Ευαγγελισμός της Θεοτόκου Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

Reverend Father Dean J. Dimon Proistamenos

2187 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113 216-861-0116

Happy New Year! Holy Theophany January 6, 2019

Parish Council

Officers:

Niko Semertsidis

President

John A. Trihas

Vice President

Linsey Anagnostos

Secretary

Joe Rokas

Treasurer

Penelope Coutris

Aphrodite Ganotis

Eleni Karadaglis

Michael Manak

Kosmas Petratos

Tim Tsirambidis

John Vianos

Sam Zizis

Parish Council

Members

When our Lord reached thirty years from His physical birth, He began His teaching and salvific work. He Himself signified this “beginning of the beginning” by His Baptism in the Jordan River. St Cyril of Jerusalem says: “The beginning of the world is water; the beginning of the Gospel is the Jordan.” At the time of the Baptism of the Lord in water, the mystery was declared to the world — the mystery that was prophesied in the Old Testa-ment; the mystery that was known only in fables in ancient Egypt and India — the mystery of the Divine Holy Trinity. The Father was revealed to the sense of hearing, the Spirit was revealed to the sense of sight, and the Son was revealed to the sense of touch. The Father uttered His witness about the Son, the Son was baptized in the water, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovered above the water. When John the Baptist bore wit-

ness to Christ, saying: Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1:29), and when John immersed and baptized the Lord in the Jordan, the mission of Christ in the world and the path of our salvation were shown. That is to say, the Lord took upon Himself the sins of mankind and died under them (immersion) and rose again (the coming out of the water); and we must die to the old sinful man and rise again as cleansed, renewed and regenerated. This is the Savior and this is the path to salvation. The Feast of the Theophany is also called the Feast of Illumination. The event in the Jordan River illuminates us by manifesting God to us as Trinity, consubstantial and undivided. That is one way that we are illumined. And the second way is that every one of us through baptism in water is illumined, in that we become adopted by the Father of Lights through the merits of the Son and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Apolytikion Lord, when You were baptized in the Jordan, the veneration of the Trinity was revealed. For the voice of the Father gave witness to You, calling You Beloved, and the Spirit, in the guise of a dove, confirmed the certainty of His words. Glory to You, Christ our God, who appeared and enlightened the world.

Kontakion

You appeared to the world today, and Your light, O Lord, has left its mark upon us.

With fuller understanding we sing to You: “You came, You were made manifest, the

unapproachable light.”

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The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

St. Paul's Letter to Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7

Prokeimenon. Mode 4. Psalm 117.26,1

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Verse: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His mercy endures forever.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7

TITUS, my son, the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to re-nounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, awaiting our blessed hope, the appear-ing of the glory of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to re-deem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not be-cause of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

Προκείμενον. Ήχος δ'.

ΨΑΛΜΟΙ 117.26,1

Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου. Στίχ. Στίχ. Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ ὅτι ἀγαθὸς, ὅτι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.

Τίτον 2:11-14, 3:4-7 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα Τέκνον Τίτε, ἐπεφάνη γὰρ ἡ χάρις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡ σωτήριος πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, παιδεύουσα ἡμᾶς ἵνα ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς κο-σμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας σωφρόνως καὶ δικαίως καὶ εὐσεβῶς ζήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν πε-ριούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἔργων. ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία ἐπεφάνη τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Θεοῦ, οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων τῶν ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὧν ἐποιήσαμεν ἡμεῖς, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν αὐτοῦ ἔλεον ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως Πνεύματος ῾Αγίου, οὗ ἐξέχεεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς πλουσίως διὰ ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, ἵνα δικαιωθέντες τῇ ἐκείνου χάριτι κληρονόμοι γενώμεθα κατ᾽ ἐλπίδα ζωῆς αἰωνίου.

Epistle Ἀπόστολος

Artoklasia for the

Health of the families

Pavlo Salloumis

Vivian Kyriazis

Stella Tsardoulia

Αρτοκλασία Υπέρ Υγείας

Τις οικογένειες

Παύλος Σφαλλούη

Παρασκευή Κυριαζη

Στυλιανή Τσαρδούλια

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Gospel Ευαγγέλιο

The Theophany of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ The Gospel According to Matthew 3:13-17 At that time, Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have pre-vented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" But Jesus an-swered him, "Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented. And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ματθαῖον

3:13-17 Εὐαγγελίου

τὸ Ἀνάγνωσμα

Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, παραγίνε-

ται ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλι-

λαίας ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην πρὸς

τὸν ᾿Ιωάννην τοῦ βαπτι-

σθῆναι ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ

᾿Ιωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν

λέγων· ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ

σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ

πρός με; ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιη-

σοῦς εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· ἄφες

ἄρτι· οὕτω γὰρ πρέπον ἐστὶν ἡμῖν πλη-

ρῶσαι πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην· τότε ἀφίησιν

αὐτόν· καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἀνέβη

εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἰδοὺ

ἀνεῴχθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ εἶδε τὸ

Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περι-

στερὰν καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν· καὶ ἰδοὺ

φωνὴ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν λέγουσα· οὗτός

ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ

εὐδόκησα.

Welcome to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Cleveland We are delighted to welcome you to our parish family this morning!

If you are visiting, please fill out a "Visitor Information Card," located in the Narthex, and give it to a Parish Council member at the candle stand in the Narthex. If you are an Orthodox Christian new to the area, or you would like to know more about becoming an Orthodox Christian, please introduce yourself to Father Dean who would be most happy to meet with you and discuss membership in our community.

FOR OUR GUESTS WHO ARE NOT ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS: Church for the first time, please be aware that Holy Communion is a sign of unity of faith which is only offered to Baptized or Chrismated Orthodox Christians. All present are welcome, however, to partake of the antidoro

(or blessed bread) which is distributed at the end of the service. Those interested in learning more about the Orthodox Christian faith, please feel free to see

Fr. Dean after the service.

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The Divine Theophany of our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Hymn of the Day Ἐν Ἰορδάνη βαπτιζομένου σου, Κύριε, ἡ τῆς Τριάδος ἐφανερώθη προσκύνησις· τοῦ γάρ Γεννήτορος ἡ φωνή προσεμαρ-τύρει σοί, ἀγαπητόν σε Υἱόν ὀνομάζουσα· καί τό Πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει πε-ριστερᾶς ἐβεβαίου τοῦ λόγου τό ἀσφαλές. Ὁ ἐπιφανείς Χριστέ ὁ Θεός καί τό κόσμον φωτίσας, δόξα σοί. During your baptism in the Jordan, O Lord, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest. For the Begetter's voice bore witness to you, by calling you his beloved Son. And the Spirit in the form of a dove, reaffirmed the truthfullness of the word. O Christ our God, who were revealed from above, and illuminated the world, glory to you.

Kontakion Ἐπεφάνης σήμερον τῇ οἰκουμένῃ καί τό φῶς σου Κύριε, ἐσημειὠθη ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, ἐν ἐπιγνώσει ὑμνοῦντας σε· Ἦλθες, ἐφάνης τό Φῶς τό ἀπρόσιτον. From the above you appeared today, to the earth's people, and your light, O our Lord, has been marked upon us, who in true knowledge sing to you: You came, you appeared, O light unapproachable.

Second Tray will pass in church to benefit St. Basil’s home for children.

Today, Following the Divine Liturgy the Annual

Vasilopita & Family Breakfast in the church banquet hall.

CELEBRATION IS SPONSORED BY THE PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY TO

BENEFIT: ST. BASIL ACADEMY

DONATION $5.00

Η Φιλόπτωχος θα περάσει δεύτερο δίσκο για την

Ακαδημία του Αγίου Βασιλείου

Σήμερα Η Βασιλόπιτα θα κοπή μετα την Θεία Λει-τουργία στην μεγάλη αίθουσα της εκκλησιάς

και θα προσφερθεί προγονό φαγητό

$5 το άτομο

τα χρήματα θα προσφερθούν στο

ST. BASIL ACADEMY

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TIME WORSHIP All Sunday Services begin

8:30AM Orthros

9:30 AM Divine Liturgy

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SERVICES Sunday, January 6, 2019

Festal Orthros and Divine

Liturgy of St. Basil the

Great, followed by the

Great Agiasmos

Cutting of the Vasilopita

January 7th

St. John the Baptist

8:30 a.m. Orthros;

9:30 a.m. Divine Lit

6 Ιανουαρίου: ΘΕΟΦΑΝΕΙΑ Όρθρος, Θεία Λειτουργία του

Αγίου Βασιλείου 8:30 π.μ. Αγιασμός 9:30 π.μ.

Βασιλόπιτα

7 Ιανουαρίου Σύναξις Αγ. Ιωάννου

9:30 π.μ. Θ. Λειτουργία

January 10th Greek School Lessons Resume

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Cutting of the Vasilopita Party

January 11th - January 13th Our GOYA students

will be at the GOYA Tournament St. Haralambos (Canton)

Good Luck Annunciation GOYA!

Sunday- January 13th Godparent Sunday

After Theophany Memorials:

George Emmanuel Sisamis Georgia Verikakis George Skoutas

John and Fotini Dimon

Trisagio Irene Livaditis

All Things are Possible to the One

Who Believes in Christ.

Goarch.org

Stewardship 2019

We are

grateful for the

66 FAMILIES that

have pledged to

support the

Annunciation’s many

ministries.

We have collected

3,305

Pledged 27,808

Goal: 120,000

Thank you for giving

“According to your

God-Given Ability” !

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You are cordially invited to attend… Godparent Sunday

January 13, 2019

Each time the world needs an extra touch

of love and gentle caring, God creates a GODPARENT

We ask your child(ren) to invite their godparents to attend Godparent Sunday and sit together in church as we participate in the

Divine Liturgy and receive Holy Communion as a family. Yiayiades, Papoudes, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins

are invited if godparents cannot attend.

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TEAM A

Dino Agelidakis

Notis Agelidakis

Georgio Almiroudis

Tino Almiroudis

George Coutris

Gregory Sisamis

George Sisamis

Dimitri Genin

Dino Kotsanis

Nasi Kotsanis

TEAM B

Demetri Anagnostos

Nikolaos Anagnostos

Anastasios Ermidis

George Ermidis

Konstantinos Ermidis

Panagiotis Ermidis

Yianni Tsambounieris

Anthony Michaels

Joey Sheely

Constantine Sheely

TEAM C

Charlie Hliatzos

Michael Hliatzos

Kosta Kafantaris

Victor Kafantaris

Antoni Makris

Angelo Semertsidis

Jonathan Walsh

Simon Skoutas

TEAM A TEAM B TEAM C Jan 5 Jan 6 Jan 13

Jan 20 Jan 27 Feb 3

Feb 10 Feb 17 Feb 24

Mar 3 Mar 10 Mar 17

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The Stewardship Committee would like to

thank everyone who submitted their

pledge cards for 2019. Listed below are the

pledged cards we have received. If you have

not done so yet, please send in your pledge card

to the church office. Extra cards are available

at the Pangari (Candle Stand). All Things

are Possible to the One Who Believes in Christ.

(Philippians 4:13)

Ευχαριστούμε όλους που επέστρεψαν τις κάρ-

τες των οικονομικών εύφορων (stewardship)

2019. Εάν δεν τα έχετε στείλει σας παρακαλού-

με να τα στείλετε η να τα δώσετε στην εκκλησία

για το 2019. Η κάρτες βρίσκονται στο Παγκάρι

Family Name *

Alex, George & Becky

Antonaklas,

Steve & Evangelia

Asmis, Nick & Tina

Boulas, Dimitrios & Evegenia

Boyeas, Mike & Christine

Boyeas, Stelios & Judy

Ciacchi, Christopher & Maria

Cimino, Vincent & Chrisafo

Coutris, Stephen & Penelope

Davis, Lambrini

Dimon, Fr. Dean & Presvytera

Foradis, Militsa

Ganotis,

Dimitrios & Aphrodite

Geanneses, Antoinette

Gromek, Stanley & Angie

Hliatzos, Peter & Katina

Kamenos, Stella

Kanis, Gus & Vaso

Karadaglis, Elias & Eleni

Karadimas, Paraskevi

Karavokirakis, Dimitra

Karavokirakis, Gramatiki

Klonaris, Joanne

Kozanas, John & Vasiliki

Kutrubs, Nick

Madison, Ryan & Rena

Makris, Bessie A.

Mallis, Mike & Maria

Manak, Michael & Emelyn

Marountas,

George & Agnieska

Marountas, Nick & Denna

Mathews, James & Mary

Moshos, Shawn

Nimorakiotakis,

George & Maria

Nimorakiotakis,

Nick & Antigoni

Papadakis,

Adamandios & Despina

Paul, Barbara T.

Paul, John

Petratos,

Kosmas & Panagiota

Petsas, Demetra

Regas, Alex & Thea

Rokas, Iosefis & Kym

Sack, David & Katherine

Salloumis, Paul

Saridakis, Frank & Anastasia

Saviolis, Nick & Chrisoula

Semertsidis, Niko & Despina

Sevastos, Dino & Christine

Sevastos, Gust & Jane

Sisamis, Anna

Sisamis, John G. & Irene

Skantzos, Pete & Maria

Smith, Robert & Eugenia

Spano, John

Trihas, John A. & Suzanne

Tsardoulias, John & Kurannio

Tsigas, Angie

Tsigas, Demetrios & Shelly

Tsiourtsiouris, Maria

Vassilakis, Freda

Vourlis, Antonetta

Walsh, Edward & Calliope M

Whitlock, Adrian & Marie

Yurch, Jerry & Cynthia

Zeleniuch, Christina

Zeleniuch, Mary Ellen

Zeleniuch, Michael & Allie

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THEOPHANY - JANUARY 6 About the beginning of our Lord's thirtieth year, John the Forerunner, who was some six months older than our Savior according to the flesh, and had lived in the wil-derness since his childhood, received a command from God and came into the parts of the Jordan, preaching the bap-tism of repentance unto the remission of sins. Then our Savior also came from Galilee to the Jordan, and sought and received baptism though He was the Master and John was but a servant. Whereupon, there came to pass those marvelous deeds, great and beyond nature: the Heavens were opened, the Spirit descended in the form of a dove upon Him that was being baptized and the voice was heard from the Havens hearing witness that this was the beloved Son of God, now baptized as a man (Matt. 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:1-22). From these events the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the great mystery of the Trinity were demonstrated. It is also from this that the present feast is called “Theophany,” that is, the divine manifestation, God’s appearance among men. On this venerable day the sacred mystery of Christian baptism was inaugurated; henceforth also began the saving preaching of the Kingdom of the Heavens. The Baptism of our Lord, also called Epiphany, is celebrated on January 6. This Great Feastday of our Lord is also referred to as “The Feast of Illumining” because through baptism we are illuminated. God has a plan for mankind. His plan is for us to grow in knowledge and in wisdom, according to how we could bear it, in purity, with-out any knowledge of evil at all. But man didn't choose that plan. So God, in His wisdom knowing this, sent His Only-begotten Son. We can only understand God when He chooses to reveal Himself to us. So, that is why our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ came incarnate of a Virgin, into the midst of us - to invigorate us and make us able to live. His ministry was two-fold: Being God, He taught us all the things that were necessary for our salvation, by His example, by how He lived, by how He spoke, by His demeanor; and He transmitted this faithfully and carefully to His disciples. This is only to be found - this mind of Christ is only to be found - in our precious Christian Ortho-dox Faith, and it has been transmitted carefully and perfect-ly, throughout the ages, by the Church. He showed us no only by His teaching, but also by how He lived; He was a man, as well as being God, so He was subject to the things we are subject to, even unto death. His words certainly have weight, so since He subjected Himself to baptism, He set the example for us to be bap-tized. He was not the kind of leader, or the kind of king, who would tell his subjects to do something that He was not willing to do. He will do more for us than He requires of us and expect more of Himself. That is the principle of leadership. A leader, whether he be a father, a mother,

or a priest, or an employer, or someone who teaches chil-dren, such as many of the stewards in this parish, must lead by example. He taught us how to do it, and gave us the blueprint of how to do it. The feast of the Theophany is an amazing thing. He who created the waters submits to being baptized in them; He who created the heavens and the earth and saw that it was good and without evil, submits to cleansing in waters. He who regenerates our flesh, Who is the Regener-ator, He descends in the flesh into regenerating waters; and He does this to show us how necessary it is for baptism. Baptism is an image; it is an image of death and of life. The Church says it over and over and over again. When we descend into the waters, we die. Our old man, with its deceitful desires, dies in the waters. When we as-cend out of the waters, we are reborn a new creature. This is a hard thing to understand. We cannot fathom it. We do not know how a man is reborn of water and the Spirit, we just know how we are told to begin the Christian life. Bap-tism is the first Sacrament that we experience. Without it, we are not able to progress in the knowledge of God. The knowledge of God IS salvation! How can anyone stand against this truth when our Lord endorses it so emphatically? Our Lord does not tell us to do anything we are not capable of doing. He promises us that we will rise from the dead. Well, he did it to Himself, so we are capable. He commands us to be baptized; He did it Himself. He turned the other cheek when He was slapped by the arrogant Pharisees and by their henchman, the Ro-man soldiers. And He commands us to turn our cheek when we are slapped. He commands us to forgive, and He for-gave. There is nothing, there is no commandment that the Lord gave that He did not fulfill Himself. He even told us to be perfect, and He was perfect - in the flesh and as God. So all those things we are capable of doing because He did them for us and made us able to. He led by example, and He led by power and grace and mercy. There is responsibility placed upon each of us be-cause of the grace we have been given - because of our baptism. In addition, because of our participation in the Sacramental life of the Church, everything we do is sacred, and it makes us responsible, for living according to how we have promised to live. The good news is that we are ABLE to do it, because the God-man made us able to do it! God revealed Himself, and continues to reveal Himself to us, as we are able to understand Him. That is the meaning of Theophany. That is the meaning of the illu-mining. May it be that all of us are illumined and follow Him throughout the days of our life. Amen.

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When: Saturday, January 19, 2019

1:00-3:00 pm

Where: Seven Hills Rec Center

7777 Summit View Dr.

Seven Hills, 44131

Cost: $5 per child

We will enjoy some pizza together while Father Dean

speaks to the children about the Epiphany. Then we will

head to the pool at 1:45 where Father Dean will throw

the cross in the pool for the children to swim after.

Don't forget to bring your swimsuits and towels.

Pizza, chips and drinks will be provided.

Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.

RSVP to Katina Hliatzos, Pam Sheely,

Popi Almiroudis, or Despina Semertsidis

BLESSING OF HOMES

In memory of Christ’s Baptism on the Feast of

Epiphany, when Jesus sanctified all the waters

of the world, the Orthodox Church follows an

ancient tradition of holding the Service of the

Blessing of the Waters on January 6. The

Church asks God’s blessing to come upon the

water, which we then share with all believers.

Through this water the grace of God comes upon

us! Following the service, the priest blesses all

the believers in the Church with the holy water

and offers them a bottle to take home and drink

each day, or whenever they feel a special need

for God’s grace. The Church also has the beau-

tiful tradition of the pries taking the holy water

into the homes of all believers and blesses their

home. Through this ritual we ask for God’s

blessings to come upon the household for the

new year. I am looking forward to visiting all

the homes of parishioners from January 7th -

February 15th.

The following schedule gives an idea of when I

will try to visit your area. I will visit the elderly

and shut-ins during the morning hours.

For those of you who work, I will come between

5:00 - 8:00 p.m. If you have a specific time that

you want me to visit, call the church office (216)

861-0116.

Tues., Jan. 8th and Wed., Jan. 9th CLEVELAND Thurs., Jan. 10th thru Fri., Jan. 11th BROOKLYN Mon., Jan. 14th BROOKPARK Tues., Jan. 15th SEVEN HILLS / INDEPENDENCE Wed., Jan. 16th BRECKSVILLE/BROADVIEW HTS Thurs., 17th Fri. 18th PARMA, PARMA HTS. Mon., Jan. 21st and Tues., Jan. 22nd - MIDDLEBURG Wed., Jan. 23rd thru Thurs., Jan. 24th NORTH ROYALTON, STRONGSVILLE Fri., Jan. 25th HINCKLEY, BRUNSWICK Mon., Jan. 28th NORTH OLMSTED, OLMSTED FALLS Tues., Jan 29th Wed., Jan. 30th LAKEWOOD Thurs., Jan 31st FAIRVIEW PARK & ROCKY RIVER Mon., Feb. 4th WESTLAKE & BAY VILLAGE Tues., Feb. 5th - CLEVELAND HTS., MAYFIELD HTS., EUCLID, & S. EUCLID Wed., Feb. 6th WICKCLIFFE & MENTOR Thurs., Feb. 7th MEDINA & AKRON

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ANNUNCIATION GOYA TOURNAMENT

JANUARY 25TH, 26, 27TH ,2019

We are looking for volunteers to help run the basketball timescore’s tables. Volunteers will work 4 hour shifts from 8:00am to 12:00pm or 12:00pm to 4:00pm on Saturday January 26th and 1:00 pm to 3:00pm on Sunday the 27th. All the games will be held at the Independence Field House on Selig Drive in Independence, Ohio 44131.

Please contact: Pete Hliatzos: 440-725-9884 Or Sam Zizis : 216-509-3503 We will also need help running the concessions stand on Saturday January 26th, 2019. Any time between 8am and 4pm in the Independence Field House. Please contact Ellen Zizis: 216-312-4858 Also, our advertisement booklet is our main source of income for this event. Please sponsor our goyans by purchasing an ad: ▪ $75 Full Page Ad ( Any type of Artwork or Photo) ▪ $50 Half Page Ad ▪ $25 Quarter Page Ad ▪ $10 One line “Phrase” 12 lines per page All goyans will be asking for donations. Evie and Jim Boulas will be compiling the advertising booklet. Please Email your Ad to Sophia Karnavas at: sfakiano@icloud.com Lastly, we provide dinner and breakfast to our guests on Saturday night and Sunday brunch. We would appreciate any perishable or nonperishable donation to help defray our costs. Our menu is as follows: Saturday Night Sunday Brunch Pastitsio Scrambled Eggs Gyro Sausage Links Spanakopita Donuts Salad Milk Rice Orange juice Green Beans Coffee Dessert Please contact Anthie Kapolis: 330-592-6387, Elle Skoutas : 440-570-7538 Despina Sarantopoulou: 216-269-7272.

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It is the practice of our Church to give the name of a Saint to the new born child. By assuming the name of a Saint, we

not only honor and express our gratitude to a Holy Person for his exceptional contribution to the Orthodox Faith, but

provide the new Christian with an example worthy of emulation. The Saint then becomes the Patron of the child pro-

tecting it from all danger. Through his prayers, God will grant the child the necessary illumination to become a zealous

member of the Church and an ardent follower of Christ.

Each month we will be acknowledging those celebrating their nameday in our monthly bulletin. If by chance we acci-

dentally miss someone's nameday, we ask that you please contact the Church Office so that we may correct our rec-

ords. We extend our prayers to all those celebrating January Namedays and beseech our heavenly Father to grant

them many years. Χρόνια Πολλά!

January 1 St. Basil the Great Kiki Hatzis Vasili Efstathiou Vasilia Agelidakis Vasilia Skantzos Vasilia Aivazis Vasilia Nikolaou Vasiliki Alex Vasiliki Gemelas Vasiliki Kozanas Vasiliki Nickas Vasiliki Konstantinou Vasiliki Tantsios Vasiliki Michael Vasiliki Apostolis Vasiliki Apostolopoulos- Erwin Vasilli George Walters Vasilios Gountis Vasilios Moulagianis Vasilios Fronimo Vasilios Haverty Vasilis Tsambunieris Vaso Kanis Bill Mavrakis Bill Kavourias William Costaras William Demopoulos William Pappas William Fronimo William Kotsanis William Polinski January 6 Holy Theophany Fani Konstas Faye Asser Fotini Tsambounieris Fotini Kefalos Fotini Piperis Fotini Blake Fotios Papakonstantinou Fotis Saridakis Frank Sardis Frank Saridakis Jr. Frank Joseph Krol III Theophania Katerina Georgekopoulos

January 7 St. John the Baptist John Alex John Rokas John Scordos John Dimarhos John Kozanas John Tsardoulias John Trihas John Mavrakis John Allison John Boukis John Ermidis John Hadgis John Kellis John Konstandinos John Paul John Rokas John Rokas John Rokas John Saviolis John Skaramagas John Spano John Vaselakis John Vianos John Kantzios John Tsambounieris John Mavrakis John Moulagiannis John Paplos John Foradis John Kopasakis John Skourlis John Papagianis John Siakantaris John Kanaris John Toptsidis John Bibidakis John Karras John Aivazis John Kopasakis John Baker John Dimarhos John Karadimas John Glavin John Verikakis John Kanis John Stavrou John Dourountakis

John A. Trihas John G. Sisamis John Paul Jon Maccmber Jon Mavrakis Jonathan Sevastos Jonathan Blair Jonathan Ridzy Jonathan Gromek Jonathan Edward Walsh Joanna Kokkas Joanna Papagianis Joanne Kalessis Joanne Klonaris Ioannis Tsambounieris Ioannis Anezinis Ioannis Prinolakis Ioannis A. Karras January 17 St. Anthony the Great Anthony Stefou Anthony Vangelos Anthony Michael Anthony Pyros Anthony Tuleta Antigoni Nimorakiotakis Antoinette Geanneses Antoinette Mannarino Antolina Gountis Antonetta Vourlis Antoni Makris Antoni Zembillas Antonia Trihas Antonia Kamkutis Antonios Kyriakidis Antonios Filippou

January 18 Sts. Athanasios & Cyril Athanasios Vergos Athanasios Sarantopoulos Athanasios Mitsionis Athanasios Thanos Athanasios Tsigas Athanasios Kotsanis Athanasios Tataridis Athanasios Anagnostos Athanasios D. Thanos January 20 St. Euthemios Efthimia Mastrokostas Efthymios Papas Tim Tsirambidis January 21 St. Maximos the Confessor Maximus Lewis January 25 St. Gregory The Theologian Gregory Sisamis Gregory Giarikos Gregory Glaros Gregory Likakis Gregory Michaels Gregory Sdrakas Gregory Blake Gregory Harrison

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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church Event/Liturgy Calendar 2018-19

All Sunday & Week Day

8:30 AM Orthros / 9:30 AM

Divine Liturgy

January 2019 Happy New Year!

Sun. 6 Holy Theophany Cutting of the Vasilopita in church banquet hall Mon. 7 Synaxis of John the Baptist Orthros 8:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m. Thurs. 10 Greek School Lessons Resume 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Cutting of Vasilopita

party for all students. Journey to Fullness 6:00 p.m. Jan 11th—Jan 13th GOYA Basketball Tournament at

St. Haralambos in Canton Sun. 13th Sunday after Theophany GODPARENT SUNDAY Mon. 14th Greek School Lessons 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Thurs. 17th Greek School Lessons 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Journey to Fullness 6pm Sat. 19th Epiphany Swim at

Seven Hills Rec Center 1:00-3:00 pm Sun. 20th 12th Sunday of Luke Festival Meeting -

Tentative Youth Bowling Mon. 21st No Greek School Lessons MLK DAY

Thurs. 24th Greek School Lessons 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Journey to Fullness 6:00 p.m. Jan 25– Jan 27 GOYA Basketball Tournemnet

Annunciation Cleveland Sun. 27 15th Sunday of Luke Mon. 28 Greek School Lessons 5:30 - 7:30 p.m./Bible Study 6pm Thurs. 31 Greek School Lessons

5:30 - 7:30pm

Please visit our website: www.annunciationcleveland.com

If you have not been receiving church

material/mailing /phone messages or

e-mails, please contact the church office

at 216.861.0116 or email

office@annunciationcleveland.net.

Thank you.

Αν δεν λαμβάνετε τις επιστολές η ότι

ενημέρωση της εκκλησίας έχει για σας ή

τηλεφωνικά μηνύματα, παρακαλούμε

επικοινωνήστε με το γραφείο της

εκκλησίας στο 216.861.0116 ή στο email

office@annunciationcleveland.net.

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Dear Friends of the Community, In an effort to defray the cost of publishing our Weekly Bulletin, & Vision, the Parish Council would like to invite anyone who wishes to support the Community to offer a small donation of $250.00 for a “business card” sized ad which will be placed on the back inside pages of each publication for the calendar year, 2018. We generally publish a Weekly Bulletin as well as a Quarterly Newsletter, and with this program, hope to cut our publication cost in half by gathering 36 ads which will take up the last four pages of the Vision & Bulletin. If you are interested in this program, please send a business card that we will reproduce. Please also en-close a check made out to The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church for $250.00.

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Dear Friends of the Community, In an effort to defray the cost of publishing our Weekly Bulletin, & Vision, the Parish Council would like to invite any-one who wishes to support the Community to offer a small donation of $250.00 for a “business card” sized ad which will be placed on the back inside pages of each publication for the calendar year, 2018. We generally publish a Weekly Bulletin as well as a Quarterly Newsletter, and with this program, hope to cut our publication cost in half by gathering 36 ads which will take up the last four pages of the Vision & Bulletin. If you are interested in this program, please send a business card that we will reproduce. Please also enclose a check made out to The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church for $250.00.

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