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Volume 19 Issue 7 July-August 2019 Proistamenos: Fr. Jon Emanuelson

Church News ............................... 1

Priest Message .............................. 3

Tyler Craig .................................... 4

St. Panteleimon ............................. 6

Transfiguration of Our Lord ...... 11

Stewardship ............................. 15

Memorials ................................ 16

Calendars ................................. 18

Church News

ope the community is enjoying this won-

derful summer weather. This Light of Life is a two-month edition. So when the Septem-ber issue comes out, our annu-al festival will be just around the corner, especially because Labor Day is early this year. The Festival will run two and half days. The half-day on Thursday has been brought back. It will be a limited menu with not all the booths open. The details have yet to be de-termined. The Festival com-mittee is meeting every two weeks on Sunday after coffee hour. The next two in July will be the 14th and the 28th. Let us all be ready to support our home, Holy Trinity, Septem-ber 5-7 during our festival. Also, every Monday at 6:30, there a catechism class taught by Fr. Jon all are welcomed.

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Building & Addition: John Stass, Mike PelletierCemetery: Michael PelletierEducation: Chris SiroisFestival: Aaron LandryFinance & Endowment: Dorothy Moskovis, Mike Pelletier. Hellenic Heritage: Georgia ChomasInterior: Stella Gammaitoni, John RozosMaintenance: Jim Simones, Harry Simones, Stella GammaitoniParish Historical Society: John KesarisSpiritual Enrichment: Ann RobinsonStewardship: Melissa Simones LandryLibrarian: Tom GoodwinLadies Society: Christine SiroisChoir Directors: John Rozos, Chris GianopoulosSunday School Director: Stella Gammaitoni, Christine KrogerReaders: George Simones, David LeGloahec, John Rozos, Jaye GouletAcolyte Guides: Roger ParkBook Store Manger: Desrée TanquayVisitation Committee: Margery Mars (933-4949) & Christine Sirois

(784-7107) Other Members: Ann Pelletier, Dotty Moskovis, George Simones, Rosemary Goranites, Deserée Tanquay, and John Rozos.

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Priest’s MessageCelebrating American Independence & Our Panagia

pray everyone celebrates American Independence

in good health! Our country is founded on freedom. Free-dom of religion is at the heart of our country. Therefore, on the Sunday nearest to the 4th of July we had a beautiful doxol-ogy at the end of Liturgy. This year, Sunday, July 7, 2019 is our church commemoration of our American Indepen-dence. Let’s us all come to-gether and pray for the well-being of our United States of America this coming Sunday!

Let us remember that free-dom should not be taken for granted. With freedom of religion comes responsibil-ity to uphold our Orthodox Christian Faith. Please sup-port our Holy Trinity in body and spirit and truth this sum-mer. Let attend Liturgy, in a timely manner, every Sunday! Let us keep donating our time and resources to our churches continued efforts to uphold the gospel. May the spirit of speaking the truth in love about our love for Christ and each other be in our hearts and on our lips to all we encounter.

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Church News

Let support our brothers and sisters in Saco when they have their festival July 19-21.

Dear Holy Trinity Family,

Mr. Christos Karagiannes fell asleep in the Lord on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. He is very dear to our community and I appreci-ate everyone’s desire to know the arrangements so you may pray with the family for his re-pose. The general information that I am aware of as of today is the following: visitation on Friday, July 19 and funeral on Saturday, July 20. I ask every-one to be patient. The family members from many places will be traveling to Holy Trin-ity for the funeral. As soon as we know the official arrange-ments, we will send an email to everyone. May God bless the family and may his mem-ory be eternal. The sympathy of the Parish is extended to Fa-ther Peter on the recent death of his mother, Nancy Day.

Make sure you read about our newest member Tyler Craig on page 4. There is possibly pic-nic in the planning stage for the end of July. Check your emails and listen to announcements.

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Introducing Tyler Craig

On Sunday, June 30th the Sacrament of Chrismation was received by Tyler Craig, a young man who has been attending Holy Trinity for a little over a year and, who after study and discussion guided by Father Jon, desired to become a Greek Orthodox Christian. Tyler lives with his parents in Skowhegan and we were pleased that his mother, Lisa, was able to attend the service. Peter and Margery Mars are Tyler’s godparents. Below please read below about Tyler and his faith journey, written in his own words.

“I was born April 19th, 1997 in Landstuhl, Germany to my parents Robert and Lisa Craig, who were at the time in the Air Force. Our family moved to Colorado a few months after I was born. It was in Colorado where my brother Cody was born and then finally to Florida, where my youngest brother Jacob was born. At the age of 5, I was baptized at McGregor Baptist in Florida, along with my younger brother Cody.

Our family moved to Maine around mid-2008, and wres-tling became a big part of my life. By the time I graduated high school, I had won three state titles, placed 5th at New Englands, and traveled all around the country for wrestling. This allowed for me to be recruited for wrestling by a couple schools, but I was mostly interested in the United States Merchant Marine Academy in New York. Had it not been for the Head Coach at USMMA, I probably would not have been there. One key fea-ture about this school, also known as Kings Point, was a system called “sea year”, where students would go out to sea as cadets to work on commercial ships and gain valuable on-the-job train-ing that would propel them to ultimately become future mates and engineers in the fleet.

It was over sea year that I first encountered Orthodoxy through an officer with whom I sailed. He was from the Ukraine and had asked me about Christianity at a time when I wasn›t living a Christian life and could be described very accurately as “lukewarm”. He told me about Orthodoxy and I became curi-

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Priest’s Messagecontinuied from pg. 3

This July there are many saints days remembered: St. Kyriaki (July 7), Sts. Kyrikos & Julitta (July 15), St. Marina (July 17), St. Makrina (July 19), Prophet Elias (July 20), St. Mary Magdalene (July 22), St. Anna (July 25), St. Christina (July 24), St. Paraskevi (July 26), St. Panteleimon (July 27), St. Irene Chrysovalantou (July 28), just to mention a few! Happy name to those who celebrate. The summer camp is from July 14 through July 20. Thus, the relics for Sts. Kyrikos & Julitta will be brought forth for veneration on Sunday, July 21 at the end of Liturgy.Our Panagia

During the 15 days at the beginning of August, we have a fast in honor of our Pan-agia, the Theotokos and ever-Virgin Mary. Each night we have a beautiful Paraklesis dedicated to the Theotokos. This year we will alternate between the Small and Great Paraklesis. The dormition of the Theotokos completes the fast on August 14/15. Please join us as often as possible. In addition to this feast day,

ous about this faith that I had only heard of once or twice before, and only in name. After having done re-search on this church I became very intrigued and shaken by it. I had never bothered to do research on my faith before and was very igno-rant about the origins of Christian-ity and was certainly disillusioned by my previous nondenominational background as well as the very large number of denominations out there. The fact that Orthodoxy could lay claim to a succes-sion and continuity that goes back all the way to Jesus Christ himself was mind-blowing, and certainly not something my previous church could lay claim. This, among many, many other factors, convinced me that The Orthodox Church was the church founded by Christ whose traditions are kept alive in the present day, and I sought to find a Sunday to visit an Orthodox church. I attended my first service ever at Holy Trinity roughly a year to a year and a half ago when I was on break from school, and since then made it my goal to become a part of this church. While I was at Kings Point I continued to attend an Orthodox Church that was close by, but it wasn›t until my time at Kings Point was finished that I was able to undergo the catechism pro-cess. This has finally led me to where I am now, having finally been chrismated as Stephen (Stefanos) on June 30th, 2019.

At this point, I know that my faith journey has only just be-At this point, I know that my faith journey has only just be- journey has only just be-gun, and I would very much like to become more involved with the Orthodox Church in whatever capacity I can. Whether or not this means leading more people to Orthodoxy as I have been led,or simply becoming a more active member in the church, I want to help in any way I currently can. (And any advice or feed-back you can offer is greatly appreciated.)

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Saint Panteleimon was born about 284 AD in the city of Nicodemia. His father, Evstorgios, was an idolater while

his mother, Evoulis, was a devout Christian. She raised her son, whose real name was Pantoleonta, in the Christian way of life. She passed away while her son was still young.

Initially Pantoleonta was educated in his native tongue and then in Greek. His father sent him to study under the famous physician, Evfrosinos. Quickly he surpassed the other students. He was handsome, soft-spoken, humble and all who spoke with him felt true happiness and peace. Because of these virtues, he became well known in Nicodemia. One day he went with Evfrosinos to the palace and it was here that the ruler, Maximian, first saw him. He instructed Evfrosinos to educate Pantoleonta to the utmost so that he could be appointed royal physician.

At that time, Saint Ermolaos, the head of the Church in Nicodemia, lived in a house with other Christians. He watched Pantoleonta every day as he went to his studies and finally asked him about his religion. Pantoleonta told him that while his mother was alive he had been a Christian, but now his father had made him follow the pagans. Ermolaos told him that if he believed with all his heart in the true God he would be able to cure anyone with His help. Pantoleonta acknowledged everything he was told and from that time on, he went to Ermolaos for counsel and began to accept Christ with all his heart.

Time passed, and one day, with the grace of God, Pantoleonta saved a child from certain

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death after being bitten by a viper. He needed no further proof that Christ was the true God. Ermolaos baptized Pantoleonta, gave him Holy Communion, and instructed him in the Sacraments of the Holy Church. He remained for seven days with this holy man, and during this time he became completely acquainted with the teachings and practices of the Church.

Soon, Pantoleonta was working towards his father’s conversion to Christianity. This was finally achieved when he saw his son cure a man of his blindness. By the grace of God, the man regained his sight, not only physically, but also spiritually, for before this time he was an idolater. Pantoleonta took the man and his father to Saint Ermolaos who baptized them.

Pantoleonta distributed his wealth among

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came to him. The only payment the Saint would ask was that the healed person believes that Jesus Christ was their true healer. The other physicians became very envious and wanting to betray the Saint to the Emperor, a group of them went to Maximian and told him that the doctor that he himself had educated was healing Christians and that the idolaters were converting to Christianity. As proof, the blind man who was cured was brought before the Emperor, who tried to convince him that the gods had cured him and not Christ. But it was futile. Maximian realized that everything the doctors had told him was true. He ordered that the man be beheaded. The Saint secretly took the man’s body and buried it in a Christian place.

Pantoleonta was ordered to appear before the Emperor, who described the charges that were brought before him and ordered Pantoleonta to sacrifice to the gods. The Saint refused. The false-priests and doctors begged the Emperor to execute him so that Christianity would not

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August 5/6, we celebrate the Transfiguration of our Lord. There is also the blessing of the grapes. The great Vespers of both feast days will be cel-ebrated with an Artoklasia!

Our Panagia is the most fervent intercessor to our Lord and her Son, Jesus Christ. Join us each evening during the first 14 days to commemorate the life of the Virgin Mary and the wondrous blessings and mira-cles from her intercessions. Let us join in chanting “Most holy Theotokos save us!” Let us sing the Kontakion together:

A fervent prayer and a wall unshakeable, Intercessor to our holy Maker unwavering,

Reject not, the prayerful cries of those who are in sin.

Instead, come to us for You are good, Your loving help bring unto us,

Who are crying in faith to you.

Hasten to intercede, And speed not to supplicate.

As a protection for all time, Theotokos for those who hon-or you.

Love always,

Fr. Jon

Priest’s Messagecontinuied from pg. 5

Catechism Class

Summer Schedule 2019

Mondays at 6:30-7:30pm

Dates and Themes

July 15 – No class. (Summer Camp in New Hampshire.)

July 22 – You are chosen!

July 29 – The ministry of Christ Jesus and our ministry

August 5 – Great Vespers for Transfiguration – join us!

August 12 – Teachings of Jesus, can we apply these?

August 19 – Miracles, how and why do they happen?

August 26 – Who do you Love? agape, philos, eros

September 2 – No Class. (Labor Day)

September 9 – No Class (A moment to breathe after the festival.)

September 16 – No class

September 23 – Orthodoxy in its fullness!

Fall Schedule to be announced.


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The defeated Emperor passed final sentence on the Saint. He was to he beheaded and his body was to he cremated. The Saint was taken and tied to an olive tree. As the soldier raised his sword to behead the Saint, the sword melted as if it were made of wax. The soldiers fell to their knees and admitted their beliefs in Christ. The Saint prayed for them and forgave them for their sins. A voice came from heaven, saying to Pantoleonta that all he had asked for had been granted and that from this time on he would he known not as Pantoleonta, but as


down a hill. The purpose was to tear the Saint’s Body to pieces. Instead, it rolled over several idolaters and killed them. The Saint again suffered no harm.

Pantoleonta decided to bring Saint Ermolaos to the people, since his words could convert even more pagans to Christianity. Ermolaos and two other men, Ermocratis and Ermippon, were brought before the Emperor who tried to convince them that they believed in a false God. Unable to make them renounce their faith they were tortured and finally beheaded. The bodies were secretly taken by some Christians and buried with honour.

gain in popularity among the people. Unable to change his beliefs, Maximian ordered that the Saint be tortured. First they tied him to a board and tore his skin with iron claws. Then, the soldiers burned him with their torches. The Saint prayed to God to give him strength to withstand the torture. Next the Saint was taken and placed in a kettle but the tar remained cool around him. The Emperor considered the miracles to be magic tricks performed by Pantoleonta. Continuing with his efforts he had a boulder tied to the Saint and thrown into the sea. The boulder became light and the Saint floated on the water. Maximian still refused to recognize the power of the true God. Next the Saint was placed in the stadium but the wild beasts peacefully walked towards him and licked his feet. The crowd cheered and together praised God and Pantoleonta. Maximian was enraged and had all the animals butchered. The miracle served to honour the Saint and to show others the way of righteousness.

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Panteleimon (All-merciful). He forced the soldiers to behead him so that he could receive the crown of martyrdom. After kissing the Saint, the soldiers beheaded him. St Panteleimon gave his life for Christ on 27 July 304 AD. It is said that the olive tree to which he was tied, immediately bloomed and brought forth fruit. Hearing of this, the Emperor ordered that the tree be cut down and that the body be burned. The soldiers, however, did not return to the palace. They and other Christians took the holy body and buried it. The body was anointed with myrrh and buried outside of the city in the Place of the Scholar Adamantinos.

Saint John of Damascus informs us that the remains were transported to Constantinople; however, in the 12th century the Crusaders removed them. Saint Panteleimon is often asked by faithful Christians to aid them in times of sickness. He is believed to take special interest in those who are crippled. He is considered equal to the Benevolent Saints Cosmas and Damianos.

by Christina Dedoussis



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rom the 6th to the 15th of August, for eight consecutive days, the Church celebrates the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A little while before His voluntary Im-maculate Passion and His death on the

Cross, Christ isolated Himself for prayer on top of a hill (a mountain, as it is given geo-graphically in Palestine), which is known by the name Tabor. With Him were present His three exceptionally loved and trustwor-thy Disciples, namely Peter, James and John.

If we are to accept the opinion of Eusebi-ous of Caesaria, which Saint Nikodemus the Hagiorites also agrees with, as well as other Holy Fathers of the Church, this event must have taken place forty days before His Pas-sion. However, the exact number of days, for us, is not of great significance. What is important is the reality of the event itself.

“And while He was praying, the appearance of His countenance was altered” writes the Evan-gelist Luke “and His raiment became dazzling white”(Luke 9:29). According to Matthew and stated more explicitly: “And He was transfigured before them and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became white as light” (Matthew 17:2). Like-wise appeared, in front of the eyes of the Dis-ciples, Moses and Elijah, who were conversing with Jesus, they were overshadowed by a bright mist, a luminous cloud. And from this mist, a voice was heard, which said: “This is my beloved Son, with Whom I am well pleased! Listen to Him!”

This event constitutes a triple divine rev-elation, when the identity of Jesus is revealed to the Apostles. That is not only the strange change in His appearance and the inundation

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of light which emanated from His face, but the witnessing of the voice of the Father and the presence of the two most holy people from the “other side”, that is, Moses and Elijah are con-firming without a margin of doubt that Jesus is not just a simple person, or a wise teacher, a virtuous reformer of some new-wave of life-style, a charismatic miracle-worker, or even, a Prophet or a Saint, but He is the Son and the Word of the Living God! True God from True God! Light from light! The true and eternal light, which illuminates and sanctifies “every person who comes into the world”. It is revealed in a triumphant way that He who lived with them for a whole three years and asked: “who the people say that I am?” (Matthew 16:13); the One Who treated them as friends and brothers, Who in a short while will be driven to the awe-some Golgotha, the (place of a skull), where He will be crucified and die; and the One Who was buried in a stranger’s tomb, like a common

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mortal, a foreigner, rejected by the people, even as one of the departed! He who will appear insignificant and weak, with-out “stately or comeliness”. He is the One True God, the only worthy of worship, Adonijah, the Lord, Elohim, Jehovah - as some may prefer! Thus, when they will see Him on the Cross, suffering and dying, ac-cording to His second nature, the human one, this should not cause them to be scandal-ized and loose their faith, but to comprehend that His Pas-sion and His death were vol-untary, a further emptying of Himself, an overflow of His love for Man and his salvation. Furthermore, to preach to the entire world that He, truly He, the One Crucified, Buried and Resurrected, Jesus Whom they saw and acquainted them-selves with, in His company, heard and felt with their hands, is the reflection of the glory of the Father which so beauti-fully the Kontakion (hymn) of the celebrated day underlines:

“You were transfigured on the mount, and Your Disciples, so far as they were able, beheld Your glory, O Christ our God; so that, when they should see You crucified, they should remember

that Your suffering was volun-tary, and could declare to all the world that You are truly the ef-fulgent Splendour of the Father”!

Hence, the Transfiguration of Christ is a revelation of His divine identity and certainly within the limits which the Apostles could uphold “so far as they were able”. It is impos-sible for someone to see God in all His glory and grandeur, and to survive! The dazzle, the surprise, the awe and the excessive joy - if one is puri-fied, like Peter, James or John and all the Saints throughout the ages - or the sadness, if he is unclean and unrepented - like the majority of us, will destroy him. It will yield to him apoplexy! This is why the All-Merciful God suitably or-ganizes the things and reveals only a portion of His light, of

His magnificence and of His glory, as much as His Disci-ples can endure! Then again, as He reinforces them spiritu-ally, in an exceptional manner, transforming their inner-self and not allowing them to re-main in their usual state, that of a weak everyday human!

Furthermore, the Trans-figuration of our Saviour is a revelation of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity; The Son and Word of the Father is present bodily on Tabor, as the God-Man Jesus Christ. The Father is heard to be saying: “This is my beloved Son, with Whom I am we// pleased”. The Holy Spirit appears in a paradoxical form of a bright mist. A bright cloud is an oxymoron! However, the Comforter makes His pres-ence perceivable in a “holy-

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paradoxical” and most “God-properly” manner, above and beyond every “logical” or “normally occurring” event!

This truth is expressed mar-velously in the most theologi-cal “Exaposteilarion” hymn of the Matins of the celebrated day: “O You Word, untrans-formable Light, the Light the unborn Father, by Your light which has shown today on Ta-bor, we have seen the Father’s light and the Spirit’s light, lighting the whole creation”.

In the Byzantine iconog-raphy, I mean the Orthodox iconography; the icon of the Transfiguration of Christ clear-ly expresses this revelation of the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. Christ appears on Tabor in two successive bright figures, “glo-ries” - as they are called. An oval or circle, which symboliz-es the bright mist, and another shape in a form of a rhombus or something like an isosceles triangle with rays emanating from its base, is depicting sym-bolically the voice of the Father. Therefore, the holy icon of the Transfiguration is for us, the Orthodox, simultaneously an icon of the Most-Holy Trinity!


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The Transfiguration of our Saviour reveals something more! It reveals what is to be-come of us, the faithful, pro-vided of course we love Him sincerely and keep all His commandments and proceed in accordance with His divine wishes, and labour with hon-our His orders of deliverance, enforcing His Bible unadulter-ated, and living the life of the Church in purity, and correct worship in communion with all the Saints, equally with those of the “Triumphant”, and those in the “Militant” Church, who constitute the non-de-ceived teachers and leaders of those wishing salvation.

The divine alteration that occurred to the three Disci-ples on Tabor during the time of the Transfiguration of the lord will happen to us too and we will be worthy to become “God-viewers”, like them and all the Saints of the ages. The light which they received from the strange and the not-creat-ed light of His Godliness not only to their human eyes but throughout their whole body and soul, as far as the depths of their existence, which made them lighted and “God-sim-ilars”, we will also receive!

That unspeakable joy which was foretasted, and made the always enthusiastic Peter to say: “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, we will make three booths here, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (Matthew 17:4). Let us stay here, he wanted to say, forever on Tabor, never to descend to the daily routine of contem-porary reality and the earthly afflictions! This God-given joy, the only true and inalienable joy, will also come to us... The eternal beatitude which Moses and Elijah enjoyed and erect-ed to the right and left of the God-Man, will be granted to

us too...We will become “com-municants of the Divine Na-ture” (2 Peter 1:4) and partak-ers of the eternal life... Saints from the sole Saint! Righteous from the only Righteous One and lights from the only true Light! Small gods, by the Grace of God, and not because of our worthiness! Gods with a lowercase initial ‘g’, from the Only God, the Great, the only One worthy to be writ-ten with a capital initial ‘G’! The beginningless Father, the equally beginningless Son and the co-eternal All-Holy Spirit!

The certification and cred-ibility of that field are our Saints, the ones to whom this

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Presbyteria Vicki and Stella at the Laity Award in Boston

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already have occurred. They have already achieved Theosis (Deification) and shine as lu-minaries into the spiritual fir-mament of the Church, radiat-ing the light of the knowledge of God and the true Theology. Our Saints with the miracles they perform are partakers of the Divine Grace and commu-nicants of God, and through their holy relics, which are full of the Divine Grace and allow us to keep them as a priceless treasure and vener-ate them feeling their inex-pressible fragrance which they give forth! We see how these holy relics cure the ill and cast away the unclean spir-its which are visible samples of unification with God, thus giving a truthful witnesses that “those who have excelled and peaked in virtues - like themselves - will obviously be worthy of the Godly glory”...!

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Amfilo ........................ 12/2019S. & A Bournakel ......... 12/2019C. Bournakel .............. 12/2019Goranites ..................PerpetualHildreth ....................PerpetualJames ........................PerpetualKaragiannes ............... 12/2018

MemorialsIf you wish to have a memorial in the bulletin, please see D. LeGloahec

or eMail to:[email protected]. Listed below is the name and the last bulletin.

Karvelas .................. 12/2019Kesaris ...................PerpetualKleros.....................PerpetualMargarones ............PerpetualMerkouis ................Perpetual

Pelletier .............. PerpetualSamson .............. PerpetualTaxiarchis ........... PerpetualVlacheas (2) .........12/2019

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M E M O R I A L S

In Memory ofErvin & Virginia

Pelletier

May their memories be eternal

In Memory ofAntheJames

May her memory be eternal

In Memory ofGeorgia

Taxiarchis


In Memory ofJames & Mary

Goranites


In Memory ofJohn

Margarones

May his memory be eternal

In Memory ofNicholas

& EvridiceMerkouris


In Memory ofMary

Samson


In Memory ofTheodore &

Elizabeth Kleros


In Memory ofLewis Kesaris


In Memory ofSteve & Loretta

KarvelasMay their memories

be eternal

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In Memory ofSpiro & Antigone

Bournakel


In Memory ofCharles Bournakel


M E M O R I A L SIn Memory of

Mary Vlacheas


In Memory ofSpero & Jennie

Vlacheas


In Memory ofMichel Prouchinsky


In Memory ofAliki Karagiannes


In Memory ofSophia Amfilio


In Memory ofJohn & Viola Margarones


In Memory ofChirstopher & Ethel Markos


In Memory ofPeter & Thelxy

NicholsMay their memories be eternal

In Memory ofBessie

Hildreth


In Memory ofThose Christians

slain in Cyprus



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3rd Sunday of MatthewOrthros 9:00 AM

Liturgy 10:00 AM

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Sunday of the Holy FathersOrthros 9:00 AM

Liturgy 10:00 AM

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Parish Council 6:30 PM

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5th Sunday of MatthewOrthros 9:00 AM

Liturgy 10:00 AM

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St. Panteleimon Orthros 8:00 AMLiturgy 9:00 AM

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Liturgy 10:00 AM

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July

Margery reads the dedications during Father’s Day

July/auGusT 2019

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Liturgy 10:00 AM

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Transfiguration Orthros 8:00 AMLiturgy 9:00 AM

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Liturgy 10:00 AM

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Lamentation of the Dormition of the TheotokosVespers 6:30 PM

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Dormition of the Theotokos

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Liturgy 10:00 AM

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Parish Council 6:30 PM

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Liturgy 10:00 AM

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Beheading of John the Baptist

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August

Memorials

Cost in the Bulletin2 Months...............$20.001 Year ...................$110.00Perpetual ........................(No Expiration) .........$1000.00

If you need Koliva (wheat) for a memorial, please contact the Ladies Society who will prepare it. There is no cost.

Electonic Banner at the Laity Award in June

General Assembly


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