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1 Saints Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church July 2018 St. Sisoes the Great

2 Saints Peter Paul Greek Orthodox Church 1401 Wagner Road Glenview, Il Phone: (847) Fax: (847) Rev. Father Panagiotis Boznos, Proistamenos Rev. Father Kosmas Kallis, Associate Pastor Mr. Peter Savas, Youth Director Dn. Ted Saclarides Sunday &Weekly Services Matins 8:15 am Divine Liturgy 9:30 am Church Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30am-4:30pm Fri. 8:30am - 3:00pm Office Manager: Jeannine McIntyre Bookkeeper: Diane Bravos 2018 PARISH COUNCIL Rev. Father Panagiotis Boznos, Proistamenos President: Keith Anderson Vice President: Louis Pappamichiel Treasurer: Voula Colburn Assistant Treasurer: John Tranas Recording Secretary: George Logothetis Corresponding Secretary: Christy Gouletas Mary Alukos Frank Andreou Chris Atsaves George Burbules Steve Callas Michael Carrozza George Kirie Steve Koulogeorge George Nassos Jimmy Samartzis Jim Santos Therese Speropoulos Agape Preschool: Renee Tzakis (Agape60025@gmail.com) Altar Boys: Deacon Ted Saclarides, Elias Papadakis, Tommy Mantice (SSPP.ALTARBOYS@gmail.com) Athletics: Chris Atsaves (SSPP.ATHLETICS1@gmail.com) Book & Icon Store: Pat Nassos (SSPP.BOOKICONSTORE@gmail.com) Choir Director: Therese Speropoulos (SPP.CHURCH.CHOIR@gmail.com) Church School Director: Anna Kallis (churchschool@ssppglenview.org) Coffee Connection (SSPP.COFFEE.CONNECTION@gmail.com) Dr. Helen Theodoropoulos Randa Anderson Doreen DeSent John Colis Coffee Fellowship: Lucy Economos (847) (SSPP.COFFEEFELLOWSHIP1@gmail.com) Divorce Rebuilders: Maria Boyle (SSPP.DIVORCEREBUILDERS@gmail.com) Dynamis Group: Fr. Panagiotis (SSPP.DYNAMIS@gmail.com) Environmental Ministry: Daphne Mazarakis (sspp.environmentalministry@gmail.com) PARISH MINISTRIES Garden Club: Susanne Chakos (SSPP.Garden.Ministry@gmail.com) Georgia Photopulos Cancer Support Group: (SSPP.Cancer.Ministry@gmail.com) Bud Photopulos and Phyllis Perivolidis GOYAlumni: Mary Batrich, Tatiana Lehocky (sspp.goyalumni@gmail.com) Greek School: Stella Theoharopoulos (SSPP.GREEKSCHOOL@gmail.com) Habitat for Humanity: Brad DeSent (SSPP.HABITAT@gmail.com) Ministry Council: (SSPP.MINISTRYCOUNCIL@gmail.com) Morning Bible Study: Dr. Helen Theodoropoulos (SSPP.BIBLESTUDY@gmail.com) OCC: Elizabeth Samartzis (SSPP.OCC@gmail.com) Organist: Helen Mariano Outreach: Christy Gouletas (SSPP.OUTREACH@gmail.com) Philoptochos President: Georgia Ryerson (SSPP.LADIES.PHILOPTOCHOS@gmail.com) PROSPHORA: Eleni Soukoulis (SSPP.PROSPHORA@gmail.com) Stewardship: Frank Andreou (SSPP.STEWARDSHIP@gmail.com) Ushering: Bo LaMotte and George Kirie (SSPP.USHERING@gmail.com) Young Adult League (YAL): Tommy Mantice, Dean Economos, Alyssa Machinis, Chelsea Paspalas, Mia Shanley (sspp.yal@gmail.com) Youth Ministries: Rev. Fr. Kosmas Kallis (frk@ssppglenview.org) Please telephone the Church office (847) during daytime hours for all spiritual emergencies. For evening emergencies contact Fr. Panagiotis at (630) God bless you always!

PASTORAL MESSAGE It is safe to assume that all Orthodox Christians are familiar with St. Basil the Great, or at least are familiar with the name if not the character of the man.

Macrina the younger, who is celebrated within the Church on July 19 th. While her brothers might outshine her in celebrity, it was truly St.

When her brother St Basil completed his education in Athens he was slated to begin a promising legal and rhetorical career in government.

We might have been deprived of the beauty and poetry of the prayers of St. Basil s Liturgy were it not for the influence of his sister. Following her father s death, it was St.

3 PASTORAL MESSAGE It is safe to assume that all Orthodox Christians are familiar with St. Basil the Great, or at least are familiar with the name if not the character of the man. Also a memorable saint, but to a lesser extent, is St. Basil s brother St. Gregory of Nyssa. Lesser known still is St. Basil and St. Gregory s sister St. Macrina the younger, who is celebrated within the Church on July 19 th. While her brothers might outshine her in celebrity, it was truly St. Macrina who was the driving force within a family that would produce at least 8 saints. St. Macrina s influence on her family and as a result on the Christian world cannot be overappreciated. When her brother St Basil completed his education in Athens he was slated to begin a promising legal and rhetorical career in government. That is, until his sister convinced him to use his newly minted rhetorical talents to preach the Gospel in the Church as opposed to fine speeches in the public forum. We might have been deprived of the beauty and poetry of the prayers of St. Basil s Liturgy were it not for the influence of his sister. Following her father s death, it was St. Macrina who urged her mother to convert their family estate into a monastery and to join her in the ascetical life. Through this monastery they provided constant support for widows, who would have struggled to find a place within society at that time. The saint s impact lies not just in her ability to steer her family members toward spiritually beneficial life decisions, but most importantly as their teacher. While not able to receive the same classical education as her brother St. Basil, St. Macrina read the scriptures and found within those pages the true, divine knowledge. She shared this knowledge with her other brothers. In this role she excelled, to the point that St. Gregory of Nyssa, one of the most philosophically dense and complex fathers of the Church, lovingly chooses to refer to her as his teacher more so than sister. As we approach her feastday it is good to familiarize ourselves with this great saint. By looking to St. Macrina we see the effect one faithful member of a family can have on the whole lot. Perhaps you may be the only member of your family who attends Liturgy. Persevere, one faithful member can deepen the faith of all. Maybe you are young and wish to see your parents moved to Christ. Speak to your parents about Christ; it was St. Macrina who had the largest impact on her mother s faith. You may be concerned about the religious education of the youth in your family. Read the scriptures and share them, for by doing so St. Macrina was hailed by St. Gregory as his teacher. In all things understand, one faithful person can bring a multitude to Christ. +Fr. Panagiotis

4 Q&A with Fr. Panagiotis When, why, who started the practice of making the sign of the cross? Did Catholics change the way they made the sign of the cross, after the split? Making the sign of the cross is attested to in some of our earliest existing Christian sources. As early as the second century Tertullian writes, In all our travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, in putting of our shoes, at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever work occupies us, we mark our foreheads with the sign of the cross (De cor. Mil., iii). Two centuries later, St. Cyril of Jerusalem also attests to Christians making the sign of the cross on their forehead. This appears to be the earliest practice, and most likely at this time only the thumb was used to trace the sign of the cross. It is commonly thought that the transition from one thumb to three fingers came about in the 400 s to combat the Monophysite heresy (the belief that Christ had only one nature). The theology of the Trinity, and Christ s two natures (human and divine) had been firmly articulated by this point. Both major dogmas of our faith could be illustrated with the three-finger sign of the cross thumb, index, and ring fingers together to represent the Trinity; with ring and pinky fingers resting against the palm to represent Christ s dual natures. The expansion from one finger to three, coupled with the practice of blessing objects with the sign of the cross, also expanded the range of motion used to include forehead, stomach, and shoulders (first right then left). As the Catholic priest Fr. William Saunders, dean of Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College, notes, This practice was universal for the whole Church until about the twelfth century. This point is also confirmed in the Catholic Encyclopedia article concerning the sign of the cross. In the early thirteenth century, Pope Innocent III shows that in the West, things were beginning to shift, with three fingers remaining the norm, but some tracing this sign of the cross on their shoulders from right to left, and others from left to right. Pope Innocent writes, The sign of the cross is made with three fingers, because the signing is done together with the invocation of the Trinity this is how it is done: from above to below, and from the right to the left.others, however, make the sign of the cross from the left to the right, because from misery (left) we must cross over to glory (right), just as Christ crossed over from death to life, and from Hades to Paradise. Some priests do it this way so that they and the people will be signing themselves in the same way. You can easily verify this- picture the priest facing the people for the blessing- when we make the sign of the cross over the people, it is from left to right. Personally, I find the latter point more convincing to explain why Western Christianity switched to left then right after the thirteenth century. Watching the priest blessing the congregation, the faithful see his hand moving from his left to his right and people adopt those same mechanics for their own use. Anyone who has tried to teach a young child how to make the sign of the cross face to face has seen this same scenario in action. What is interesting about this is that the priest s hand moves from his left to his right because, since he is facing the people, he is blessing first their right and then left. So in his blessing, the priest retains the original priority of right before left. Please any questions you might have for a future Q&A to Fr. Panagiotis at frp@ssppglenview.org

6 SACRAMENTS +Baptisms Amaya, daughter of Jonathan and Angela Uvaldo Sponsor: Petros Kritikos and Despina Baxevanakis Penelope, daughter of Chris and Mlyssa Sarandos Sponsor: Andrew and Maria Joseph Christopher, son of Tasos and Nicole Angelopoulos Sponsor: Nicholas Georgopoulos Olivia, daughter of Douglas and Kim Martinson Sponsor: Kathryn Mayworm GOD S BLESSINGS AND LOVE! +Wedding Sacrament Fadi and Katie (Porcaro) Bakhos Sponsor: Alexandra Porcaro Thomas and Tiffany (Bien) Samuel Sponsor: Ariana Bien GOD S LOVE AND JOY! +40 Day Churching of Mother and Infant Piper, daughter of David and Andrea (Demetrius-Overal) Prell GOD S BLESSINGS ALWAYS! PARISH NEWS Messenger Update: In an effort to consume less paper, and in recognition of the growing importance of digital communication, starting in October of this year the default distribution of The Messenger will be a digital copy sent via , and accessible on our parish website. If you wish to continue to receive a hard-copy of The Messenger through the mail, you must contact the office and request to be placed on a specific Messenger mailing list. Welcome to our New Members! Jim and Tina Athanasopoulos Despina Baxevanakis Benjamin Hilgendorf Kay James Kathryn Mayworm Thomas Samuel Alex and Kimberly Tsoronis +Funerals Our Condolences to the family of Angie Panos. MAY HER MEMORY BE ETERNAL!

Presents a Benefit Concert Featuring Pianist Mark Damisch An accomplished pianist, he has performed in over 40 countries, raising more than $1 million for charitable causes worldwide.

Mark will again perform his annual concert to benefit Habitat for Humanity Lake County in his home parish of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview.

11 Presents a Benefit Concert Featuring Pianist Mark Damisch An accomplished pianist, he has performed in over 40 countries, raising more than $1 million for charitable causes worldwide. His 2018 tour will include concerts in Iceland, England, Israel and Jordan. Mark will again perform his annual concert to benefit Habitat for Humanity Lake County in his home parish of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 12:00 PM (LUNCH AT 11:30AM) SAINTS PETER AND PAUL Bring the family and join us for this opportunity to hear a fellow parishioner and support the Habitat Ministry. Lunch will be served in Fellowship Hall at 11:30 AM. Tickets (suggested donation $20.00) will be available at Sunday Coffee Fellowship or the day of the concert. Online donations can be made at Questions? Contact Brad DeSent (bdesent@gmail.com) or ( )

14 S A I N T S P E T E R A N D B L O O D D R I V E

COMPLIMENTARY SENIORS APPRECIATION LUNCHEON HOSTED BY SS PETER & PAUL PHILOPTOCHOS TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 12:00 Noon SS Peter & Paul Fellowship Hall SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT Fr.

15 COMPLIMENTARY SENIORS APPRECIATION LUNCHEON HOSTED BY SS PETER & PAUL PHILOPTOCHOS TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, :00 Noon SS Peter & Paul Fellowship Hall SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT Fr. Nick Greanias will sing popular show tunes!! Don t miss out on this fun afternoon! Open to all senior members of SS Peter & Paul Please RSVP by August 15: Ida Haris Pat Nassos-patnassos@gmail.com

July 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 Clergy-Laity Congress 2 3 4 Fast Day Office Closed 5 6 Fast Day 7 8:15am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Sacrament 12:00pm

17 July 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 Clergy-Laity Congress Fast Day Office Closed 5 6 Fast Day 7 8:15am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy +Sacrament 12:00pm Paraklesis Glenview 4th of July Parade 1:00pm Dynamis Meeting 2:00pm GOYA Funday: 4th of July BBQ 11:00am GOYAlumni Boating Day & BBQ 5:00pm Vespers 8 Fanari Week Fast Day Fast Day 14 8:15am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy 12:00pm Paraklesis 7:00pm Cancer Support Group 6:30pm Summer Book club in Youth Room 7:00pm Choir 7:00pm Parish Council Executive Meeting 5:00pm Vespers 15 Fanari Week 4 8:15am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy :00pm Paraklesis 18 Fast Day Fast Day 8:30am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy ~ Feast of the Prophet Elias 21 1:00pm Glenview Greek Fest 5:00pm Vespers 22 8:15am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy 1:00pm Glenview Greek Fest :00pm Paraklesis 25 Fast Day 9:30am GOYA Sandwich Making 7:00pm Choir 26 8:30am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy ~ Feast of St. Paraskeve 7:00pm Parish Council Meeting 27 Fast Day 8:30am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy ~ Feast of St. Panteleimon 7:00pm GOYAlumni Liturgy in the Streets 28 Apostle s Fast +Sacrament +Sacrament 5:00pm Vespers :15am Matins 9:30am Divine Liturgy 12:00pm Paraklesis 6:30pm Summer Book Club

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Saints Peter & Paul Greek Orthodox Church June 2018 Saints Peter Paul Greek Orthodox Church 1401 Wagner Road Glenview, Il 60025 Phone: (847) 729-2235 Fax: (847) 729-6562 office@ssppglenview.org www.ssppglenview.org