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St. Paul’s Newsletter Ιούνιος / June 2016 Page 1
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3000 Argyle Road,
Regina, SK, S4S 2B2
Phone: 306-586-6402
Email: st.pauls@sasktel.net
Website: www.gocregina.com
Community Priest: Rev. Fr. Spyridon Vandoros
Phone: 306-585-9359
Council President: Chris Perentes
Phone: 306-537-9447
Vol. 23, No. 5 Ιούνιος / June 2016
Submission deadline: June 15th Secretary
Panayiota A. Tompoulidou tompanayiota@gmail.com
ST. PAUL’S LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP
The St . Paul ’s Gr eek O rthodox Communit y Lea der ship Sch olar ship wa s cr eat ed to recognize and a war d
member s of the Gr eek community in R egina who ar e current ly enr ol led in or intend to p ursue p ost -
secondary educa tion at a recognized inst i t ut ion in Cana da or th e U nit ed Stat es .
Two scholarships wi l l be a warded, one for $1,000Cdn and one for $500Cdn . Th e a ward wi l l be app lied
to tu it ion. 201 6 Scholar ship candida tes must complet e and submit th e a pplicat ion no lat er than July 15 t h ,
2016 .
The packa ge that contains th e cr i t er ia , deta i led procedur e infor mat ion a nd the app licat ion for m are
avai lab le a t th e Chur ch (on th e bullet in board) or fr om Effie Makris .
For more infor mation, contact Ef f ie at 306 -501-4361 or emai l : flengeris_effie@hotmail.com
Baptisms May 7th: Isabella (Elissavet) daughter of Renaldo Lila and Evelina Golemi. Godparent: Egriselda (Styliani) Hoxha
May 14th: Grace Elizabeth daughter of George Tsougriannis and Jennifer Grosy. Godparent: Marianna Kyriakoulias
Apostles Peter and Paul Annual
Community Barbeque
Our Community’s annual barbeque,
for our Church’s patron Saint name
day Apostles Peter and Paul, will be
held on Sunday June 26th at the
South Leisure Centre, following
church services
Ladies of Philoptochos Society
The next Philoptochos meeting will be on Monday
June 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Hall.
This is the last meeting before the summer break.
Our Potluck Dinner will follow immediately after the
meeting. Everyone is welcome to bring whatever
food they like.
Hope to see you all there!
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Date Program Services Time
Sunday — 5 Κυριακή του Τυφλού
Sunday of the Blind man
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
11:30 a.m.
Thursday — 9 Της Αναλήψεως του Κυρίου
Glorious Ascension of our Lord
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
10:30 a.m.
Sunday — 12
Των Αγίων Πατέρων Α’
Οικουμενικής Συνόδου
Fathers of the First Ecumenical
Council
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
11:30 a.m.
Wednesday — 15 Services will be held in
Swift Current
Θεία Λειτουργία
Divine Liturgy 7:00 p.m.
Saturday — 18 Ψυχοσάββατον
Soul Saturday
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
10:30 a.m.
Sunday — 19 Πεντηκοστή
Holy Pentecost
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.
Monday — 20 Αγίας Τριάδας
Holy Trinity
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
10:30 a.m.
Sunday — 26
1η Κυριακή του Ματθαίου —
Tων Αγίων Πάντων
First Sunday of Matthew —
All Saints
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
11:30 a.m.
Tuesday — 28 Των Απόστολων Πέτρου και
Παύλου
Apostles Peter and Paul
Εσπερινός
Vesper
7:00 to
8:00 p.m.
Tuesday — 29 Των Απόστολων Πέτρου και
Παύλου
Apostles Peter and Paul
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy
9:00 to
11:00 a.m.
Friday — 1
Κοσμά και Δαμιανού των
Αναργύρων
Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and
Damian
Όρθρος και Θεία Λειτουργία
Orthros & Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m. to
12:00 p.m.
Feast day of SS Anargyroi Church, Services will be held in Yorkton
Saturday July 2 —
Saturday July 30
Father Spyridon Vandoros will be away on holidays.
In case of emergency, please contact Popi Perdicaris at 584-7583 or Chris Perentes at
584-8657 (home) or 757-9667 (work).
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CONFESSING THE CREED
Rev. Father Steven Tsichlis, Proistamenos Saint Paul Greek Orthodox Church – Irvine, California
Do you know what you believe? Every Sunday,
millions of Orthodox Christians around the world
recite the Creed. When we say the Creed, do we realize
what a remarkable thing it is that we’re doing? Do we
realize how different this makes us from the world
around us? In a society that celebrates individuality
above all else we are doing something together as a
community; in an age where the avoidance of
commitment has been elevated to a virtue, we are
pledging ourselves to a very specific set of convictions
and to one another; in a culture that celebrates novelty,
we are using words written long ago; in a throwaway,
consumerist world we preserve the tradition of
the “faith that was once for all delivered to the
saints” (Jude 3) for nearly two millennia; in a society
where the accepted wisdom changes from minute to
minute, we insist that some truths are so critical that
they do not change and must be repeated over and over
again.
The Creed, which is also called the Symbol of Faith, is
a brief summary of the essentials of the Christian faith
written in the 4th century at the first two ecumenical
councils: the Council of Nicea in 325AD and the First
Council of Constantinople in 381AD. These councils,
attended by bishops from all over the ancient Roman
world, were called to clarify the Christian teaching
about God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. In the
ancient world – like today – many individuals and
groups who claimed to be Christian - but were not -
taught things about the Lord Jesus at odds with the
authentic Christian faith.
The Creed is a summary of how we as Christians view
God, the world and ourselves. It is, in fact, a very
specific view of the world, a worldview that constitutes
the lens through which we are to see everything and
the structure by which we frame our thoughts,
experiences and ideas. What we believe about the
relationship between God and humanity, sin,
redemption and forgiveness, good and evil, heaven and
hell, as well as our responsibilities in this life, will
affect what we do and determine how we live. For an
Orthodox Christian to simply say the Creed by rote,
without understanding what these words imply for our
lives, is to stumble through life as if blindfolded,
unable to see reality as it truly is. When we say “I
believe” we are affirming that we see things as they
really are and that we have a personal responsibility to
live the vision contained in the words of the Creed. In
the end, we are what we believe.
We believe that our God is the one God revealed in the
book of Genesis as the utterly transcendent creator of
everything, both visible and invisible – from whales
and stars to mountains and grasshoppers, from photons
and quarks to black holes and angelic hosts – and that
in Jesus Christ we are able to address Him with
intimacy as our Father. We believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Messiah awaited by ancient Israel, the only-
begotten and unique Son of God, of the same essence
as the Father, being fully divine; and yet, in taking
flesh from the Virgin Mary, becoming fully human.
We believe that in the Word of God becoming human
and being crucified for our salvation, we have been set
free from sin; and in His rising from the dead, death
has been conquered by God and the possibility of
eternal life in His kingdom “that will have no end” is
now open to us. We believe that the Holy Spirit is also
divine and proceeds only from the Father and is to be
worshipped by us together with the Father and the Son.
We believe in the Church, the community of believers
that the apostle Paul says is the Body of Christ and
which the Creed describes as one, holy, catholic and
apostolic – as possessing the fullness of faith and open
to all; as being rooted in the teaching of the apostles
and sent out into the world to proclaim the truth of
God’s love for the human race. We believe in the
necessity of the sacrament of baptism for the
forgiveness of our sins and to fully participate in the
death and resurrection of Christ (Romans 6:3-11). We
believe that Christ will come once again and that the
entire human race – both those who are alive and those
who are dead – will be under His judgment for how
they have lived (Matthew 25:31-46 and Romans 2:6).
We look forward to that day when Christ will return in
glory and we eagerly await the resurrection of all the
dead, and the life of the age to come, that time “which
no eye has seen nor ear heard, nor has the human
mind even conceived, what God has prepared for
those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9).
If we live with this faith as the prism through which we
view the world and our lives, we shall become what
God has called us to be: His saints, a chosen and holy
people and a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9) that offers
His love and the gift of immortality to a fallen world
wrapped in evil and death.
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The Lord’s Day Δευτέρα -
Monday Τρίτη - Tuesday
Τετάρτη -
Wednesday
Πέμπτη –
Thursday Παρασκευή - Friday
Σάββατο -
Saturday
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9:00 a.m.
Sunday of the
Samaritan Woman
30
Greek Dancing
Classes
31 1 2 3 4
7:.30 p.m.
Services will be
held in Yorkton
MOSAIC 2016 Hellenic Greek Pavilion - Show Sale Arena, EVRAZ Place
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9:00 a.m.
Sunday of the Blind
man
6 7 8 9
9:00 a.m.
Glorious
Ascension of our
Lord
10 11
12
9:00 a.m.
Fathers of the First
Ecumenical Council
13 14
15
7:00 p.m.
Services will be
held in Swift
Current
16 17 18
9:00 a.m.
Soul Saturday
19
9:00 a.m.
Holy Pentecost
9:00 a.m. 20
Holy Trinity
21 22 23 24
25
7:00 p.m.
Ladies of
Philoptochos
meeting
9:00 a.m. 26
First Sunday of
Matthew —
All Saints
Annual Community
BBQ to follow Church
Services
27 28
7:00 p.m.
Apostles
Peter and Paul
29
9:00 a.m.
Apostles
Peter and Paul
30 10:00 a.m. 1
Holy Unmercenaries
Cosmas and
Damian
Feast day of SS
Anargyroi Church,
Yorkton
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