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Message from Fr. Michael L. Pastrikos, ProtopresbyterMARCH/ª∞ƒ∆πO™ 2016

The Lenten Season is a Perfect Opportunityto Rediscover Our Relationship with Christ

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Let us begin the Lenten time with delight… letus fast from passions as we fast from food, takingpleasure in the good works of the Spirit, that wemay be granted to see the Holy Passion of Christour God and the Holy Pascha, spiritually rejoic-ing.

The season of great lent is the time of prepara-tion for the feast of the resurrection of Christ.During this period we are reminded to focus onfasting, prayer, meditation, almsgiving, and mostof all on Jesus Christ and our spiritual journeywith Him. It is also a time of reconciliation andrepentance. It is a season of self examination anda time to take spiritual inventory of our inner life.Repentance is very important in the life of aChristian. In Math: 4:17 it says (Repent) were thefirst words of Christ when He began preaching. Itis our repentance that God desires, not our re-morse. We sorrow for our sins, but we do so in thejoy of God’s mercy.

All Orthodox Christians are called to make aspecial spiritual effort to rediscover their rela-tionship with Christ and get back to the narrowpath that leads to salvation. A special word mustbe said about fasting during lent. Let’s not forgetthat (fasting) is an essential element of the Chris-tian Life. Christ fasted and taught men how to fast.So why does our society, try to dilute the wordsof Christ and His practice of fasting. In one of myprevious newsletters, I wrote and I quote (Onceyou take that step to follow Christ then you mustfollow Him with all your heart and soul to the endof your life).

Christ said in John 14:23 –“If a man loves me,he must keep my words”. In this verse there is nocompetitive spirit, there is no personal interpre-tation it simply states, It’s either your (Hot) withChrist or you are (Cold) with Christ. Let’s not tryto justify our sinful life if we are not followingChrist in the right way. If the Church says we needto fast, then we need to fast. There is no gettingaround it. If you have a medical problem thatwould keep anyone from fasting then you do whatyour Doctor tells you. But if you’re healthy we

should all learn to fast, and pray, just like the as-cetic fathers did through their Spiritual journey toChrist.

The Orthodox rules for Lenten fasting are themonastic rules. No meat is allowed after Meat fareSunday, and any eggs or dairy products afterCheese fare Sunday. I would also like to add thatno source of entertainment should be allowed dur-ing the Lenten period. These rules exist not as aPharisaic “burden to hard to bear” Luke 11:46 butas an ideal to be striven for, not as an end in them-selves, but as a means to spiritual perfectioncrowned in love. There is nothing wrong in teach-ing ourselves and our children the proper way tofast.

An athlete does not become an expert in hisfirst exercise or practice. He or she needs to workon that constantly if you want to have good re-sults. Same with fasting, prayer, and meditation,it takes time to learn to adapt to what the churchis asking from us to do. In the Monday Vespers ofthe first week of lent, it states- “Let us fast with afast pleasing to the Lord. This is the true fast: thecasting off of evil, the bridling of the tongue, thecutting off the anger, the cessation of lusts, eviltalking, lies and cursing.

This is what we need to do in order to enjoywhat the Great Lenten Period offers to all of us.Another thing to remember about fasting- weneed not to boast or show pride from our fasting.We need not to judge others if they fast or don’tfast. We should fast in secret, so that God wouldsee and bless us openly with a holy life. Anotherimportant thing for all Orthodox Christians to dois to prepare ourselves during the many Eucharis-tic services that we have during lent to receive asfrequent as we can Holy Communion.

The special services during Lent are as follows.The Presanctified Liturgies which are celebratedthroughout the Great Lent period and HolyWeek. We have Holy Wednesday and HolyThursday morning. We have Holy Saturdaymorning and of course the Holy Resurrection ser

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MESSAGE FROM THEPARISH PRESIDENT

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∂Ó ÃÚÈÛÙÒ¢‹ÌÔ˜ ∞Ó·ÛÙ·ÛÈ¿‰Ë˜ – ¶Úfi‰ÚÔ˜ ¢ÈÔÈÎËÙÈÎÔ‡ ™˘Ì‚Ô˘Ï›ÔÈ˘

Dear Parishioners,On Sunday, February 21, 2016,

the newly elected Parish Counciltook the oath of office. FatherMichael made note that thechurch now has six women repre-senting the Parish Council. I amso proud of the nominatingcommittee’s efforts to make theParish Council more inclusive.

I was humbly re-elected asPresident of the Parish Counciland I want to thank FatherMichael L. Pastrikos for his faithin me and constant encourage-ment. There were many timesthat I did not think that I had the strength to continue on, buteach time I was filled with doubt, God gave me a sign that Ineeded to persevere. Sometimes, the sign was a simple smile ona child’s face or a member of our parish agreeing to help with atask. God gives us signs of hope every day, but do we see them?Many of us take for granted the loaves of bread provided eachSunday, the coffee hour on Sunday, the clean parking lot on Sun-day, the snow removal and grass cutting and our beloved de-ceased Psalti Mr. Rossis’ voice. It is easy to criticize or com-plain regarding the operation of the church, but if it is not man-aged properly, and cared for by its parishioners, no amount ofmoney thrown at it will cure its ills.

Grateful and well aware are all the Parish Council membersof the hours that our tireless and many unseen volunteers dedi-cate to the church. Are the ladies that toll in their homes bakingthe loaves of bread that we enjoy each Sunday, thanked or rec-ognized? Would you know their faces or their names? Do youknow the young man that shows up every Sunday morning clean-ing the church parking lot of broken bottles and discarded trash?Do you know the young man that cleans the snow from thechurch’s steps and keeps the grass well-manicured? Would yourecognize his face or the faces of our many dedicated volunteersthat keep the wheels of our church moving? I pray that youmake an effort to know them because these are the individualsthat fill our pews every Sunday. Yes, it is hard to come to churchwhen you have worked all week long and are staring at loads ofunwashed clothes or shifting through hundreds of unansweredemails. But how are you nourishing your soul? As one GOYAnplainly said, “we should be coming to church to praise God, notso that we can play basketball.” How did we allow ourselves toturn our lives upside down, by putting our jobs, and makingmoney first before our families and our God?

Prayer is the most powerful way for us to communicate withGod. So, pray with me for the new members of the Parish Coun-cil that they will have the wisdom and God’s love to witness andencourage their children, family members, cousins, friends tocome to church each Sunday and share their faith with the lost sothat we may bring more people into the Orthodox religion. Prayfor personal resolve to may stop living a life upside down.

In Christ,Demos Anastasiades, Parish Council President

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LITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR MARCHLITURGICAL CALENDAR FOR MARCH

UPCOMING EVENTS

CALENDAR OF EVENTSTuesday, March 1: Parish Council monthly meeting at 7 p.m.Thursday, March 3: Mandatory GOYA meeting at 7:00 p.m. atthe church.Friday, March 4: GOYA Bingo; doors open at 6:30 p.m. in thelarge hall of the churchMonday, March 7: The Ladies Philoptochos monthly meeting at7 p.m.Tuesday, March 8: The Diamond monthly meeting at 1 p.m.Wednesday, March 9: Bible Study Class with Father Michaelfrom 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 12--Sunday, March 13: GOYA Away BasketballGame at St. DemetriosSaturday, March 12: The Ladies Panchian Society meeting at 1

p.m.Saturday, March 12: Apokreatiko Glendi sponsored by the LadiesPhiloptochos at 7 p.m.Monday, March 14: Kathari Devtera (Clean Monday) PotluckDinner at 8 p.m.Friday, March 18: Saturday, March 19: GOYA Lock-In at theGreektown Square and Event Center.Saturday, March 19: The Ladies Panchian Society Luncheon at2 p.m.Tuesday, March 22: Bible Study at 6 p.m. with Father Michael L.PastrikosSunday, March 25: Greek School Independence Day Celebration

Sunday, April 3: Md Greek Independence Parade starting at 2p.m.Tuesday, April 5: The Ladies Philopt'hos Genl Meeting at 7 p.m.Saturday, April 9: Lenten Retreat; More Information to followSunday, April 10: The Festival of Tables sponsored by the Ladiesof PhiloptochosTuesday, April 12: The Diamonds Monthly meeting at 1 p.m.

Thursday, April 21: GOYA Palm making from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.Saturday, April 23: Lazarus Saturday and Easter Breakfast atthe Greektown Square and Event Center starting at 11:15 a.m.Saturday, April 23: Decorate the Church for Palm Sunday afterchurch services.Sunday, April 24: Philoptochos will sell tsourekia.Hanging The Purple Cloth on the Altar after Church.

Saturday, March 5: First Saturday of the Souls: Orthros: 8:45am Divine Liturgy: 9:30 am. Memorial Services for the departedloved ones will take place at the end of the Liturgy.Sunday, March 6: Meatfare Sunday (Judgement) Orthros 8:45am; Divine Liturgy 10:00 am. During this week Meat products arenot consumed, but Cheese and Dairy products are permitted.Saturday, March 12: Second Saturday of the Souls Orthros:8:45 am. Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.Sunday, March 13: Cheesefare Sunday (Forgiveness Sunday)Orthros 8:45 am. Divine Liturgy 10:00Monday, March 14: Beginning of the Great Lenten Period:Compline Service: 7:00 pm. May the Lord our God give everyonethe courage and strength to begin the Great Fasting period of theChurch with a humble heart, a clear conscience, and theknowledge of why we are going through this spiritual challenge.

From this day on the Holy Fasting period becomes moreconservative. No meat or dairy products are consumed until theday of Pascha. We wish everyone a Lenten journey filled withspiritual endeavors.Wednesday, March 16: Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 7:00 pm.Friday, March 18: First Salutations to the Theotokos 7:00 pm.Saturday, March 19: Third Saturday of the Souls Orthros 8:45

am. Divine Liturgy 9:30 a.m.Sunday, March 20: Sunday of Orthodoxy (First Sunday of Lent):Orthros: 8:45 am. Divine Liturgy: 10:00 a.m. The Procession ofHoly Icons by the Teachers and Students of Sunday School willtake place at the end of the Liturgy.Sunday, March 20: The Ladies Philoptochos will honor itsdeceased members during the memorial service.Monday, March 21: Compline Service 7:00 pmWednesday, March 23: Pre-sanctified Liturgy 7:00 pmThursday, March 24: Great Vespers: At the AnnunciationCathedral: 6:30 pm. Attention everyone: Our Sister Church theAnnunciation Cathedral is celebrating their Feast Day. Everyoneis invited to attend. Reception will follow.Friday, March 25: The Feast Day of the Annunciation: GreekIndependence Day: Orthros: 8:45 a.m. Divine Liturgy 9:30 am.This Service will be held at St. Nicholas.Friday, Evening, March 25: Second Salutations to the Theotokos7:00 pmSunday, March 27: Second Sunday of Lent (St. GregoryPalamas) Orthros 8:45 am. Divine Liturgy 10:00 a.m.Monday, March 28: Compline Service 7:00 pm.Wednesday, March 30: Pre-Sanctified Liturgy 7:00 pm.

AN EXCERPT FROM Fr. MICHAEL L. PASTRIKOS MESSAGE:Let’s not forget that (fasting) is an essential element of the Christian Life. Christ fastedand taught men how to fast. So why does our society, try to dilute the words of Christand His practice of fasting. In one of my previous newsletters, I wrote and I quote(Once you take that step to follow Christ then you must follow Him with all your heartand soul to the end of your life). Read full article on page one.

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∏ ÂÔ¯‹ Ù˘ ªÂÁ¿Ï˘ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜ Â›Ó·È Ë ÂÚ›‰Ô˜ Ù˘ÚÔÂÙÔÈÌ·Û›·˜ ÁÈ· ÙËÓ ÂÔÚÙ‹ Ù˘ ∞Ó¿ÛÙ·Û˘ ÙÔ˘ ÃÚÈÛÙÔ‡.∫·Ù¿ ÙË ‰È¿ÚÎÂÈ· ·˘Ù‹˜ Ù˘ ÂÚÈfi‰Ô˘ Ì·˜ ˘ÂÓı˘Ì›˙ÂÙ·ÈfiÙÈ Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ÂÈÎÂÓÙÚˆıԇ̠ÛÙË ÓËÛÙ›·, ÚÔÛ¢¯‹,ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ÂÚÈÛ˘ÏÏÔÁ‹, ÙËÓ ÂÏÂËÌÔÛ‡ÓË, Î·È ¿Óˆ ·‘fiÏ· ÛÙÔÓ πËÛÔ‡ ÃÚÈÛÙfi Î·È ÛÙÔ ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈÎfi Ù·Í›‰È Ì·˜Ì·˙› ∆Ô˘. ∂›Ó·È ›Û˘ ÂÔ¯‹ Û˘ÌÊÈÏ›ˆÛ˘ Î·È ÌÂÙ¿ÓÔÈ·˜.∂›Ó·È Ë ÂÔ¯‹ Ù˘ ·˘ÙÔÂͤٷÛ˘ Î·È Ë ÂÔ¯‹ Ó· οÓÔ˘Ì ÙËÓÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ·ÔÁÚ·Ê‹ Ù˘ „˘¯‹˜ Ì·˜.

∏ ÌÂÙ¿ÓÔÈ· Â›Ó·È Ôχ ÛËÌ·ÓÙÈ΋ ÛÙË ˙ˆ‹ ÂÓfi˜¯ÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÔ‡. ™ÙÔ Î·Ù¿ ª·Ùı·›Ô: 4:17 ·Ó·Ê¤ÚÂÈ(ªÂÙ·ÓÔ›ÙÂ) ‹Ù·Ó Ù· ÚÒÙ· ÏfiÁÈ· ÙÔ˘ ÃÚÈÛÙÔ‡, fiÙ·Ó∂ΛÓÔ˜ ¿Ú¯ÈÛ ӷ ÎËÚ‡ÙÙÂÈ. ∏ ÌÂÙ¿ÓÔÈ· Ì·˜ Â›Ó·È ·˘ÙfiÔ˘ Ô £Âfi˜ ÂÈı˘Ì›, fi¯È ÔÈ Ù‡„ÂȘ Ì·˜. §˘fiÌ·ÛÙ ÁÈ· ÙȘ·Ì·Úٛ˜ Ì·˜, ·ÏÏ¿ ÙÔ Î¿ÓÔ˘Ì ÁÈ· Ó· ¯·Úԇ̠ÙÔ ¤ÏÂÔ˜ÙÔ˘ £ÂÔ‡. ŸÏÔÈ ÔÈ √Úıfi‰ÔÍÔÈ ÃÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÔ› ηÏÔ‡ÓÙ·È Ó·Î¿ÓÔ˘Ó ÌÈ· ȉȷ›ÙÂÚË ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ÚÔÛ¿ıÂÈ· ÁÈ· Ó·Í·Ó·‚ÚÔ‡Ó ÙË Û¯¤ÛË ÙÔ˘˜ Ì ÙÔÓ ÃÚÈÛÙfi Î·È Ó·Í·Ó·ÎÔÏÔ˘ı‹ÛÔ˘Ó ÛÙÔ ÛÙÂÓfi ÌÔÓÔ¿ÙÈ Ô˘ Ô‰ËÁ› ÛÙËÛˆÙËÚ›·.

ªÈ· ȉȷ›ÙÂÚË Ï¤ÍË Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ·Ó·ÊÂÚı› ÁÈ· ÙË ÓËÛÙ›·Ù˘ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜. ∞˜ ÌËÓ Í¯ӿÌ fiÙÈ Ë ÓËÛÙ›·, ·ÔÙÂÏ› ÙÔ‚·ÛÈÎfi ÛÙÔÈ¯Â›Ô Ù˘ ̄ ÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÈ΋˜ ̇ ˆ‹˜. √ ÃÚÈÛÙfi˜ Ó‹ÛÙ¢ÂÎ·È ‰›‰·Í ÙÔ˘˜ ·ÓıÚÒÔ˘˜ ˆ˜ Ó· ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÓ. °È·Ù›ÏÔÈfiÓ Ë ÎÔÈÓˆÓ›· Ì·˜, ÚÔÛ·ı› Ó· Û‚‹ÛÂÈ Ù· ÏfiÁÈ· ÙÔ˘ÃÚÈÛÙÔ‡ Î·È Ù˘ ¿ÛÎËÛ‹˜ ∆Ô˘ ÛÙË ÓËÛÙ›·; ™Â ¤Ó· ·fi Ù·ÚÔËÁÔ‡ÌÂÓ· ÌËӇ̷ٿ ÌÔ˘, ¤ÁÚ·„· Î·È ·Ú·ı¤Ùˆ (fiÙ·Ó¿ÚÂÙ ·˘Ùfi ÙÔ ÌÔÓÔ¿ÙÈ, Ó· ·ÎÔÏÔ˘ı‹ÛÂÙ ÙÔÓ ÃÚÈÛÙfi,ÙfiÙ ı· Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ∆ÔÓ ·ÎÔÏÔ˘ı‹ÛÂÙ Ì fiÏË ÙËÓ Î·Ú‰È¿ ηÈÙËÓ „˘¯‹ Û·˜, ̤¯ÚÈ ÙÔ Ù¤ÏÔ˜ Ù˘ ̇ ˆ‹˜ Û·˜). √ ÃÚÈÛÙfi˜ ›ÂÛÙÔ Î·Ù¿ πˆ¿ÓÓË 14:23 - “∞Ó Î¿ÔÈÔ˜ Ì ·Á·¿, ı· Ú¤ÂÈÓ· ÎÚ·Ù‹ÛÂÈ Ù· ÏfiÁÈ· ÌÔ˘». ™Â ·˘Ùfi ÙÔ ÛÙ›¯Ô ‰ÂÓ ˘¿Ú¯ÂÈ·ÓÙ·ÁˆÓÈÛÙÈÎfi Ó‡̷, ‰ÂÓ ˘¿Ú¯ÂÈ Î·Ì›· ÚÔÛˆÈ΋ÂÚÌËÓ›·, ·Ï¿ ‰ËÏÒÓÂÈ, ›Ù ÈÛÙ‡ÂȘ Ì fiÏË ÛÔ˘ ÙËÓηډȿ ÛÙÔ ÃÚÈÛÙfi ‹ ‰ÂÓ ÈÛÙ‡ÂȘ ÛÙÔÓ ÃÚÈÛÙfi.

∞˜ ÌËÓ ÚÔÛ·ıԇ̠ӷ ‰ÈηÈÔÏÔÁ‹ÛÔ˘Ì ÙËÓ ·Ì·Úوϋ˙ˆ‹ Ì·˜, ·Ó ‰ÂÓ ·ÎÔÏÔ˘ıԇ̠ÙÔ ÃÚÈÛÙfi Ì ÙÔ ÛˆÛÙfiÙÚfiÔ. ∞Ó Ë ∂ÎÎÏËÛ›· ϤÂÈ fiÙÈ Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÌÂ, ÙfiÙÂı· Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÌÂ. ¢ÂÓ ˘¿Ú¯ÂÈ Î·ÌÌ›· ¿ÏÏËÂÓ·ÏÏ·ÎÙÈ΋ χÛË. ∂¿Ó ¤¯Ô˘Ì Úfi‚ÏËÌ· ˘Á›·˜ Î·È ‰ÂÓÌÔÚԇ̠ӷ ÓËÛÙ¤„Ô˘ÌÂ, ÙfiÙ ÛÙË ÂÚ›ÙˆÛË ·˘Ù‹, ı·Î¿ÓÔ˘Ì fi, ÙÈ Ì·˜ ÂÈ Ô ÁÈ·ÙÚfi˜. ∞ÏÏ¿ ·Ó ›̷ÛÙ ˘ÁÈ›˜ ı·Ú¤ÂÈ fiÏÔÈ Ó· Ì¿ıÔ˘Ì ӷ ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÌÂ, Î·È Ó·ÚÔÛ¢¯fiÌ·ÛÙÂ, fiˆ˜ ·ÎÚÈ‚Ò˜ ¤Î·Ó·Ó Î·È ÔÈ ·ÛÎËÙ¤˜·Ù¤Ú˜ ̤ۈ ÙÔ˘ ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈÎÔ‡ Ù·ÍȉÈÔ‡ ÙÔ˘˜ ÛÙÔ ÃÚÈÛÙfi.

√È ÔÚıfi‰ÔÍÔÈ Î·ÓfiÓ˜ ÓËÛÙ›·˜ Â›Ó·È ÔÈ ÌÔÓ·ÛÙÈÎԛηÓfiÓ˜. ¢ÂÓ ÂÈÙÚ¤ÂÙ·È ÙÔ ÎÚ¤·˜ ÌÂÙ¿ ÙËÓ ∫˘Úȷ΋ Ù˘∞fiÎÚˆ, Î·È ·˘Á¿ ‹ Á·Ï·ÎÙÔÎÔÌÈο ÚÔ˚fiÓÙ· ÌÂÙ¿ ÙËÓ∫˘Úȷ΋ Ù˘ ∆˘ÚÈÓ‹˜. £· ‹ıÂÏ· ›Û˘ Ó· ÚÔÛı¤Ûˆ fiÙȉÂÓ ÂÈÙÚ¤ÂÙ·È Î·Ù¿ ÙË ‰È¿ÚÎÂÈ· Ù˘ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜ ηÌÌ›·ËÁ‹ „˘¯·ÁˆÁ›·˜. √È Î·ÓfiÓ˜ ·˘ÙÔ› ‰ÂÓ ˘¿Ú¯Ô˘Ó, fiˆ˜·Ó·Ê¤ÚÂÙ·È ÛÙÔ Î·Ù¿ §Ô˘Î¿ 11:46 ÚÔ˜ º·ÚÈÛ. “‚·Ú‡ ηÈ

‰‡ÛÎÔÏÔ Ó· ·ÎÔÏÔ˘ıËı›” ·ÏÏ¿ ˆ˜ ȉ·ÓÈÎfi Ô˘ ı··ÁˆÓÈÛÙ›Ù ÁÈ'·˘Ùfi, fi¯È ̂ ˜ ‰Â‰Ô̤ÓÔ, ·ÏÏ¿ ̂ ˜ ̤ÛÔ ÁÈ· ÙËÓÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ÙÂÏÂÈfiÙËÙ· Ô˘ ÛÙ¤ÊÂÙ·È Ì ÙËÓ ·Á¿Ë. ¢ÂÓ˘¿Ú¯ÂÈ Ù›ÔÙ· Ï¿ıÔ˜ ÛÙÔ Ó· ‰È‰¿ÍÔ˘Ì ٷ ·È‰È¿ Ì·˜ ÙÔÛˆÛÙfi ÙÚfiÔ ÓËÛÙ›·˜.

ŒÓ·˜ ·ıÏËÙ‹˜ ‰ÂÓ Á›ÓÂÙ·È ÂÍ¤Ú Ì ÙË ÚÒÙË ¿ÛÎËÛË ‹ÙËÓ Ú·ÎÙÈ΋ ÙÔ˘. ∞˘Ùfi˜ ‹ ·˘Ù‹ ı· Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ‰Ô˘Ï¤„Ô˘ÓÂÓÙ·ÙÈο Î·È Û˘Ó¤¯ÂÈ· Û ·˘Ùfi, ·Ó ı¤ÏÂÈ Ó· ¤¯ÂÈ Î·Ï¿·ÔÙÂϤÛÌ·Ù·. ∞ÎÚÈ‚Ò˜ ÙÔ ›‰ÈÔ Ì ÙË ÓËÛÙ›·, ÙË ÚÔÛ¢¯‹Î·È ÙË ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ÂÚÈÛ˘ÏÏÔÁ‹, ¯ÚÂÈ¿˙ÂÙ·È ¯ÚfiÓÔ˜ ÁÈ· Ó·Ì¿ıÔ˘Ì ӷ ÚÔÛ·ÚÌÔ˙fiÌ·ÛÙ Ì ·˘Ùfi Ô˘ Ë ÂÎÎÏËÛ›· ̇ ËÙ¿·fi ÂÌ¿˜ Ó· οÓÔ˘ÌÂ. ™ÙÔÓ ∂ÛÂÚÈÓfi Ù˘ ¢Â˘Ù¤Ú·˜, Ù˘ÚÒÙ˘ ‚‰ÔÌ¿‰·˜ Ù˘ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜, ·Ó·Ê¤ÚÂÙ·È- “∞˜ÓËÛÙ‡ÛÔ˘Ì Ì ÙË ÓËÛÙ›· Ô˘ ¢¯·ÚÈÛÙ› ÙÔÓ ∫‡ÚÈÔ. ∞˘Ù‹Â›Ó·È Ë ·ÏËıÈÓ‹ ÓËÛÙ›·: Ë ·ÔÌ¿ÎÚ˘ÓÛË ·fi ÙÔ Î·Îfi, ËÂÁÎÚ¿ÙÂÈ· Ù˘ ÁÏÒÛÛ·˜, Ë ÂÁÎÚ¿ÙÂÈ· ÙÔ˘ ı˘ÌÔ‡, Ë ÂÁÎÚ¿ÙÂÈ·ÙˆÓ ÂÈı˘ÌÈÒÓ, Ó· ÌËÓ ‚Ú·ÛÙËÌÔ‡ÌÂ, Ó· ÌËÓ Ï¤Ì „¤Ì·Ù·Î·È Ó· ÌËÓ Î·Ù·ÚÈfiÌ·ÛÙÂ. ∞˘Ù¿ Â›Ó·È Ô˘ Ú¤ÂÈ Ó·Î¿ÓÔ˘Ì ÁÈ· Ó· ·ÔÏ·‡ÛÔ˘Ì fi, ÙÈ ÚÔÛʤÚÂÈ Ë ªÂÁ¿Ï˶ÂÚ›Ô‰Ô˜ Ù˘ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜ Û fiÏÔ˘˜ Ì·˜. ŒÓ· ¿ÏÏÔ Ú¿ÁÌ·Ô˘ Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ı˘ÌfiÌ·ÛÙ ۯÂÙÈο Ì ÙË ÓËÛÙ›·- ‰ÂÓ¯ÚÂÈ¿˙ÂÙ·È Ó· ÙÔ ‰È·ÊËÌ›˙Ô˘Ì ‹ Ó· ̆ ÂÚËÊ·Ó¢fiÌ·ÛÙ ÁÈ·ÙË ÓËÛÙ›· Ì·˜.

¢ÂÓ ̄ ÚÂÈ¿˙ÂÙ·È Ó· ÎÚ›ÓÔ˘Ì ÙÔ˘˜ ¿ÏÏÔ˘˜ ·Ó ÓËÛÙÂ˘Ô˘Ó ‹‰ÂÓ ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÓ. ¶Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÌ ÌÂ Ì˘ÛÙÈÎfi ÙÚfiÔ,¤ÙÛÈ ÒÛÙÂ Ô £Âfi˜ Ó· ÙÔ ‰ÂÈ Î·È Ó· Ì·˜ ¢ÏÔÁ‹ÛÂÈ . ŒÓ· ¿ÏÏÔÛËÌ·ÓÙÈÎfi Ú¿ÁÌ· ÁÈ· fiÏÔ˘˜ ÙÔ˘˜ √ÚıÔ‰fiÍÔ˘˜ÃÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÔ‡˜ Â›Ó·È Ó· ÚÔÂÙÔÈÌ·ÛÙԇ̠ηٿÏÏËÏ· Ó·Ï¿‚Ô˘Ì £Â›· ∫ÔÈÓˆÓ›· fiÛÔ ÈÔ Û˘¯Ó¿ ÌÔÚԇ̠ηٿ ÙˉȿÚÎÂÈ· ÙˆÓ ÔÏÏÒÓ ∞ÎÔÏÔ˘ıÈÒÓ Ô˘ ¤¯Ô˘Ì ÙË ÂÚ›Ô‰ÔÙ˘ ÓËÛÙ›·˜. √È ÂȉÈΤ˜ ·˘Ù¤˜ ∞ÎÔÏÔ˘ı›Â˜ ηٿ ÙË ‰È¿ÚÎÂÈ·Ù˘ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜ ¤¯Ô˘Ó ˆ˜ ÂÍ‹˜. √È ¶ÚÔËÁÈ·Ṳ̂Ó˜§ÂÈÙÔ˘ÚÁ›Â˜ ÔÈ Ôԛ˜ ÂÔÚÙ¿˙ÔÓÙ·È Î·ı fiÏË ÙËÓ ªÂÁ¿ÏË∆ÂÛÛ·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹ Î·È ÙË ªÂÁ¿ÏË ∂‚‰ÔÌ¿‰·.

Œ¯Ô˘Ì ÙË ªÂÁ¿ÏË ∆ÂÙ¿ÚÙË Î·È ÙËÓ ªÂÁ¿ÏË ¶¤ÌÙË ÙÔÚˆ›. Œ¯Ô˘Ì ÙÔ ªÂÁ¿ÏÔ ™¿‚‚·ÙÔ ÙÔ Úˆ› Î·È Ê˘ÛÈο ÙËÓ∞ÎÔÏÔ˘ı›· Ù˘ ∞Ó¿ÛÙ·Ûˆ˜ Ù· ÌÂÛ¿Ó˘¯Ù·. ∏ ÂÔ¯‹ Ù˘™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜ Â›Ó·È ÌÈ· Ù¤ÏÂÈ· ¢ηÈÚ›· ÁÈ· Ó· Í·Ó·‚ÚÔ‡ÌÂÙË Û¯¤ÛË Ì·˜ Ì ÙÔÓ ÃÚÈÛÙfi, ̤ۈ ÙÔ˘ ª˘ÛÙËÚ›Ô˘ Ù˘∂ÍÔÌÔÏÔÁ‹Ûˆ˜. ¡· ı˘Ì¿ÛÙ fiÙÈ ÌÂÙ¿ÓÔÈ· Â›Ó·È Ë ·Ú¯‹ÌÈ·˜ ·ÏËıÈÓ‹˜ ̄ ÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÈ΋˜ ̇ ˆ‹˜. °È· Ó· ·ӷÔÎÙ›ÛÔ˘ÌÂÙËÓ ·ÓıÚÒÈ¿ Ì·˜, Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ·ÓÙÈÌÂÙˆ›ÛÔ˘Ì ÙȘ·ÔÙ˘¯›Â˜ Ì·˜, Î·È ÙȘ ·Ì·ÚوϤ˜ Ì·˜ Ú¿ÍÂȘ ηٿ ÙÔ˘¢ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁÔ‡ Ì·˜.

∫Ï›ӈ Ì ÙÔÓ ∂ÛÂÚÈÓfi ⁄ÌÓÔ Ô˘ Û˘ÓÔ„›˙ÂÈ ÙËÓÚfiıÂÛ‹ Ì·˜ Î·È Ì·˜ ı˘Ì›˙ÂÈ ÙÔÓ ÛÙfi¯Ô Ì·˜ ÛÙË ˙ˆ‹. “∞˜¯·Úԇ̠ÙËÓ ÂÔ¯‹ Ù˘ ÓËÛÙ›·˜ Î·È Ó· ÚÔÂÙÔÈÌ·ÛÙÔ‡ÌÂÁÈ· ÙËÓ ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ Ì¿¯Ë. ∞˜ ηı·Ú›ÛÔ˘Ì ÙËÓ „˘¯‹ Ì·˜ ηÈÙË Û¿Úη Ì·˜, Î·È fiˆ˜ ÓËÛÙ‡ԢÌ ·fi ÙÔ Ê·ÁËÙfi, ·˜·¤¯Ô˘ÌÂ Î·È ·fi οı ¿ÏÏÔ ¿ıÔ˜. ∞˜ ̄ ·Úԇ̠ÙȘ ·ÚÂÙ¤˜ÙÔ˘ Ó‡̷ÙÔ˜, ·˜ ÂÈÌ›ÓÔ˘Ì Ì ·Á¿Ë, Î·È ¤ÙÛÈ Ó··ÍȈıԇ̠ӷ ‰Ô‡Ì ٷ ÕÁÈ· ¶¿ıË ÙÔ˘ ÃÚÈÛÙÔ‡ Î·È £Âԇ̷˜, Î·È Ì ÌÂÁ¿ÏË ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ̄ ·Ú¿ Ó· ÂÔÚÙ¿ÛÔ˘Ì ÙÔ ÕÁÈÔ¶¿Û¯·.

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Message from Fr. Michael L. Pastrikos, Protopresbyter

The Lenten Season is a Perfect Opportunity toRediscover Our Relationship with ChristCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1vice at midnight. The Lenten Season is a perfect opportunityto rediscover our relationship with Christ by receiving theSacrament of Confession. Remember, Repentance is the be-ginning and also the condition of a true Christian life. To be-come more fully human, we have to face our failures, and oursinful actions against our Creator.I conclude with the Vesper Hymn that summarizes our intentand reminds us of our goal in life. “Let us set our joy upon the

season of the fast and prepare ourselves for spiritual combat.Let us purify our soul and cleanse our flesh, and as we fastfrom food, let us abstain also from every passion. Rejoicingin the virtues of the spirit, may we persevere with love, andso be counted worthy to see the solemn Passion of Christ ourGod and with great spiritual gladness to behold His Holy Pass-over (Pascha).May you have a blessed Great Lenten Season and may our

Lord truly open your eyes to your future life in Christ.

ANNOUNCEMENTWe want to inform the members of St. Nicholas that we decided to revive the Dance Group of Pan HELLENIC.

In this Group, which was founded by our unforgettable and dear friend, Lela Angelou. To this end, Ms. Efi Karabelasalong with myself, Anastasia -Stasa Hatziefthimiou, urge both, the founding and subsequent members of the Group tohonor us with their presence and their registration, too. We intend to meet every Thursday at 7:00 pm here in the Com-munity Hall of Saint Nicholas. For more information you can call 443-845-8903.

∞¡∞∫√π¡ø™∏£¤ÏÔ˘Ì ӷ ÂÓËÌÂÚÒÛÔ˘Ì ٷ ̤ÏË ÙÔ˘ ∞Á›Ô˘ ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘ fiÙÈ ·ÔÊ·Û›Û·Ì ӷ ·Ó·‚ÈÒÛÔ˘Ì ÙÔ ÃÔÚ¢ÙÈÎfi

ã√ÌÈÏÔ Pan HELLENIC. ∆ÔÓ ŸÌÈÏÔ ·˘Ùfi, Ô˘ ›¯Â ȉڇÛÂÈ Ë ·Í¤¯·ÛÙË Î·È ·Á·Ë̤ÓË Ì·˜ Ê›ÏË, §¤Ï· ∞ÁÁ¤ÏÔ˘,¶ÚÔ˜ ÙÔ ÛÎÔfi ·˘Ùfi Ë Î. ŒÊË ∫·Ú¿ÌÂÏ· Î·È ÂÁÒ Ë ∞Ó·ÛÙ·Û›· -™Ù¿Û· ÷Ù˙Ë¢ı˘Ì›Ô˘, ηÏԇ̠ÙfiÛÔ Ù· È‰Ú˘ÙÈοfiÛÔ Î·È Ù· ÌÂÙ¤ÂÈÙ· ̤ÏË ÙÔ˘ √Ì›ÏÔ˘ Ó· Ì·˜ ÙÈÌ‹ÛÔ˘Ó Ì ÙËÓ ·ÚÔ˘Û›· ÙÔ˘˜ Î·È ÙËÓ ÂÁÁÚ·Ê‹ ÙÔ˘˜. ™ÎÔ‡ԢÌÂÓ· Û˘Ó·ÓÙÈÒÌ·ÛÙ οı ¶¤ÌÙË ÛÙȘ 7:00 Ì.Ì. ‰Ò, ÛÙËÓ ∫ÔÈÓÔÙÈ΋ ·›ıÔ˘Û· ÙÔ˘ ∞Á›Ô˘ ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘. °È· ÂÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚ˜ÏËÚÔÊÔڛ˜ ÌÔÚ›Ù ӷ ÙËÏÂʈӋÛÂÙ ÛÙÔ 443-845-8903.

∞Ó·ÛÙ·Û›· - ™Ù¿Û· ÷Ù˙Ë¢ı˘Ì›Ô˘

6 K O I N ø N I ∞ MARCH 2016

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staff by the deadline stated below:ISSUE MONTH: APRIL 2016

MARCH 20th

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∞fi ÙËӠ÷ڿ ƒÔÓÙÔ‡ÏË-ª¿¯ÂÚ, ºÈÏfiÏÔÁÔ˜,∂ÏÏËÓÈÎfi ·ÔÁÂ˘Ì·ÙÈÓfi Û¯ÔÏÂ›Ô ∞Á. ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘.

∆Ô fiÓÔÌ· ÙÔ˘ Â›Ó·È ÚˆÌ·˚΋˜ ηٷÁˆÁ‹˜. ∂›¯Â ÔÚÈÛÙ› ˆ˜Ô Ì‹Ó·˜ ÙÔ˘ ıÂÔ‡ ª·Ú˜, Ô˘ ·ÓÙÈÛÙÔȯ› Ì ÙÔÓ ÕÚË, ÙÔ ıÂfiÙÔ˘ fiÏÂÌÔ˘ ÙˆÓ ·Ú¯·›ˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ. ÕÏÏÔÈ ˘ÔÛÙËÚ›˙Ô˘Ó fiÙÈ‹Ù·Ó ·ÊÈÂڈ̤ÓÔ˜ ÛÙÔÓ Mercurius ‰ËÏ. ÙÔÓ ∂ÚÌ‹. √È ÌÂÁ¿Ï˜ηÈÚÈΤ˜ ÌÂÙ·‚ÔϤ˜ ÙÔ˘, ¤‰ˆÛ·Ó ·ÊÔÚÌ‹ ÛÙË Ï·˚΋ Ê·ÓÙ·Û›·Ó· Ï¿ÛÂÈ Ì‡ıÔ˘˜, ıÚ‡ÏÔ˘˜, ·ÚÔÈ̛˜ Î·È ·Ú·‰fiÛÂȘ, Ô˘·Ó·Ê¤ÚÔÓÙ·È ÛÙ· ‚·ÛÈο ÁÓˆÚ›ÛÌ·Ù· ÙÔ˘.

ª›· ·Ú¿‰ÔÛË Ô˘ ·Ó·‚ÈÒÓÔ˘ÌÂ Î·È ÂÌ›˜ οı ¯ÚfiÓÔ ÛÙÔÛ¯ÔÏÂ›Ô Ì·˜  ·ÔÙÂÏ› ÙÔ ¶·ÓÂÏÏ‹ÓÈÔ ¤ıÈÌÔ Ù˘ڈÙÔÌ·ÚÙÈ¿˜, Ô ÏÂÁfiÌÂÓÔ˜ «ª∞ƒ∆∏™». ∂›Ó·È Ë Û˘Ó‹ıÂÈ· Ó·‰¤ÓÔ˘Ì ÛÙÔ ¯¤ÚÈ ‹ ÛÙÔ fi‰È ÙˆÓ ·È‰ÈÒÓ ÙÔÓ ÏÂÁfiÌÂÓÔ«ª¿ÚÙË», ÎÔÚ‰fiÓÈ ·fi Ï¢Îfi Î·È ÎfiÎÎÈÓÔ Ó‹Ì·, ÁÈ· Ó· Ù·ÚÔÊ˘Ï¿ÍÔ˘Ó ·fi ÙȘ ·ÎÙ›Ó˜ ÙÔ˘ Ì·ÚÙÈ¿ÙÈÎÔ˘ ‹ÏÈÔ˘, ÔÈÔԛ˜ ıˆÚÔ‡ÓÙ·È Ôχ ÂÈΛӉ˘Ó˜. °È· Ó’ ·ÔÙÚ¤„Ô˘Ó ÙËÓ›‰Ú·ÛË ÙÔ˘ ‹ÏÈÔ˘ ¤‰ÂÓ·Ó ÛÙÔÓ Î·Úfi ÙÔ˘ ¯ÂÚÈÔ‡ ‹ Î·È ÛÙÔÌÂÁ¿ÏÔ ‰¿¯Ù˘ÏÔ ÙÔ˘ Ô‰ÈÔ‡ ÙÔÓ «Ì¿ÚÙË», ‰ËÏ·‰‹ ÌÈ· ÏÈÓ‹ÎψÛÙ‹, ¿ÛÚË Î·È ÎfiÎÎÈÓË ‹ Î·È ¯Ú˘Û‹, ÛÙÚÈÌ̤ÓË Î·È ÙÔÓÊÔÚÔ‡Û·Ó ̂ ˜ ÙËÓ ∞Ó¿ÛÙ·ÛË. ∆fiÙ ÙÔÓ ¤‚Á·˙·Ó Î·È ÙÔÓ ¤‰ÂÓ·ÓÛÙËÓ ÙÚÈ·ÓÙ·Ê˘ÏÏÈ¿, ÁÈ· Ó· ¿ÚÔ˘Ó ÙÔ ¯ÚÒÌ· Ù˘. ∞ÏÏÔ‡ Ù··È‰È¿ ÎÚ·ÙÔ‡Ó ÙÔÓ «Ì¿ÚÙË» ̤¯ÚÈ Ó· ÚˆÙÔ‰Ô‡Ó ¯ÂÏȉfiÓÈ ‹ÂÏ·ÚÁfi.

ŒÓ· ·ÎfiÌË Ôχ fiÌÔÚÊÔ ÚˆÙÔÌ·ÚÙÈ¿ÙÈÎÔ ¤ıÈÌÔ Ù˘ µ.∂ÏÏ¿‰·˜  Î·È ÙˆÓ ÓËÛÈÒÓ ÙÔ˘ ∞ÈÁ·›Ô˘ Â›Ó·È ÙÔ«Ã∂§π¢√¡π™ª∞». ŒÓ· ÌÂψ‰ÈÎfi ηψÛfiÚÈÛÌ· Ù˘ ÕÓÔÈÍ˘Ì ÂȉÈο ÙÚ·ÁÔ‡‰È· Ô˘ ϤÓ ٷ ·È‰È¿ Á˘Ú›˙ÔÓÙ·˜ ·fi Û›ÙÈÛ ۛÙÈ ÎÚ·ÙÒÓÙ·˜ ÛÙÂÊ¿ÓÈ ÏÔ˘ÏÔ˘‰ÈÒÓ ‹ ¤Ó· ÎÏ·‰› ·fiÎÈÛÛfi & ÔÌÔ›ˆÌ· ¯ÂÏȉÔÓÈÔ‡, Ô˘ ¤¯ÂÈ ¤Ó· «Ì·ÁÈÎfi¯·Ú·ÎÙ‹Ú·»: ÃÂÏȉfiÓ· ¤Ú¯ÂÙ·È, ·fi ª·‡ÚËı¿Ï·ÛÛ·. £¿Ï·ÛÛ· ¤ڷÛÂ. ŒÎ·ÙÛÂ Î·È Ï¿ÏËÛÂ...ª¿ÚÙ˘ Ì·˜‹ÚıÂ, Ù· ÏÔ˘ÏÔ‡‰È· ·Óı›˙Ô˘Ó, ŸÍˆ „‡ÏÏÔÈ Î·È ÎÔÚÈÔ›, ̤۷˘Á›· Î·È ¯·Ú¿...™ÙËÓ ÂÚÈÔ¯‹ ÙÔ˘ ¶‡ÚÁÔ˘ ∏Ï›·˜ÙÚ·ÁÔ‡‰·Á·Ó: ¯ÂÏȉÔÓ¿ÎÈ ¤Ù·ÍÂ, ‹‚Ú ΋ÔÓ ÎÈ ¤Î·ÙÛÂ, Î·ÈÁÏ˘ÎÔÎÂϿˉËÛÂ, ª¿ÚÙË, ª¿ÚÙË ÌÔ˘ ηϤ. ª¿ÚÙË, ª¿ÚÙËÌÔ˘ ηϤ Î·È ∞Ú›ÏË ı·˘Ì·ÛÙ¤, Ù· Ô˘Ï¿ÎÈ· ·‚Á¿ ÁÂÓÓÔ‡Ó ÎÈ·Ú¯ÈÓÔ‡Ó Ó· Ù· ÎψÛÔ‡Ó. ∆· ·È‰È¿, Ì ÙÔ ÙÚ·ÁÔ‡‰È ÙÔ˘˜,ÂÈηÏÔ‡ÓÙ·È Ù· ·ÏËıÈÓ¿ ̄ ÂÏȉfiÓÈ·, Ó· ¤ÚıÔ˘Ó ÛÙÔÓ ÙfiÔ ÙÔ˘˜Î·È Ì·˙› Ì’ ·˘Ù¿ Ë ¿ÓÔÈÍË.

∏ ÓÔÈÎÔÎ˘Ú¿ ·›ÚÓÂÈ Ï›Á· ʇÏÏ· ÎÈÛÛÔ‡ ·fi ÙÔ Î·Ï¿ıÈ Ù˘¯ÂÏȉfiÓ·˜, Ù· ÙÔÔıÂÙ› ÛÙÔ ÎÔÙ¤ÙÛÈ, ÁÈ· Ó· ÁÂÓÓÔ‡Ó ÔÏÏ¿·˘Á¿ ÔÈ ÎfiÙ˜, Î·È ‰›ÓÂÈ ¤Ó· ‹ ‰˘Ô ·˘Á¿ ÛÙ· ·È‰È¿ Ô˘ÍÂÎÈÓÔ‡Ó ÁÈ· ¿ÏÏÔ Û›ÙÈ. Ÿˆ˜ Â›Ó·È ÁÓˆÛÙfi, Ô ‚·ı˘Ú¿ÛÈÓÔ˜ÎÈÛÛfi˜ Â›Ó·È Û‡Ì‚ÔÏÔ Ù˘ ·ÂÈı·ÏÔ‡˜ ‚Ï·ÛÙ‹Ûˆ˜ ηÈıˆÚÂ›Ù·È Ì¤ÛÔ ÈηÓfi Ó· ÌÂÙ·‰ÒÛÂÈ ÙË ı·ÏÂÚfiÙËÙ· Î·È ÙËÁÔÓÈÌfiÙËÙ· ÛÙȘ fiÚÓÈı˜ Î·È Ù· ¿ÏÏ· ˙Ò·. Œ·ÈÚÓ·Ó ÁÈ··ÌÔÈ‚‹ ÁÏ˘Î›ÛÌ·Ù· Î·È ¯Ú‹Ì·Ù·, οÙÈ ·Ó¿ÏÔÁÔ Ì ÙËÓ ·ÌÔÈ‚‹·fi Ù· οϷÓÙ·, ‰›ÓÔÓÙ·˜ ¢¯¤˜ ÁÈ· ¢ËÌÂÚ›· Î·È Â˘ÁÔÓ›·.¶ÚfiÎÂÈÙ·È ÁÈ· ¤ıÈÌÔ Ô˘ ηٿÁÂÙ·È ·fi ÙËÓ ·Ú¯·ÈfiÙËÙ·, fiˆ˜·Ô‰ÂÈÎÓ‡ÂÈ ÙÔ «¯ÂÏȉfiÓÈÛÌ·», ‰ËÏ·‰‹ ÙÔ ÙÚ·ÁÔ‡‰È Ù˘¯ÂÏȉfiÓ·˜, Ô˘ Ì·˜ ·Ú¤‰ˆÛÂ Ô ∞ı‹Ó·ÈÔ˜ Á‡Úˆ ÛÙ· 200Ì.Ã.,·ÏÏ¿ ·Ó¿ÁÂÙ·È Û Ôχ ·ÏÈfiÙÂÚ· ¯ÚfiÓÈ·. ∏ ÔÌÔÈfiÙËÙ· ÙÔ˘ÙÚ·ÁÔ˘‰ÈÔ‡ Ì ÙÔ ÛËÌÂÚÈÓfi fi¯È ÌfiÓÔ ÂÓÓÔÈÔÏÔÁÈ΋ ·ÏÏ¿ ÂÓ̤ÚÂÈ ÏÂÎÙÈ΋, Â›Ó·È ÔÏÔÊ¿ÓÂÚË.

∏ ∫∞£∞ƒ∏ ¢∂À∆∂ƒ∞, Ô˘ ÙËÓ ÂÚÈ̤ÓÔ˘Ì ˆ˜ Î·È ˆ˜Î¿ı ¯ÚfiÓÔ, Â›Ó·È Ù·˘ÙÈṲ̂ÓË Ì ٷ ∫Ô‡ÏÔ˘Ì· -ÔÌ·‰È΋¤ÍÔ‰Ô˜ ÛÙȘ ÂÍÔ¯¤˜-, ÙÔ °·˚Ù·Ó¿ÎÈ - ¤Ó·˜ ÂȉÈÎfi˜ ¯ÔÚfi˜, ÛÙÔÓÔÔ›Ô Ù· ηÚÓ·‚¿ÏÈ· ÎÈÓÔ‡ÓÙ·Ó Á‡Úˆ ·fi ¤Ó· „ËÏfi ÎÔÓÙ¿ÚÈ,

ÎÚ·ÙÒÓÙ·˜ Ôχ¯ÚˆÌ˜ Ù·Èӛ˜, ‰Â̤Ó˜ ÛÙËÓ ÎÔÚ˘Ê‹ ÙÔ˘ÎÔÓÙ·ÚÈÔ‡, “ϤÎÔÓÙ·˜” Ìã·˘Ùfi ÙÔÓ ÙÚfiÔ ÙÔ Á·˚Ù·Ó¿ÎÈ-  Î·ÈÙÔ ¤Ù·ÁÌ· ¯·ÚÙ·ÂÙÒÓ. ∂›Û˘ ¯·Ú·ÎÙËÚÈÛÙÈο Ù˘ÁÓˆÚ›ÛÌ·Ù· Â›Ó·È Ù· ·ÏÏËÏÔÂÈÚ¿ÁÌ·Ù·, Ë Û¿ÙÈÚ· & ÙÔÓËÛÙ›ÛÈÌÔ ÙÚ·¤˙È Ì ٷ ÙÔ˘ÚÛ›, ÎÚÂÌÌ˘‰¿ÎÈ· ÊÚ¤Ûη,Ú··Ó¿ÎÈ·, Ù·Ú·Ì¿, ·Ï¿‰ˆÙ· fiÛÚÈ·, ÙÔ˘˜ ¯·Ï‚¿‰Â˜, Ù·ı·Ï·ÛÛÈÓ¿, Ù· ÓÙÔÏÌ·‰¿ÎÈ·, Ì· ¿Óˆ ·’ fiÏ· ÙËÓ ÁÓˆÛÙ‹ ÛÂfiÏÔ˘˜ Ì·˜ Ï·Á¿Ó·, Â›‰Ô˜ „ˆÌÈÔ‡ ¯ˆÚ›˜ ÚÔ˙‡ÌÈ.

ŒÓ· ¤ıÈÌÔ Ô˘ Û˘Ó·ÓÙ¿Ù·È Â›Û˘ Û fiÏË ÙËÓ ∂ÏÏ¿‰· ›ӷÈË «∫Àƒ∞-™∞ƒ∞∫√™∆∏». °È· ÙË ÌÂÁ¿ÏË ÓËÛÙ›· ÙÔ˘ ¶¿Û¯·(40 ËÌÂÚÒÓ), ·Ú›ÛÙ·Ó·Ó ÙË ªÂÁ¿ÏË ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹ Û·Ó Ì›·Á˘Ó·›Î· Ì fiÏ· Ù· ¯·Ú·ÎÙËÚÈÛÙÈο Ù˘ ÓËÛÙ›·˜: ÍÂÚ·ÎÈ·Ó‹,·˘ÛÙËÚ‹, ¯ˆÚ›˜ ÛÙfiÌ·, Ì ¯¤ÚÈ· ÛÙ·˘ÚˆÌ¤Ó· (ÁÈ·Ù› Â›Ó·È fiÏÔÚÔÛ¢¯‹), Ì ÛÙ·˘Úfi ÛÙÔ ÎÂÊ¿ÏÈ Î·È Ì 7 fi‰È·, fiÛ˜ Î·È ÔÈ‚‰ÔÌ¿‰Â˜ ÁÈ· ÙÔ ¶¿Û¯·. ∆ËÓ ¤ÊÙÈ·¯Ó·Ó ·fi ¯·ÚÙfiÓÈ ‹ ·Ó›·Ú·ÁÂÌÈṲ̂ÓÔ ÌÂ Ô‡Ô˘Ï· Î·È ÙËÓ ÎÚÂÌÔ‡Û·Ó ·fi ÙÔÙ·‚¿ÓÈ (Û·Ó Â›‰Ô˜ ËÌÂÚÔÏÔÁ›Ô˘, ·ÊÔ‡ ÂΛÓË ÙËÓ ÂÔ¯‹ ‰ÂÓ˘‹Ú¯·Ó ËÌÂÚÔÏfiÁÈ·). ∫¿ı ‚‰ÔÌ¿‰· (Ë̤ڷ ™¿‚‚·ÙÔ) Ô˘ÂÚÓÔ‡Û ¤ÎÔ‚·Ó ÎÈ ·fi ¤Ó· fi‰È ̤¯ÚÈ Ó· ÊÙ¿ÛÂÈ ÙÔ ¶¿Û¯·.

∆Ô ÙÂÏÂ˘Ù·›Ô fi‰È ÙÔ ¤‚·˙·Ó ̤۷ Û’ ¤Ó· ÍÂÚfi Û‡ÎÔ ‹ Û’ ¤Ó·Î·Ú‡‰È. ŸÔÈÔ˜ ÙÔ ¤‚ÚÈÛΠ‹Ù·Ó Ô Ù˘¯ÂÚfi˜. ™Â ÌÂÚÈο ̤ÚË,·ÓÙ› ÙÔ˘ ÛΛÙÛÔ˘, ÔÈ ÁÈ·ÁÈ¿‰Â˜ ¤ÊÙÈ·¯Ó·Ó ÙËÓ ∫˘Ú¿-™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹ Ì ÓËÛÙ›ÛÈÌÔ ̇ ˘Ì¿ÚÈ. ∞ÊÔ‡ ÙËÓ ¤„ËÓ·Ó, ÙËÓ ¤‚·˙·ÓÛÙ· ÂÈÎÔÓ›ÛÌ·Ù·. ∫¿ı ™¿‚‚·ÙÔ Î·Ù¤‚·ÈÓ ·fi ÙË ı¤ÛË Ù˘ ÁÈ·Ó· Ù˘ ÎÔ› ¤Ó· fi‰È. ∆Ô ÙÚ·ÁÔ‡‰È Ù˘ ∫˘Ú¿˜ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹˜Â›Ó·È:∆ËÓ ∫˘Ú¿ ™·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹, Ô˘ Â›Ó·È ¤ıÈÌÔ ·ÏÈfiÔÈ ÁÈ·ÁÈ¿‰Â˜ Ì·˜ ÙË ¤ÊÙÈ·¯Ó·Ó Ì ·Ï‡ÚÈ Î·È ÓÂÚfi.°È· ÛÙÔÏ›‰È Ù˘ ÊÔÚÔ‡Û·Ó ÛÙÔ ÎÂÊ¿ÏÈ Ù˘ ÛÙ·˘ÚfiÌ· ÙÔ ÛÙfiÌ· Ù˘ ͯÓÔ‡Û·Ó, ÁÈ·Ù› Ó‹ÛÙ¢ ηÈÚfi.∫·È ÙȘ ̤Ú˜ ÙȘ ÌÂÙÚÔ‡Û·Ó Ì ٷ fi‰È· Ù˘ Ù· ÂÙ¿¤ÎÔ‚·Ó ¤Ó· ÙË ‚‰ÔÌ¿‰· ̤¯ÚÈ Ó· ‘ÚıÂÈ Ë ¶·Û¯·ÏÈ¿.

(¶ËÁ‹: ¶·Ó·ÁÈÒÙ˘ µ·¯ÙÛ·‚¿Ó˘, °È· Ó· ÌËÓ Ù· ¿ÚÂÈ Ô ÔÙ·Ìfi˜)

§∞√°ƒ∞ºπ∫∞ ™∆√πÃ∂π∞ °π∞ ∆√ ª∏¡∞ ª∞ƒ∆∏

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COMMUNITY NEWS ✧ ∫Oπ¡O∆π∫∞ ¡∂ARATIFICATION OF THE PARISHCOUNCIL OFFICERS

On Sunday, February 21, 2016, Father Michael L. Pastrikosadministered the Oath of Office to the newly elected and exist-ing Parish Council members. In a private meeting overseen byFather Michael L. Pastrikos, the executive board was elected.The officers are as follows: President, Demos Anastasiades,Vice-President, Gus Karagiannopoulos, Treasurer, GeorgeDiacoloukas, Assistant Treasurer, Nancy Anastasiades, Record-ing Secretary, Popi Angelos and Corresponding Secretary, EleniKostakis. Father Michael L. Pastrikos personally congratulatedthe new Parish Council members.

May God give them resolve and strength to pursue their com-mitment with enthusiasm to the beloved St. Nicholas Greek Or-thodox Church.

PHILOPTOCHOS NEWSWe hope everyone stayed safe during the big snow storm.

Plans to the Ronald McDonald House had to be changed due tothe weather on February 9th. We cooked and delivered all itemson the 8th so the families had their evening meal. Thank you toall those that made it possible.

Monday, February 22 was our Night Out at Zorbas. Thankyou to the proprietor for hosting and all those who attended. Itwas an evening enjoyed by all.Join us on Saturday, March 12th for our Annual ApokreatikoGlendi, Music by Apollonia. All proceeds to benefit our commit-ment to The Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and Na-tional Shrine at the World Trade Center. Donation $25.00 chil-dren 12 and under $10.00.For tickets contact Irene Vasilios 410-687-3978 or Nora Kefalas410-979-6656.

Monday, March 14th immediately after church, please joinus for our Kathari Devtera pot luck dinner. Everyone is wel-comed!Sunday, March 20th Sunday of Orthodoxy we will have a memo-rial service to honor the memory of our past members. Maytheir memory be eternal.

Soon you will be receiving our Easter Mailing which will in-clude the Epitaphio envelope, Philoptochos Newsletter and thePhiloptochos retreat packet along with information on the Fes-tival of Tables. We hope you will be able to join us.DONATIONS: Mr. George Skandalis in memory of LindaSkandalis, Mrs. Ann Matthews in memory of NicholasMatthews, Mr and Mrs S. Koutsouri in memory of Bill Trintis,Dimitra Chuvala in memory of George Rossis, Fotisa Anastasiin memory of Pete Christ.

Next a General meeting Monday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.Save the date: Saturday, April 9th Retreat at church, Sun-

day, April 10th Festival of tables and guest host at the Plateia

PHILOXENIA HOUSEWe would like to thank all our sponsors and those who at-

tended the concert of February 6th at the Greektown Square.Your continued support is greatly appreciated! Thank you to ourchairpersons Tony Pearce, Maria Georgaki and ChristineZervos for a great concert!

¡∂∞ ∆∏™ ºπ§√¶∆øÃ√À∂Ï›˙Ô˘Ì fiÙÈ fiÏÔÈ ÂÚ¿Û·Ù Ì ·ÛÊ¿ÏÂÈ· ÙË ÌÂÁ¿ÏË

¯ÈÔÓÔı‡ÂÏÏ·. ∆· Û¯¤‰È· ÁÈ· ÙÔ Ronald McDonald House¤Ú ӷ ·ÏÏ¿ÍÔ˘Ó ÏfiÁˆ Ù˘ ηÎÔηÈÚ›·˜, ÛÙȘ 9ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘. ŸÌˆ˜ ÚÔÂÙÔÈÌ¿Û·ÌÂ Î·È ·Ú·‰fiÛ·Ì ٷ̷ÁÂÈÚÂ̤ӷ Ê·ÁËÙ¿ Î·È fiÏ· Ù· Û¯ÂÙÈο ÛÙȘ 8 ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘,¤ÙÛÈ ÒÛÙ ÔÈ ÔÈÎÔÁ¤ÓÂȘ ›¯·Ó ÙÔ ‚Ú·‰ÈÓfi ÙÔ˘˜ Á‡̷.∂ã¢ηÈÚ›· ·Â˘ı‡ÓÔ˘Ì ¤Ó· ÌÂÁ¿ÏÔ Î·È ÂÁοډÈÔ¢¯·ÚÈÛÙÒ Û fiÏÔ˘˜ ÂΛÓÔ˘˜ Ô˘ ÙÔ Ú·ÁÌ·ÙÔÔ›ËÛ·Ó.

¢Â˘Ù¤Ú· 22 ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘, ‹Ù·Ó ÙÔ Night Out Ì·˜ ÛÙÔ∂ÛÙÈ·ÙfiÚÈÔ «∑ÔÚÌ¿˜». ∂˘¯·ÚÈÛÙԇ̠ÙÔÓ È‰ÈÔÎÙ‹ÙË ÁÈ· ÙËÊÈÏÔÍÂÓ›· ÙÔ˘ Î·È fiÏÔ˘˜ fiÛÔ˘˜ Û˘ÌÌÂÙ›¯·Ó. ◊Ù·Ó ÌÈ· ‚Ú·‰È¿Ô˘ fiÏÔÈ ·ÔÏ·‡Û·ÌÂ.

ŸÏÔÈ Â›ÛÙ ÚÔÛÎÂÎÎÏË̤ÓÔÈ Ì·˜, ÛÙÔ ÂÙ‹ÛÈÔ∞¶√∫ƒ∂∞∆π∫√ °§∂¡∆π ª∞™, ÙÔ ™¿‚‚·ÙÔ 12 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘,ÌÔ˘ÛÈ΋ ·fi ÙËÓ ÔÚ¯‹ÛÙÚ· ∞¶√§§ø¡π∞.

ŸÏ· Ù· ¤ÛÔ‰· ı· ‰ÔıÔ‡Ó ÚÔ˜ fiÊÂÏÔ˜ Ù˘ ‰¤ÛÌÂ˘Û‹ Ì·˜ÛÙËÓ ∂ÏÏËÓÈ΋ √Úıfi‰ÔÍË ∂ÎÎÏËÛ›· ÙÔ˘ ∞Á›Ô˘ ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘, ÙÔ∂ıÓÈÎfi ¶·ÚÂÎÎÏ‹ÛÈ ÛÙÔ ¶·ÁÎfiÛÌÈÔ ∂ÌÔÚÈÎfi ∂ÈÌÂÏËÙ‹ÚÈÔ.¢ˆÚ¿ ÂÈÛfi‰Ô˘ $ 25.00 ÁÈ· ÌÂÁ¿ÏÔ˘˜ Î·È ÁÈ· ·È‰È¿ 12 ÂÙÒÓÎ·È Î¿Ùˆ $10.00. °È· ÂÈÛÈÙ‹ÚÈ· ÂÈÎÔÈÓˆÓ‹ÛÙ Ì ÙËÓ ∂ÈÚ‹Ó˵·ÛÈÏ›Ԣ 410-687-3978 ‹ ÙËÓ ¡fiÚ· ∫ÂÊ¿Ï· 410-979-6656.¢Â˘Ù¤Ú·, 14 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘, ·Ì¤Ûˆ˜ ÌÂÙ¿ ÙËÓ £Â›· §ÂÈÙÔ˘ÚÁ›·,·Ú·Î·Ïԇ̠ӷ ÂÈÎÔÈÓˆÓ‹ÛÙ ̷˙› Ì·˜, ÌÔÚ›Ù ӷ ʤÚÂÙÂÙÔ ‰ÈÎfi Û·˜ È¿ÙÔ ÁÈ· ÙÔ Û·Ú·ÎÔÛÙÈ·Ófi ‰Â›ÓÔ Ì·˜ Ù˘∫∞£∞ƒ∞™ ¢∂À∆∂ƒ∞™. ŸÏÔÈ Â›Ó·È Â˘ÚfiÛ‰ÂÎÙÔÈ!∫˘Úȷ΋, 20 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘, ∫˘Úȷ΋ Ù˘ √ÚıÔ‰ÔÍ›·˜ — ı· ¤¯Ô˘ÌÂÌÈ· ÂÈÌÓËÌfiÛ˘ÓË ‰¤ËÛË ÁÈ· Ó· ÙÈÌ‹ÛÔ˘Ì ÙË ÌÓ‹ÌË·ÂÏıfiÓÙˆÓ ÌÂÏÒÓ Ì·˜. ∏ ÌÓ‹ÌË ÙÔ˘˜ Ó· Â›Ó·È ·ÈÒÓÈ·.

¶Ôχ Û‡ÓÙÔÌ· ı· Ù·¯˘‰ÚÔÌ‹ÛÔ˘Ì ÙËÓ ¶·Û¯·ÏÈÓ‹·ÏÏËÏÔÁÚ·Ê›· Ì·˜, Ô˘ ı· ÂÚÈÏ·Ì‚¿ÓÂÈ ÙÔ Ê·ÎÂÏ¿ÎÈ ÁÈ· Ù·¿ÓıË ÙÔ˘ ∂ÈÙ·Ê›Ô˘, ÙÔ ∂ÓËÌÂÚˆÙÈÎfi ¢ÂÏÙ›Ô Ù˘ ºÈÏÔÙÒ¯Ô˘,ÙÔ ·Î¤ÙÔ Ì ÙȘ ÏËÚÔÊÔڛ˜ ÁÈ· ÙËÓ ¶ÂÚÈÛ˘ÏÏÔÁ‹ Ù˘ºÈÏÔÙÒ¯Ô˘, Î·È ÏËÚÔÊÔڛ˜ Û¯ÂÙÈο Ì ÙÔ ºÂÛÙÈ‚¿Ï™ÙÔÏÈÛÌÔ‡ ∆Ú·Â˙ÈÒÓ. ∂˘¯fiÌ·ÛÙ ӷ Û·˜ ‰Ô‡Ì ÛÙË ·Ú¤·Ì·˜.

¢øƒ∂∂™ ∂π™ ª¡∏ª∏ . . .. . . ∆˘ §›ÓÙ·˜ ™Î·ÓÙ¿ÏË, ·fi ÙÔÓ Î. °ÂÒÚÁÈÔ ™Î·ÓÙ¿ÏË, ÙÔ˘¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘ ª¿ıÈÔ˘˜, ·fi ÙËÓ Î. ÕÓÓ· ª¿ıÈÔ˘˜, ÙÔ˘ µ·ÛÈÏ›Ԣ∆ÚÈÓÙ‹, ·fi ÙÔÓ Î‡ÚÈÔ Î·È Î˘Ú›· ™Ù¤ÏÈÔ ∫Ô˘ÙÛÔ‡ÚË, ÙÔ˘°ÂˆÚÁ›Ô˘ ƒÒÛÛË, ·fi ÙËÓ ¢‹ÌËÙÚ· ∆ÛÔ˘‚¿Ï·, ÙÔ˘¶·Ó·ÁÈÒÙË ÃÚÈÛÙÔÊ‹, ·fi ÙËÓ Î. ºˆÙ›ÙÛ· ∞Ó·ÛÙ¿ÛË.∏ ÂÔ̤ÓË Ù·ÎÙÈ΋ Ì·˜ Û˘Ó‰ڛ·ÛË ı· Â›Ó·È ÛÙȘ 7 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘,ÛÙȘ 7:00 Ì.Ì.

™ËÌÂÈÒÛÙ ÙȘ ËÌÂÚÔÌËӛ˜:™¿‚‚·ÙÔ 9 ∞ÚÈÏ›Ô˘, Ë ¶ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ Ì·˜ ¶ÂÚÈÛ˘ÏÏÔÁ‹, ÛÙËÓ∂ÎÎÏËÛ›·.∫˘Úȷ΋, 10 ∞ÚÈÏ›Ô˘, ÙÔ ºÂÛÙÈ‚¿Ï ™ÙÔÏÈÛÌÔ‡ ∆Ú·Â˙ÈÒÓ,Î·È ÚÔÛÎÂÎÎÏË̤ÓÔ˜ √ÌÈÏËÙ‹˜, ÛÙËÓ ¶Ï·Ù›·.

™¶π∆π ∆∏™ ºπ§√•∂¡π∞™£· ı¤Ï·Ì ӷ ¢¯·ÚÈÛÙ‹ÛÔ˘Ì fiÏÔ˘˜ ÙÔ˘˜ ¯ÔÚËÁÔ‡˜ Ì·˜

Î·È ÂΛÓÔ˘˜ Ô˘ ·Ú·ÎÔÏÔ‡ıËÛ·Ó ÙË Û˘Ó·˘Ï›· Ù˘ 6˘ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘ ÛÙÔ ¶Ï·Ù›· Greektown. °È· ÙË Û˘Ó¯‹˘ÔÛÙ‹ÚÈÍ‹ Û·˜, Û·˜ ›̷ÛÙ ¢ÁÓÒÌÔÓ˜! ∂˘¯·ÚÈÛÙÔ‡ÌÂ›Û˘ ÙÔ˘˜ ˘Â˘ı‡ÓÔ˘˜ ÙÔÓ ∞ÓÙÒÓË ¶Ë˜, ÙË ª·Ú›·°ÂˆÚÁ¿ÎË Î·È ÙËÓ ÃÚÈÛÙ›Ó· ∑ÂÚ‚Ô‡ ÁÈ· ÙË ÌÂÁ¿ÏË ÂÈÙ˘¯›·Ù˘ Û˘Ó·˘Ï›·˜!

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SAINT NICHOLAS «DIAMONDS» NEWSBecause of the inclement weather we have not had our

February’s meeting, although we tried couple different dates.Our Organization’s next meeting will be on March the 8th, 2016at 1:00 p.m. at Saint Nicholas Social Hall. Lunch will be providedfor $ 10, for all there. We accept new members. If you are inter-ested please come to the meeting.

We plan to have a day trip to Philadelphia, visiting the his-toric Liberty Bell the Planetarium and other sites, in May thisyear. Also we will go to the Sight and Sound Theatre to see theBible story of SAMPSON , this trip will be on September 1st,2016. All the details about these trips will be given out at ourmeeting on Tuesday, March the 8th. Please make any effort toattend.

¢π∞ª∞¡∆π∞ ∞°π√À ¡π∫√§∞√À∂Í ·ÈÙ›·˜ Ù˘ ηÎÔηÈÚ›·˜ Ë Û˘Ó‰ڛ·ÛË ÙÔ˘ ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘

‰ÂÓ ¤ÁÈÓÂ, ·ÚfiÏÔ Ô˘ ÚÔÛ·ı‹Û·Ì ӷ ·ÏÏ¿ÍÔ˘Ì ÙËÓËÌÂÚÔÌËÓ›·, Ô Î·ÈÚfi˜ ‰ÂÓ Ì·˜ ÙÔ Â¤ÙÚ„Â. ∏ ÂÔ̤ÓË Ì·˜Û˘Ó‰ڛ·ÛË ı· Á›ÓÂÈ ÙËÓ ∆Ú›ÙË, 8 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘, 2016, ÛÙȘ 1:00 Ì.Ì.ÛÙËÓ ∫ÔÈÓÔÙÈ΋ ·›ıÔ˘Û· ÙÔ˘ ∞Á›Ô˘ ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘. £· ÚÔÛÊÂÚı›Á‡̷ $ 10 ÙÔ ¿ÙÔÌÔ Û fiÏÔ˘˜ ÙÔ˘˜ ·Ú¢ÚÈÛÎÔ̤ÓÔ˘˜.¢Â¯fiÌ·ÛÙ Ӥ· ̤ÏË. ∞Ó ÂӉȷʤÚÂÛÙ ·Ú·Î·Ï›ÛÙ ӷ ¤ÏıÂÙÂÛÙË Û˘Ó‰ڛ·ÛË.

™¯Â‰È¿˙Ô˘Ì ӷ οÓÔ˘Ì ËÌÂÚ‹ÛÈ· ÂΉÚÔÌ‹ ÛÙ˺ÈÏ·‰¤ÏÊÈ·. £· ÂÈÛÎÂÊıԇ̠ÙËÓ ∫·Ì¿Ó· Ù˘ ∂Ï¢ıÂÚ›·˜,ÙÔ ¶Ï·ÓÈÙ¿ÚÂÈÔ Î·È ¿ÏÏ· ÈÛÙÔÚÈο ̤ÚË ÛÙË Á‡Úˆ ÂÚÈÔ¯‹. ∏ÂΉÚÔÌË ı· Á›ÓÂÈ ÙÔ ª¿˚Ô ÙÚ¤¯ÔÓÙÔ˜ ¤ÙÔ˘˜. ∂›Û˘ ı· ¿ÌÂÛÙÔ Sight and Sound Theatre Ó· ‰Ô‡Ì ÙËÓ ıÚËÛ΢ÙÈ΋ ÈÛÙÔÚ›·ÙÔ˘ ™∞ªæø¡, ÙËÓ 1Ë ™ÂÙÂÌ‚Ú›Ô˘, 2016. §ÂÙÔ̤ÚÂȘ ηÈÁÈ· Ù· ‰‡Ô Ù·Í›‰È· ı· ‰ÔıÔ‡Ó ÛÙË Û˘Ó‰ڛ·ÛË ÙËÓ ∆Ú›ÙË, 8ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘. ¶ÚÔÛ·ı›ÛÙ ӷ ¤ÏıÂÙÂ.

¡∂∞ ∆∏™ ¡∂√§∞π∞™ ª∞™∆· ̤ÏË Ù˘ ¡∂√§∞π∞™ ÙÔ˘ ∞Á›Ô˘ ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘ (G.O.Y.A.)

·fiÏ·˘Û·Ó ¤Ó· ÔÏÔÓ‡ÎÙÈÔ Ù·Í›‰È ™∫π ÛÙÔ Liberty MountainSki Resort, ·fi ÙËÓ ∫˘Úȷ΋ 14 ̤¯ÚÈ ÙË ¢Â˘Ù¤Ú·, 15ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘. ¶ÂÚ›Ô˘ 24 ÁÔÓ›˜ Î·È ·È‰È¿ Ù˘ ¡ÂÔÏ·›·˜‹Ú·Ó ̤ÚÔ˜ ÛÙÔ Ù·Í›‰È. °È· ÙË ÏÂÈÔ„ËÊ›· ÙˆÓ ·È‰ÈÒÓ ·˘Ù‹‹Ù·Ó Ë ÚÒÙË ÙÔ˘˜ ÊÔÚ¿ Ô˘ Ì¿ı·ÈÓ·Ó Ò˜ Ó· οÓÔ˘Ó ™∫πÎ·È fiÏÔÈ ·ÈÛı¿ÓıËÎ·Ó Û›ÁÔ˘ÚÔÈ Ó· ÙÔÏÌ‹ÛÔ˘Ó ÌÂÙ¿ ·fi 90ÏÂÙ¿ Ì¿ıËÌ· ·Ú¯·Ú›ˆÓ ÙÔ˘ ™∫π. °ÔÓ›˜ Î·È ·È‰È¿ Ù˘¡ÂÔÏ·›·˜ ÈÔ ¤ÌÂÈÚÔÈ ÛÎȤÚ, ‹Ù·Ó Û ÂÙÔÈÌfiÙËÙ· ηÈηıÔ‰ËÁÔ‡Û·Ó ÙÔ˘˜ ·Ú¯¿ÚÈÔ˘˜. ∏ ÔÌ¿‰· ¤¯ÂÈ ‹‰Ë ۯ‰ȿ˙ÂÈÌÈ· ËÌÂÚ‹ÛÈ· ÂΉÚÔÌ‹, ¤Ó· ™·‚‚·ÙÔ·ÚÈ·ÎÔ ÁÈ· ÙÔ ÂfiÌÂÓÔ¤ÙÔ˜, ¤ÙÛÈ ÒÛÙ ÂÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚÔÈ ÁÔÓ›˜ Î·È ·È‰È¿ Ó· ÌÔÚÔ‡ÓÓ· Û˘ÌÌÂÙ¿Û¯Ô˘Ó.

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∆· ̤ÏË Ù˘ ¡ÂÔÏ·›·˜ ÙÔ˘ ∞Á›Ô˘ ¡ÈÎÔÏ¿Ô˘ (GOYA) ¤ÊÂÚ·Ó¯·ÌfiÁÂÏ· ÛÙÔ˘˜ ËÏÈÎȈ̤ÓÔ˘˜ ÙÔ˘ Riverview-∞ÔηٿÛÙ·ÛË˜Î·È ∫¤ÓÙÚÔ ÀÁ›·˜ ÛÙÔ Essex, Maryland, ÙÔ ™¿‚‚·ÙÔ, 20ºÂ‚ÚÔ˘·Ú›Ô˘. ∏ GOYA Ì·˜ ¤·ÈÍ ª¶π¡°∫√ Ì ÙÔ˘˜·ÛıÂÓ›˜ Î·È ÌÔ›Ú·Û ‰ÒÚ· ÛÙÔ˘˜ ÓÈÎËÙ¤˜. ¶ÔÏÏÔ› ·fi ÙÔ˘˜ÙÚÔÊ›ÌÔ˘˜ ÚÒÙËÛ·Ó ·Ó ı· ÙÔ˘˜ Í·Ó·ÂÈÛÎÂÊıÔ‡Ó Û‡ÓÙÔÌ·.¶ÚÈÓ ·fi ÙËÓ ·Ó·¯ÒÚËÛË, Ë ÔÌ¿‰· ÂÈÛΤÊıËΠ·ÚÎÂÙÔ‡˜¤ÏÏËÓ˜ ÙÚÔÊ›ÌÔ˘˜, ÔÈ ÔÔ›ÔÈ ‹Ù·Ó Û˘ÁÁÂÓ›˜ ÌÂÚÈÎÒÓ ·fiÙÔ˘˜ ˘Â˘ı‡ÓÔ˘˜ Î·È ·È‰ÈÒÓ Ù˘ GOYA. ¢¿ÎÚ˘· ¯·Ú¿˜¤¯˘Û·Ó ÂΛÓÔ ÙÔ ·fiÁÂ˘Ì·, Ô˘ ¤ÊÂÚ οÔÈ· ËÏÈ·ÎÙ›‰· ÛÙË

˙ˆ‹ ÙÔ˘˜.

THE KOUTSONOURIS MEMORIALSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Applications are available for the Koutsounouris MemorialScholarship Program at the church office. The Saint NicholasGreek Orthodox Church will award one (1) $1,000 scholarshipfrom the Koutsounouris Memorial Scholarship Program to ahigh school senior who is continuing his/her education at a fouryear college or a two college student, whose family is a memberin good standing in the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church,520 South Ponca Street, Baltimore, Md., who meets the qualify-ing criteria. The deadline for submitting the application is Sun-day, April 17, 2017. The completed application may be returnedto the church office or directly to Parish Council Board Mem-ber, Mary Serafis.

The recipient of the Koutsounouris Memorial ScholarshipProgram will be announced at church on Sunday, May 22, 2016.

Thank you, Mary Serafis, Scholarship Chairperson

STEWARDSHIP NEWSThe Stewardship committee is seeking new individuals to join

their team. We are looking for new people to bring fresh ideasfor making the church experience more spiritual and to assist usin engaging more of our parishioners in church life.

Please consider joining. If you are interested, please contactMia Atsidis at 443-386-5855.

PARISH STEWARDSHIPAs part of our preparation for the year 2016 here at St. Nicho-

las, we sent Stewardship Pledge Cards to all our parishioners ask-ing them to provide us with their best estimate of the level of fi-nancial support that they plan to give to the parish this year. Wewould like to have more of our parishioners involved in the lifeof St. Nicholas, beyond Sunday morning Liturgy. In order for usto be truly successful as a community, we all should feel our ownshare of responsibility for the Church.

Please let us know what talents you have so that we could turnto you when we need help in certain areas. We have so manyparishioners that are very successful in their professions. Withyour commitment and participation both helps our spiritual livesand helps us establish connections with other parishioners and toget to know them better. Our goal, as a parish, is to be an or-ganic community of faithful Orthodox Christians who continueto actively show our love for God and for each other. With yourhelp and support we can become that which we are called to beby our Lord!

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¶·Ú·Î·Ïԇ̠ӷ Ì·˜ ÂÓËÌÂÚÒÛÂÙ ÔÈ· Â›Ó·È Ù· ٷϤÓÙ·Ô˘ ¤¯ÂÙÂ, ¤ÙÛÈ ÒÛÙ ӷ ÌÔÚ¤ÛÔ˘Ì ӷ ÛÙÚ·Êԇ̠۠۷˜ fiÙ·Ó¯ÚÂÈ·˙fiÌ·ÛÙ ‚Ô‹ıÂÈ· Û ÔÚÈṲ̂ÓÔ˘˜ ÙÔÌ›˜. Œ¯Ô˘Ì ÙfiÛÔ˘˜ÔÏÏÔ‡˜ ÂÓÔÚ›Ù˜ Ô˘ Â›Ó·È Ôχ ÂÈÙ˘¯Â›˜ fiÛÔÓ ·ÊÔÚ¿ ٷ·ÁÁ¤ÏÌ·Ù¿ ÙÔ˘˜. ªÂ ÙË ‰¤ÛÌ¢ÛË Î·È ÙË Û˘ÌÌÂÙÔ¯‹ Û·˜, Ì·˜‚ÔËı¿Ù ÛÙËÓ ÓÂ˘Ì·ÙÈ΋ ˙ˆ‹ Ì·˜ Î·È Ì·˜ ‚ÔËı¿Ù ›Û˘ Ó·‰ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁ‹ÛÔ˘ÌÂ Û˘Ó‰¤ÛÂȘ Ì ¿ÏÏÔ˘˜ ÂÓÔÚ›Ù˜ Î·È Ó· ÙÔ˘˜ÁÓˆÚ›ÛÔ˘Ì ηχÙÂÚ·. ™Ùfi¯Ô˜ Ì·˜, ˆ˜ ∫ÔÈÓfiÙËÙ·, Â›Ó·È Ó·Á›ÓÔ˘Ì ÌÈ· ÔÚÁ·ÓÈ΋ ∂ÓÔÚ›· ÙˆÓ ÈÛÙÒÓ √ÚıÔ‰fi͈ÓÃÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÒÓ Ô˘ ÂÍ·ÎÔÏÔ˘ıԇ̠ӷ ‰Â›¯ÓÔ˘Ì ÂÓÂÚÁ¿ ÙËÓ·Á¿Ë Ì·˜ ÁÈ· ÙÔÓ £Âfi Î·È ÁÈ· ÙÔÓ ÏËÛ›ÔÓ Ì·˜. ªÂ ÙË ‚Ô‹ıÂÈ·Î·È ÙËÓ ̆ ÔÛÙ‹ÚÈÍ‹ Û·˜ ÌÔÚԇ̠ӷ Á›ÓÔ˘Ì ·˘Ùfi ÁÈ· ÙÔ ÔÔ›ÔÎÏËı‹Î·Ì ӷ Á›ÓÔ˘Ì ·fi ÙÔÓ ∫‡ÚÈfi Ì·˜!

HOLY RESURRECTION SERVICE,HOLY PASCHA NIGHT

Pascha is the inauguration of a new age. It reveals the mysteryof the eight day. It is our taste, in this age, of the new and unend-ing day of the Kingdom of God. All Orthodox Christians shouldbe present and participate in the Midnight Paschal Matins and Di-vine Liturgy. (Resurrection Service at midnight). Unless specialcircumstances do not permit, missing this once a year opportunityto witness as an Orthodox is a “No-No”.

It is remarkable that those who have no problem whatsoeverattending New Year’s Eve parties, and drinking, eating, and danc-ing at wedding receptions, yet give excuses that “it is too late, toolong, and too tiresome to attend the Holy Week services and toattend the Midnight Liturgy. Our children should participate too!We think nothing of driving our children late at night while travel-ing on vacations, or making special trips, or going camping.

We don’t think of the time, when we wake up early on Sundaymorning and take our children to Soccer games. But when itcomes to church, we are always with excuses. I would like to knowwhat excuses we are going to give to the Lord on Judgment Day.Coming to church should be a family experience, and we as par-ents should encourage our children to participate. Remember whatJesus said in (Luke 18:16)”Let the little children come to Me, anddo not forbid them.

Our Paschal celebration will continue following the Liturgywith blessing of the Eggs and a Paschal Feast after church. We lookforward to being with all of you for this blessed event in the life ofthe Church celebrating our Lord’s Holy Resurrection.

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ARCHIMEDES SCHOLARSHIP:Applications are now being accepted for the Next Genera-

tion Initiative’s Archimedes Award Scholarship, offered tooutstanding high school seniors of Hellenic heritage intendingto pursue studies in science, technology, engineering or math(STEM) related fields at a university in the United States. Tobe considered for a 2016-17 scholarship, please apply by March25, 2016. For more information, and to apply online, please goto www.hellenext.org.

 Questions about this scholarship should be addressed toLeon Stavrou, Executive Director, Next Generation Initiative,atleonstavrou@hellenext.org. The Koutsounouris Memorial Scholarship Program

Applications are available for the Koutsounouris MemorialScholarship Program at the church office. The Saint NicholasGreek Orthodox Church will award one (1) $1,000 scholarshipfrom the Koutsounouris Memorial Scholarship Program to ahigh school senior who is continuing his/her education at a fouryear college or a two college student, whose family is a mem-ber in good standing in the Saint Nicholas Greek OrthodoxChurch, 520 South Ponca Street, Baltimore, Md., who meetsthe qualifying criteria.

The deadline for submitting the application is Sunday, April17, 2017. The completed application may be returned to thechurch office or directly to Parish Council Board Member,Mary Serafis.

The recipient of the Koutsounouris Memorial ScholarshipProgram will be announced at church on Sunday, May 22, 2016.

Thank you.Mary Serafis, Scholarship Chairpersonh.

THE ST. NICHOLAS GREEK FOLKFESTIVAL 2016 NEWS

It’s that time of year again when we begin planning for our2016 Festival. We need your ideas, suggestions and most of all,your support.  Consider becoming a volunteer in the organiza-

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tional meetings and seeing your ideas become reality.If you are experienced or not, we need your help!  Don’t be

shy, this is OUR church, and we all have a responsibility to vol-untary our time and services to this major event  We are count-ing on EVERYONE to join us in making this another successfulevent!

 Also, we are looking for two individuals who are extremelyorganized and have excellent interpersonal skills to learn theropes of running the festival. You would work alongside severalof the current festival chairpersons to learn the ins and outs ofthe festival. This will be Frank Mitsos last year as one of theFestival Chairpersons and we are seeking two individuals to takeover next year. Please contact Vasilis Argiropoulos atVasilis110@aol.com if you are interested. Future Festival meet-ings will be announced in the church bulletin and on Facebook.

The Festival Committee

NEXT GENERATION INITIATIVESCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FORHIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

ARCHIMEDES SCHOLARSHIP: Applications are now be-ing accepted for the Next Generation Initiative’s ArchimedesAward Scholarship, offered to outstanding high school seniors ofHellenic heritage intending to pursue studies in science, technol-ogy, engineering or math (STEM) related fields at a universityin the United States. To be considered for a 2016-17scholarship, please apply by March 25, 2016. For more informa-tion, and to apply online, please go to www.hellenext.org.

 Questions about this scholarship should be addressed to LeonStavrou, Executive Director, Next Generation Initiative,atleonstavrou@hellenext.org.

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¯ÚÂÈ·˙fiÌ·ÛÙ ÁÈ· ÙË ªÂÁ¿ÏË ∆ÂÛÛ·Ú·ÎÔÛÙ‹, ÙÔ˘˜Ã·ÈÚÂÙÈÛÌÔ‡˜, ÙË ªÂÁ¿ÏË ∂‚‰ÔÌ¿‰· Î·È ÙÔ ¶¿Û¯·.

™ÙÔ °Ú·ÊÂ›Ô ˘¿Ú¯ÂÈ Ë §›ÛÙ· ÁÈ· Ù· ¿ÓıË Î.Ï..∂ÈÎÔÈÓˆÓ‹ÛÙ Ì ÙËÓ Î· ª·Ú›· ™·Ï¤·, 410-633-5020.

A PRIVATE SCREENING FOR MY BIGFAT GREEK WEDDING 2:

This movie will take place on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 atthe Landmark Theatres-Harbor East.645 President St. Balt.M.D. Doors open at 6:45 pm, Movie will begin at 7:30 pm. Lim-ited seating available. $25.00 includes ticket and Parking. Fortickets call Eleni Roros 443-621-0587 or Olga Paterakis 410-491-4066. Proceeds will benefit the Philoptochos of our sisterchurches. Annunciation, St. Demetrios, St. Nicholas, and Sts.Mary Magdalene and Markella.

π¢πø∆π∫∏ ¶ƒ√µ√§∏ °π∞ ∆∏¡ ∆∞π¡π∞«°∞ª√™ ∞§∞ ∂§§∏¡π∫∞ 2».

∏ Ù·ÈÓ›· ı· ÚÔ‚ÏËı› ÙËÓ ∆ÂÙ¿ÚÙË, 23 ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘, 2016 ÛÙÔLandmark Theatre- East Harbor, 645 President Street, Balti-more, Maryland. √È fiÚÙ˜ ı· ·ÓÔ›ÍÔ˘Ó ÛÙȘ 6:45 Ì.Ì., ËÚÔ‚ÔÏ‹ Ù˘ Ù·ÈÓ›·˜ ı· ·Ú¯›ÛÂÈ ÛÙȘ 7:30 Ì.Ì. √ ·ÚÈıÌfi˜ı¤ÛÂˆÓ Î·È ÛÙ¿ıÌ¢Û˘ Â›Ó·È ÂÚÈÔÚÈṲ̂ÓÔ˜. ∂›ÛÔ‰Ô˜ $ 25.00,ÂÚÈÏ·Ì‚¿ÓÂÈ ÙÔ ÂÈÛÈÙ‹ÚÈÔ Î·È ÙÔ ¿ÚÎÈÓÁÎ. °È· Ó· ·ÁÔÚ¿ÛÂÙÂÂÈÛËÙ‹ÚÈ· ÙËÏÂʈÓ›ÛÙ ÛÙËÓ ∂ϤÓË ƒÔÚÔ‡ 443-621-0587 ‹ÛÙËÓ ŸÏÁ· ¶·ÙÂÚ¿ÎË 410-491-4066. ∆· ¤ÛÔ‰· ı· ‰ÔıÔ‡Ó ÛÙȘºÈÏÔÙÒ¯Ô˘˜ ÙˆÓ ∫ÔÈÓÔÙ‹ÙˆÓ ÙÔ˘ ∂˘·ÁÁÂÏÈÛÌÔ‡ Ù˘

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EASTER LILIES FOR THE CHURCH¢øƒ∂∂™ ∞¡£∂ø¡ (∫ƒπ¡∞ ∆OÀ ¶∞™Ã∞)

Please donate Easter Lilies to decorate our church for Easter. The cost is$25.00. Fill out this form and send or bring it to Saint Nicholas Church.∞Ó ÂÈı˘Ì›Ù ӷ οÓÂÙ ÙË ‰ˆÚ¿ Û·˜ $25.00, Û˘ÌÏËÚÒÛÂÙ ÙÔ ¤ÓÙ˘Ô·˘Ùfi Î·È ÛÙ›ÏÂÙ ÙËÓ ‰ˆÚ¿ Û·˜ ÂÁη›Úˆ˜ ÛÙÔÓ ÕÁÈÔ ¡ÈÎfiÏ·Ô.

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GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAYPARADE

The Maryland Greek Independence Day Parade willbe held on April 3, 2016 on Eastern Avenue in Baltimore’sGreektown. Please go to www.greekparade.com for addi-tional information and to download the form for partici-pation, or call the Parade Hotline at 443-267-4735. Pleaseshow your Hellenic spirit by attending the Parade or par-ticipating!

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GOYA SKI TRIP

The St. Nicholas GOYA members enjoyed anovernight ski trip at Liberty Mountain Ski Re-sort from Sunday, February 14th throughMonday, February 15th. Approximately 24parents and GOYAns attended the ski trip. Forthe majority of the GOYAns this was their firsttime learning how to ski and they all felt confi-dent to hit the slopes after a 90 minute begin-ner ski lesson. Parent skiers and our more ex-perienced GOYA skiers were on hand to guidethe beginners. The group is already planning aweekend day trip for next year so that moreparents and students may partake.

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GOYANS VISITED ELDERLY AT RIVERVIEW

The St. Nicholas GOYA members broughtsmiles to the elderly at Riverview Rehabilita-tion and Health Center in Essex, Md on Satur-day, February 20th. The GOYAns played bingowith the residents and gave out prizes to thebingo winners. Many of the residents asked ifthey would return again soon. Prior to leaving,the group visited several Greek residents whowere relatives of some of the GOYA advisorsand students. Tears of joy were shed that af-ternoon for being able to bring some sunshineinto their lives that day.

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By Dr. Costas G. FountzoulasThe struggle of the enslaved Greeks against their ruthless rul-

ers, the Ottoman Turks, officially started on the 25th of March1821 in the monastery of Hagia Lavra, Kalavryta. Germanos,

the bishop ofPaleon Patron,raised the bannerof the revolutionand blessed thearms of the cap-tains of the re-volting Greeks.The beginning ofthe revolutioncoincided withone of the holiestdays for Ortho-dox Christians,

the Annunciation of the Theotokos. Unofficially though, therevolution of the Hellenes against the Ottoman Turks startedone day after the fall of Constantinople on the 29th of May 1453,and continues until today. However, about 20 actual unsuccess-ful uprisings took place before the 1821 revolution that managedto liberate about 25% of the Hellenes residing in the Ottomanempire.

The culturally superior Hellenic world, as represented by theEastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantine Empire, in1453, fell to the nomadic Asian Turk, and further failed to civi-lize and assimilate this new conqueror as it had previously donewith the Romans. The Moslem Turk adopted the material partof the Byzantines but not its Hellenic intellectual and culturalheritage. Under penalty of death, no Turk could be Christianizedbut many Christians, for their survival, converted to Islam. Thus,the probability that many of today’s Turks are descended fromthe Greeks is high.

During the 400 years of Ottoman occupation complete lackof schooling resulted in illiterate, superstitious and ignorant

Hellenes (especially in their culture, his-tory and language). Interestingly, thesame Turkish policy continues todaywith the Kurds! systematic abduction ofChristian children forming the infamousand cruel Jenisaries, faithful only to Sul-tan? moderate religious freedom wasgranted to those minorities who ac-cepted the Sultan as their despotic leaderand paid their taxes churches wereturned into mosques and icons were de-stroyed (usually by poking out the eyes

of the depicted saints, as it is happening in the conquered northpart of Cyprus today, at the end of the 20th century).

However, the Hellenes living in the occupied Hellas reactedto the oppression, lack of education and freedom by continuousuprisings against their Ottoman overlords (kleftes and armatoloiwere a continuous headache for the Turks) obtaining elementaryeducation in the Hidden Schools (for reading and writing only),formed and covertly operated by the church (at the same timethe Europeans, through the discovery of Hellenic classics, beganthe renaissance, after many centuries of darkness) always beingreminded of their glorious past and the contribution of their an-

cestors to the world by the surrounding ruins of ancient temples,theaters and stadia; thus keeping their historical identity alive be-coming successful international ship owners and merchants(Turks were not very successful as sea merchants, thus bringingthe European ideas of democracyand freedom back to the enslavedHellenes and at the same time in-forming the Europeans of theirstruggle (AGON) for independenceand human dignity—the contribu-tions of the fleet of Spetses, Hydraand Chios were of extreme impor-tance to the success of the revolu-tion).

The struggle of the Hellenes forindependence was coordinatedfrom abroad. The Hellenes ofDiaspora were the strategic and fi-nancial brains behind the revolution(Secret Society of Friends [Filiki Etaeria], Sacred Band [IerosLohos], Ypsilandis, Koraes, Kapodistrias and many othersraised the interest of the European and American intellectualsand Phil-Hellenes (Lord Byron, Dr. Samuel Gridly Howe, andDaniel Webster to name a few).

The Hellenes of mainland Hellas formed military groups andcarried out most of the burden of the fighting against the Otto-man Turks in Hellas; Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis, Papaflessas,Androutsos, Botsaris, Bouboulina, and Miaoulis were some ofthe heroes and military leaders suffered most of the conse-quences of their revolution against the Turks (burning of Chiosand Psara) proved to the enslaved peoples of the Balkans(Aemos peninsula) that the Ottoman army was not invinciblethrough their determination and self-sacrifice (Souli, Alamana,Messologi, Maniaki) they achieved significant victories over theTurks, thus liberating within 2 years Attica, Peloponnese andSterea Ellas, which comprised in 1823 the first free Hellenic Stateforced the allied victory at the battle of Navarino, 1828, thus ac-celerating the demise of the Ottoman Empire.

The Holy Alliance, comprised of Austria, Russia, England,France, and Germany, tried to put an end to the revolution. Therevolting Hellenes had been characterized, mainly by the Aus-trians, as agitators or terrorists using today’s language. How-ever, their fight for independence inspired many Europeans Phil-Hellenes, who gave their life for their righteous struggle. It isworth mentioning that there were Phil-Hellenes from every European nation exceptAustria and Czarist Russia (however, theIeros Lohos (Sacred Band) was formed inRussia).

The struggle of the Hellenes for Indepen-dence eventually resulted in the demise of theOttoman Empire and the liberation of the en-slaved Balkans (Haemus Peninsula) from theOttoman yoke—it is also worth mentioningthat the only people in the Balkans whofought against the Ottoman Turks were theHellenes, something never forgotten by thecontemporary Turks, and the creation of the contemporaryHellas State, an oasis of peace, democracy and stability, not onlyin the Balkans but in the Eastern Mediterranean as well.

LONG LIVE THE 25TH OF MARCH 1821 !!!

THE 25TH OF MARCH, 1821 IS THEGREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY

Kolokotronis being sworn.

Lord Byron.

∆he Massacre of∆he Massacre ofChios.Chios.

Makryiannis.

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ÛÎÏËÚÒÓ Î·È ·ÓÂϤËÙˆÓ √ıˆÌ·ÓÒÓ ∆Ô‡ÚΈÓ, ¿Ú¯ÈÛ ›ÛËÌ·ÙËÓ 25Ë ª·Ú›Ô˘ ÛÙ‹Ó ªÔÓ‹ Ù˘ ∞Á›·˜ §·‡Ú·˜ ÛÙ·∫·Ï¿‚Ú˘Ù·. √ ›ÛÎÔÔ˜ ¶·Ï·ÈÒÓ ¶·ÙÚÒÓ °ÂÚÌ·Ófi˜ ‡„ˆÛÂÙÔ Ï¿‚·ÚÔ Ù˘ ·ӷÛÙ¿Ûˆ˜ Î·È Â˘ÏfiÁËÛ ٷ fiÏ· ÙˆÓηÂÙ·Ó·›ˆÓ ÙˆÓ·ӷÛÙ·ÙËÌ¤ÓˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ. ∏¤Ó·ÚÍË Ù˘ ·ӷÛÙ¿Ûˆ˜Û˘Ó¤ÂÛ Ì ÙÔÓ ∂˘·ÁÁÂÏÈÛÌfi Ù˘£ÂÔÙfiÎÔ˘, Ì›· ·fi ÙȘ ÈÂÚÒÙÂÚ˜Ë̤Ú˜ Ù˘ √ÚıÔ‰Ô¯›·˜. ŸÌˆ˜ Ë·ӿÛÙ·ÛË ÙˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ ‹ ÔÍÂÛËΈÌfi˜ ÙÔ˘ °¤ÓÔ˘˜, fiˆ˜·ÏÏÔÈÒ˜ Â›Ó·È ÁÓˆÛÙ‹, ›¯Â·Ú¯›ÛÂÈ ÙËÓ ÂfiÌÂÓË Ë̤ڷ ·fiÙ˘ ÙÒÛˆ˜ Ù˘ ∫ˆÓÛÙ·ÓÙÈÓÔ˘-fiψ˜, 29 ª·˚Ô˘ 1453, ηÈÛ˘Ó¯›˙ÂÙ·È Ì¤¯ÚÈ ÙȘ Ë̤Ú˜ Ì·˜.™˘ÁÎÂÎÚÈÌ̤ӷ ÂÚ›Ô˘ 20·ÔÙ˘¯Ë̤Ó˜ ÚÔÛ¿ıÂȘ ÚÔ-ËÁ‹ıËÎ·Ó Ù˘ ·ӷÛÙ¿Ûˆ˜ Ù˘25Ë ª·Ú›Ô˘ ÙÔ˘ 1821. ª¤Û· ÛÙ·ÂfiÌÂÓ· 7 ¯ÚfiÓÈ· ÙÔ 25% ÙˆÓÛÎÏ·‚ˆÌ¤ÓˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ Â›¯Â·ÂÏ¢ıÂÚˆı›.

∏ ÙÒÛË Ù˘ ∫ˆÓÛÙ·ÓÙÈÓÔ˘fiψ˜ ÙÔ 1453 ÂÛ‹Ì·Ó ÙÔÙ¤ÏÔ˜ Ù˘ ∞Ó·ÙÔÏÈ΋˜ ƒˆÌ·˚΋˜ ∞˘ÙÔÎÚ·ÙÔÚ›·˜, ÊÓˆÛÙ‹ ˆ˜µ˘˙·ÓÙÈÓ‹ ∞˘ÙÔÎÚ·ÙÔÚ›·, Î·È ÙËÓ ·ÓÙÈηٿÛÙ·Û‹ Ù˘ ̆ fi Ù˘‚·Ú‚¿ÚÔ˘ Î·È ·ÔÏÈÙ›ÛÙÔ˘ √ıˆÌ·ÓÈ΋˜ ·˘ÙÔÎÚ·ÙÔÚ›·˜.¶ÔÏÏÔ› ÃÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÔ› ÁÈ· Ó· ÛÒÛÔ˘Ó ÙÔ ÎÂÊ¿ÏÈ ÙÔ˘˜ Î·È Ó·ÚÔÛÙ·Ù¤Ô˘Ó Ù˘ ÔÈÎÔÁ¤ÓÂȘ ÙÔ˘˜ ÂÍÈÛÏ·Ì›ÛıËÎ·Ó (fiˆ˜Û˘Ó¤‚Ë Ì ÙÔ˘˜ ªÔ˘ÛÔ˘ÏÌ¿ÓÔ˘˜ Ù˘ µÔÛÓ›·˜).

∫·Ù¿ ÙËÓ ‰È¿ÚÎÂÈ· ÙˆÓ 400 ̄ ÚfiÓˆÓ √ıˆÌ·ÓÈ΋˜ ηÙÔ¯‹˜ Ë·ÓÙÂÏ‹˜ ¤ÏÏÂȄȘ Âηȉ‡Ûˆ˜ ‰ËÌÈÔ‡ÚÁËÛ ŒÏÏËÓ˜ÚÔÏËÙÈÎÔ‡˜ Î·È ·ÌfiÚʈÙÔ˘˜, ÂÈÏ‹ÛÌÔÓ˜ Ù˘ ÁÏÒÛÛ·˜ÙˆÓ Î·È Ù˘ ÈÛÙÔÚ›·˜ ÙˆÓ. ∏ ›‰È· ÔÏÈÙÈ΋ ÂÊ·ÚÌfi˙ÂÙ·ÈÛ‹ÌÂÚ· ÛÙÔ˘˜ ∫Ô‡Ú‰Ô˘˜! Û˘ÛÙËÌ·ÙÈ΋ ··ÁˆÁ‹ ÙˆÓ·ÚÛÂÓÈÎÒÓ ·È‰ÈÒÓ ÙˆÓ ÃÚÈÛÙÈ·ÓÈÎÒÓ ÏËı˘ÛÌÒÓ(·È‰ÔÌ¿˙ˆÌ·), Ù· ÔÔ›· ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈ‹ıËÎ·Ó ‰È· ÙÔÓÛ¯ËÌ·ÙÈÛÌfi ÙˆÓ ··ÓıÚÒˆÓ °ÂÓÈÙÛ¿ÚˆÓ, ÈÛÙÒÓ ÌfiÓÔ ÛÙÔÓ™Ô˘ÏÙ¿ÓÔ ÂÚÈÔÚÈṲ̂ÓË ıÚËÛ΢ÙÈ΋ ÂÏ¢ıÂÚ›· ›¯Â ‰Ôı›ÌfiÓÔ ÛÙȘ ÌÂÈÔÓfiÙËÙ˜ Ô˘ ›¯·Ó ·Ô‰Â¯ı› ÙÔÓ ™Ô˘ÏÙ¿ÓÔ Û·Ó·Ú¯ËÁfi ÙÔ˘˜ Î·È ÂÏ‹ÚˆÓ·Ó ÙÔ˘˜ ÊfiÚÔ˜ ÙÔ˘˜ ÂÎÎÏËۛ˜ÌÂÙÂÙÚ¿ËÎ·Ó Û ÌÔ˘ÛÔ˘ÏÌ·ÓÈο ÙÂ̤ÓË (Ù˙·ÌÈ¿) Î·È ÂÈÎfiÓ˜ηÙÂÛÙÚ¤ÊÔÓÙÔ (Û˘Ó‹ıˆ˜ ÙÔ˘˜ ·Ê·ÈÚÔ‡ÓÙÔ Ù· Ì¿ÙÈ·, fiˆ˜Û˘Ì‚·›ÓÂÈ ÂÍ’ ¿ÏÏÔ˘ Î·È Û‹ÌÂÚ· ÛÙÔ Î·Ù¯fiÌÂÓÔ, ÙÌ‹Ì· Ù˘∫‡ÚÔ˘).

∏ ·ÓÙ›ÛÙ·ÛË ÙˆÓ ÛÎÏ·‚ˆÌ¤ÓˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ ÛÙËÓ Î·Ù·›ÂÛË,¤ÏÏÂÈ„Ë Âηȉ‡Ûˆ˜ Î·È ÂÏ¢ıÂÚ›·˜ ̄ ·Ú·ÎÙËÚ›˙ÂÙ·È ·fi ÙÈ˜Û˘Ó¯›˜ ÂÍÂÁ¤ÚÛÂȘ ÂÓ·ÓÙ›ÔÓÙˆÓ ∆Ô‡ÚÎˆÓ (∫ϤÊÙ˜ Î·È ÔÈ∞ÚÌ·ÙˆÏÔ›) ·fi ÙËÓ Ì¿ıËÛË ÛÙÔȯÂÈÒ‰Ô˘˜ ·Ó·ÁÓÒÛˆ˜ ηÈÁÚ·Ê‹˜ ÛÙ· ∫Ú˘Ê¿ ™¯ÔÏ›· (Û ·ÓÙȉȷÛÙÔÏ‹ ÔÈ ˘fiÏÔÈÔÈ∂˘Úˆ·›ÔÈ ‰È· ̤ÛÔ˘ Ù˘ ·Ó·Î·Ï‡„ˆ˜ ÙˆÓ ‰ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁËÌ¿ÙˆÓÙˆÓ ·Ú¯·›ˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ Â›¯·Ó ·Ú¯›ÛÂÈ ÙËÓ ·Ó·Á¤ÓÓËÛ‹ ÙÔ˘˜ÌÂÙ· ·Ô ¤Ó·Ó Ôχ¯ÚÔÓÔ ªÂÛ·›ˆÓ·) ·fi ÙËÓ ̆ ÂÓı‡ÌÈÛË ÙÔ˘ÂÓ‰fiÍÔ˘ ·ÚÂÏıfiÓÙÔ˜ ÙˆÓ Î·È Ù˘ Û˘ÓÂÈÛÊÔÚ¿˜ ÙˆÓ ÚÔÁfiÓˆÓÙˆÓ ÛÙÔÓ ÎfiÛÌÔ Ì¤Ûˆ ÙˆÓ ÂÚÂÈ›ˆÓ ÙˆÓ ·Ú¯·›ˆÓ Ó·ÒÓ Î·Èı¿ÙÚˆÓ.‰È·ÙËÚÒÓÙ·˜ ¤ÙÛÈ ÙËÓ ÂıÓÈ΋ Ù·˘ÙfiÙËÙ· ÙÔ˘˜˙ˆÓÙ·Ó‹ ·Ô ÙËÓ ÂÈÙ˘¯›· ÙÔ˘˜ ˆ˜ ÂÊÔÏÈÛÙÒÓ Î·È ÂÌfiÚˆÓ(ÔÈÎÔÓÔÌÈÎÔ› ÙÔÌ›˜ fiÔ˘ ÔÈ ∆Ô‡ÚÎÔÈ ‰ÂÓ Â›¯·Ó ÂÈÙ‡¯ÂÈ),

ÌÂٷʤÚÔÓÙ·˜ ηْ ·˘ÙfiÓ ÙÔÓ ÙÚfiÔ ÛÙËÓ ∂ÏÏ¿‰· ÙȘ∂˘Úˆ·˚Τ˜ ȉ¤Â˜ ÁÈ· ‰ËÌÔÎÚ·Ù›· Î·È ÂÏ¢ıÂÚ›· ηÈÙ·˘ÙÔ¯ÚfiÓˆ˜ ÌÂٷʤÚÔÓÙ·˜ ÙÔÓ ·ÁÒÓ· ÙˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ ÁÈ··ÓÂÍ·ÚÙËÛ›· Î·È ·ÓıÚÒÈÓË ·ÍÈÔÚ¤ÂÈ· ÛÙÔ˘˜∂˘Úˆ·›Ô˘˜—Ë Û˘ÓÂÈÛÊÔÚ¿ ÙˆÓ ÂÌÔÚÈÎÒÓ ÛÙfiÏˆÓ ÙˆÓ™ÂÙÛÒÓ, ⁄‰Ú·˜ Î·È Ã›Ô˘ ‹Ù·Ó ·ÔÊ·ÛÈÛÙÈ΋˜

ÛÔ˘‰·ÈfiÙËÙ·˜ ÛÙËÓ ÂÈÙ˘¯‹¤Î‚·ÛË Ù˘ ·ӷÛÙ¿Ûˆ˜

√ ·ÁÒÓ·˜ ÙˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ ÁÈ··ÓÂÍ·ÚÙËÛ›· Û˘ÓÙÔÓ›˙ÂÙÔ ·fi ÙÔÂ͈ÙÂÚÈÎfi. √È ŒÏÏËÓ˜ Ù˘¢È·ÛÔÚ¿˜ ‹Ù·Ó ÔÈ ÛÙÚ·ÙËÁÈÎԛۯ‰ȷÛÙ¤˜ Î·È ÔÈÎÔÓÔÌÈÎÔ›·Ú¿ÁÔÓÙ˜ Ù˘ ·ӷÛÙ¿Ûˆ˜(ºÈÏÈ΋ ∂Ù·ÈÚ›·, πÂÚfi˜ §fi¯Ô˜,À„ËÏ¿ÓÙ˘, ∫ÔÚ·‹˜, ∫·Ô-‰›ÛÙÚÈ·˜ Î·È ÔÏÏÔ› ¿ÏÏÔÈ)ÚÔοÏÂÛ·Ó ÙÔ ÂӉȷʤÚÔÓ ÙˆÓ∂˘Úˆ·›ˆÓ Î·È ∞ÌÂÚÈηÓÒӢȷÓÔÔ˘Ì¤ÓˆÓ Î·È ºÈÏÂÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ(§fiÚ‰Ô˜ µ‡ÚˆÓ, ¢Ú. ™·ÌÔ˘‹ÏÃ¿Ô˘Ë Î·È ¢·ÓÈ‹Ï °Ô˘¤ÛÙÂÚ Î.·.)

√È ÛÎÏ·‚ˆÌ¤ÓÔÈ ŒÏÏËÓ˜Ù˘ ΢ڛˆ˜ ∂ÏÏ¿‰Ô˜ ÂÛ¯ËÌ¿ÙÈÛ·Ó·ӷÛÙ·ÙÈο ÛÙÚ·ÙȈÙÈο ÛÒÌ-

·Ù· Î·È ÂÛ‹ÎˆÛ·Ó ÙÔ ÌÂÁ·Ï‡ÙÂÚÔ ‚¿ÚÔ˜ Ù˘ ÂÍÂÁ¤ÚÛˆ˜ÂÓ·ÓÙ›ÔÓ ÙˆÓ √ıˆÌ·ÓÒÓ ∆Ô‡ÚΈÓ. ∫ÔÏÔÎÔÙÚÒÓ˘,∫·Ú·˚Ûο΢, ¶·ÊϤÛÛ·˜, ∞Ó‰ÚÔ‡ÙÛÔ˜, ªfiÙÛ·Ú˘,ªÔ˘ÌÔ˘Ï›Ó· Î·È ªÈ·Ô‡Ï˘ Â›Ó·È ÔÓfiÌ·Ù· ÌÂÚÈÎÒÓ ËÚÒˆÓÎ·È ÛÙÚ·ÙȈÙÈÎÒÓ ËÁÂÙÒÓ ÙÔ˘ ·ÁÒÓ· ˘¤ÊÂÚ·Ó ÙȘÂÚÈÛÛfiÙÂÚ˜ Û˘Ó¤ÂȘ ÙÔ˘ ·ÁÒÓ· ÙÔ˘˜ (ηٷÛÙÚÔÊ‹ ÙˆÓæ·ÚÒÓ Î·È Ù˘ Ã›Ô˘) ·¤‰ÂÈÍ·Ó ÛÙÔ‡˜ ÛÎÏ·‚ˆÌ¤ÓÔ˘˜Î·ÙÔ›ÎÔ˘˜ Ù˘ ÃÂÚÛfiÓËÛÔ˘ ÙÔ˘ ∞›ÌÔ˘ (µ·ÏοÓÈ·) fiÙÈ ÔÔÏ˘¿ÚÈıÌÔ˜ √ıˆÌ·ÓÈÎfi˜ ÛÙÚ·Ùfi˜ ‰ÂÓ ‹Ù·Ó ·Ó›ÎËÙԘη٤ÊÂÚ·Ó Ì ÙËÓ ·˘ÙÔı˘Û›· ÙÔ˘˜ Î·È ÙÔÓ ËÚˆ˚ÛÌfi ÙÔ˘˜(™Ô‡ÏÈ, ª·ÓÈ¿ÎÈ, ∞Ï·Ì¿Ó·, ªÂÛÔÏfiÁÁÈ) ÛËÌ·ÓÙÈΤ˜ ӛΘηٷ ÙˆÓ ∆Ô‡ÚΈÓ, ·ÂÏ¢ıÂÚÒÓÔÓÙ·˜ ¤ÙÛÈ Ì¤Û· Û 2 ¯ÚfiÓÈ·ÙËÓ ∞ÙÙÈ΋, ¶ÂÏÔfiÓËÛÛÔ Î·È ™ÙÂÚ¿ ∂ÏÏ¿‰·, Ù· ÔÔ›··ÂÙ¤ÏÂÛ·Ó ÙÔ 1823 ÙÔ ÚÒÙÔ ÂχıÂÚÔ ∂ÏÏËÓÈÎfi ÎÚ¿ÙÔ˜·Ó¿ÁÎ·Û·Ó ÙÔ˘˜ Û˘ÌÌ¿¯Ô˘˜ Ó· ÓÈ΋ÛÔ˘Ó ÙÔÓ ∆Ô˘ÚÎÈÎfi ÛÙfiÏÔÛÙÔ ¡·‚·Ú›ÓÔ ÙÔ 1828, ÂÈÙ·¯‡ÓÔÓÙ·˜ ¤ÙÛÈ ÙËÓ ÙÒÛË Ù˘√ıˆÌ·ÓÈ΋˜ ·˘ÙÔÎÚ·ÙÔÚ›·˜.

√È ŒÏÏËÓ˜ ›¯·Ó ¯·Ú·ÎÙËÚÈÛı› ·fi ÙÔ˘˜ ∞˘ÛÙÚÈ·ÎÔ‡˜È‰È·›ÙÂÚ· Û·Ó Â·Ó·Ûٿ٘ ‹ ÙÚÔÌÔÎÚ¿Ù˜ Ì ٷ ÛËÌÂÚÈÓ¿‰Â‰Ô̤ӷ. ¶·Ú’ fiÏ· Ù·‡Ù· Ô ·ÁÒÓ·˜ ÙÔ˘˜ ÂÓ¤Ó¢Û ÔÏÏÔ‡˜ºÈϤÏÏËÓ˜, ÔÈ ÔÔ›ÔÈ ¤‰ˆÛ·Ó ÙËÓ ˙ˆ‹ ÙÔ˘˜ ÁÈ· ÙÔÓ ‰›Î·ÈÔ·ÁÒÓ· ÙÔ˘˜. ∞ÍÈÔÛËÌ›ˆÙÔ Â›Ó·È fiÙÈ ˘‹Ú¯·Ó ºÈϤÏÏËÓ˜·ãfiÏË ÙËÓ ∂˘ÚÒË Ï‹Ó Ù˘ ∞˘ÛÙÚ›·˜ Î·È Ù˘ ∆Û·ÚÈ΋˜ƒˆÛÛ›·˜.

√ ·ÁÒÓ·˜ ÙˆÓ ∂ÏÏ‹ÓˆÓ ‰È· ∞ÓÂÍ·ÚÙËÛ›· ÙÂÏÈÎÒ˜ ¤ÊÂÚÂÙËÓ ÙÒÛË Ù˘ √ıˆÌ·ÓÈ΋˜ ∞˘ÙÔÎÚ·ÙÔÚ›·˜ ÙË ·ÂÏ¢ı¤ÚˆÛËÙˆÓ ÛÎÏ·‚ˆÌ¤ÓˆÓ µ·ÏηӛˆÓ (ÃÂÚÛfiÓËÛÔ˜ ÙÔ˘ ∞›ÌÔ˘) ·ÔÙÔÓ √ıˆÌ·ÓÈÎfi ˙˘Áfi—√È ŒÏÏËÓ˜ ‹Ù·Ó ÔÈ ÌfiÓÔÈ Ô˘ÂÔϤÌËÛ·Ó ÙÔ˘˜ √ıˆÌ·ÓÔ‡˜ ∆Ô‡ÚÎÔ˘˜ ÛÙ· µ·ÏοÓÈ·, οÙÈÔ˘ ÔÈ ∆Ô‡ÚÎÔÈ ‰ÂÓ ÂÏËÛÌfiÓËÛ·Ó ÔÙ¤, Î·È ÙËÓ ‰ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁ›· ÙÔ˘Û˘Á¯ÚfiÓÔ˘ ∂ÏÏËÓÈÎÔ‡ ∫Ú¿ÙÔ˘˜, ÙÔ ÔÔ›Ô Â›Ó·È ÌÈ¿ fi·ÛȘÂÈÚ‹Ó˘, ‰ËÌÔÎÚ·Ù›·˜ Î·È ÛÙ·ıÂÚfiÙËÙÔ˜, fi¯È ÌfiÓÔ ÛÙ·µ·ÏοÓÈ· ·ÏÏ¿ Î·È ÛÙËÓ Â˘Ú‡ÙÂÚË ÂÚÈÔ¯‹ Ù˘ ∞Ó·ÙÔÏÈ΋˜ªÂÛÔÁ›Ԣ.

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March

16 K O I N ø N I ∞ ª∞RCH 2016

The following donations have been received. Our prayers are with the families of thosewho have gone before us. May their memory be eternal.

DONATIONS IN MEMORIAM

In memory of Maria SfikasDimitris & Angela DimidisMike & Valanti GeorgalasMr. & Mrs. Dimitrios Trikoulis & JoanneThe Ladies Panchian Society ChiosNikolaos & Perdika StroumbisGeorge & Rosa CorniasMr. & Mrs. CharalambosCharalambopoulosMrs. Georgia KepreosIIn memory of Vasilios DiakokomninosVasilis & Maria NicolaidisIn memory of Andrew KaikisMs. Susan Kay JonesJohn & Mary DaskalakisMrs. Vangie DemetrakisMs. Helen V. SkillmanMrs. Nina Tripolitis & FamilyThe Sarioglou FamilyMs. Anne SheltonMr. Chris AngelopoulosMr. & Mrs. George ArnasGeorge & Maria GeorgasMrs. Penelope Fantis & FamilyManuel & Sofia MastromanolisSaint Paraskevi SocietyMs. Irene Eliou – Toutsis FamiliesLazaros & Simone ValikasMr. & Mrs. Emmanuel AntonakasMrs. Despina Cornias

Ms. Patricia Liacopoulos & FamilyIn memory of Aristea BraimosSaint Nicholas Choir membersMr. & Mrs. Dimitrios Trikoulis & JoanneMaria Salpeas & FamilyMr. & Mrs. Frank VasiliosThe Ladies Panchian Society ChiosMs. Tina HarrisMrs. Mary SerafisRev.Fr. Manuel J. Burdusi & Presb MollyMrs. Margaret KontoyianisGeorge & Rosa CorniasMrs. Parthena AmarantidisGeorge & Aristea HaralamboudisMr. Christ AngelopoulosMs. Argyro StevensAnastasios & Haritsa Tsagthis (Limnos)Phyllis KoumbourlisNikos & Eleftheria CapetanosGeorge & Sylvia VoxakisMrs. Stephanie TahinosSpiros & Stratigo KoumbourlisIn memory of Vasilios DiakokomninosMrs. Anastasia SarioglouIn memory of Anastasios DouskasNicholas & Dimitra DouskasMr. & Mrs. Stephen KontokostasIn memory of Stilianos ChambarlisJohn & Ethel ChambarlisMrs. Georgia Kepreos

In memory of Helen FrangosGeorge & Sylvia VoxakisIn memory of Paraskevi ZamariaStefanos & Dina SiskosMrs. Despina CorniasIn memory of Filippou FamilyMr. Nicholas FilippouIn memory of John PapaerakleousMr. & MRs. Theodore OnasisIn memory of Elpida (Hope) & Michael HarrisMs. Tina HarrisIn memory of Pete Christ Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Gerasimos GaliatsatosSaint Paraskevi SocietyIn memory of Basilio TrintisMr. & Mrs. Gerasimos GaliatsatosMrs. Penelope Fantis & familyIn memory of Efstratios NistazosThe Sarioglou FamilyMr. & Mrs. Gerasimos GaliatsatosIn memory of Dr. Nicolas PapadimitriouMrs. Erma PapadimitriouDr. George PapadimitriouIn memory of George RossisMr. & Mrs. Emmanuel AntonakasIn memory of Theodore KoutsantonisMrs. Despina Cornias

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The three Saturday of the Souls will be March 5 and March 12 and 19. The Orthros will begin at 8:45 a.m. and theDivine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. These Services are for those who have fallen asleep in the Lord. During these three Saturdays,the tradition of the Church is to send the names of your departed family members to be read and prayed for, and to bringkolliva (boiled wheat) to the Church to be blessed. We ask that you write the names clearly and correctly. Please note:All the names will be read for all three Saturdays. Therefore, you do not need to send in your names each Saturday. Onlyone memorial list is needed. We ask that you bring the kolliva into Church before the Divine Liturgy begins, so as not todisrupt the order of the service. May God give rest to your departed family members and may their memory be eternal.∂ʤÙÔ˜ Ù· æ˘¯ÔÛ¿‚‚·Ù· ı· Â›Ó·È ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘ 5 Î·È ª·ÚÙ›Ô˘ 12 Î·È 19. ŸÚıÚÔ˜ ı· ·Ú¯›˙ÂÈ ÛÙȘ 8:45 .Ì. Î·È Ë £Â›·§ÂÈÙÔ˘ÚÁ›· ÛÙȘ 9:30 .Ì. OÈ ∞ÎÔÏÔ˘ı›Â˜ ·˘Ù¤˜ Á›ÓÔÓÙ·È ÁÈ· ÙÔ˘˜ ·ÂÏıfiÓÙ·˜ ÂȘ ∫‡ÚÈÔÓ ·‰ÂÏÊÔ‡˜ Ì·˜. ∫·Ù¿ Ù·æ˘¯ÔÛ¿‚‚·Ù· ÙÔ ¤ıÈÌÔ Î·Ï› Ó· ʤÚÓÔ˘Ì ÛÙËÓ ∂ÎÎÏËÛ›· Ù· ÔÓfiÌ·Ù· ÙˆÓ ·Á·ËÌ¤ÓˆÓ Ì·˜ ·Ô‚ȈۿÓÙˆÓÚÔÛÒˆÓ, Ó· Ù· ‰È·‚¿˙Ô˘ÌÂ Î·È Ó· ÚÔÛ¢¯fiÌ·ÛÙ ÁÈ· ÙËÓ „˘¯‹ ÙÔ˘˜. ∂›Û˘ ʤÚÓÔ˘Ì ÎfiÏÏ˘‚· (‚Ú·Ṳ̂ÓÔÛÙ¿ÚÈ) ÁÈ· Ó· ¢ÏÔÁËı› ÛÙËÓ ∂ÎÎÏËÛ›·. ™·˜ ·Ú·Î·Ïԇ̠ӷ ÁÚ¿ÊÂÙ ٷ ÔÓfiÌ·Ù· ÛˆÛÙ¿ Î·È Â˘·Ó¿ÁÓˆÛÙ·.™ËÌÂÈÒÛ·Ù fiÙÈ, fiÏ· Ù· ÔÓfiÌ·Ù· ı· ‰È·‚·ÛÙÔ‡Ó fiÏ· Ù· „˘¯ÔÛ¿‚‚·Ù·. °Èã·˘Ùfi ‰ÂÓ Ú¤ÂÈ Ó· ÛÙ¤ÏÓÂÙ ٷ ÔÓfi̷ٷοı „˘¯ÔÛ¿‚‚·ÙÔ, ÌÈ· ÊÔÚ¿ Â›Ó·È ·ÚÎÂÙfi. ∆¤ÏÔ˜ Û·˜ ·Ú·Î·Ïԇ̠ӷ ʤÚÓÂÙ ٷ ÎfiÏÏ˘‚· ÚÈÓ ·Ú¯›ÛÂÈ Ë £Â›·§ÂÈÙÔ˘ÚÁ›·, Ô‡Ùˆ˜ ÒÛÙ ӷ ÌËÓ ‰È·ÎfiÙÂÙ·È Ë §ÂÈÙÔ˘ÚÁ›·. O £Âfi˜ Ó· ÙÔ˘˜ ·Ó··‡ÛÂÈ, ·ÈˆÓ›· ÙÔ˘˜ Ë ÌÓ‹ÌË.

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Calendar of events

Special eventsApril 3, 2016 – Greek Independence Day Parade

April 10, 2016 – Festival of TablesApril 23, 2016 – Lacrosse Fundraiser Bullroast

June 3, 2016 – Experience Corps LuncheonJune 9 – 12, 2016 Greek Folk Festival

June 11, 2016 – Giorgos Tsalikis

Private eventsMarch 19, 2016 – QuinceaneraMarch 26, 2016 – Christening

April 9, 2016 – Engagement PartyApril 30, 2016 – Quinceanera

May 7, 2016 – ChristeningMay 21, 2016 – Sweet 16

May 28, 2016 – Wedding ReceptionJune 5, 2016 – Christening

June 25, 2016 – Wedding/ChristeningJune 25, 2016 Christening

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St. Nicholas Bilingual Early Education CenterSt. Nicholas Bilingual Early Education Center

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