1.- Voice of the Church

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1 1.- Voice of the Church Parish Web Site All Saints Greek Orthodox Church 601 W. McMurray Road Canonsburg, PA Office: (724) FAX: (724) Hall: (724) Volume 29 April 8, 2018 Number 14 Fr. George L. Livanos, Proistamenos Fr. Dragan Filipovic, Protopresbyter Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Office Address Dawn Mavrich Our mission is to glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through our words and actions according to the Holy Traditions and sacred teachings of our Orthodox Christian faith.. CHRIST HAS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! WELCOME TO THOSE WHO ARE VISITING It is a joy for us to share our Worship with you today! Holy Communion is a Sacrament of our Faith and thus only Baptized and/or Chrismated Orthodox Christians who are in Good Standing and have spiritually prepared to receive are invited to come forward from the middle aisle of the Nave with reverence and humility, row by row, in a QUIET and ORDERLY fashion, and depart as directed. Please remain seated in your pews until invited forward by a Council Member. If you are standing in the back of the Nave, please wait until all who are seated have gone forward and a Council Member invites you forward. In receiving Holy Communion, you should place the Cloth under your chin, recite your CHRISTIAN NAME, then wipe your mouth after receiving. Women: please remove any lipstick prior to Communing. Non Orthodox Christians are welcome to receive the Blessed Bread offered at the end of the Liturgy. SUNDAY, April 8, 2018: GREAT AND HOLY PASCHA (Fast Free Week). Today we commemorate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; the Holy Apostles of the Seventy Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, and Hermes; Rufus the Obedient of the Kiev Caves; and Celestine, Pope of Rome.

2 SPECIAL HYMNS FOR TODAY IN THE LITURGY At the Small/First Entrance CLERGY: ENTRANCE HYMN: SECOND TONE Bless God in the churches, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. Save us, O Son of God, risen from the dead, CHANTERS: we sing to You, Alleluia CLERGY: RESURRECTIONAL APOLYTIKION: PLAGAL OF THE FIRST TONE Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs He has granted life. CHANTERS: APOLYTIKION (HYPAKOE): FOURTH TONE When the women with Mary had come before dawn, and they found that the stone had been rolled away from the sepulcher, they heard from the Angel, "Why do you seek among the dead, as a mortal man, the One who exists in everlasting light? See the grave clothes in the sepulcher. Run and proclaim to the world that the Lord has risen and put death to death; for He is the Son of God who saves the human race." CLERGY: SEASONAL KONTAKION: PLAGAL OF THE FOURTH TONE Though You went down into the tomb, O Immortal One, yet You brought down the dominion of Hades; and You rose as the victor, O Christ our God; and You called out "Rejoice" to the Myrrh-bearing women, and gave peace to Your Apostles, O Lord who to the fallen grant resurrection. Today s Epistle Reading Acts of the Apostles 1:1-8 This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Verse: Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. IN the first book, O Theophilos, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard from me, for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

3 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom of lsrael?" He said to them, "it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." Today s Gospel Reading Great and Holy Pascha The Gospel According to John 1:1-17 IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came for testimony, to bear witness to the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light. The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God; who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.'") And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. SERVICES & EVENTS PASCHA SUNDAY - Agape Vespers (Noon) with His Eminence Metropolitan Savas Christ s Resurrection and victory is affirmed in this morning s theme. The Gospel is read in several languages to illustrate the universality of the Good News of the Resurrection and its

4 proclamation to the very ends of the earth. Love, forgiveness, reconciliation, triumph and joy - these are the gifts which we receive because Christ lived and died and triumphed for our sake. Please join us and share this wonderful blessing. All are to go directly to the Hall to gather (11:45 a.m.) if you arrive before the beginning of Services. RENEWAL MONDAY - Food Festival Cooking (cheese pies) - 9:00 a.m. - Food Festival Cooking (filo bottoms) - 6:30 p.m. - W&J OCF Meeting - 8:45 p.m. RENEWAL TUESDAY - Food Festival Cooking (cheese pies) - 9:00 a.m. - Junior Greek Dance Troop Practice - 6:00 p.m. - Senior Greek Dance Troop Practice - 7:00 p.m. - Parish Council Meeting (in the Trailer) - 7:00 p.m. RENEWAL WEDNESDAY - Outreach Cooking & Meal - 8:00 a.m. - Daughters of Penelope Meeting - 7:00 p.m. RENEWAL THURSDAY - Junior Greek Dance Troop Practice - 6:00 p.m. - Philoptochos Meeting - 6:30 p.m. - Senior Greek Dance Troop Practice - 7:00 p.m. PRAYER CORNER: Your prayers are requested for God s protection, and the renewed health and healing of His Eminence Metropolitan Maximos, His Beatitude Met, Theodosius (O.C.A.), Tammy Mantalis Achille, Maria Anthou, Deborah Ciamacco, Eleanor Elizabeth Gray, Norma Jones, Mary Karras- Gardner, George Kontos, Valanti Mahramas, Lorraine Mahramus, Mark Mallory, Silvia Myndresku Martin, Bill Sarris, Joan Nikas Shearer, Vanessa Shearer, Baby Noah (Josh & Jess Peniazek), Sean Rovers, Alex Soulakis, George and Dena Zaimes, our Parish Shut-ins, the Armed Forces, those in Prison, who have lost a loved one, who are ill, suffering or in need, the leaders of our Church and country, and for mission ministries. ALL SAINTS WELCOMING MINISTRY: Do you love to smile? Do you love people? Do you love shaking hands and sharing hugs? If so, we want YOU to be a part of the All Saints Welcoming Ministry! Please contact the Church Office and give Dawn your name and phone number and you will be contacted by someone who will tell you how you can help. CELEBRATING MOTHER S DAY: Mother s Day will be here before we know it! As you know, our All Saints Philoptochos sponsors our Memorial and Artoklasia services on Mother s Day. Flyers are in the Narthex for honoring our loved ones and remembering our deceased loved ones. Thank you for your support!

5 FOOD FESTIVAL AD BOOK: The Food Festival Committee is in need of a chairperson to head up the Ad Book for the Food Festival. We had great success with this last year and raised approximately $16,000 for the church. We have a great committee in place to assist but we need a leader to take on the committee chair. Please see Pete Moniodes if you have an interest. Thank you! WALL OF SUPPORT: This year the Food Festival Committee will not be doing an ad book but an electronic version of the wall of support. If you are interested in supporting All Saints Food Festival you may purchase an ad for $75.00 and include your business card or logo. We are also offering a one line "Patron Ad" for $25.00 if you wish to support our church. Please see Wall of Support form and if you have any questions, please see Marcy Cadez or her at mj3cadez@comcast.net. Thank you! ALL SAINTS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS: The All Saints Greek Orthodox Church and the Komorowski family is proud to facilitate the awarding of four $1000 scholarships in memory of John M. Pankas, Harriet M. Pankas, Mary L. Pankas and John L. Poulis. Any child of a Steward in good standing of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church is eligible to apply if they are graduating high school this year and are planning to enter college or vocational school in the summer or fall. Applications can be picked up or requested from the church office. Please call ( ) or office at office@allsaintscbg.org to obtain applications. VANITY PLATE FOR FRONT OF CAR: Imperial Byzantine Double-Headed Eagle vanity plates are available in our Religious Article Store. The cost is $20.00 and the profits will go to our All Saints Outreach Program. Be proud of your Orthodox heritage! BOOKSTORE: We have in our bookstore a book titled Food, Faith and Fasted: A Sacred Journey to Better Health, available for purchase for $ The proceeds from the sale of this book will go toward the Outreach Ministry. The book is based on the podcast by the same name, which you can find on Ancient Faith Radio. ALL SAINTS PHILOPTOCHOS SUNSHINE COMMITTEE: Beloved members of our community, the All Saints Philoptochos Sunshine Committee is dedicated to show compassion by calling, sending well wishes or sympathy cards, and keeping in touch with those who are ill and those who are in need. In order to achieve these, we need to be informed promptly, so no one in our community is Left Behind! Please contact either Patricia Soulakis (724) (alexsoulakis@yahoo.com) or Fay Sideris (724) or (724) (faysideris@hushmail.com) SCHEDULING COFFEE HOUR & USE OF KITCHEN: If you wish to host a Coffee Hour and/or use the Hall Kitchen YOU MUST EXCLUSIVELY CONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE/DAWN and make those arrangements. This will prevent us from having misunderstandings and conflicts in the future. AHEPA AND PAN-RHODIAN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: Applications for the AHEPA District and National Scholarships, as well as Pan-Rhodian Local and National Scholarships are now

6 available through Nick Scouloukas (724) Applications must be completed and post-marked as follows: AHEPA District 4 is due by April 19 tht. The Pan-Rhodian Local Scholarship is due by June 30 and Pan-Rhodian National by July 15 th. The applicant s sponsor MUST BE a member in good standing of the corresponding organization (AHEPA/Pan-Rhodian Society) with dues paid for GAPA LODGE COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: A new achievement award has been established by the Greek American Progressive Association. This award offers a $1, achievement award to graduating seniors entering college in 2018 as full-time freshmen. Applicants must be related to GAPA members or be children or grandchildren of members in good standing in Greek Orthodox Churches in Allegheny or Beaver Counties, Pennsylvania, or Sacramento, California. Deadline for applications to be submitted is April 30, For more information or to obtain a copy of the application form, please stop by the church office during regular business hours. BASILE THE GREEK COMEDIAN: Basile the Greek Comedian will be performing at the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Community Center in Aliquippa on Friday, April 13, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. For more information, please see the flyer on the bulletin board in the Church Hall. TÏ ÁÃÃÅËÌÁ ÔÇÓ ÇÌÅÑÁÓ TODAY S MESSAGE A Christian should never have enemies. All people have the image of God in them, and they are all children of God! We pray for those who hate us and for those who love us. Thus, how can we have enemies? If others want to see us as their enemies, it is their choice, but we won t consider others our enemies And how should we respond to hatred? Let us learn that often the best dialogue is silence; it is love without arguments. Only remember we cannot love without a great cost. It costs much to love Christ and to love others. -Archbishop Anastasios of Albania

7 THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING 176 STEWARDS WHO HAVE MADE A 2018 STEWARDSHIP PLEDGE BY PLEDGE CARD OR ONLINE: Demo Agoris Jacqueline Alberty Kosta & Chrisoula Adelinakis Ernest & Leona Alexas Helen Alexas Nicholas Ambeliotis Anthony Andronas Anthony S. Andronas Frank and Maureen Andronas Steve & Elaine Andronas Emmanuel Anthou George & Joan Anthou Maria Anthou Tina Bails George Bardos Helen Bardos Nike Bardy David and Anna Berg Caitlin Bickel Craig & Laura Blanock Audrey Bowman Evangeline Burke Gary & Pamela Burris Jonathan Cadez Fr. & Kassiani Callos Mr. & Mrs. Clinton Carroll Larry & Penny Casella Mary Comunale Ellen Culler Katy & Tony Diakakis Paul & Anastasia DiLorenzo Marcus Diniaco Daniel & Carolyn Dudek John a& Tula Dziak William T. Eleamos William & Gladys Eleamos John & Kristen Eliopoulos Fr. & Mira Filipovic Kal Flaskos Dan and Darcy Frazier Jake Fuellhart Thomas Geanopulos Mr. & Mrs. Cleo Georgeou Mary Georgeou Lee and Dian Geyer Gus Gregorakis James (Greggy) Gregorakis James & Kathy Gregorakis Jason & Christina Gross George & Mary Halkias Sophia and Steve Heon Dean and Tracey Hnaras George Hnaras Ava and Brian Hoefler Andrew & Sofia Janis Manuel & Bessie Johns John Karafilis Luke Karavolis Mallory Karavolis Joyce Karras John Kavoulakis Loucas & Betty Konstantinou Elizabeth Kouklakis Patricia Kouklakis Petras Kouklakis Steve Kouklakis Sevasti Koupiaris Brian and Angela Krenzelak John Kusturis Alexandra Kusturiss Eleftherios & Theodora Lagonis George and Angela Lagonis Electra Lakomy Clark & Maureen Landgraff Manuel & Shirley Lemonakis Artemis Liadis Nick Lipapis Family Fr. George & Dianthe Livanos Maria Livanos Micah & Zeina Livanos George & Ann Loris George & Becky Loutsion Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Loutsion Peter & Esther Lucas Andy and Angela MacBeth Matt & Nina Macek Samantha Macek Sylvia Mahramas Gus & Rose Mantalis Jeanne Mantalis Chris Maropis Dr. Petro & Despina Maropis Jack McCabe John S. McCabe LTC Calvin & Marella McConnell Jeff & Helen McCracken John and Rena Mesogitis Marc & Deana Micucci Harold Migias Despina Mihellis

8 Chris & Peggy Moniodes George Moniodes Gus & Donna Moniodes James & Rita Moniodes Peter Moniodes William Moniodes Dr. Jose and Venetia Moreno John Nikas Rosemary Nikas Larry and Pia Oliver Angelo Pankas Dimitri Pankas George & Amelia Pankas John & Carole Pankas Lynda Pankas Victoria L. Pankas Alexandra Pankas-Martin Brian & Tina Pelegrinelli Ramona Perryman Michael & Florence Petros Nick & Mary Petros Manuel & Evelyn Pihakis Becky Pihiou Andrew J. Pihiou Christina Jane Pihiou George A. Pihiou George J. Pihiou George & Sylvia Pihiou James & Renie Pihiou Nicholas Pochiba Draga Popovski Vasko & Laura Popovski Manoli & Georgia Roumbakis George & Maria Sampson Athena Sarris William & Jamie Sarris John G. Scouloukas Nick & Bessie Scouloukas Audrey Scoumis Elaine Scoumis-Summers Marjorie Severyn Gary & Betsy Sideris George & Fay Sideris James G. Silvestros, Jr. John & Dina Skabardonis Phillip & Elisa Sofis Maria Solomon Alex & Patricia Soulakis Louis Spinnenweber, Jr. Manuel Stamatakis Paul & Helen Stamatakis Dean & Vivian Statheros Michael & Heidi Surunis George A. Thomas Gregory & Christy Thomas Kostadena, David & Nicholas Tickel Alexandra Toras George & Penny Toras James & Christina Toras Irene Tsapis Conrad & Leah Tselepis Leeza Tselepis Dustin Updyke George & Stella Velisaris Katina Velisaris Doreen Vendetti Angie Ventrone Eric & Evelyn Volas Dean T. Zaimes Evan & Dorothea Zanic George & Alexandra Zanic Christopher Zervanos Dorothea K. Zikos Constantin Zotis IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE A 2018 PLEDGE, PLEASE DO SO. IF YOU HAVE MADE A 2018 PLEDGE AND ARE NOT ON THIS LIST PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE. THANK YOU. ICONOGRAPHY: We would like to thank all of you who generously donated to the All Saints Iconography Project and to remind you that the third year of the three-year payment period is due at this time. Please make checks payable to the All Saints Iconography Fund. NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS: We are resuming collecting non-perishable food items in the Church Hall for the Canonsburg Food Bank. Please help this cause by placing the items in the box designated in the hall.