the messenger · 2015. 10. 23. · the entire alex family wishes to convey our heartfelt gratitude...
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ST. PAUL GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH 4548 Wallings Road • North Royalton, Ohio 44133-3121
(440) 237-8998 · (440) 237-4386 fax
E-mail address: [email protected]
www.stpaulgoc.org A Parish under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America,
and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh
THE MESSENGER A Monthly Publication of St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church NOVEMBER 2015
INSIDE
CLERGY REFLECTIONS
MINISTRIES OF THE CHURCH
MONTHLY CALENDAR
PARISH COUNCIL MINUTES
STEWARDSHIP NEWS
UPCOMING EVENTS
YOUTH NEWS
50th Anniversary Logo The 50th Anniversary Committee Chairpeople, Santhe Loizos and Fr. Costas, would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank those that submitted a design for the 50th Anniversary Logo. They were:
▪ Andrew Boukis
▪ Gregory Paparizos
▪ Jean Wendland Porter
▪ Andrew Rokakis
▪ Kristi Tartara
▪ George Theodore
▪ Jim Theodore
▪ Kristine Theodorou
▪ William Regan
▪ Kara Zampetis After a blind review of the 41 submissions received, the committee has chosen the design (shown on this page) submitted by Kristi Tartara. Congratulations Kristi!
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St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church ~ North Royalton OH
The following ministries are the lifeblood of our parish and perform many activities to promote the growth of our church. Your participation in these organizations makes our community more spiritually complete.
Philoptochos Stephanie Ocker Coffee Socials Pam Sitter Festival Michael Lignos John Trihas Messenger Editor Elaine Nackowiz Welcome Committee Helen Dadas Choir Director Vaso Boukis Cantor Nicholas Bodle Organist Bookstore Jim & Karen Sullivan
ST. PAUL FAMILY MINISTRY COMMISSION Chairman HOPE / JOY Father Michael Gavrilos GOYA Coordinator Father Michael Gavrilos OCF Maribeth Lekas Altar Boys Father Michael Gavrilos Religious Education Presv. Nicole Keares Bible Study Frank Chirakos Father Costas Keares Women’s Study Group Elaine Poulos VCS Amber Rahas Annoula Tsonton Greek School Kathy Glaros Greek Corner Maria Karlatiras PTO Debbie Gemelas Senior Fellowship Maria Regan Hellenic Dance Director Eleni Johnson
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CLERGY Priest Rev. Fr. Costas P. Keares, Proistamenos
Assistant Priest Rev. Fr. Michael A. Gavrilos
ECCLESIARCH Bruce W. Trakas
PARISH COUNCIL President Dr. Michael Saridakis Vice President John Trihas Secretary Kathy Nikolaou Financial Secretary Dennis Diamond Treasurer Christopher Cook
Anthone Colovas Thalia Marakas Alex Dadas Irene Pontikos Thomas Fourmas William Regan Arthur S. Karas Bruce Trakas Michael Lignos OFFICE SECRETARY/BOOKKEEPER Elaine Nackowiz CUSTODIAN Antonios Moraitis LEGAL ADVISOR Ken Boukis
STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS Bylaws Bruce Trakas / John Trihas Catering / Leasing John Trihas/Tom Fourmas Family Ministry T. Marakas/I. Pontikos Finance John Trihas Home Michael Lignos Human Resources Alex Dadas
Membership Thalia Marakas Public Relations Father Costas Keares Stewardship Dennis Diamond Ways & Means Irene Pontikos Real Estate Management Arthur S. Karas
SPECIAL COMMITTEE: Vision Dr. Michael Saridakis John Trihas History Bruce Trakas
Telephone: (440) 237-8998 Fax: (440) 237-4386 Catering: (440) 582-1083 Website: www.stpaulgoc.org Office E-Mail: [email protected] Fr. Costas E-Mail: [email protected] Fr. Costas Cell: (440) 669-1316 Fr. Michael E-mail: [email protected]
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Pastoral Reflections by Father Costas “How good it is to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O most High; to declare Your loving-kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night.” (Ps. 92:1-2) Indeed, GRATITUDE should be part of our daily prayer as Orthodox Christians. Whenever we pray to God and offer our thanks to Him, we rec-ognize Him as our Creator and Pro-vider of “every good and perfect gift,” as we recite in the Divine Liturgy.
Both the Old and New Testament are full of admoni-tions on giving thanks to God.
“Always and for everything give thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God our Father.” (Eph. 5:20)
“What have you that you did not receive?” (Eph. 5:20)
“It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord.” (Ps. 92:1)
“O give thanks to the Lord for He is good; For His mercy endures forever!” (Ps. 107:1)
Thankfulness is a basic ingredient of Christian charac-ter. It is one of the earliest words we try to teach our children when they first learn to speak. Indeed, we should practice this virtue in your daily life and with every situation that we come into contact with. As a community, we also have so much to be thankful about. We raise our heart to God in gratitude for the many blessings seen and unseen that impact our lives. We thank God for our community of St. Paul where for forty nine years the name of the Lord has been praised and glorified.
Each day we have a choice to make when we wake up - will we express gratitude and thanksgiving to God for this particular day with all the blessings that await us, or will we choose to focus on the problems and uncertainties of life, allowing our particular worries to control our worldview? We all know positive and up-lifting people who live life with a grateful, vibrant spirit and thus, radiate contagious joy, inner content-ment and a deep happiness. These people encourage, build up and nourish all those whom they encounter. They stand in stark contrast to others who choose to focus on the negative, who complain about the unfair-ness of life, grumble about all that they don’t have, and who drain the spirit out of life.
As we continue to build upon the foundations that have been laid by our forefathers, we do so with a grateful heart. We are indeed grateful for all the sacri-fices and hard work they put forth so that today we can have a beautiful church to worship in. But it’s not enough simply to be grateful for the past. We must also be committed to continue their dream and look to the future. Our community has grown considerably through these years, not only in membership, but also in the variety of activities it offers to its members of all ages. We have so many ministries and so many indi-viduals that are part of them. This, my dear people is the fulfillment of the dreams of the founders of this blessed community; to see all coming together to wor-ship our Lord, and to partake in the life of this com-munity. And for all these blessings we truly give thanks. Saints throughout history displayed this joyous and gracious spirit despite any and every injustice, diffi-culty, and challenge they faced. They understood the fundamental element of an authentic Christian life - that God is with us always, and will never abandon us. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ! And understanding this created a grateful heart! St. Paul the Apostle, and our patron Saint, reminds us in I Thessalonians 5:15, “In everything give thanks”. And so, I give thanks to God for His Holy Church that continues to nurture us in our faith and in our daily walk towards our salvation. I thank Him for each and every one of you; for your love for Christ and the sup-port that you give to His Holy Church. And finally, I thank Him for always looking upon all of us with mercy and compassion.
Dear Father Costas and Father Michael, I want to thank you for your visits and the encourage-
ment you gave me during a difficult time.
To my church family, I was deeply touched by the
many cards and flowers I received. And of course , the
candy. God bless all of you now and always.
Affectionately,
Angie Kornelakis
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Stewardship Commitment Form
Many thanks to those who are using your stewardship envelopes each Sunday. Please note the special enve-lopes inserted for each month. Included in your No-vember / December set: * Benevolent ~ confidentially assist individuals in
need * Capital Improvement ~ to improve of our facility * Christmas ~ Have you submitted your 2015 Fairshare Estimate of Giving card? Are you current on your pledge? Simply complete the form below or go to our website. I / We commit $ to my/our 2015 pledge Name Address Email Phone
Our Parish Her Life & People
Baptisms
October 3rd Lazarus ~ son of Milan and Erin (Dadas) Kubat Godparent ~ Aleksander Cuic October 4th Rakeesh (Alexander) Kotian ~ adult baptism Godparent ~ Matrona Varlamos October 11th Anastasia ~ daughter of Joshua and Maria (Panas) Hocevar Godparent ~ Maria and Aaron Case
Wedding October 17th Karl Larew and Jordan Knouff Koumbaro ~ Nathan Gugliotta
Funerals May His Memory Be Eternal
October 14th Jim Kantzios
New Arrival October 3rd
Congratulations to James and Patra (Lavdas) Bucceri on welcoming their daughter Vasileia. She weighed 8 lbs. 1.5 oz. and was 20.5” long. Vasileia joins her big sister, Penelope.
We would be happy to announce a special occasion in this column. All you need to do is notify the office at 440.237.8998 or [email protected].
To our St. Paul Family, The entire Alex family wishes to convey our heartfelt gratitude for your every expression of love over the past several months. To those who offered prayers at home or at the Paraklesis Services, to those who baked for the calling hours or Memorial Service, to those who sent food to us at the house, to those who sent flowers, or made generous donations to the St. Paul Capital Improve-ment Fund in Michael's name, we will be forever in your debt. Together with Father Costas and Father Michael, your love lifted us and continues to support us through our immeasurable grief. Your every act of kindness helps to soothe an open wound. May our Gracious Lord bless you and continue to keep us all under the shelter of His Wings. The Family of Michael Alex
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Youth News
Little Angels / HOPE / JOY / GOYA ~ Little Angels continues to meet weekly on Wednes- day mornings from 11:00 AM—12:30 PM in the teen room with Presvytera Maria. This group is geared towards moms and little ones from ages birth to preschool for fun and fellowship, for support, to get to know each other better, and to strengthen our faith and church family friendships and relation- ships. Contact Presvytera Maria if you are interest- ed in participating in the group or looking for more information at [email protected].
~ The HOPE/JOY children will meet at the Karas home on Saturday, November 7th from 1:00—5:00 PM to make Christmas decorations for their homes as well as decorations to be given to a retirement community when we go caroling in December. See flyer for more information.
~ GOYAns will begin taking orders for those wishing to be included in the Community Christmas card November 8th through December 6th. Cost is $10.00 per household. Use order form included in this is- sue of The Messenger, see one of our GOYAns dur- ing the coffee social or place your order through our website.
~ The next GOYA meeting will take place following Sunday School on November 8th.
~ Our community will be hosting the first Metropolis GOYA basketball tournament January 15-17, 2016. Please consider placing a personal or business ad in the album.
~ All the youth groups will go Christmas caroling on Sunday, December 13th. RSVP to Father Michael by December 8th if you will be attending.
HOPE/JOY will leave church and travel to Mount Royal Villa in North Royalton to sing car-ols to the residents and distribute their home-made decorations. We also ask every family at-tending to bring a dozen of their favorite Christ-mas cookies to share.
GOYA will meet at church at 5:00 PM to go car-oling to some of our shut-ins in the area. Parents are needed to help drive.
~ Save the Date for the 2016 Project Mexico mission
trip: July 29—August 5, 2016.
Once again it’s time for our GOYAns to begin collecting names and donations for the community Christmas card. Orders will be taken November 8h – December 6th.
Please print your name below as you wish it to appear in the GOYA Community Christmas card. This form can be returned to the church office or given to any one of our GOYAns during the coffee social. You can also submit your name online at www.stpaulgoc.org.
Donations are but $10. Checks can be made payable to St. Paul GOYA. Thank you for your support!
Please Print (ONE household per order form)
Name
PAID: Cash Check
Community Christmas Card
Saint Paul Greek Orthodox Church – North Royalton, Ohio
Saturday, November 7, 2015 1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Karas Home
7778 Valley View Road Hudson, Ohio 44236
Our HOPE/JOY Group will gather at the Karas Home to make Christmas Decoration for their
homes. We will also be making decorations that we will deliver to a retirement community when
we go and sing Christmas Carols for our December Event.
RSVP to Fr. Michael ([email protected])
by Monday, November 2, 2015
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Sunday School Director Update ~ Presvytera Nicole
The month of November brings a new monthly theme in the Twelve Major Feast days of the Orthodox Church - the Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple. Each class will learn about this feast during the month. As we did last year, we are challenging our students to learn something age appropriate outside of class on their own time, at their own pace. Once they have met that achievement, they will receive a small gift and their name in The Messenger. We congratulate three students in the preschool class who have learned to make the sign of the cross: * Isabella Downing * Joseph Gaudio * Joey Mozden * Ellia Whitacre Our new 3 year old class has been so successful! Since the first day of class, there have been a minimum of 10 children with their parent. The attendance has been so great that we needed to move them into the teen room! Please remember, that this is parent/child class. On November 8th, we will be participating in a Philoptochos Make a Difference Day. It is an inter-generational program where the Philoptochos mem-bers do a service project with our youth. This year, we will collect items for ZOE for Life!, specifically, Zoe House. On November 8th, please bring in an item or items for babies from birth to one year old. Items needed includes diapers, wipes, clothes, socks, blan-kets, onsies, etc. We are also beginning to plan for the Christmas Pag-eant which will take place on Sunday December 13th. The pageant will involve ALL STUDENTS, either with a part or as a chorus member. We will have two prac-tices: November 29th right after church is dismissed (so it will be a short lesson and the remainder of class time will be upstairs) and December 6th during Sun-day School in the teen room (so all children can then participate in the St. Nicholas Breakfast). We also continue to keep attendance and will award those with three or less absences and perfect attend-ance. See you in Sunday School!
Greek School News ~ Kathy Glaros
Our first two months of school are now complete and we are off to a great start! Our school is experiencing a wonderful growth and continues to progress and ed-ucate. We are extremely proud of our young learners. Alt-hough they are young in age, they are being exposed to the Greek culture, religion and language. Throughout the school year, our students have many opportunities to participate in skits, plays and monologues during celebrations such as "OXI Day", " Christmas Day", In-dependence Day" and "Commencement Exercises". Our students not only learn to read, speak and write the Greek language, but also gain an immense appreci-ation of our history and culture. OXI DAY was October 28th and our children had the opportunity to learn the significance of the day with a video, featuring His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America recalling his personal experience in Greece during WWII. Our Greek School will host it's annual Open House on December 14, 2015. I would like to invite all parents to attend our first parent-teacher conference to meet with the teachers and discuss ways for improvements in the areas of concerns. Reports cards go home the same day with PARENTS ONLY. I look forward to seeing all of you. While the parents are in conferences with the teachers, our children will learn how to make kou-lourakia, one of their most favorite experiences. On December 13, 2015, our children will be singing Christmas carols in Greek following the Divine Litur-gy. Please join us to celebrate together the wonder of the Christmas Season. As the year goes on, I encourage parents to keep in-formed! Please check your child's progress regularly, watch for updates on upcoming events and continue to reinforce good attendance habits with your children. With the ongoing effort and support from our parents, we are sure to provide a successful year for all. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (216)524-1766. To you and your families " Happy Thanksgiving "
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Choir
Come one, come all and join our great choir at St. Paul! If you can carry a tune and are able to attend a weekly rehearsal, we would love to have you join our group. We have openings in all four parts: soprano / alto / tenor / bass. You don’t have to know Greek because everything is phonetically written. Have questions? Call our director, Vaso Boukis at 440.526.4968. It is a blessing for us to enhance all of our beautiful Orthodox services through our music/choir ministry. Shortly we will be rehearsing Christmas music with special attention being given to music for our beauti-ful Pan-Orthodox Christmas concert in December.
St. Paul Hellenic Dancers Eleni Johnson
Hellenic Dance Director
The Hellenic Dancers are excited to be taking a group of Junior and Senior dancers to this year’s Folk Dance Festival in Pittsburgh, November 14 and 15. Every year, when we attend this event, we learn valuable in-struction, reconnect with other Greek Orthodox Youth from sister churches and enjoy beautiful performances by our peers! Registration forms for our new year are still coming in. It is important to fill out a new registration form every year due to contact information changing. Registration payment was due October 31, 2015. If you still need to register your dancer, please do so immediately by go-ing to the church website and filling it out online. Our next practice is Sunday, November 8th. There are no practices scheduled in December. In January we go back to more regular practices. Those practices are for ALL the Beginners and Juniors as well as Seniors that are new to the Senior group in the past two years. Please make every effort to attend practice. These prac-tices are the ones that allow the instructors to really take the time to teach the steps and give the dancers valuable instruction. In late winter the instructors tend to start to move a little faster and without the basic stepping it may be harder for your dancer. I wanted to ask all the St. Paul parishioners to be mind-ful of using the exit doors on the far side of the hall when dance practice is going on. The Junior group has doubled in size this year and is also a very young group. When parishioners leave through those doors it is very distracting to the dancers who are trying to learn. There will be signs posted on the doors letting everyone know that practice is in session. We are ask-ing to only have it be a handicap exit during practice time. Thank you. Wishing everyone a beautiful Fall season!
Saint Nicholas Gift Offering
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH
Help spread the true meaning of Christmas this season. Sunday School students are asked to bring a wrapped present for a child the same age as themselves to leave in the Baptistery area before entering church. Please mark the label as follows: “For: (indicate boy or girl) years old”
The gifts collected will be distributed by the North Royalton Hunger Center to needy families within the community.
Mitten Tree The ‘mitten tree’ will once again be up
from Thanksgiving weekend through December col-lecting donations of hats, mittens and gloves to be dis-tributed to needy families in the area by Daughters of Penelope. Any donation you are able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
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ST. PAUL LADIES PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY Zoe Moore
St. Paul Philoptochos Recording Secretary
Minutes from the Tuesday September 15, 2015 meet-ing. The meeting was called to order at 6:45 PM by President Stephanie Ocker.
Minutes: The minutes from the meeting from Tues-day, May 12 were read by Zoe Moore Clara Daniels then made a motion to accept the minutes and Rhonee Iula seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Eleni Gugliotta reported that the May checking account balance of $18,220.03 had to be adjusted due to un-cleared checks from the Spring fundraiser and the adjusted checking account balance as of May 1, 2015 was $10,191.09. She further indicat-ed that total income as of August 31, 2015 was $18,420.52 and total expenses were $10,921.15 and that total funds available as of August 31, 2015 was $17,690.46. Tessie Lekas asked about the fraudulent charges which were explained. Treasurer’s report was submitted as presented.
Correspondence: Rae Elliott read several thank you notes including one from the Pancreatic Cancer Ac-tion Network. She also read a flyer about the Koinonia event and a flyer from Holy Cross. Georgia Gallagher reported that the National Philoptochos Society Luncheon for the Children Medical Fund will be held in Boston on October 25. She stated that tickets to go to the event were $125 and that raffle tickets were also available. Rhonee Iula made a motion for our chapter to donate $250 to the National Philptochos Society for the Children Medical Fund and Kathryn Tripodis se-conded the motion. Motion passed.
Ways and Means: Rhonee Iula reported that she has ideas for fundraisers this year that include selling pas-titsio and that a woman from Annunciation who makes diples for our Festival offered to make diples to sell as a fundraiser. She stated that we need to raise $18,000 this year and that she is looking for fundrais-ing ideas and for members for her committee.
Coffee Socials: Pam Sitter reported that we currently have some leftover food from Michael Alex’s funeral for coffee socials but will need food for coffee socials in the future.
Visitations: Mary Pagonakis reported that she contin-ued to visit/make phone calls to shut-ins over the sum-mer and that Evangeline Bozikis helped her with this.
Membership / Hunger Center / EOWG: Evangeline Bozikis reported that we now have 103 members. She reported that food donations for the Hunger Center were slow over the summer but that they were start-ing to pick up. She stated that several parishioners gave monetary donations. She also reported that EWOG held the book review for Seasons of Grace on Saturday, September 12, 2015. She stated that EWOG was having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Monday, October 12 at St. Matthew’s. She stated that tickets are $15 for adults and $7.50 for children 12 and under. She stated that there would be baskets at this fund-raiser. Georgia Gallagher moved to donate up to $75 for a basket and Thalia Marakas seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Sunshine: Toula Loizos reported that 8 to 10 sympa-thy cards and 3 get well cards were sent out over the summer.
OCF/Afghan Workshop: Maribeth Lekas was not pre-sent at the meeting but sent an email with her report. She noted that there are 63 adult afghans as of Sep-tember 13, 2015 for distribution to our homebound parishioners and thanked Mary Anastos for her beau-tiful donation this month. She stated that as of Sep-tember 6, 2015, there were 170 baby afghans and thanked Tessie Lekas for her beautiful baby afghan this month and Maria Lovejoy for her 4 beautiful af-ghans last month. She indicated that there would be an afghan workshop on Thursday, October 29, 2015 from 10 am to 11:30 am. She stated that afghans are to be knit or crocheted in washable yarn (30 x 36 for in-fants and 40 x48 for adults). She also reported that she plans to send Connect kits to our college freshmen. She stated that a kit contains an Orthodox study bible, reading guides, prayer books, guides to finding a local OCF chapter, an OCF travel mug filled with home-made koulourakia as well as other fun goodies. She stated that one OCF kit was being sent to Chase Kir-iazis and that she needed names, addresses, and email addresses of other freshman college students to have a kit mailed or to make donations.
Old Business: Stephanie Ocker reported that the Board had approved donations of $100 to Operation North Royalton and $200 to St. Herman’s/Focus . She also reported that the Board had approved a donation of $200 to Maria Aslamazi from Greece who is in Cleveland with her mother awaiting a transplant of five different organs . A motion to approve these do-nations was made by Tessie Lekas and seconded by Emily Vedouras. Motion passed.
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AFGHAN PROJECT Our Ladies Philoptochos continues our beautiful tra-dition of presenting every newborn in our community with a handmade afghan at their 40-Day Bless-ing. Each afghan donated has a tag that indicates that it was hand-made by Philoptochos and a card with the donor’s name as well as the children’s book “What Do You See at Liturgy” enclosed as a memento of this special occasion. In all, we have collected 141 baby afghans to date! Many thanks to Tessie Lekas for her adorable baby afghan and Maria Lovejoy for the two beautiful afghans she donated last month. Also, a warm thank you to Joanna Kokkas for her generous donation of yarn again last month. If you would like to create baby afghans, they should be approximately 30 x 36 inches knitted or crocheted in washable yarn.
Our Ladies Philoptochos is also creating afghans for our homebound parishioners. These lap afghans are given to our homebound parishioners who welcome a visit from our Philoptochos ladies. Many thanks to Mary Anastos and Cathy Kulwicki for their generous donation of beautiful lap afghans last month. In total, we have collected 64 cozy afghans to date! If you know of anyone who would enjoy such a visit, please let us know. Each lap afghan should be approximately 40x48 inches knitted or crocheted in washable yarn.
Our Afghan Workshop was held at church in the Teen Room on Thursday, October 29. Patterns and donated yarn were distributed at our Afghan Workshop. Mon-etary donations are also accepted in lieu of hand-made afghans to offset the costs of this project. Please contact Maria Lovejoy 330.220.3213 or Maribeth Lekas 216.408.6070 if you are interested in assisting with our Afghan Ministry.
OCF—ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP—STUDENT ADDRESS NEEDED! Our St. Paul Philoptochos reaches out to our college students by mailing them OCF Connect Kits. Connect Kits are mailed to our St. Paul college freshmen that include an Orthodox Study Bible, reading guides, prayer books, guides for finding a local OCF chapter, OCF travel mug filled with delicious homemade kou-lourakia, as well as other fun goodies for our college students. OCF is the National Campus Ministry Pro-gram for Orthodox college students. Greater Cleve-land has 4 active OCF Chapters that include students from Case Western Reserve University, John Carroll University, Cleveland State University, Baldwin Wal-lace University and Cuyahoga Community College.
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New Business: Stephanie Ocker reported that Octo-ber 24 is National Make a Difference Day in honor of Archbishop Demetrios’ name day. It is supposed to be cross generational and involve the Sunday School or Greek School Children. Suggestions as to what could be done include making cards for VA Hospital or Children’s Hospital, collecting blankets for an ani-mal shelter or a canned food drive. Afterwards, an email is to be sent to the Archbishop so he knows what was done in his honor.
Stephanie reported that the Daffodil Luncheon would be in Cleveland this year on Saturday, March 5 at the Silver Grille. She stated that tickets will be $75. She stated that money from the luncheon goes to the Me-tropolis and a special care fund at the parish level and this year, the money will go to Zoe for Life and Dr. Toohey’s breast cancer vaccine. She also stated that our chapter would be in charge of the financial tracking.
Stephanie stated that the Clergy/Laity Conference was going to be held from September 24-26 at St. Constan-tine and Helen Church in Cleveland Hts. She stated that she needed representatives to attend the conference and Rae Elliott and Eleni Gugliotta offered to attend.
Stephanie also mentioned that on October 10 there is a walk for women who care about breast cancer from 8:30 to 11:00 am. This used to be called the Walk with the Doc.
Stephanie stated that our next meeting would be on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 and it would be a fundrais-er with Pampered Chef.
Stephanie Ocker and Dena Wilson also thanked the Philoptochos and the entire church on behalf of the Alex family for all the prayers, baking, donations and love and support during the illness and passing of their cousin, Michael Alex.
Clara Daniels mentioned that Sunday, September 27 is the North Royalton community meal and that it was St. Paul’s turn to host and that volunteers are needed. Father Costas mentioned that there would be a plan-ning meeting for the church’s 50th Anniversary on Oc-tober 7 at 7:00 PM. He also indicated that he was look-ing for people to attend the Grief Sharing Ministry and the Adult Catechism and Women’s Study classes taught by Elaine Poulos.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was then made by Rhonee Iula and seconded by Kathy Nikolaou. Mo-tion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.
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OCF plans meetings and various events for the college students each month providing free food and admis-sions. Many thanks to Mary Steve in her assistance in obtaining our college freshmen school addresses!
Please have your students checkout the OCF Cleve-land page on Facebook for events in the Cleveland area. Please forward email and college snail mail ad-dresses for any St. Paul college Fall Freshmen as you receive their room assignments and/or to donate, please contact Mary Steve at [email protected] or Maribeth Lekas at [email protected] .
St. Paul Ladies Philoptochos Society Presents
BREAKFAST WITH ST. NICHOLAS
Sunday, December 6, 2015
IMMEDIATELY following Sunday School in the Hellenic Center
Enjoy breakfast with your family and friends! Have your picture taken with St. Nicholas!
Children receive a special treat!
Ticket prices: $10.00 for adults
$5.00 for children 10 and under
Tickets are available through our website and during the coffee social beginning November 15th
In an effort to accommodate all those who wish to attend, please
PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE
www.stpaulgoc.org
We look forward to seeing you there!
Dates to Remember: Sunday, November 1, 2015
Special basket will be passed to benefit the Philanthropic needs of the Ecumenical Patri-archate—Sts. Cosmos and Damianos
Loukoumades Sunday Tuesday, November 3, 2015 ~ 6:30 PM Board
meeting Sunday November 8, 2015
“Make a Difference Day” sponsored with Sunday School. Bring items for ZOE for Life!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 ~ Baking for Christ-mas bake sale
December 6, 2016 ~ Breakfast with St. Nicholas. Please purchase your tickets in advance!
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CHURCH SERVICES
All Sundays 8:15 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
Sunday School
Following Holy
Communion
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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 5th Sunday of Luke
12:00 PM Greek Corner
3:30 PM Baptism and Chrismation
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5:30 PM Greek School
3
6:30 PM Philoptochos Board mtg.
7:00 PM Home Committee meeting
4
11:00 AM Little Angels
5
7:00 PM Bible Study
6 7
10:30 AM Rehearsal
1:00 PM HOPE/JOY event at the Karas home
4:30 PM Baptism
8 7th Sunday
of Luke
Make a Difference Day
Dance Practice
GOYA mtg.
2:30 PM Wedding
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St. Nektarios
8:30 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
5:30 PM Greek School
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6:30 PM Philoptochos General mtg.
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11:00 AM Little Angels
7:00 PM Parish Council mtg.
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7:00 PM Bible Study
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Folk Dance Festival ~ St. Nicholas Pittsburgh through Sunday
15
8th Sunday of Luke
Nativity Fast begins
12:00 PM General Assembly mtg.
5:00 PM Holy Unction at St. Mary Romanian Cathedral
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5:30 PM Greek School
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9:00 AM Philoptochos baking
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11:00 AM Little Angels
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2:00 PM Senior Fellowship Kafenio
7:00 PM Bible Study
20 21 Entrance
of the Theotokos in the Temple
8:30 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
22 9th Sunday of Luke
23
5:30 PM Greek School
24 25 St. Katherine
8:30 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
26 Thanksgiving
Office closed
27
Office closed
28
3:00 PM Baptism
29
13th Sunday of Luke
1:30 PM Baptism
30 St. Andrew
8:30 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
5:30 PM Greek School
Father Costas and Father Michael at National Clergy Retreat
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CHURCH SERVICES
All Sundays 8:15 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
Sunday School
Following Holy
Communion
2
0
1
5
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1
7:00 PM Home Committee meeting
2
11:00 AM Little Angels
3
6:30 PM GOYA BB practice
7:00 PM Bible Study
4 5 St. Savas
Feast Celebration at Metropolis
7:00 PM Great Vespers at St. Nicholas Lorain
6 St. Nicholas
Breakfast with St. Nicholas
12:00 PM Greek Corner 5:00 PM Nativity Con-cert at St. Mary Romanian Orthodox Cathedral
7
5:30 PM Greek School
8 9
11:00 AM Little Angels
7:00 PM Parish Council mtg.
10
6:30 PM GOYA BB practice
7:00 PM Bible Study
11 12
St. Spyridon
8:30 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
GOYA Basket-ball scrimmage at St. Demetrios
13 Election of
Parish Council Members
Nativity Programs
Philoptochos Bake Sale
12:30 PM HOPE/JOY Christmas Caroling
5:00 PM GOYA Christmas caroling
14
5:30 PM Greek School
15 16
11:00 AM Little Angels
17
6:30 PM GOYA BB practice
7:00 PM Bible Study
18 19
20 Sunday before Nativity Sunday School classes WILL be held
21 22 23 24
Nativity Eve
Office Closed
5:00 PM Vesperal Liturgy
25 Holy
Nativity
Office Closed
8:15 AM Orthros
9:30 AM Liturgy
26
27 Sunday after Nativity No Sunday School today
28 29 30 31 New
Year’s Eve
7:00 PM Vesperal Liturgy
8:30 PM New Year’s Eve Party
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General Assembly Meeting
Sunday November 15, 2015
12:00 PM
Plan on attending!
Becoming a Parish Council Member
Our Parish is blessed to have FIFTEEN Parish Council members who serve our parish. Each member serves a two year term and is eligible to serve six consecutive years before being required to take a one year leave. This year, there will be SEVEN members who will need be nominated at the General Assembly meeting. Serving on Parish Council is a Ministry as members are representing our parish and the Orthodox Chris-tian faith. As leaders of the community, parish council members are on the front lines and are able to have a long-term positive effect on the parish. Please consid-er becoming a member of this ministry. A Nomination Form can be found on the next page in this issue of The Messenger, they have been mailed to your home, you can pick one up from the church of-fice or speak to any of the current parish council members for more information. “The most basic task of the Church leader is to discern the spiritual gifts of all those under his authority, and to en-courage those gifts to be used to the full for the benefit of all. Only a person who can discern the gifts of others and can humbly rejoice at the flowering of those gifts is fit to lead the Church.”
~ St. John Chrysostom
ST. PAUL GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH North Royalton OH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING AGENDA
Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 12:00pm (quorum of 40)
If no quorum, a second call will be made at 12:15 pm
according to Section 6:4 of the St. Paul Revised Parish By-Laws
1. Call meeting to order (M. Saridakis)
2. Invocation (Father Costas)
3. Election of General Assembly Chairman
4. Minutes from General Assembly meeting of May 17, 2015 (K. Nikolaou)
5. Audit Committee Report (C. Bodle)
6. Financial Secretary’s Report (D. Diamond)*
a. 2015 Review of 3rd Quarter*
b. 2015 Balance Sheet*
c. 2016 Proposed Budget*
7. Home Committee Report (M. Lignos)
8. 50th Anniversary Celebration (C. Loizos)
9. Vision Update (M. Saridakis)
10. Old Business
11. New Business
12. Adjournment/Benediction (Father Costas)
*Financial statements may be picked up in the church office or at the General Assembly meet-ing.
Please Note: In order to vote, one must be a member in good standing. This means you have submitted an Estimate of Giving Card for 2015 AND fulfilled your commitment through December 2014. Please call the church office if you are unsure of your status.
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE PARISH COUNCIL OF ST. PAUL GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
NORTH ROYALTON OH
January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2017 As a member in good standing* of St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church, I would like to serve the community as a member of the Parish Council. I hereby submit my name as a candidate for the Parish Council Election that will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2015. This form must be submitted to the church office on or before November 15, 2015, the date of the General As-sembly at which the Parish Council nominations are made. PLEASE PRINT We, the undersigned, being members in good standing of St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church of North Royalton, Ohio desire to place (name) into nomination as a candidate for election to the Parish Council. Nominator: date Seconded by: date I, , being a member in good standing of St. Paul Greek Orthodox Church of North Royalton, Ohio for at least one year prior to the date of the election, accept the nomination as a candidate for election to the Parish Council. (Signature) (Address)
Stewardship Envelope Number
* A member of good standing is defined as ‘Any person, eighteen years of age or over, who was baptized and chrismated according to the rites of the
Orthodox Church and lives according to the tenets of the Orthodox faith.’ Our Parish Bylaws also provide that a member in good standing is one
who has fulfilled their prior year Fairshare pledge and submitted a Fairshare pledge for the current year. Please refer to our Bylaws, Arti-
cle V.
NOVEMBER 2015 PAGE 15
Not only can you complete your Stewardship commit-ment pledge for the current you directly on our website by clicking on the button pictured above, you can
also do the following:
Make a payment to your current / prior year pledge—payments can be set up to be recurring
Make a donation to the Capital Improvement fund for the improvement of our facility
Make a donation to the Benevolent fund to anony-mously help those in need
Make a memorial donation Please remember, you DO NOT need to have a PayPal account to process any transactions through our web-site. Feel free to call the office with any questions.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
ZOE for Life! is a non-profit Christ-centered support organization with three major goals: to help women who need confidential emotional and spiritual support during crisis pregnancies; to assist Orthodox Christians seeking to adopt; and to provide an education for Pure Living and other resources.
Please bring an unwrapped Baby Shower Gift. Some suggestions:
Diapers, any size
Wipes
Socks
Hats
Blankets
Onesies
Clothes (new or gently used for babies up to one year old)
Sunday November 8, 2015 5:00—7:00 PM
Melt Bar & Grilled
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Who: Orthodox Young Adults (18-35 years old) What: Orthodoxy is breaking out of the
church facility and meeting where you already want to be. Young Adult Orthodox Christians will gath-er to hang out, listen to a speaker and discuss our faith.
Theme: Examining the Modern Saint— St. Nektarios of Aegina RSVP: [email protected]
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CrossRoad is a ten-day academic summer institute that prepares high school juniors and seniors to make big life decisions and connect with the Orthodox Christian theological and spiritual tradition. Hosted on the sce-nic Hellenic College Holy Cross campus, overlooking the beautiful Boston skyline, participants experience daily worship, visit local parishes, tour Boston, and spend a day at the beach. June Session: June 18 – June 28 July Session: July 5 – July 15 Application Priority Deadline: February 1, 2016 There is a tuition fee for the 2016 CrossRoad Summer Institute of $550 for the ten-day session. This tuition fee represents less than 25% of the $2,300 actual cost to support each participant. In addition, travel arrange-ments to and from Hellenic College are also the re-sponsibility of the participant. That stated, it is our CrossRoad policy that no accepted participant requesting financial aid will be turned away. For this reason, limited funds are available to assist participants who are unable to pay the full tui-tion fee.
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We now have icons of the major feast days of the church available.
Visit our bookstore every Sunday following Divine Liturgy or call the church office if you would like to come by during the week. We also have gift certificates available in any de-
Christmas Decorations for our Church
Honor your loved ones or commemorate your depart-ed ones by contributing towards the poinsettias and other decorations, which decorate our Church during the Christmas Season.
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All donations will be acknowledged in the February issue of The Messenger.
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St. Nektarios the Wonderworker November 9
St. Nektarios of Aegina, one of the most beloved and popular modern saints of Greece, is celebrated on No-vember 9th. He is not only loved because many miracles have happened through his prayers since his death in the early 1900s, but also because he offers inspiring lessons in humility, patience, love, holiness!
St Nektarios came from a poor family in 19th century Greece, and yet through a gen-erous benefactor, was able to receive an education and eventually became a priest. He quickly rose up in the Church and be-came the Bishop of Pentapolis, serving a large Greek community in Egypt. The love of the people and his popularity grew so quickly though, that some bishops and oth-er church authorities became quite jealous of him. They slandered him to the Patriarch of Alexan-dria, and he was unjustly sent away from his diocese and exiled from Egypt.
Upon his arrival in Greece, the slanders followed him and he continued to endure unjust persecution from fellow clergy. He was not allowed to preach or serve in the Church for a long period of time. Eventually, he became the Dean of the Rizario Seminary in Athens, but even there some school trustees slandered him and eventually got him removed. Even after he moved to the island of Aegina, where he founded a women’s monastery, enemies continued to falsely ac-cuse him with lies, slander, and ridicule.
Throughout all his unjust suffering, he never tried to defend himself. He would say, “What did I do that they hate me so? And yet, what did Jesus do that they hated him so much that they even crucified him.” St Nektarios pre-ferred to endure suffering than accuse another, and possibly shame them. “If God allows tribulation, then it is for the salvation of our souls… I shall have patience and trust in the Lord.”
Through these trials and tribulations, St Nektarios at-tained the gift of extreme humility. His sufferings led him to be a man of continual and fervent prayer. He would often keep all night vigils, and prayed the Jesus Prayer continuously. He was a man of discipline, fasting strictly, living simply, and never allowing him-self to indulge in any luxuries.
Once three students at the seminary fought with one another. When they were called in front of the dean, St. Nektarios announced to them that he himself would begin a three day total fast, and if they weren’t reconciled by the end of the three days, he would con-tinue his fast until they all repented.
Another time two janitors had a fight with one another. St Nektarios told them to re-solve the issue, or he himself would begin doing their job and cleaning the toilets. “There exists no job beneath a person,” he would say. Years later, one of these janitors was hospitalized for several months. When the man was afraid that he would lose his job due to his absence, St. Nektarios told him not to worry. Then, for following months, St Nektarios himself began doing all the work of the janitor late at night, sav-ing the position of the worker until he would be able to return.
St Nektarios understood that pride was the beginning of distancing oneself from God. Pride enters a per-son’s heart through the door of irreverence and igno-rance. “When you hear praise, turn your thoughts to the Lord and pray that he will erase them from your memory. Remember, nothing is ours.”
A picture taken of the saint while liturgizing at his beloved monastery in Aegina.
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The North Royalton Hunger Food Center is running low on the following items: cereal, peanut butter, jelly, cake and brownie mixes, canned pasta, instant pota-toes, and rice and potato mixes. Items can be placed in the basket at the top of the stairs as you enter church. Please be sure to check the expiration date
and DO NOT bring any perishable items.
Η Ελληνικη Γωνια
Φίλες και φίλοι καλός σας βρίσκω και αυτόν τον μήνα. Ο Νοέμβριος είναι ένας μήνας γεμάτος από θρησκευτικές εορτές. Ετσι λοιπόν εύχομαι σ' όλους εσάς που γιορτάζεται ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΣΑΣ ΠΟΛΛΑ. Στις 8 Νοεμβρίου εορτάζουμε την Σύναξη των Αρχαγγέλων Μιχαήλ και Γαβριήλ, οι μεγάλοι
Ταξιάρχες του Θεού, oι Αρχάγγελοι τ ω ν Ο υ ρ α ν ί ω ν Σ ω μ ά τ ω ν . Οι Άγγελοι στην Ορθόδοξη Εκκλησία είναι αόρατα, ασώματα, νοερά, αυτεξούσια, κτιστά όντα, που αποτελούν λειτουργικά πνεύματα και εκτελεστές του Θείου θελήματος. Ο λόγος δημιουργίας τους είναι εκστατική αγάπη και αγαθότητα του Θεού, με σκοπό να συμμερισθούν ως λογικά όντα τη μακαριότητά Του. Δημιουργήθηκαν εξ αρχής αγαθοί με δυνατότητα προς το καλό, αλλά και δυνατότητα τροπής προς το κακό, με αποτέλεσμα άλλοι άγγελοι με τη συνεργία του Αγίου Πνέυματος να παγιωθούν στο καλό και άλλοι να εκπέσουν της χάριτος ένεκα της υπερηφανείας τους, δημιουργώντας το εκπεσών τάγμα αγγέλων, που πλέον αποκλήθηκαν Δαίμονες. Ο αριθμός των αγγελικών όντων φαίνεται να είναι ανυπολόγιστος και απροσμέτρητος. Ο ίδιος ο Ιησούς ομιλεί στη Γεθσημανή για περισσότερες από δώδεκα λεγεώνες αγγέλων, ενώ ο Ευαγγελιστής Ιωάννης μαρτυρεί ότι είδε και άκουσε σε όραμα που του δόθηκε από τον Θεό γύρω από το Θεϊκό θρόνο, οπου υπήρχαν χορωδία από μυριάδες μυριάδων και χιλιάδες χιλιάδων αγγέλων. Κατά τον Απόστολο Παύλο, σκοπός των αγγέλων είναι η εκπλήρωση του θείου θελήματος και η διακονία του έργου της σωτηρίας (Προς Εβραίους 1, 14). Το έργο αυτό το εκτελούν πάντα άμεσα, κινούμενοι με την ταχύτητα της φύσεώς τους. Καθήκοντά τους είναι να φυλάσσουν τόπους, να ηγούνται ανθρώπων και εθνών (Πράξεις 12, 1-15), να βοηθούν τους ανθρώπους όπως το θείο θέλημα προστάζει, να φροντίζουν τις ανθρώπινες ψυχές. Κάθε άνθρωπος έχει ένα φύλακα άγγελο για να τον ενισχύει στον αγώνα κατά τις αμαρτίας. Όταν βρίσκονται στον ουρανό, δουλειά τους είναι να υμνούν το Θεό. Αγαπητοί μου φίλοι εύχομαι να ικανοποίησα και αυτήν την επιθυμία σας. Ραντεβού τον άλλο μήνα με ακόμα ένα ενδιαφέρον θέμα. Νάστε όλοι σας καλά.
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