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September 2015

Nativity Epistle

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Plymouth, MI 48170Plymouth, MI 48170Plymouth, MI 48170Plymouth, MI 48170 Phone: 734Phone: 734Phone: 734Phone: 734----420420420420----0131013101310131

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Parish PriestParish PriestParish PriestParish Priest

Rev. Fr. Nick MarcusRev. Fr. Nick MarcusRev. Fr. Nick MarcusRev. Fr. Nick Marcus (616) 328(616) 328(616) 328(616) 328----3143314331433143

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Church Office HoursChurch Office HoursChurch Office HoursChurch Office Hours Monday through FridayMonday through FridayMonday through FridayMonday through Friday

10:00 am10:00 am10:00 am10:00 am————2:00 pm2:00 pm2:00 pm2:00 pm

Office AdministratorOffice AdministratorOffice AdministratorOffice Administrator Kathleen M. KyriacouKathleen M. KyriacouKathleen M. KyriacouKathleen M. Kyriacou

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2015 Parish Council2015 Parish Council2015 Parish Council2015 Parish Council

Louis PoulosLouis PoulosLouis PoulosLouis Poulos PresidentPresidentPresidentPresident

Angela KheirAngela KheirAngela KheirAngela Kheir Vice PresidentVice PresidentVice PresidentVice President

Voula SonbayVoula SonbayVoula SonbayVoula Sonbay TreasurerTreasurerTreasurerTreasurer

Charlene GalbraithCharlene GalbraithCharlene GalbraithCharlene Galbraith SecretarySecretarySecretarySecretary

Michael FafaliosMichael FafaliosMichael FafaliosMichael Fafalios Evans FarresEvans FarresEvans FarresEvans Farres Dennis FordDennis FordDennis FordDennis Ford

Angelos KatramadosAngelos KatramadosAngelos KatramadosAngelos Katramados Georgia KoumariotisGeorgia KoumariotisGeorgia KoumariotisGeorgia Koumariotis

Michael SzlinisMichael SzlinisMichael SzlinisMichael Szlinis George ZervosGeorge ZervosGeorge ZervosGeorge Zervos

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Saint Helen, the mother of Saint Constantine the Great, when she was al-ready advanced in years, undertook, in her great piety, the hardships of a journey to Jerusalem in search of the cross, about the year 325. A temple to Aphrodite had been raised up by the Emperor Hadrian upon Golgotha, to defile and cover with oblivion the place where the saving Passion had been suffered. The venerable Helen had the statue of Aphrodite destroyed, and the earth removed, revealing the Tomb of our Lord, and three crosses. Of these, it was believed that one must be that of our Lord, the other two of the thieves crucified with Him; but Saint Helen was at a loss which one might be the Wood of our salvation. At the inspiration of Saint Macarius, Archbishop of Jerusalem, a lady of Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain disease, was brought to touch the crosses, and as soon as she came near to the Cross of our Lord, she was made perfectly whole. Consequently, the precious Cross was lifted on high by Archbishop Macarius of Jerusalem; as he stood on the ambo, and when the people be-held it, they cried out, "Lord have mercy." It should be noted that after its discovery, a portion of the venerable Cross was taken to Constantinople as a blessing. The rest was left in Jerusalem in the magnificent church built by Saint Helen, until the year 614. At that time, the Persians plundered Pales-tine and took the Cross to their own country (see Jan. 22, Saint Anastasius the Persian). Late, in the year 628, Emperor Heraclius set out on a military campaign, retrieved the Cross, and after bringing it to Constantinople, him-self escorted it back to Jerusalem, where he restored it to its place.

Rest from labour. A Fast is observed today, whatever day of the week it may be.

THE ELEVATION OF THE VENERABLE

AND LIFE-GIVING CROSS SEPTEMBER 14

Happy Liturgical New Year!

Glory be to God for the new beginnings that come with the month of September, a new school year and a new Church year. Behold, all things have become new! With all of this newness comes a renewal of the Liturgical Calendar. The Church calendar once again ushers in a beginning so that each member of the body of Christ can make time and effort to come to Him. We have another chance to repent and fol-low His holy mission of salvation through the eyes of the Church He established. Throughout the year we will experience in the Liturgical Calendar the Great Feasts of the Church. We call them “Great” because they are events not only for us to behold but for the whole universe, for all of God’s creation. The twelve great feasts of the Liturgical Church year are: September 8: The Nativity of the Theotokos September 14: The Exaltation of the Cross November 21: The Entrance Into the Temple of the Theotokos December 25: The Nativity of Christ January 6: The Feast of Epiphany February 2: The Presentation of Christ March 25: The Annunciation Movable: Pascha, The Ascension of Christ and Holy Pentecost August 6: The Transfiguration of Christ August 15: The Dormition of the Theotokos

MESSAGE FROM FR. NICK

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The twelve Great Feasts of the Liturgical Church year are great because they are milestones in our Lord’s life for us. They reflect His mission of salvation and honor His holy Mother. They are holy because the Lord is Holy and He is calling us to participate in His Holiness. Our willing and faithful attendance is a measure of our efforts to come into His life, to begin to understand who we are - through a life in Christ. When we are in a play or musical, it is assumed that we will come to the practices and practice at home. If we are playing on a team, it is assumed that we will be at the practices, practice at home and come to the games. At our jobs there are numerous requirements, duties to fulfill and of course meetings. If we cannot fulfill our job requirements, we jeopardize our very employment. The feasts of the Church are required for a healthy life in Christ. We are invited as to the wedding feast and really should come, but who can make us come? Our freedom is val-ued also by God. Remember, He has given us free will. But if we don’t come or make an ef-fort to even acknowledge they exist, then it is probably true that we don’t value the life of the Church, the sacrifice of the Lord for us and our own life in Christ very much, at least not as much as our job or our performances, or our place on a team. The Great Feasts are situated in a cycle of the year that begins in September, the Birth of the virgin, the Exaltation of the Cross. They march on throughout the year telling the story of our salvation. This is why we remember the exodus from Egypt of the Israelites. This be-comes our exodus from sin and self-love to the land of the milk and honey, of self-sacrificing love and knowledge of God and love of our neighbor. Each Feast as it were opens up a door of compassion, an abundance of spiritual gifts because God is still revealing Himself to us through His divine energy. His grace, that is uncreated, transforms us bringing knowledge and delight to our soul. Of course this takes place in a sea of trouble, temptations, and trials. Nothing great comes easy. But it is worth it! Or at least it is required and is a God-pleasing sacrifice. As the Great Feasts shape the year and guide us, prepare your calendars and set aside these holy days to come to church or at least acknowledge them as part of your life, censing your icons at home, reading or singing the hymn of the feast of the day and thanking God by doing your cross for His Love, His sacrifice. These days are holy! Praise God in the highest!

May this Liturgical New Year bring you into His presence, into – A life in Christ, Fr. Nick

Fr. Nick’s Message Continued

Orthodox Christian Stewardship is a way of life,

which acknowledges accountabil-

ity, reverence, and responsibility before God. A primary goal of Steward-

ship is to promote spiritual growth and strengthen faith. Becoming a

Steward begins when we believe in God, to whom we give our love, loy-

alty and trust and act on those beliefs. As Stewards, we affirm that every

aspect of our lives comes as a gift from Him. Stewardship calls on the

faithful to cheerfully offer back to God a portion of the gifts with which

they have been blessed.

An Orthodox Christian Steward is an active participant in the life of

the Church. The parish encourages all who accept the Orthodox Faith

to become practicing Stewards. Each year the Steward is expected to

carefully review his or her personal circumstances and make a commit-

ment of time, talent, and treasure to support the Parish and her Minis-

tries, which in turn support the National Ministries of our Archdiocese,

Metropolises, and institutions.

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Stewardship

Stewardship 2015 Update Thank you to the following faithful stewards who have submitted their pledge cards for the

2015 pledge year. Please join them in their support for Nativity of the Virgin Mary Greek

Orthodox Church and submit your pledge card today!

2015 Budget Pledge to Date Total Pledge Amount

$260,000.00 141 $145,285.00

Fr. Nick & Presvytera Liza Marcus

Mr. & Mrs. Nikolaos Adonakis

Mr. & Mrs. Alec Applebaum

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Arvas

Mr. & Mrs. John Atsalis

Mr. & Mrs. Evans Bageris

Mr. & Mrs. Nondo Basoukeas

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Canelopoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Alex Carayannopoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Cosmos Charnas

Dr. & Mrs. Branden Christodoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Perry Christy

Mr. & Mrs. Joel Cloutier

Ms. Peggy Collias

Ms. Shirley Collias

Mr. & Mrs. Dansby

Mr. George Demergis

Mrs. Cleo Demetriou

Mr. & Mrs. Niko Dimopoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Vassilios Dionyssopoulos

Mr. & Mrs. David Droz

Mr. & Mrs. David Drummond

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Eliades

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fafalios

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Fales

Mr. & Mrs. Evans Farres

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Fitzgerald

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Floros

Mr. & Mrs. John Floros

Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Ford

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Foster

Mr. & Mrs. Matt Galbraith

Ms. Antonia Georgilas

Mr. & Mrs. Christos Georvassillis

Mr. & Mrs. Panayiotis Goffas

Mr. & Mrs. David Hayes

Ms. Dorothy Hetu

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Holstad

Mr. & Mrs. John Houstoulakis

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Hunsinger

Ms. Katherine Jenaras

Ms. Helen Kaneris

Ms. Maria Kaneris

Mr. & Mrs. Elefterios Kaplantzes

Mr. Petros Karabatakis

Mr. & Mrs. Costas Kassapis

Dr. & Mrs. John Katharopoulos

Mrs. Nicole Katikos

Ms. Roula Katikos

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Katopodis

Mr. & Mrs. Angelos Katramados

Mrs. Kanella Katsikas

Ms. Angela Kheir

Mr. William Kopanakis

Mr. Dimitris Kosta

Mr. & Mrs. Elias Koumariotis

Mrs. Soula Koumariotis

Mr. George Kourmados

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kowalczyk

Mrs. Chris Krall

Mr. & Mrs. Costis Kyriacou

Mr. & Mrs. Marios Lambi

Mrs. Anna Liakou-Hentnik

Mr. & Mrs. John Liogas

Mr. Jim Loukopoulos

Ms. Kopy Lucas

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lucas

Mr. Michael Manolakas

Ms. Alexandria Marikis-Hamilton

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Marken

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Maroudis

Mr. & Mrs. Stavros Melabiotis

Dr. George Mellos

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Michalakis

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Miklos

Ms. Fay Mili

Mr. & Mrs. Dragan Milojevic

Dr. & Mrs. Panayiotis Mitsias

Mrs. Freda Mollasis

Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Morakeas

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Morris

Ms. Becky Moustakeas

Mr. & Mrs. Wade Myers

Mrs. Sophia Nickoff

M/M Vasilios Papaefthimiou

M/M Kostantinos Papageorgakis

Ms. Marcella Papageorgakis

Mr. T. H. Papanastasopoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Steven Papas

Ms. Nikolia Pappas

Dr. Angelo Patsalis

Mr. & Mrs. James Patterson

Mrs. Nia Peluras

Mr. & Mrs. Gus Photsios

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Photsios

Dr. & Mrs. John Pispidikis

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Poulos

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Poulos

Mrs. Sophia Poulos

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Prokos

Mr. Nick Pyrros

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Randall

Mr. & Mrs. Marc Rentis

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Rifat

Mrs. Georgia Saridis

Mrs. Bessie Shell

Mr. & Mrs. Harry Sitaras

Mr. Christopher Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Sandy Smith

Mr & Mrs. Jon Sonbay

Mrs. Maria Sotiropoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Stassinos

Mr. & Mrs. John Stathopoulos

Mr. & Mrs. Ioannis Stefos

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Stein

Ms. Fani Stoitsiadis

Mr. & Mrs. Vasilios Stoitsiadis

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Strom

Mr. & Mrs. John Szlinis

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Szlinis

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Takis

Ms. Georgia Theophelis

Mr. & Mrs. Panagiotis Tsallis

Ms. Angela Tzelepis

Ms. Christina A Tzilos

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Tzilos

Ms. Margaret Vardouniotis

Mr. & Mrs. John Vardouniotis

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Varlamos

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Varlamos

Mr. & Mrs. Gust Varlamos

Mr. Nick Varlamos

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Vergos

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Vlahakis

Mr. & Mrs. Stavros Vorias

Ms. Theodora Vorias

Dr. James Wahl

Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Yessaian

Mrs. Voula Zavos

Mr. & Mrs. George Zervos

Mr. & Mrs. Odisseys Zigouris

Mr. Angelo Ziordas

2015-2016

"The Three Hierarchs" Greek school

Ελληνικό σχολείο "Οι Τρεις Ιεράρχες"

SS Constantine & Helen-Nativity of the Virgin Mary GOC joint ministry Κοινοτικό σχολείο "Αγίων Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης" και "Γενεσίου της Θεοτόκου"

Agiasmos (Blessing) and Orientation:

When: Sunday, September 13th , 2 pm. Where: "Saints Constantine and Helen" GOC

36375 Joy Rd, Westland, MI 48185

Classes:

When: Every Monday, 10-12 am : pre-K, parent/child

Every Tuesday: Beginning level for teens, 6-8 pm

Every Thursday, 6-8 pm:

Kindergarten, Beginning (for kids), Intermediate

Program rehearsals: Three Fridays before each program, 6-8 pm

(see calendar for specific dates)

Where: Nativity of the Virgin Mary GOC

Educational Center

39851 Five Mile Road, Plymouth, MI-48170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Holiday Programs/Graduation: Sundays (see calendar), 2 pm.

SS Constantine and Helen

Hellenic Cultural Center

Joy Road, Westland, MI-48170

For more information or to sign up for our newsletter

contact Anna Liakou-Hentnik

at [email protected] or 248-425-2321

Tuition: $400/student yearly; Books provided free by the Archdioceses ("Τα Ελληνικά μου")

SUNDAY SCHOOL REGISTRATION

2015—2016

SUNDAY SCHOOL BEGINS SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

It is very important to register your child

Nativity of the Virgin Mary Sunday School serves students from preschool (age 3 by September 30, 2015) through high school. Registration is $30.00 for the 1st child and $25.00 for each additional child. Children are expected in church at 10:00 am, seated with their class in the front rows. Students begin class in the Educational Center immediately following Holy Communion. Parents are expected to remain on site during class. Please let us know which of your children will be attending Sunday School in the fall and their grade placement so we can order the appropriate amount of supplies and materials. Please fill out the form below and return it to the office AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Also, if you are interested in the rewarding experience of being a substitute Sunday School teacher, please indicate your interest on the form below. You do not need prior experience to volunteer as a substitute.

Student’s Name/Baptismal Name_____ ____ ___________________________

Date of Birth:__________ Public School Grade (Fall 2015:_ _

Student’s Name/Baptismal Name__________ _________________________ _

Date of Birth:________ __Public School Grade (Fall 2015):_ _

Student’s Name/Batismal Name_____ ______________________________ _

Date of Birth:_______ _ _Public School Grade (Fall 2015):_ _

Parent Name(s)____________________________________________________________________ Address:__________________________________________________________________________ City:_____________________________________State: MI______Zip:________________________ Telephone:___________________________________Email:________________________________

If student is male, would he be willing to serve as an Altar Server? ( ) Yes ( ) No If female, is she willing to serve the Church in an additional capacity this year? ( ) Yes ( ) No Would you be willing to serve as a Sunday School Teacher? ( ) Yes ( ) No Would you be willing to serve as a Sunday School Substitute Teacher? ( ) Yes ( ) No Would you be willing to serve as a Parent Volunteer for Special Projects? ( ) Yes ( ) No

We are so very blessed, honored and extremely proud to welcome Fr.Nick, Presvytera Liza, Jonathon, Irini and Anna to our Nativity family. Your leadership and spiritual guid-ance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you to all that helped this summer with donations, food and pastry preparations. Special thanks to Alec and Georgia Tzelepis for assisting us. God bless you both. As you all know the Philoptochos ladies are the right hands of the church. We have many obligations and we need everyone’s help to fulfil them. We will be having a “Kick Off” Philoptochos meeting on Tuesday, September 15th at 6:30pm. Join us and bring a friend. With Christ love, Theodora Bageris President

PHILOPTOCHOSPHILOPTOCHOSPHILOPTOCHOSPHILOPTOCHOS

With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our 2014 Festival Sponsors!With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our 2014 Festival Sponsors!With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our 2014 Festival Sponsors!With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our 2014 Festival Sponsors!

DiamondDiamondDiamondDiamond

Global CNC Industries LTD,

The Stassinos Family

EmeraldEmeraldEmeraldEmerald

Dr. George Atsalis

Charles R. Step Funeral Home

Undercover Self Storage

PlatinumPlatinumPlatinumPlatinum

Karl’s Cabin

The Mitsias Family

GoldGoldGoldGold

Olga Alavanour & Nick Aravas

Big Tommy’s Parthenon

L.J. Griffin Funeral Home, Inc.

The Katsikas Family

Nativity Ladies of the Philoptochos

Sophia Poulos

Ram’s Horn Restaurants

The Rifat Family

Seaway Painting L.L.C.

Transworld Title Company

SilverSilverSilverSilver

Peggy Collias

Dennis & Gale Ford

JQM Wholesale Food Service

Juenemann Insurance Agency

Tony Kaneris

Francis X. Kelly, D.D.S.

Fr. Nick Marcus & Family

Nativity Seniors

Redford Jewelry & Coin

Steve J. Vlahakis D.D.S.

David & Sylvia Wiacek

BronzeBronzeBronzeBronze

Angela Galanos

Evans & Diane Bageris

Alex & Mary Carayanopoulos

Laurel Manor

Bill & Carol Marken

Stavros & Irene Melabiotis

Nativity GOYA

Nativity Sunday School

Oasis Golf

Chris & Penny Poulos

Christopher Smith

John & Voula Sonbay & Family

Georgia Theophelis & Family

Frank & Mary Varlamos

Jim & Magda Vlahakis

FriendsFriendsFriendsFriends Jim Steen

Shaner Chiropractic Darlene Little

Roy & Charles Hunsinger

NATIVITY PRAYER LIST: Lord Jesus Christ, Physician of our Souls and Bodies, have mercy on, for-give, heal and save your servants: Michael, Christine, Gerasimos, Charles, Maria, Chris, Andrew, Helen, Jenny, Richard, Ekaterini, Chris, Nick, Sandy, Taylor, Mia Grace, Despina, Athanasia, David, Pat, Maria. Lisa, Christine, John, Karl, David, George, Vali Anne, Jacob, Theodora, Maria, John, Teresa, Maria, Zaharoula, Katerina, Mathieu and Michali. Submit to the office your name or those of loved ones who approve and want to be included. Names will be listed in the weekly bulletin and monthly Epistle. 40 DAY BLESSING (CHURCHING): Our Nativity family welcomed it’s newest member to the community last month, Constantina Valkanos, daughter of Sam and Alyvia. Congratulations and may her years be blessed by the Lord. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Congratulations to Wade and Anna Myers on the marriage of their daughter Alyssa to Scott Wambold. May their life together be filled with the Lord’s blessings! AGAPE FUND: The Agape Fund was recently created to support our faithful needing emergency financial as-sistance. The parish council unanimously agreed to allocate $2500 for this purpose. Please see Fr. Nick for more information or assistance if needed. NATIVITY TASTE OF GREECE FESTIVAL: What a year! The weather cooperated, the food, dance, drink and music were exceptional and nearly 3600 visitors walked our grounds generating record 3-day gross sales totaling over $90,000. The final numbers have not been tallied but we expect to make around $50,000 after all expenses have been paid. Thank God, congratulations and THANK YOU to all who helped make our 11th festival a huge success! FEAST DAY BAKE SALE: Thank you to all who helped! The $750 raised will be added to the Agape Fund. PLYMOUTH FALL FESTIVAL: With Fr. Nick’s blessing and assistance, the Nativity booth at the Plymouth Fall Festival raised nearly $4000 selling gyros, baklava, spinach and cheese pies and other pastries left over from our Taste of Greece Festival. Thank you to all who helped set up, clean up and work the booth for the 3-day event held in downtown Plymouth. BULGARIAN CULTURAL CENTER: A Bulgarian cultural school will be renting the Ed Center on Satur-day mornings from 9:30am to 2:30pm this school year for $150 per week. They will be using our facility to teach their kids the Bulgarian language, dancing and culture. BEESWAX CANDLES: Our beeswax candles were recently purchased from the sole monastery in our Metropolis of Detroit, Holy Trinity Monastery in Smiths Creek, MI. The monks hand make the candles using bees wax from local beekeepers. Please see a parish council member or call the office if you are in-terested in donating the toward the $1000 purchase. NATIVITY GOLF OUTING: Save the date! Sunday, September 27th 2:00pm tee time at Links of Novi. This is the 2nd Annual golf outing to benefit the Nativity Basketball Ministry and golfers and sponsors are needed. For more information contact Dennis Ford at [email protected]. HAVE NEWS YOU WANT TO SHARE? Please submit your family news, celebratory events, congratu-lations, accomplishments, highlights, awards, new job placement or any life moments you wish to have listed on this page to [email protected]. PHOTOS FOR THE EPISTLE: If you have captured any photos showing parish life, please forward them to [email protected] for possible publication in the monthly Epistle.

NATIVITY NEWSNATIVITY NEWSNATIVITY NEWSNATIVITY NEWS

Thank you to all those parishioners who donated travel-size

toiletries. The children were able to assemble 45 45 45 45 kits for the

homeless.

There will be a donation box in

the Education building for year-round collecting.

Thank you for your generosity! Efharisto!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Mary Takis

Nativity Scouts

The Festival Committee would like to thank all our volunteers, those who help with the baking and pastry preparations, workers that helped during set-up week, festival weekend volunteers and those who stayed late on Sunday to take-down everything. Without you all this festival could not be done and such a success. So a big Thank You to all our volunteers for their hard work on our 11th Annual “ Taste of Greece” Cultural Festival. Hope to see you all again next year!!

Toiletries for the Homeless

A BIG THANK YOU!

With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our Festival With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our Festival With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our Festival With Sincere Thanks we Acknowledge our Festival Food Court SponsorsFood Court SponsorsFood Court SponsorsFood Court Sponsors

Olga Drummond

Busch’s Market

Hellenic Bakery

Harry & Voula Floros

Antonia Georgilos

Helen Kaneris

Kalliope Karagiannis

Mamma Mucci Pasta

Soula Metropoulos

Freda Mollasis

New International Market

Sophia Nichoff

Freda Nicozsis

Konstantinos & Vasiliki Papazoglou

Maria Rifat

Helen Stassinos

Ionnis & Vasillike Stefos

Vasilios & Christina Stoitsiadis

Helen Vardouniotis

Westborn Market

“We regret the omission of any sponsors who

provided support “

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We would like to give a huge thank you to all those who donated the We would like to give a huge thank you to all those who donated the We would like to give a huge thank you to all those who donated the We would like to give a huge thank you to all those who donated the beautiful gift baskets for our festival raffle.beautiful gift baskets for our festival raffle.beautiful gift baskets for our festival raffle.beautiful gift baskets for our festival raffle.

And a big thank you to George Vlahakis for always donating one of his And a big thank you to George Vlahakis for always donating one of his And a big thank you to George Vlahakis for always donating one of his And a big thank you to George Vlahakis for always donating one of his

wonderful bird houses.wonderful bird houses.wonderful bird houses.wonderful bird houses.

We are very blessed to have all of you being so supportive of the We are very blessed to have all of you being so supportive of the We are very blessed to have all of you being so supportive of the We are very blessed to have all of you being so supportive of the

“Taste of Greece”“Taste of Greece”“Taste of Greece”“Taste of Greece”

Cultural Festival each and every year. Cultural Festival each and every year. Cultural Festival each and every year. Cultural Festival each and every year.

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~To all our Nativity Families~~To all our Nativity Families~~To all our Nativity Families~~To all our Nativity Families~

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Nativity of the Virgin Mary – September 2015

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Beginning of the Eccleslastical Year Orthros @ 9am Divine Liturgy @ 10am

2 3 Festival Volunteer Appreciation Dinner @ 6pm in the Church Hall

4 5

6 14th Sunday of Matthew Sunday School Registration fol-lowing services in church hall

7 LABOR DAY Feast Day Vespers @ 7pm

8 Nativity of the Theotokos Orthros @ 9am Divine Liturgy @ 10am Parish Council Meeting @ 7pm

9 Small Paraclesis @ 6:30pm Sunday School Teacher Meeting to follow.

10 11 “Welcome Back” Ice Cream Social 6pm-7pm Sponsored by Sunday School

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13 Sunday before Holy Cross Sunday School Begins “The Three Hei-rarchs” Greek school Blessing and Orientation 2pm @ Sts. Con-stantine & Helens Vespers 7pm @ Holy Cross Church

14 Elevation of the Cross Orthros @ 9am Divine Liturgy @ 10am

15 Philoptochos “Kick Off” Meeting @ 6:30pm

16 Small Paraclesis @ 6:30pm

17 Family Night @ 5:45pm Hope/Joy Meets With Fr. Nick

18 Ministries Meeting 6:30pm at Karl’s Cabin Please have this years calendar.

19 Hall Rented

20 Sunday after Holy Cross Ice Cream Social 12pm

21 Greek School Pre K (parent/child) 10am-12pm

22 Greek School Beginning (teens) 6pm-8pm


24 Greek School Kindergarten Beginning (kids) Intermediate 6pm-8pm

25 26

27 1st Sunday of Luke Basketball Golf Outing 2pm @ Links of Novi

28 Greek School Pre K (parent/child) 10am-12pm

29 Tuesday Group Meeting Bible Study 11am—Noon Lunch to follow Greek School Beginning (teens) 6pm-8pm


Sunday Services 8:45 am Orthros 10:00 am Divine Liturgy

Nativity Ministries

Philoptochos Theodora Bageris

President

Religious Education

Michele Prokos Hunsinger Jerry Takis

Nativity GOYA Kristin Szlinis

Michael Szlinis

Senior Citizen Group Kostantine Kassapis

Protopsaltis

Dr. Panayiotis Mitsias

Greek School

Anna Liakou-Hentnik

Fellowship Georgia Koumariotis

Stewardship

Evans & Diane Bageris Cleo Demetriou

Angela Kheir Christina Tzilos

OYAA Basketball

Nondo Basoukeas Michael Fafalios

Fundraisers Angela Kheir

Book Club

Marc Rentis

Book Store Jerry Takis

Usher Coordinator Michael Fafalios

Nativity Dancers

Peggy Collias

Boy/Girl Scouts Mary Takis

Hope/Joy

Presvytera Liza Marcus Denise Stein

Building/Grounds

Nick Varlamos George Zervos

Nativity Family Night

Presvytera Liza Marcul

Epistle Editors Kathleen Kyriacou

Lous Poulos

George N. Atsalis, D.D.S Atsalis Dental Excellence

Big Tommy’s Parthenon Greek Cuisine

Boloven, Tiano & Associates PC

Certified Public Accountants

Charles Step Funeral Home, Inc.

Redford Twp. And Walled Lake

George’s Livonia Gardens

Diamond Kapsalis Steele and Family

Global GNC Industries Ltd.

The Stassinos Family

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