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St. John Greek Orthodox Church
Sterling Heights, Michigan Phone: 586-977-6080/Emergency 586-530-2747
Web site: www.stjohngoc.net/ Email: [email protected]
Parish Priest: Father Nicholas Kyritses
October 1, 2017 ~ 2nd
Sunday of Luke
Choir Sunday Love and remember your church in your will!
Epistle Reading Corinthians 11:31-33; 12:1-9 page 95 Gospel Reading Luke 6:31-36 page 96
TODAY
40 Day Blessing Constandino and Nikky Gianopoulos
Stephania and Dimitra Mitsios
Baptism Sunday, October 1 Jaxon son of Michael and Shelby Backos Bean
Leo son of Eric and Jennifer Blasky
This Week
Monday, October 2
Holiday Hoops Meeting
Goya’s Parents and Hope, Joy & Little Angels’ Parents
You are invited to St. John Holiday Hoops Meeting on Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7:00pm in our Hall. All of you must participate, and help this event which is not for St. John Basketball players only but for
all our youth: All our youth groups will benefit.
Tuesday, October 3
Greek School 4:30pm
Thursday, October 5
Senior Citizen Meeting at Royalty House
Greek School 4:30pm
Saturday, October 7
MSU vs UM Tailgate
St. John Greek Orthodox Church
Sterling Heights, Michigan Phone: 586-977-6080/Emergency 586-530-2747
Web site: www.stjohngoc.net/ Email: [email protected]
Parish Priest: Father Nicholas Kyritses
October 1, 2017 ~ 2nd
Sunday of Luke
Choir Sunday Love and remember your church in your will!
Feast Day of St. Romanos (Melodos) 510
On October 1st, we honor Orthodoxy's greatest hymnographer (one who composes hymns). St. Romanos was born in Emesa, Syria during the latter part of the fifth century and served for many years as deacon of the Orthodox Cathedral of Beirut, Lebanon. St. Romanos was a devout clergyman who served the early Christian Church with great zeal. Unfortunately, St. Romanos was not gifted with a melodious voice. In fact, he was what we all call a "monotone" who was constantly picked on by the people with whom he worked. St. Romanos found it extremely difficult to chant the simplest of hymns. He was very sad over the fact that God hand not granted him a beautiful voice. In the year 486, St. Romanos was sent to Constantinople by his superiors, and he served as deacon of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Cyprus. He served the Church of Constantinople with great piety and zeal. Everyone praised him for his devotion to the Christian Faith. St. Romanos would spend endless hours trying to improve the quality of his voice, but to no avail. One evening as he earnestly prayed for divine assistance, he fell into a deep sleep. The Bless Virgin Mary appeared to him in a vision and told him not to despair. She blessed him with her right hand, and in her left hand she held a short scroll which she gave to St. Romanos. St. Romanos immediately awoke from his dream. He just stood there and cried "What a beautiful vision!" St. Romanos, overcome with joy went up into the pulpit of the Church of the Blessed Mary that very same evening and began to chant a hymn which the Church now calls the Kontakion (an abbreviated hymn). St. Romanos' voice was sweet and melodious and the harmonious chant echoed through the Church grounds. Hundreds of monks left their little cells which surrounded the Church and came to hear the most beautiful of hymns. Actually, it was the hymn of Christmas. Everyone was indeed pleasantly surprised to see none other than St. Romanos (the deacon with the unpleasant voice) chanting the hymn with a magnificent and resounding voice. It was truly a miracle. The entire city soon learned of this strange but beautiful event. St. Romanos composed over 1000 beautiful hymns of which at least 100 are found in the many worship services of our Faith. For years he sang and chanted beautiful hymns for the glory of God. Thousands of the faithful came each day to hear his wonderful voice. St. Romanos died a natural death. His final breath on the is earth was spent in chanting that first hymn he chanted on that night the Blessed Virgin Mary came to him in a dream, his beautiful and classic Christmas hymn:
"The Virgin today brings for the all-powerful, and the earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable. Angels give glory with shepherds, and the Magi journey with the Star, when for our sakes was born as a young Child, He who is from eternity God."
St. Romanos is now referred to as "The Melodious one." Thus he was given the title of St. Romanos the Melodist. St. Romanos is indeed our Church's greatest and most famous hymnographer. He died on October 1st in the year of our Lord 510 A.D
National Church Music Sunday is designated as an annual Archdiocese-wide commemoration to occur on the first Sunday in
October, following the Feast of St. Romanos the Melodist, the patron saint of church musicians.
St. John Greek Orthodox Church Choir
Directors Organist Chanter Andy Kotsis Tonia Levin Christos Strubakos John Tangalos
Choir Members
Amo, Katerina Patouhas Gilbert, Zoi Aitas, Nina Patouhas, Becky Aretakis, Sue Patouhas ,John Andreopoulos, Elena Pedulas, Niki Glavas, Anne Sandas, Gina Glavas, Simone Sandas, Pete
Kokkinakis, Amalia Sandas, Rena
Kosmides, Lea Sandas, Yianni
Kosmides, Dorie Seremetis, Maria Kotsis, Irene Stavropoulos, Effie Kotsis, Damien Stavropoulos, Evan Kotsis, Mary Welch, Yianna Munoz, Ashley Welch, Tim
Attending School (OUT OF TOWN)
Qandah, Andrianna Tangalos, Evan Tangalos, Alexis Kotsonis, Demetri Tangalos, Philip Stavropoulos, Thania Tangalos, Jimmy Kotsonis, Andra
Calendar of Events for October
Every Sunday 9:00am Orthros ~ 10:00am Divine Liturgy
GOYA Sunday, October 1 after Divine Liturgy
Saturday, October 14 ~ Dodge Ball at Assumption
SENIOR CITIZEN Thursday, October 5~ Meeting at Royalty House
PHILOPTOCHOS Monday, October 9 Meeting at 7:30pm
COUNCIL Tuesday, October 10 ~ Meeting at 7:00pm
HOPE, JOY, LITTLE ANGELS (0 – 6th grade)
Saturday, October 14 Trunk or Treat here at St. John
Mark Your Calendar
November 10, 11, 12 Holiday Hoops Tournament November 19 Philoptochos Feather Party
January 20, 2018 Annual Dinner Dance February 11, 2018 Macaronatha
The St. John GOYA of Sterling Heights is hosting the
DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT 2017
Saturday, October 14, 2017 11:30 AM Registration
12:00 PM Start Time
Cost: $ 10.00/per player
Tournament will take place at The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Gym 21800 Marter Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
586-779-6111
Team of 8-10 players Churches may combine to form a team or have more than one team entered to play
Please call or email to reserve your spot by
Wednesday October 11, 2017
Contact Sky Bastounis with any questions or for help combining teams
at (586)747-2993 or [email protected]
Join us for TRUNK or TREAT
Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 5:30 pm
At St John Greek Orthodox Church
Come and enjoy a night of non-scary trick or treating fun in our church parking lot.
Food: Pizza, Salad, Refreshments and Dessert
Donation towards Food: $20.00 per family
Please go to Signup Genius to register the number of people attending and to register to
decorate your trunk.
The link to Signup Genius will be on our Facebook Page: Hope and Joy St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Chapter
** This event will be a church event thus please keep all costumes and decorations
fun and non-ghoulish/scary**
*** Due to children with severe allergies: Please bring candy that does not contain
nuts/tree nuts or manufactured in a facility with nuts***
For further information please call: Irene Kourtesis 586.764.7603
Dimetra Mansoor 586.201.1027
