Καλὀ Πἀσχα και Καλἠ Ανἀστασις! Blessed Holy Week...

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Par ish News P.4

Youth News P.6

Ph i lop tochos News P.7

AXIOS! ORDINATION OF METROPOLITAN

NATHANAEL OF CHICAGO

NEW YORK – Metropolitan-elect Nathanael of

Chicago was ordained to the Episcopacy at the

Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Sat-

urday, March 17, according to the apostolic tradi-

tion.

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios Geron of

America presided at the services. The Metropoli-

tans, members of the Holy Eparchial Synod, the

bishops of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese and

hierarchs from other jurisdictions members of the

Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the

United States, as well as visiting hierarchs from

abroad, concelebrated in the Divine Liturgy. In

total, sixteen Hierarchs took part in the services

assisted by 14 priests and four deacons.

The new Metropolitan, in his ordination ad-

dress, spoke about the steps that led him to the

priesthood. He

expressed his grati-

tude to His All

Holiness Ecumeni-

cal Patriarch Bar-

tholomew, the Ho-

ly and Sacred Syn-

od of the Ecumeni-

cal Patriarchate,

the Hierarchs of

the Holy Eparchial

Synod of the Arch-

diocese and all

people who helped

and supported him

along the way. In addressing Archbishop Deme-

trios, Metropolitan Nathanael said: “Your Emi-

nence, venerable Elder Archbishop of America,

with profound respect and infinite gratitude I

thank you for providing me numerous opportuni-

ties to serve the Church through important posts,

which offered me ecclesiastical experience and

the opportunity to demonstrate my devotion to the

Church. I am especially grateful that you ordained

me a deacon and a presbyter, and today will re-

ceive from your honorable hands the grace of the

archpriesthood.”

Archbishop Demetrios, in his paternal exhorta-

tion to the newly ordained hierarch, drew upon

the wise admonitions in the letters of the Great

Apostle Saint Paul to Timothy and Titus and

asked Metropolitan-elect Nathanael to be a model

and an example in attitude, in faith, in love and

patience; “Let no one despise your youth, but be

an example to the believers in word, in conduct,

in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” (1 Timo-

thy 4:12)

Axios! (He is Worthy!) exclaimed the Arch-

bishop, the hierarchs and clergy and all the faith-

ful in the congregation at several points during

the service. The Ordination service and Hierar-

chical Divine Liturgy was attended by hundreds

of faithful, friends and relatives of the new Met-

ropolitan, some who had travelled from Greece,

and representatives of the diplomatic corps of

Greece and Cyprus.

The hierarchs concelebrating in the services

were: Archbishop Demetrios of America,

Metropolitans Methodios of Boston, Alexios of

Atlanta, Savas of Pittsburgh, Gerasimos of San

Francisco, Evangelos of New Jersey; and

Archbishops Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox

Metropolis of the Americas, Peter (ROCOR) of

Chicago and Mid-America and Michael of New

York and New Jersey; Bishops Irinej of the

Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian

Orthodox Church in North and South America,

Maxim of the Western American Diocese of the

Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South

America, also concelebrating were Bishops

Andonios of Phasiane, Sevastianos of Zela,

Apostolos of Medeia, Makarios of Christopolis

and Ierotheos of Efkarpia.

Serving Presbyters were: the V. Rev.

Archimandrites Sylvester Berberis, Anastasios

Tasopoulos, Dionysios Anagnostopoulos,

Nektarios Papazafiropoulos and Chrysostom

Panos. The Rev. Protopresbyters Christopher

Metropulos, Panagiotis Salmas, Josiah Trenham,

Elias Villis, John Vlahos. The Rev. Economos

John Ketchum, George Anastasiou, Evangelos

Evangelides and Mark Rashkov. The serving

deacons were: Archdeacons John Chryssavgis

and Panteleimon Papadopoulos and Deacons

Vasilios Smith and Christos Avramopoulos.

Please see: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcBXZPm

Ordination video

Archbishop Demetrios’ Letter to the faithful of

the Holy Metropolis of Chicago

Χριστὀς Ανἐστη! Αληθὠς Ανἐστη!

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

Καλὀ Πἀσχα και Καλἠ Ανἀστασις! Blessed Holy Week and Resurrection!

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcBXZPm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=SuAbfhQ4VkY

https://www.goarch.org/news/releases/2018/-/asset_publisher/7NCuYdJYMvgG/content/archbishop-demetrios-letter-to-the-metropolis-of-chicago?_101_INSTANCE_7NCuYdJYMvgG_languageId=en_US

2018 Stewardship Pledges Received: thank you to the

following faithful servants who have

submitted their stewardship pledge

cards for 2018 (as of March 16).

Please join them today!

Ronald & Reva Adkins

John & Carol Alexis

Diane Anastos

Lucy Angelis

George & Christy Antoniou

John & Marina Antoniou

Steve & Minda Arsenault

Bob Baffa

Philip & Judy Barbatsis

John & Alexis Bighley

Tom & Patricia Bombolis

Evelyn Boosalis

Peter & Susan Boosalis

Jeff & Tina Bovis-Fuller

George & Shannon Canas

James Canelake

Eric Chadwick & Andrea

Faches

Evelyn Charnell

Dino & Stephanie Contolatis

Evelyn Daltas

Becka Dokos

Louis & Mary Ellis

Adam Fuller

Stephanie George & Mark

Flumerfelt

John Georgolopolos

Lama Ghazi

Rhonda Gilliland

Richard & Sue Gnetz

Mike & Nanette Gomez

Kiki Gore

John & Mary Grant

Rob & Lani Hattling

Eleni Hoffhines

Peter & Stella Hofrenning

Amalia Hummel

Petko Ivanov

Misael & Lisa Jordan

George & Rita Kanavati

Richard Kanavati

Stephen Kanavati

Dimitrios & Dimitra Kaniamos

Jon & Peggy Kennedy

Anne Knocke

Katie Knocke

Angie Kontenakos

Mathew & Ellen Kritikos

James Lake

John & Kara Lake

Tom & Dawn Lampros

Georgia Lucas

Jon & Anastasia Maier

Mary Makredes

Michael & Margery Makredes

Georgia Mann

Jo Ann Mann

Michael & Christina Manos

Dan & Jackie Matuska

Patricia McAdams

Thomas Moran

Eric & Dina Negron

Savvas & Katerina Nikolaides

Benjamin & Sophia Pachito

Chris Panayoton

Isodoros Papaconstantinou

Stella Papaconstantinou

Pres Miriam Paraschou

Soule & Vicky Paraschou

James & Sally Pathos

Mike & Jill Patrou

Spero & Lana Payton

Lampros & Karen Petanitis

Dimitri & Sophia Pitsavas

Theologia Pitsavas

Athanasios Poulios

Paul & Elizabeth Poulios

John & Sue Poulos,John

Nicholas & Effie Psimos

Steve & Rallou Rice

Ted Roungou

Clark & Denise Smith

Fr. Daniel & Pres. Eileen Si-

mon

James Theros

Gordon & Sandra Thole

Dean & Dena Tortorelis

Kostas & Naomi Tsantir

Georgia Tsepelis

Joanna Tzenis & Dean Natto

Andrea Walkush

Joe Weiser

Christina Withers

Lily Zahariades

Fr. Rick with Deacon Perry Hamalis on

February 25, 2018.

< MEOCCA clergy at Pan-Orthodox Vespers on March 4, 2018. ˅

Deacon Perry at Sunday of Orthodoxy/Icons

Vespers at St. Mary’s OCA.

Church Staff and Office Hours

Church Office Hours

M-F 9:00 AM—4:00 PM

Rev. Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews, Presbyter

(651) 222-6220

Email: [email protected]

Julie Delton

Administrative Assistant

(651) 222-6220


Nathaniel Kostick

Youth Minister

(763) 221-7196


Alexis Bighley

Parish Council President

(651) 308-8814


Nathaniel Kostick

Sunday School Director

(763) 221-7196


Stella Hofrenning

Greek School Director

(651) 917-2668


Vicky Paraschou

Philoptochos President

(763) 785-8882


Julie Delton

Editor, Glad Tidings Newsletter

Email: GladTidings @stgeorgegoc.org

George Mastrogiorgis

Loaves and Fishes Coordinator

FOCUS-MN Coordinator


Stephen Arsenault

Bookstore


Submissions for upcoming issues

are due by the 10th of the preceding

month.

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St. Paul. MN

Please donate a Festal Icon (11" x 14") in memory of a loved one. The cost is $75.00 per icon.

The icons are displayed in the church nave and are put out for veneration on the Feast Day

of the Saint or event they represent. To donate an icon, fill out a form (found on the

revolving bulletin board in the social hall) and return it to the office.

Festal Icons Needed

Address Changes George & Gayra Eliou 757 Upper Colonial Drive Mendota Hts, MN 55118

Don & Marlene Nelson 1401 E 100th St, Bldg 1301, #330 Bloomington, MN 55425

Registry Baptisms

February 24 Michael Natto

Funerals

March 9 Georgia Ehrich

Memorials March 18 Pendy Eliou (40 days)

Saint Thomai April 14

Holy Myrrhbearers 3rd Sunday of Pascha

Pilate Washes his Hands Holy Week

Georgia Ehrich

Estate Planning Presentation:

on Sunday,

April 15, in the

social hall fol-

lowing Divine

Liturgy, an Es-

tate Planning

seminar will be

led by attorney

Robert Chandler who assists families

and individuals with their estate

planning needs, including directing

the appropriate disposition of assets,

tax minimization, incapacity plan-

ning, and probate avoidance. He

counsels regarding integration of

assets (e.g. life insurance policies,

retirement accounts, business inter-

ests, and real property) into a com-

prehensive wealth transfer plan. Ad-

vanced planning needs of some cli-

ents involve sophisticated tools and

techniques. These include transfer of

wealth through lifetime gifting, cre-

ation of insurance trusts, charitable

split interest trusts, special needs

trusts, and generation skipping

transfers. Mr. Chandler has over 40

years of legal experience and was a

guest speaker in the 2016 St. George

Lenten Lecture Series.

Festival of Nations (FON)

May 3-6: running for 86 years,

helping others discover our world

and its cultural diversity,

www.festivalofnations.com. St.

George community has been in-

volved from the beginning. This event is

a fun way to celebrate a culture that

many parishioners share and the pro-

ceeds benefit our church and its minis-

tries. Please join us by volunteering at

the Greek Café. Roles inc. move in, set-

up, food prep, server, clean up, break-

down, move-out. Use Sign-Up Genius to

volunteer: www.tinyurl.com/2018FON-

Greek or contact Tom Lampros. The dates

avoid Easter and Mothers’ Day this year

so we are expecting some good crowds.

Updated Directories Available

Soon: new parish member directories

will print family street/mailing address-

es, phone numbers (including cell) and

email addresses that are currently in the

church database. If you do NOT want

any of these to be published, please con-

tact the church office by April 9 to indi-

cate which should be “unlisted.”

Why Fish for Funeral Makaria/

Luncheon? Fish is the traditional and

appropriate main dish for four reasons:

1) fish is the ancient symbol for being a

Christian because the ancient word

ΙΧΘΥΣ is the acronym for Jesus Christ

God's Son Savior see https://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys), 2) Jesus

called Peter and Andrew to become

"fishers of men" (Mt. 4:18; Mark 1:17), 3)

broiled fish is the meal that Jesus ate

after His Resurrection (Luke 24:42), 4)

Fish is an acceptable fasting food

(during fasting periods) as a concession

to the pastoral circumstances of a funer-

al (see https://orthodoxwiki.org/

Fasting). If a funeral takes place within

Great and Holy Lent, no cheese/dairy is

allowed. However, wine, like fish, is

allowed by concession.

Social Hall & Kitchen Notice: re-

minder to ministry leaders, please check

with the office in advance to make sure

that it isn’t already booked before plan-

ning to use the social hall or kitchen.

Reservations must be confirmed by Fa-

ther Rick who manages the official

church calendar. If your group would

like to host social hour on a specific Sun-

day, please contact Naomi Tsantir (612-

781-6485) to be added to the fellowship

schedule.

Parish Council Update: The Parish

Council approved a proposal, at the

February meeting, to improve the sound

system in the: sanctuary, choir loft, so-

cial hall and lower level hallway. Thank

you to Milam Paraschou for designing a

plan to enhance sound projection and

tonal quality, while reducing feedback.

The total cost is $6,300. An anonymous

donation has been made for the first

$2,500 and the Council wants to raise an

additional $1,500. The remaining funds

will come from capital improvements.

Please contact Alexis Bighley at abigh-

[email protected] if you would like to con-

tribute.

Parishioners interested in trying their

hand at ushering will have an oppor-

tunity to attend a brief training on April

22, following Divine Liturgy. If you are

looking for a way to serve the church

and meet your fellow church goers, this

is your chance. For more information,

contact Diane Anastos.

Memory Eternal: the servant of God,

Georgia Ehrich, fell asleep in the Lord on

March 1st. Funeral was March 9. Sympa-

thies to sisters Cecelia Johnson, Ann Pa-

thos, and Mary Ellen Arvanitis. God grant

her eternal rest!

Pascha Flower Contributions: for

flowers to beautify the sanctuary and

epitaphion during Holy Week & Pascha

may be made in memory of a loved one

by filling out the enclosed form. Memo-

rial names will be listed in the Pascha

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http://www.festivalofnations.com/

http://www.tinyurl.com/2018FON-Greek

https://tinyurl.com/2018FON-Greek

https://tinyurl.com/2018FON-Greek

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthys

https://orthodoxwiki.org/Fasting

https://orthodoxwiki.org/Fasting

mailto:[email protected]


bulletin if received in the office by Sun-

day, April 1. Thank you!

Stewardship 2018: Theme is

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your

heart as working for the Lord and not for

men” (Col.3:23). 91 pledges have been

received averaging $1,469, total

$133,714. Three things to do: 1) pray for

God’s inspiration and guidance, 2)

plan-budget stewardship first, 3) give

generously and sacrificially, at least

three percent (3%) of gross yearly in-

come. We thank you for supporting the

ministries of our parish!

Palm Sunday Fish Dinner: On Sun-

day, April 1st AHEPA will prepare and

serve the traditional fish dinner. Cost is

$15 for adults and $10 for children with

proceeds going to local scholarships

and Greek School activities. If you are

in town we would love to have you

join us as we prepare for Pascha.

Many Years! to Joan Spell who cele-

brates her 100th birthday. Joan and her

husband Peter were members of our

parish for many years. May God grant

her health and beautiful memories of a

blessed life!

Pan-Orthodox Women’s Tea: Satur-

day, April 28th from 3-5pm, at St. Mary’s

GOC in Minneapolis. Speaker Lori Paul

will address the challenging issue of

human trafficking. Meeting and inter-

acting with other Orthodox women is

always inspiring. The food tables will

be loaded with sweets and savories

that women bring! We hope to see

many of you there.

St. Paul. MN

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APRIL NAMEDAYS

(March 31: Lazaros Christoforides, Mr. Lazaros Christofo-rides); April 8: Anastacia Zahl, Tess Chadwick, Stacy Katsiy-iannis, Anastasia Maier, Anastasia Mastrogiorgis, Anastasia Pathos, Ann Pathos, Tasso Pappas, Soule Paraschou; April 10: Milton Marinos; April 21: Alexis Bighley, Alexis McMahon, Alexandra Rylander, Sandy Thole; April 22: Nathan Rice; April 23: George Antoniou, George Canas, Shaun Canas, George Contolatis, George Dendias, Fr.George Dokos, George Eliou, George Kanavati, George Kappas, George Mantoles, George Marazes, George Mastrogiorgis, George Taratsas, Sue Gnetz, Georgia Lucas, Georgia Mann, Georgios Giannakis, Yeoryia Christoforides; April 25: Mark Johnson, Markos Maier; April 29: Jason Van Cleave, Jason Brouzakis.

APRIL WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Christ & Vi Rozikes, April 2; Richard & Sue Gnetz, April 24; Peter & Susan Boosalis, April 13; Steve & Minda Arsenault, April 27; Andreas Sitorengo & Sophia Christoforides, April 24.

APRIL BAPTISMS/CHRISMATIONS Lampros Petanitis, April 10; Margery Makredes, April 1; De-metrios Verros, April 12; Lucy Angelis, April 28; Athanasios Poulios, April 14; Maria Paraschou, April 16; Dimitri Cender, April 18; Aristea McMahon, April 25; Dean Natto, April 21; Joan Kantos, April 6, Mike Gomez, April 18; Eric Chadwick, April 23; Dana Tountas, April 8; Luke Rylander, April 8; Kimberly Gounaikis, April 28; Don Johnson, April 13; Jon Maier, April 4; Brant Johnson, April 20; Dawn Lampros, April 12; John, Lerah, Joleh, Brennan, Lucius & Maud McCullough, April 15.

APRIL BIRTHDAYS Christina Andrist, April 8; Penelope Andrist, April 17; Minda Arsenault, April 27; Alexis Berge, April 9; Joshua Berge, April 13; Tina Bovis-Fuller, April 7; Constantina Cender, April 5; Panorea Contolatis, April 4; Mrs. Panorea Contolatis, April 11; Katina Dahl, April 6; Chris Georgantones, April 5; Rhonda Gilliland, April 27; Mike Gomez, April 1; John Grant, April 17; Demetri Halatsis,April 23; Eleni Hoffhines, April 19; Peter Hofrenning, April 24; Tabitha Kazaglis, April 16; Dina Kiprose, April 20; Tom Lampros, April 30; Katerina Karter, April 13; Tom Moran, April 8; Angela Mortari, April 13; Nick Mortari, April 9; Billy Paraschou, April 7; Teddy Petsopoulos, April 30; Paul Poulios, April 6; Mark Simon, April 5; John Speros, April 8; Kathy Strenglis, April 7; Dana Tountas, April 11; Mersina Van Cleave, April 23; Kalliopi Verros, April 28.

Fr. George Dokos was the homilist at Pan-Orthodox Vespers on March 4, 2018.

If your name does not appear or it is listed incorrectly, please contact the church office at [email protected].

Letter from the Youth Minister:

To our Beloved Community,

I hope everyone is having a blessed

Lenten Season. It is such a blessing to see

the community worshiping together and

enjoying fellowship after Divine Liturgy.

Everyone is so kind and vibrant that it is

such a joy to see everyone coming to-

gether.

On March 3rd we had our annual Len-

ten Retreat where the adults had a Len-

ten lecture in the social hall while I had

activities and lesson plans prepared for

the children. To my surprise, the chil-

dren preferred to sit in with the adults. It

was so wonderful! Others preferred find-

ing a nice quiet place to work on home-

work, or just relax in the vicinity. I was

very proud of each and every one of

them. Orthodoxy is not just one shared

religion that we all gravitate toward, it is

much more of a way of life. Seeing the

children comfortable to relax at St.

George and integrate it in their lives.

On March 17th, our GOYA youth group

visited and volunteered at Feed My

Starving Children, where they created

meal packages that are sent around the

world to server hungry children. It was

great to see all the participation we had!

Not only that, we were but only one

group there. The entire place was

packed, even though it was St. Patrick’s

Day! Together that night, we packed 232

boxes of food. This came to a grand total

of 50,112 meals. Wow!

Finally, I wanted to say thank you to

all the children who participated in this

year’s Oratorical Festival. I though eve-

ryone put in a lot of effort into making

the event a great success! The kids did so

wonderful. Our pre-school through 3rd

grade all sang the Trisagion hymn. The 4

-6 graders all showed their crafts that

they are selling for fundraiser donations.

And the Junior and Seniors presented

their presentations based on a topic of

their choice. Thank you especially to the

teachers for helping make this happen.

They have dedicated time out of their

Sunday School time to help prepare their

students. Thank you so much!

In Christ,

Nathaniel Kostick

Youth Minister

Summer Camp Early Bird Registra-

tion: opens April 17th at 10am. Registra-

tion fees are $430 from 4/17/2018-

5/4/2018 and $480 from 5/5/2018-

5/24/2018. Dates for this year’s camp are

June 30-July 6, 2018. For more info, con-

tact [email protected]. St. George

Greek offers the James Nikitas Camp

Scholarship to help our kids attend Sum-

mer Camp. Contact Fr. Rick for more

info.

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Feed my Starving Children on March 17, 2018.

Sunday of Orthodoxy/Icons on February 25, 2018.

˅ Oratorical Festival participants on March 18, 2018.


St. Paul. MN

To aid the poor, the destitute, the

hungry, the aged, the sick, the unem-

ployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned,

the widowed, the handicapped, the

victims of disasters, to undertake the

burial of impoverished persons and to

offer assistance to anyone who may

need the help of the Church through

fund raising effort

–From the Mission Statement

of National Philoptochos

Philoptochos is the philanthropic arm of the Greek Orthodox Arch-

diocese of America. We are an army of women following the exam-

ple of the Lord, Who is full of love and compassion, over 26,000

strong nationally, who work to alleviate the suffering of individuals

and families across our country and around the globe. Whether it is

paying a medical bill to assist a family with a critically ill child, pay-

ing rent or a mortgage so that a family can remain in their home, or

sending fresh water to victims of a national disaster, Philoptochos is

always there assisting others by the grace of God with love and pray-

ers.

We very much appreciate

the support, time, generosity

and prayers of our communi-

ty members. If you are inter-

ested to learn more about

Philoptochos, we warmly

invite you to join us! Our

next meeting will be held on

Sunday, May 6th following

Divine Liturgy.

In Christ’s service,

Vicky Paraschou

From the Parish Council President Alexis Bighley

Dear Fellow Parishioner,

There is good news on St George 's investment earnings for 2017. We have two investment accounts, one of which is for opera-

tions of the church, and the other, a restricted donor account. The total dollars and earnings in those accounts for 2017 are:

Operations Account: (available to help cover expenses throughout the year but replenished by stewardship dollars annually) year

end cash balance $ 245,397, earning 10.36%

Donor Restricted Account: $ 296,502, earning 10.46%

Special thanks to the Investment Committee: Jim Theros, Jon Kennedy and George Mastrogiorgis for excellent oversight.

Please feel free to contact me if you would enjoy the challenge and satisfaction of serving on any committees for St. George. I look forward to

seeing everyone at the Parish Assembly meeting on Sunday, April 29, where we will serve a light lunch.

Yours in Christ,

Alexis Bighley

Veneration of Cross on March

11, 2018.

ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

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St. Paul, Minnesota 55105

Phone 651.222.6220 Fax 651.225.9276

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Glad Tidings April 2018

REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICES

Holy Confession: By Appointment

Vespers: (Oct. - May) Saturday 5:00 pm

Orthros: Sunday 8:15 am

Sunday School: (Sept. - May)

following Communion

Divine Liturgy: Sunday 9:30 am

WEEKDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE

Please see our online calendar and bulletin for latest schedule updates: http://stgeorgegoc.org/calendar/

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Monday, April 2 Bridegroom Service 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 3

Presanctified Liturgy 9:00 a.m. Bridegroom Service 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 4

Holy Unction Service 3:00 p.m. Bridegroom Service with Unction

7:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 5 Vesperal Liturgy of Mystical

Supper 9:00 a.m. Holy Passion—12 Gospels

7:00 p.m.

Friday, April 6 Royal Hours 9:00 a.m.

Descent from Cross Vespers 3:00 p.m.

Lamentations 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 Vesperal Liturgy-Descent into

Hades 9:00 a.m. Orthros-Resurrection 11:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 10

Sts. Raphael, Nicholas & Irene Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.

Monday, April 23

St. George Orthros 8:00 a.m.

Divine Liturgy 9:00 a.m.

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April 2018

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 +PALM SUNDAY

8:15am ORTHROS

9:30am LITURGY

12pm AHEPA Fish Dinner

4p-7:30p FOCUS MN - Serve a Meal

4pm LENTEN VESPERS (St Herman's Orthodox Church)

7pm BRIDEGROOM SERVICE

2 4:30p-6:30p Loaves & Fishes (St Matthew's Catholic Church)


3 9a-11a PRESANCTIFIED LITURGY


4 +FAST DAY

11:30a-4:30p FOCUS MN - Food Shelf

3pm HOLY UNCTION SERVICE

7pm BRIDEGROOM SERVICE W/ UNCTION

5 +ST. THEODORA

9am VESPERAL LITURGY OF MYSTICAL SUPPER

7pm HOLY PASSION - 12 GOSPELS

6 +FAST DAY

9am ROYAL HOURS

3pm DESCENT FROM CROSS VESPERS

7pm LAMENTATIONS of EPITAPHIOS

7 9am VESPERAL LITURGY - DESCENT INTO HADES

11pm ORTHROS - RESURRECTION

8 +HOLY PASCHA+

12am RESURRECTION SERVICE

1am DIVINE LITURGY

2:30am Lamb Dinner

11am AGAPE VESPERS


4:30p-6:30p Greek Dance Practice

9

10 +STS. RAPHAEL, NICHOLAS & IRENE

9am LITURGY

10:30am Bright Week Breakfast

11 11:30a-4:30p FOCUS MN - Food Shelf

12 10a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Work Day (odd jobs)

13 10:30a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Clothes Closet

14 5pm VESPERS

15 +ANTIPASCHA - ST. THOMAS

8:15am ORTHROS

9:30am LITURGY

12p-1p Estate Planning Seminar w/ Robert Chandler JD



16 7pm Catechism Class

17 11am MEOCCA Mtg. (IOCC USA Office, 6135 Kellogg Ave Suite 223, Edina, MN 55424)

6:30pm Parish Council Mtg.

18 +FAST DAY



12p-1p OCF at UST (UST)

7p-9p Ahepa Mtg

20 +FAST DAY

10:30a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Clothes Closet

21 12p-3p Youth Post-Paschal Party

5pm VESPERS

22 +3RD SUN. PASCHA - MYRRHBEARERS

8:15am ORTHROS

9:30am LITURGY


6pm PARISH FEASTDAY VESPERS

7pm Parish Feastday Dinner

23 +ST. GEORGE

8am ORTHROS

9am LITURGY

11am Parish Feastday Luncheon

24

25 +FAST DAY

+ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST



10a-12p Glad Tidings Mailing

27 +FAST DAY

10:30a-2:30p FOCUS MN - Clothes Closet

28 9:30am Divine Liturgy Eau Clair (Eau Claire WI)

2p-5p Pan-Orthodox Women's Tea (St Mary's Greek Orthodox Church)

5pm VESPERS

29 +4TH SUN. PASCHA - PARALYTIC

8:15am ORTHROS

9:30am LITURGY

12pm Parish Assembly



30

COMING IN MAY…

1-3 Metropolis Clergy Retreat

3-6 Festival of Nations

13 Mother’s Day

16 APODOSIS OF PASCHA

17 ASCENSION OF OUR LORD

20 Graduation Sunday

27 PENTECOST

28 Memorial Day Holiday

St. George Greek Orthodox Church, 1111 Summit Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105; 661-222-6220, www.stgeorgegoc.org

http://www.stgeorgegoc.org/

Parish Council Meeting Minutes Summary February 20, 2018

I. Call Meeting to Order – 6:36 p.m.

II. Opening Prayers and Readings (February 20) – Gen. 1: 14-23, Isaiah 1:19-2:3, Prov. 1:20-33

III. Submission of past Parish Council Meeting Minutes – Stephen Arsenault – 6:46 p.m.

Motion: To accept the Parish Council Minutes of January 17, 2018.

Moved by Jim; Seconded: Diane. Motion passed unanimously

IV. Treasurer’s Report– John Simon - Deferred

V. Committee Reports –

A. Stewardship Report- submitted by Alexis Bighley and Fr. Rick - 6:52 p.m.

Fr. presented the Stewardship Details Through January. Jon Kennedy will co-chair Stewardship Committee with Alexis.

I. Stewardship Totals: 2017- $250,000.

Total Stewardship Dollars Received was $ 257,060

II. Totals 2018-Pledges Received thru JANUARY Month End

A. 68 Parishioner Pledged-$ 107,923 (Previous Year 70 / $ 125,671)

of which 20 increased for a total of $ 12,030. 5 Parishioners decreased their pledges by $4,150.

B. Stewardship, Fr. encouraged Parish Council members to attend services during the Fast, at Saint George and various

presentations and services in other Orthodox churches.

IV. New Business

A. Strategic Planning Process – Father Rick – 7:04 p.m. Fr. presented the basics of Strategic Planning. Mentioned are

the mission of St. George from Parish Regulations, assessing our parish, setting goals, organizing, and a paradigm to go

forward. (see handout). Alexis is looking for people to serve on the Strategic Planning Committee. First meeting will be

after Pascha.

B. Church Sound System – Milam Paraschou – 7:22 pm. Milam presented the proposal comparison and options for the

sound system for the choir, social hall, sanctuary, and lower level hallway. Total cost: $4,500. Motion: that we accept the

proposal presented and allocate an addition of $1,600 over a current donor to complete the audio work. Moved: George,

Second: Diane. Passed unanimously.

C. Contact info for Glad Tidings to be published – 7:23 p.m. Alexis mentioned that the contact list of Parish Council

members will be publish, in future in the Glad Tidings.

D. Roselawn Cemetery plots pricing 2018 – After a short presentation

Motion: That we accept the proposed Pricing as presented. Moved: Diane, Seconded: Steve K.

Passed unanimously.

E. YTD investment return (Operating Fund) through 12-31-2017 $245,397 (10.36%).

YTD investment return (Restricted-Donor Fund) $296,502 (10.46%).

1% fee for investment advisor. – Alexis

F. Request for a $10,000 Contribution – Philoxenia House Ministry – Alexis 7:29 p.m.

Discussion tonight on our response and Philoxenia House Ministry funding request.

In December 2017, we gave $2,000 to Philoxenia House Mission and Benevolence Funds. After a discussion, Alexis

suggested that Philoxenia House provide a speaker to the parish during Sunday coffee hour, to urge contributions, and that

the 2018 M & B distribution of $2,000 be advanced early as matching funds of collections at the presentation.

No motion was presented since Philoxenia House Ministry is part of an existing M & B funding projects. Approval of the

presentation to the parish was by unanimous consensus.

G. Basketball Tournament Update – Milam and George - 8:07 p.m. Report on the activity and location.

VII. Other Business

A. Glad Tidings articles: Diane is writing a column, Alexis on occasion, and others are encouraged to contribute to Glad

Tidings.

B. New Metropolitan of Chicago. Chicago Enthronement date March 24th.

C. Anniversary Book. Final editing is being done by Julie.

Motion: that the Executive Committee be given authorization to research excess funds available to finish the

Anniversary Book project in a timely manner. Moved: Diane; Second: Jim.Passed unanimously.

VII. Adjournment: 8:35 p.m. Moved: Steve A., Seconded: Steve K. Passed unanimously.

Respectfully submitted: Stephen Arsenault, Parish Council Secretary

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As liberator of prisoners and protector of those in poverty;

As physician of the sick and defender of ruling kings;

O Triumphant Great Martyr George, intercede with Christ our God

to save our souls.

March 20, 2018

FEAST DAY CELEBRATION OF

SAINT GEORGE THE GREAT MARTYR

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

On behalf of the community we extend our arms of invitation to you. Please join us for

the feast day celebration of Saint George. The services and activities are as follows:

Sunday, April 22nd Great Vespers…….6:00PM

Dinner Reception to follow

Monday, April 23rd Orthros…………...8:00AM

Divine Liturgy……9:00AM

Brunch to follow

We hope that you can share in the joy of the Resurrection of Christ as we remember one

of the greatest and most famous of all the saints—George the Great Martyr and Trophybearer.

Until then, we pray a most blessed Holy Week and Pascha to you and your families. Kalo

Pascha! Kali Anastasi! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!

In Christ,

Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews, Presbyter

Alexis Bighley, Parish Council President

ST. GEORGE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH

1111 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55105 • Tel.: (651) 222-6220 • Fax: (651) 225-9276

Web: www.stgeorgegoc.org • E-mail: [email protected]

HOLY PASCHA FLOWERS CONTRIBUTION 2018

Donations for flowers to beautify the sanctuary and epitaphion during Holy Week & Pascha may be made in memory of a loved one. Please PRINT CLEARLY.

Memorial names you are remembering with this donation will be listed in the Pascha bulletin if received in the office by SUNDAY, APRIL 1. Thank you!

Your name : _______________________________________________________________

In memory of: _____________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Amount enclosed (minimum $15): _________________

Check (payable to St. George GOC; memo line - Pascha Flowers)

Cash

HOLY PASCHA FLOWERS CONTRIBUTION 2018

Donations for flowers to beautify the sanctuary and epitaphion during Holy Week & Pascha may be made in memory of a loved one. Please PRINT CLEARLY.

Memorial names you are remembering with this donation will be listed in the Pascha bulletin if received in the office by SUNDAY, APRIL 1. Thank you!

Your name : _______________________________________________________________

In memory of: _____________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Amount enclosed (minimum $15): _________________

Check (payable to St. George GOC; memo line - Pascha Flowers)

Cash

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