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Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral Sunday Services: Orthros 8:15am, Divine Liturgy 9:30am
Febr uar y 10, 2019 Sunday of the Canaanite
Holy Trinity Cathedral is under the Omophorion of His E m i n e n c e M e t r o p o l i t a n Nicholas of the Metropolis of Detroit.
Father William J. Bartz Dean of the Cathedral
Father Lucas Christensen
Priest
Parish Office Hours 9 am - 5 pm
Monday-Friday
3500 W. 106th Street, Carmel, IN 46032
317-733-3033 317-733-2806-fax
www.holytrinityindy.org
www.facebook.com/holytrinityindy
Parish Council
President Julie Rowlas
Vice President Nick Sofianopoulos
Secretary Nick Dervenis
Treasurer Anthony Eleftheri
Assistant Treasurer Jon Vitsas
Dennis Dickos, Greg Dickos, Bob Dine, Pete Dunbar, Steve Kollias, Leon Pappas, Tracy P a p p a s , I r e n e S a r r i s , Gail Zeheralis.
Staff
Office Administrator Cory Graybiel Ministries Coordinator Sandy Cooper
Building Manager Tim Bryant Administrative Assistant Desiree Thompson For information about this publication contact the Cathedral Office at (317)733-3033. Deadline for inclusion is Tuesday before the cover date. All items are requested in digital format and sent to [email protected].
On the back pages of the inside covers in the Green Hymnal, please find the prayers in preparation for Holy Communion and in thanksgiving of Holy Communion.
EPISTLE READING: St. Paul's Second Letter to Timothy 2:1-10
GOSPEL READING: The Gospel According to St. Matthew 15:21-28
Sunday Service Schedule and Teams
Date Parish Council Early Duty Parish Council Early Duty Team
2/10/2019 Nick Sofianopoulos Jon Vitsas Team 1
Date Parish Council Early Duty Parish Council Early Duty Team
2/17/2019 Irene Sarris Anthony Eleftheri Team 2
2/24/2019 Gail Zeheralis Dennis Dickos Team 1
Upcoming Weeks
Narthex Server Team 1 Kalli Agapios Marina Agapios Alexandra Bennett Anastasia Ebersole Annamaria Ebersole *Alexandra Hackett Nadja Henderson Anastasia Lafter Sylvia Mudis Mary Raikos Sofia Raikos Anna Tridico
Parish Council Team 1 Dennis Dickos Bob Dine Leon Pappas Tracy Pappas Nick Sofianopoulos Jon Vitsas Gail Zeheralis
Altar Boy Team 1 Manoli Agapios Evan Baroudos **Eli Baroudos Nathan Dervenis Steven Dervenis *Zander Eleftheri Jonathan Eleftheri Christian Lafter
Alex Lupear Sam Lupear Elliot Mudis Chris Pappas George Pappas Andrew Raikos Nick Simopoulos Andrew Spirrison Georgios Tsimerakis
Coffee Hour Sign Up Sign Up TODAY!! https://goo.gl/qwERni
GOYA
TODAY, Sunday, February 10, 11:15am - 12:45pm: Orthodox Life with guest speaker, Dr. Philip Mamalakis, a family counselor and professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling from Holy Cross. All GOYAns will meet in the High School/GOYA Room immediately after Holy Communion. Lunch provided.
February 15-17: Dayton Basketball Tournament
February 24, 1 - 4pm: Family Basketball Scrimmage
Contact Senior GOYA (9 - 12th grade) at [email protected] or Junior GOYA at [email protected] with questions about GOYA & upcoming events.
HOLY TRINITY FINANCIAL UPDATE
Operating Account Activity
1/27/2019 - 2/2/2019
Income $10,910.67
Expense $11,557.29
Year to date
Income $77,375.80
Expense $176,074.91
Project Mexico Missions Trip:
June 18 - 24, 2019
Holy Trinity is looking for volunteers to participate in the
Project Mexico mission trip this year. Deadline is March 1,
2019. Contact Joe Pavia for additional information - Phone: (317) 665-1956 or e-mail: [email protected]
Project Mexico is a multifaceted organization with three main goals. First of all, Project Mexico spends every summer building homes for impoverished families in Mexico without adequate shelter. Secondly, we provide a safe and healthy home for the boys of St. Innocent Orphanage who would otherwise not have one. And finally, we involve volunteers of all ages in participating in these ministries, allowing them to grow in their faith through works of mercy!
K-8 Orthodox School
Now in its eight year, Hagia Sophia Classical Academy (HSCA) is an Orthodox K-8 classical school located here in Indianapolis. The Academy prepares children to excel in a competitive world. High academic standards and Orthodox Christian values are the emphasis. Children develop their minds at peak capacity and learn life-long Christian values of honesty, patience, kindness, diligence, purpose and love of God. Student enrollment is now open for the 2019-2020 year. For information, contact Fr. David Wey at 317-627-2282.
Church School
On Sunday, February 17 Triodion begins. This allows us four weeks to get ready in mind and body for the Lenten fast.
Lent is a good time to check off requirements fo r the Di ckos Church Schoo l Award. Instructions are in the Education Wing.
We are also preparing the 1st - 6th grade students to sing Communion Hymns. Students will be singing the hymns on Sunday, March 10 & 31. They will also be singing for the Metropolitan's visit on March 17.
Festival – Open Meeting
Tuesday, February 19, 7pm
Library
Holy Trinity Cathedral hosts a magnificent festival each year for the greater community! How can we make it better for our visitors, our volunteers, and our Parish? Come to share your ideas about what works well and what we might improve for our festival in 2019.
Everyone who has not yet completed a 2019 Stewardship Commitment Card is encouraged to do so. Blank cards are available in the Founders' Walk following the Divine Services and online at
https://goo.gl/oLGnGf.
Large Liturgical Furniture
New large liturgical furniture is the last project identified in the Spring 2014 survey. Our goal is to raise the funds by the beginning of the Great Lent (March 11), ensuring their delivery before Easter (April 28). The General Assembly approved the $65,000 project. To date we have raised $45,915. This project will complete the enhancement of our magnificent Church. All glory to God!!
Save the Date for Trivia & Fun On Saturday, March 9, Philoptochos will host an evening of Trivia, fun and an opportunity to show what you know! All proceeds will help fund Philoptochos projects to feed the hungry.
Missions Breakfast
The first Missions Breakfast of 2019 will be offered on Sunday, March 3 after Divine Liturgy. The menu is French Toast Casserole, Eggs, Hash Browns, Sausage, Fruit, Cereal, Milk, and Juice. The cost is $7 per person at the door (kids under 5 eat free). Those thinking about going on a mission trip should save March 2 - 3 and May 18 - 19 for the set-up, serving, and cleanup of the Mission Breakfasts. Participation in the fundraisers qualifies Holy Trinity Cathedral Stewards to receive a subsidy, deferring the mission trip cost. Also if planning on going on a Missions trip, please contact P a u l a K o n e d a b y e m a i l ([email protected]) or phone (317) 910-8725 by March 1, 2019 for registration and qualification information.
Oratorical Festival
The 2019 Oratorical Festival will be held Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Holy Trinity after Divine Liturgy. The St. John Chrysostom Oratorical Festival is a ministry of the Archdiocesan Department of Religious Education. Junior Division (Grades 7-9) and Senior Division (Grades 10-12) are welcome to participate. Topics and registration can be found at www.goarch.org/oratorical. Please contact Parish chairperson Kristina Tridico [email protected] or 317- 213-3396.
HOPE JOY Cookies & Canvas
Join HOPE and JOY for a Cookies & Canvas Party on Saturday March 2, 2019 from 2-4 pm in the Education Wing Teen Room. We will be working on a service project for Wheeler Mission. Bring your creative painting talents & have lots of fun! Please RSVP to the Evite. For more information contact Brandie Kopsas-Kingsley at [email protected], Kathy BeMiller at [email protected] or Julia Dervenis at [email protected]
AHEPA-DOP District 12 Scholarship
AHEPA-DOP District 12 Foundation will be offering (5) $1,500 dollar scholarships for the year 2019: Three (3) High School graduating senior awards & Two (2) College undergraduate awards. Individuals applying for the scholarship awards are to complete the application form and carefully read all the instructions, rules, and eligibi li ty requirements. Incomplete applications will be disqualified; so make sure all letters of recommendation, transcripts, and essays are submitted along with the application. The deadline for applications is Sunday, March 31, 2019. All applications postmarked after this date will be disqualified. The scholarship can b e d o w n l o a d e d a t h t t p : / /www.ahepadopfoundation.org/
Greek Dance Registration Open
Please contact Kelly Alexiou at [email protected] or 317-213-6258 to register your child for dancing. Registration must be complete by Friday, March 15 and the first practice is Monday, March 18.
Holy Trinity Lenten Psalms Reading Group
Each volunteer participating in this Lenten Psalms Reading Group is assigned to a Kathisma (a specific reading assignment of selected Psalms). He/she will read the designated Kathisma each day during the Great Lent. When each Kathisma is read each day by everyone, the entire Book of the Psalms is read by the group every day throughout Great Lent. Along with the Kathisma, each person will pray the Trisagion Prayers and pray for everyone in the group by name. These prayers are offered individually in the privacy of everyone's home. If interested in participating, please e-mail Presbytera Barbara Filipovich at [email protected] with your name, baptismal name, and email address. A minimum of 20 volunteers is needed to begin this group. Reading assignments will be emailed before Clean Monday (March 11). Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, March 6.
Why do Orthodox Christians Fast?
Fasting is a regular part of the lives of all Orthodox Christians—we fast on all Wednesdays and Fridays, and during four major seasons: The Nativity Fast, the Great Fast of Lent, the Apostles Fast, and the Dormition Fast. With so much time devoted to this spiritual discipline, we might ask “why do we fast?” The answer is that fasting is letting go of one thing, so that we may receive something even better.
We unburden our:
Schedules: we do not spend time in entertainments, parties and celebrations; we eat simple meals with less time spent in preparation
Bodies: we abstain from certain kinds of food; we also reduce the quantity of the food we eat
Budgets: we save money by not spending on entertainments and social engagements, and by purchasing simple, low-cost foods.
We receive in our:
Schedules: time for increased prayer & spiritual study—this focus during the Fast builds our relationship with God, allowing for undistracted focus on Him.
Bodies: self-control and a redirection of our desires—this focus during the Fast builds our relationship with our own selves; fasting foods are less likely to make us quick to anger and laziness, and the smaller quantities we eat is gives us a lightness of spirit as well as reminding us of our reliance on God.
Budgets: what we save by focusing on our spiritual life, and by eating simply, allows additional money for almsgiving—this focus during the Fast builds our relationship with others. The Great Fast is preceded by Judgment Sunday when Christ tells us that we will be judged by how we care for others in need as for Christ Himself.
There is a saying in baseball: practice never won a game, but nobody ever won a game without practice. We could correctly say that fasting never saved anyone, but nobody was ever saved without fasting—precisely because we need the blessings that come only through Fasting. We see the Fast is not simply about ‘giving something up;’ rather it is about emptying ourselves in order to be filled with the Grace of God Himself !
Sunday, February 10 Orthros 8:15am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Memorial - Thomas Doney (40 days) Memorial - George E. Svolos (40 days) GOYA Orthodox Life 11:15am Philoptochos "Agora" Greek Market 12pm Missions Committee Meeting 12:15pm GOYA Basketball Practice 1pm
Tuesday, February 12 St Paul's Bible Study 10:30am Stewardship Committee Meeting 6:30pm
Wednesday, February 13 Kafeneio 10am Parish Council Meeting 6:30pm
Thursday, February 14 Greek School 5pm Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm
Friday, February 15 Dayton Basketball Tournament Begins
February 16 Philoptochos Soup Kitchen 9am
Sunday, February 24 Orthros 8:15am Divine Liturgy 9:30am GOYA Family Basketball Scrimmage 1pm
Tuesday, February 26 St Paul's Bible Study 10:30am
Wednesday, February 27 Kafeneio 10am
Thursday, February 28 Greek School & Tsiknopempti Party 5pm Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm
Friday, March 1 St Basil Film Study 6pm
Saturday, March 2 Merciful Help Center 8:45am
Divine Liturgy - First Saturday of Souls 9:30am
Greek Conversational Class 10am Yoga Class 10:30am HOPE JOY - Cookies & Canvas 2pm
Sunday, February 17 Orthros 8:15am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Triodion Begins
Monday, February 18
Cathedral Office Closed in observance of Presidents’ Day
Tuesday, February 19
St Paul's Bible Study 10:30am Special Parish Open Meeting 7pm About the Festival
Wednesday, February 20 Kafeneio 10am
Thursday, February 21 Tour 10am Greek School 5pm Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm
Saturday, February 23
Yoga Class 10am
Sunday, March 3 Orthros 8:15am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Missions Breakfast After Divine Liturgy Parish Oratorical Festival 12:15pm Young Adult Brunch 1pm Greek-Latin Dialogue at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church 3pm
Tuesday, March 5
St Paul's Bible Study 10:30am Philoptochos Board Meeting 6:30pm Lenten Bible Series 7pm
Wednesday, March 6 Kafeneio 10am
Thursday, March 7 Gyro Night 5pm Greek School 5pm Cathedral Tour 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm
Saturday, March 9
Merciful Help Center 8:45am
Divine Liturgy - Second Saturday of Souls 9:30am
Greek Conversational Class 10am Yoga Class 10:30am Baptism 12pm Philoptochos Trivia Night 6:30pm