelopes and give according to what
God has blessed you.
PLEASE RETURN SIGNED CARD TO THE CHURCH OFFICE
Annual
Income
2%
Weekly
5%
Weekly
10%
Weekly
$15,000
$6
$14
$28
$25,000
$10
$24
$48
$35,000
$13
$34
$68
$45,000
$17
$43
$86
$65,000
$25
$64
$128
$100,000
$38
$96
$192
Please note… The next General Assembly will be on
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Please plan to attend
Annual AHEPA
Christmas Dinner
at
The Mendenhall Inn
(323 Kennett Pike [Rte 52] Chadds Ford, PA)
When:
Tuesday, December 8th / 5pm –9pm
Dinner Buffet
Cost: $5o per person Cash Bar
Members will be receiving pins honoring their
years of service and including our last
3 Past-Presidents
For more information or tickets contact:
Manny Kanas @ 302.738.2865
John Koninis, Sr. @ 302.475.1236
John Tarabicos @ 302.239.4950
Please RSVP by December 1st
(No tickets at the door.)
ALTAR GUILD
Members on Duty in October: Helen Doukakis, Catherine
Faller, Catherine Graham, Mary Mantzavinos, Steve Nicholas,
Sofia Regas and Barbara Vassos.
**********
Our efforts are supported totally by donations from the parishioners. If you wish to share your memorable events with
our Church Community by donating for the purchase of
flowers on your special days, please advise a member of the
Altar Guild (Helen Doukakis, 475-7672) or use the form below.
POINSETTIAS
The Altar Guild will once again be decorating our Church
with beautiful POINSETTIAS and other decorations for
Christmas. If you would like to make a donation for the purchase of the poinsettias, please fill in the form below and
mail it to the Altar Guild.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name______________________________________________________________
Telephone_______________ Reserve Date_____________________________
Special Occasion___________________________________________________
Enclosed $__________ Make checks payable to "Holy Trinity Altar Guild".
Mail to: Katherine Coustenis, 62 Springer Court, Hockessin, DE 19707
May we publish this in our monthly listings?
Yes________
No______
ICON BOOTH
For the convenience of the parishioners, the Icon Booth will be open on
November 8 and 22. Visit our booth to see all the beautiful icons, cookbooks, books for children, mugs and many other items. And a definite
MUST BUY – an ornament of our beautiful church.
Great ideas for gifts!!
****WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROUS SUPPORT****
GREAT Christmas Gift Idea!!
OUR HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
COMMEMORATIVE ORNAMENT
Limited Edition
Ideal Gift for Christmas, Name Day,
Christening, Birthdays,
and other Special Occasions
AVAILABLE at
The Altar Guild Icon Booth
or by mail delivery
~call the church office for details~
302.654.4446
HONORING THE CHARTER MEMBERS
AND PAST PRESIDENTS
Hellenic University Club Welcome Back Party ~ September 26, 2015
Holy Trinity’s 8th Annual Golf Tournament ~ ~ ~ October 16, 2015
To our Sponsors: THANK YOU for your continued Support
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Διάφορα
Δρ. Κώστας Γ. Φούντζουλας
Η Γειτονιά
Οι επισκέψεις μας στην Ελλάδα δεν είναι πάντοτε
ευχάριστες. Υπάρχουν και δυσάρεστες, που
γνωρίζουμε ότι θα συμβούν κάποτε. Μία από αυτές
είναι και η απώλεια του τελευταίου εναπομείνατος
γονέα. Η απώλεια γίνεται χειρότερη αν δεν
προλάβουμε την κηδεία του, γιατί το κλείσμο της
παίρνει περισσότερο χρόνο.
Αισθάνομαι τυχερός μέσα στην αναμενόμενη
ατυχία μου, γιατί ήμουν παρών στην κηδεία και των
δύο γονέων μου. Και τις δύο φορές αυτό που ήταν
υπέροχο ήταν η συμπαράσταση της γειτονάς, όπου
έζησα μέρος της ζωής μου με τους γονείς μου μέχρι
που μετανάστευσα στην νέα μου πατρίδα, τις ΗΠΑ.
Στην Ελλάδα δεν υπάρχει ακόμη «Ο Οίκος
Κηδείας», για την απόδοση τιμών στον νεκρό και
έκφραση συμπαράστασης στην οικογένειά του σε
συγκεκριμένες ώρες.
Η γειτονιά μαζί με τους
συγγενείς επισκέπτονται το σπίτι του αποβιώσαντος
για να εκφράσουν τα συλληπητήρια τους. Είναι κάτι
σαν τις επισκέψεις για την ονομαστικές εορτές.
Κανείς δεν χρειάζεται πρόσκληση για την επίσκεψη. Η
πόρτα είναι ανοικτή για όλους. Η συζήτηση συνήθως
παρεκτρέπεται σε άλλα πράγματα, συνήθως πολιτική,
που πραγματικά ελαφρύνουν την ατμόσφαιρα. Η
επίσκεψη συνήθως κρατά για πολλές ώρες.
Μετά την κηδεία πολλοί προσπαθούν να σου
απαλύνουν τον πόνο προσκαλώντας σε στο σπίτι τους
συνήθως για δείπνο. Άνθρωποι που πιθανώς μετά από
πολλά χρόνια συμβίωσης στην ίδια γειτονιά να είχαν
πρόβλήματα με τον αποβιώσαντα τα λησμονούν όλα
έστω και για μία στιγμή και σε προσκαλούν στο σπίτι
τους. Σ’ αυτές τις δύσκολες στιγμές η γειτονιά είναι ο
παρηγορητής που χρειάζεσαι για να να απαλύνουν τον
πόνο τους. Μοιράζονται μαζί σου κοινές ιστορίες από
τα παιδικά σου χρόνια και σε διαβεβαιώνουν ότι θα
είναι εκεί για εσένα όταν χρεισθής κάτι. Πολλές
φορές αυτά είναο μόνο λόγια για΄τι ο καθένας έχει τα
δικά του προβλήματα, αλλά εκέινη την στιγμή
νοιώθεις ότι δεν είσαι μόνος.
Δυστυχώς στις ΗΠΑ η γειτονιά συνήθως δεν
πάρχει. Οι γειτονές μας είναι άνθρωποι που έτυχε ν’
αγοράσουν ένα σπίτι, που δεν μοιράζονται τίποτε
κοινό μ’ εμάς από παρελθόν, και γι αυτό δεν έχουν να
προσφέρουν τίποτε περισσότερο ο ένας στον άλλον
πέρα από τυπικά συλληπητήρια. Η πραγματικότητα
και η κοινωνική και οικονομική επιτυχία μας σκότωσε
την δική μας «γειτονιά», που ήταν οι κοινότητές μας.
Various
Dr. Costas G. Fountzoulas
The Neighborhood
Our visits to Greece are not always pleasant. There
are also unpleasant ones, which we know that sooner
or later will happen. One of them is the loss of the last
remaining parent. The loss becomes worse if we are
not present at their funeral, because the loss takes
longer to heal, since we were not present at the
moment of the burial.
I feel lucky in my anticipated misfortune, because
I was present at the funeral of my two parents. Both
times, the support of the neighborhood, where I lived
part of my life with my parents until I immigrated to
my new homeland, the USA, was wonderful and
soothing.
In Greece there not is yet “The Funeral Home” for
honoring the dead and expressing sympathy to his/her
family at certain times. The neighborhood and the
relatives visit the deceased's house to express their
condolences. It resembles the visits for the name days.
Nobody needs an invitation to visit. The door is open
to everyone. The discussion usually is about other
things, usually politics that really makes the sad
atmosphere lighter. The visit usually goes on for many
hours.
After the funeral, many neighbors try to alleviate
your pain by inviting you to their home, usually for
dinner. People, who probably after many years of
living together in the same neighborhood had
problems with the deceased, forget everything even
for a moment and invite you to their home. In these
difficult times, the neighborhood is the comforter that
you need to alleviate their pain. They share with you
common stories from your childhood years and they
ensure you that they will be there for you when and if
you will need something. Many times these are only
words, because everyone has their own problems, but
at that moment you feel that you are not alone.
Unfortunately in the US the neighborhood usually
does not exist. Our neighbors are people who
happened to buy a house there, and they do not share
anything in common with us from the past, and
therefore do not have anything more to offer each
other beyond formal condolences. The reality and our
social and economic success killed our own
“neighborhood”, which were our communities.
November 2015
Sun
1
5th Sunday of Luke
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy
10am Sunday School
Philoptochos to pass
tray for Patriarchate
Mon
2
7pm Bible
Class
4pm AMBASSADORS
AWARDS EVENT
Tue
3
6pm Girls BBall
Practice
7:15pm Boys BBall
Practice
7pm Investment
Committee Meeting
7pm AHEPA Board
Meeting
7pm OCF @ UD
Catholic Chapel
Wed
4
12:30pm Bible
Study
Thu
Fri
5
6
5pm Bible Class
5pm Greek
School
Sat
7
JOY KIDS
MISSION
PROJECT
4pm
Philoptochos
Executive
Board Meeting
6pm Choir
Practice
FAST
FAST
8
7th Sunday of Luke
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy
10am Sunday School
Stewardship Sunday
Luncheon
9
St Nektarios
8:45am
Orthros
10am Divine
Liturgy
7pm Bible
Class
10
6pm Girls BBall
Practice
6:30pm AHEPA
Meeting
7:15pm Boys BBall
Practice
7pm OCF @ UD
Catholic Chapel
12:30pm
Philoptochos Meeting
11
12:30pm Bible
Study
6pm Choir
Practice
7:30pm DVYC
Meeting @
Evangelismos,
Bustleton
12
Great Vespers of St
John Chrysostom
7pm @ Metropolis
Headquarters
12pm @
Emmanuel Dining
Room
1pm Young @
Heart
13
St John
Chrysostom
9am Orthros &
Divine Liturgy
@ Metropolis
Headquarters
5pm Greek
School
14
GOYA SERVICE
PROJECT @ St.
Thomas, Cherry
Hill, NJ
Fund Raising
Event for St
Nicholas Shrine @
St. Demetrios,
Upper Darby, PA
Cypriot Night /
Mistras Hall
Rental
5pm Bible Class
FAST
FAST
15
Nativity Fast Begins
8th Sunday of Luke
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy
10am Sunday School
12:30pm SS Teachers
Meeting
Fall General
Assembly
16
Matthew the
Apostle
8:45am
Orthros
10am Divine
Liturgy
17
6pm Girls BBall
Practice
7:15pm Boys BBall
Practice
7pm OCF @ UD
Catholic Chapel
7pm Bible
Class
FAST
18
12:30pm Bible
Study
19
5pm Bible Class
20
5pm Greek
School
6pm Choir
Practice
7pm PC Meeting
FAST
FAST
FAST
FAST
22
23
24
25
26
27
7pm Bible
Class
6pm Daughters of
Penelope Meeting
6pm Girls BBall
Practice
7:15pm Boys BBall
Practice
7pm OCF @ UD
Catholic Chapel
St Catherine
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine
Liturgy
Thanksgiving Day
Church Office
Closed
Church Office
Closed
FAST
FAST
FAST
DVYC BBall @ St. Luke,
Broomall, PA
FAST
FAST
29
13th Sunday of Luke
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy
Family Worship
30
St Andrew
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine
Liturgy
12pm St. Elpida
Serving @
Emmanuel
Dining Room
DVYC BBall @ Holy
Trinity, Wilmington,
DE
FAST
7pm Bible Class
FAST
Entrance of
Theotokos
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine
Liturgy
HOPE/JOY Pie
Bake
FAST
9th Sunday of Luke
8:45am Orthros
10am Divine Liturgy
10am Sunday School
Sunday School FOOD
DRIVE ENDS &
CHRISTMAS DRIVE
BEGINS
Thanksgiving Tray Passed
by Philoptochos
HOPE/JOY Pie Sale
21
FAST
28
NO Choir
Practice
FAST
FAST
Νοέμβριος 2015
Κυριακή
1 5η Κυριακή του
Λουκά
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία Λειτουρ.
10πμ Κατηχητικό
Δίσκος Φιλοπτώχου
για το Πατριαρχείο
4μμ ΒΡΑΨΕΙΑ
ΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΩΝ
Δευτέρα
2
7μμ Τάξις
Βίβλου
8
7η Κυριακή του
Λουκά
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
10πμ Κατηχητικό
9
Αγιος
Νεκτάριος
8:45πμ
Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
Γεύμα Κυριακής
Διαχειριστών
12:30μμ Συναντή
Φιλοπτώχου
7μμ Τάξις
Βίβλου
15 Άρχεται Νηστεία
16
Αποστόλου
Ματθαίου
8:45πμ
Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
Χριστουγέννων
8η Κυριακή του
Λουκά
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία
10πμ Κατηχητικό
12:30μμ Συνάντηση
Διδασκόντων
Κατηχητικού
Γενική Συνέλευση
Φθινοπώρου
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
22 9η Κυριακή του
Λουκά
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία Λειτουργία
10πμ Κατηχητικό
Συλλογή φαγητού
Κατηχητικού τελείωνει &
Αρχίζει των
Χριστουγέννων
Δίσκος Φιοπτ΄ψχου
Ημέρας Ευχαριστιών
ΕΛΠΙΔΑ/ΧΑΡΑ
Πώληση Πίτας
7μμ Τάξις
Βίβλου
Τετάρτη
3
6μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Θηλέων
7:15μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Αρρένων
7μμ Συνάντηση
ΑΧΕΠΑ
7pm OCF
@UDΚαθολικό
Εκκλησάκι
4
12:30 μμ
Μελέτη
Βίβλου
4μμ Συναντή
Φιλοπτώχου
10
6μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Θηλέων
6:30pm AHEPA
Meeting
7:15μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Αρρένων
7pm OCF
@UDΚαθολικό
Εκκλησάκι
11
12:30 μμ
Μελέτη
Βίβλου
17
6μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Θηλέων
7:15μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Αρρένων
7pm OCF
@UDΚαθολικό
Εκκλησάκι
6 μμ Πρακτική
Χορωδίας
7:30μμ
Συνάντηση
DVYC @
Evangelismos,
Bustleton
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
18
12:30 μμ
Μελέτη
Βίβλου
6 μμ Πρακτική
Χορωδίας
6
5μμ Τάξις Βίβλου
5μμ Ελληνικό
Σχολείο
7
ΠΡΌΤΖΕΚΤ
Jαποστολής
JOY KIDS
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
12
12μμ Σερβίρισμα
@ Emmanuel
Dining Room
1μμ Αειθαλείς
Νέοι
5μμ Τάξις Βίβλου
13
Αγίου Ιωάννου
Χρυσοστόμου
9πμ Όρθρος
& Θεία
Λειτουργία
5μμ Ελληνικό
Σχολείο
14
Πρότζεκτ GOYA
Νύκτα Κυπρίων /
Αίουσα Αντώνη
Μιυστράς
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
19
5μμ Τάξις Βίβλου
20
5μμ Ελληνικό
Σχολείο
7μμ Συνάντηση
ΚΣ
21
Εισόδεια της
Θεοτόκου
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
Ψήσιμο Πίτας
ΕΛΠΙΔΑ/
ΧΑΡΑ
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
26
27
28
Ημέρα των
Ευχαριστίών.
Γραφείο
Εκκλησίας
Κλειστό
Γραφείο
Εκκλησίας
Κλειστό
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
25
7μμ Τάξις
Βίβλου
6μμ Συν. Θυγατέρων
Πηνελόπης
6μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Θηλέων
7:15μμ Προπον
Μπ.Μπ.Αρρένων
7pm OCF
@UDΚαθολικό
Εκκλησάκι
Αγίας
Αικατερίνης
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
30 Αγίου
Ανδρέα
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
12μμ Αγ.
Επλπίδα
Σερβίρει @
Emmanuel
Dining Room
7μμ Τάξις
Βίβλου
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
5
Σάββατο
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
24
29
13η Κυριακή του
Λουκά
8:45πμ Όρθρος
10πμ Θεία
Λειτουργία
Οικογενειακή
Λατρεία
Παρασκευή
ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
23
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6 μμ Πρακτική
Χορωδίας
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ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
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