Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake www.gocslc.org Orthodoxy3@gmail.com

Sunday, March 8, 2020

SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY

ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ

V. Rev. Archimandrite George Nikas, Cathedral Dean Cell: 732-232-1036 Email: gnikas@mail.com

Rev. Mario Giannopoulos, Parish Priest

Cell: 801-245-9237 Email: frmtg@yahoo.com

Rev. Protopresbyter George Politis (retired)

CATHEDRAL OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Friday 9AM – 5PM

Holy Trinity Cathedral: 279 S. 300 W. SLC, UT 84101, 801-328-9681

Prophet Elias Church: 5335 Highland Dr. Holladay, UT 84117, 801-277-2693

Epistle Reading

St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 11:24-26, 32-40 Brethren, by faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets -- who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put

foreign enemies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and scourging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- of whom the world was not worthy -- wandering over deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΣ:

Πρὸς Ἑβραίους 11:24-26, 32-40 τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα Ἀ δελφοί , πί στεί Μωϋ σῆ ς με γας γενο μενος ῆ ρνῆ σατο λε γεσθαί ϋί ο ς θϋγατρο ς Φαραω , μα λλον ε λο μενος σϋγκακοϋχεί σθαί τω λαω τοϋ θεοϋ ῆ προ σκαίρον ε χείν α μαρτί ας α πο λαϋσίν· μεί ζονα πλοϋ τον ῆ γῆσα μενος τω ν Ἀί γϋ πτοϋ θῆσαϋρω ν το ν ο νείδίσμο ν τοϋ Χρίστοϋ · α πε βλεπεν γα ρ εί ς τῆ ν μίσθαποδοσί αν. Καί τί ε τί λε γω; Ἐ πίλεί ψεί γα ρ με δίῆγοϋ μενον ο χρο νος περί Γεδεω ν, Βαρα κ τε καί Σαμψω ν καί Ἰ εφθα ε, Δαϋί δ τε καί Σαμοϋῆ λ καί τω ν προφῆτω ν· οί δία πί στεως κατῆγωνί σαντο βασίλεί ας, εί ργα σαντο δίκαίοσϋ νῆν, ε πε τϋχον ε παγγελίω ν, ε φραξαν στο ματα λεο ντων, ε σβεσαν δϋ ναμίν πϋρο ς, ε φϋγον στο ματα μαχαί ρας, ε νεδϋναμω θῆσαν α πο α σθενεί ας, ε γενῆ θῆσαν ί σχϋροί ε ν πολε μω , παρεμβολα ς ε κλίναν α λλοτρί ων. Ἐ λαβον γϋναί κες ε ξ α ναστα σεως τοϋ ς νεκροϋ ς αϋ τω ν· α λλοί δε ε τϋμπανί σθῆσαν, οϋ προσδεξα μενοί τῆ ν α πολϋ τρωσίν, ί να κρεί ττονος α ναστα σεως τϋ χωσίν· ε τεροί δε ε μπαίγμω ν καί μαστί γων πεί ραν ε λαβον, ε τί δε δεσμω ν καί φϋλακῆ ς· ε λίθα σθῆσαν, ε πρί σθῆσαν, ε πείρα σθῆσαν, ε ν φο νω μαχαί ρας α πε θανον· περίῆ λθον ε ν μῆλωταί ς, ε ν αί γεί οίς δε ρμασίν, ϋ στεροϋ μενοί, θλίβο μενοί, κακοϋχοϋ μενοί - ω ν οϋ κ ῆ ν α ξίος ο κο σμος - ε ν ε ρῆμί αίς πλανω μενοί καί ο ρεσίν καί σπῆλαί οίς καί ταί ς ο παί ς τῆ ς γῆ ς. Καί οϋ τοί πα ντες, μαρτϋρῆθε ντες δία τῆ ς πί στεως, οϋ κ ε κομί σαντο τῆ ν ε παγγελί αν, τοϋ θεοϋ περί ῆ μω ν κρεί ττο ν τί προβλεψαμε νοϋ, ί να μῆ χωρί ς ῆ μω ν τελείωθω σίν.

The Gospel According to John 1:43-51

At that time, Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" Nathanael said to him, "How do you

know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

Ἐκ τοῦ Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:44-52 Εὐαγγελίου τὸ

Ἀνάγνωσμαὐα Τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ, ἠθέλησεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς ἐξελθεῖν εἰς τὴν Γαλιλαίαν· καὶ εὑρίσκει Φίλιππον καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀκολούθει μοι. ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ᾿Ανδρέου καὶ Πέτρου. εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ὃν ἔγραψε Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται, εὑρήκαμεν, ᾿Ιησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ᾿Ιωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· ἔρχου καὶ ἴδε. εἶδεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς τὸν Ναθαναὴλ ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ· ἴδε ἀληθῶς ᾿Ισραηλίτης, ἐν ᾧ δόλος οὐκ ἔστι. λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι, ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε. ἀπεκρίθη Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ. ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω τῆς συκῆς, πιστεύεις; μείζω τούτων ὄψει. καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι ὄψεσθε τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγότα, καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας καὶ καταβαίνοντας ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Sunday of Orthodoxy TODAY!

Procession of Icons by Sunday School Students at HT & PE

(Please remember to bring an icon from home!)

Presentation of Trophies for GOYA BB Players at HT ONLY

Metropolis of Denver & CYO Basketball Tournaments

2020 LENTEN SERVICES PRE-SANCTIFIED LITURGIES/ΠΡΟΗΓΙΑΣΜΕΝΗ

Wednesday March 11 6pm HT Meal by Philoptochos

Wednesday March 18 6pm PE Meal by Sunday School

Wednesday March 25 No Service Tonight

Wednesday April 1 6pm PE Meal by Daughters Minos

SALUTATIONS

Friday March 6 7pm PE ONLY

Friday March 13 7pm BOTH CHURCHES

Friday March 20 7pm BOTH CHURCHES

Friday March 27 7pm BOTH CHURCHES

Friday April 3 7pm BOTH CHURCHES (Akathyst)

3rd SATURDAY OF SOULS

March 7 9am PE

GREAT COMPLINE

Monday March 16 6pm PE ONLY

Prayer List

Marjorie, Debbie, Dimitri, Stella, Steve, Mary, Costandinos, Mar-jorie, Athena, JoAnn, Constance, Eugenia, Roger, Bob, Tonya, Nicole, Mary, George and Maryann

The Young at Heart will have their next luncheon on

Thursday, March 12th at noon at HT

Come enjoy some food, fellowship and bingo.

Hope to see all of you there!

February 27, 2020

Dear Parishioners,

February brings us new and exciting news. I want to welcome our

new Parish Administrator, Mary Royal, to our office. Mary will over-

see all administrative functions as our community moves forward on

new and exciting projects. I would personally like to thank Jacque

Contant for acting as Interim Administrator over the past five weeks,

and Connie Yengich, who will now head our Events/Communications

coordinator position. Connie’s vast experience and expertise will

guide our fraternal and church groups as they plan their yearly activi-

ties. There were also many successful community events this month.

Reverend Dr. Demetrios Tonias lead an inspirational lecture for the

adults of our community, in which he addressed the historical rela-

tionship between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant

Churches. He also lead a forum for our youth and young adults where

he answered any and all questions they had about our Greek Ortho-

dox faith. Additionally, the Young at Heart held a Valentine’s lunch-

eon sponsored by Philoptochos, which was a great success. The HCA

honored George Miller and Mike Korologos for their years of service

to our community at their annual AXIOS/AXIA brunch. Finally, the

community participated in the annual Apokries Party. A special thank

you to all the Goyans and their advisors, Fran Matragos, Christina

Athas, Orie Kambouris, and Denise Nichols for heading an amazing

party. This special celebration before the beginning of Great Lent was

the perfect time for our Corner Stone fundraising to go public! We

were introduced to a few of our very generous donors by Dr. Tykie

Skedros and Elpitha Tsoutsounakis, co-chairs of the Corner Stone

committee. I wish everyone a peaceful and spiritual Lenten season.

Sincerely,

George Karahalios

Parish Council President

This Week’s Events

Monday, March 9

Parish Council Meeting 6:30 pm PE Board Room

Girl Scouts 6:30 pm SS Classroom PE

Tuesday, March 10

HCA Meeting 6:00 pm HT

Greek School 6:30-8:00 pm PE

Greek School Adult Class 5:30 –8:00 pm PE

Dionysios Dance 8:00—11:00 pm PE

Wednesday, March 11

LHJ EVENT 5:30pm PE

Boy Scouts Meeting 6:30-8 pm - PE

Thursday, March 12

Young at Heart Luncheon 12:00 pm HT

Greek School 6:30-8:00 pm PE

Greek School Adult Class 5:30 –8:00 pm PE

Prophet Elias Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm

Dionysios Dance 8:00—11:00 pm

Saturday, March 14

Greek School 10:00 - 1:00 pm HT

Greek School Adults 9:30 - 2:30 pm HT

Sunday, March 15

St. John Oratorical Festival after Divine Liturgy HT

Athenian Dance Practice 4:00 - 5:30 pm PE

If you are planning on scheduling an event, please call Connie at the church office to have your event scheduled. At 801-328-9681. Thank you!

YOUTH & YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES

Lambs, Hope and JOY

Please join us on the following dates;

Wednesday, March 11, 5:30 pm PE

Wednesday, May 13, 5:30 pm PE

If you would like to donate dinner for any of the events listed

above, please contact Alicia Nolly at 801-918-9964 or at

LHJofSLC@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing all of you soon!

GOYA

6th—12th Grades

LENTEN RETREAT

Saturday, April 4th at PE 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Led by Fr. George and members of YAL

Parish Oratorical Festival

Sunday, March 15 at Holy Trinity

Metropolis Oratorical Festival

March 27 –29

Host Parish Holy Trinity, Tulsa Oklahoma

37th National Oratorical Festival will be hosted by the

Metropolis of Denver at St. Spyridon Church - Loveland, Colorado

June 12th—14th

Saint Philothea Philoptochos Corner

The House of Hope is in need of baby items such as: baby wipes, diapers of all sizes, unopened formula, infant car seats, diaper bags, crib sheets and infant clothing. Please help and bring an item to the next meeting. Wednesday, March 11

Presanctified Liturgy at Holy Trinity 6:00 pm Join us and bring a Lenten dish to share as Philoptochos will be hosting dinner. Monday, March 23

Making Koulouria at Holy Trinity at 10:00 am

Exciting things coming our way!

Interfaith Community Outreach Project

“Feed the Kids Campaign”. Saturday, May 2

9:00 am at Prophet Elias Starting Sunday, March 1, we will be collecting non-perishable items such as; individual cereals, oatmeal packets, breakfast bars, granola bars, crackers snacks, canned items, pasta, tuna, for

the campaign at both churches in the narthex. We need all the help we can to make 2500(+) weekend meals for these children. More information to follow, or call Cathy, 801-448-8907 or Shelley, 801-860-3585.

Save the Date

Philoptochos Community Yard Sale Saturday June 20th

Prophet Elias Start saving gently used household items for the yard sale. Contact Chairperson Amy Dudley 801-599-3315 amy_cnln2@yahoo.com for any questions.

SPECIAL OFFERINGS FOR

GREAT LENT AND HOLY WEEK The following special items are needed to decorate our two Churches during

this Lenten Season and to provide for the Liturgical needs of the various

Holy Services. The total cost for all of these special items at both churches is

over $6,000.00. Your generous donations will assist us greatly in

underwriting the cost of these needed items and will ensure that our church-

es will be beautiful during this special time of the year. Kindly make checks

payable to Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake (memo: Easter

Donation).

1. Flowers to decorate the Icon of Panayia for the 5 Salutation Fridays

2. Flowers for the Third Sunday of Lent: Veneration of the Holy Cross

3. Palms to be distributed on Palm Sunday

4. Palm trees to be placed inside the Church for Palm Sunday

5. Flowers to decorate the Icon of the Bridegroom (Nymphios)

6. Olive Oil, Cotton Balls for Holy Unction Service

7. Eggs, Red dye

8. Flowers for the Base of the Crucifixion Cross for Holy Thursday

9. Flowers for the Wreath of the Crucifixion Cross for Holy Thursday

10. Candles for the Crucifixion Cross (3 sets of 3) for Holy Thursday

11. Candles for the 12 Gospel Readings for Holy Thursday

12. Gardenias to be placed on top of the Epitaphios

13. Flowers to decorate the Kouvouklion (Epitaphios)

14. Bay leaves for Holy Saturday morning

15. Flowers for the wreath of the Resurrection Banner

16. Flowers to decorate the Icon of the Resurrection

17. Resurrection Candles for the Clergy

18. Dozens of Lily plants to decorate the Church for Pascha & Bright Week

“Come, receive the light from the unwaning light, and glorify Christ,

William J. Papanikolas Scholorship

The family of William J. Papanikolas is honoring his memory

by awarding one annual $1000 scholarship.

To qualify for the Second Annual William J. Papanikolas Endowed Memorial Scholarship you must:

1. Attend the University of Utah 2. Be in the David Eccles School of Business 3. Be Orthodox or of Greek descent

The application site can be found at: https://eccles.utah.edu/programs/undergraduate/financial-aid-scholarships/ and is available until March 23,2020. The recipient selection will be made by the David Eccles School of

Business.

Ted and Katy Speros Scholarship

The Ted and Katy Speros Scholarship Committee is now accepting

applications for the 2020-2021 school year. Applications can be

dropped off at the Holy Trinity church office attention: Ted and Katy

Speros Scholarship or emailed to Katie Peters -Sotiriou

at ktpeters71@gmail.com. If you have any questions, please feel free

to call Katie Peters at 801-262-3233. The deadline for applying is

May 1, 2020.

PAN ARCADIAN WEST DISTRICT SCHOLARSHIP 2020

The application for the scholarship is available at: http://www.panarcadianwest.org/news.htm

Applicants must have a grandparent or parent be a member of the local Arcadian Chapter #90 OR be a member herself/himself. Postmark deadline is April 13, 2020. Please contact Karen Anastasopoulos for any information or with any questions regarding the scholarship —karenanast@gmail.com or 801-913-2414.

Daughters of Minos Meeting & Kri Kri Dance Practice

Sunday, March 22

Prophet Elias

4:00 pm

Minos Meeting will be held on

Sunday, March 8th, 3pm

at Jim's Family Restaurant in Riverton.