INSIDE THIS ISSUE . . .

All Around the Town ............ 5 Apokreatiko Glendi ............. 11 Bookstore ......................... 10 Book Club (Women’s) ......... 10 Book Review ..................... 11 Calendar ........................... 9 Catechetical (Sunday) School .. 4 Church Duty Roster ............ 14 Daughters of Penelope ......... 10 GMU OCF ........................ 4 GOYA .............................. 4 GRACE ........................... 11 Greek Article ..................... 6 Greek Dance ...................... 4 Hellenic Education Center ...... 5 HOPE .............................. 4 Missions and Outreach .......... 8 Parish Council .................... 3 Philoptochos ...................... 10 Registry ............................ 7 Single Parent Fellowship....... 10 Stewardship .................. 12-14 Support our Parishioners ... 15-16 Teenage Lock-In ................. 4 . . . AND MORE!

UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST

THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF UNITY for humanity is the reception of the body and blood of Christ. In the Sacrament of Holy Communion, we participate fully in union with the Trinity by receiving Jesus Christ. The period of Theophany is when God reveals Himself to us—all the borders and the races. Theophany transcends all the bounds of separation of humanity to the Divinity. We are at the revelation of God’s trinity not only to be observers of unity, but are called to be participants of God’s love by our worship and faith.

I wanted to share some good news with you. On November 30, 2014, His All Ho-liness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Holiness Pope Francis met togeth-er at the Patriarchate in Constantinople to declare and renew their pledge to bring the Church into unity. Their expression of respect starts with their wonderful quote, “Our remembrance of the Apostles, who proclaimed the good news of the Gospel to the world through their preaching and their witness of martyrdom, strengthens in us the aspiration to continue to walk together in order to overcome, in love and in truth, the obstacles that divide us.” In the Divine Liturgy, we pray this request to our Lord, “Let us love one another that with one mind we may confess.” The recitation of the Creed is next. We clare to the world that we believe in “one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.” The psalmist says it all, “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity” (Psalms 133:1). I would like for you to go to the website of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, www.patriarchate.org, and read the declara-tion for yourself.

Today we are all concerned with radicalism, where we see Christians and non-Christians martyred by the Muslim extremists. In our own country, people are called to protest events that are not true to course—separation and disharmony in our own nation. I remember the wonderful words of our President Obama, “We are not sepa-rate states but united states.”

On December 10-11, I was invited to be a participant in the URBI ET ORBI foun-dation which sponsors unity of Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians. In my per-sonal reflections on unity, I was mindful of Saint Paul’s words in his letter to the Ephesians, “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuf-fering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:1-3). I was able to offer, to our brothers, that even though the complete expression of true unity will be in the Eucharist, we can still work together in the commitment to fulfill the Gospel by sharing in the works of the Church. We, at Saint Katherine, work together with our neighbors at the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Anthony to support the homeless shelter, keep the Culmore Clinic open, and provide food for the food bank.

We are not yet in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. That is the reason we do not participate sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. We do not partici-

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The monthly newsletter of Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church

Volume 13, Number 1

JANUARY 2015

www.saint-katherines.org 3149 Glen Carlyn Road Falls Church, VA 22041

DOXA Saint Katherine

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church

www.saint-katherines.org 3149 Glen Carlyn Road Falls Church, VA 22041

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CLERGY Rev. Protopresbyter Konstantinos A. Pavlakos, Proistamenos cell 571-213-1109, home 703-239-2627 frcostas@stkchurch.com Rev. Presbyter Panagiotis Hanley cell 571-421-6595 frphanley@stkchurch.com

STAFF Assistant Financial Officer Anna Vassilopoulos 703-671-1515 avassilopoulos@stkchurch.com Choir Director John Doulis 703-899-4131 jdoulis@aol.com Hellenic Education Center Director Presv. Eleni Alexopoulou 703-671-7715 ealexopoulou@stkchurch.com Information Technology Theodoros Theocharis 703-671-1515 ttheoch@kinteracomm.com Protopsalti James Loizou 703-356-8220 dimitri14@verizon.net Secretary/Teacher Sophia Tsangali 703-671-1515 stsangali@stkchurch.com

PARISH COUNCIL (2015 COUNCIL NOT YET RATIFIED) President, Jim Stoucker 703-690-1050 jstoucker@verizon.net Vice President, Maria Wills 703-948-7950 mwills28@verizon.net Secretary, Bill Polizos 571-434-7790 polizos@att.com Treasurer, Maria Vargas 703-812-0286 maria@chrisandmaria.com

Kelly Alexis 703-909-2256 kalexis76@gmail.com Costas Mavromatakis 571-344-3634 cgm387@gmail.com Andrea Ballard 703-250-5419 andreaballard1@verizon.net Mallamo Mavromatakis 703-830-0224 minoanone@gmail.com Chris Christou 703-533-0055 cachris2@hotmail.com George Moshos 202-409-2302 gmoshos@aol.com Dr. John Demakis 703-319-1610 demakis9931@gmail.com Bill Porter 703-901-2404 beporter1@verizon.net Artemis Dimopoulos 703-723-3619 artemida@verizon.net Pierre Tavoularis 703-573-6235 ptavoularis@cox.net Peter Karounos 703-321-3009 pkarounos@aol.com Daphne Vaccarello 703-830-0892 dvac.memories@verizon.net Nick Larigakis 703-909-9078 nlarigakis@ahiworld.org

SCHOOLS AND STUDIES Bible Study (Sundays) Bill Polizos 571-434-7790 polizos@att.com Catechetical (Sunday) School, Adult Bill Polizos 571-434-7790 polizos@att.com Catechetical (Sunday) School, Youth George Charuhas, Principal 703-999-2109 gscharuhas@gmail.com Women’s Book Club Fay Mpras 703-865-5776 faympras@gmail.com

MINISTRIES Acolytes Anastasios Galatis and Daniel McKinney AHEPA #438 (P. Derzis) Angelo Toutsi, President 703-281-0843 antovi@verizon.net Bookstore Frances Kalavritinos, Manager 703-671-1515 Book Reviews Gregory McKinney, Contributor 571-338-6929 dintym@hotmail.com Daughters of Penelope Helle #283 Karen Polizos, President 571-434-7790 kpolizos@naifa.org DOXA Presv. Pauline Pavlakos, Editor 703-239-2627 przpauline@stkchurch.com Facebook Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church Gregory McKinney dintym@hotmail.com GOYA (ages 13-18) Demetri Karounos, President 703-321-3009 demetrioskarounos@gmail.com GRACE Fr. Costa Pavlakos, Spiritual Advisor 703-671-1515 frcostas@stkchurch.com Greek Dance Aris and Anna Yortzidis, Instructors 757-218-6991 greekdancedc@gmail.com Greek School Auxiliary Martha Lampros, President 703-536-4860 mmlampros@msn.com Hellenic Education Center Greek School and Paideia Preschool 703-671-7715 http://www.stkhec.org HOPE (ages 7 and under) Vaitsa Bousbouras vsbousbouras@yahoo.com JOY (ages 8-12) Toula Christou, Director 703-533-0055 tmchristou@yahoo.com Listserv (email list) Presv. Pauline Pavlakos, Administrator 703-239-2627 przpauline@stkchurch.com Missions and Outreach Dr. John Demakis, Chairman 703-319-1610 demakis9931@gmail.com OCF (College Ministry) Fr. Costa Pavlakos, Spiritual Advisor 703-671-1515 frcostas@stkchurch.com Philoptochos Eleni Kanakos, President 703-938-8360 ekanakos@aol.com Prison Ministry Dennis Garbis 202-437-7299 djgarbis@envdes.com Safeway eScrip TBD Single Parent Fellowship Andrea Katsenes, Coordinator andrea.katsenes@verizon.net Website Presv. Pauline Pavlakos, Webmaster 703-239-2627 przpauline@stkchurch.com YAL (Young Adult League) Faye (Fotini) Anson fanson38@yahoo.com

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THE GREAT ENEMY OF INVOLVEMENT is procrastination. “Tomorrow” never seems to come for those who rationalize they’ll get involved “soon” or when they have “more time.” Of course, the only problem with such a thought process is the sobering axiom that “time waits for no man.” Indeed, the inexorable march of time also brings to mind another profound statement about life in general, “It’s not how much time you have, but what you do with the time God grants you.” In the context of our community, while blessed with many volunteers, more than a few examples sadly abound that lend credence to my expressions of concern regarding volunteerism in general. In spite of a “hard core” group of volunteers whose faces seem to pop up frequently at each church event, it is note-worthy that others remain conspicuous by their absence. This condition need not exist, especially in a community such as ours that is blessed with such an abundance of ministries and opportunities for in-volvement for parishioners of all ages. My purpose for bringing this to your attention is not to dwell on the negative, but rather to reemphasize the multiple opportunities for involvement in our community. To that end, the beginning of each New Year affords us all the opportunity for reflection, rededication, and renewal. I pray this article serves as a clarion call to all those who read these words to rededicate yourselves to our community. As we all con-template the year ahead, our families and loved ones, our faith and community, I encourage everyone to make a New Year’s resolution to become more involved and contribute your time and talents—as well as your treasures—in consideration of the needs of our community. I can assure you the benefits to our be-loved community of Saint Katherine will be secondary to the personal and spiritual fulfillment each of you will surely realize through your efforts. We are all profoundly grateful to those within our community who continue to give of themselves and further participate in the life of the Church through our diverse ministries and in their Stewardship of our parish. It is through your efforts we thrive. I encourage everyone to follow this example and “step up” your commitment to our parish and consider the many opportunities for participation in the life of our church. I was at church putting the finishing touches on this article, having just completed the final paragraph above. As God is my witness, I had just finished typing the last few words when I noticed a gentleman standing in my doorway. I invited him to come in and sit down and asked if he needed assistance. His first words were “I’m new to the area and I’ve been looking for a parish . . . I’m lost without my Church and I’d like to get involved.” This was hardly serendipitous, it was a true blessing and gift from God and it was a joy to spend time welcoming our newest parishioner! I can only interpret this visit as God’s message to all of us reinforcing His invitation to everyone to grow and experience spiritual and personal fulfillment by more fully participating in the life and activities of our Church. Please take this story to heart as your consider how you can become further involved in our community. On behalf of our Parish Council, I wish you all a Happy and INVOLVED New Year! Your servant in Christ,

FROM THE PARISH COUNCIL PRESIDENT

President, Parish Council

CATECHETICAL SCHOOL CATECHETICAL (SUNDAY) SCHOOL TEACHERS will have a meeting following liturgy on Sunday, January 4, at Antho-ny’s Restaurant, 3000 Annandale Road, Falls Church, VA 22042. Classes will resume on Sunday, January 11. HOPE (ages 7 and under) THE HOLY ORTHODOX PRIMARY EDUCATION ministry is an opportunity for children (ages 8 and under) to meet, socialize and interact with one another. HOPE children will have fun through crafts, games, and special events while learning about their Orthodox faith. We will meet at the AMC Theater Tyson’s Corner on Saturday, January 24 to watch the new movie about Paddington Bear, entitled Paddington. If you plan to attend, RSVP (required) by January 21 to Patricia Rader at pagrader@yahoo.com. Exact movie time will be posted on the church website and emailed soon. We hope to see you all there! For more in-formation about the youth group, see the HOPE announce-ment on the church’s home page, saint-katherines.org. GMU OCF GMU OCF (ORTHDOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP) will meet on Tuesday, January 20 at 6:00pm in room 239H of the Johnson Center at GMU. Hope to see you there! Bring an Orthodox friend with you.

GOYA GOYA WISHES EVERYONE a happy, healthy, and prosper-ous New Year!

GOYA had another very successful Feed and Clothe the Homeless in DC on Christmas Day. Thank you to: Joanna Alexis (monetary donation); Peter and Martha Bota, Metro 29 Diner (lunchmeats and rolls); GOYA (sweatpants, $5 McDonald’s gift cards, bags, and miscellaneous expenses); Brian Kelleher, General Manager, Hilton McLean Tysons Corner (individually wrapped cookies); Nick Larigakis (monetary donation); George M. Logothetis, Libra Group, NYC (monetary donation); C. Dean Metropoulos (Hostess products); Fr. Costa and Presv. Pauline (drinks); Saint Katherine parishioners through the second tray on December 15 (money for the project); and Don and Maria Wills (chips and Christmas cards). We wouldn’t have been able to fill 200 bags with so many items for the homeless without you! Thank you to Presv. Pauline Pavlakos and Maria Wills for organizing this project every year and their countless trips to purchase, and pick up donated, items.

Basketball Practice. Please see the GOYA web page for basketball practice days and times.

January 10, Theophany Celebration in Ocean City, MD. GOYAns will participate in the Divine Liturgy at 10:00am and then proceed to the beach for the blessing of the ocean waters and diving for the cross.

Church Duty, January 11. GOYA has church duty dur-ing second liturgy on Sunday, January 11. John Nicopou-los is GOYA Captain and Epistle reader. We need five more GOYAns for duty.

January 13, Feed the Homeless at Bailey’s.GOYA par-ents will cook dinner, starting at 10:30am in the kitchen of the Meletis Charuhas Center. Thank you to Evdoxia Mitchell for being our head chef. GOYAns will serve two seatings at Bailey’s Crossroads Homeless Shelter—5:00pm and 6:00pm.

January 18-19, Trip to NYC. GOYAns will travel to New York City January 18-19. We will visit the World Trade Center, the site of the new Saint Nicholas, Astoria, and more. If you would like to participate, please RSVP to GOYA_St_Katherine@msn.com by Sunday, January 11. The cost is $95 (includes hotel), plus spending money.

January 31-February 1, SS. Constantine and Helen Rich-mond Basketball Tournament. Our basketball teams will participate in the SS. Constantine and Helen, Richmond Basketball tournament. This is an “away” tournament, so we will spend the night in a hotel. The cost is $100. You must RSVP to GOYA_St_Katherine@msn.com no later than Wednesday, January 14. (The hotel has imposed that deadline.)

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THE BYZANTIO GREEK DANCE AND CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM will be offering Greek folk dance lessons at Saint Katherine on Tuesdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm, for all youth ages 4 and up. The Adult performing group will practice on Sundays from 6:00pm-7:30 pm. Please contact Aris and Anna Yortzidis at greekdancedc@gmail.com for more information or visit the website at www.byzantio.org to download registration forms.

TEEN LOCK-IN FEBRUARY 13-14

All teens of our community are invited to a lock-in from 7:00pm on Friday, February 13 to 9:00am on Saturday, February 14, in the Meletis Charuhas Center.

Thomas Manuel, Youth Director at the Annunciation Cathedral in Norfolk, will lead the lock-in. The theme of the lock-in is . . .

Of Cupid and Hearts: The True Meaning of Saint Valentine’s Day

More information will be mailed to our church and GOYA listservs, posted on the church website, and printed in our Sunday bulletins. Flyers will be handed out in Greek School and Sunday School! There is no cost for this event. Please join us!

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HELLENIC EDUCATION CENTER Eleni Alexopoulou

HOW DID WOMEN PARTICIPATE in shaping the institutions and patterns of life characteristic of early Christianity? We can appreciate the variety of female roles, and their im-portance within the rapidly-changing church of the first four centuries, if we read carefully the primary sources, in Greek and Latin that record their actions. These sources, too, must be read in their ancient context, in order to un-derstand how the wider, non-Christian world both limited and permitted various kinds of activities that flourished in antiquity, even if they disappeared in the medieval West and post-Islamic East.

Although most women did not occupy public roles in the ancient world, they took crucially important roles in the spread of the Gospel in the Hellenistic-Jewish Diaspora, and beyond, to the pagan world: in addition to the work of women mentioned in the New Testament, the activities ascribed to the Greek-speaking St. Thekla “isapostolos” in the second and third century, and her great following in later centuries, particularly in Asia Minior, exemplify the missionary activities of women – many of whose names we no longer know. Women had prophetic roles consider the Passion of St. Perpetua and her companion Felicity in Car-thage, in a bi-lingual community; Perpetua’s prison diary is one of the few books written by, instead of about, wom-en in the early church. Perpetua could both see the future and intercede while in prison for the salvation of her younger brother her Passion was quickly translated into Greek and circulated widely in the Mediterranean.

Egeria, the pilgrim nun in Egypt and the Holy Land, is another example of women’s activities. In the late fourth century, she used her funds to search out famous biblical and Christian sites, travelling from Galicia to Egypt, Pal-estine, Syria and Constantinople to gather information about the scriptures, the liturgy, and the Christian past including a side-trip to the great Syrian city of Edessa (now Urfa). And like Perpetua, she recorded her travels in a diary evidence of the scholarly training and abilities of women who, with sufficient funding, were able to travel independently as ascetics and researchers.

The fourth century also saw the establishment of monas-tic study-centers where female philosophers, like the great Melania the Elder, used her wealth to sponsor biblical exe-gesis, translation projects, and the establishment of a lit-erate female community on the Mount of Olives in Jerusa-lem. Like other scholarly women of the time, she was flu-ent in Greek as well, and corresponded with the monks of Egypt as the intellectual monastic life was being estab-lished there. Her granddaughter, St. Melania the Younger, moved to the East thanks to Melania’s prodding, and con-tinued the tradition of learned ascetic women. An even clearer example is St. Makrina, older sister of Sts. Basil and Gregory of Nyssa evidently trained in philosophy and

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ALL AROUND THE TOWN Joanna Bose

ELLINIKO ARCHEIA DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, if you want to go to the movies,there will be some interesting things going on at the Goethe Institute in DC, namely a series of films called Discovering Georgian Cinema, organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and coming here thanks to the National Gallery of Art. In all, there are nine films from directors both classic and modern. There will also be a photographic exhibition by the well known German pho-tographer Barbara Klemm, titled Photographs from Tbilisi in 1991, opening after the first film called Blue Mountains on January 12.

If, on the other hand, you prefer not to brave the ele-ments and stay inside, your interest in some incredibly interesting Greek subjects can be found on your computer at a site which has a veritable mine of amazing articles about Greece. This site is called Elliniko Archeio. There you can read articles on History, Philosophy, Politics, Mythology as well as watch Greek and French documen-taries and travel back to Ancient Greece.

One of these documentaries is so compelling and so in-spiring that anyone who watches it would be proud to be Greek. It is called La Legende des Sciences (Birth), writ-ten and narrated by French philosopher, Michel Serrer. The beauty of the images in this documentary are astound-ing. The way in which the explanation and influence of each achievement in each field are linked and the true ex-tent of the achievement of the Ancient Greeks is made clear at each stage. But this is only one at this site. It’s at: www.ellinikoarxeio.com.

This French documentary is at www.ellinikoarxeio.com/ 2013/02/la-legende-des-sciences.

(continued from previous column) exegesis, she turned her family’s villa in Pontus into a monastic establishment. Gregory of Nyssa portrays her as a new Socrates, conducting a philosophical dialogue with him that is actually modeled on Aristotle’s On the Soul; in a biography, he celebrated her life as a philosopher.

Other examples of female scholarship and devotion would include the empresses St. Helena and Eudoxia in the fourth and fifth centuries, or additional examples of ascetic women thinkers. Although public roles were confined to imperial women, and female authorship was rare, these ancient women laid the groundwork for a longer tradition of female scholarship and devotion in the church.

(summary of the lecture)

Dr. Robin Young, a professor at Catholic University of America D.C., was the speaker at the inaugural lecture at HEC on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.

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ΑΤΕΝΙΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΟ ΠΑΡΟΝ Σοφία Δ. Τσαγκάλη

Τ Χ , που ολοι μας περιμεναμε με τοση λαχταρα, ανηκουν πια στο παρελθον. Η δε φαντασμαγορια της Πρωτοχρονιας χαθηκε στο περασμα του χρονου. Ειδαμε και φετος την Πρωτοχρονια να λαμπει και να σβηνει σαν φωτεινο μετεωρο. Αρχισαμε ηδη να διανυουμε τις μερες του νεου χρονου ετοιμοι να τις εκμεταλλευτουμε ο καθενας μας με το δικο του τροπο. Οπωσδηποτε θα εχουμε κανει ενα σχεδιο προοπτικης για την καλυτερη εκμεταλλευση του. Σχεδια και προγραμματισμοι ειναι απαραιτητες προυποθεσεις για καποιον που βλεπει τον χρονο οχι απλα σαν χρημα, αλλα σαν κατι πολυ πιο σπουδαιο, σαν δωρο Θεου η καλυτερα σαν χρημα που μπορει να εξαγορασει την αιωνιοτητα. Άνθρωπος χωρις σχεδια για το μελλον και εντονη

λαχταρα και ανυπομονησια για το αυριο νομιζω πως δεν υπαρχει. Και αν υπαρχει, ισως να μην ειναι αυτος που πρεπει να ειναι, μονο οταν περνωντας τα χρονια γινεται περισσοτερο αναμνηση και λιγοτερο προσδοκια. Νομιζω, πως πολλοι απο μας, με αυτη την προσδοκια,

δηλαδη την φυσικη και δικαιολογημενη, χανουμε πολλες φορες κατι πολυ πιο σημαντικο για τη ζωη μας, οταν πλεουμε στα ονειρα, αναζητωντας ολοενα κατι καινουργιο. Χανουμε αυτο που ειναι μπροστα μας και χειροπιαστο στα χερια μας, με αλλα λογια χανουμε το παρον. Λεμε πολλα για το μελλον που γινεται δυναστης μας, το δε αυριο παλι γινεται γοης. Του αρεσει να μας γεμιζει με ομορφες υποσχεσεις και ολα αυτα τη στιγμη που οι μερες γλυστρουν διαρκως απο τα χερια μας και το παρον δεν το πολυλογαριαζουμε. Κι ομως το παρον ειναι που εχει αξια! Κι αυτο, γιατι πρωτα πρωτα η ζωη μας ειναι

περιορισμενη σε αυτο το συντομο παρον, στη μια στιγμη, στο «δριμυ παρον», οπως το χαρακτηρισε καποιος. Το παρελθον εχει φυγει απο την εξουσια μας μια για παντα, δεν μπορουμε να το ξαναζησουμε. Αλλα, ουτε το μελλον το γνωριζουμε, γιατι ειναι αορατο και αβεβαιο, απλα το προσμενουμε. Μας απλωνει με γλυκυτητα το χερι του να το πιασουμε, αλλα ολο και αποτραβιεται και απομακραινει. Πολλες φορες παιζει αχαρο παιχνιδι μαζι μας, εμεις δεν καταλαβαινουμε η δεν θελουμε να το καταλαβουμε και συνεχιζουμε μαζι του το ατελειωτο κυνηγητο. Μπορει να ειναι ομορφο να συλλογιζεται καποιος το αυριο, δεν μας βοηθαει ομως καθολου θα ελεγα, γιατι δεν ειναι κατι το αληθινο και πλανευομαστε. Η ζωη αρχιζει την καθε στιγμη και σ’ αυτη τη συντομη

στιγμη μπορουμε να δουλεψουμε, να μελετησουμε, να μοχθησουμε. Η ευκαιρια ειναι τώρα να σκυψουμε στην ψυχη μας για να ξεριζωσουμε αυτο που καταπνιγει τον καλο σπορο. Τώρα μπορουμε να θεμελιωσουμε την ζωη μας. Τώρα, που το μυαλο ειναι ξεκουραστο και καθαρο, πορουμε να αποταμιευσουμε. Τώρα, που η καρδια μας

χτυπα δυνατα, μπορουμε να ανεβουμε τον ανηφορικο δρομο της αρετης. Τώρα, που ειμαστε ολο σφριγος. Αυριο... Μα, αυριο ισως να μην εχουμε τιποτε απο αυτα που διαθετουμε σημερα. Το παρον εχει μεγαλη, ανυπολογιστη αξια, γιατι ειναι

μια θαυμασια ευκαιρια ηθικου αθληματος και υπευθυνης δημιουργιας. Το μελλον μας καταξιωνεται απο το παρον, γιατι απο το παρον εξαρταται η πορεια της ζωης μας. Οτιδηποτε σπειρουμε αυτη τη στιγμη θα βλαστησει και θα καρποφορησει αυριο. Το παρον ειναι ο αθλος απο τον οποιο θα κανουμε το μεγαλο αλμα για το μελλον. Το παρον παλι ειναι εκεινο που θα δωσει αξια στο

παρελθον. Αν εκμεταλλευτουμε το παρον, καθε φορα που θα γυριζουμε πισω, δεν θα βλέπουμε σειρές με σβησμένα κεριά και πένθιμους καπνούς, οπως λεει ο ποιητης, αλλα θα βλεπουμε ομορφες, πλατιες λεωφορους γεματες φως και λαμψη. Ο Πασκαλ στις «Σκέψεις» του γραφει πως είναι φριχτό να νοιώθεις πως όσα βρίσκονται στην κατοχή σου χάνονται και πάνε. Αλλα νομιζω πως ειναι φριχτοτερο να βλεπει ο ανθρωπος πως ο χρονος, αυτο το αγαθο του Θεου, που βρισκεται στην κατοχη του και ειναι αποκλειστικα δικο του, φευγει και χανεται και μενει ανεκμεταλλευτος. Λυπομαστε οταν βλεπουμε ενα ποταμι ορμητικο και πλουσιο σε νερο να βγαινει απο μια στεγνη περιοχη και κανεις να μην το εκμεταλλευεται να ποτισει τη γη για να πρασινισει, να ανθοφορησει και να καρπισει. Το νερο, «ο λευκος ανθρακας» κυλαει χωρις να κινει μηχανες που να παραγουν φως η αλλα αγαθα για τον ανθρωπο. Έτσι ο ανθρωπος κατανταει χωρις να εχει την αισθηση του «Φειδου χρονου» των αρχαιων Ελληνων. Το χειροτερο ειναι να μη βλεπει το χρονο που κυλα ανεκμεταλλευτος, ενω θα μπορουσε να κανει τη ζωη του να ειναι γεματη απο πνευματικη ανθοφορια και να βρισκεται σε μια ατελειωτη, συνεχη, ψυχικη ευφορια. Αν λοιπον θελουμε και επιθυμουμε ενα καλο και

λαμπρο μελλον, απο αποψεως επαγγελματος, επιστημης, μορφωσεως, αλλα κυριως απο ηθικης και πνευματικου ανεβασματος, δεν εχουμε παρα να ελευθερωθουμε απο τις αδυναμιες μας για να γινουμε καλυτεροι, εναρετωτεροι, τελειοτεροι, στολισμενοι με τις αρετες που οδηγουν στον Κυριο Ιησου. Έτσι το παρελθον μας θα ειναι αναμνηση λαμπρη και χαρουμενη, το δε μελλον μας, κυριως το αιωνιο, θα ειναι μια χαρμοσυνη λογοδοσια, ενα πανηγυρι που ολοι μας θα στεκομαστε μπροστα στον δικαιο Κριτη με παρρησια, οπου θα αρχιζουμε μια ζωη χωρις παρελθον και μελλον, παρα μια ζωη με αιωνιο παρον. Ας εξαγοραζουμε λοιπον τον καιρο του παροντος για

ενα καλο μελλον. Καλη Χρονια με καλο παρον!

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Wedding Catherine Megan Ferrey

and Richard Michael Carroll (December 28)

Koumbaros: C. Thomas Bougas

Baptisms Hannah Mae (October 23)

daughter of Alan W. and Kathleen Chase Godparent: Sophia D. Tsangali

Donovan George (December 13) son of Daniel and Kiriaki Kelly Godparent: Athanasios Prionas

Arabella (December 13)

daughter of Robert and Angelique Ranghelli Sponsors: Gary and Mariann Michel and

Matthew Ranghelli

Isabel Athena (December 27) daughter of Heather Alethea and

Tara Jeanne Currie-Martinez Godparent: Catherine Megan Ferrey

Chrismation Daniel (December 13)

son of Daniel and Maria Kelly Sponsor: Petros Prionas

Na mas zisoun.

Funeral George H. Kakissis (December 3)

May his memory be eternal.

REGISTRY

MISSIONIARIES OF THE MONTH: THE MOORE FAMILY

CHRIS AND JEN MOORE AND BABY ANDREW arrived in Mongolia in October and will serve a two-year term. They are currently taking Mongolian classes and will begin teaching English in the spring semester. They worship at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Ulaanbaatar and are just beginning to become acquainted with the city. Please pray for them as they strive to learn the language and live the culture. If you would like to support the Moore family please make your check payable to the OCMC and write “Moore Family” on the memo line.

THEOPHANY CELEBRATION IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10

His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos, Presiding

8:45am Orthros 10:00am Divine Liturgy 12:00pm Blessing of the Ocean Waters

Everyone is welcome. More information forthcoming.

Saint George Church

8805 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842

pate in sacraments in any non-Orthodox church. This is also the case when we have sacraments in the Orthodox Church— godparents and sponsors (koumbaroi) in the sacraments must be Orthodox Christians.

May our churches continue to trust in Christ our Saviour that we be untiring witnesses to the love of God. May our Lord, by our fervent prayers, grant the gift of peace in love and unity to the entire human family.

Let us come together at liturgy every week and pray that the new year 2015 be a year of unity—starting first with our-selves and then throughout the world.

Have a blessed New Year,

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MISSIONS AND OUTREACH by Dr. John Demakis Our Kenya Missionary Returns. Mary VanMullekom re-cently returned from a short-term mission to Nairobi, Ken-ya with the OCMC. Mary and her fellow missionaries taught English and offered conversational experiences with students in Orthodox schools of higher education in Kenya, including the Makarios Orthodox Seminary and the St. Clement of Alexandria Orthodox Teachers College. She shared her experiences with our Missions and Outreach Committee at our meeting on December 9th. She called this a life-changing experience. Mary will make a PowerPoint presentation after one of our Heretismoi services in March so that our entire community can learn about her experienc-es in Kenya.

OCMC Teams for 2015. Twelve teams have been set by the OCMC for 2015. Most teams serve 2-3 weeks. A team may be a teaching team, a building team, a youth team, or health care team. A complete list can be found on our church’s website. Please prayerfully consider going on a short-term mission team. Our entire community will be supportive. For further information, contact Dr. John De-makis at demakis9931@gmail.com

Second Cuba Mission Trip Dates Set. Fr. Costa has an-nounced that the dates for the 2015 Cuba mission trip will be April 30-May 8. From our experience last year, this trip will fill up quickly. So, if interested, please call Fr. Costa for details and to sign up.

Project Mexico Dates Announced. Fr. Panagioti has con-firmed that the dates for the 2015 Project Mexico trip will be August 13-19. The team will stay at the St. Innocence Orthodox Orphanage near Tijuana, Mexico. Work may include helping to build a small home for the needy or working at the Orphanage. There are 10 slots available. Please contact Fr. Panagioti to sign up.

OCMC Benefit Dinner. Our 2015 OCMC benefit dinner will be held on April 26 and will feature Rev. John Chakos who is our long-term missionary in Guatemala. Fr. Chakos had served for many years in Pittsburgh, but now he and his wife are working with the new Orthodox Church in Guatemala. His topic will be Orthodox in the Guatemalan Highlands: A Light Shines Brightly. He will share with us the exciting events occurring in Guatemala as thousands are converting to Orthodoxy. Learn how the Church is minis-tering to them. Save the date! In the next issue of DOXA, we will have ticket information.

Monumental Mission Walk 2015. Eleni Porter, Chair, and her committee will be planning the Monumental Mis-sion Walk for 2015. The dates must be assigned by the Na-tional Park Service. However, we are requesting a Saturday in September or October. We hope to announce the dates and other details in DOXA very soon.

Diaper Drive a Success. Diapers were collected on Sun-day, December 7 and distributed to three local food pan-tries. Thanks to all who contributed. Our next Diaper Drive will be Palm Sunday, April 5, 2015.

Food Collection Dates Set. We will again be collecting food for our local food pantry on Sundays, February 22 and Sunday, May 17. As usual, we will distribute our own blue cloth collection bags the two Sundays before each collection date. Please bring the food in the cloth bags on the collec-tion dates only. We have collected more than 1,000 pounds of food at every collection thus far. At our last collection, we surpassed 1,200 pound mark. Let’s keep up the good work!

HOMELESS SHELTER

Hygiene and Survival Kits. On Sunday December 21, our Catechetical (Sunday) School children helped put together over 250 Hygiene and Survival kits for the Bailey’s Cross-roads homeless shelter. The kits included warm caps, ther-mal socks, hand warmers, gloves, shaving cream and ra-zors, shampoo, conditioner, power bars, chap sticks, etc. The items were donated by various Saint Katherine organi-zations including, Adult Bible Class, AHEPA, Daughters of Penelope, GOYA, Philoptochos, Sunday School, and sever-al individuals. These kits are necessary because, in the win-ter months, there are not enough beds available for those who need them. Those they cannot accommodate are given a hot meal and sent out with a Hygiene and Survival kit. Thanks to all who participated.

Serving Dinner at the Shelter. On January 13, our GOYA will purchase and prepare dinner items and then serve the meal at two seatings. In February, our Missions Committee will serve dinner and, in March or April, our Daughters will serve dinner. If your organization would like to partici-pate, please contact Dr. John Demakis at 703-319-1610 or demakis9931@gmail.com.

Clothes and Toiletries for the Shelter. During these win-ter months, warm clothes are always necessary. Please be generous and bring new or clean used clothing and uno-pened toiletries to the foyer of our Meletis Charuhas Com-munity Center.

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HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY! On Wednesday night, January 12, 2005 we had our first Missions meeting at Saint Katherine. We have just completed 10 years of min-istry and outreach. On behalf of our entire committee, I would like to thank the community of Saint Katherine for their loving support of this important ministry. Everyone at that first meeting is still with us except Michael Ziu. Michael and his loving wife Dottie have been our strongest supporters. He is missed. May his memory be eternal.

Our Next Missions and Outreach Com-mittee Meeting. Our next Missions and Outreach Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 7:00pm in the Board Room. See you there!

January 2015 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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4 The Sunday before Theophany

9:30am Orthros 10:30am Divine Liturgy Sunday)School Teachers’ Mtg at Anthony’s, F.C.

Basketball Practice

5 Eve of Theophany 7:00pm Divine Liturgy and Agiasmos

6 Holy Theophany 9:30am Orthros 10:30am Divine Liturgy 6:30pm Grk Folk Dance Adult Greek School 7:00pm Beginners

7 Synaxis of John the Holy Glorious Prophet

9:30am Orthros 10:30am Divine Liturgy

8:00pm HEC Basketball

8 6pm GOYA Girls’ B-ball

9 5:00pm Greek School Adult Greek School 5:00pm Beginners/Conversation Class

10 9:30am Greek School Theophany Celebration in Ocean City, MD

11 The Sunday after The-ophany

8:00am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Orthros and Cat-echetical School

10:30am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Single Parents Fellowship

DOP Meeting Basketball Practice 5pm Adult Greek Dance

12 7:30pm Deuteri Deutera

13 GOYA Cooking for, and Feeding, the Homeless at Bailey’s Shelter

6:30pm Grk Folk Dance Adult Greek School 7:00pm Beginners 7:00pm Missions 8:00pm AHEPA

14 10:30am Women’s Book Club

12:00pm DOXA Deadline

8:00pm HEC Basketball

15 6pm GOYA Girls’ B-ball

16 5:00pm Greek School Adult Greek School 5:00pm Beginners/Conversation Class

17 9:30am Greek School

18 12th Sunday of Luke 8:00am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Orthros and Cat-echetical School

10:30am Divine Liturgy GOYA Trip to NYC Philoptochos Meeting 5pm Adult Greek Dance

(Office Closed) GOYA Trip to NYC

20 6:30pm Grk Folk Dance Adult Greek School 7:00pm Beginners

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8:00pm HEC Basketball 7:30pm Parish Council

22 6pm GOYA Girls’ B-ball

23 5:00pm Greek School Adult Greek School 5:00pm Beginners/Conversation Class

24 9:30am Greek School HOPE trip to AMC The-ater Tysons to see Pad-dington

15th Sunday of Luke 8:00am Divine Liturgy 9:30am Orthros and Cat-echetical School

10:30am Divine Liturgy Basketball Practice 5pm Adult Greek Dance

26 27 6:30pm Grk Folk Dance Adult Greek School 7:00pm Beginners

28 10:30am Women’s Book Club

8:00pm HEC Basketball

29 6pm GOYA Girls’ B-ball

30 Three Hierarchs 9:30am Orthros 10:30am Divine Liturgy 5:00pm Greek School Adult Greek School 5:00pm Beginners/Conversation Class

31 9:30am Greek School

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PHILOPTOCHOS (by Eleni Kanakos, President) I HOPE YOU and your families enjoyed the holidays. May the New Year bring health, happiness, and peace to all.

Thank you to Trish Kapsidelis and all the ladies that helped make our Christmas Luncheon and Fashion Show a great success.

On Sunday, January 18, 12:30pm, we will have our first meeting in the board room of the Meletis Charuhas Cen-ter. I hope I see all of you there.

On Thursday, February 12, 12:00pm-3:00pm, we will have our Annual Valentine’s Day Senior Luncheon in the Meletis Charuhas Hall. Noulitsa Mitchell will chair this event, and can be reached at 703-256-4115 for reserva-tions. You may also contact me at ekanakos@aol.com or 703-938-8360. We look forward to seeing all of you there.

I would like to extend a warm thank you to all ladies who helped make our Christmas bake sale a huge success, and to our chair lady Mary Varlas. We could not do it without everyone’s support.

Let me also take a moment to tell you about an im-portant fundraising initiative. Each individual Philoptochos member is asked to support an appeal made by His Emi-nence Archbishop Demetrios of America for the resurrec-tion of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center in NYC. After overcoming years of obstacles to rebuilding Saint Nicho-las, last month was the ground blessing for the new Saint Nicholas Church and Shrine. Please support this worthy cause so that we may see Saint Nicholas rebuilt. It is sug-gested by the National and the Metropolis Philoptochos, that each member donate $100, either through a one-time donation or by putting aside a smaller amount every month. The initiative continues until January of 2016. Please make your checks payable to Saint Katherine Philoptochos and note “Saint Nicholas Shrine” on the memo line. It can be mailed to our church, attention: Philoptochos. We deeply appreciate your support. I would like to thank the families that have already sent in their generous donation.

A big thank you to all who donated coats and jackets to the homeless and abused children.

As we start this year, lets work together to increase our stewardship, our participation, and our efforts as a whole. I know that together we can make 2015 another amazing year! BOOKSTORE AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE!! Everything in the bookstore is 20 percent off (rounded to the nearest dollar). Christmas items are limited, so visit early for the best selection.

The bookstore is open most Sundays after each liturgy. You may also call Sophia Tsangali at 703-671-1515 if you would like to visit during the week. As always, we thank you for your continued patronage and support. Saint Kath-erine Bookstore is a mission of Saint Katherine Church. May the Lord grant you many blessings in the New Year!

WOMEN’S BOOK CLUB WITH THE SENSE OF REBIRTH still fresh in our minds, how we live and think about our lives will be the theme of our next book. The book is Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives: the Life and Teachings of Elder Thaddeus of Vi-tovnica by Ana Smiljanic. The book is available in our bookstore. We will meet on Wednesdays, January 14 and 18 at 10:30am. We will also have a field trip on January 28 or February 11 to see El Greco at the National Museum for our old and new members! We always welcome new members and you can come and join us to see if it is the right fit for you! If you have any questions, please email Fay Mpras at faympras@gmail.com.

SINGLE PARENTS FELLOWSHIP ALL SINGLE PARENTS are encouraged to come together at the Coffee Hour following first liturgy on Sunday, January 11. There will be a table reserved for us. So, grab your coffee and something to eat, and join us.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Our next monthly chapter meeting will be at the church on Sunday, January 11, following the second liturgy. Light appetizers will be served. We’ll see a brief presentation about the history of Helle Chapter and the Daughters of Penelope organization.

The Daughters of Penelope “Project Recognize” seeks to recognize women of Hellenic descent/Philhellenes who have served or are currently serving in any branch, or in any capacity of the military or Peace Corps. These individ-uals will be recognized at the DOP 85th National Conven-tion in San Francisco in July 2015. Please contact Karen Polizos for more information.

We are gearing up for our Chapter’s fundraiser, Tastes of the Mediterranean, on Friday evening, February 6. Please see details in the box below.

Save the Date! Tastes of the Mediterranean!!

Join Helle Chapter of the Daughters of Penel-ope for an evening of wine tasting, appetizers, and Greek music on Friday, February 6 from 7pm-10pm. Proceeds will benefit Fisher House Foundation for Wounded Warriors and their families.

Place: Meletis Charuhas Community Center

Cost: $25 for advance sales, $30 at the door Don’t miss out on supporting this worthy cause.

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GRACE

HOLY SONNETS: DEATH, BE NOT PROUD by John Donne

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

Saint Katherine Greek Orthodox Church offers a grief support group, GRACE (Grief Recov-ery: Accepting, Coping, and Evolving). For further information, please call Fr. Costa Pavla-kos at 703-671-1515. Thank you to Maria Pa-pageorgiou for contributing articles nearly every month for the last 10 years.

The Divine Liturgy of the Great Church. Paul N. Harril-chak (editor), Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Reston, VA (publisher), 3rd edition, 2013, spiral bound, 280 pages. (Available at amazon.com)

It was almost 25 years ago that I became familiar with the first edition of this annotated and enhanced liturgy book. An archpriest serving in the Orthodox Church in America, Fr. Paul has used earlier editions of the book at Holy Trin-ity since the mid 1980s, but copies for study outside parish services were not available until now.

Too bad it’s taken so long, but with this release, both clergy and laity who love our familiar Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom should grab a copy. As a service book, it very effectively opens liturgy to more personal involve-ment. However, to truly appreciate all that the book has to offer, one has to sit down with an attitude of prayerful study and wrestle with it.

Imagine placing the two small facing pages of the typical liturgy book found in the pew pockets (oops, no pews at Holy Trinity!) on a legal-size page and then filling all the white space with Post-it notes, each with a comment, scripture reference, patristic quote, or historical nugget. Then, every 10 pages or so, insert a full page of a saint’s or theologian’s commentary relating to that point in the liturgy. And don’t forget the musical notations on almost every page so that the faithful can sing together in the ap-propriate Greek, Kievan, and Carpathian tones. It is a glo-rious jumble on paper, challenging at first glance, but well worth taking time to work through.

This is the work of a priestmonk and scholar with an eclectic intellect and, as you’ll see, pointed opinions. But his challenging points-of-view (choir directors, beware!) sit on firm foundations: the words of such ancient church-men as Chrysostom, Irenaeus, Augustine, and Cavasilas, and their modern spiritual descendants, men like Frs. John Meyendorff and Alexander Schmemann, New Skete found-ing abbot Laurence Mancuso, and Fr. Robert Taft, the prolific Byzantine Catholic scholar. In fact, it was Fr. Meyendorff himself who effectively placed the Holy Trini-ty parish into Fr. Paul’s hands so many years ago.

It is the shared push for “liturgical renewal” from Har-rilchak’s modern mentors that is behind his efforts to make concrete what this renewal might look and sound like at the parish level. “Renewal” is not in any sense the rewrit-ing of Holy Tradition as expressed in liturgy. It is, rather, jettisoning the pious accretions and affectations that have crept into liturgical practices over the last several genera-tions, many of which are now held to be the “proper and traditional” forms. Fr. Paul has mined liturgical history, gleaning the thoughts of those who knew that liturgy, to be transformational, has to be understood and experienced fully. He has set within his book some of the truest and clearest of the genuine gems to be found in the Orthodox Catholic Church of the East.

BOOK REVIEW Gregory McKinney

SAVE THE DATE!

Apokreatiko Glendi Saturday, February 21

5:30pm-11:00pm

$45 adults | $15 Kids 4-13

For tickets contact: stkgreekschoolpta@gmail.com

Martha Lampros 703-855-4085 Penny Papas 703-898-4501 Church Office 703-671-1515

www.glendi2015.eventbrite.com

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SHOWN BELOW is a list of families and individuals who participated in the 2014 Saint Katherine Stewardship Program through November 30, 2014.Thank you for responding to the needs of our church. Any questions? Contact Anna Vassilopoulos at 703-671-1515.

M/M Evangelos Abatzis M/M Christ Adams M/M Constantine Adams Donald and Irenelee Adams M/M George Aggeletos Mr Frank Agnos M/M John Agnos Mr John Agouridis AHEPA CHAPTER No. 438 M/M Vasilli Alafogiannis Dr/Mrs James Alatis Ms Karen Aldana and Mr Matt Olson M/M Nikolaos Alexiou Ms Joanna Alexis M. Alexis M/M Tony Alexis Rev/Presv Stefanos Alexopoulos M/M Dimitri Alexson M/M Peter Aliferis M/M Elias Alpos Ms Artemis Anagnos M/M Larry Anagnos Mrs Georgia Anastasiou and Mr Jose Perez Ms Janis Anderson M/M John Andre Mr Alexandros Andreou Anonymous M/M Paul Anson M/M Tasie Anton Mrs Voula Antonaiou M/M Antonios Antonis Mr Nick Antonopoulos Mr Pericles Apostolou Dr/Mrs Nicholas Argerson Mr James Argodale M/M Nektarios Athanasiou Mrs Panagiota Bakatsias Ms Emilia Bakopoulos Capt/Mrs James Ballard, III M/M James Ballis M/M Andreas Baltatzis Mr Richard Bambacus Dr/Dr George Banks Mrs Sophie Barfield Mrs Mary Basiliko M/M Thomas Bean M/M Tom Beck Dr Dean Bellas M/M Matthew Benard M/M Hristos Berbilis Mrs Jill Beverly Mr Lambros Bisbikis and Mrs Georgia Siozios Ms Kelly Bletsis Mr Florian Boci and Mrs Irene Kasotakis Boci M/M Joseph Boehler Mr Bokis and Papadopoulou-Bokis Mr Basil Boobas M/M Demetri Boosalis Mrs Eleni Boosalis and Mr Cary Scott M/M George Boosalis M/M George Boosalis M/M Peter Boosalis Mrs Rosa Borroum M/M Jeffrey Borst Mrs Barbara Bosworth Ms Beth Botsis M/M James Bouloukos M/M Theodore Bousbouras Mrs Stella Brackman Ms Leslie Bragayrac M/M Lewis Brickates M/M John Broening

M/M Theodoros Brotsis M/M David Buddendeck Mrs Theresa Burrage M/M Bryan Burton M/M Elias Burton M/M John Calamos Mr William Camarinos M/M Edward Cameron M/M Michael Campbell, Jr Mrs Catherine Speleos Canard Mrs Gisella Caparell M/M Aggie Capsalis M/M Manuel Capsalis M/M Thomas Cardamone, Jr M/M Alexander Carr M/M Todd Carr Mr Zachary Carr and Ms Renee Lurker Ms Olympia Carranza Mrs Anna Chaconas Mr Paul Chaconas Mrs Georgia Chakeris M/M Pete Chambers Mr John Charalambopoulos and Hourig Ishkanian M/M Demetris Charalambous M/M George Charuhas Mr Telly Charuhas M/M Constantine Chelpon Miss Ekaterina Chelpon Rev Dn/Mrs Harry Chelpon Mr Mikhail Chelpon Rev/Presvv Theodore Chelpon M/M Mark Cherpes Mr and Ms Peter Cherpes M/M Emmanuel Chiaparas Mrs Emerald Chiotakis Mr Louis Cholakis Ms Afrodite Christ Mrs Helen Christ M/M George Christacos M/M Constantis Christofi Mrs Christofi and Mr Arias Dr Andrew Christopher M/M Stavros Christopoulos M/M Aristotle Christou M/M Chris Christou M/M Christos Christou M/M Paul Christou Mr Aristotelis Chronis Mr Themistocles Chronis Miss Ljiljana Ciric Mrs Mirjana Ciric M/M George Clapsis Mrs and Mr Stephanie Coleman Dr/Mrs James Constantine Mrs Ileana Constantinescu Dr George Contis Col/Mrs Harry Contos Ms Christine Cope Dr Susan Coronis M/M Gus Costas M/M Adamantios Coulouris Mrs Galatia Cowan Adm/Mrs Robert Cowley M/M Zachary Cuca Mr Michael Dakes M/M Stephen Dakes Mrs Theodosia Dampier Ms Elena Danigelis M/M Ivan Danzig Dr/Mrs Nicholas Darzenta M/M Kostas Daskalakis Mr Dimitrios Daskalakis Mr Lycurgus Davey M/M Michael Davey Ms Dorothea Davidian

Dr/Dr Elias Debbas Mr Apostolos Dedes and Mrs Evangelia Tzanavara M/M James Dehart M/M John Delta Dr/Mrs John Demakis Mrs Antoinette Demeres M/M Christian Demeter M/M Demetrios Demetriou Mrs Elpida Demetriou and Mr Bruno Cardoso M/M Lambros Demetriou M/M Peter Demetriou Ms Venetia Demson Mr John Spanos Deoudes Miss Alexandra Diapoulis M/M Nicholas Diapoulis Ms Georgia Dimitras M/M Alexios Dimopoulos M/M Arthur Dimopoulos Dr/Mrs Harry Dinella Mr Stephen Dinos and Dr Evie Cavros Ms Anna Maria DiRienzo M/M Brad Donaldson DOP Helle #283 Mr Nicholas Dopuch M/M John Doulis Mr/Dr Steven Doulis Ms Mary Drakoulis M/M Stavros Drosos Mrs Nicolitsa Economou Mr Paul Economou Mrs Catherine Edgington M/M Scott Edwards M/M Christos Elefantis Mr John Elefantis M/M Michael Emanuel M/M James Enos M/M James Eskinzes Christian and Olga Esteves M/M Christopher Euripides Mr Richard Euripides Mr Ferssizidis and Mrs Ferssizidis Zorbas Ms Irene Fineskos Ms Irene Firippis Ms Maria Elena Firippis Mr Sam Fischer M/M Dennis Floros Mr George Floros M/M Nicholaos Floros M/M Pete Floros M/M Stephanos Flossos Mrs Dianne Kavros Fogarty Ms Despina Foster Mr John Fotelargias M/M Spiros Fotelargias M/M Vasilios Fotinos Mrs Vasiliki Fotopoulous M/M James Francis M/M Stephen Francis Mr Demetrios Gadonas M/M Dimitrios Gadonas Mr William Galanis M/M Demetrios Galatis M/M Richard Gamble Ltc/Mrs Dennis Garbis M/M John Garbis M/M Martin Gardner M/M David Garnett Mrs Effie Gasparis M/M Lampros Georgakopoulos Mrs Aspasia Georgatos M/M Evans George M/M George Georgeadis Ms Mary Georghiou

Mr Alexander Georgiades M/M Frank Gerow, Jr Mrs Helen Gianelos Mr George Giannakos M/M Constantinos Giannoukos M/M Christo Gkougkoufkas Mrs Eleni Goldsmith M/M Arthur Gomez M/M Dimitrios Goranitis Mr Ioannis Goranitis M/M John Gouvis M/M Peter Gouvis GOYA Ms Joanna Greig M/M Spiro Grivas M/M Mark Gull Mrs Christina Kehayia Hadigian M/M Andreas Hadjichristodoulou Ms Hera- Maria Hadjidamianou Ms Thecla Hadjidamianou Mr Peter Hadjigeorgiou Mr Menbere Haile M/M John Hall M/M Donald Halstead Rev Panagiotis Hanley Mrs Antigone Harocopos Alexander and Victoria Hatjis M/M Peter Hatzi Ms Diane Gatsis Havinga M/M Karl Hickson M/M Dimitrios Hios M/M Bryan Holloway Mrs Agoritsa Holmes Mr Steve Hondros M/M James Howard Mr John Husak Ms Alissa Iatridis Mr Michail Ignatiou Mrs Kiki Ikossi Mrs Eftihia Ioannidou Mrs Hariklia Ioannou M/M Iacovos Ioannou Mrs Kim Johnson Isaac Mr William Jackson and Mrs Maria Liakos M/M James Jatras M/M Scott Jemison Mr James Jeweler M/M John Jeweler M/M Timothy Johnson M/M Adam Jones M/M Tom Jouvanis M/M Benjamin Jurado Mr Christ Kacoyannakis and Mrs Nancy Thompson Mrs Irene Kakaviatos Mr Kalamatianos and Mrs Adamopoulos M/M James Kalaris Mr Mark Kalaris M/M Christopher Kalavritinos Mr Michael Kalis Mr Nicholas Kalis Ms Andrea Kallas Mr Peter Kalos Ms Naomi Kaloudis Dr/Mrs Stergos Kaloudis M/M Tim Kalyvas M/M Tom Kanakos M/M Paul Kanaris Mr Constan Kanellos M/M John Kapelos M/M George Kapetanakis Mrs Konstantina Kapetanakis Mrs Anastasia Kapranos M/M Bill Kapsidelis Mrs Lena Karageorge

Mr Ntinos Karaiskos M/M Dimitrios Karamanis M/M John Karamanis Mrs Helen Karambelas Mrs Lula Karas M/M Peter Karounos Mr George Kastanis M/M John Kastanis Mr Spiro Kastanis M/M Anthony Katsakis M/M Stavros Katsakos Mr/Dr Efthimios Katsapis Mrs Andrea Katsenes M/M Dean Katsikes M/M George Kavarligos M/M George Kavros Mrs Stacey Kazacos M/M Anastasios Kehayias Ms Despina Kiaoulias Michael and Tiara Kiaoulias M/M Nicholas Kikis M/M Michael Kiklis M/M Christos Kiros M/M Mike Kiros M/M Thomas Kiszka Mrs Anastasia Kitsantas and Mr Stephen Willett Mr Mark Benson and Mrs Panagiota Kitsantas M/M Konstantinos Kohilas M/M Andreas Kokkinis M/M Costas Kolas Andreas and Lauren Kolazas M/M Steven Kolias M/M Nickolaos Kollas M/M Konstantinos Kollias M/M Alexandros Kolovos Mr Nicholas Kolovos M/M Peter Kolovos Mrs Barbara Koltos Ms Penelope Koltos M/M Panos Konstas M/M George Kontzias Mrs Sousana Kontzias Mr Zachary Kontzias Mr Vitali Kopylov M/M Dionisios Korkos M/M George Kosmakos M/M Ted Kosturos M/M Peter Kouchis M/M Konstantinos Koukides Mrs Danae Koulizakis Mrs Marika Koumanelis M/M George Koumarianos Mrs Paraskeve Koumarianos M/M Dimitris Kouretas Mrs Maria Koustenis Ms Christina Kanakis Kouteas M/M Constantine Kowalski M/M Gregoris Kozakos Ms Christine Krithades Mr Evangelos Kudurogianis M/M Peter Kulic M/M Ken Kunec Mrs Panagiota Kushner Mrs Christina Kutschenreuter Dr/Mrs Andy Kydes Mr Nicholas Kyrus M/M Nicholas Lagos Mrs Maria Laliotis M/M Thomas Lallas M/M Sheldon Lampert M/M Arthur Lampros M/M Michael Lampros Mr Nicholas Larigakis Ms Anna Lecos

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STEWARDSHIP

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M/M Vassilios Lekkas M/M Spiro Lekoudis Mrs and Mr Christine Leonard M/M Konstantinos Liatsos Ms Elaine Ligelis Ms Tina Ligelis Mrs Georgia Lindroth Ms Julie Lippmann Mr James Loisou M/M James Loizou Mrs Koula Lolos M/M George Louvis Ms Vasiliki Louvros M/M Klaus Luthardt M/M Allen Lyubinsky Mr Joseph Macekura Mrs Aspasia Makrigiorgos M/M Nikolaos Makrigiorgos M/M Vasilios Makrigiorgos M/M Peter Malek Ms Ekaterini Malliou Miss Gaye Mallis Ms Rebecca Malone and Mr George Ralis Miss Alexandra Phass Mandarino Dr Thomas Mandes Ms Glykeria Maniatis M/M Frank Manno Dr/Mrs Spiros Manolas M/M George Manoleras Dr/Mrs John Manolis Mr Nagi Mansour M/M Kevork Marachelian Dr Joan Markessini M/M Peter Marketos M/M James Marko M/M Christos Markogiannakis M/M John Markogiannakis Mrs Anne Masters Mrs Stasia Mastorakis Mr Constantinos Mavromatakis M/M Georgios Mavromatakis M/M Aaron McKain M/M Gregory McKinney M/M David Mentis M/M Peter Mentis Dr/Mrs Joseph Michalowicz M/M Peter Michos Ms Eleni Mickles M/M Brett Miller M/M Marwan Mina M/M Yannos Misitzis Mrs Evdoxia Mitchell M/M Louis Mitchell M/M Demetris Monis Mr Scott Mooney and Mrs Eleanor Galifianakis Ms Jane Moore M/M William Moore Mr Nicholas Moraites M/M George Moratis M/M Christopher Morin M/M Ralph Morris M/M Robert Morrison M/M John Moschopoulos Mr Stylianos Moschou and Mrs Efthymia Rapti Mrs Anna Moshos Mr George Moshos M/M Gus Moshos Ms Tina Moshos M/M Nickolaos Moustakas Ltc/Mrs Matthew Mowery

Mr/Dr Michael Mpras M/M Nicholas Mpras Ms Mary Mullekom M/M Kenneth Myers M/M Nicholas Myseros Mrs Mitzi Natsios Maj/Mrs Sean Neagle Mrs Erma Nettles M/M Veldon Newtson M/M Demetrios Nicholakos M/M Harry Nicholakos Ms Virginia Nicolaidis M/M George Nicopoulos Mr /Ms Clayton Nightingale Mr Gregory Nightingale M/M Stavros Nikolakakos M/M Nicolas Nitis Mrs Eugenia Nobes Dr/Mrs Constantine Nonas M/M R. Scott Nuzum Mrs Roula Oktay Ms Marika Oliff M/M Crysilios Orphanides Mr Evan Owen and M/M Nick Padgiotis M/M Anthony Pagonis M/M Kyriakos Pagonis Mrs Vanna Panagoulias M/M George Panteleos M/M Nickolas Panteleos M/M Chris Papachristos M/M Odysseas Papadimitriou M/M Alex Papadopoulos Dr Mary Papadopoulos Mr Panagiotis Papadopoulos Mrs Maria Papageorgiou Capt/Mrs Michael Papageorgiou Dr E.C. Papailias Mrs Anastasia Papalios Ms Crystallo Papamichael Ms Daphne Papamichael Mrs Mamie Papamichael M/M George Papantoniou M/M Peter Papantoniou Dr/Mrs Alexander Papas M/M George Papas M/M Panayiotis Papasavvas M/M Paul Papasavvas Dr/Mrs George Papastergiou M/M Gus Papathanasiou M/M Dennis Papathanasopoulos Mrs Agatha Papathanassiou Dr/Dr Chris Pappas M/M Jim Paras M/M Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos M/M Haralabos Paraskevopoulos M/M Michael Parrish M/M Charalambos Pashiardis M/M Christos Passakos M/M Dimitrios Patrianakos Ms Alexandra Pattaras M/M Matthew Paulson M/M Andrew K. Pavlakos Rev/Presv Costas Pavlakos M/M Pavel Pekarsky M/M Nick Pekatos M/M Theodoros Pelekasis Mrs Katherine Pergola Mrs Kathy Pesavento M/M George Petalas M/M John Petalas Mrs Eli Petrova Col/Mrs Daniel Peyser

Mrs Catherine Phass Dr/Mrs Dean Phass M/M Kyriacos Photiou Mrs Loiza Pieri Mrs Pezounou Pieri Mrs Androula Pikrallidas Mr Chris Pikrallidas Mr Demetrios Pikrallidas M/M Kostas Pikrallidas Mr Dean Pilarinos Mrs Frances Pilarinos M/M John Pizzi M/M Nick Ploutis Mr Jerry Pnevmatikatos M/M Bill Polizos M/M John Polizos M/M Manolis Ponirakis Mr Pete Pontikis Mr John Pors M/M William Porter, Jr Mr Pete Poulos Mrs Anastasia Pratt Mrs Stella Pristouris M/M Cary Prokos Mrs Sylvia Psarakis M/M Nicholas Psaros M/M Anthony Quebral M/M Stephen Rader M/M Mitchel Raftelis Ms Angelique Edwards Ranghelli Dr/Mrs Demosthenes T. Rantis M/M Theofanis Rantis Mr Dimitrios Rerras Dr/Mrs Jerry Rich Ms Alenah Eleni Tsutras Riffle Dr/Mrs Adel Rizkalla M/M George Roiniotis Mr Spiro Roiniotis and Ms Julia Young M/M Dimitri Romais M/M Basil Rousos M/M Emanuel Rouvelas Mr Aaron Rusnak and Mileva Sturgis Mrs Evangelia Sabbarese M/M Anastasios Sakkas M/M William Salavantis Ms Stephanie Samergedes Mrs Aspasia Sapountzis Mr Sarakinis and Ms Aloupis Ms Christina Sarris M/M Michael Sarris M/M Milton Sarris Mr Thomas Sarris Mr Saul and Mrs Pavlides M/M George Jr Sauter Mrs Kaliope Sauter M/M Andrew Scafetta Mrs Katherine Scourby Mrs Ann Sedor Mr Christo Sedor Mr Andrew Sessions M/M John Seward M/M Scott Sherman Mr Eric Shiflett and Ms Lilyanna Peyser M/M Panos Siatis Mr Perry Siatis Dr George Silis M/M Panagiotis Silis Mrs Katherine Simmons Mr Alexander Sirpis Mr Charles Sistrunk M/M Thomas Skuce

M/M John Smaragdis M/M Eleftherios Smirniotopoulos M/M Andrew Smith Mr Christos Snear and Mrs Dawn Terminella Mrs Helen Snear Mr Frank Sofocleous M/M James Soiles M/M Alex Solomos M/M Gregory Soter Mr Jason Soter M/M Spyridon Sotirchos M/M Dimitrios Sotiropoulos Mr James Souvagis M/M Chris Soves M/M Harry Spanos Ms Helen J. Spanos M/M John Spanos Ms Stella Spathopoulos M/M Antonios Spiliotopoulos M/M Eleftherios Spyridis M/M Nicholas Spyros Mrs Rhea Stack Mrs Vasiliki B. Stafilatos M/M Teophanis Staflilatos Ms Panorea Stalter M/M Nick Stames M/M John Stamos M/M Apostolos Stamoulas Ms Stephanie Stanga Mrs Helen Stassinos M/M Odysseus Stassinos M/M John Stathis M/M Peter Stathis M/M George Stathopoulos Dr/Dr William Steele M/M Peter Stefanou M/M Gerasimos Stellatos Mr John Stepanchuk M/M Demetrios Stergiou Mrs Kalliopi Stergioulis Mr/Ms Ken Stewart M/M James Stoucker Dr/Mrs Tom Stoumbos Mr Clifford Stouts M/M Evangelos Stoyas Rev/Mrs Milan Sturgis M/M Tommie Summers M/M Nicholas Superina M/M Gus Svolis M/M Marcus Talbott Ms Samantha Tannure M/M Alexander Taousakis M/M Panagiotis Taousakis M/M Pierre Tavoularis M/M Ted Theocharis M/M Leonidas Theodorakoglou M/M Athanasios Theodoropoulos Mr Pantelis Theofanidis M/M Craig Thomas M/M James Thomas Mr Robert Thorne M/M Gene Thornton M/M Jackson Toof Dr/Mrs John Topping M/M Philip Toumazatos Mr Angelo Toutsi Mr Thomas Toutsi Mr Christakis Trahili Dr/Mrs Michael Trahos Mrs Mary Triarhos Mr George Trifonas Mrs Fotini Trikaliotis M/M Basil Trikas

Dr/Mrs Basil Tripsas Ms Sophia Tsangali Mrs Demetra Tsantes M/M George Tsempales Mrs Anna Tsimbidis Mrs Helen Tsintolas Mr Fotios Tsutras M/M Constantine Tzafolias M/M Themis Tzamarias M/M Vasilios Tzeremes Mr Nick Tzirimis M/M Thomas Vaccarello Ms Ann Vaffis Dr/Mrs Charles Valases Ms Nikki Valavanis Mr Peter Vamvakaris Col/Mrs Nicholas Vamvakias Ms Catherine Vangellow M/M Christopher Vargas M/M Stratis Varlas Ms Sophia Varnasidis Hon/Mrs George Varoutsos Mrs Olga Varoutsos M/M Constantine Vassilopoulos M/M George Vassilopoulos M/M Stelios Vatikiotis M/M Ramon Vazquez M/M George Veletsis M/M Stavros Veletsis Col/Mrs James Velezis Miss Joanna Veltsistas M/M Pete Veltsistas Mr Thomas Veltsistas M/M Jason Vines M/M Larry Visos Ms Tina Vokos M/M Ioannis Voliotis M/M Demetris Voudouris M/M Emmanuel Vouvakis M/M Sakellarios Vouvalis M/M George Vroustouris M/M Colin Waitt Mrs Galatia Whittemore Mr Carter Wilkinson and Mrs Andrea Gevas Mr Eric Williams M/M Donald Wills Mr Keith Wooldridge Mr Jack Wuerker and Mrs Effie Triarhos Mr Peter Xefteris Mrs Aliki Xepapas Mr Panagioti Xereas Pres Athena Yachnis Mr Jason Yianilos M/M Theodore Yiannarakis M/M Aris Yortzidis M/M Nicholaos Zacharatos Mrs Mary Zakia M/M Nicholas Zangos M/M Elias Zarkadoulas M/M Enea Zaro M/M Nicholas Zavolas Ms Alexia Ziants Capt Christos Zirps Mr/Dr Charles Zissios M/M John Ziu Mrs Theodora Ziu M/M Athanasios Zuppas M/M Peter Zuppas

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Give as you would if an angel awaited your gift at the door. Give as you would if tomorrow found you where the giving was over.

Give as you would to the Master if you met His loving look. Give as you would of your substance as if His hand your offering took.

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SUNDAY CHURCH DUTY ROSTER

**One Liturgy Only**

January 4, 2015 Kelly Alexis, Captain

Andrea Ballard Artemis Dimopoulos

Peter Karounos

9:30am Costas Mavromatakis Mallamo Mavromatakis Bill Polizos

**One Liturgy Only**

January 11, 2015 George Moshos, Captain

Kelly Alexis Andrea Ballard

Jim Stoucker

8:00am Pierre Tavoularis Daphne Vaccarello Maria Vargas

January 11, 2015 Nick Larigakis, Captain

Chris Christou Peter Karounos

Maria Wills

9:30am John Nicopoulos, GOYA

Captain, plus 5 other GOYAns

January 18, 2015 Chris Christou, Captain

Kelly Alexis Peter Karounos

Bill Polizos

8:00am Bill Porter Pierre Tavoularis Daphne Vaccarello

January 18, 2015 Jim Stoucker, Captain

John Demakis Artemis Dimopoulos

Nick Larigakis

9:30am Costas Mavromatakis Mallamo Mavromatakis Maria Wills

January 25, 2015 Andrea Ballard, Captain

George Moshos Bill Porter

Jim Stoucker

8:00am Pierre Tavoularis Daphne Vaccarello Maria Vargas

January 25, 2015 Maria Wills, Captain

Chris Christou John Demakis

Artemis Dimopoulos

9:30am Costas Mavromatakis Mallamo Mavromatakis Bill Polizos

2015 STEWARDSHIP FORM

“Christian Stewardship is learning how to be a responsible and concerned caretaker of Christ’s Church; it is learning how to enjoy Church life and be happy in Church work, for in Her dwells the fullness of the Spirit of God . . . our active commitment to use all our time, talent, and treasure for the benefit of humankind in grateful acknowledgment of Christ’s redeeming love . . . caring for the needs of others . . . ” (Williams & McKibben in Oriented Leadership). If you have not yet made a stewardship commitment to your church for the year 2015, please take a moment and do so now.

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Telephone Number: __________________________________________________________

Email address: ______________________________________________________________

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