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Saint Spyr idon Greek Or thodox Church
P.O. Box 427 Newpor t , RI 02840
te l : (401) 846 -0555, fax : (401) 841 -0960
www.stspyr idonchurch.org
THE SAINT SPYRIDON VOICE
FEBRUARY 2017
SAINT SPYRIDON GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH www.stspyridonchurch.org
Reverend Fr John Afendoulis
[email protected], (909) 354-2900
THE SAINT SPYRIDON VOICE PAGE 2
Parish Council President: Zoe Adamedes
Chanters: Basile Panoutsopoulos
Choir Director: Zoe Adamedes
Organist: Jane Iandolo
Religious Education: Marianne Menas
Stewardship: Marianne Pyliotis Fox and
Valerie St Peter
Philoptochos President: Zinovia Canale
Acolytes: TBD
JOY Advisor: Sandy Giannopoulos
Soup Kitchen: Elaine Brown
Goya Advisor: TBD
Greek School: TBD
VOICE:
Editor-in-chief—Fr John Afendoulis
Editor—Aliki Cooper ([email protected]) Affiliated Organizations
AHEPA President: Michael Sisak
Daughters of Penelope President: Ellen Anagnostos
Island of Skiathos Organization:
Christina Logothets
The Saint Spyridon Voice is a monthly publication of St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, 390 Thames St., Newport, RI 02840
Office Hours
Priest: Office hours M-W-F 9am-12pm, for emergencies, call 909-354-2900 (cell)
Church secretary, Ellen Anagnostos: Tuesday & Thursday, 9 a.m.—1 p.m.
Sunday Winter Hours Matins 9 am Divine Liturgy 10 am
Weekday Festal Celebrations:
Matins—9 a.m.
Divine Liturgy—10 a.m.
SERVICE TIMES
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 3
FROM THE PRIEST ’S DESK
How time passes! Just forty days ago we celebrated our Savior’s Nativity (His
birth). And now according the law in the Old Testament, He is brought by His
parents, the Virgin Mary and Joseph the Betrothed, following and respecting the
law, He who is the author of the Law, to the Temple and is presented as a forty day
baby. As in His holy Baptism where He humbles Himself and is baptized by one
who is not worthy to unloose His shoe-laces, our Savior in this Feast humbles
Himself and abides by the Law and is brought to the Temple and presented to St
Symeon the Presbyter, and Anna the Prophetess. Let us take example by our
Savior Himself, and bow our heads in obedience to the Church in abiding by the
Laws and Canons of our Church, which are the tools for bringing us to our
salvation. Read the words of the Ninth Ode for the Feast of the Presentation:
In the shadow and letter of the Law, let us the faithful contemplate
a prefiguring: Every male child that opens the womb is holy unto
God. Therefore do we magnify the first-born Word, the Son of the
Father Who is without beginning, the first-born Child of a Mother
who has not know wedlock.
Yes, let us contemplate a prefiguring in the shadow and letter of the Law.
For Christ Himself, taking on our flesh and abiding by the Law, again shows us
His Divinity and His Humanity, by humbling Himself and is obedient to the Law.
And since we speak of spiritual tools and humbling ourselves by accepting the
Laws and Canons of the Church, we find that the Beginning of the Triodion begins
on Feb 5 and Great Lent begins February 27. We enter this most spiritually
sobering time of year where we battle our passions and take on the spiritual
struggle preparing us to come to our Savior’s resurrection. Although our Sunday
services change only slightly by celebrating the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, our
weekday services change for the season in which we enter. Wednesday evenings
we will have the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, followed by a Lenten Dinner,
and Presentation. On Fridays we will have the wonderful Salutations.
I look forward seeing you all during these wonderful days preceding the
Great Fast and during those days of the Great Fast.
God bless you all,
Fr. John Afendoulis
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EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENTS
The church office is aware that there is some confusion in getting the word out to St.
Spyridon Parishioners when announcements and cancellations of church services need to be
made. Listed below are various ways in which you may find out of cancellations of services:
1. CHURCH OFFICE TELEPHONE. Call the church office and listen to the message
line. As instructed, press 4 on your telephone keypad and listen for a closing
announcement.
2. TV WEBSITES. The Rhode Island Broadcasters Association have contracted with the
following television stations to make the announcement for closings. On days of bad
weather, our church will post closings. Please either turn on one of the following
stations for closings or go directly to their web sites and navigate for closing
notifications. For your convenience we have indicated the navigation steps for each
station.
a. Abc6.com
i. click on “weather”
ii. click on “closings & delay”
iii. scroll down & you will see St. Spyridon
b. turnto10.com
i. scroll to “weather”
ii. scroll down to “closings”
c. wpri.com
i. click on “weather”
ii. scroll down to “closings”
iii. under closings: type “St. Spyridon Greek Orthdoox Church”
d. foxprovidence.com
i. eyewitness news
ii. scroll to “closing & delays”
iii. www.cw28tv.com and www.ripbs.com are not easy sites to navigate, but
they would also contain information on closings.
3. ST SPYRIDON NEWS-EMAIL/TEXT MESSAGES
a. St Spyridon is preparing a current “news” update email posting, wherein the
parishioners who sign up through their email will receive a current information
up-date or change to the scheduled calendar. If you wish to be part of this form
of notification, please call Ellen in the church office and register your
information. This will be the official form of St. Spyridon notification.
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 5
b. Those members in prominent leadership positions in our parish – Parish
Council Members, Sunday School Teachers, Greek School Teachers, Choir
Members and Chanters, Greek Dance, Stewardship and Endowment
committee members, Fund Raising Committee, and Communications
Committee – must register with this service of email/text messaging
notification. (Philoptochos, Ahepa, Daughters, Skiathos leaders are
incouraged to register, as are all members of the community.)
4. WPRI 12 EYEWITNESS NEW- PROVIDENCE RI
a. In the App Store, search for wpri 12 eyewitness news – providence ri
i. Once installed, you will be able to open the app for “closing & Delays” and
weather conditions.
FR JOHN OFFICE HOURS
M-W-F 9am-12noon
There are times of emergency when Fr. John is called out of the office but he is always
available by cell phone: 909 354-2900
FLOWER GIRLS FOR HOLY FRIDAY
Any girls between the ages of 6 and 10 who are interested in being flower girls on Holy
Friday evening, April 14th, should call Maria Johnson at 683-5566 or Maria Holder at
529-9382 or email Maria at [email protected] to put your names on the list. Please
make sure you call or email so that we are sure to have a headpiece ready. Only those
girls who attend practice on Palm Sunday, April 9th will be allowed to participate. All
girls must wear all white dresses, white tights and white shoes.
CHRISTMAS CARD CORRECTION
Our sincerest apologies for inadvertently leaving the following names off the Community
Christmas Card:
Fr. George and Presbytera Elaine Economou
Sofia and Georgia Stefanopoulos
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SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY VESPERS
Sunday of Orthodoxy is February 5. St. Spyridon Newport will host the Katanichtiko
Vespers that evening starting at 5pm. We will also sponsor the Lenten meal after the
service. Please call Ellen in the parish office if you would like to bring a Lenten dish.
(Please, no cheese, or butter, meat or fish – shell fish is okay – should be served.) The
Sunday evening vespers services starting at 5pm during Great Lent are sponsored by a
different parish throughout Rhode Island. In next month’s Newsletter, we will post which
churches will sponsor the other Sundays. Please try to put it in your calendars to
participate in these vespers services and show our support to our sister churches.
PHILOPTOCHOS NEWS
The Philoptochos extends a heartfelt thank you to Eleni Mosiades for the delicious vasilopites enjoyed by our community for the celebration of our annual Vasilopita. A heartfelt thank you is also extended to Margo Porter for her donation of a handmade beautiful afghan to be raffled . Proceeds of the funds raised fulfill the important obligation to Saint Basil's Academy and orphanage. Marizeti Petrou was the lucky winner of the afghan. Maria Johnson got the coin in one of the loaves. Anna Kyriakides won the auction. Thank you to all who purchased raffle tickets, who contributed to the coffee hour, and those who gave so generously.
Philoptochos will host the Soup Kitchen on February 13th. Please contact Elaine Brown if you are able to assist.
Graduating seniors may also contact Elaine Brown at 849-3480 for an application for the annual Philoptochos scholarship.
Pictured is an ikonostasis donated by the family of Costantinos and Eleni Mosiades to benefit the charities and scholarship of Philoptochos. It is valued at $500.00. If you are interested in obtaining the ikonostasis please contact Zinovia at [email protected] or 401-225-3101. We thank you for your interest.
Please contact Loula Eliopoulos at 847-7746 to spread a little sunshine for community members who are ill or otherwise restricted.
Dues ($25.00) for 2017 may be mailed to Ionna Bairos-Moreau at 25 Seafare Lane, Portsmouth,RI.
Our next Board Meeting will be held following the Soup Kitchen on February 13th. Please make every effort to attend.
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FEBRUARY 2017 Sunday Winter Hours: Matins 8:45 am, Divine Liturgy 10 am
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT.
1. 2.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
3. 4.
5.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
Godparent/Godchild
Sunday
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
11.
12.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
13.
Soup Kitchen
14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
19.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
26.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
27.
Great Compline, 6pm
28.
Sunday Winter Hours: Matins 8:45 am, Divine Liturgy 10 am
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 9
Upcoming Events
February 7th—Parish Council Meeting,
7pm
February 13th—Soup Kitchen
(sponsored by Philoptochos)
February 14th—Daughters of Penelope
meeting and social hour, Ahepa
Housing, 6:30 pm.
February 18th—Apokreatiko Glendi,
Church Hall, 5pm (see page 10)
February 26th—Ahepa Wine Tasting,
Newport Vineyards on East Main Road,
2 p.m.
Regular Events
Religious Education—Sundays,
immediately after Holy Communion
Children’s Greek School—
Monday-Thursday, 4-6 p.m.
Adult Greek School—
Contact Basile Panoutsopoulos
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT.
1. 2.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
3. 4.
5.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
Godparent/Godchild
Sunday
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
11.
12.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
13.
Soup Kitchen
14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
19.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Matins 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am
26.
Matins 9 am
Divine Liturgy 10am
27.
Great Compline, 6pm
28.
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Apokreatiko
Glendi
Saturday, February 18th
, 2017
5:00 pm
St. Spyridon Church Hall
Celebrate the coming of Lent with family and friends in a
Joyful relaxing event, full of music, food, fun and dancing
Buffet Dinner at 6:00 pm
Children’s Parade 7:00 pm
Dancing and Music until 10:00 pm
For more Information call:
Sandy Giannopoulos ~ 401 667-2984
THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY
THE FAMILIES OF THE
NEWPORT HELLENIC DANCERS
“DONATIONS APPRECIATED” WILL SUPORT
THE DANCERS
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 11
YOUNG VOICES
The Story of Zaccheus
by Antonia Mosiades
Today I will be talking about The story of Zacchaeus.
Jesus entered Jericho drawing a large crowd of people to see him. A man
whose name was Zacchaeus ran to a tree and climbed up to see Jesus through the
crowd, catching Jesus’s attention. Zacchaeus was the chief tax collector making him
wealthy and a sinner in the eyes of the people . Seeing Zacchaeus in the tree, Jesus
looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house
today” because seeing him in the tree showed Jesus that Zacchaeus was ready to
allow Jesus in his heart and his home and be saved.”Even such an unlikely candidate
for salvation is not beyond the reach of Jesus' efforts to reclaim the lost.” Everyone is
worth saving and capable of change. “Zacchaeus's "salvation" involves the restoration
of his honor within the community, and that restoration then reminds readers not to
look upon the wealthy and automatically assume that they are corrupt or sinful.” Even
such an unlikely candidate like Zacchaeus changed by no longer focusing on his
wealth but giving it to the poor.
This passage relates to the modern world. We live in a society where people are
constantly judging other for what they have or don’t have, how big their house is, the
clothes they wear, what kind of job they hold, instead of how they contribute to
society. In a world of social media, most adults post only the positive view of their
lives, pictures of their families, vacations, and accomplishments because the world is
judging. No one wants to appear vulnerable or inferior because what is missing is
forgiveness and understanding that people are human and make mistakes. Just like the
people judging Zacchaeus, we are all capable of forgiveness and just like Zacchaeus,
capable of changing for the better.
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SOUP KITCHEN NEWS
Dear Friends,
Please call or email Elaine Brown to sign up to help at this month's soup kitchen—this
month it is on Monday, February 13th— (401 849-3480 / [email protected])
Thank you for your help in our Ministry,
St. Spyridon Soup Kitchen Team
Rose Apostal, Elaine Brown, and Jane Iandolo
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Hello families,
A big thank you to the community for donating gifts to the sponsored family for Christmas. Most of the items that were requested were bought, wrapped, and sent to the family to open on Christmas Day. A copy of the thank you notes from Child and Family services for Thanksgiving and Christmas is downstairs under the calendar near the classrooms.
Also, a big thank you to the families who donated items for the IOCC school supply kits. Thirty kits were put together on the 29th of January by the older children in Sunday School. These kits will be boxed and shipped to the IOCC headquarters to be distributed to children who need them for school.
With Lent beginning this month, OCMC boxes will be handed out to every child to raise money for our missionaries around the world. These boxes will be collected in May. Please have the children put any extra change into these boxes.
Also, Lenten passports will be given to each child as they journey through Lent with the various services provided by the church.
Thank you, Sunday School staff
CHURCH PHOTOS
More photos from the Christmas pageant and other church activities can be found here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stspyridonchurch/albums/
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 13
Christmas Pageant, December 18, 2016 Thank you to Julia Mosiades for the wonderful photos!
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GREEK SCHOOL NEWS
We want to remind all those who have their children enrolled in Greek School to
please get your Registration forms into Ellen at the church office as soon as possible.
Greek School
and
Philoptochos
caroling,
December 12,
2016
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 15
DAUGHTERS OF PENELOPE N EWS
Save the date for the Ahepa wine tasting which is scheduled for Sunday, February 26 at
Newport Vineyards on East Main Road at 2 p.m. All are welcome. Please call Ellen
Anagnostos for reservations or Michael Sisak for more information.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 14 at the Ahepa Housing. Social hour
and refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m.
CENTENNIAL ALBUM NEWS
We are very close (finally!) to having all of the content we plan to use in the album. If you
were planning on a Family or Memorial page and have not given us the materials yet,
please get in touch with Despina Haralambidis immediately before it will be too late.
We are finishing up the work to get useable versions of many of the photos from older
newspaper articles we found online from the Newport Library.
Writing and layout have been started. In the next month we hope to get you copies of
Family and Memorial pages for review from those who submitted.
Apologies that this photo from Oxi Day on October 30, 2016 was inadvertently left out of
the previous bulletin’s entry about the Oxi Day celebration.
FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 16
In loving memory of
Gredo Vincent Volpicelli
In loving memory of
Dr. Joan and Constantine
Hologgitas
NIKOLAS PIZZA 38 Memorial Blvd West
Newport
849-6611
Compliments of
TICKETS BAR & GRILLE 15 Aquidneck Ave
Middletown, RI 02842
847-7678
Compliments of
Island of Skiathos
Organization
Established 1967
All American Foods, Inc.
Order of AHEPA Maud Howe Elliott
Chapter 245
Daughters of Penelope Ares Chapter 49
Aquidneck Pizza Breakfast Lunch Dinner
27 Aquidneck Avenue Middletown
Take out orders: 849-3356 Daily 7am-12am, Fri & Sat 7am-2am
In loving memory of
Estelle Parkos Antonio
A-1 Pizza
306 Broadway Newport
F r e e D e l i v e r y 849-2213
Flo’s Drive-In
Portsmouth Flo’s Clam Shack
Middletown Voted Best in Rhode Island!
Steve H. Jennings Advanced Planning Associates
Advanced Tax & College Planning Retirement & Asset Protection
401.247.9882 [email protected] www.advancedri.com
Mel’s Cafenio 25 Broadway
Newport
849-6420
In loving memory of
Stelios and Frangoula
Christopher
CODDINGTON BREWING COMPANY 210 Coddington Highway
Middletown
847-6690
Rhea’s Bed & Breakfast Accommodations with
jacuzzi’s available!
120 West Main Road Middletown 841-5560
The Mainstay Inn
151 Admiral Kalbfus Road
Newport
849-9880
In loving memory of
Anthony & Dorothea
Rozes
