St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church 3015 E. Creek Road, Cottonwood Heights, UT

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1 St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church 3015 E. Creek Road, Cottonwood Heights, UT Sunday, May 8, 2016 Thomas Sunday Christ Is Risen! Χριστὸς Aνέστη! Happy Mother s Day! Orthros: 9:15 a.m. Divine : 10:15 a.m. Reverend Father Anthony Savas Reverend Deacon Anatoli Kireiev franthony@stannagocutah.org Epistle Reading: St. John's First Universal Letter 1:1-7 Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Psalm 18.4,1 Their voice has gone out into all the earth. Verse: The heavens declare the glory of God. THAT WHICH WAS from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life - the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us - that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. Gospel Reading: The Gospel according to John 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them: Peace be with you. When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them: Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained. Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him: We have seen the

2 Lord. But he said to them: Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe. Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said: Peace be with you. Then He said to Thomas, Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless, but believing. Thomas answered Him, My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to Him: "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. Christ Is Risen / Χριστὸς Aνέστη Christ is risen from the dead, by death trampling down upon death, and to those in the tombs, He has granted life. Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος. Hymns at Small Entrance Resurrectional Apolytikion While the tomb was sealed You shone forth from it as light, O our life, Christ our God. And though the doors were closed You appeared in the midst of Your disciplies. O resurrection of all, through them restore in us a new spirit in Your great mercy. Entrance Hymn Come let us worship and bow down before Christ. Save us, O Son of God, who arose from the dead, save us who sing to You: Alleluia. Hymn for the Church O God-minded Anna, you bore the pure Mother of God, the one who within her conceived the Conceiver of life itself. You were therefore transported to a place now in heaven. Joyful ones all reside there in the home of all gladness, asking for forgiveness for those who honor you, O blessed one. Kontakion O unfailing protection of Christians, and our faithful advocate before the Creator: though we are sinners, do not ignore our entrety, but in your goodness, grant your timely help to us who appeal to you in faith. Quickly make intercession; on our behalf make speedy supplication, O Theotokos, for you always protect those who honor you. Megalynarion You are the shining light and the Mother of God, of incomp rable glory and higher in dignity than all creatures; with songs of praise we magnify you. Communion Hymn Exalt in the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, praise your God, O Zion. Alleluia. Dismissal Hymn Lord, grant long life to him who blesses us and sanctifies us. Amen. Orthodox Saints Commemorated on May 8: Holy Apostle & Evangelist John the Theologian; Venerable Arsenios the Great; Righteous Emilia the mother of Sts. Basil the Great, Macrina the Younger, Gregory of Nyssa, Theosebia the Deaconess & Peter of Sebaste; Venerable Milles the Melodist; Martyr Augustina of Byzantium; and, Martyr Victor the Moor. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! We extend our sincere gratitude to all who participated in Holy Week preparations, in any capacity, and apologize to any parishioner who may be missed in the announcements below. Thank You to our Chanters and Readers: Thank you to Chris Gamvroulas, Alexia Savas and Nick Tsagalakis for assisting Leo Davis and Alex Orphanos with the chanting and reading during

3 various Holy Week services. Thank you also to the youth readers who participated in the weekly Salutation services during Lent. Thank You to the Women s Ministry Team: Thank you to all of the members of the Women s Ministry Team who helped prepare the eggs and koulourakia for Pascha. A special thank you to Mike and Marianne Jesse for allowing the use of the Landmark Grill kitchen to bake the koulourakia! Thank You to Holy Friday Youth Retreat Planners and Participants: Thank you to everyone who attended the Holy Friday youth retreat last week. A special thank you to Fr. Anthony and Kim Mallas for organizing the retreat with the help and assistance of Heidi Gounaris, Barbara Hillas, Pauline Jensen, Beth Johnson, Georgette Lowe, Angela Petrogeorge, Presvytera Andrea Savas, Anna Sergakis, Kosta Sergakis, Tina Sergakis, Elaina Simos, Liz Varanakis, Heidi Varechok, and Mary and Peter Yannias. Thank You to Sandra Zoolakis and Team: Thank you to Sandra Zoolakis for spearheading the flowers during Holy Week, and especially on Holy Friday. Thank you also to Arge Carmichael, Ludmila Davis, Joanne Dokos, Mary Feotis, Mary Ford, Klea Gallegos, Sophie Gibson, Sophie Kouris, Georgette Lowe, Kay Maragakis, Liberty Mudrock, Kris Parenti, Irene Polidori, Rose Pylidis, Bunnie Varanakis, Sophie Wondolowski and Elaine Zambos for their assistance in separating rose pedals, preparing flowers, decorating the kouvouklion, and cleaning up the related mess on Holy Friday. Thank you also to Stephanie Chachas for decorating the candles on the solea; preparing the baskets for the eggs, Pascha candles and myrrh bearers; and making the bow for the resurrection fan. Thank you to the Myrrh and Kouvouklion Bearers: Thank you to Alexandra Drossos, Anna Drossos, Anistyn Hills, Millie Hills, Eleni Johnson, Nicole Roy, Markella Savas, Katherine Smirnov, Charleigh Varanakis, Hannah Varechok and Eleni Yannias for serving as myrrh bearers; and to Nectarios Karahalios, Niko Karahalios, Stephen Karpakis, Gregory Klekas, Manousso (David) Petrogeorge, Dimitri Savas, Kosta Sergakis, William Stasinis and Nick Tsagalakis for serving as kouvouklion bearers during the Holy Friday Lamentations service. Thank You for the Photos: Special thanks to Mike Daskalas, Angela Petrogeorge and various others who took photos of the Holy Week services and activities. Thank you to George Sergakis and Team: We wish to express our sincere gratitude to George Sergakis for chairing our wonderful Anastasi (resurrection) dinner following the Paschal Divine on Easter Sunday. The following message was submitted by George for publication in this week s bulletin: Xristos Anesti! Again this year I wish to formally thank all of you in attendance and those with blessed hands who assisted me with the preparations, deliverance and celebration of our Holy Pascha Anastasi Dinner. It was my pleasure to take on this assignment and try to fulfill it to your expectations; I hope that was the case. As the chair of the stewardship committee, I knew we had some stellar growth in our community so, like last year, I really didn t know what to expect this go around. I planned on having enough seating this year with 224 seats as opposed to 180 last year, and although I didn t get a formal head count, our team served over 200 dinners this year as opposed to 176 last year. Thank you. We cooked 24 legs of lamb this year and only had 2 left over. Our blessing of having the Mother of the Theotokos, St. Anna, bequeathed to our community made for a very joyous Paschal Resurrection celebration. I felt blessed as well to have the Lord allow me to have the use of so many willing, well-qualified hands assisting to put this together. I d like to specifically thank my crew, in alphabetical order, for their helping hand in one form or another. (I apologize in advance if I have missed anyone): Elizabeth Beck, Kimberly Beck, Perry Drossos, Mary Feotis, Gerard Gallegos, Klea Gallegos, Mae Georgelas, Barbara Hillas, Harry Hillas, Ana Ikeda, Chuck Karpakis, Naji Khoury, Lloyd Mills, Penny Mills, Donna Moore, Nicole Mouskondis, Jim Mylonakis, Elaine Peterson, Chris Petrogeorge, Despena Petrogeorge, Irene Petrogeorge, Mary Petrogeorge, Elias Pylidis, Tina Sergakis, Kathy Shand, Dmitri Smirnov, Tanya Smirnov, Craig Stagg, Ron Steele, Nick Varanakis, Sophie Wondolowski, Elaine Zambos and Sandra Zoolakis. THANK YOU TO ALL!

4 Oh yes, and I d like to add a special thanks to the parishioners and parishioner owned businesses that donated food items for the meal. An extra special thanks to Harry Hillas, Chuck Karpakis, Elias Pylidis and George Sergakis for staying late (until 6:30 a.m.!) to help clean up the kitchen. Thank you to Presto Print: Thank you to Presto Print and the Joe Varanakis family for their considerable help in quickly printing the St. Anna icon for the iconostasis, the St. Anna yard signs and the St. Anna icon cards for our new name reveal on Pascha. Thank you to the Board of Elections: Thank you to all the members of the Board of Elections for all their efforts with our historical naming election these past few weeks. Altar Servers: The scheduled altar servers for today, Sunday, May 8, 2016, are Mitchell Mallas, Matthew Mallas, Luke Varechok and Thanasi Johnson. The scheduled altar servers for Sunday, May 15, 2016, are Matthew Mallas and Mitchell Mallas. All altar servers are welcome and encouraged to serve, whether scheduled or not. Fellowship Hour: Thank you to the Cathy Douros family for hosting this week s fellowship hour. Please join us! The fellowship hour on Sunday, May 15, 2016, will be hosted by Mae Georgelas, Harry and Barbara Hillas, Robert and Tanya Holbeck and Jim and Argie Priskos. If you would like to volunteer to host a fellowship hour, please contact Carolyn Leitko at csleitko@gmail.com. Memorial Services May Their Memory Be Eternal: Sunday, May 15, 2016: Mitchell Makris (40 days); Joseph Xiras (4 years); Jim Georgelas (10 years); Olga Xiras (36 years); Argyro Georgelas (41 years); John Daskalakis (43 years); Pantelis Georgelas (50 years); Mike Xiras (50 years) Sunday, May 22, 2016: Goldie Sargetis Floor (1 year); Sammy Gerasimos Soter (10 years) Sunday, June 5, 2016: Larry J. Smith (5 years); Bessie Drakulich (6 years); Mary Drakulich (6 years); Dollie Drakulich Smith (7 years); Sava Drakulich Varechok (9 years); Merrill T. ( Pete ) Peterson (10 years); Roma Peterson (10 years); Ely J. Drakulich (13 years); Millie Sasich (20 years); Nick J. Drakulich (23 years); George R. Varechok (26 years); Ely Sasich (30 years); Mary Drakulich (47 years); Joseph N. Drakulich (68 years); Mary Sasich (72 years). To schedule a memorial service, please contact Fr. Anthony at franthony@stannagocutah.org, (mobile) or (office). Office Hours: Fr. Anthony will not be in the church office on Thursdays. No meetings will be scheduled, but feel absolutely free to contact him with any emergencies at Thank you! Virtual 5K: Our parish is co-sponsoring a virtual 5K Race 2 Erase Hunger with the LDS Salt Lake Brighton Stake and St. Thomas More Catholic Church to benefit the Utah Food Bank. There are three ways to participate: 1. Virtual 5K. In order to participate in the Virtual 5K you will need to register at and complete your race before 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, Go to to contribute directly to the Utah Food Bank online. Through their Grocery Rescue program, commercial donations, and their purchasing power, the Utah Food Bank is able to take each $1 donation and turn it into $7.35 worth of goods and services. The virtual Food Drive allows you to "shop" online for specific food items at reduced costs. Receipts will be sent to you by Bring canned food donations to the 5K finish line celebration and after party on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 3015 E. Creek Road, Cottonwood Heights.

5 For further information go to or contact Georgiann Petrogeorge at One-Year Anniversary Books: We have a few extra books available if you were not able to pre-order but still wish to purchase a book. Contact Elaina Maragakis Simos at emaragakis@rqn.com with questions. Save the Date Parish Fishing Trip: The parish fishing trip to Strawberry Reservoir will be held July 28-31, Details to come! UPCOMING SERVICES Saturday, May 21, 2016: Ss. Constantine and Helen Orthros: 9:30 a.m. / Divine : 10:30 a.m. UPCOMING MEETINGS Parish Council: Monday, May 16, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Spring Parish Assembly: Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 12:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall. YOUTH MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS JOY Meeting: Our next JOY meeting will be held Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. in our fellowship hall. Please make EVERY effort to have your children in Kindergarten through 6th grades attend. ADULT AND FAMILY MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS Orthodox Married Life (OML): The final OML of the ecclesiastical year will be held on Friday, May 13, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Please join us! Parish Family Night: The final Parish Family Night of the ecclesiastical year will be held on Friday, May 27, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Please make plans to join us! WOMEN S MINISTRY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS Women's Ministry Membership Tea: All ladies are invited to attend the first annual Women's Ministry Membership Tea. Please join us for brunch and fellowship on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Tanya and Robert Holbeck's home, South Hidden Brook Boulevard, Sandy. We hope to see everyone there! Women's Ministry Service Project: The Women's Ministry team will prepare 500 sandwiches for the homeless after a short general meeting on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All ladies are encouraged to attend. We hope to see you there! Food Drive: Please continue to bring your donations on the third week of the month (Sunday, May 15, 2016), and know your kindness may be benefiting members of our parish. As noted, we will be donating our food to St. Thomas More s food pantry. If anyone in our parish is in need, please contact Father Anthony who will then guide you to the pantry during their hours of service. Thank you, and if you have any questions or concerns, please contact Pat Daskalas at COMMUNICATION MINISTRY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS Parish Directory Photos: Please send digital photos to Michael Petrogeorge at secretary@stannagocutah.org for inclusion in this and future editions of the parish directory. Weekly Bulletin Announcements: Please send requested announcements for the weekly bulletin to Michael Petrogeorge at secretary@stannagocutah.org by Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. Parish Post Office Box: The parish s mailing address is St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church, P.O. Box , Holladay, Utah The old P.O. Box has now been closed. Please alert any bill pay services of the change of name and address to ensure that stewardship contributions or other donations are properly received and accounted. STEWARDSHIP MINISTRY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS We have received 157 completed stewardship commitment cards, with commitments totaling $267,611. We are blessed to have such faithful, dedicated and committed stewards in our parish! Stewardship cards can be obtained and/or completed online at

6 PAN-ORTHODOX, FRATERNAL AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS St. Sophia Summer Adventure Camp: Registration is now open for St. Sophia School s Summer Adventure Camp. Ages: Pre-K3 (3 years old and toilet trained) through 2 nd grade Location: Saint Sophia School, 5341 South Highland Drive, Holladay Cost: All Day, Every Session - $2015; Half Day, Every Session - $1025; All Day, One Session - $414; Half Day, One Session - $210 Time: 9:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. each day. Extended care provided from 7:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. at a cost of $8.50 per hour. Session I: June 13-24, 2016: Week I: June 13-17, 2016: Green Thumb Week II: June 20-24, 2016: Lookin for Cookin Session II: June 27-July 8, 2016: Week I: June 27-July 1, 2016: Splash a Rama Week II: July 5-July 8, 2016: Budding Architects Session III: July 11-22, 2016: Week I: July 11-15, 2016: Forest Friends Week II: July 18-22, 2016: Spectacular Sports Session IV: July 25- August 5, 2016: Week I: July 26-July 29, 2016: Interesting Insects Week II: August 1-5, 2016: Silly Science Session V: August 8-August 19, 2016: Week I: August 8-12, 2016: Jungle Safari Week II: August 15-19, 2016: Highlights For more information, or to register, visit PRAYER LIST Angela, Athan, Austin, Barbara, Brad, Brooklyn, Charlene, Christopher, Dena, Eleni, George, Joe, Julie Ann, Katherine, Kristina, Kylianna, Linda, Lucca, Luke, Marie, Michael, Nick, Paulette, Presley, Rich, Shirley, Sophie, Sylvia, Toula, William To add a name to our prayer list, please Michael Petrogeorge at secretary@stannagocutah.org. PARISH CALENDAR An electronic copy of the parish calendar can be found on the parish website at May 2016 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 8 Thomas Sunday Happy Mother s Day! 15 Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women 22 Sunday of the Paralytic 12:30pm Spring Parish Assembly 29 Sunday of the Samaritan Parish Council Meeting Memorial Day Women s Ministry Team Meeting 6:30pm JOY Meeting Orthodox Married Life Parish Family Night 14 11am Women s Ministry Team Membership Tea (Holbeck Home) Ss. Constantine and Helen 9:30am Orthros / 10:30am Divine 28